I fear that I have become idle of late-- or rather, that I have been making myself sparse. Often I forget that the ship relieves me of duties that I have long been accustomed to.

[A beat, and then, slowly:]

It seems that in the company of the many who are far younger than I, my presence is a strange one. An odd concern to hold, I realize-- but I ( Read more... )

[There's the crackling of audio, fuzzy noise, and the Guide turns on to something that's supposed to be a conversation between a few individuals. There's very little context for the back-and-forth that's being broadcasted now:]

...And it's been six months! Six months! Can you believe it?

I see. And he hasn't made the offer of living together as ( Read more... )

[The feed turns on, and the first thing the viewer sees is...probably nothing, since the feed is black. But there's a curious sound that accompanies the darkness-- it sounds a little like...]

Kweh! Kweeeeeh!!!

[...A bird?! Well. Finally, the black recedes, and reveals a very large bird-thing that Basch is diligently tending to at the moment. Basch ( Read more... )

[Good evening, Thor!  If you're bored and flipping through your guide, you may come across the scene of a rather busy dinner show, in a relatively large theatre somewhere.  And although you can't see the announcer, you may or may not recognize his voice as one of the ship's many refugees...

Not that it matters.  The show is about to begin.]

Welcome ( Read more... )

[When the feed turns on, it shows Basch with fragments of glass in his hand, the remnants of something that used to be a perfume bottle.]

This was delivered to me erroneously, this morning. Upon inspection, it seemed to be a bottle of perfume, however--

[He cants his head, furrowing his brows a little.]

The thing was delicate. My apologies to any ( Read more... )

[The video feed turns on, and at first, all you might be able to see is black. An erroneous feed? No, it's Captain Basch fon Ronsenburg trying to puzzle out how to use the Guide-- he's handled technology before, but only very simple things like microphones and voice enhancers, nothing of this sort.

He turns the Guide over in his hand, freeing ( Read more... )