08 (partly audio--commentlogs are ok too)

[diverged_fate]

[Keats is holed up in an empty spot on deck 13, just staring at the field or into the false blue sky. Every once in awhile he'll glance down at his book (without really reading it,) or stop to light up a cigarette

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[couldbeavillain]

[Andrew hears the transmission and is thoroughly confused. Especially by the thunk. Someone must be upset.]

Uhm... are you okay?

[Pfft, it's kind of weird asking a walkie-talkie if it's okay, even if there is someone on the other end.]

[diverged_fate]

[Yeah... definitely upset, since he's been trying to avoid the ship network.

Eventually he gets up to dig it out of the grass.]

I'm fine... this phone was just being a pain in the ass. Interesting little feature it's got.

[couldbeavillain]

What's that?

[Andrew will probably never feel the water from the comm--he talks. A lot.]

[diverged_fate]

[First time for Keats... he was fairly comfortable talking to the people here, until recently.]

If you don't talk on it for a couple weeks, water squirts out of it ... doesn't make much sense.

Then again, the rest of this place kinda doesn't either.

[couldbeavillain]

I've noticed that. Like, the weirdness. 'Cause there's a forest on the boat. And that doesn't make any sense.

But... water coming from the walkie talkies is even more weird... [Now he's turning the device over in his hands. It seems like something Warren would have been able to put together.]

Oh, I'm Andrew. I'm kind of new around here.

[diverged_fate]

That's where I am right now, actually. Doesn't make sense-- the snow room is even weirder.

[He's shaking his head and studying his own device.] Yeah. Don't know much about tech... but wouldn't that break most of it?

That so? Haven't heard you around here before.

[More because he hasn't been paying attention.] I'm Keats.

[couldbeavillain]

I don't know. You can do pretty strange things with stuff like this, you know. Like, my friends and I? Back when we were evil? We made a freeze ray. I mean, it backfired and froze itself a bit, but it worked. So there's ways you can make tech stuff work like you want. It sometimes takes a bit of magic though.

But how would the water get in? I'm willing to bet you didn't put it there.

[diverged_fate]

Back when you were evil, huh?

[He's laughing a bit. Strange reaction, but now he knows what this guy is reminding him of.]

Magic and tech don't mix where I come from. That's probably a good thing...

Tch. It was probably that crazy Captain's idea.

[couldbeavillain]

I don't think they're supposed to mix. [Warren died, after all.]

I haven't met this mysterious captain yet. Is he really as crazy as I've heard? Because I can imagine him just being misunderstood.

[diverged_fate]

Can't disagree with you there...

Not that I mind the guy, but... yeah, he does some pretty crazy things.

[couldbeavillain]

I think some people might be judging him too harshly. Like, this people talking behind his back is kind of mean.

[Andrew doesn't like bullying, and this smack talk people seem to throw around has so many similarities.]

He seems just kind of harmless.

[diverged_fate]

Yeah... 'some people,' didn't wanna be dragged here. It's not that big a deal to me, so...

[Somewhat a lie. At least now...]

That guy? Harmless? I wouldn't bet on it.

[couldbeavillain]

Huh? Why not?

[Andrew hasn't encountered anything dangerous yet. What could be so bad? Sure, he knows there's some vampires on board, and Samus warned him of psychos, but so far it's been smooth sailing for him.]

[diverged_fate]

A person with the power to drag people out of their worlds, bring them back to life even... 'harmless,' ain't the first word I'd call that.

Like I said before, it doesn't bother me. Didn't care much for the place I came from.

[couldbeavillain]

[Huh. When it's put like that, Andrew thinks his friend Willow might have some things in common with the captain.]

Do you suppose he's a sorcerer? My friend Willow, she's a witch. And my friend Jonathan? He was a sorcerer. But, like, wouldn't that make sense? Because apparently this whole boat is a glamor and he brings people back to life and stuff. It's gotta be magic, right?

[diverged_fate]

Witches and sorcerers, huh? Is that real common on your world?

Magic or some other kinda power... from what I've heard, that varies from place to place.