Intro Shenanigans

[pleiade]

WHO: Asterope and y'all
WHERE: Whale Comb Sent Her, the Bishop, Wildcard her
WHAT: Introductory nonsuch
WHEN: Late August
WARNINGS: None explicit yet, but Asti is a genetically modified human who had a Bad Upbringing


1. Whale Comb Sent Her
Whether one's here to make a Soup Lies request or use the replicator, it's likely you'll run into Asterope, who's found a place to sit (or possibly perch, up on a counter or table with legs dangling) as she works out the specifics of the shape of what she's requesting from the replicator. She's working with a chunky piece of charcoal on a large sketchbook, trying to map and math the curves of a violin, before she tries to spend one of her replicator uses on it. Lots of curves, a couple spirals...for someone who's working from memory, she seems to have a good start on it.

As she works, she's humming, not really paying attention to anyone else in the room, yet.

2. White Pawn Takes Bishop
Asterope seems a little awed by the ship. She's been told most people don't live on their ships, and in truth she doesn't understand why. Sure, it might be cramped quarters, but she's used to kind of being in small, institutional spaces.

The other members of the crew can find her settling in, either in the kitchen acquainting herself with the protein dispenser, or picking out a bunk to take a nap in.

3. Wildcard
Find Asti anywhere else learning the lay of the land. She's more active at night, and spends a lot of time stargazing (sketching it all out in her sketchbook), if you want an excuse to run into her.

Comments

[pleiade]

"Oh. That's...a lot of big stuff, yes." She frowns, ducking her head slightly, as if she can feel the weight of all those questions as something physical. "It feels like not all of that is stuff you can address here."

[ezra_of_lothal]

"Not directly, no," he agrees. "But we can prepare as best we can for if we go back home."

[pleiade]

"Are you assuming you'd go back to the moment you were taken, or are you accounting for possible time dilation along the way? The situation you return to might not be what you left."

She goes back to drawing her violin as she speaks.

[ezra_of_lothal]

"We can't really know," Ezra admits. "Those of us from my galaxy all come from different points in time, anyway. It's possible, I guess, that we're not actually all from the same universe, at all. Just from so close, it's hard to tell?"

He spreads his hands wide, shrugging, and settles on the floor next to her. "Like, I'd met Obi-wan back home. He was older, hair gone mostly white. He already knew who I was, and why I'd come looking for him. So. Did he know because he'd met me here, in his past, or is that just a coincidence?"

[pleiade]

"Dunno. Not sure it's possible to know, from here. Your universe has some clear identifying features, though. For others, it might be hard to pinpoint anyone coming in from the same place." Like her 'verse. Though part of that is her own lack of experience.

[ezra_of_lothal]

"It seems like there's a bunch of parallel versions of Earth. Sort of recognizable, but also big differences."