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Tweak says, "What is this a missile launch?"

Lal (contractionuse) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-04-15 00:03:00

Entry tags:

artemis crock, data, lal, number one, percy jackson, rowan fae, will riker

day 267 | open video & action
[ Lal's never seen an actual ocean before. Or a blue sky, an underwater dome... Almost everything in MarinaNova is totally new to her. That is why her first transmission comes some time after she's arrived. As urgent as it is that she is returned to The Enterprise, there wasn't exactly anyone around curb her curiosity, or answer the multitude of questions she's storing up for later.

But now, she finally starts her video from the shoreline of sector one. For all intents and purposes, she seems to be an ordinary young woman. Except for the odd and slightly mechanical movements of her head. ]

Father.

[ She doubts he's actually here in the asylum with her, but she has to make sure. She pauses, cocking her head to one side just a bit. Being used to the starship's communication methods, she expects an immediate answer. When none comes, she continues on. ]

Asylum. Protection from danger. A facility where care is given to the sick or insane.

I am not sick. This is not The Enterprise. This is not Galor IV. I do not know of a planet with an ocean named "Saylar". Why... was I taken from The Enterprise? Why was I charged with crimes? Captain Picard stated that I had not done anything wrong. So why am I here?

It is a mistake. Since it is a mistake, I've concluded that the logical action would be to return to the surface of this planet. I will do that now.

[ Obviously, the best way to do that would be through the ocean. She hasn't yet realized that the water before her is independent of the dark sea outside the dome, so she's going to start marching forward purposefully. She'll keep going, eventually sinking below the surface unless she's stopped. ]

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	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-18 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	Eye movement is a factor? [ Excuse her while she takes a moment to blink several times, looking puzzled. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] greenerarrow 2014-04-19 02:10 pm UTC (link)
	What? No, I mean, we don't know how we got here. [She might be getting some of that puzzled look back.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-21 02:23 am UTC (link)
	So it was a saying. It was not literal. [ That makes a lot more sense. ] If the method was hidden from everyone... Does that mean it was a mistake that you were brought here also? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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greenerarrow
2014-04-22 03:01 am UTC (link)

Riiight. [Definitely something familiar here. She's worked alongside some androids before even if she doesn't know Data that well. Some are pretty obviously mechanical and some you'd never know. Not that she's totally sure yet. She's also known a lot of aliens...]

I'd like to think so. I don't belong in prison. [It's practically her motto or mantra. Don't end up like the rest of her family.]

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	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-22 04:37 am UTC (link)
	Then you also... do not wish to stay. [ The idea that all the other beings in the facility were being kept against their wills had not occurred to Lal. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] greenerarrow 2014-04-22 03:03 pm UTC (link)
	I think that's the general consensus. [Okay, there might be a few who do, but she's focused on the masses that don't.] We were kind of abducted here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-23 05:34 am UTC (link)
	So... aiding in an attempt to return everyone to their homes would be a positive contribution? [ Perhaps it's better, for now, that there isn't an easy way out. Helping the people trapped in this underwater dome is exactly what her father would have wanted her to do. Maybe. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] greenerarrow 2014-04-24 03:41 am UTC (link)
	You could say that. Easier said than done, but if you've got a magic exit I'm up for it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-24 05:36 am UTC (link)
	I don't. If this ocean is not the way out, then another method must be devised. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] greenerarrow 2014-04-25 04:09 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. We've been working on that. What's your name anyway? [Never mind that she hasn't bothered giving hers yet.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-25 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	I would also like to... work on that. I am Lal. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] greenerarrow 2014-04-26 01:02 am UTC (link)
	Join the club. [Actually, there is a team working on that.] Artemis. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-26 01:32 am UTC (link)
	It is good to meet you, Artemis. [ She pauses... Here it comes. ] Club. A group of people, often organized for social purposes. There is currently a club dedicated to leaving this facility? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] greenerarrow 2014-04-26 03:08 am UTC (link)
	You too. [Still scrutinizing a little, but she can't quite bring on full sass here.] Not exactly what I meant, but yeah, the Defense Force. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-26 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you, Artemis, for... Helping me. [ She'll make her best attempt at a grateful smile, parroting the expression she's seen before in Ten Forward. ] I will ask my father about the Defense Force. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] greenerarrow 2014-04-26 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	Wait, your Dad's here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-26 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, I have just learned that he is present inside of MarinaNova. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] greenerarrow 2014-04-26 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	Who is he? [She can't imagine her own father in the prison even if prison is exactly where he belongs.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-26 08:57 pm UTC (link)
	He is Lieutennant Commander Data. Do you know him? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] greenerarrow 2014-04-26 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	That's a lot of titles, but yeah, I know him. He's on the force too. And that explains a lot. [So, android then.] Except maybe the part where he has children. [Because how does that work even?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-27 04:14 am UTC (link)
	Since I have not been present, it was likely non-essential information. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] greenerarrow 2014-04-28 02:49 am UTC (link)
	It was more that I was wondering how. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-28 03:06 am UTC (link)
	My father created me, in his lab on board the Enterprise. [ As if that's completely normal. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] greenerarrow 2014-04-28 03:11 am UTC (link)
	Huh. But I guess you're not the first artificial intelligence family I've known. [Granted the last one tried to kill her and her teammates.] Do you have any other family? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	[video] contractionuse 2014-04-28 03:18 am UTC (link)
	No. My father was the only one of his kind before he created me. His father is dead. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)