[text] For general discussion (forward-dated a little)

[ryuuzaki]

A few questions:

What do you wish you had been told when you were new to the Moira?

Relatedly, what do you think it's important for people who are new to the ship to know?

Any answer you can think of is a valid one, although responses from people who have been here longer than most are especially welcome.

Comments

[cardboard_boss]

Haven't been here that long.

[Yet, being helpful to new crew was good, right?]

be ready to share your space. if you're not new to egg-shaped bunks, get used to them.

[yeah, the bed and the space. that's all he can think of right now.]

[ryuuzaki]

Likewise. How long?

Also: egg-shaped bunks?

[cardboard_boss]

Around two months now.

[Was it really that long now? Snake could hardly believe it.]

Yeah. The beds we sleep in. Sort of egg-shaped.]

[ryuuzaki]

I'm afraid we're in the same boat in more ways than one.

But not in the same bed, so to speak. Mine isn't egg-shaped. Have you seen any of the other rooms on your deck?

[This is accompanied by a very brief video shot of a single neatly-made bunk which isn't remotely ovoid.]

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[knaval]

that it was so small!!!!
the second one depends really
like im very used to beeing in space but what if some1 who has never left theyre planet sudenly finds themself up here?
it would b scary

[ryuuzaki]

All of that is a matter of perspective, I suppose.

For example, the ship seems big to me. Likewise, it would probably be more alarming for someone who had never left their planet and was unaware that it was even possible to leave their planet.

[knaval]

yeah thats what i mean
so do u mean like
ppl to avoid?

[ryuuzaki]

That's not bad place to start, although it's also extremely subjective. I'm interested in hearing about anything that might be worth knowing.

How long have you been on the ship?

[ersatzeverything]

When I first came on board I would have liked to have known where the bathrooms are. It's really annoying to be out wandering the ship for the first time and suddenly have to search desperately for a place to piss. And it's not like the Commonwealth where you can just find any old alley and let it fly.

[Actually, he would have liked a complete history of the ship and its exploits up until this point, and a dossier on every person present here complete with threat assessment. But failing that: bathroom locations.]

[ryuuzaki]

In theory, you could, but you'd just find yourself cleaning it up an hour later.

I can't disagree with you. The planets don't always come with those sort of instructions, either. I anticipate ongoing culture clashes.

[This dossier will come into being if it kills him, which it very well might... one way or another.]

[ersatzeverything]

So not interested in cleaning up old urine, even if it's mine.

It's not just the planets, we get plenty of culture clashes happening on the ship, too. I guess that'd be an important thing for new people to know. That others on the ship are from all over, from places and cultures that might be super different from your own, so don't make assumptions or be quick to pass judgement.

[ryuuzaki]

Is anyone ever really interested in that?

Somehow I think the people who are quick to judge will remain so whether or not they're advised to try another approach. It isn't usually a rational process.

The foods might be different -- that's another consideration. Others might just find it improbably abundant.

[inruins]

I would have liked to know about our court system. Maybe an overview of what various jobs entail and coworkers. I am unsure of what level of mapping we have available, but a forewarning for what planets we would approach would be lovely.

I feel it is very important due to all of are working together. We are a team until we all arrive to our varied homes. More information can never hurt to bring us all together.

Also, hello my friend. How are you? ]:)?

[voice]

[ryuuzaki]

It's all right. This might be easier. Hello, Toriel. I'm about as well as can be expected.

[He sounds pleased to be speaking to her... but he holds off on asking her how she's been, because it doesn't yet tie in to what she's said, and her recent activities are a tangent he plans to address in a bit.]

Do you think it's possible that the captains are also unfamiliar with these places we're visiting, or at least unfamiliar with current conditions there?

[voice]

[inruins]

I am glad to hear of that my friend! I hope you've been eating well!

I would strongly wager the captains don't do enough or do no research on various places we approach. Finding out what the local social climate is would be a great benefit for us as a whole. We are strangers approaching a planet that couldor be having difficulties that our presence could only make that much worse.

It is akin to how they seem to know very little about us when we are pulled to the ship. Ingress is unpredictable yes, but asking new arrivals of their home would provide more help to possibly avoid in fighting, though that is another topic entirely.

[ryuuzaki]

We could always continue to run brief cultural surveys, although I think they'd have to be rather pointed to be helpful, and whether or not there was any benefit to them would come down to whether or not the captains could utilize them. In other words, it's probably only worthwhile if some kind of structural authority were to base their operating procedures on the information. Even then, it would have to evolve constantly.

I've been eating well. In fact, I have something for you.

[imanapexpredator]

i don't know about the first, everything is so different to me that there's too much to say

the second thing though, they should probably know that there are people here with a lot of weird powers. and also aliens and stuff. you know, so they don't freak out or something.

actually yeah, i wish i knew that when i first came here.

[ryuuzaki]

What surprised you the most?

Are you used to it now?

[imanapexpredator]

the powers thing. where i came from it's really uncommon and unheard of, so it was weird coming here and seeing how just about every other person has some kind of power, you know?

i guess i'm used to the idea of it. but i still see things that shock me sometimes.

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[prayed]

How to leave.

[Yep. That's it.]

[ryuuzaki]

How to get back to where you came from faster, I suppose. If you only want to leave the ship, it may be possible to choose to stay on one of the planets we visit.

Is there anything you like about the ship?

[prayed]

[He has a point. Sort of. If she found a planet that she liked well enough, she probably would stay, but...]

Maybe. If they ever stop landing on the most trashy, backwards planets around or sticking their noses in everyone else's business.

Sure, there's things, but who doesn't like having a place to stay and food in their belly? If the rest of it weren't such garbage, then I might even be able to swallow it.

[deal]

I haven't been here long enough to answer that last one. But I guess I wish I had been told that we'd get to see other planets. It would've made things better somehow.

[ryuuzaki]

There's a lot to see. A lot of trouble to get into, too.

Cassandra, do you have an egg-shaped bunk? I don't.

[deal]

Who told you there's egg shaped bunks? My bed's attached to the ceiling with ropes. It's an accident waiting to happen.