welcome to starfield

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[Each inmate wakes up in a cell, with no memory of arriving there or of putting on the full body orange jumpsuit. There is a moderately chunky tablet wired into one of their arms, with dials on the side to flick through the different menus, including a limited note-taking function and a map

None of them are alone in their cells, either.

Whether they choose to leave their cell and explore or just stay and get to know their new roommate, it becomes clear that this place isn't anything like any of them have ever seen. For some, it's devoid of anything even remotely familiar. The door labeled Counselor's office is locked. The Counselor's office and the kitchen and mess hall all have placards stating hours when they're closed - or in the former's case, when "private office hours" will be held.

However they while away the next couple of hours, it seems like they're mostly alone on the ship. For a while, anyway.]

Comments

[helladoptera]

[ Clearly she has to make this man watch Spirits Within. ]

Well, I haven't done any of the listed crimes and I don't... really hate nosebleeds. And I don't know why Chloe is separate from "her friends"? Maybe it's because I haven't seen her in a while.

[nightcure]

[ Please educate him, Max. ]

Or she's just important. [ He shrugs. ] Yeah, I don't get some of my dislikes. "Ardyn Izunia"... I met him once and didn't think much of him.

[helladoptera]

I guess. [ Huh, that name sounds like a dumb name for losers. ] Ardyn Izunia... man, everyone has weird-cool names where you come from, huh? What's he like?

[nightcure]

[ Well... actually, he's not even sure if the guy they meet in Galdin is the same guy. But he's got a feeling about it. ]

Weird. [ He leans back in his chair after finishing off his handful of cereal. ] If it's the guy I'm thinking about anyway. [ And then, because this is Noctis, he adopts an accent that's. Honestly it's not that good. Actually, it's really bad. ] "A man of no consequence, but I'm a creepy old dude who just says weird, confusing things to people he's just met."

[helladoptera]

[ Okay, Max has to stifle a giggle. ]

And talks like that?

[nightcure]

Exactly like that.

[ No, Noctis. ]

Anyway, I don't know why I'd dislike him. [ Shrug. ] He seemed really familiar, like I'd seen him somewhere before, but that's it.

[helladoptera]

Huh. Maybe he's secretly your long-lost uncle or something! With a fake accent and nose.

[nightcure]

[ Pffffffft. ]

What? That guy? [ He laughs. ] Nooooo way. I can't see that guy being a Lucian or royalty.

[helladoptera]

Then I guess he's just... some weird old guy, yeah.

[ Maybe he's a great uncle! Grunkle Ardyn. ]

It's like someone translated it through a few languages or something, maybe. And made some weird picks for people to put on.

[nightcure]

Definitely.

[ He goes in for another handful of cereal and nods. ]

I believe it. Strangers, knowing ourselves better than we do? No way.

[helladoptera]

Exactly. How would they manage to figure out all this stuff accurately anyway?

[nightcure]

No idea. It's just weird that some of the stuff is really specific.

Some of it's right, anyway, which is the part that bothers me the most.

[helladoptera]

It's a lot easier to be wrong about someone than it is to be right...

[nightcure]

Yeah, exactly.

How right are they about you?

[helladoptera]

I don't get the dislikes and I haven't done any of the crimes they're talking about. The likes mostly make sense, though. ... I mean, I don't like nosebleeds, but I'm not about to go ballistic over them.

[nightcure]

[ He checks the PIP again. ]

Your dislikes sound like things pretty much anyone'd dislike. I'm not a big fan of storms or nosebleeds, either.

[helladoptera]

Right, but there's... those aren't exactly the first ones I'd pick if you asked, you know?

[nightcure]

Yeah, I get you. What would you pick, anyway?

[helladoptera]

I don't know... Victoria Chase, maybe? Or Nathan, or any of the other Vortex Club who's who of elite suckage.

[nightcure]

Is it called the Vortex Club because they suck so much?

[helladoptera]

You know what, I actually don't know why they called their stupid club The Vortex Club, so... yeah, I know I'm going with that.

[nightcure]

Sounds like a reasonable enough conjecture.

[ He's channeling Ignis, oops. ]</small.

[helladoptera]

A good hypothesis?

[nightcure]

Only the best.