ONBOARDING.

[peregrinatus]

[Upon arrival, all passengers will wake in their assigned cabins, and upon regaining consciousness, will be greeted by a voice in their heads. It's a warm voice, kind and gentle, mellifluous, impossible to distinguish gender from the sound of it.]

Welcome aboard, passenger. Please don't be alarmed - I am the Navigator, and I'm here to assist you. I'm afraid you're probably a long way from your home - all of those currently on board aren't where they're supposed to be, and I'm not entirely sure as to how you all came to be on board. But I'm doing what I can to locate the home planets of my current passengers, and I'd like to ask for your help, too.

What will aid me the most in finding the way to your home planets is if you'll work together with the other passengers. My people thrive on the emotional bonds created between ourselves and our passengers, and between the passengers themselves. The emotional bonds forged through partnership are the strongest and most beneficial - harmony, compassion, trust. It's not a requirement, of course, but it's to everyone's benefit to work together, both with me and with each other.

I imagine you'll have questions. I'll do my best to answer them, if I can.

[New passengers will note a glyph symbol marked on the back of their dominant hand, and they have been implanted with a universal speech translation modification, which is impossible to locate and cannot be removed.

Newly accepted characters can use this post to ask the standard introductory questions of the Navigator, but comments in this post will not be counted for activity purposes.]

Comments

[speediest]

There's a decent amount of mutants running around, yeah. Why?

[peregrinatus]

We have no records of encountering your kind before.

[speediest]

Oh man, really?

( first mutant is new. )

Well then I'll be the first to tell you--we have a looot of special needs.

[peregrinatus]

What sort of special needs do you require?

[speediest]

Red bull and an endless supply of protein bars.

[peregrinatus]

I don't know what red bull is - I've never heard of such a thing before.

[speediest]

It's an energy drink. Full of caffeine and sugar.

[peregrinatus]

And caffeine and sugar are vital to your kind's survival?

[speediest]

I will literally die without caffeine and sugar.

[peregrinatus]

Then I'll do what I can to accommodate. I certainly don't want you to die. I don't have this red bull you mentioned, but I believe some of the other passengers have stored coffee in the kitchen. I understand it has a great quantity of caffeine.

[speediest]

Got any sugar for that coffee?

[peregrinatus]

Yes ... there should also be sugar, unless it's all been used.

[speediest]

What if it has all been used?

[peregrinatus]

We'll acquire more as soon as possible.