ROLE — CAPTAIN'S LOG 📁

[dropoffs]

CAPTAIN'S LOG

welcome, crewmate isabel.

On WEDNESDAY, after returning to the ship from their planetside work, Lovelace will hear the familiar ping of the I.R.I.S. at her wrist; the moment that she lifts up her hand to check what the noise is for, a window immediately pops up. The projection fills in a spread of purple, and a message sent only to her designation loads in the window.

There is no compulsion to obey the request, but it is rather politely made - and could be interesting.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CPT. LOVELACE.

Hopefully I'm not interrupting anything? Sorry, if that's the case! I tried to time this for when you weren't busy with work planetside for the delivery, and wanted to give you the chance to explore if you wanted.

If you could please meet with me as soon as possible, I would appreciate it. There's some work that you might find interesting. I think if we did it together, we could really do a lot with it - and it might help us get some answers.

GANYMEDE

The observation deck is highlighted on the I.R.I.S. once the message is read, and will indicate where Lovelace needs to go to meet Ganymede. The CCO can be found easily there, waiting patiently, a data pad in their hands before turning to greet her companionably. They won't begin the discussion until they're sure that there's no one else around. While relaxed, it's hard to say what they're thinking, as there's currently no emoticons or symbols displaying on the visor of their helmet, but their filtered voice is still steady and calm.

"I'm sure you've got questions, and we've got a lot to go over. Let's get started."

RULES

As the role responsible for the captain's log, along with information that is acquired through it, Lovelace is expected to follow a few rules:

1. For now, keep your new designation a secret. Should this designation be shared with anyone without prior authorization, consequences and termination of position are possible. This can be revisited at a later date.
    ↳ As of w2, you can share your role with ONE non-role person.
2. If you distribute any information acquired, it must be done anonymously or without referencing the true source. This can be revisited at a later date.
3. Each week, only one person can be investigated. You can choose that one person, or you can select three from which a random individual will be pulled from through RNG. You cannot investigate yourself, senior crew, or previously decommissioned crew at this time.
    ↳ As of w5, a second person can be selected; these choices can come from both senior and junior crew, the previously decommissioned, and the old crew roster.
4. Selection must be made during Lovelace's meeting with Ganymede when summoned on Wednesday (ICly, OOCly the deadline is Friday). Once one or both parties leave the meeting, the meeting is concluded until reconvening for discussion of results on Sunday. This does not mean that the role can't be discussed in audiences, however!

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Comments

[thematics]

[ oh, iiiinteresting. well, she will approach! ]

So you can take those off.

[dropoffs]

[ with a weak laugh - a little rough around the edges, which was concealed by the autotune - they duck their head briefly. ]

We're going a little rogue, so to speak. And this isn't a public space - it's a private one. I figured it'd be good to offer some more transparency.

[ but ganymede does turn to face her!

he's probably seen better days, considering the way his wetware wraps around his throat and neck. the shape dips down into his collarbone, but it's harder to see with the collar of his shirt being a higher one - the shape of it is still there, instead of flesh and sinew. ] Hey, captain.

[thematics]

Hey.

[ haha i guessed right. anyway hmm concerning but she will not comment because she is not that rude. right now. maybe. ]

Well, far be it from me to stop you from rebelling a little bit. It's good for the spirit.

[dropoffs]

[ everyone has guessed shiro and i regret nothing except not committing to trying to make you all believe it was another danmei. ] It is, isn't it? And we're kind of... well, things are weird - more than what we already knew. Everything's been kind of a foggy haze this week, for the officers, and we're coming out of it bit by bit. So. Transparency!

[thematics]

Transparency.

[ ... ]

That haze have something to do with the old lists and photos people keep finding? The previous junior crew that none of you seem to remember?

[dropoffs]

... yeah. There were eight officers then, too, and we were part of the twenty junior crewmates when we joined the Eudora. I haven't actually seen any of the lists, but somebody keeps leaving around papers with things that just look like nonsense, at first, that I've had to pick up. [ litterbugs. ] Every time I've read them, looked at the photos on them, it's felt like my head was splitting in two - same thing happens to the others in our debrief meetings.

[thematics]

My running theory is that the same thing happening to us happened to them.

Although that doesn't explain the memory loss. Just the absence.

[dropoffs]

Not a bad running theory to have. We just don't remember what happened to them, beyond - well. What we've told you. It's a problem. Not the first time my memories have been played with, either, so I'm more inclined to run with the theory.

[thematics]

Memories can change everything about who you are.

I wonder if there was more to it, though. You didn't die. Whatever happened to the rest of the crew, you guys are still here. Maybe the memories play into why.

[dropoffs]

... yeah. Yeah, they really can. [ did we pick lovelace to bond with ganymede for a reason? yes. but he sighs, rubbing along the almost organic looking shape of his neck wetware and trying to work an ache out as he thinks. ] It's entirely possible... if you guys keep finding those logs, the lists, the photos, it - Well. It'll keep hurting, probably, for us to look at them. But it'll be good for us to keep seeing them after you guys have reviewed them yourselves.

[thematics]

[ that... makes sense... lmao ]

Maybe it'll stop hurting, eventually. Like exposure therapy.

[dropoffs]

Maybe. Even if it doesn't, it's worth doing it anyways. So that we can regain whatever we've lost - even if it won't be pretty, it'll still be the truth, and it'll hopefully help us all out.

[thematics]

... Right. You should get to know who you are. So you can decide who you are.

If I find anything, I'll bring it to you.

[dropoffs]

... and hopefully it'll be the last time. That's part of why we're more than willing to go rogue - at least, for me. I don't want to keep losing who I am. [ but he nods, looking to her. ] Thank you, captain. Be careful out there in the meantime.