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unknownseas2021-01-24 10:36 am
bathymetric) wrote in unknownseas2021-01-24 10:36 am
COMMENCE VOYAGE
Fun Fact: Did you know the Atlantic Ocean has a surface area of 41.1 million square miles? No reason.
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There's something uneasy in the air as you come to.
Well, "come to" is an interesting word in this case. It implies waking up, which is not exactly what happens. None of you are in beds, nor are you really asleep in the traditional sense. One moment you're somewhere else, doing something else with your time, and the next? You're somewhere on board a massive cruise ship - maybe lounging on a deck chair by the pool, maybe getting some Gains in the exercise room, maybe enjoying the tasteful décor in the buffet - and you have no idea how you got here or how you might get back. This is not your beautiful house. If you have a beautiful wife, she isn't here.
What you do have, apart from 25 other unlucky souls, is a small smartphone-like device in your pocket with only a handful of things on it: a clock reading 11PM, a pdf of a ticket in your name on a special Atlantic Liners New Year's Eve Cruise, an app labeled Passenger Profiles with some basic information on your traveling companions, and a message:
Welcome aboard, passenger! Please feel free to partake of any of the facilities while you wait for the big event! Remember: when midnight comes, you better make your way to the theatre at the back of Level 1 for the main event! The Captain and the First Mate will be there to take care of you all personally, and to help you ring in the new year in style!
Well, that's a start. But what you do until then, it seems, is up to you!
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There's something uneasy in the air as you come to.
Well, "come to" is an interesting word in this case. It implies waking up, which is not exactly what happens. None of you are in beds, nor are you really asleep in the traditional sense. One moment you're somewhere else, doing something else with your time, and the next? You're somewhere on board a massive cruise ship - maybe lounging on a deck chair by the pool, maybe getting some Gains in the exercise room, maybe enjoying the tasteful décor in the buffet - and you have no idea how you got here or how you might get back. This is not your beautiful house. If you have a beautiful wife, she isn't here.
What you do have, apart from 25 other unlucky souls, is a small smartphone-like device in your pocket with only a handful of things on it: a clock reading 11PM, a pdf of a ticket in your name on a special Atlantic Liners New Year's Eve Cruise, an app labeled Passenger Profiles with some basic information on your traveling companions, and a message:
Welcome aboard, passenger! Please feel free to partake of any of the facilities while you wait for the big event! Remember: when midnight comes, you better make your way to the theatre at the back of Level 1 for the main event! The Captain and the First Mate will be there to take care of you all personally, and to help you ring in the new year in style!
Well, that's a start. But what you do until then, it seems, is up to you!
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Oh. I would consider preferences to be close enough, but perhaps that's simply a matter of opinion!
[...but uh.]
What precisely is an android?
[...you are totally somehow a blastia person aren't you and boy does he not like that!!!!!]
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[Although like what baseline are we working from here...]
I am like a computer.
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[He kinda gets the concept, at least, even though there aren't proper androids where he's from. We do have robots, kinda. They're very much machines made for murdering people.]
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Essentially, yes. My father, Dr. Soong, was human. He sought to create an android who would be indistinguishable from a human being.
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[This is such a scientist thing too, oh my god. Alexei would totally create a person-robot if he could.]
Honestly, if you hadn't told me [and he hadn't seen your stint in the pool] I wouldn't have known!
[...he would've just assumed you're a weirdo like everyone else here, because there isn't a single normal person on this ship.]
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Really? I am often considered...noticeably inhuman.
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[Give him a sec to pull out the phone and scroll down... here we go, please look at Filbo's picture.]
We do have some unique individuals among us, after all!
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I am unfamiliar with his species. But it certainly does seem like we are all from very different worlds.
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Ja, precisely! It's absolutely fascinating, I never would have thought such a thing was possible!
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There have been several recorded instances of contact with alternate universes, in my world. I was actually present for several. However, the phenomenon is not well understood - I do not believe it has ever been done intentionally.
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[You know, basic Star Trek plot.]
Of course, time travel is also possible, but I do not believe it accounts for this.
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Ja, that would be a bit difficult to imagine...
[Traveling through space is like, sure whatever, he can roll with that. Traveling through time??? Hmm, bad.]
It sounds like you've seen and experienced a lot of interesting things, though! Can you tell me more about space? I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like.
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The ship I am posted on is an exploratory vessel. We often take on diplomatic or military missions, as required, but much of our time is spent charting unexplored areas of the galaxy. That is why we often encounter unusual and unexplained phenomena.
Recently, we have had another encounter with the Q. The Q are omnipotent beings from another plane of existence. One of their number has taken an interest in humanity, our captain in particular. This time, he caused us to encounter potential future versions of ourselves, and almost wiped humanity from the timeline. [He says like this is all totally normal.]
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That's incredible. You said the Q are omnipotent - how did you all manage to stop them from wiping out humanity?
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Q enjoys games and riddles. If you can determine what he wants you to do, he will usually back away for a time. [...] To be frank, I believe he is more inclined towards humanity than the rest of his kind.
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[this is So Much and it's the first day.]
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[look I don't ship it, but Q sure seems to]
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[i know like 2 things about tng and that is data is a real boy and picard is the best]
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His name is Jean-Luc Picard. He is an especially accomplished diplomat, archaeologist, and historian...and I also consider him a personal friend.
[Because that's probably more what you wanted, right?]
He has always stood up for my rights as a person, and accepted me for what I am. It is due to him that I am not legally considered property. [Anymore. Maybe. Starfleet is bad sometimes actually.] He is a highly principled and resilient man.
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My, he certainly does sound like it.
[He can kinda follow along despite the lack of androids where he's from, and boy is that an awkward topic of conversation! Who is and isn't a person... and people deciding whether you're a person or not... Hmm, something about all of this is deeply uncomfortable for some reason that he isn't going to think about today!!]
It sounds like you respect him quite a bit! Though given what you've said, he seems like the sort of person most would respect and adore. I can see why he's the captain!
[Guys like that just sort of gather people around them regardless of the circumstances...]
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I do. I am sure that he and the rest of the crew will be looking for me, when they realize my disappearance.
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