[Video 01, Action 02] Somewhere Out There, Someone Knows

[kirktastic]

[Kirk works hard into the night despite his promise to Bones to sleep, and soon, he thinks he understands. He believes the video is locked to only those who are alien to the town, those like himself, Bones, Flynn, and the others he's met in such a short time. He's never one to take anything lying down, including his own capture and more importantly

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Action forever

[sfgirlfriday]

[This isn't something she wants to do, even if it's necessary. She wants to forget about certain aspects of her time here, and this is going to bring up many of those memories. But she has to do it.

So she dresses carefully in her Starfleet uniform, heads for the coffee shop and forces herself to order black coffee instead of her usual comfort drink staple of hot chocolate before sitting down across from Jim.]

I've documented everything I could about this place and the beings runing it. I've seen people try to get over the wall and the results. I've talked to our captors over the watches and... [Her expression is carefully neutral, but there's a lost, haunted look in her eyes as she continues.] And I was their guest for a time.

Re: Action forever

[kirktastic]

[sfgirlfriday]

[Sighing, she takes a drink of her coffee, trying to find the right words. It would have been easier if they'd started with something else, but she isn't going to shy away from the subject. Slipping into her Yeoman Rand persona, she reminds herself that it wasn't her fault and that the past couldn't hurt her unless she allowed it.]

Yes. During one of the sieges, I became a nuisance or a curiosity to one of our captors. He decided I needed some time away during the battles so he abducted me. He tried to teach me my proper place here. I was returned three days later.

[kirktastic]

[sfgirlfriday]

Occasionally, our captors get bored and decide that we should entertain them. We're like toys to them. They do things to the city or to us to see how we'll react. Sometimes people are turned into the opposite sex or de-aged. I guess it could be called mischief since it's rare that anyone gets hurt.

[Twisting her cup between her hands, she considers how to simplify over a year of living in Ruby City. Basic facts now, then elaborate later.] When I first arrived here, we were being attacked by monsters. It still happens occasionally, though it doesn't happen as much anymore. But that time, the clinic was under siege. I was one of the ones coordinating the defenses and...Someone decided that I needed to be put on leave until the fight was over.

[kirktastic]

[sfgirlfriday]

[Flipping through her folder of notes, Jan pulls out a sketch she had done of Vale and offers it to Jim.] This is Temper Vale. I met him a few times before I was abducted. He isn't one of the beings who brought us here. He's one of the ones who watches things play out.

And...strange as it might seem, he has an interest in how destructive things become during the events. Even after everything that happened, I still communicate with him to get necessary information. He doesn't seem to want us to be seriously harmed by what is thrown at us.

[kirktastic]

[sfgirlfriday]

[She laughs softly, shaking her head before taking another sip of her coffee.] A little harm is just part of the game. Serious harm, death... Mr. Vale doesn't seem to appreciate it when events escalate to that degree. He'll usually contact us, contact me, if things cross a certain line. He's not human, even if he looks that way. So I try not to put his motives into human context.

When I first arrived there were two beings who seemed to be in charge. The Watcher and the Interloper. I spoke to them rarely, but my friends had more contact with them. [Another search through her notes and she pulls out a set of notes on them.] According to every record we found and what we observed, they were the ones that controlled this place. The others just enjoy the entertainment.

[kirktastic]

[sfgirlfriday]

They used to make their presence known regularly, but recently I haven't heard anything from them. No one being threatened by Interloper. No communications over the Network.

They seemed to have disappeared and Mr. Vale and the others took over. [Even if she didn't like what Vale had done, he's the devil she knew. The others were still unknown variables, which she hated.] I think it's the others we need to concern ourselves with. They seem disorganized. Dangerous.

[kirktastic]

[sfgirlfriday]

[More notes and a few rough sketches since she'd only seen the others a few times on the network. Vale she'd met enough times to be able to draw properly.]

I know someone else has had contact with them but... [She looks at her cup, feeling like she's betraying a confidence even if it's for the greater good.] He may not want to speak with anyone else about them.