audio; un: nanatsuya

[counterfeitheart]

So uh

I see everyone got this bullshit list of bullshit. Or at least numerous people.

So here's the deal. You got this shit here that don't mean shit, like "Geoscience"? Is that even relevant to us right now? "Comms Officer". Yeah that sure as hell doesn't mean shit to anyone here. Sounds like some military crap, first of all. Here we are, everyone using the comms and I can't see anyone figuring out how to stop someone yet. "Quarter Master"? Who the fuck even cares.

Now "Chief Food Supplier" is something we direly need but seeing as all we have are those crappy food dispensers, I'm not entirely sure what you would even do. I think that could be reworded to "Head chef" too, unless one of you fuckheads want to fly your happy ass down to that planet over there and try to catch some real meat.

Anyway, that's all just unnecessary garbage, but what I'm trying to get at is that we HARDLY have what could pass as a society here, and I don't know about you, but ain't none of you paying enough to get me or like anyone with a shred of self-respect to be a goddamn "Waste Disposal Chief". We don't even have an economy here.

So, how 'bout we just set this shit aside and don't even think about it, honestly? If you want a roster so bad, take one of those books and write everyone's names down.

Comments

[hopefragment]

Mmm.

[He hums uncertainly, then ventures,]

There's... a lot of science positions. R&D is... research and development, right? Do you think this station was intended to study something?

...You didn't sign anything agreeing to be a test subject, right?

[solarcharged]

[ UHHH FUNNY YOU SHOULD SAY THAT. There's an obvious pause before Apollo answers the question. ]

Not lately, no.

[ if this is another Bendix-plays-God experiment then Apollo is going to dump this whole station in the gd SUN. ]

...Did you?

[hopefragment]

Not lately? [Hajime can't help but repeat, because that does kind of stand out as something important, yeah. Also just accidentally-on-purpose not answering Apollo's question.]

Umm... I'm assuming it didn't have anything to do with a space station, though. Right?

[solarcharged]

No. [ Apollo shakes his head on the other end of the audio feed but there's a seed of doubt in his mind. ]

I mean, that was twenty years ago...

[hopefragment]

[He hums again, bringing a hand to his lips as if that might help him think.]

Still... it's not something to rule out entirely. I mean... every little bit helps us get closer to solving this.

[solarcharged]

[ GOD. The idea of Henry Bendix returning once again from Apollo's past to fuck up his future is not a happy thought. ]

Maybe. [ Apollo's words are clipped, uncomfortable. ] Although for the record, my husband pulled the spine out of the guy responsible for that. So. I hope he's too dead to be fucking around with abandoned space stations.

[hopefragment]

Uh...

[That sounds both incredibly brutal and very illegal. Hajime really isn't sure how to respond to that, a little wary concern entering his voice.]

Right. Well, I guess that, um, rules out one person.

[solarcharged]

Yeah. I don't think there's any coming back from that one.

[ look LOOK it was a really stressful day for everyone concerned, don't judge ]

But anyway. I don't think our common denominator on this station is Henry fucking Bendix. So don't worry about that.

[hopefragment]

I won't.

[I like my spine where it is, thanks.]

Well... thanks for answering that, anyway. Even being able to eliminate possibilities is really helpful... I think.

[It sounds like something his friend Chiaki would say, so hopefully it makes sense.]

[solarcharged]

Is it?

[ Apollo can tell he's just being polite. He smiles mirthlessly on his end of the feed. ]

We're just as in the dark as ever before. I hate that, but it's true.