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[two_percent_dopamine]

[He'd gone blank before, shut down in China, in Dean's office. He was too used to being shut down, waking up some place other than he last remembered.

[But this was...new. And unpleasant, even among a series of experiences that Alex would describe as less-than-pleasant. Because it wasn't his docking cradle he'd woken up in. At first he'd thought he'd been kidnapped, but there were no guards, and his weapons were just where he'd stowed them, fully charged. ]

This is Detective Ale--. Just Alex.

[The voice is slightly modulated, almost , but not quite, inhuman.]

I’m looking for a man. A Dr Dennett Norton. Five foot nine, Caucasian, mid-forties. No criminal history.

[You spend enough time on the force, and people seem to settle into categories like that.]

I can provide a list of known associates.

[A short list: did Norton have a family? Anything outside his work? He should probably know, after all this time.]

He’s….. I need him.

[He doesn’t want to say for what, at least just yet.]

((ooc: open to network or action for anyone on/near the ship))

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Re: Action: On the ship

[wrench_and_ruffles]

[The usual first questions]

I'm Kaylee Skywalker. The ship's called Salvation and the planet's Verdana. How we wound up on board is a long story and we still ain't rightly sure of all the details.

Action: On the ship

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[He was about to introduce himself, again, before he realized he did it on the broadcast already. Force of habit.]

Planet.

[Yeah, that's going to take a moment to sink in. He'd figured this wasn't Detroit, but, a whole different planet?]

This, wait. This is a dream, right?

[He looks around, expectantly, waiting for it to dissolve. Another of Norton's little memory packets to trick his brain into action.]

Re: Action: On the ship

[wrench_and_ruffles]

It ain't a dream. Been here over a year now.

[It's hard to remember exactly how long, but it's been at least a year]

Best bet looks like gettin' Salvation flyin' again.

Action: On the ship

[two_percent_dopamine]

A year? I can't...I can't be here a year.

[He's not sure how long his body can go without maintenance, for one thing. And Clara. David. Everything back home. He can't lose them, not again.]

How the hell do we do that?

Re: Action: On the ship

[wrench_and_ruffles]

[Everyone always says that]

We reckon if we can get the ship runnin' again, we should be able to get folk back to about when they were grabbed up.

[For the people who could go back anyway]

We're mostly tryin' to get her self repair systems goin' these days. Know much 'bout engineerin'?

Action: On the ship

[two_percent_dopamine]

Who's 'we'?

[Yeah, he's really probably not grasping onto the right points here.]

I, yeah, I don't think Detroit's got, you know, facilities for a ship like this. Harbor. Whatever.

[He's a cop, not a rocket scientist. Which...apparently she is. ]

I don't even know how I work. Sorry.

Re: Action: On the ship

[wrench_and_ruffles]

Mostly me, Tony and Kaidan workin' on the ship. Lotta other folk do various jobs in town. Workin' with the local law enoforcement, farmin', shops, the hospital whatever they had the skills for.

[Wait, he'd said...]

Whatcha mean ya don't know how ya work?

Action: On the ship

[two_percent_dopamine]

Only thing I have any skill for is the police. Unless you have another use for someone good at shooting things.

[Really good at shooting things.]

This.

[He turns, hands raised to indicate his whole body.]

I don't how to fix any of it if--when--something breaks down.

Re: Action: On the ship

[wrench_and_ruffles]

Well, there's police work. My husband works for the sheriff.

[At some point the captain was going to find that out and... well, be the captain.

But never mind that, that whole body... was amazing. And it shows on her face.]

Tony'll probably know a thing or two 'bout it. Might not be half bad with it myself, but he makes amazing armor.

Action: On the ship

[two_percent_dopamine]

Anyone I should talk to in particular? Your husband?

[Not the sheriff but maybe close enough. ]

[She gets a look in her eye that reminds him of Norton, just a little less possessive.]

It's not just armor. It's me. Mostly me.

Re: Action: On the ship

[wrench_and_ruffles]

Prolly best talkin' to Luke, yeah. Sybil's mighty busy right now. Things're pretty crazy in Poseidon right now.

[It's hard to focus on just one thing when the... mechanical aspects are so distracting]

Prosthe... no, that ain't the right word for that much at all is it?

Action: On the ship

[two_percent_dopamine]

Crazy? What's happening?

[Nothing like waking up and feeling plunged into the middle of things and behind on all of them. He knew part of it was his programming, its insistence on solving things, enforcing the law. ]

Prostetics. Yeah, that's what Dr Norton calls them. It. Me.

[He's still trying t wrap his head around it himself. ]

Re: Action: On the ship

[wrench_and_ruffles]

Tony still might be a good bet on that.

[But... the situation. The situation to explain.]

The mayor was killed a couple weeks back. Ain't the first person to die the way he did, but it bein' him sent everythin' right crazy. No one's terribly clear on who's in charge, and a lot of folk ain't happy with... well, anythin' right now.

Action: On the ship

[two_percent_dopamine]

I'll hope so, or, well, it won't be good.

[Hi, have a new comer...who is going to die of his own glitching systems without maintenance. Surely just what everyone needed.]

Sounds dangerous. Do we have a safe place if things get rough?

Re: Action: On the ship

[wrench_and_ruffles]

Pepper's been settin' somethin' up. In case there's trouble at the Flop... that's the place most new folk live at first. We're hopin' we won't need it, but way things've been ain't promisin'. Folk suddenly ain't takin' so kindly to havin' outsiders around.

Action: On the ship

[two_percent_dopamine]

Hmmm.

[A thinking sound. It's a lot to take in at once, but a city on the edge of violence, well, that he knew a little too well.]

So they're really going to love me.

[Great.]

Where is it? Is this ship safe?

Re: Action: On the ship

[wrench_and_ruffles]

Like you 'bout as well as any other stranger.

[Lots of people from the ship have something different about them. Alex was at least human, even if he had some replacement parts.]

Weird things happen on board. Was a while we kept seein' things that weren't there. Sometimes time gets wonky. Safe enough to be on board, but ain't really suited for livin' here long term. Not 'til we get things stable anyway.

Action: On the ship

[two_percent_dopamine]

At least you look human.

[He...doesn't. Not so much.]

Seeing things that weren't there?

[A dry laugh.]

I don't believe in ghosts.

Re: Action: On the ship

[wrench_and_ruffles]

Got aliens in town already. Y'ain't the one who'll stick out the most.

[Probably used to standing out]

Ain't ghosts, exactly, don't think. Some weird dimension thingunummy more like.