audio; an open message to the captains

[pallantias]

This is ridiculous. More than ridiculous, it’s… it’s actively idiotic.

If any of your claims about our abductions being “accidental” are true, your primary objective should be to return us to our home-planets as quickly and efficiently as possible. Instead, you want us to stay on this planet for weeks while the natives drone on about meaningless distractions like dating and love. [There’s a brief pause here, and one can easily imagine the speaker shaking her head in disgust.] Even if you did have ulterior motives in taking us, which is more than likely, there is no reason to have us stay on this irrelevant planet other than to waste our time.

I don’t know about my crewmates, but I have already been away for too long. I had -- have an objective back on Pandora and if these pointless diversions end up preventing its completion, I will make you pay for it. [She lets the threat hang there for a moment before speaking again.]

Athena, out.

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Re: video

[pallantias]

[There’s a long pause, during which Athena stares at the face on her MID for a good several seconds without making a positive ID. When she speaks, her voice is terse and suspicious.] “Who is this?”

Re: video

[diamondslap]

Guessing games were the robot's way of passing the time, Athena. I'd thought you above it.

[though, to be fair, she only really liked how little questions athena asked and her shield.]

audio;

[pallantias]

Answer my question: who are you? [If she sounds rather aggressive, it's only because the woman's repeated implications that they know each other are putting her on edge. It's not like most people from Athena's past are friends, after all.] Are you from Atlas?

Re: audio;

[diamondslap]

Oh, for-- Aurelia Hammerlock. I own a planet. We spent the last few weeks on Elpis.

[at the second question, she laughs slightly.]

Atlas? Darling, do I look like a corpse?

audio;

[pallantias]

[Athena shakes her head.] I've never heard of an "Aurelia Hammerlock." And I've never been to Elpis. And even I had, I've spent the last few weeks on this ship.

No. [Most Atlas employees don't. Yet.]

Re: audio;

[diamondslap]

Good heavens.

[she actually sounds somewhat surprised/offended. she debates with herself if she can be bothered trying to solve this.]

Now, what have you been doing, my dear?

audio;

[pallantias]

I’ve been following the directives given by the captains. Such as they are… [The second half is said with undisguised contempt, and for good reason. Next to Atlas’s omnipresent and rigid authority, the command of the current captains seems laughably weak and confused.]

My official role on the ship is “Public Relations Officer.” [You can practically hear the air quotes in her voice.] In other words, non-essential.

Re: audio;

[diamondslap]

Oh, ahaha!

[that is literally the funniest thing aurelia has heard in a while and she didn't expect it to come from athena.]

You, Athena? Public Relations? Heavens, they must truly despise their crew. How many have you shot already?