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William T. Riker (1stofficer) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-01-19 00:46:00

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data, deanna troi, duo maxwell (au), helen magnus, kitty pryde (aoa), sam winchester, will riker

day 254 - video; 001
[ When Riker appears at last he's circled back round to Sector 2, framed against the hedge maze. There's no distractions, and his introduction is absent of distractions too. At least at first. ]

Good evening. I hope it's not too late in the day to introduce myself, but I didn't wish for anyone to be surprised to spot me around the place. My name is William Riker, and I just arrived with the latest group of people. It's nice to meet all of you, if unfortunate considering the circumstances. I appreciate the kindness that has been shown to me since my arrival.

I understand some-- [ And suddenly Riker stops, looking up. It's started to rain, and he wipes a single raindrop off his nose. ] I'd better wrap this up. I'd like to speak to some friends of mine, whom I'm reliably informed have been here for a while. Maybe after I get in out of the rain, if that's perfectly alright.

Deanna, I hope you're in somewhere dry.

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	1stofficer 2014-01-19 02:56 am UTC (link)
	[ He doesn't make soaked-to-the-skin look too bad, but he does at least grin back. ] I'm sure it keeps everyone on their toes. Is it just rain, or do you get all sorts of weather? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-01-19 02:59 am UTC (link)
	There's snow sometimes. Only once so far in this facility. There was also fruit punch once. [No, seriously, that was a thing.] I'm hoping that was a one time deal. Sticky. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1stofficer 2014-01-19 03:06 am UTC (link)
	I can imagine. It really rained fruit punch? That sounds more like something from a holodeck simulation--a novel. [ He beams. ] I grew up in Alaska; I'll take the snow over the rain any day. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-01-19 03:13 am UTC (link)
	It really did, but it wasn't the wardens. An inmate had managed to override some of the systems and did questionable things with his brief reign. [Filing "holodeck simulation" away for the moment. Some version of a novel apparently?] I grew up in Illinois. I'm used to everything. Wind especially. [Chicago. The windy city.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1stofficer 2014-01-19 03:21 am UTC (link)
	If overriding the systems were possibly, changing the rain into fruit punch wouldn't be the first thing I did with that kind of power. [ i.e. that person is clearly not a Starfleet officer. ] Do you miss it? Home? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-01-19 03:27 am UTC (link)
	Me either. [Wow, that feels like a strangely "big" question for her. She actually laughs under her breath to break the surface tension it caused. Her hand goes to her pocket, digging out her packet of cigarettes.] Sure. Missed it before I was a captive in reverse Sea World too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1stofficer 2014-01-19 03:54 am UTC (link)
	[ Star Trek is synonymous with big questions. Still, missing home is just something that happens when you can travel among the stars. Homesickness for him isn't quite the same thing. ] Reverse Sea World. That's nice. Can I use that one? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-01-19 03:59 am UTC (link)
	Be my guest, William Riker. [She smiles again. Quipping is much easier than trying to casually comment on the destruction of Chicago years ago back in her world or any of the things that followed.] I'm sure I've got a few others up my sleeve. I've heard inverse snow globe too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

1stofficer
2014-01-19 04:06 am UTC (link)

[ Conversation for a game of poker, maybe, but not for a first meeting. It's better this way, and he lets the conversation drift. ]

Not so keen on that one. Sea World doesn't exist where I'm from--we considered it cruel. So this is...very fitting.

[ But he still came from a universe where criminals could be released to inhumane conditions in alien labor camps if it meant saving the quadrant from all out war. They hadn't shed the chains of cruelty yet. ]

Will is fine, by the way. What do I call you?

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kitty_has_claws
2014-01-19 04:12 am UTC (link)

[She does enjoy a good game of poker. It would be refreshing to play with people who weren't cheating too.]

Cruel, hmm? I guess there is something cruel and unusual about making sea life jump through hoops—literally sometimes—for the public amusement. [Not that Sea Worlds are still functioning back home for her either.] But I guess I reserve that word for other things.

Call me Kitty. But it's Katherine Pryde. [She never says Katherine, but he did start with William so it's what she goes with.]

