001 // video, text // gotta make an entrance

[nicebluehat]

[The camera's propped up straight on a table and is pointed at an Asian kid with short black hair and a blue cabbie hat. The kid looks a little young to be on this ship of fools (fourteen? fifteen? sixteen?), but is sitting up politely and has a notepad out and a pen like this is going to be an Important Professional Conversation.]Good afternoon

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[worstsongever]

[On clicks the video.] Um....Yeah, okay. I mean. That's a new way to introduce ourselves, right? Have you learned about the floods and all yet?

[Aaand some text being sent her way:]

Name: Olive Penderghast
Status on Barge: Warden
Origin: Ojai, California, USA
Previous profession: Student
Last known date before arrival: May 2010
Current length of stay: About four months now.

[nicebluehat]

[She'd noticed a few people her age around, but it makes her feel a little less over her head that at least one of them has the same responsibilities she does.]

[She skims the survey questions.] A pleasure, Miss Penderghast. I haven't heard. There hasn't been much activity on the network since I've been here aside from a few introductions such as mine and a strange story about vampirism.

[worstsongever]

Yeeaaaah, well. It gets weirder, usually. And Olive's fine.

[nicebluehat]

[You just broke her crazy Japanese brain until she remembered "oh yeah California".] What kind of "weird"?

[thinkb4ublink]

Pull the other one, kid. Only thing you can consult on is bloody Tetris! You're what, twelve? I wouldn't consult with you to work my video recorder not that they exist any more, let alone detective work! Does your dad know you're here?

i knew something like this would happen :D

[nicebluehat]

[She's not going to lose her temper on her first day. He'll have won before it even started if she does.]

I'm afraid my father's been dead for ten years.

Apologies for Slater anyway, he has no compassion. Also, father ISSUES.

[thinkb4ublink]

What's your point? What, you think I'm going to go: 'oh, I'm so sorry! Clearly, this proves that you speak the truth!'

See, in my eyes, you got the opposite. Obviously, you got some bleedin' heart cop to 'consult' wif ya when he oughta just give ya the boot out the door. Listen, thing is mebbe when you're all grown up? Ya, I could see it, maybe. But you could swallow all the criminal psycho and Agatha Christie books in the entire world an' you still wouldn't be good enough! Know why?

Because catching scumbags takes bleedin' experience, don't it? An' a teeny bopper, no matter how invincible ya think ya are, or how 'ard your life's bin til now? Doesn't even begin. It doesn't even begin to bein' enough. Take it from someone who was your age just a few months ago, this is flippin' horrifyin' that it could be true in whatever sick universe you came from.

Your dad was alive, I'd hope he'd shut down this delusion of yours, cause mark my words, Naoto, it's gonna get you killed!

/TROLLJACK

[gotgreenmagic]

...

We have aliens, zombies, superheroes and robots but Miss Sherlock here is where you draw the line? Seriously?

You need to suspend your disbelief a little higher there, sport.

[young_idealist]

A form? That is direct, Mlle. Shirogane. That is your family name, yes?

Name: Armand St. Just
Status on Barge: Warden
Origin: Paris, France (most recently residing near Richmond, England)
Previous profession: law student
Last known date before arrival: end of May 1794
Current length of stay: about 2 years and six months

[nicebluehat]

[It's only dawning on her now that her approach was too blunt.] That's correct. Since I'll be meeting so many people here in such a short period, it seemed like a good idea to match basic information to personalities.

[His name itches in the back of her head, but she can't figure out the context, having only read the first one years ago.] Are you particularly notable for anything in your home world, M. St. Just?

[young_idealist]

Me? No. Not particularly, but many people have heard of my sister and my brother-in-law. Marguerite St. Just, the famous actress of the Comedie Francaise, and Sir Percy Blakeney, the richest man in all of England in his time.

[nicebluehat]

[... all right how do you tell someone you've read about them in the fiction section.] I'd heard your name before, and after I heard your sister's and brother's, I knew why. You're a very brave man.

[Naoto once had herself kidnapped as part of an investigation. A lot of things most people would think are foolhardy are just... what she does, because she's overconfident.]

[most_feared]

[He's impressed with the bureaucracy of it all.] It may take you a while to get orders.

Name: Agent K
Status on Barge: Warden
Origin: Manhattan Island, New York, USA
Previous profession: Protection Officer [Yes, this is a little aspecific.]
Last known date before arrival: February 19th, 2011
Current length of stay: 11 months. 3 days.

[nicebluehat]

Oh? Is this a general rule?

[She's just going to assume his job title is a bureaucratese version of "bodyguard", and the name an alternative American thing.]

[most_feared]

Sometimes. It depends. Some people it takes months before they get paired up.

[nicebluehat]

Really. Do you know how they choose to pair people?

[result_of_war]

Are you keeping this information on file?

[nicebluehat]

That was the intent. I planned to store it more securely than in a phone, though, if that's your concern.

[Private]

[result_of_war]

[He cares so much less about these things being SUPER TOP SECRET after being on the Barge for months. :|]

Name: Heero Yuy
Status on Barge: Inmate
Origin: L1 Colonly Cluster
Previous profession: Military
Last known date before arrival: June 9, After Colony 195
Current length of stay: Six months

[And back to video.] Who else is going to have access to your files?

[permanently private]

[nicebluehat]

They're for my own reference, nothing more. I don't share information given to me confidentially unless it's necessary for an active criminal investigation.

What year in standard dating is "After Colony 195"?