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Felix Gaeta (didwhaticould) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-02-19 19:50:00

Entry tags:

felix gaeta, kitty pryde (aoa), sam winchester, spencer reid

Day 363 - Open Video/Action
[Video]

[The video opens on a man sitting squarely in view, his bearing better suited to someone awaiting a big job interview than a newly incarcerated prisoner.]

Hello, MarinaNova Asylum. My name is Felix Gaeta. I'd say that it's a pleasure to join your ranks, but I don't want to start off on a lie.

I've been over the information I was provided with on arrival and it left a number of things unanswered. Namely... [a pause to pick up a notepad] ...is all of this really virtual, and, if so, does anyone know where our bodies are?

Do you have a leader or any kind of civilian government?

Is everything here actually free for the taking, or are there strings attached?

[He pauses again, flips a couple of pages, and sighs.]

Maybe this is a better question: do you have an archive or some other collection of information that hasn't been provided by the wardens? No one wants me to go through all of these, including me.

[And scene.]

[Action]

[Gaeta can be found at the library—taking notes, likely—or at any of the many eateries in Marina, admiring the sheer selection available. He won't go out of his way to be friendly.]

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	tallerthanthou 2016-02-20 05:36 pm UTC (link)
	[Okay, wow. Not that he hasn't met people from versions of the far-flung future, but to hear the actual date is kind of jarring.] Well, in 2010 it definitely exists. What's a Cylon? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

didwhaticould
2016-02-21 02:52 am UTC (link)

[Fun fact: Gaeta is from about 150,000 years in Sam's past. Not that either of them will ever know that.]

Either we're not from the same universe or the Fleet's going to be in for a surprise if it ever finds Earth.

Humanity's biggest mistake. [Too cryptic?] They're machines. Humanoid, sentient. They were trying to hunt us to extinction, but their priorities keep shifting.

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	tallerthanthou 2016-02-21 09:51 pm UTC (link)
	[Things they'll never know! Wheee!] I'm guessing you built them and then they decided to take over? [Plot of every sci fi ever?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-22 01:23 am UTC (link)
	I wasn't involved personally, but yes, basically. [That guesswork is extremely suspicious, sir. He is going to make note of your uncanny knowledge ~~of sci fi tropes~~.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2016-02-22 04:10 am UTC (link)
	[Gaeta's wording also led him down that path, but the tropes help.] You must love being in a prison run by AIs then. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-23 04:00 pm UTC (link)
	Absolutely. [Not. There is some unshakeable low-key panic going on.] Nothing puts me at ease like being surrounded by machines in a prison that's being overseen by more intelligent machines. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2016-02-23 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. If it helps any, we've seen the engineers. I think the robots and wardens are the lowest in the chain of whatever command is going on. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-23 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	That's... comforting. Do the engineers seem to be human? Organic, at least? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2016-02-23 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	Organic. I'm pretty sure they're not human. I didn't see them myself, but from what I've heard one looks a little like a cross between a spider and a scorpion and the other was hooded so you couldn't see much of anything. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-23 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	I suppose a spider-scorpion and a mystery in a hood are better than extremely advanced machines. [By the slimmest of margins.] So... has anyone ever escaped? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2016-02-25 01:02 am UTC (link)
	No. Not yet. Considering the virtual reality aspect it's even more complicated than we though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-25 09:16 am UTC (link)
	Are there ideas, at least, or do I need to make myself comfortable? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2016-02-25 02:23 pm UTC (link)
	There are ideas, but you should probably get comfortable, because they're all long shots. Not that I'd blame you for being eager to get back. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-25 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	["Eager" is such a strong word.] You're pretty calm about being imprisoned. Is everyone this accepting? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2016-02-25 06:51 pm UTC (link)
	I've been here for almost ten months. I had a lot of momentum for getting out those first six months or so and then it started tapering off. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-02-26 09:41 pm UTC (link)
	The prospects are that bleak? Encouraging. [He writes something down.] Morale doesn't seem as low here as I'd expect it to be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2016-02-29 01:56 pm UTC (link)
	We're a couple of days away from the place being open for a full year and we don't have a lot to show for our efforts against it. As far as morale goes... I think the part where there's always food and entertainment keeps a lot of people happy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-01 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	So our robot dictators want us to be too content to want to fight them. That could imply that they wouldn't be able to hold out against us if we rebelled. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2016-03-01 04:15 pm UTC (link)
	That is the kind of optimistic thinking that sounds completely logical and will probably get you disappointed. [But he's thought the same thing.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-01 05:13 pm UTC (link)
	You don't think it could be true? There are a lot of ways to fight. Maybe no one's found the right way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2016-03-06 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	I wouldn't still be at it if I didn't think there was a chance. I just know it's rough when you think you'll be here hours or days and it turns into months. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-07 04:01 am UTC (link)
	[Thanks for reminding him that he could be here for months, Sam.] What happens at home in the days or months where we're not there? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2016-03-07 04:20 am UTC (link)
	[Hey, it could be years for all he knows!] The thing we've all heard? Another version of you is there to do what you'd do, but without breaking any laws. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-07 05:33 am UTC (link)
	[No.] I don't suppose you've heard where that version comes from or what happens to us if it gets killed, have you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tallerthanthou 2016-03-07 01:34 pm UTC (link)
	I don't. I assume it came from a warden originally. If it is true mine's already died a few times. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)