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Felix Gaeta (didwhaticould) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-08-03 20:46:00

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damon salvatore, felix gaeta, jack harkness, kitty pryde (aoa), martha jones, nico di angelo, yuuki kuran

Day 387 - Open Action
[Around the Dome]

[The worst thing about this prison—besides, obviously, being stuck in a universe without all of his friends and family—is all of the free time. Felix likes working. Loves it, in fact, and the lack of time that he devotes to having fun has made him the butt of any number of jokes on the Sphaira, not that he cares. He's excellent at what he does, and his recent promotion to captain makes all of the crap he gets from his peers worthwhile. Who needs friends when you can have inferiors?

Except he hasn't entirely bought into that and, without work to do and jerks to feel superior to, MarinaNova is getting kind of lonely. He's met a few people, sure, but what he needs to do is get out there and try to have fun. Fun people attract company, and he'd like company.

And so Felix, armed with a camera, spends a good part of the day taking a leisurely stroll through the dome's streets and parks. Wandering around and pausing to snap the occasional photo might not be the kind of madcap adventure that his peers at home might find amusing, but it's different enough from work to make him think that it falls within the realm of fun. As long as he's enjoying himself, it feels like it must count.

And he is enjoying himself. Photography was one of his many hobbies before he devoted himself to science and the Colonial Fleet. He doesn't know if he's any good at it, but there's something satisfying about looking for exciting angles and plays of light and trying to frame things just so. Although Felix focuses on architecture (another interest that fell by the wayside), he does try to get the odd inmate into his shots.]

I'm sorry, but could you hold still for a moment?

[Lyrical]

[Evening—or what passes as evening in an underwater dome where days are delineated by dimming and brightening artificial light—sets and Felix has tasked himself with finding a new kind of fun. This workless wasteland has presented him with an unparalleled opportunity to explore all of the hobbies that he stopped having time for at home. Hobbies like singing.

And that is why he is at Lyrical. Felix has skipped the drinking part of the karaoke bar (he'd like to keep his wits about him while he's enjoying himself) and is going through the selection of songs to find something he knows. Singing in front of strangers is fun, right? Right?

He might need encouragement.]

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didwhaticould
2016-08-05 03:47 pm UTC (link)

Well... analog cameras use light-reactive chemicals to store pictures, right? That's not how this one works. It turns a picture into an electrical signal and you get a huge string of numbers instead of a film negative. [He takes the camera back and snaps a quick shot of Nico.]

So I took your picture, and... [He pulls it up on the screen and offers the camera back to Nico.] ...there it is. No waiting.

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	Action nico_di_angelo 2016-08-06 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	[He ... has no idea what any of that meant. He doesn't know how analog cameras work, and he definitely doesn't understand how a picture can be turned into an electrical signal. But there he is on the screen!] That's really neat! It's even in color. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action didwhaticould 2016-08-07 12:35 am UTC (link)
	[That's fine, he's used to providing answers to questions that no one really needed an answer to.] Here, you can use it if you want. [Felix holds the camera out to him again.] You don't have color photography where you're from? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action nico_di_angelo 2016-08-08 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	[Nico bites his lips and gingerly takes the camera back.] Wow. Thanks! [He starts taking pictures of everything, and looking at the results on the screen in fascination.] No. Not really. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action didwhaticould 2016-08-08 06:04 pm UTC (link)
	Not a problem. [It's nice to make someone happy with so little effort. Watching the kid photograph everything is pretty entertaining, too.] No color photography, no digital cameras... the tech here must be more advanced than what you're used to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action nico_di_angelo 2016-08-09 12:46 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, yeah. A whole lot. [He discovers settings, and starts working through them one by one.] This is some kind of future, isn't it? I don't know how it's possible, but it has to be. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action didwhaticould 2016-08-09 05:20 pm UTC (link)
	It's the future for some people. We're all from different places and times. [He stops himself from trying to explain the hows and whys of that as he understands them.] What's your name? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Action nico_di_angelo 2016-08-10 06:33 pm UTC (link)
	[He scrunches his nose at that. Different places, different times... It's too improbable. But so is being here.] Nico di Angelo. What's yours? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action didwhaticould 2016-08-10 11:59 pm UTC (link)
	[Either embrace the improbability or go crazy trying to figure it out!] Felix Gaeta. Nice to meet you, Nico. If you have any questions about the technology around here, I don't mind trying to answer them. Most of this is pretty familiar to me even if it's outdated. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action nico_di_angelo 2016-08-18 01:45 am UTC (link)
	Outdated? [That gives him pause.] What do you mean? [He gasps a little, catching on.] Where are you from? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action didwhaticould 2016-08-24 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	Space, most recently. I was on a research vessel. [He smiles, sort of excited to meet someone who thinks that working in space is impressive.] That ship's equipment is a little more advanced than what the prison has to offer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action nico_di_angelo 2016-08-25 04:46 pm UTC (link)
	[Of course it's impressive!] What do you research? Planets? Aliens? Have you met aliens? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action didwhaticould 2016-08-26 12:09 am UTC (link)
	Well... there's been a lot of excitement about a planet we discovered that's home to several kinds of photosynthetic organisms, but we haven't found any sentient life. Assuming the algae's not secretly sentient, that is. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action nico_di_angelo 2016-08-29 05:16 pm UTC (link)
	Oh. Well, I guess that's neat... [Not as neat as actual aliens.] Is that the kind of stuff you research? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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didwhaticould
2016-09-07 12:45 am UTC (link)

Most people don't think so. You don't have to pretend to be impressed. [Space algae isn't a universally thrilling topic of conversation, he gets it.] Right now it is. Evolution across the universe, commonalities between primitive forms of life... not that exciting in its current phase, but the implications could change our understanding of the origins of life.

That's all pretty boring out of context, isn't it?

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	Action nico_di_angelo 2016-09-07 09:15 pm UTC (link)
	A little. But you're doing boring things in space, so that's still really amazing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action didwhaticould 2016-09-08 03:43 am UTC (link)
	Being on a planet is pretty amazing, too. After being on a ship for a few weeks, you start to miss things like fresh air and daylight cycles. Space does a number on circadian rhythms. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action nico_di_angelo 2016-09-16 01:30 pm UTC (link)
	[Nico smiles a little ruefully.] I guess so. Do you like being here, then? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Action didwhaticould 2016-09-28 07:51 am UTC (link)
	Here? In a prison under an ocean with no means of getting home? [A completely genuine smile.] I don't mind it, really. I suppose it'll get old eventually, but there's a lot to learn... a lot of people to talk to. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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