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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]

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.

[marineris]

well, you couldn't swing much if your arms were stuck.

[Bobbie with the not at all dark jokes.]

[charlieoscar]

[The corner of his mouth twitches in the edge of a smile.]

Smartass.

What about you? I showed you mine.

[marineris]

oh, we're bonding, yeah?
i'd rather go down swinging too. nothing on this station so far would let me do that.

[charlieoscar]

Might as well? Boredom and all.

So aside from the bloodthirsty doors and the food, anything else I should be on the look out for?

[marineris]

i don't know.
how much do you know about living in space?

[charlieoscar]

Give me the crash course.

[marineris]

keep your mag boots on at all times. if the station stops spinning and we go into zero g, you're not going to have much fun floating in the middle of a room. you can engage them by leaning back on your heels or tapping your heels together, if you're in a bind and can't manage that. it'll feel like you're sticking to the floor for a while, but you'll get used to it.

the station's not at a full g, obviously, so you're going to feel off for a while. if the spin is making you nauseous, try to walk spinward instead of against it. it helps. you'll probably feel shitty regardless, but you'll get used to it.

and you'll have to keep up with some sort of fitness routine. there's not as much gravity to work against here, especially for an earther, so you'll lose muscle mass quickly.

[charlieoscar]

[Some of it translates, in a weird way. Spending his career on the ocean has given him steady sea-legs, and fitness regs weren't anything new to him.]

And no smoking.

[That's new. And it sucks. But he'd deal with it.]

Got it.

[marineris]

nope. you want to make the life support system work overtime filtering that out?

[charlieoscar]

[Yes, Mom.]

You know an Alex by chance? rocipilot?

[marineris]

yeah, i do. why?

[charlieoscar]

[Ha!]

No reason.

I get it. I don't have to like it. But don't worry, I get it.

[marineris]

you navy boys are sticking together, huh?

[charlieoscar]

Hooyah

[marineris]

you're from, what, two centuries ago?
good to know the navy has always said that wrong.

[charlieoscar]

Two hundred years and no new material? Disappointing.

[marineris]

maybe i'm holding onto my best material for later.

[charlieoscar]

A woman both mysterious and confident. I like it.