First Entry [audio]

[cantkilltruth]

[The voice on the network is new and despite being very formal and professional, it also sounds like she's just barely keeping a rein on her temper. And there might also be a hint of nervousness beneath that.]This is Georgia Mason, identification number ABF175893, of After the End Times. I would like to request contact with the closest authority

Comments

audio;

[namesnotprowl]

[Militarized state sometime in the future? Hrm. That might be worth looking into.
... But he just can't help himself.]

You're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy. No CDC here. That media license isn't any good. And you should know better; information's never 'free'.

That said, is there anything else you need?

audio;

[cantkilltruth]

[Oho this one thinks he's clever.]

Merely because I haven't made it free yet. Don't worry, I'm working on that.

So I'm being held against my will. Is that it?

audio;

[namesnotprowl]

[He wouldn't be entirely wrong, most days.]

Oh, no. There's always a price. Even if y'deliver to the masses, someone will always pay for it.

Of course. It's all a grand conspiracy. Vampire Nazi Robots are holding us hostage.
By which I mean, you fell through a space-time rift that nobody's been able to throw in reverse to send us all elsewhere. We are stuck until someone does figure out how.

audio;

[cantkilltruth]

Which is why I make sure that I'm the one who pays. Which I'm gonna assume I'm doing now. [She kind of expected something like this, considering what's happened.]

Vampire Nazi Robots, huh. You sure the zombies aren't involved? No talk of the "zombie agenda"? And apparently aliens too, since what, this is space apparently?

audio;

[namesnotprowl]

Sometimes you don't always have the choice about who pays. This ain't karma for your choices back in your dimension, if that's what you think.

Didn't know zombies had an 'agenda' beyond destruction. Or have I been wrong about that? Also, this is a space station, darlin'. Big difference. Black-vacuum-of-nothingness big.

audio;

[cantkilltruth]

Everyone is already paying. I just make sure that when it's my responsibility, I pay the most.

Oh, good. Glad you agree.

Right. Space station. Hafta admit, I've never heard that one before.

audio;

[namesnotprowl]

Self-sacrificing of you, to do that. [You sound like an Autobot. Gah.]

Well, you can only almost get killed by so many hoards of the shambling dead before y'jump to one or two conclusions about them.

If you don't believe me, there's viewports.

audio;

[cantkilltruth]

Not at all. I just understand my role.

Nice to know you understand.

I've seen them. Cute screensavers.

audio;

[namesnotprowl]

Of course. [He doesn't believe you at all.]

I'll take the giant murderous robots instead, thanks. At least the station is lacking in them.

No, no. That's not a screensaver. [And behold, suddenly the video is on and it's flying toasters oh Primus.] That's a screensaver.

audio;

[cantkilltruth]

[She knows when she's being condescended to. She is so glaring at the wearable.]

Never had to deal with giant robots, so I wouldn't know. Sounds like you're watching too many pre-Rising movies.

Nice. A classic.

audio;

[namesnotprowl]

Because zombies are an absolutely normal occurrence compared to giant robots f'r a guy from, say, 2009. Right? [He likes you, you're silly.]

Prefer it set to Wagner, of course. Working on getting the wearable to pull it up with that.
Tried changing the screensaver settings on the viewports yet?

audio;

[cantkilltruth]

Don't know what 2009 has to do with anything. That's ancient history.

Wearable, huh, that what they call these things? They're awfully handy. Can't get a signal for shit, though.

I figured that was an admin's job.

audio;

[namesnotprowl]

So, before this 'Rising' of yours, right? Before people thought that the living dead were more than simple horror movie fodder? Because darlin', that's when I'm from.

You obviously didn't pay attention to the introduction when you dropped in.

[He chuckles throatily.] Saying that like we have an admin around here that would care about using screensavers.

audio;

[cantkilltruth]

Oh, so you're a time traveler now.

I paid attention. Just didn't believe a word.

Then who the hell is in charge?

audio;

[namesnotprowl]

Dimension-hopper, really. Suppose you are too, now.

[Oh gosh, you are just full of hilarity here, female. He likes you.] Gonna have an interesting time here, then.

Oh, it has an administrator. Hypatia. You know, that AI you don't believe. Good luck getting ahold of her, though; she ain't much for talking to people.

audio;

[cantkilltruth]

Dimensions, too. Story gets better and better.

[And her headache is getting worse and worse. And her sense that things aren't right here is getting stronger. And now she has a bitchy AI to deal with.]

Hypatia, huh. Wish Buffy was here.