kissthatgoodbye: (Incorrigible)
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    [It's not unusual for transmissions to start en route to whatever they'll eventually show; this one follows the floor for a moment, spins its focus past a wall, shows a glimpse of common room.

     Shows a partial view of a possibly familiar face, frowning in concentration, muttering more or less to himself.
]

     Number of things nowhere near as simple as they should be: two so far.  Well done, Admiral.  Catch up to the twenty-first century, huh?

     [A few more small adjustments, and Alec is fully on screen, standing mid-corridor on one of the hallways. He beams, pleased with himself.]

     There.  Now.  Floor numbers go up or down?  Is this thing actually on?  Hello?


     [ Spam : Open ]

     [Once his presence is successfully announced, it frees Alec up to investigate his new environment more thoroughly - and explore it he does, once he confirms what his research alone in his cabin has already told him: this place is nothing like Manticore.  They seem to pride themselves on it, even.  Additionally they're recovering from some kind of unusual crisis, and that leaves him a unique opportunity he doesn't intend to waste, especially not with what else his reading of the network has shown him.

     He covers his barcode with the collar of his jacket, and separates the Barge as he understands it into a grid, sets out to fill in the blank spots.  He can be found poking around in the dining hall, the infirmary, the gym, the greenhouse, the art room, and lingering outside the pub, the maintenance office, the engine room.  He even wanders down near Zero just to make sure he's left no corner uninvestigated. 

    It's simple: act like he belongs here, see who takes the bait; he's friendly to everyone he sees, smiling easily, often waving in greeting if anyone looks at him.  Evaluate, adjust, advance.  As long as he has new surroundings to investigate, as long as he has new rules and social angles to learn, he doesn't have to think about why he's here, what it means, or what he means to do once he's sure of himself.
]

     [ Private : Dillon Cole : A few days later, after this ]

    [No fumbling this time.  He wants to be taken seriously and he expects this Dillon person is already familiar with X5s, too - enough to know that a few days is more than enough time for him to become competent with the communicator anyway, if nothing else.

     His speech is a little more formal, too, although he doesn't bother with being as starched and rigid as he's seen his clone on the network; he can, but he only needs the vague connection in this case
.]

     Good afternoon, sir.  I was told to contact with you a possible employment inquiry.

Date: 2015-07-18 10:46 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] tucky
tucky: (in the old days of about ten minutes ago)
What kind of wager?

Date: 2015-07-20 11:02 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] tucky
tucky: (he said "in pain"‚ not "a pain")
What if we got different opinions about what's idealistic?

Date: 2015-07-22 12:50 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] tucky
tucky: (what would Liberace do?)
I don't know, it's a small boat. It'll be hard to find somebody who ain't got bias.

Date: 2015-07-22 02:30 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] tucky
tucky: (no names were changed)
What if they like you a lot or like me a lot and want one of us to be right?

Date: 2015-07-25 02:31 am (UTC)From: [personal profile] tucky
tucky: (she works up front‚ eats souls for fun)
Okay, fine. We'll do it that way. But we both got to agree on who it is.

Date: 2015-07-26 05:29 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] tucky
tucky: (I'm the boogeyman with a teleprompter)
Got a problem with that?

Date: 2015-07-26 09:08 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] tucky
tucky: (I'm the boogeyman with a teleprompter)
Then you won't do too bad here, I don't think.

Date: 2015-07-26 09:46 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] tucky
tucky: (what would Liberace do?)
Aw, hey, I didn't mean to sound, like, discouraging or nothing. I just don't know you that well, that's all. Don't wanna give absolutes.

Date: 2015-08-01 02:40 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] tucky
tucky: (I hope we've touched you)
Well, I believe you're gonna do just that.

Date: 2015-08-01 07:51 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] tucky
tucky: (I'll have a thousand Hershey bars‚ then)
Hey, I ain't a groupie.

But I'll be your friend; how about that.

Date: 2015-08-05 08:05 pm (UTC)From: [personal profile] tucky
tucky: (she's SORT OF ALIVE!)
[She laughs at that.]

Oh, is this a date right now? Good line.

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