038. Travel

[electroniccrane]

[audio // English]

Cruise ships average 20 knots. That's 37 kilometers per hour.

[Her voice echoes a little, and there's a clink over the comm as of metal knocking against rock.]

At that speed, in a year, a ship could circle the Earth eight times.

((OOC: She is, of course, on Deck 15. She'll respond over the comms, and commentlogs are

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[electroniccrane]

[She lets her scuba kit clank around so Ace knows she's approaching.

Her feet are bare, too, and she's wearing a wetsuit.]

[electroniccrane]

Unsurprising, since I wasn't there.

[She drops her kit to the rocks with a thunk and some clanking metal.]

[farfairersoul]

How do you know this ship is traveling at the average speed you are aware of?

[Chuckle.]

Better yet, why do you assume this ocean world is at all similar in size to your planet?

[electroniccrane]

This isn't a cruise ship and that's not an ocean.

[farfairersoul]

[What.]

What do you mean by referring to your statistics, then?

[electroniccrane]

It's been a year for the passengers who've been here the longest. If this were a cruise ship, it would have traveled over 300,000 kilometers by now.

The charade is wearing thin.

[nantokanare]

You must be bored, Auntie.

[electroniccrane]

Hello, Akagi.

You've been quiet.

[nantokanare]

Mm. I've been busy.

[electroniccrane]

Did you find someone to bet your frog with?

[lfetimewarranty]

Then even if this isn't the earth, why haven't we reached our destination? Or made some progress.

[This is Rfena sounding annoyed. But not at you, Major.]

[electroniccrane]

[Oh, you must be new.]

This isn't a cruise ship, and that certainly isn't water.

[lfetimewarranty]

[Yes, yes she is.]

What exactly do you mean by that, then. An illusion of some sort?

[electroniccrane]

Something like that.

Ask a crewer what color the ocean is, when you get a chance. They won't tell you, but the reaction will be revealing.