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airlockedmods ([personal profile] airlockedmods) wrote in [community profile] theairlock2017-10-09 12:32 am
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Hold Your Questions

[This won’t come as a complete surprise. Yl’lb Ein told everyone yesterday that a press conference had been scheduled, and Jaycee had Spat the same thing at the survivors’ account shortly afterwards. Yl’lb himself is strangely absent when it begins, but he mentioned the channel, and surely one of you can work the remote by now.

The broadcast shows a small room packed wall-to-wall with reporters of various species. The stage at the front of the room is small, just large enough to fit a long table with a microphone sitting in front of the centermost seat. Though the room itself is nondescript, the table’s draped with a cloth showing the InterGal 7 logo.

A human-looking woman in a knee-length sleeveless grey dress, flanked by a pair of hairy, beefy-looking alien bodyguards, steps into frame behind the long table. She’s small, almost delicate, compared to her Chewbacca-like bodyguards even with the several-inch high heels she’s wearing that are visible under the table. The woman takes a seat at the lone chair at the center of the table, her bodyguards standing on their side of her, and finishes the message she’s been rapidly typing on the handheld device she’s been staring at since she came into view. Finally she sets it down on the table and looks out at the crowd of reporters with a wide, dazzling smile.]


Good afternoon. My name is Rox Petuu, and I will be representing InterGal 7 in this press conference. Let’s get started, shall we?

You may recognize me as a former host of the network’s flagship series, Airlocked!. Because of this, as a result of some...professional differences with other previous hosts, the Network has kindly asked me to represent them today. [Her smile fades as her welcoming expression shifts to something more serious for this bit of news.] Unfortunately, due to a recent spate of ruthless pirate attacks on Network-affiliated ships and locations, the executives have been relocated for their own safety and production of a brand new season of Airlocked! has been temporarily suspended pending the apprehension of these raiders.

In the meantime, we understand that this is an inconvenience to you the fans, and so not only will the Network be temporarily making our exclusive bonus content free to all viewers on our brand new InterGal 7 streaming service, but we will also be re-airing the newly remastered Season One of Airlocked!. [She grins brightly but if you’re used to seeing humans smile it looks off. Showing too many teeth and it never quite seems to reach her eyes like an excited grin should.]

For a limited run only, we’re giving you the chance to see where it all began. The drama, the suspense.... And yours truly, of course. [She chuckles a little and lifts a hand to lightly touch her collarbone, showing off a small, smooth black device on her wrist, almost the size and shape of a worry stone. It’s in a different form than the survivors are used to but nonetheless recognizable: a hardlight projector.] And it wouldn’t be reruns of Season One without following it with a marathon of Lovelocked!, the story of two sweethearts who captured the hearts of a galaxy.

But we’d like to reassure our fans, as soon as the matter of these pesky pirates has been sorted out, we’re coming back with the brand new final season of Airlocked! just as soon as we can. I think you’ll love what we have planned.

Thank you. There will be no questions today. Thank you everyone for coming.

[And with a few more dismissive thank yous to the reporters shouting questions, she stands up from her chair and leaves the stage, flanked by her bodyguards.]
stitch_in_time: (I am so clever)

[personal profile] stitch_in_time 2017-10-09 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
...Anyone else just a little worried about the sound of that "final season"?
nightcure: (nox aeterna)

[personal profile] nightcure 2017-10-09 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
Looks like we really gave them trouble.

[ Noctis is tense as he watches the briefing, his mouth set in a hard line. ]

At least they aren't kidnapping any more people yet.
scourgingstars: (can't tempt me if i don't see the day)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2017-10-09 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Ardyn didn't know with any certainty what had happened to the others in Jamie's round; mostly mentions of Blaze, something about a simulation, and the rather obvious fact that Jamie was the only one left. He wasn't stupid enough that he couldn't guess the rest of it. They weren't among the other survivors for a reason; either they hadn't been recovered from the simulation, or-]

[They were just being mocked, every last one of them. (Your heart's desire, so close now.) There was nothing they could do but watch, and even the network knew it. Maybe they were even just buying time until they could track down these broken, struggling survivors and gods only knew what would happen then.]

[...If Ardyn had been upset to see Noctis before the last season began, that was nothing compared to his reaction now. He locked up rigidly in place, turning white and making a quietly choked noise in his throat as if he had immediately forgotten how to breathe.]

[How does it feel to be powerless, echoed the mocking voice in his head; his own, always his own voice fueled by malicious joy and bitter rage. Can't help your friends if you can't help yourself. When he finally managed to get words out, it was like he'd forgotten what language to speak, or he was just so far gone that wires were immediately crossing and short-circuiting in his head.]


Nos postulo ut relinquam, it isn't safe, it--we're...

['As soon as the matter of these pesky pirates has been sorted out, we’re coming back with the brand new final season-']

We have to get the hell out of here. Th- [He half-choked on his own words, sounding like he was trying very hard to hold back a state of complete panic.] ...they're buying time. They have to be.
daughterofthemark: (12F. Daunting frozen path)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2017-10-09 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
...if they mean to end this on their own, can that really be a bad thing?
stitch_in_time: (did I leave the gas on)

[personal profile] stitch_in_time 2017-10-09 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe, 'cept ending things usually involves tying up any loose ends.

[He lets that hang for just a second, before deciding to add-]

...That'd be us. We're the loose ends.
ratherdoweddings: (but i've watched enough to know)

[personal profile] ratherdoweddings 2017-10-09 04:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Yurika breathes in and out. She tenses and her eyes set on the TV in a way that only her fellow R1s have seen.]

