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[devilofohara]

[The feed starts, as Robin holds her MID out away from herself a bit, giving the crew a good look at her.

It's weird, putting herself on display like this - she'd only made a few other posts on the network, but they had been text. Now, though... she's made the decision not to hide her face anymore. Besides, if someone wants to contact her in person, it'll be important that they know what she looks like.

What she looks like is a small child with black hair and... three arms. Even as she starts recording, she's multitasking - scribbling down notes with one hand in a notebook, about some pamphlets and brochures she's gotten from the planets that she's leafing through with another. Her third arm is, of course, holding her MID up.]

I'm busy, so I'll make this quick. My name is Robin and I became the ship's historian a few weeks ago.

If any of you come across any useful or interesting information about the ship or this planet's, please let me know. Send me a message, or come see me in my office on the Nomo deck.

[She only glances up at the camera occasionally as she begins to speak.]

Also if you're planning on doing some exploring and you want some help, you can send me a message as well. I can get past most locked doors, and I don't mind helping you if I can learn something from it.

[Maybe not the wisest thing to advertise over the network, but Robin doesn't mind breaking rules or getting in trouble in search of the truth.

She stops writing for a moment and looks directly at the camera, wearing a serious expression. Time to address the possibility of someone from her own world being here:]

...lastly, if anyone recognizes my name or my face from the posters back home, don't bother contacting me. You can just go to hell instead.

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[oddie]

[He's twenty years old. To a world-wise adult, that makes him little more than a child. To any child, however, he's old enough to be distrusted, to be excluded forever from the magical community of the short and beardless. But this kid has three arms and an important job, so maybe he can slip in somehow and be a friend.]

I don't know anything yet, but if you need a buddy to explore the ship or planet with, I'm your guy.

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[devilofohara]

[Well that certainly is an... abnormal name attached to this post. Robin's tempted to comment on it, but decides to hold back for now.]

I'm fine by myself, I was just offering in case anyone else needed a hand.

[Sorry, Odd, Robin doesn't know you and she isn't exactly quick to trust people.]

If someone else needs a buddy, can I point them at you?

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[oddie]

Oh, yeah. I know that. I was asking for myself. Which I should have just said.

[He's way out his depths here but he thinks exploring might help.]

But if you aren't free, send whoever you've got my way.

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[allyisun]

[Allison sighs dramatically.] Leaving me alone just before I consider expanding!

I'm just kidding. I'm proud of you, Fingers, I know how much history means to you.

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[devilofohara]

[Robin responds with a small smile.]

I wouldn't have helped you carry all that junk in into the cafe anyway.

[Which isn't to say that she won't enjoy the amenities now that she's not an employee anymore.]

Thanks, though, Allison. That means a lot.

[Coffee mom is proud of her. :')]

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[allyisun]

Wow! After all I've done for you!

[Allison sticks her nose in the air, then breaks out into a grin that clearly shows she's kidding.]

I'll just have to rely on my BFF Riptide then. [That's Boat Friend Forever.]

Hey, no problem. Just don't work too hard.

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[prayed]

Historian? How's that supposed to work?

[It's an honest question. The basic idea behind history she understands, but it seems strange to apply it here.]

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[devilofohara]

It's pretty simple.

What do you know about the Moira? Where did it come from? What did it go through before we all started showing up through the ingress?

I want to have answers to those questions.

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[prayed]

Never thought about it, but when you put it that way, I guess knowing all that stuff would be pretty important. Least for the people who plan on sticking around.

Captains give you any useful info to start with?

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[kidjoy]

Ya got an office? You're all real important now, huh?

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[devilofohara]

Well, I've got an important job at least.

[She doesn't know that she'd say she, specifically is important - or at least not any more important than she was before the promotion.]

It's not much, just a room with some books in it, but it's mine. Do you wanna see it, Sine?

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[kidjoy]

Same thing.

[It's a compliment Robin. Take it.]

Yeah, where's it at? Is it just a room for you? No body else?

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[freiheiten]

[What the fuck?]

Is it normal to have three arms in your world?

[This has to be some titan shifter bullshit right here.]

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[devilofohara]

[Well at least he wasn't screaming. In the end, that's probably all Robin can ask for.]

No. I have abilities.

[She says so completely calmly, as if it's not that big of a deal at all to reveal. Really, it shouldn't be, it isn't as though there aren't all sorts of other people on the ship with powers.

As if to demonstrate her point, a hand sprouts up on the table in front of her and turns the page of her book, before disappearing.]

Anything else you wanted to ask?

[freiheiten]

Hu.

[And yep that's all he has to say about that.]

Yeah, I need information about where the ship has been in the past. You have any?

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[diamondslap]

Make sure history knows how inept the captains are, darling. You'll be doing us a service.

[she looks about to close the feed, but hesitates.]

What's this about a poster, now?

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[devilofohara]

I research the past, it's not my job to record the present. [Which isn't to say that she isn't doing it, but officially that's someone else's job.] Don't worry though, I intend to learn as much as I can about the Captains.

[So they'll probably all be learning about the captains' previous ineptitude, if anything.

As for the poster thing, Robin hesitates as well before answering.]

...I'm pretty well known where I come from. I have a wanted poster.

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[diamondslap]

Ah, but history repeats itself, does it not?

[yeah, she's pretty much expecting them to have past sins.]

I see. That's unfortunate, darling, but at least it means you're probably interesting company.

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[anarchos]

[Did someone say the word HISTORY. He'll get back to the arm thing in a second because 1) the ship history could be very useful and 2) he is a nerd and he loves history.]

How much actual history of the ship have you already gotten down?

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[devilofohara]

[Bellamy seems like her kind of person - Robin would infinitely prefer to talk about history than the arm thing.]

Not as much as I want to. I have most of what's happened since people started coming through the Moira, I think.

What I really want to learn about, though, is what happened before that, and there's not a lot of information to go off of.

[She has a bit of testimony from the Captains to go off of, of course, but she doesn't trust their claims without corroboration - and even if she did that would still leave a vast period of time where they don't know what happened here.]

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[anarchos]

The current people who've come through, you mean? Or this phase of it, whatever you wanna call it.

Lack of documents and people willing to talk about it usually means it was lost or it's being hidden - which one do you think's more likely in this case?

[He feels like hidden. Probably out his own mistrust about everything, but he thinks the mistrust is a fair judgment.]

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[sketchycharacter]

There was a historian job? Geez, they could have mentioned that. [Well it's not like they were taking applications, Nate.] How'd you score that one?

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[devilofohara]

Like I said, I've had it for a couple weeks. You're new here, right? By the time you showed up, it was already taken.

[By a literal child, he might notice. ]

I saw our crew didn't have one, and I told the Captains that I should have that job instead of helping with the café. They agreed.

[So, actually, yeah. In this case they were taking applications.

Granted, even if they hadn't agreed she'd probably still be doing this stuff, but it's nice to have the official title to back it up.]

[ersatzeverything]

That's a really awesome trick you've got there. I can't even tell you the number of times I've wished I had three hands. I've never gotten that lucky in the mutation game.

I love researching history when I can, so if I come across anything I'll totally let you know.

[Three hands, picks locks, and likes history. He decides he likes this kid, dubious past or not.]

[devilofohara]

I have a lot more than three.

[Just to prove a point, she extends a fourth arm out of her left shoulder and and adjusts the camera with it.

She is curious about his mutation comment, though. She looks at him with her eyebrows raised.]

...if you never got that lucky, what mutations DO you have?

[She doesn't understand, of course, that she's opening herself up to being blatantly lied to.]