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	1stofficer 2014-01-19 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	[ He wouldn't disagree, but on the other hand it was hard to put a scale to a thing like cruelty. It occurred to him, though, that there was something about her reservation. She'd seen cruelty. ] It's nice to meet you, Kitty. Have you been here for long? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-01-19 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	[He read that correctly. She's seen a lot.] Long enough. I showed up on Day 24. [230 days of incarcerated fun.] That practically makes me the prison's historian. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1stofficer 2014-01-22 12:25 am UTC (link)
	And people have arrived here every four days since? At least now I know who to go to when I have a question. [ And to shoot down any options he might come up with. Might as well jump straight to it. ] What have people tried to get out of here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2014-01-22 05:14 am UTC (link)

Usually. Sometimes it's five days. We're working on tracking the pattern.

People usually take a crack at the dome. I know I did. Super strength, teleportation, phasing, conjuring, energy blasts. The usual.

Also hacking attempts to the system which usually ends in some kind of mayhem, but nothing that gets us home. There's the occasional assault at the kiosk or of the maintenance bots.

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1stofficer
2014-01-22 04:55 pm UTC (link)

[ Actually what he gets out of that is people have superpowers, and that startles him somewhat. He's seen very similar things, aliens with certain abilities--or with exceptional ones in some cases, but he can't imagine that Q would ever be stuck in a trap like this.

Still, it makes him think of Deanna's problem with her empathic abilities, reassures him that it might only be temporary. ]

That's very useful to know, thank you. I assume, given the nature of my companions, that the attempts have had technological as well as physical origins?

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	kitty_has_claws 2014-01-23 01:10 am UTC (link)
	You assume correctly, sir. Which is good since breaking through the dome physically is an excessively stupid idea. [Her version of trying to get through it wasn't going to send water rushing in to crush and drown everyone.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

1stofficer
2014-01-23 10:31 pm UTC (link)

I can't imagine any assault on the dome would be a wise idea, whether you could do so 'safely' or otherwise.

[ That is not how physics works. The water comes in and crushes everybody.

That doesn't mean the answer isn't in that direction. It's a good trick, to make the only way out look impossible; Starfleet have used it before themselves. ]

Does anyone know what's under the dome?

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	kitty_has_claws 2014-01-24 06:32 am UTC (link)
	I do. [Little smile. Did you want more information than that?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1stofficer 2014-01-27 02:11 am UTC (link)
	Then would you mind-- [ Realisation flickers across his expression, and he inclines his head forward. ] Forgive me, I suppose talking to newcomers about escape must get boring after a while, especially when nobody has succeeded. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2014-01-28 04:25 am UTC (link)

It can. Sometimes I make my own fun. [Trolling the newbies used to be her favorite past time. She's been a little more responsible since taking on the leader mantle for the force and acclimating in general.]

For several feet down it's just dirt, foundations, roots, that kind of thing. After that it's more of the dome or at least the same kind of shielding. Kind of hard to see anything when you're in a solid mass.

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	1stofficer 2014-01-30 03:47 pm UTC (link)
	[ Something flickers in Will's expression. He's paying attention, and when he adds her previous comment about powers to this one, combines it with own previous experience with moving through solid objects, stereo understanding combines into a single line of thought, a single question: ] You can phase through solid matter? Naturally? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-01-30 03:54 pm UTC (link)
	Sure. You can't? [Teasing. She doesn't expect other people to do the same even if she has a double walking around with her power and a noah with a pretty similar one.] Must get tiring opening all those doors. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1stofficer 2014-01-30 04:27 pm UTC (link)
	[ He grins, and teases right back. ] When I have to open them, they're a lot of hard work. Fortunately that doesn't happen very often. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2014-01-31 05:18 am UTC (link)
	[She enjoys this one.] I'm guessing that's not because you stay in one room a lot. Probably not because you have a personal doorman either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	1stofficer 2014-02-01 02:57 pm UTC (link)
	[ It's that disarming boyish charm. ] State of the art facility--automatic doors. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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