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[ Because she's reminded of the technology back home, this should be easy. It's not her first time she's had to make a call using Skype, or something similar. Video is the option Chloe opts for. ]

My name's Chloe― Chloe Decker. [ She doesn't notice it, the self-conscious gesture of tucking her hair behind her ear, but she sets her jaw as she pushes on, voice unwavering. Completely the opposite to how she feels on the inside. ] I guess you could say I arrived here just the same as a lot of you have, as crazy as it seems. If no one minds answering a few questions, I'd really appreciate it.

Are there any parents on this ship, mothers and/or fathers? Did you... Are there any children on-board?

[ 'What happens to them when you agree to the contract? Where do they go?' ― extra questions she bites her tongue on. Instead Chloe gives a smile that's barely a twitch of her lips. ]

Again― thanks.

[ Obviously she's not ready to end the face-time just yet as she pauses. ]

...I had a gun and a pair of handcuffs with me. Someone please tell me this place comes with a 'lost and found'?

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Not touching the children question, mostly because anyone on this ship who falls into that category would kick my ass.

No lost and found. It stole one of my guns the first time I arrived and has yet to ever cough it up.

[ Yep, he's just a little bundle of happy good news man. ]

If you're referring to the fact that some adults act like children then I'll agree to that.

Great. So what am I supposed to do? How do I get a gun around here? Who do I ask?

Actually, I was inferring that most of the children act like adults but your definition is oddly accurate as well.

[ Sorry Chloe. ]

There is no official quartermaster or armory on this ship, but sometimes extra items come in to the cargo hold or the Ingress spits a thing out.

Fastest option is to ask if anyone has an extra.

[ Personally he can't think of anyone who has a gun and would be willing to part with it but she might get lucky. ]

So then there are kids on the ship?

This Ingress do anything else? I got a very brief rundown from the doctor in medbay. I didn't know it could spit things out, besides us.

And yeah no, asking for a spare gun, I really don't think that's gonna work out so well.

I sure as fuck am not giving you mine.

[ Honestly, if he'd spoken the words there would be no real heat in that statement, simply matter of fact. ]

I haven't taken a count recently but I believe there are a few. I think we have at least one person who keeps track of them.

[ Adrien and kids were a ... bad subject. ]

The Ingress appears to do quite a bit. Unfortunately, we're still cataloging exact functionality.

Easy. I wasn't asking.

[ Jesus. ]

Great. Stuck on a ship in space and no one really knows what the deal is with the piece of junk that brought us here in the first place.

[ Somewhere on the ship he nodded with her assessment. Then remembered she couldn't see him. ]

Accurate.

I was hoping for something a little more helpful than that.

You and a whole lot of other people on this tin can, believe me.

People are working on it, but when you're dealing with "Living Power" it's rather hard to unwind.

Tin can. I guess that makes all of us a bunch of sardines.

Living Power? Care to explain?

You haven't met the Cybertronians yet, have you?

I'd love to explain. If I had any fucking clue beyond the fact that it's dangerous, and the Moira is the only vessel to have been known to be built where the living energy was harnessed on something mobile.

The Ingress machines use Living Energy to run, nobody knows if it is actually living. And some other things I'm not fucking sitting here and typing because it would take too fucking long.

Oh you're that lady. Still ain't found 'em yet huh. I hear there's this...sheep? lady that takes care of the kids. I've got a friend from home who's young so I doubt I'm gonna be sending her to her any time soon.

If you find any cigarettes, lemme know. I'm desperate here!

Edited 2016-10-24 04:16 (UTC)

asking for children, then asking for your gun and handcuffs comes with a series of strange implications, love

Some items are lost in the ingress. And there are children and have been more. Only one with an actual parent that I know of, but there are custodial positions assigned.

Are you a police officer?

Edited 2016-10-24 18:41 (UTC)

Technically I'm some kind of foster parent now, but if you're hoping to get some kids to look after, we can probably work out a deal.

Nate ... Nate. No.

[ As much of a trainwreck as he is, even he knows this is going to end badly. ]

What!

Don't you think you ought to talk to the other interested party in those kids before you go making 'deals'?

[ You just fixed things, man. Don't wreck it. ]

They're not our kids, Adrien. They kidnapped her.

Yes, I rather noticed that when I went and retrieved her.

[ Wry tone was wry. ]

Even while bleeding from the gash in her head, she was quite concerned that I not harm them.

[Nate tries not to pout. He's still unhappy he wasn't there to help her or, even better, keep her from getting hurt in the first place.]

Did you miss that this woman had a gun and handcuffs? She's either a cop or seriously kinky, and either way she'd probably do a better job of looking after three creepy alien children.

[ Nate don't pout. It's kind of adorable. ] I have a gun. [ Wait, that probably wasn't the best point of reference. ]

And did you just suggest that Elena can't do an excellent job of looking after three children?

Okay. Quick question. I'm not seeing how mothers and fathers are related to parents. What are parents?

[something's been lost in translation. also, riptide doesn't have the best grasp of familial relationships.]

I was a parent. [Although she died before coming here.] But, time is not linear here. My daughter did arrive, or rather was here before my own arrival, but she was grown. Close in age to myself.

I suppose you mean younger children in this instance though.

[ Chloe squints down at her MID when the woman appears. Natalie... Portman...? Her squint gets squintier. She's pretty in character― they are on a ship after all. In space.

Should she play along? Are they being filmed here?

This can't be real. ]

You mean you still are. [ Dead or not. ] But yeah, I'm talking about younger. Younger as in between the ages six and nine.

[ A small pause. ]

Is she gone...? I'm sorry.

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