001 ✫ Video

[useofaswhat]

Afternoon, folks. – Evenin', now. [The man on screen clears his throat and nods in greeting, a little awkwardly. (And no, he's not actually wearing a floral bonnet. Today.)] This Admiral fella wanted a handful o' help and thought I was the man to give it so wǒ zài zhèlǐ. Name's Captain Reynolds, Mal if you ain't one to stand on ceremony. I'm sure it's fine to meet you all, and if it ain't, you go ahead an' let me know. [There's a smile purely for the sake of decorum, which drops off his face almost immediately as his eyes rake over something off-screen, as if reading.]

Let's see what we got here, then... Prison ship, eight levels and two additional restricted areas, complete with library, common rooms, medbay, an' my personal favorite, fully stocked kitchen. Probably serves better'n protein too. Laundry services, showers, art therapy facilities, and gardens included. Now that don't sound like any prison I ever been to. Hell, y'all even got a bar? Got quite a slick operation here, real nice 'n cozy.

But it still ain't as good as my boat.

Comments

[thestarspangledman]

Alright, good. It's ...a little hard to explain if you haven't experienced it yet, I'm sorry.

[strangehistorian]

Hello, Captain! Welcome to the Barge!

[yeahscience]

Not yet. Still waiting to get paired up. It takes a while, sometimes.

[persuadeyou]

Then maybe I should be asking when you're from.

[She's stalked all the replies she can see already, this is for show now.]

Voice

[breakingmyheart]

Ah. Well, nothing's far from anything else, you'll have a good mental map of the layout just from taking a look around.

Has anyone let you know what to expect in terms of floods and other phenomena?

[useofaswhat]

Appreciate that, ma'am. Who's welcomin' me?

[useofaswhat]

Sounds like your 'verse is a mite more forgiving than mine, then. You hear a lot about breakin' rocks an' box containment where I'm from.

She sure is. Ain't another ship out there as good as my girl.

[useofaswhat]

She tell you that herself?

[He smiles fondly. If there's anything that'll move you onto his good side, it's listening while he goes on about his ship.] Perfect. Just big enough to hold my crew an' a coupla passengers, plus whatever cargo we got in the hold. She ain't the flashiest boat out there but she flies true.

[useofaswhat]

Here I was thinkin' they were just pragmatical.

[useofaswhat]

Yeah, all the explanations I been gettin' aren't exactly easy t'follow.

[useofaswhat]

1999? Gorram. Is everyone on this ship ancient?

[useofaswhat]

Well, I still gotta settle on in an' get the layout down. You gonna be up for a while?

[useofaswhat]

Now that, I got no issue tellin'. Just came in from 2517.

[Warden Filter]

[useofaswhat]

Ah... [Mal scratches his head. That's a lot of weird information to take in at one time.] ...Right. Well, I ain't got any bad blood toward 'em if they ain't got any toward me, but. Good to know?

Voice

[useofaswhat]

Good to know I won't be gettin' lost anytime soon.

Heard a bit. Still havin' some trouble believin' it, but I'll deal with that when I see it.

[useofaswhat]

Can't say I'm surprised.

[truth_is_cold]

Probably. Just let me know.

[persuadeyou]

Xie xie.

Does everyone speak Chinese in the 26th century, then?

[buildindreemz]

Sounds like something out of an old movie.

And you have space travel where you come from? Huh. So, uh, what do you do with your ship? I mean.... [He doesn't sound like he's from Star Trek, like Captain Kirk.] Is it for science or the military or...

[useofaswhat]

[As if it's the most obvious thing in the world:] Shì.

[unweeping_willow]

I'm not ancient! [She's 18! You're ancient. :|]

[hungryanhorny]

Whatever you say, dog; me? I'll take the ship with a pool. [And the puppy! Look at the cuteness of the puppy now trying to stare into the screen. For it is adorable. :|]

[persuadeyou]

Only the English- and Chinese-speaking people of the world lasted that long, or is this just a really weird fad?

[useofaswhat]

You know where the pub is?

[truth_is_cold]

Absolutely. [It's a happy place!]