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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 8d

Would Hell look any different, I wonder?

ᵀᴴᴱ 𝑫𝑶𝑪𝑻𝑶𝑹. @circlestime.bsky.social · 17d

*well*, you could stand out here and watch, if you'd like, but i'm sure you'll get terribly lonely.

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 17d

and you want me to occupy this humiliating space? really, doctor. don't you ever grow up?

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 8d

It's a very popular documentary from your planet—

Dust. Yep. That means the filtration system isn't working so the air is almost certainly running low.

joel @agentjoel.bsky.social · 18d

What's Toy Story?

Maybe don't burn anything until we know how flammable this place is.

That door there looks like a good place to start.

Kinda dusty sign . . .

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 19d

( she makes a sound that could be a chuckle. )

no, like the little maniac in toy story. i can be sid for an hour, then i'm burning it.

( she takes it, spinning the lanyard around her finger. )

might open a few locked doors for us.

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 8d

Someone should probably do something about all of these alarms.

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 16d

could be entertaining.

𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙇𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀𝙍. @axisbound.bsky.social · 16d

i'll have to forcibly remove you before you drink it all.

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 16d

Or what?

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 16d

Or what?

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 17d

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 17d

and you want me to occupy this humiliating space? really, doctor. don't you ever grow up?

ᵀᴴᴱ 𝑫𝑶𝑪𝑻𝑶𝑹. @circlestime.bsky.social · 17d

this is my *empire*, master.

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 17d

dear god what have you done?

it's so ( strained ) cozy.

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 17d

dear god what have you done?

it's so ( strained ) cozy.

ᵀᴴᴱ 𝑫𝑶𝑪𝑻𝑶𝑹. @circlestime.bsky.social · 17d

you don't have to, that's the *fun* part!

you see, this 'fort' is closer to home than you might think . . .

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 17d

I am *not* leaving my pyjamas.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 17d

I am *not* leaving my pyjamas.

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 17d

need a match, darling?

𝙊𝙪𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙. @masterful.bsky.social · 18d

turning several hundred pages so that he loses his place when he wakes up.

𝓥 @olderperhapswiser.bsky.social · 18d

Has fallen asleep sitting up, still holding the book he was reading.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 19d

& you *will* heed my words if you want to survive.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 19d

i was brought here by an italian robot with a manbun who wined & dined me the whole way only to leave me with the bill & yet another tin man.

as for who i am, well...

i... am...

dr. katherine delamere. fbi.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 19d

( she makes a sound that could be a chuckle. )

no, like the little maniac in toy story. i can be sid for an hour, then i'm burning it.

( she takes it, spinning the lanyard around her finger. )

might open a few locked doors for us.

joel @agentjoel.bsky.social · 22d

( Disappointed. Space is a fucking joke. )

...*Sid*?

What, like the *sloth* in Ice Age?

( Scratching his arm, trying not to light a cigarette. He gestures for her to have it. ) Ladies first. You look more like a Sid than I do.

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

( she smiles at him like he's a puppy doing a trick, or trying to, at least. )

that's right, joel. what do you suppose it is?

doesn't look like organic matter to me.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

she'll pick up *something* off about the woman in the corner soon enough, even if she's not paying attention. she seems to be observing the crowd, watching them from the corner of her eye, as if looking for something. but what?

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

i must confess as to being underwhelmed.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

i think anywhere we go together is romantic.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

for a man called sid.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

oh it's an ID card.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

( she smiles at him like he's a puppy doing a trick, or trying to, at least. )

that's right, joel. what do you suppose it is?

doesn't look like organic matter to me.

joel @agentjoel.bsky.social · 22d

I think I understand. What do you think happened here?

Hey, look at this. I think this, uh.... ( He thinks about sci-fi movie terminology: ) Cryo-Pod might have something in it.

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

yes, same premise, very good. rushed expeditions can be useful too, but what we have here was built to last, to survive. people would have to live & die here. children born & raised.

we'll come across bodies soon. that'll be very informative.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

not another brunette.

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

...felt like a romantic walk to me but ok.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

junobot you devil! you told me you were single.

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

yes, same premise, very good. rushed expeditions can be useful too, but what we have here was built to last, to survive. people would have to live & die here. children born & raised.

we'll come across bodies soon. that'll be very informative.

joel @agentjoel.bsky.social · 22d

( Joel is picking up scraps of technology that's way beyond him. Even if this stuff was common on Earth in 2011 - which it probably wasn't - he totally flunked science class. And sociology. And, well, most of his classes. He's not sure about that idea. )

What about, like, rushed expeditions?

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

kind of!

'cause your first outlook posts are still so infantile, but to get that far you have to put absolutely everything you have into it. there's no secrets you can keep. one could, in theory, dissect a species' entire technological tree just by analyzing the components of this place.

the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

well ring-a-ding, this won't be so bad after all.

JUNO @junobot.bsky.social · 22d

Claro. JUNOBOT will play an old Earth classic for Cassandra Van Blair.

youtu.be/QOJGZ3dJfuw?...

Elvis Presley ~Black Star (Remastered 2021)

YouTube video by The Video and Music preserver

youtu.be

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the 𝑴𝑨𝑺𝑻𝑬𝑹 @docallmemaster.bsky.social · 22d

i'm enjoying talking this much.

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