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Tweak says, "This ain't no disco"

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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	didwhaticould 2016-03-02 05:36 am UTC (link)
	I'm sorry. [Eating suddenly requires a lot of focus.] That would make a detention center seem safe and inviting by comparison. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-02 05:48 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, well, most of home is toast anyway. [Not that it really made it matter less.] What do you think of the pizza? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

didwhaticould
2016-03-02 06:09 am UTC (link)

[He wants to ask what happened—maybe tell her how the Colonies fell, since it can be nice to know that you're not the only person who made it through an apocalypse—but they just met and there's pizza.]

It's amazing. I forgot what cheese and tomatoes tasted like, but I don't think they were this good together before. [It's all so good. He'll skip the pizza with the anchovies, but everything else? Everything else is magical.]

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	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-02 06:10 am UTC (link)
	[Maybe he'll stick around and there'll be time for the depressing bonding. Pizza bonding is far superior. Or maybe far supreme?] And you doubted me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-02 06:23 am UTC (link)
	[Well punned.] I kept my expectations reasonable so they would be either met or exceeded. It had nothing to do with you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-02 06:42 am UTC (link)
	So calculating in your meal options. You must be a hell of a chess player. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-02 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sure this will come as a shock, but I don't know what chess is. I'll just assume you meant that as a compliment. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-02 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	That is shocking since you're not from Earth. It's a board game of strategy. Just thinking compliment works though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-03 02:41 am UTC (link)
	In that case, thank you for the compliment. [Most people don't use "calculating" as a compliment, but he'll take it.] And for the introduction to pizza, and for answering my questions. I owe you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-03 02:26 pm UTC (link)
	Racking up quite a debt. [She's so not worried about being owed anything.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-04 01:36 am UTC (link)
	Should I worry about what happens when you decide to collect? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-04 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	Probably not. I'm here to protect, not to be a loan shark. Save some room though. We can run by Chill after this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-05 06:11 pm UTC (link)
	What do they have there? [More food? He can't imagine more food.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-05 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Ice cream. [All the food! Or he can get a milkshake. Totally not food.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-06 12:48 am UTC (link)
	I can't believe this place is real. [Oh, wait.] Well... real enough. I keep expecting to wake up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-06 04:30 am UTC (link)
	It's not really what you expect when you actually wake up either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-06 05:56 am UTC (link)
	[He is curious about the not-so-virtual prison. Hopefully Kitty wants to talk about it.] What is it like? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-06 06:05 am UTC (link)
	Clinical. But with a touch of sci-fi warehouse. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-06 06:25 am UTC (link)
	That sounds... efficient. [Maybe. It didn't really paint a picture for him.] Can I assume that there's no pizza? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-06 03:12 pm UTC (link)
	That's a good assumption. There are quarters set up. They're very stripped down versions. Basically barracks full of bunk beds and then a cafeteria with tablet dispensers, so probably a condensed nutritional supplement instead of food. We haven't actually had to live in there though. We were only awake for a few hours. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-07 03:55 am UTC (link)
	Were there any indications that that wasn't some kind of virtual reality, too? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-07 03:57 am UTC (link)
	Just some of the stiffness in our bodies, but they could have faked that. So, no, it could be several levels of fake for all we know. Comforting, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-07 05:51 am UTC (link)
	No more discomforting than anything else. [He pokes at another half-slice of pizza that he's too full to eat but unwilling to walk away from. The struggle is real.] Being in a prison that feels like a prison would almost be better than this, wouldn't it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-07 05:54 am UTC (link)
	No. I mean, yes, I get what you're saying, but life's too short to live through shitty things just so you remember it's shitty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-08 03:11 am UTC (link)
	That's a good philosophy. [As long as it doesn't lead to forgetting that this is a prison.] It must be tempting to stay here. To not try to escape. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)