003 ✫ Voice

[useofaswhat]

I've been on some pretty odd worlds in my time but I never saw one like that before. Somethin' new every day on this ship, huh? [On the whole, he sounds pretty pleased about it.] Anyone out there know how to patch up spike holes in leather?

[Private to Natasha]

Appreciate the expertise back in the wilds there. How'd you know how to deal with big cats?

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[Private]

[persuadeyou]

Plenty of reading. [And perhaps a mission in a jungle where things did not go as smoothly, but.]

[Private]

[useofaswhat]

Part of your training? [It definitely did not look like the first time she'd been in that situation.]

[Private]

[persuadeyou]

I'm trained for a lot of things. [So, yes.] Do you still have boy scouts in your time?

[Private]

[useofaswhat]

There anything they didn't train you for? [Besides living like a human being, of course. For the moment he keeps that to himself.] You mean like – junior military divisions? Some worlds got corps like that, why?

[takeyouapart]

Yeah. I mean - the holes in leather. Yes. But the something new every day as well. What happened?

[useofaswhat]

Got caught by the tail in one o' those closing-in spiky wall traps. I got out fine, my coat didn't.

[takeyouapart]

Right.

Um, I can fix it for you if you want to come to the Infirmary. Or I could show you how to patch it.

[Why yes 'fix' and 'patch' are distinct here.]

[useofaswhat]

Infirmary's catering to wounded clothes now too? I'll trust your doctorin' skills. [Read: with my sewing skills, if I attempted to patch this I would ruin my coat. :(] Be up there in a few. [And isn't it a relief to know how to get places again?]

[thestarspangledman]

I could try, if you haven't got someone to do it yet. I got pretty decent at patching things back when I was a kid.

[useofaswhat]

Thanks, Steve, but Merlin got it. Coat looks better than it has since the war. Next time I rip a seam, though, I'll come to you.

[thestarspangledman]

War, huh? What war?

[useofaswhat]

[A pause. Proud of his service though he is, he doesn't like sharing bits of his past.] Unification War. Independents against the Alliance.

Independents lost, if you're keepin' track.

[looksfine]

You will require four items: leather adhesive, sandpaper, a leather patch, and a leather dye matching the original material shade.

[useofaswhat]

Already went to Merlin and it's good as new again, no items required. Now that's what I call convenient. [He looks at her for a moment, obviously curious and trying to be inconspicuous about it.] 'Scuse me, ma'am? Am I gonna offend your sensibilities if I ask what you are?

[looksfine]

[Aya offers a hint of a smile as she shakes her head in return]

I take no offense.

I am the AYA program. An Artificially Intelligent Navigational Computer, and member of the Green Lantern Corp.

[...that last one might be a slight exaggeration on her part, but good luck getting anyone to tell her otherwise.]

[useofaswhat]

Shouldn't that make you the AINC program? Unless Aya's a nickname. Kinda pretty if it is.

Seems we're from two different worlds, as I got no clear idea what the Green Lantern Corp is. Any chance you could explain where you're from in layman-speak?

[bringsbadnews]

Almost had the same problem. Long coats and traps don't go together.

[useofaswhat]

My ma once said never let a fashion choice get you killed. Did my best to take it to heart.

[bringsbadnews]

I have to take my chances at times. No reflection.

[anidiotchild]

No. There isn't anything else that needs patching up, is there? [He's maybe taking a little bit of a Tone with you, but you should be used to him being kind of a sarcastic ass sometimes, right?]

[useofaswhat]

[Oh, has he ever gotten used to that. And hopefully Simon's come to expect the same from him.] I got a few socks in need of darning, doc, if you're fixing to practice your needlework.

[anidiotchild]

[Oh, he has. He's still maybe a little wary of pushing too hard, because you know. Wanted fugitives, potentially causing a problem for the rest of the crew, but he knows the Captain considers them part of his crew, so banter is to be expected.]

That wasn't exactly the sort of needlework I'm used to.

[reactivates]

Meaning you traversed worlds regularly prior to the Barge? Impressive. And yeah, something new every day... while still remaining somehow the same. The same being: absolutely nuts.

[useofaswhat]

Been to a fair few. It ain't too hard in my 'verse – you got the fare, you can buy your way on to a ship going just about anywhere. But trust me on this, you'll see much stranger sights on this boat.

[reactivates]

Sounds kinda "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", if you ask me. [She laughs at the last bit.] After several months here, yeah, I do not doubt that.

I'm Claudia, by the way. I actually just woke up from what appears to have been like a month-long coma, so... Trying to get my bearings back. And introducing myself to the people that popped up while I was down for the count.