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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?

[text]

[yardbird]

I'm sure not a local.

But yeah. I am.

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

There might be other planets.

[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.

[text]

[yardbird]

Where we're standing, I'm sure there are.

Though it's still a little hard to believe.

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

Why?

[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.

[text]

[yardbird]

I don't know... Other than the inconvenience of a definite time system, doesn't this all seem really CRAZY to you?

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

I think I hit the limit on crazy about 26 hours ago.

[text]

[yardbird]

I find it hard to believe that there IS a limit...

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

Mr. Murphy, I think I hit that limit when I tried to solve for x and x was the fact that I was kidnapped onto a spaceship by a rip in space-time.

[text]

[yardbird]

Point taken.

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

[You made her laugh a little, Murphy! Well, as much as she can, anyway.]

I guess us new people have to stick together, right?

[text]

[yardbird]

[He's just a stand-up funny guy!]

If that's how it works, great. I'm all for that.

[text]

[majestyofthethrone]

Okay.

[text]

[yardbird]

[H e h.]

Oh, also... it's just Murphy.

"Mr. Murphy" looks weird.