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

[hearrrtofgold]

[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.

Comments

[godsays]

It doesn't really matter.

[hearrrtofgold]

Why does everyone keep saying that?

[godsays]

Time is malleable.

I'm Zane.

[hearrrtofgold]

So is dough. That doesn't mean you lose track of how much you're cooking.

Zane. Everyone here's got good names.

[godsays]

It means it doesn't matter much what shape the dough ends up.

[hearrrtofgold]

It does if you want to cook it right.

[godsays]

Bread is bread, even if it's a little... odd.

Is 'Duke' not a good name?

[hearrrtofgold]

True. But if you want it to be pizza crust, you have to watch it.

I don't know. I've had it too long, I'm biased.

[godsays]

Time on the Barge is never what you want. Even if you watch it.

[hearrrtofgold]

You're a really "up" sort of person, aren't you.

[godsays]

I do like it here.

[hearrrtofgold]

Sounds like not many people do.

[godsays]

Half of them are trapped. Would you like that?

[hearrrtofgold]

I'm not saying they don't have a good reason.

[godsays]

I liked it even when I was trapped.

...some of the time.