038. Travel

[electroniccrane]

[audio // English]

Cruise ships average 20 knots. That's 37 kilometers per hour.

[Her voice echoes a little, and there's a clink over the comm as of metal knocking against rock.]

At that speed, in a year, a ship could circle the Earth eight times.

((OOC: She is, of course, on Deck 15. She'll respond over the comms, and commentlogs are

Comments

[farfairersoul]

How do you know this ship is traveling at the average speed you are aware of?

[Chuckle.]

Better yet, why do you assume this ocean world is at all similar in size to your planet?

[electroniccrane]

This isn't a cruise ship and that's not an ocean.

[farfairersoul]

[What.]

What do you mean by referring to your statistics, then?

[electroniccrane]

It's been a year for the passengers who've been here the longest. If this were a cruise ship, it would have traveled over 300,000 kilometers by now.

The charade is wearing thin.

[farfairersoul]

...Mmhm.

[It's only through context that Razer has figured out "kilometers" must be a unit of measurement from your world. Not one he's heard of, but that's all right.]

If this is not a ship, and that is not an ocean, then what, precisely, do you believe is actually going on?

[electroniccrane]

[His tone alone is getting him on the Major's shitlist.

Not exactly difficult to accomplish, but, y'know.]

You're not providing any motivation for me to tell you.