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[aderpable]

[ The fact that he's on a space station has not escaped him. And he's. Well, okay. It's practically a dream come true if you ignore all the implications, which he'd love to do, trust him, but there's really nothing about this that's particularly relaxing. His lifelong mission to get kidnapped by aliens? Sounded cooler when he wasn't... actually...

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[guntogold]

[ OH FRESH MEAT. ]

You rang?

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[aderpable]

[ that was fast. and he'll just. Switch to video and stare for a second. ]

-- oh. Yeah, I guess I did. Hi? I mean, properly, not just. On the. Thing. Anyway --

Who're you?

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[guntogold]

[ fffffffffffffff ]

Call me Texas.

Fresh out of the Junkyard, hm?

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[aderpable]

[ still staring. Nice... armor... ]

Texas. Cool. I'm Connor. I mean, obviously. I mentioned it earlier, on the... [ yeah, he'll just stfu now. ]

Yep. Well, sort of. It's hard to be fresh when you've fallen into some rubbish. [ ha ha ha... ha. ]

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[theuserabides]

[Hey look, it's Jeff Bridges.]

There are about a hundred people, not all human.

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[aderpable]

[video] 2/3 herp

[aderpable]

[ WHAT ]

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[aderpable]

[ it's Jeff Bridges what even --

he should probably. You know. Talk now. ]

... There are?

[ okay, calm down. There's a rational explanation for this. Somehow. ]

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[bastione]

It is not quite empty.

Welcome to Sacrosanct.

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[aderpable]

Er. Thanks?

[ he's not really feeling at all welcome, but he supposes that's a hazard of, you know, gigantic space station and what, and. He'll just stare some more. ]

And yeah, I'm noticing. All of you are sort of... poppin' out the woodwork, aren't you?

[ nnneeervous laugh. ]

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[bastione]

[ Reassuring Smile! Trust him, he's a robot with glowing blue eyes and patches of skin torn away. ]

You did ask us to answer, Connor Temple.

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[aderpable]

[ yeah, that's. The bit he's nervous over. And the staring. Creepy. ]

I know. And it's good you guys are. I mean, it's better than the alternative.

[ pause. ]

So, er. What are you? Who... are you.

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[prescitia]

...hello?

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[aderpable]

[ oh. Pretty. Connor gives a little wave, smiling awkwardly. ]

Hello!

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[arbitrating]

[ Hey Connor it's an 8 foot tall dinosaur alien wearing armor! And linefacing, although it's hard to tell on something with a quad-split jaw. ]

What tests, human?

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[aderpable]

[ DSFGKJSDHLG ]

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[aderpable]

[ ... okay, it's on a video feed, it can't hurt him, and it's talking -- so it's not a dinosaur but it's obviously not human and --

Suddenly, a huge smile breaks out on Connor's face. He's completely ignoring (accidentally) your question for a better one: ]

You're an alien?

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[arbitrating]

I am the Arbiter.

[ ...derp. 'Yes,' in other words. ]