[ 01 ] [ Audio English with a hint of German ]

[graparu]

[The audio feed kicks in to a nauseated groan. Someone really isn't feeling all that great.]

This isn't funny, guys. You know I don't like-- [Ugh.] boats. Ich hasse euch.

[She falls silent there, leaning forward to rest her elbows on her knees as she tries to settle her stomach with the power of thought. Eventually, Grapple does pick the comm up

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[gunsandhonor]

[Well, this is a situation he can relate to!]

I hear ginger helps. Barring that, there's... the medical bay. Should be something there.

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[graparu]

Yeah? I'll remember that, thanks.

...any idea where that amazing med bay is?

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[gunsandhonor]

That's what we used a few times back home. Either that or Dramamine.

Medbay... should be... on deck two. I think.

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[graparu]

Two... Ugh. That's miles away. Still, it's handy info.

Hey, if you don't mind my asking, do you remember how you got here?

[Yeah cause that's not an awkward question at all.]

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[gunsandhonor]

It's better than puking up your lunch.

... What do you mean by that?

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[graparu]

Lunch is gone. So is breakfast.

[Grapple groans and flops on her bed. There's a moment of silence before she replies.]

I mean that one minute I was on the highway, and then there was a truck slamming into the side of my bike and I was hitting the ground. And then I was here.

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[gunsandhonor]

And dinner, unless you get that taken care of.

[He just waits for the response. This is a painfully familiar conversation.]

... One minute I was running from an explosion, next I was here. So yeah. That's... a bit familiar.

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[graparu]

...Huh.

[Two escaped from accidents, both suddenly on a boat.]

Yeah, it is. What about everyone else? Are we all cheating death or are you and I just lucky little starfish that got out of trouble?

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[gunsandhonor]

I... really don't think everyone's in the same situation. I'd... probably have heard about it by now, considering how long I've been here.

[If they're cheating death by being here, what does that mean for those - he cuts that thought off.]

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[graparu]

Eew, what.

[The thought of being on this ship for any more than a day does not sit well with her.]

How long have you been here exactly?

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[gunsandhonor]

[He doesn't answer right away, short of a murmured:]

Wǒ bù zhīdào...

... A year, in January.

((Translation by Google: "I don't know."))

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[graparu]

Uh-uh! No way! That's freaking crazy!

[And here comes the 'I feel really sick but I'm still going to pout at you' face. Too bad Gavin can't see it. Grapple can't help but wonder if this boat is some kind of insane asylum.

For her uproar, she is punished with a wave of nausea.]

Nghh. Sorry. Just. What language was that?

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[gunsandhonor]

Yeah. I know it is.

[For his part, he just sounds tired. Resigned, almost.]

Don't... worry about it. I'd probably... probably have felt the same. And it's Chinese. Sort of.

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[graparu]

[When his tone changes, Grapple feels a little guilty.]

I hear that's a hard one to learn.

[Topic changes are great... Right?]

Your English is pretty good though so I'm guessing it's your main?

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[gunsandhonor]

[Pause.]

... Hardest there is.

[Topic changes are awesome.]

Yeah. Barely qualify as conversational in the other one.

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[graparu]

English is my second. Well, kinda. I started learning it when I was like five so I guess it counts. I didn't use it too much but work lately puts it to good use.

[Grapple almost sounds amused.]

So if I mess my words up, that's why okay?