> Ami: Reach out. ( text | @aa )

[livingdeadgirl]

[ Like most, Ami arrives confused and afraid. As soothing as Idris Elba's deep British voiceover is, the video still raises at least as many questions as it answers. First off, why is it Idris Elba? And if the very first room is in disrepair - there's exactly one living plant, incongruously - how much of the rest was false advertising, too?

The simplest and safest first step, though, is to grab a communicator and start skimming through the messages. One is like three hours long, she skips that for now... something something wreckage... something something antique documents... (Where are the timestamps? How old are these messages?) Ultimately, though, an audio post keeps her attention - a woman, terrified, being pursued by something inhuman.

By the time the sound cuts out, Ami's heart is racing. Suddenly, she's very glad she didn't go straight to exploring. ]

hello?
if anyone is out there, please respond!
my name's Ami Aihara, from Recolle, USA.
I don't know how I got here or what's going on
but I don't think it's safe for me to leave by myself.
I'm in the Idris Elba room. please help!!!

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[bardish]

[ Reading the text post, all Jeff can think is: OH NO, SHE SOUNDS LIKE A TOTAL CIVILIAN. Like he was when he first got here and freaked out about shoes. But now he's a seasoned veteran, and this is a chance to help somebody out!

(Okay, he's not a seasoned veteran, but he's gonna try to help, anyway.) ]

hi! don't worry, it's safe!

[bardish]

oh wait

except for the agriculture area!!! there's some glowing shit there that might try to eat you!

[bardish]

and be careful around any weird clouds hanging around! They might try to kill you too

[bardish]

and you don't want to go outside of the station because the radiation will ALSO kill you...

DONE. Oh yeah and @j.calhoun

[bardish]

otherwise it's safe here, I promise!

[ ... ]

sorry that wasn't very convincing was it.

[livingdeadgirl]

[ Maybe next time start with a list of things that won't kill them? That might be shorter. ]

it really wasn't, no
... but I appreciate the effort
and more importantly the fact that there is at least one other human being here
is there someone who could come get me?
I'd still feel better not going alone

[bardish]

there's a couple dozen of us so you're definitely not alone here! :)

[ Look, the smiley's meant to be reassuring after the whole "many things will kill you" spiel. He's trying! ]

I can come by and get you! i remember where the idris elbra room is

my name's Jeff btw. Welcome to anchor!

[livingdeadgirl]

[ Oh gosh a smiley! Why didn't you say so? Should have led with that, dude, a smiley makes everything fine! :) :) :) ]

thanks that would be fantastic
I'm Ami

wait I already said that.
well it's still true

text; UN: Spides

[itsnotaonesie]

He DOES look like Idris Elba, doesn't he! Glad I'm not the only one who thinks so.
Not important, sorry.
Things are a little weird right now, I can swing by and meet you there?

[livingdeadgirl]

[ haha... SWING by

cause he's Spider-Man ]

sure that would be great!
a guy named Jeff said he's on his way too, but the more the merrier :)

[ this may be in part because traipsing around an unfamiliar environment with a strange man feels a little risky. NOTHIN' PERSONAL JEFF. ]

[itsnotaonesie]

[THAT'S THE JOKE]

oh yeah the flip-flops guy, i know him
i'm Peter btw, i'll let you know when i get there

[livingdeadgirl]

thanks I really appreciate it
(flip-flops guy?)

[itsnotaonesie]

he was complaining about flip-flops a while back
yelling about finding new shoes
stuff like that

[livingdeadgirl]

oh... yeah, I guess I wouldn't want to be stuck on an irradiated space colony with only flip-flops either.

[ As it is, she's stuck on an irradiated space colony with... only platform boots.

Hmmm. ]

did he find them?
the new shoes

[itsnotaonesie]

he could have got irradiated space tetanus from stepping on irradiated space nails with those
idk if he found new shoes but I'll totally ask him when we get there

[livingdeadgirl]

then he'd have to see the irradiated space doctor and hope they take his irradiated space insurance

anyway yeah I'll just... be here

[ AND SHORTLY, EVERYONE ARRIVES...! ]

[itsnotaonesie]

[AND SHORTLY, EVERYONE ARRIVES. Peter 100% just dove off the breezeway of a higher level and web slung his way over, because he has literally 0 chill. But he arrives! And taps gently on the door to the arrival room.]

Hey, it's Peter! I uh, I don't see Flip-flops yet. So uh, just me!

@Pratt

[theweakhavepurpose]

Oh good it's not just me. That dude is totally Edris Elba.

Maybe we need to find him his sword like in Thor and he'll get us out of here.

[livingdeadgirl]

is that a movie?
I don't think I've seen that

[theweakhavepurpose]

Yeah he was guarding this road between worlds and he had a sword that was the key to opening and closing it. And then the sword was stolen.

He was in a lot more armor than this Idris Elba tho.

[livingdeadgirl]

what if we are actually just extras in his latest movie and nobody told us
would that be too much to hope?

[theweakhavepurpose]

oh shit.

that'd be kind of awesome.

UNLESS we're the corpses in an action movie, that's not quite as awesome.

Hope we get paid.

[livingdeadgirl]

I'm pretty sure they don't actually kill the people who play the corpses!

[theweakhavepurpose]

In this place they might.

Anyway.

I'm Deputy Pratt.

Nice to meet you. Er text you. That one.

[livingdeadgirl]

close enough
I'm Ami but I said that already
you're a cop?