text. un: barnes.

[starer]

Its been about four weeks. Though I guess I should say Earth weeks. Twenty-seven days since we started turning up. Two since it started happening again.

[Which begs the question, when does it stop? Seventy-two beds on this area of the station. Are they planning to keep going after that?]

Viveca is the name of the AI that spoke to us all then. Some of you may have spoken to her already. She went missing though, a couple of days after we arrived. There was a power cut, she said something about an emergency mode, and then she was gone.

We got a delivery right before that though. Clothes, toiletries, books, food. A bunch of stuff showed up and got split out.

That was when there were twenty-seven of us. Looks like we've about doubled since then. So if you new folks needs something, ask. There's probably someone here who can help.

Speaking of, we're stuck relying on those drops to get fresh food. So don't hog it. There's kids here who need it too.

[Edward]

A guy I know. He cooks up huge batches of food at a time. If you're hungry, check the fridge. Nine times out of ten, he's left something in there you can have.

[And if not, giving Sam a look will probably be more than enough to get him to make something new.]

You've also all probably noticed that you can't get in to the Northern Wing. Its been like that since we first got here, and we've got no idea what's on the other side. It's classified, apparently. Messing with whatever's on the other side would affect us all, so I wouldn't suggest trying to break through.

Don't know about you guys, but I don't plan on getting tossed out an airlock if I can help it.

[And that's it. No sign off. No goodbye. No anything. Sorry?]


[ooc: Feel free to threadjack as much as you like! Bucky's using this post as an information exchange.]

Comments

text; un: khitachiin

[totheright]

thank you, mr. morning news
10/10 info, 1/10 style and panache but don't worry, you can always improve!

[starer]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. If I ever decide to give a damn, I'll be sure to come to you.

[There's a reason he'll never be the public face of the Avengers.]

text; un: username

[skelepun]

soooo are you the new mayor around here now that this viveca chick bounced?

[starer]

Nope. Just another guy who wanted to take up their offer. You wouldn't want me in charge of things anyway.

text | UN: d.johnson

[morethan084]

[Natasha mentioned Bucky being here and it's not hard to put two and two together. For now Daisy doesn't mention anything about knowing who he is.]

Seems like you've been here for longer than a lot of us. Was there anyone before you arrived?

And thanks.

For all of the info.

Already tried to break into the northern wing. Didn't work.

Unsurprisingly.

[starer]

Not that I know of. But people could be lying about it, so there's no real way of knowing.

The way Viveca talked about it, messing with whatever's on the other side of those doors would cause a whole lot of problems for us. Easiest way to prevent that is to keep us away.

text; un: ellie

[thevalley]

You'd think after getting into space, food wouldn't even be a big deal anymore.

So. These planets. Can we hunt? Round up more food so we're not waiting around for the next rations?

[starer]

Way I see it, it's the other way round. We're cut off, so all we've got is what's already here.

We've not been to any planets yet. Guess we need to see if we can bring anything back when we get sent on a mission.

un: major.yzak.jule

[coordination]

Why wouldn't food be a big deal in space?

And, we haven't been to a planet yet. There wasn't anybody else here aside from the AI, when the first of us were summoned. I would assume hunting is fine when we arrive on one, though. Depending on what kind of wildlife there is.

text; un: clarke

[romancekiller]

From my own experience back home, it's definitely still a big deal in space. Rationing food was pretty much a normal thing we all had to do.

I'm not sure about planet since we haven't been off the ship yet but hopefully we'll find out during this upcoming mission if we can bring anything back.

text, un; dustywolf

[softmouth]

I can help with the food thing. I've been cooking for large groups for most of my life. maybe I'll post something calling for the people who'd like to do cooking and we could get organized

thanks for the info, by the way. super helpful

text | un: s.wilson

[unclesam]

honestly any help would be appreciated. we got some people with wildly different dietary needs, and we've been having to be real damn careful on the rationing...

[starer]

Probably be a good idea. Getting organized. Keeps it from being one person who handles the food all the time.

( text | un: jaguar )

[scarcastically]

[ well. that name was the confirmation he needed. he hadn't been quite sure, but since the summit explosion . . . well, erik kept tabs. he'd be a poor operative if he hadn't. ]

Damn, shortchanging your buddy already? No wonder the Avengers are so disorganized.

[starer]

[Huh. Someone who knows the Avengers. And with a username like that, his mind only goes one way. Though there's no way T'Challa would talk like that. Or use anything other than a panther if he was talking big cats.]

Not an Avenger. But they did a pretty good job saving the world more than a few times. Universe too.

text | un: s.wilson

[unclesam]

now I know you did not just imply I was the station cook without also signing up some folk for kp duty, barnes. you gonna use your own knife skills for something more productive than flipping, twirling and showing off?

we get regular food deliveries again, you just volunteered yourself into being the completely helpful assistant for some basic cooking classes to wrangle people into self-sufficiency.

