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[ turns out? space doesn't give a single fuck about your circadian rhythm. or maybe insomnia is just that attached to her that even the absence of a sun dictating her internal clock doesn't faze it, like an old friend you wish would just forget you already.

one night (?) late into the early hours (???) marta finds herself drifting out of the room she's come to assume will be hers for the indefinite future, passing through stark white walls with all the sterility of a hospital, but none of its familiar chaos.

she's still getting used to the earpiece. still getting used to hearing other people's voices in her head. she doesn't mean to add another in the void, but one of her own thoughts blares out too vividly as she stares out into an actual void: ]

—but where are the stars?

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[ the pragmatic response combined with that username... it aligns, at least. ]

Is it a galaxy anyone is familiar with?
Someone has to be, right?

[ otherwise who is driving this ship???????

or. keeping it stationary, as it were. ]

If anyone would be familiar, it would be Viveca and her Commander.
But we may well be outside of any galaxies altogether, in the endless expanse of empty space that makes up the universe at large.

Edited (phone typo) 2021-12-04 13:08 (UTC)

So no one but them really knows for sure?
Not that I can understand most of this anyway... I didn't care much for space back home. Now I'm here.

All exterior windows are blacked out, and there's no way to get outside the station to have a look.
So until any of that changes, all we have to go on is Viveca's word.
If you're curious to know more, you can try asking her. She's fairly receptive to questions.

Planetbound, were you?

Viveca is... the AI here, right? She takes care of us?

But yes, I was. Earth, if that means anything to you.

She is, and she does.

It only means anything to me in that I've heard about it from others here. So you're at least in ample company.

Where are you from?

Nowhere you would have heard of.

[ Is the short answer. The longer answer is, ]

I was manufactured on a planet called Nubia, but ever since then I've traveled around my galaxy so much, I don't really have a "home planet" to speak of.

[ definitely correct on that front; nubia means nothing to her. but more than that— ]

Sorry. Did you say manufactured?

Yes.
I'm a droid.
Is that going to be a problem?

[ alright dang calm down— ]

No? I don't think so.
I've just — never met a droid.

[ Look. It's a whole Thing™ with her. ]

Well, now you have.
Or at least you've corresponded with one.

There are two of us here.
Two Cybertronians as well, who are also inorganic beings but they're different than droids.

I'll keep that in mind.
I'm just human, so. [ ??? what else does she say. i'm the one with brown hair and the look on my face like i have no fucking clue what i'm doing here? ] Marta.

L3-37.

Welcome aboard, Marta.

Thank you, I guess.

Is... Does that sound like anything? Or do you just spell it out?

It's phonetic. Elthree Three-Seven.
If you like, you may call me Elthree, for short.

Elthree.
I wasn't sure if it stood for something.

The pieces of the designation have some meaning, yes, but none that you would understand.

[ The first two letters signify what type of droid she is, or rather, what type of droid she started her life as. She's nearly entirely changed since then. ]

Does "Marta" stand for anything?

It's a family name. My father's grandmother's.
I never knew her myself, but I heard she was nice.

Do you take after your namesake, in that respect?

[ Marta seems "nice" enough to Elthree, but she's curious how Marta would describe herself. ]

[ marta? say nice things about herself??? ]

I try to.
Some days it's easier than others.

That sounds about right.

[ Sometimes, being "nice" just won't get the job done. ]

[ marta wouldn't know. if being nice doesn't work for her, she usually just. tries to stay away. make less waves. ]

Have you found the people here to be very nice?

I have. A bit worryingly so, actually.

Why would that make you worry?

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