What's with everyone's sudden urge to open up? Doesn't make much sense... But I was warned these things would happen.
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If you want my thoughts on how the subject is going... who's bedding who, where's something to bet on, and who hates who are usually the only continually new topics aboard a starship after a long enough period. It was that way on Ragnarok. You just run out of things to talk about.
You came in on the same wave I did, didn't you? I didn't know what a flood was either, not exactly. Hell of a thing, isn't it?
You'd think people would worry about more than that. Aren't the science team studying this place? Don't they make any advances? Sometimes I feel trapped.
It's-- different. Odd and unusual things happened where I came from, too, but-- not this kind of things.
I don't think they have. Could be wrong. But they operate under the Admiral's oversight with his equipment, don't they? Hard to find what he doesn't want them to.
And I think none of us is from a place quite like this.
Good, because I haven't the damnedest. Only the Admiral says we've 'taken on water' and then things go completely awry. I thought it was a speak-serum at first, I was getting worried.
Not here and not widespread, but where I'm from there's any number of truth and speak-sera that would have effects like this. You'd need to be a doctor to know which one it was specifically, though.
[Private]justareverieSeptember 29 2011, 01:05:57 UTC
Huh. That sounds damned scary.
... you don't think we'd be under the effect of one, do you? I mean, we'd have to take 'em, or could it be spread somehow else? It gets me how some people remain, what they call, "unaffected".
Inquisition's not meant to be comforting, although the Controlled List isn't the worst of it.
I wouldn't think we could be. If it had been turned into an aerosol somehow none of us would be all right, and it's not in the water, and I don't think it's on some surface that could be contacted. So: just the barge. I've started saying that pretty often.
World? I doubt you'd know the name. One of the Core worlds, a dime a dozen and standard hominids all of us. Time? I don't know how it matches yours. Either in your future or your past, as you don't have space flight. Either it hasn't been done yet, or you colonized your Earth and forgot how to do it and haven't rediscovered the rest of us yet. That happens.
And yes, Inquisition. The protocols. Jurisdiction policy for traitors and dangerous criminals. It's supposed to gather information. Largely it just terrifies mighty hell out of people, only ever met the one man who knew when his prisoners were telling the truth without fail.
[Private]justareverieSeptember 30 2011, 09:37:52 UTC
[ a brief pause. ] ...Sorry, all the alternate realities and... possible doubts on all I've known about my world still... boggle me a little. You'd think I'd get used to that, huh.
At least-- it isn't unlike the historical Inquisition back at Earth, I mean, my Earth. I f what we can infer from what little records there are is to trust. I thought it was curious you mentioned a starship and an Inquisition-- all in the same conversation.
[ suddenly hits him] I'm so caught up in all this I didn't even introduce myself properly. My name is John Locke.
You came in on the same wave I did, didn't you? I didn't know what a flood was either, not exactly. Hell of a thing, isn't it?
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It's-- different. Odd and unusual things happened where I came from, too, but-- not this kind of things.
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And I think none of us is from a place quite like this.
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... you don't think we'd be under the effect of one, do you? I mean, we'd have to take 'em, or could it be spread somehow else? It gets me how some people remain, what they call, "unaffected".
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I wouldn't think we could be. If it had been turned into an aerosol somehow none of us would be all right, and it's not in the water, and I don't think it's on some surface that could be contacted. So: just the barge. I've started saying that pretty often.
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... what time, or world, do you happen to come from?
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And yes, Inquisition. The protocols. Jurisdiction policy for traitors and dangerous criminals. It's supposed to gather information. Largely it just terrifies mighty hell out of people, only ever met the one man who knew when his prisoners were telling the truth without fail.
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At least-- it isn't unlike the historical Inquisition back at Earth, I mean, my Earth. I f what we can infer from what little records there are is to trust. I thought it was curious you mentioned a starship and an Inquisition-- all in the same conversation.
[ suddenly hits him] I'm so caught up in all this I didn't even introduce myself properly. My name is John Locke.
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Surprised there was another. This one works poorly.
[Moving on then!]
Chief Stildyne. Failed to introduce myself either so let's pretend we were both socially acceptable first off.
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