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five toothpicks strapped together ([personal profile] pampa) wrote in [community profile] reverienet2018-05-14 07:36 pm

video/action » un:millerlite

[ miller got with the program... quick. he wakes up near the observation deck and snaps up the communicator that won't stop chirping at him and julie's necklace that's also within his grasp - he rubs his fingers over the beads before pocketing it. jumpsuit... magboots. back to square one. god, he hates space. in his fugue at first he thinks it's julie's voice, but it's not. and just as quickly he pieces together that this isn't eros. he sneers at the foreign insignia on the wall and starts scrolling through menus until the stupid recording stops. he logs in after a few different username kickbacks and pulls up a video feed. no time like the present to figure this shit out, right?

a surly-looking man with a (fake) mohawk appears on the network, the giant window of space his backdrop. he hasn't actually looked through said window yet though. ]


You tried to save the world? Yeah, okay. I was just risking my neck to save the whole goddamn Solar System, but I guess. You know, fine, that's great, I can always take a detour. [ he does not look like it's fine OR great okay. ] So what is this? Dusters, Earthers... I know this is an Inner operation. No way Belters are in the kidnapping people business. Unless it's profitable. And let me tell you right now, I'm about as useless a pickup as they come.

[ miller scrubs a hand over his mouth and turns, finally, to the bay window. concern flickers over his face, maybe fear too. but when he turns back to the video his expression is clear. he can't let this distract him, he has a job to finish. ]

Can I get a headcount at least? I'm sure I'm the only Belter on this rust-bucket too. [ he smooths two fingers along the seam of the window, making a little huffing sound when it comes back dirty. ] Well, here's something that might interest you Earthers: Eros is on a collision course for your precious blue globe, so hook me up with an escape pod. A frickin' catapult, I don't care. I was busy, you don't get to just take grand gestures like that away from a guy. [ okay this is edging towards counterproductive so he just groans and shakes his head, ending the feed after a terse: ] Miller out.

[ if anyone comes by the deck, he'll be just as grumpy, looking over the stars and wondering why he doesn't recognize a single one. miller rubs at his eyes, his free hand reaching into his pocket to touch the necklace - oddly the only thing they didn't take from him. and yet it was the only thing of value he was carrying other than a vac suit and a goddamn nuke. when you get close enough, you'll probably hear him muttering nonsense to himself but the gist of it is: ] I hate space.
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[personal profile] subplot 2018-05-17 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[It definitely isn't obvious to her that he's from somewhere other than Earth, but the way he holds himself is definitely noticed.]

A few weeks, maybe? It's easy to lose track of time here.

[Smiling in amusement, she turns her head to look him over more closely. It's easy to pick up on the fact he isn't particularly healthy, but maybe that's just the way people not from Earth look. Assuming that's what he's meant.]

Are you not from Earth too?
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[personal profile] spinals 2018-05-17 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
nope
never even heard of earth before i got here
you have two more tries
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[personal profile] subplot 2018-05-17 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's a very negative person, Karen thinks. But he's only been here fifteen minutes, so maybe he's just overwhelmed. She was her first day here.]

I've never heard of Ceres. Not outside of mythology and learning about the solar system at school.

[She takes his "just like you guys" comment to mean Americans, and not people from Earth. Because that's basically the American thing to do.]
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[personal profile] tumang 2018-05-18 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, we gotta be.

[ Because this planet they're orbiting doesn't look like anything he's ever seen. It's not part of their known system, and Amos had spent enough yet hopping from rock to rock and ship to ship to know the solar system pretty damn well. ]

You don't sound convinced.

[ Because Miller killed himself on Eros. The fate of a hero. ]
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[personal profile] spinals 2018-05-18 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
nope
not before people here started talking about it
i'm from l-21

and no
sorry
i wish i did
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[personal profile] spinals 2018-05-18 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
it's a terraformed moon
i guess it's a colony? i just always think of it as part of the miran system and nothing more or less
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[personal profile] spinals 2018-05-18 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
i wouldn't say complete
but it's got atmosphere and all
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[personal profile] donkeyballs 2018-05-18 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Alex gives a bemused look, but honestly? For the best. So he takes Miller down to the bar and pours them both out a drink and leaves the bottle on the counter between them.]

Alright, hell, I don't even know where to start. I guess with Eros. You said you hadn't even made it onto the surface yet, right?
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[personal profile] spinals 2018-05-18 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
what's a belter?
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[personal profile] morphogenia 2018-05-20 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kamala is here to watch the stars because why not? She literally has nothing to do around here. She spots a weird guy mumbling to himself which really isn't that unusual where she comes from so she decides to chime in.] To be fair, space is always going to suck when someone is holding you prisoner.

[She's not here to make snarky comments. She wants to see if he's okay too since there are other reasons to hate space here.] But, are you okay? A door didn't try to eat you or anything, right?
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[personal profile] tumang 2018-05-21 10:58 am (UTC)(link)
Fuck, man. Your death wish that strong?

[ Beating around the bush isn't exactly Amos's style. ]

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