AUDIENCE 🚀 CHARLES

[dropoffs]

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[riverbeans]

well, it'd be pretty awkward if you start calling me anything else in front of the others and they wondered why i was going by two names.

good, because the simulation room is great and all, but i miss actual air.

[dropoffs]

Oh, you do bring up a very good point. I'll ensure the rest of the Senior Crew understands as well.

We had no intention of keeping everyone cooped up for the next eight weeks, don't worry. Each week will come with an opportunity to see more.

[riverbeans]

thanks.

how much of a culture shock can some of us expect at these destinations?

[dropoffs]

Hmmm...

Well, for those familiar enough with space and spacial travel, nothing too bad. Anyone else? Possibly a lot, it's hard to say. You all come from different worlds, don't you? Though I can say the set of destinations we have for this tour is all new for me, that's for certain.

[riverbeans]

so we'll all be in the boat of experiencing a fun new surprise, figuratively and literally.

[dropoffs]

Precisely. A first experience for the whole lot of us.

[riverbeans]

both comforting and the complete opposite all at once!

[dropoffs]

Well, these may not be planets the Senior Crew have visited personally, but we have worked and tended to quite a few planets in our tours before. So everything should run along just fine, don't worry.

[riverbeans]

have you also been working for the company for three months, like amalthea?

[dropoffs]

That's right, the whole Senior Crew has been. We actually all arrived on the Eudora about the same time as well.

[riverbeans]

sorry if i missed it, but how does the recruitment process usually work? i can't even imagine how the company even approached me to begin with.

[dropoffs]

It's a generally simple process from what I remember. They reach out and offer the opportunity to come work for them, go over the application process... and, well, you apply.

[riverbeans]

how do they normally reach out? did someone approach you, invite you to a remote island somewhere, insert thoughts into your head, etc.?

[dropoffs]

Haha nothing nearly as dramatic as that. No, they approached me in my own world and requested a moment of my time.

[riverbeans]

[look sometimes you get summoned by a god via shady letter asking you to meet him on an uncharted island]

all right, so nothing as conspicuous as a ship appearing before you or anything.

[dropoffs]

[ Jan is Charles ok. ]

No no, not at all. That would cause some sudden alarm, one would think.

[riverbeans]

[he's great]

well, good to know that the company is capable of discretion.

[dropoffs]

[ ok, good luck with that thurs trauma ]

It's always been an offered opportunity, so it has never been done differently for as long as I've remembered. Of course, they've never forced anyone to work for them either which...

[ Makes this situation all the more Weird. ]

Though I'm curious, what kind of work did you do before coming here?

[riverbeans]

[there's a pause before the next message.]

out of curiosity, how much do you already know about us? i have no idea what's written in our files.

[dropoffs]

Your names, your ages, the same information as listed on your profiles and your tag numbers regarding what planet you're from and what time you've been taken from. That's all.

[riverbeans]

i see.

[in that case he's lying sorry metis]

i just do odd jobs here and there on my travels. whatever work people need done, you see.

[dropoffs]

[ you're a slut anyways, mod thoughts not metis ]

True and fitting of your callsign then, Traveler. Fair enough.
Ah, I have some work to get to, but if you need anything else, feel free to ask.

[ it's sunday i'm releasing you free ]