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[There is a really, really unpleasant banging noise, like someone's thwacking their tab against a rock because (surprise) that's exactly what this particular someone is doing. A feminine, Australian accented voice cuts in after a while.]

-would have been nice if they’d given us a bloody crash course in how to use these things. How do you even-

[There is jarring sound of static and then a burst of distortion as a finger jabs at the TAB]

-tell-

[Another jab and more distortion.]

-if it’s-

[One more jab and for some strange reason, the image feed is flipped upside down and everything is strangely… purple.]

-working?

[There’s a sigh, and then coming through the upside down, purple video feed there’s a woman with dark hair looking quizzically at the TAB with a furrowed brow until she sighs.]

Some week this is shaping out to be.

[She jabs at the tab again, and while the feed returns to right side up, it’s still conspicuously purple.]

Okay. I don’t get it. Never did go in much for the whole sci-fi thing. First person to tell me where I can get a beer and a back rub in that order is my new space best friend. Name’s Chloe by the way. Chloe Frazer.

[She squints at the tab and then rolls her eyes.]

Shit, did I break it? Fantastic...

[ooc: backdated to during week two!]

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[Honestly, she sounds way more like an alien he's just recently met than someone from New Zealand... but hey. At least he got that reference.]

Does it count for anything in my defense if I say I haven't been on Earth for the better part of two years?

Wow they really snagged you for the long hall didn't they? Two bloody years, I reckon you've got a good excuse to get away with any cultural misunderstandings.

[Although that's... more than a little alarming that he's been stuck in space this long.]

How d'you cope being kidnapped for so long?

No, I... I didn't mean here.

[He knows what she means by the question. He knows she means here, but all the same... "How d'you cope being kidnapped for so long?"]

[It sends a cold knife down his back. But he keeps his expression as composed as possible. Not answering it. Not for now.]

I've only been here a few months.

Oh Jesus, that's- god I'm sorry.

[And that is pretty crappy luck to be kidnapped twice, she can see that he's not exactly thrilled with the reminder.]

Looks like you need that drink more than I do, right?

It's all right. [It's not all right.] This isn't really all that bad, comparatively.

[hahaha look at him try to make a funny.]

I'd settle for coffee, if anything. But I'll keep an eye out for something else.

Comparatively? What's worse than being whisked off into space without warning?

[...wait a sec.]

I'm not sure I'm going to want to hear the answer to that am I?

... No, you're probably not.

My hair wasn't always ... striped like this, for one thing.

And I'm guessing you weren't just taken off by a really enthusiastic class of trainee colourists.

Jesus, and I thought I had bad luck.

[... he actually laughs a little at that.]

Wow. I -- I really wish that was the case.

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