All right. It looks like the new group attacking the network really helped, but they're probably looking for you even more so they can get back to stealing innocent people from their homes. With that in mind, they're probably afraid of a fourth group of escapees messing things up, which also explains why she said the next season would be the last one.

Now that the bonus content is free, we can watch our friends without piggybacking on Jaycee-san's account or risking ourselves setting up a new one, but the most important thing is to focus on keeping all of us safe but still finding some way to keep that "last season" from happening. Does anybody have any suggestions?
tokencanadian: (Stunned)

[personal profile] tokencanadian 2017-10-09 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Pyrrha was already anticipating the worst when she heard there was going to be a press conference about Airlocked! by the time she gets to the TV, and watches this woman step out, she can already feel an encroaching dread inside her.

And then she hears the woman's name. And, suddenly, Pyrrha's gone dead silent. She just stands there and stares as this woman lays out the future of the TV show they we're working so hard to strike back against. She can't even chuckle at the obvious trouble this has caused them.

The first season... and more then that? What else could they have? But that wasn't what she was thinking about.
]

...It's her. It's her. That... [She searches for the right word, swearing under her breath.] The woman I talked to, before we escaped! That's her?!
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ratherdoweddings: (someday you will)

[personal profile] ratherdoweddings 2017-10-09 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
Especially since they were specifically looking for the pirates. The last group. And if they've figured out that we're all together...
daughterofthemark: (22F. Denial on pain of death)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2017-10-09 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Well that was... strangely anticlimactic. It was important information, certainly, but for some reason Arianna was expecting more. Like, explosions, or monsters attacking, or something.]

When she says "re-airing..."
tokencanadian: (Worry)

[personal profile] tokencanadian 2017-10-09 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
We are. They know we're out here, somewhere. They're looking for us.

[Less so the other groups, but. Well....]

I suppose they want the pirates most of all.
ratherdoweddings: (anything)

[personal profile] ratherdoweddings 2017-10-09 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
Yet. But that teaser... I'm worried.
daughterofthemark: (16F. Echoing leaden footsteps)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2017-10-09 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
...then that is to our advantage! If they are actively seeking us out, they will not be able to continue concealing themselves at the same time.
scourgingstars: (my affection it comes and goes)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2017-10-09 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
I vote we start by getting a ship big enough for all of us, file the serial numbers off, and get halfway across the universe before this even starts airing.

Staying in one place this long makes us too easy to locate. They'll find us eventually.
ratherdoweddings: (at your side you can)

[personal profile] ratherdoweddings 2017-10-09 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
A rerun. They're going to show what happened to Jamie-san and his friends. ...He's the only one left, Arianna-chan. It wasn't like with us.
stitch_in_time: (looks like rain)

[personal profile] stitch_in_time 2017-10-09 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Well. One upside, at least. We know they're at least a little scared. They'd have to know we'd be watching this, and I'd say callin' you lot out specifically was them tryin' to shake you up.

...Or they're just really confident they can win. Which, you know, maybe not GOOD, but the bigger they are and all that.
ratherdoweddings: (and tentacles)

[personal profile] ratherdoweddings 2017-10-09 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
You're right. We can't endanger Ein-san like this. The only reason we haven't already gotten a ship was that we couldn't. All the ones we do have were stolen from InterGal 7 -- well, technically they sort of abandoned them.
daughterofthemark: (12F. Daunting frozen path)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2017-10-09 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Lord Ardyn.

[Arianna is very suddenly by his side, holding him by the arm.]

Please, wait a moment.
ratherdoweddings: (themes in anime)

[personal profile] ratherdoweddings 2017-10-09 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
...You're right! Arianna-chan, if they find us, we find them! But still, we'd need to be prepared.
daughterofthemark: (06F. A dancing blue vortex)

[personal profile] daughterofthemark 2017-10-09 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
Indeed, you seem to have been most effective at disrupting their operations.
stitch_in_time: (did I leave the gas on)

[personal profile] stitch_in_time 2017-10-09 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
...Where is Y'llb, anyway? Anyone seen him?
scourgingstars: (lift up the receiver)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2017-10-09 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Right; so we consolidate whatever resources we have and get a less easily traced one.
nightcure: (lestallum)

[personal profile] nightcure 2017-10-09 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Noctis is... well, he doesn't miss any of this. Noctis has his arms crossed tight against his chest. He's not sure about running, and this whole announcement about a rerun... well, he's not sure it'll affect him personally. After all, who could possibly have been taken from Eos? He'd have known...

Right?

... There's one thing he might be able to do. ]


Space pirates are keeping them busy, right? You guys stay here. We can keep giving them hell to keep them off our backs.
stitch_in_time: (that's not supposed to happen)

[personal profile] stitch_in_time 2017-10-09 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
If we're careful, we might be able to bait them out, meet 'em on our own terms. Get 'em looking one place while we're hittin' EP directly, you think?
ratherdoweddings: (i see my present partner)

[personal profile] ratherdoweddings 2017-10-09 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe he's in his lab? You know, that door he glossed over back when we first got here.
scourgingstars: (feeling unknown)

[personal profile] scourgingstars 2017-10-09 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
Don't. [He pulled his arm out of her grip; not sharply, just edging away at the moment. Probably a red flag in itself, when it came to Tenmyouji 'lack of personal space' Ardyn.]

What is it, Arianna?

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