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[sketchycharacter]

[The face that appears on the MID is familiar, despite the age loss. Nathan Drake is recognizably himself. But there are fewer lines on his face, no touch of gray in his hair, and he's skinnier, without twelve years of built-up muscle.

He's also got an obvious black eye and a set of plain prisonclothes that are pretty threadbare. Those are new.]

Okay, so, space. That's a thing. Which you've all probably figured out by now, since you're here and all.

[He lifts a hand in greeting.]

I'm Nate. And I don't want to complain, because I got lifted out of a shitty place and I'm sure someone thought they were doing me a favor, but I'm going to complain anyway, because I didn't actually need it. I wanted to be there. And if someone had to spacenap me, the least they could've done is take my brother too. Sam's gonna be pissed he missed this.

[On the plus side, his prison garb at least smells better now. Thanks, Moira laundering facilities.]

So is there a complaints department? Or some way I can get a ride back to Panama? Probably not that lucky, huh.

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[sketchycharacter]

I was, actually.

[And he's not lying. It had taken planning to get into the exact jail they wanted, with the exact kind of inside help they needed, to find the exact traces that Sam suspected Avery's man had left behind.]

And thanks. I really think the blue brings out my eyes.

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[leftfeet]

Really? How peculiar.

[She says, the amused smile on her lips growing wider. Breaking into prison isn't exactly a common occurrence where she comes from.]

For your sake, I hope you had an exit strategy.

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[sketchycharacter]

We do. Don't worry about me.

[It wasn't his first time in jail, but it was the first time being there by choice. Unusual, sure, but they weren't in trouble. Everything would be fine.]

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[leftfeet]

[That 'we' doesn't escape her notice. So his brother is in prison too, that's interesting.]

Well good luck, then.

[ She doesn't look all that concerned, to be honest. More than anything, she just seems quietly entertained by this whole situation. Nevertheless, her wish for luck was genuine.]

I'm Robin, by the way. I'm still the ship's historian, I suppose.

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[sketchycharacter]

[Eh. They don't need luck when they have skill. But it's nice of her to say.]

Still? Were you before?

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[leftfeet]

Yes, I was. About twenty years ago, from my perspective.

[She says it so casually.]

The position hasn't been filled since, though, so I can only assume I still hold the position.

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[sketchycharacter]

That's a long time to go without. Sounds like they don't appreciate history much.

[Which makes them a bunch of idiots in Nate's eyes. Whoever "them" is.]

[leftfeet]

Many people don't.

[ Which is a goddamn tragedy, in her opinion. ]

Of course, it can't have been more than a few days or weeks from the ship's perspective, so I can't hold it against them too much.

Time is in flux on this ship, for now. It's quite strange, really.

[sketchycharacter]

Uh...huh. Okay.

[It doesn't make a lot of sense to Nate. Part of it's because the way the Ingress is affecting him, he doesn't have all the context, and part of him is that it's just a little beyond him.]

Stranger than being kidnapped into space to start with? That's pretty damn strange.

[leftfeet]

The kidnapping makes more sense than a lot of things that happen in this place, actually. There are a lot of people on this ship who will tell you that, from their perspective, I was a child a few weeks ago.

[ Again, she brings it up way too casually for something so weird. ]

And that's to say nothing of the dead coming back to life, the giant robots, or human body parts changing into glass without warning.

[sketchycharacter]

[...]

That sounds like a lot of bullshit, lady.