hearrrtofgold | 01 ⚓ Video ⚓ Strangers, who are you? Where do you sail from?

[For half a second the feed catches the corridor outside of the mess hall, showing a blurred image of the walls before focusing on a new face. It's a rather handsome youngish male face, framed by brunet hair, adorned with a soul patch, beard, and moustache, and dominated by a prominent nose as well as brown eyes and lips pulled into a thoughtful frown.]

That is officially the weirdest way I've ever been sprung from custody.

Hi. Duke Crocker, token new guy, here to do - you know, all the typical crap. [Graduate an inmate, save his hometown and his best friends, possibly start an underground trade system, that sort of thing. No big deal.] Two things, before I go any further: first, mess hall and kitchen's this way on level one, right? I'm starving, and that hospital food isn't fit for an animal. Not even a spotted hyena would touch it.

Second, what the hell is the date? Is it still December, or is it June? Apparently it's been a really long time since I've seen a calendar. Someone should really do something about that.

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But you know which month we're in, right?

A winter one? How long do your months last, exactly? I don't think it's changed since New Years, but I haven't checked.

Depends on the month - how many days has it been since New Year's?

[ Oh hey, a question she can answer! ]

Twenty-one. Assuming days in port count. Like I said, things get weird with time and space travel.

Let's say they count for now. That's 21 cycles of 24 hours? Great, thank you.

Yes, that's right.

[ She helped, yay! ]

I'm Kara Zor-El. It's nice to meet you, Duke.

Kara Zor-El. From Krypton.

...Nice to meet you too.

[ Look at this face, how can you have doubts with this adorable face smiling at you. ]

I hope you don't have to wait too long for an assignment. I was here six months before I got an inmate.

[Six months, great. Duke tries not to let his discomfort show.]

I hope so too. You've got one now though?

I do. And I think my wait was exceptionally long, too.

Yeah. I'd say it was.

In the mean time, it isn't really so bad here. Things do get weird, and people do get hurt, but death isn't permanent.

Get hurt how? Doesn't sound like you're talking about getting beaten up during turbulence.

Some of the inmates are violent. And some of the ports we visit, or floods or breaches, aren't very safe either.

They aren't safe how? Like civil violence?

Like things trying to kill you.

Great. Is that supposed to make it easier?

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