[scarcastically]

🙄🙄🙄

bet you he's damn proud of this one announcement.

text; un: Sabriel.Abhorsen

[bindsthedead]

So food needs to be shared and rationed, because we can't just got to the store and buy more, don't try to break into the northern wing, and we can expect shipments of other necessities.

There's a training room. Has there been any attempt to teach those who can't fight how to do so?

[starer]

Pretty much, yeah.

Don't think anyone's set up anything official. But it'd be worth doing. We don't know what's going to happen when we get sent out on missions.

text; un: oswin

[bossily]

I don't mind helping with the cooking, if your friend needs the break. I'm not michelin star rated or anything, but I'm not hopeless in the kitchen.

Kids though. How many of them are there?

[That's pretty much her primary concern after reading all this. She'll worry about the safety of the kids, then focus on the mysterious AI he mentioned.]

[starer]

Pretty sure he'd be grateful for the help. He might be complaining up there, but he's the kind of guy who spends more time taking care of others than himself.

At least five of them. Don't know how many more turned up since.

text; un: lowell

[vibing]

Are any of those clothes still around? I got a buddy who's clanking around in armor cause they didn't give him anything else.

Anything else get lost when the power cut, or just the lady?

text; un: scifo

[thinkfirst]

[ He doesn't actually mean to reply to this, but listen: earpieces are hard. ]

It doesn't clank.

text; un:scifo

[thinkfirst]

While I cannot volunteer my services for cooking, if additional hands are needed for cleanup, I can certainly help out there.

As far as you know, is there any way to send a letter off of this station? Do we have any contact at all?

[starer]

I doubt anyone would say no to that.

Not that I'm aware of. Would you really want to send a message home though? All you're gonna do is make people worry about you.

@fullmetal

[chrysology]

Food might get a bit tighter now there's more of us. Depending on how often we get more and all. Not sure if with the station like this we could try land somewhere and get some food, fish or hunt and bring that back. But that's assuming there's a planet close enough or whatever, I dunno.

[He's used to hunting and fishing after having had to survive on that Island for a month. But that is not exactly an option to get more food here on the station itself.]

[starer]

We'll find a way to manage. So don't start going half rations on me yet, kid.

Don't think we can land a space station on a planet. We'd need a ship for that. Someone here probably knows more about space than be though, so they might have some ideas.

text; un: k

[knived]

thanks for the updates.

( which, via text might sound like he's being passive aggressive or something, but he's not. )

been traveling space for a long time now, so none of this is really new to me anymore. i... guess i can offer some help with stuff like teaching people how to ration properly and reusing things.

but, uh, what's the deal with the northern wing? that's all the info you have?

[starer]

Rationing and survival is manageable. It's the space part that a lot of us could really use your expertise on. Some people here are from before people ever made it to space. Yet alone actually travelling there themselves.

There isn't really much to say. It's completely blocked off, with no way of breaking in. Viveca couldn't give us any extra information, and the computers are all restricted.

text; un: lanxichen

[calmness]

[there's plenty that's sent in this message that he doesn't understand, a good majority of it.

some of it, xichen can figure out by context but there are two questions that come to mind and are important for survival.] What are 'the fridge' and 'airlock'? I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with these terms and one should be avoided.

[starer]

Fridge is short for refrigerator. It's the big box in the kitchen that keeps food cold.

This station is up in space. If you head outside, and you'll freeze to death in a second. There's no air, and no gravity out there. The airlock is a room between inside and outside. You don't want to go anywhere near it.

[...not that he's ever seen one in person before]

text; un: clarke

[romancekiller]

If it comes down to it and we need to ration food or even supplies, it's something I'm already used to from back home so I can help people with that but I think it's good if we try to prepare for it either way.

[starer]

I think we're stuck rationing it anyway. The last shipment never came in, and we have no idea when the next one's due.

un: widow

[nothinglasts]

Oh are we all volunteering each other for jobs? Barnes is the ship masseuse!

[bossily]

If that's the case, I carry my tension in my shoulders and have had an incredibly stressful few days. Are you filling his schedule since you hired him for the job?

voice; un: newt

[groupiedrifter]

Dude, I am desperate to know what's in the Northern Wing.

Aren't you a little worried they don't want us in there because they're hiding something that will jeopardize potentially malicious intentions? What if there's a big sign behind the door that says 'just kidding, we just wanted to kidnap you, we don't fix regrets'?

[starer]

Could be anything. But do you really want to risk breaking your way in when it could end up killing everybody on this station?