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[majestyofthethrone]

Everyone knows how big space is supposed to be. That the pinpricks of light we see on Earth are billions of light years away. You can do the math, it's even pretty simple.

But you don't really know until you're sitting in a spaceship looking out at space and wondering how you got there. Or what it would take to get home.

Or if anyone at home

Or how much energy a ship like this expends, or how it bends space time to bring us all here.

Space travel isn't real where I'm from beyond limited human travel to the moon and space stations. There were a few droids sent out into the solar system. But nothing beyond that.

Nothing like this.

Should I introduce myself?

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[text]

[yardbird]

That's usually a pretty good place to start.

Introducing yourself, I mean.

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

I'm Seraphim. Sera, really.

[text]

[yardbird]

Nice to meet you, Sera.

I'm Murphy.

You just got here, too?

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

There are a lot of new people, aren't there?

Yes. I've been...well, I've slept once. How do you call it a day when there's no sun?

[text]

[yardbird]

Seems that way.



No sun? You mean out here?
I'm not sure.

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

Well the sun is out there somewhere, but on Earth we determine the length of a day by the Earth's rotation, which we observe as a solar event (even though I guess technically it's not, since the Sun is mostly still, which is an illusion too, since the entire solar system is also in motion).

But without the constants I wonder if we still mark a day the same way.

[text]

[yardbird]

Yeah, you're right about that. We still use the same standards with time at home. I figured we were still running on 24-hour time here, but it didn't occur to me otherwise...

Honestly, I've got no idea how it's done in this place.

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

I guess I've been here about thirty hours or so.

[text]

[yardbird]

I'd say it's been about that long, until someone comes and says otherwise. Makes things less complicated for now.

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

does that mean you're from Earth?

[video]

[the_vishual]

[ It's text, but Chase is curious--and that's the reason why she concentrates, maybe a little too hard--and knows whoever is writing this is special.

They're all special on Tranquility--but she actually answers, flicking on the video feed. Hoping she'll do the same. ]

You write well, miss.

[video] -> [text]

[majestyofthethrone]

[She fiddles with the video - she hadn't been expecting that, and suddenly it reverts back to text.]

Thank you. You can call me Sera, if you like.

[video]

[the_vishual]

[ Chase dislikes texts. there's a few moments before Chase replies, separating the functions so Sera can text and she can continue chatting on video. ]

Sorry, miss, I don't like typing. My fingers are too clumsy. But it's nice to meet you, Sera.

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

It's okay. I can't speak, so I hope this is all right with you.

permavideo

[the_vishual]

Why can't you speak?

[majestyofthethrone]

My voice doesn't work anymore.

[the_vishual]

Why?

[ It's the four year old in her, she doesn't mean to be annoying--the body's bigger than she really is. ]

[majestyofthethrone]

Because God said so.

[the_vishual]

God....

You--you believe, too! You're like me.

Are you from Heaven's Fence?!

[ voice ]

[tailcrook]

Humans have been to the moon?

[It's not so much that he's surprised, floating around in space so long. More, it's one detail about human history he still knows little of.]

Which one?

: [ voice ]

[majestyofthethrone]

I think there's only one on Earth.

[tailcrook]

[Honestly, it's a strange concept. Until he remembers it wasn't always split in two. So settling with that answer, he has a few more things to wonder.]

Did they use a ship like this one?

ahem you saw nothing

[majestyofthethrone]

No. Smaller, and without gravity.

Not a thing!

[tailcrook]

[You can almost hear his headtilt.]

I wonder why not....

[As much as he'd prefer to live on real ground again, at least now he's glad to have a floor to stand on here. Though before he gets too wrapped up in thinking about it, he feels it fair to let her know who he is for her time.]

Oh - and I've asked so much, sorry... I'm Konoe.

[majestyofthethrone]

I'm Sera.