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thisavrou2016-03-08 10:17 am
tearmeanewone) wrote in thisavrou2016-03-08 10:17 am
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[When the feed starts, Elizabeth is right in the center of the frame, dressed in her uniform, giving off a very formal but pleasant attitude. She practiced this. Several times.]
Good morning, everyone. For those of you who I haven't met yet, my name is Elizabeth DeWitt, head librarian. Recently, I was promoted by our captains to the position of First Mate, meaning I have taken on additional responsibilities to the crew aside from encouraging everyone to visit the library and make use of the collection. [Little plug there, forgive her.]
As First Mate, I'll be acting as a liaison between the crew and the captains, should anyone have an issue they would feel more comfortable speaking to me about, or if the captains are off ship. Once I've moved in, my quarters will be located in Section M and I encourage anyone to find me there or at the library if you need me.
...I realize not all of us are happy to find ourselves here, however I am one of the potentially few who very easily call this ship my home. Whatever can be done to make things more efficient, safe, or comfortable, I want to discuss it. But, at the same time, if you just want a reading recommendation and some hot chocolate, I can provide that as well.
[She nods, clearly satisfied with the message and smiles, looking a little relieved that she got through the spiel without embarrassing herself.] I think that about wraps it up, but if there's anything else please feel free to message me. Thank you!
Good morning, everyone. For those of you who I haven't met yet, my name is Elizabeth DeWitt, head librarian. Recently, I was promoted by our captains to the position of First Mate, meaning I have taken on additional responsibilities to the crew aside from encouraging everyone to visit the library and make use of the collection. [Little plug there, forgive her.]
As First Mate, I'll be acting as a liaison between the crew and the captains, should anyone have an issue they would feel more comfortable speaking to me about, or if the captains are off ship. Once I've moved in, my quarters will be located in Section M and I encourage anyone to find me there or at the library if you need me.
...I realize not all of us are happy to find ourselves here, however I am one of the potentially few who very easily call this ship my home. Whatever can be done to make things more efficient, safe, or comfortable, I want to discuss it. But, at the same time, if you just want a reading recommendation and some hot chocolate, I can provide that as well.
[She nods, clearly satisfied with the message and smiles, looking a little relieved that she got through the spiel without embarrassing herself.] I think that about wraps it up, but if there's anything else please feel free to message me. Thank you!
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Certainly! I'm in the library now as a matter of fact, and I have a hot water kettle and these... packets of mix that apparently make hot chocolate. And tea, if you're more interested in that!
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I'll meet you in the library in five.
[With that he shut off transmission and made his way to the library following the directions and asking people on the way. Soon, he was entering the vast room filled with books.]
Hot chocolate you said, right? [He hoped the girl was still there.]
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[A voice comes from an aisle to the left, and shortly after Elizabeth bustles into view with a few books in her arms. On her desk, there's an electric kettle that's already getting close to being ready.]
I thought I still had some cookies around here too, but I may have eaten them in desperation a few nights back. [She sets the books down on a table and walks directly to the hardened-looking man, holding out her hand.]
Elizabeth.
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[Venom shook the girl's hand and offered her a polite smile. She certainly seemed to be doing alright here.]
This your first time aboard a space ship?
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Oh ouch, six months and I still look like this is my first time aboard a space ship? [She winces in good humor-- is it odd that she's so comfortable joking with a grizzled man? Not to her.]
Yes, this is definitely my first time. The year I came from was 1959. What about you?
[That could dictate what kind of reading he might find interesting/helpful.]
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I came from 1984. From my military base out in the ocean. [Strange thing being taken from a place no one knows about to a space ship. The captains must have a pretty powerful teleport or portal system.]
Do you know why you brought here? No one seems to know.
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Ah, few years ahead of me though, but far behind everyone else who seems to hail from the 31st century and beyond. [She chuckles and goes to the electric kettle when she hears is shut off.]
No, not at all. [She thought that maybe the Ingress was helping her avoid the inevitable outcome of the situation she'd been facing, but then not everyone had been in the same position when they were taken.] At first I thought the captains had known I loved books, and needed a librarian. But then Captain Thán told me he had no idea where I'd come from or what I was adept at, they'd just filled the position. [She sets out two cups and shakes her head.] I don't exactly believe in fate, but it's a very particular set of coincidences in my case.
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Before being brought here I was in a nine year coma. I had no idea who I was when I woke up apart from being called Ahab. This guy wearing a bandage over his head known as Ishmael rescued me from the hospital I was in. It was all pretty surreal.
[Snake still had dreams about it all.]
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[Hm.]
...quite the coincidence as well! I can see how that would feel surreal, especially if you were missing nine years of history.
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[If it weren't for him and Ocelot he'd probably would have ended up barbequed by the burning man.]
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So, probably something not from the 1980s, involving hospitals, or Moby Dick, I'm guessing? [She shakes the instant packets into the cups and pours hot water over them. Spoons, where did she put the spoons...]
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Moby Dick? Have you read that one here?
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[She frowns and looks at her MID, tapping at it, searching for the record.]
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Do you spend most of your time here? [Because Snake got that impressing of her just looking after books and making sure everything was in order.]