EVENT: SPACE PIRATES ▒ OXYGEN GARDENS

[ataraxites]

CHARACTERS: Ensemble production!
LOCATION: Oxygen Gardens
WARNINGS: Camping.
SUMMARY: Hanging out in camp, discussing pirates, etc.
NOTES: Open to all!

Camping may not be an expected activity on a spaceship, but the gardens are large and have clear, grassy areas for people to gather together. You can help set up tents, inventory supplies or guard the perimeter — just keep an eye out for any strange faces trying to sneak in...

Comments

[alaspooryork]

Delta nodded. He'd already gathered that there seemed to be no way to leave by choice, though it did happen that people were lost in jumps from time to time.

"Has it been difficult for you? Is there any way I may assist?"

Because, well, everything else aside, he did want to help out the few people he knew on this ship full of strangers.

[ghostthatlingers]

She raised a brow at the question. "Assist me with what? Security work or...?"

[alaspooryork]

Delta shrugged, a human gesture that seemed to come naturally to him. "In any way you would like. Security analysis. Companionship."

[ghostthatlingers]

"You can stick around if you want." She nodded in the direction of the makeshift camp. "Is York out there somewhere?" She couldn't imagine the two of them being far from each other.

[alaspooryork]

"He is. We have set up a tent." He gave her the approximate location in case she was interested. and he did seem to take up her offer to stick around for a little while. He was getting tired, but not quite ready for sleep just yet.

"May I say that it is good to see you again?"

[ghostthatlingers]

A brief smile flickered across her face. "I can say the same thing, D. It's good to have you here. York had been running around, looking all over for you."

[alaspooryork]

"So I have gathered." York had certainly seemed to be happy to see him, anyway, and Delta couldn't deny he felt the same way. Even if this whole business of being human was pretty bizarre.

"I have seen Church and Epsilon as well. Are there any others from our timeline present?"

[ghostthatlingers]

"None that I've seen. If there are any, they haven't made themselves known."

[alaspooryork]

Delta nodded.

"Even so, five is no small number given the apparent total of residents here. I am glad you are among them, Tex. It is good to see you again."

[ghostthatlingers]

She frowned slightly. "Even stranger is that Church and I appeared at the same time."

[alaspooryork]

Delta narrowed his eyes and looked thoughtful for a few moments.

"Were you together before you arrived, and did you come from the same point in time?"

[ghostthatlingers]

She shook her head. "No. He's from farther along than I am and was looking for me before he got here."

[alaspooryork]

Scratch that possible pattern, then. "Epsilon arrived after you?"

[ghostthatlingers]

She nodded. "Yeah, not too long after. Have you seen him around?"

[alaspooryork]

"Yes. He was present at the lockers during my arrival."

Well, everyone had been, apparently, but Epsilon had been the only one he had noticed. Delta hesitated.

"Is he...stable?"

He had Epsilon's word for it, but then, one rarely admitted to one's own faults.

[ghostthatlingers]

She folded her arms over her chest and shrugged. "I don't know," she replied honestly. "I haven't been around him for extended periods and I don't think Church has either."

[alaspooryork]

Delta nodded, though the answer didn't reassure him.

"I will continue to monitor him, then. His presence was unexpected, though not unwelcome."

How many AI-turned human were there on this ship, anyway? Was this technology common in this time, and if so why hadn't they developed Slipspace travel instead of these strange jumps yet? There was still a lot Delta wanted to know.

[ghostthatlingers]

"Have you been tracking him?" That wouldn't surprise her and she'd feel a lot better if he was. She was too busy with her patrols to make sure that Epsilon wasn't about to go off the deep end.

[alaspooryork]

"Only with what I have been able to accomplish by viewing the network," he admitted. "However, I believe if I were to suggest a more regular communication or meeting, he would not take it amiss."

[ghostthatlingers]

"Keep me updated, D. If he's about to go crazy on everyone, I want to make sure I'm there in case he gets his hands on a weapon."

[alaspooryork]

Delta nodded. Not that he'd like to even think about that sort of thing, but, well, he'd feel better if he could confirm Epsilon's relative sanity firsthand anyway.

"I will."

[ghostthatlingers]

She nodded. "Thanks. We have enough problems on board already."

[alaspooryork]

"Indeed." Hence the impromptu camping trip. "Aside from the current pirate situation, are there other problems I should be aware of?"

[ghostthatlingers]

"Did York fill you in on what happened a while back?"

[alaspooryork]

"That there was another time when these gardens were used for safety purposes, but I was not informed of the details."

Probably because York had looked exhausted. He was probably already asleep back at their tent.