kismet_loop | [Video]

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[A slightly dirty purple haired girl pops up on the feed, peering with sharp green eyes into the camera.]

This thing on? [There was an affirmative beep and she nodded, still looking wholly suspicious.]

Now, I know enough about science to know where I'm not - Not the moon though these craters beg to tell me differently, [she muttered with a glance at the creator filled South Eastern Sector.]

Anyone wanna help a Girl figure out what rock I just landed on? This sure as hell isn't a rock that I know of and I'm well versed in... Ok, not space science. Right now, I'm well versed in confusion...

[She tugged idly at her tertiary ear piecing in thought.]

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What colour are you calling?

[If nothing else, this is the sort of situation to be handled with a little bit of humour, and at a leisurely pace... right? Probably. It's worked well in the past.]

Thank god. I don't think there's a concise way to explain that doesn't sound crazy---and being used to crazy will serve you so well here. And while I like the ring of that, it's more like a heavily-renovated robot homeworld which has lost a lot of landmass to the miasma. Which is that misty stuff you should've seen for a few moments right when you found yourself wherever.

Black, so long as there is silver glitter. [It's that #gothfashion4lyfe.]

Yeah, so what is that exactly? And how did it not eat me, but manage to fuck up a whole planet?

Damn. I should have called dibs first instead of asking.

Exactly, I'm not so sure---but it's best avoided as it's a lot like condensed chaotic bad juju, and apparently the product of something kind of like a robotic space Satan/Cthulhu, or so I hear. Let me tell you, it sounds just as bizarre when you're the one saying it to someone else.

[She laughs.] I'd also consider dark purple.

Fantastic. Space religion. Is it just out here then? Or is it in the city too? I'd hate to find a place to camp out, only for it to taken over by the Fog.

I like you already. If those options aren't neck-and-neck, though, it's not fair for me to wheedle. [She tries to look as if she's considering something seriously, but can't be arsed to stay straight-faced.] We could settle the matter through a game of chance and skill. Jenga, maybe.

It's mostly bordering the city and some attached areas. Sometimes little bits bubble up where it's supposed to be clear, but those little bubbling bits mostly dump stuff. And people, like you and me.

Or Skee-ball. I'll kick some ass at Skee-ball.

I wish it would have dropped me into the center of town and not the dark side of the moon here. I take this place is at least a little human friendly? Not to say I expect it to be hostile but..

[She couldn't not consider that.]

I'm not sure that I've ever played, so you'll at the very least kick my ass at Skee-ball. Ever curled?

It's actually surprisingly human-friendly; way, way more comfortable than I ever expected being lost in space could be. Most of the people---humans, robots, and others---are friendly themselves, too, but... You'll want to watch out for Dirge. He's problematic, to put it politely. Never had an issue with anyone else here, but that guy? Huge jerk. Literally, as he's Cybertronian.

That's the Canadian Janitor contest, right? Where they sweep in front of that heavy fuckin' stone?

Waitwait wait wait. Big? Like.. how..[This is Devi slowly noticing that not everything is to her scale. When the scale clicks in her head, she could almost turn into the O: emoji]

ooo I can not wait to really meet these things.

[Okay, she laughs at that.]

That's right---forty pounds of granite sliding down the sheet. We got ice, we got rocks, we made the most of it.

Big like a friend helped me furnish my apartment by passing furniture through a window, even though I live on the third floor.

...guys. Or dudes. [It's an effort to soften the correction somewhat, make it as polite as possible.] Or peeps, I guess, if you'd go for something all-encompassing, but I only ever spoke with one who presented as a dudette.

Oh - Sorry. I didn't- [Welp. The only thing she can do is make a note and try to not do it again.]

Not.. not everything here is sentient is it? Like, I'm not going to have to get into a fight with my toaster over if I don't say please enough, right?

Ah, well---now it's addressed. [And seems likely to be a one-time slip-up. Better to have it in this conversation than some other, right? It's out of the way early.]

N--[and at 'a fight with my toaster,' she loses it, laughing hard enough her eyes water. With an effort, she gets herself under control---at least, enough to talk.] Ohhh my god, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. It's just that I had to fight my friggin' blender before, but!

[She holds up her hands.]

That was just the once, and only because my roomie modded what had once been an ordinary appliance into a little robot.

[The awkward was easily passed with a nod and a spreading grin at her laughter and eyebrows raised in surprise.]

Sweet Jezzus I hope so. I've read those stories about appliances and AI's taking over - I'll pass on smoothie by combat.

I'm Devi, by the way.

Don't worry, it really was an isolated incident. Protip: blenders are bad at dodging thrown things.

Sam. It's nice to meet you.

Awesome.

I swear, I'm almost out of questions but.. I'm not going to have to kill and hunt my own food right? I'm not much for hunting/gathering if I can help it.

Oh, pshhh. I've been here months and I'm still bugging everyone around me with all kinds of questions, so ask away, if you've got others. To answer? Nah, nah. There's a farm that produces food for the city, and there's 'The Pantry' approximating a grocery store---I say approximating cause you don't pay, you just record what you take so that they can monitor the demand and supply---and places to get stuff prepared in the Hub. There's a good restaurant, and 'Your Place,' which is a bar with some real meal stuff.

[That made Devi grin a little.]

That's something. This place definitely seems like it could be worse. What's the catch? Is the miasma it?

[Even if she didn't know what the miasma would do, really, it seemed to easy.]

For sure, but let's see... The miasma, and being marooned, and the whole thing with robo-Satan space Cthulhu being involved since that doesn't seem to be boding well for anybody. I guess you could consider the company a catch, but most of it is agreeable.

[Devi chuckled at all that.]

I've seen worse places right out of the gate, so despite all that, I think I can live with it. The company doesn't seem so bad, so far.

I can't help but want to ask where, now. And honestly? The company's the best part of being here.

[She grinned. It was hard to not like Sam, really.]

Well, it doesn't sound any crazier then Space Satan and Cthulhu. Hell isn't a far jump once you've got that under your belt.

[So far, so good; favourable first impressions all around!]

You're right; it doesn't sound any crazier, even if it is mildly disconcerting and raises a couple of questions.

Hell has a tendency to do that, I've noticed. This place doesn't look that big, I'm sure we'll run into each other. I don't mind answering questions, so long as there's something to drink.

This place does have alcohol, doesn't it? Not that I drink that often, but a shot now and then or a beer is good.

Sooner or later, and likely sooner if you settle in or near the Hub.

You bet, and you aren't the first person to ask upon arriving. I gotta recommend The Bloody Masterpiece at Your Place. The virgin version especially makes for a nice lunch.

Fantastic. [On both counts.]

A little late for lunch right now, but it's five o'clock somewhere and damn if this kinda travel doesn't make me thirsty.

I should at least facilitate your getting something to drink, then.

[And boop! A file with directions, sent to Devi's drone.]

Granted, this will be more useful once you're coming up on the more-settled spaces... d'you need a lift?

[She's seen that other people have commented, sure, but hasn't yet sifted through the other feeds.]

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