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[spacerhyme]

[ the video feed flickers onto the face of an older gentleman; unflattering low angle, poor lighting, eyebrows hanging heavy over his eyes and lips tightly pursed. he's wearing a nice, heavy coat over a hoodie and a t-shirt featuring a sick ass space shark, though much of the ensemble's coated in a fine yellowish dust. looks like it could use a wash.

not his main concern right now. ]

Really? [ one corner of his mouth quirks up, wry. ] Cast across time and drifting lost and alone amongst storms of raw negative energy, but you've got social networking. How very... human, I bet a human knocked this up. D'you call it Spacebook or something?

[ original dad joke, do not steal. no apology is forthcoming.

the camera swings round, losing sight of him for a second as he sets the device down on something solid. re-adjusts it until it's centered properly on his face, steady now. ]

Hel-lo, Avagi. I'm the Doctor. Yes, just the Doctor. I arrived on your quaint little space station only recently — not the worst I've encountered. Well done. Probably... well, possibly not even in the bottom ten, but I mourn for some of your equipment. Someone made off with two-thirds of your laboratory, you realize, and ohhh, the state of your computers...

[ briefly aims the camera up at one of the aforementioned storms. ] But I must say, the open-plan observation station is a bold design.

[ casually tossing topics out as he rapidly approaches the actual purpose of this broadcast. this time he points at the screen, seriously, ]

Has anyone established themselves as your de facto leader yet? I'd like to know who to ignore.

The rest of you, tell me about the Ingress as it was, and the planets you've visited. Any of them.

[ over and out. ]

Comments

[inconsequence]

And you would be correct in assuming so.
I have to make a decent first impression, after all.

[wallride]

usually if you threaten people they stop talking to you

[inconsequence]

Golly. What a novel concept. I never would have imagined such a thing.

[wallride]

coulda fooled me

[inconsequence]

If your intention is to deconstruct my every word as to render everything I say useless, I commend you for your efforts but must inform you that you are neither the first nor the last to attempt this progressive whittling down of my sense of self, seeing as said sense has never existed in the first place.

[wallride]

damn chara how am i meant to defend myself without it seeming like that VERY THING
just please don't threaten people randomly?

[inconsequence]

And spoil the only pastime I have that resembles something remotely fun in this place?
You'll have to try a little harder than that.

[wallride]

chara
you are aware you've just doomed yourself to me finding you other hobbies now right

[inconsequence]

I have plenty of hobbies. It's simply that none of them are feasible or useful in a place such as this one.

[wallride]

we'll see about that
tell me a couple

[inconsequence]

Knives.

[wallride]

i know exactly what to do

see you around, chara

[inconsequence]

Not if I see you first.

[CUNNINGLY TRIES TO GET THE LAST WORD IN TO DISGUISE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOW QUIETLY TERRIFIED WHAT IS HE PLANNING]