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[charlieoscar]

There were people here before, right? So where's all their stuff? Even if they all got chest-bursted their belongings should still be here, but I didn't find so much as a toothbrush in my cabin.

Has anybody found anything useful?

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[charlieoscar]

You mean that in a 'what a great movie way' or 'oh god what the hell is that way?'

So are there still some things left, but nothing that really helps us in any way. Convenient.

[donkeyballs]

Lemme put it this way. We don't have access to life support readout. Everythin' we breath is recycled, but we ain't got a clue in hell how old the filters are or how efficient or whether or not they're gonna crap out on us any time soon.

Filters go down, we start not bein' able to breathe.

An' I've already tried hypoxia once, I ain't keen on a repeat experience.

[charlieoscar]

This place gets better and better every minute.

[But he doesn't argue, as much as he'd like to. He knows what it's like.]

[donkeyballs]

Sorry, hoss. I know Earther's are used to a certain sort of livin', but the rest of us ain't had that luxury.

[charlieoscar]

[There were a lot of ways he could respond to that, especially the tone he imagines came with it. He settles on sarcasm.]

Life or Death Space Checklist: smoking, no - getting hammered, yes. Got it.

[donkeyballs]

[ Alex snorts when he reads it. ]

Trust me, there's a lot of space-friendly vices out there. You'll do fine.

[charlieoscar]

Can't wait.

[solarcharged]

Yeah. I tried making replacements but it's just really obvious whenever you play the 3 of diamonds, 9 of spades or jack of clubs.

[onlydoubts]

It's just a hairbrush. With no owner. Doesn't mean that anything happened to them, just that it could have been left behind.

[ Maybe. ]

I'm not familiar with the reference, so I'd assume not.

[charlieoscar]

You could try replacing half of them.

Or get really good at solitaire.

[charlieoscar]

Let's go with that.

[Against all evidence, sure, but maybe he'd be able to sleep.]

Ah, well. It's a movie. [Does he know what movies are?] About a group of people in space who encounter an alien lifeform. It's starts as a parasite that grows inside a guy's chest cavity. Then when it's ready to evolve into its next form it leaves in the most dramatically bloody way possible.

Chest-bursted.

[onlydoubts]

[ ... ]

So I'm gonna assume a movie is what we'd call a holovid.

I've never heard of a species that can do that, where I'm from. Interspecies breeding is not really a big thing. But since it's not real, guess it doesn't really matter.

Either way, that's. Gruesome. And it's certainly a morbid reference.

[ they weren't chest bursted were they?? ]

[charlieoscar]

I don't know if you've noticed, but this place isn't exactly a ray of sunshine.

[His heebies had jeebies.]

But, on the plus side, besides not actually existing-- [That he knows of, yet; who knows in this impossibly real nightmare.] -- --if it were here, you'd know it. It's not exactly discreet.

[marineris]

nope, i don't know what movie you're talking about. just making sure there isn't a new mess i missed out on.

[charlieoscar]

What do those future schools even teach?

But don't worry, were it real, I don't think you could have missed it. It's big and nasty and gets people everywhere.

[marineris]

good to know.
if you want to brush up on your love sonnets, let me know.

[charlieoscar]

I hated Shakespeare. All that pussy footin around. Just say it.

[marineris]

it's way too sappy for me. i don't get it either.

[charlieoscar]

There a library on this can? Maybe they take donations.

[marineris]

not that i've found. i'm figuring whoever dragged us here wants us dying of boredom.

[charlieoscar]

With random doors that swallow people? Nah, this is just the cruel part of unusual.

[marineris]

you're an optimist, aren't you?

[charlieoscar]

I just call it like I see it.

[marineris]

alright, so which would you rather get stuck with? being eaten by a door or dying of boredom?

[charlieoscar]

If dying's actually required?

[...]

The door. At least I can go down swinging.