reservation @ ataraxion.

[skyn]

I'll give you credit for gathering enough courage to reserve me. Don't start cheering yet, though. You still have that app to write. [ she shifts, placing a hand under her chin and leveling a look. ] And you don't have the best track record when it comes to those.

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[hulkish]

Space, huh?

[skyn]

[ she nods, tone reflecting his own. ] Space. It should be exciting.

[ space is her thing after all. ]

[hulkish]

Exciting. Yeah, it'll. It'll definitely be that. It typically goes along with all the death and chaos.

[skyn]

[ in space, no one can hear you scream. ] That's not different from the last time I was in space.

[ except this time, there won't be any crazy red stuff — she hopes so. fingers crossed. anyways, aside from that, almost dying, and people being killed, she had fun in space. ]

[hulkish]

[ disease and danger, wrapped in darkness and silence. ]

Fewer chaperones. And, no familiar planets.

[skyn]

[ child's play — hold up. will this descend into chucky? because jane draws the line at phallic symbols and killer dolls. ]

So what? I wouldn't be a very good scientist if I let fear of the unknown stop me, would I? [ lbr, when was the last time she didn't seek out and investigate the mysterious and unfamiliar, even when every sign told her not to? april 3, 1989, that's when. ]

[hulkish]

No, you wouldn't. [ his smile is nothing less than nostalgic. he remembers when the fear of the unknown was just another horizon to cross. ] But the unknown, it can. It'll do things. The Tranquility will do worse than kill you.

[skyn]

[ maybe he can return to that one day, if only for a moment. she'd like to see that. bruce banner is famous at culver, joining the cautionary tales of icarus and dr faustus, so she's aware why he's so hesitate. but jane can't ignore the longings for answers; it's not in her nature to settle for a fluff piece instead of the truth. ] I'll try not to fly too close to the sun then.

[hulkish]

[ he knows exactly what she's eluding to, and it makes him smile.

it's not a happy smile. ] Good luck.

[antes]

Plannin' on comin' up, doc?

[skyn]

That's the plan. [ now whether the mun follows through with it is debatable. her track record with accomplishing goals is as good as the u.s. congress's. ]

It must be beautiful up there.

[antes]

It's— interesting. I mean, I get the appeal of all that Cosmos stuff but we're dealing with less PBS and more creepy crawlies.

[skyn]

Is it like Dead Space? Or is it more like Alien? [ please say no. jane draws the line at phallic symbols. ]

[antes]

Both. Ish. [ :I ]

And also kind of like watching one of those summer camp horror movies.

[skyn]

[ yo that's a funny joke. ]

Guys wearing hockey masks and wielding machetes are commonplace, then?

[antes]

I mean more like those weird interludes where people pretend it's still okay. You know, the whole, "it's just an old house," thing, instead of moving.

[skyn]

You don't pretend it's ok. I mean — you know when to move, right? [ jane isn't one to pretend that something is ok; she's more inclined to being unaware of it until it's up in her face or gone. ]

[antes]

True. But just because I've got my shit together doesn't mean I can just let everyone who doesn't get eaten or dismembered, y'know?

[skyn]

Of course not. If you did, I wouldn't say that your shit's together in the first place.

[antes]

Aww, doc, you'll make me blush.

[skyn]

I'll try not to. It clashes with your bow and arrow.

gently threadjacks

[hulkish]

That's a decent number of us, now.

:3c

[antes]

The more, the merrier, I guess. Hopefully there actually is some strength in numbers.

hello this is late but i love jane

[darkart]

One assumes someone so familiar with research papers could inspire commitment to the same.

[ COME BE A NERD IN SPACE, JANE!! ]

it's never too late

[skyn]

You would think that, considering that she too is so familiar with research papers. Alas — [ she cuts herself off with a sharp sigh.

FUNNY ENOUGH, THAT WAS IN THE DESCRIPTION FOR THE INTERNSHIP JANE OFFERED THAT DARCY EVENTUALLY SIGNED UP FOR. ]

[darkart]

Then I almost think it a pity. Not that the kidnapping and space goo is enjoyable, but there's a lot to look into.

[skyn]

Tell me about it.

[darkart]

Literally, or are you being facetious?

[ Because he will talk to you about magicscience, Jane. ]

[skyn]

Why not? I don't have anything else to do. [ since, y'know, the mun is watching south park instead writing the app

PLEASE DO. jane wants to know E V E R Y T H I N G

then after he tells her everything, she will run all the tests on him for answers. ]

[darkart]

The ship has its own physics. They change. It is possibly sentient.

[ WRITE UR APP AND COME TO SPACE ]

[skyn]

Wait, wait, wait. [ she needs her handy dandy notebook! ] Ok, go on. Tell me everything.

[ IF IT WAS A BAD EPISODE, I TOTES WOULD. ]

[darkart]

One of the original crew members recently surfaced after having been lost in some kind of temporal side-dimension for an unknown amount of time, intent on demolishing the ship, and thus physics "broke" inside a single department of it. [ .. yep. ]

[ IS THE EPISODE OVER ]

[skyn]

What do you mean physics "broke"? Were there gravitational anomalies? Spatial distortions? Any of this ringing a bell?

[ IT HAS FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS. BUT NOW THE DAILY SHOW IS ON. ]

[darkart]

According to science, it broke. From my perspective it was simply unruly. Your science is quite limited in the physics department, giving it needless laws.

[ Magic is superior lol peasants and OMG SPACE HERMIONE GET YOUR PRIORITIES IN GEAR ]

[skyn]

Needless laws? What's your explanation for everything? Magic?

[ magic is just science we haven't understood yet, aight? I'VE NEVER READ HARRY POTTER BUT EVEN I KNOW THAT "SPACE HERMIONE" IS A COMPLIMENT I SHALL WEAR WITH PRIDE. ]

[darkart]

What do you think magic is? A word people use to explain away things they don't believe to be possible?

[ IT IS A COMPLIMENT WHICH IS WHY I'M LIKE OMG APP!!1 ]

[skyn]

No. It's a word used to explain things people don't understand.

[ I'VE DONE MOST OF THE SAMPLES. PRETTY PROUD ABOUT THAT OK ]

/grabby hands

[forgodssake]

It's such a pity we can't give them a hand, isn't it? Although mine might've taken objection to my input.

/smooches face

[skyn]

I really have no mind for "apps." I prefer my own work.

[forgodssake]

One of the pitfalls of an academic lifestyle is that collaboration is an inevitability. I do hope you make it in, as much as I also hope you're spared the experience.

[skyn]

[ she laughs. ] Funny enough, my mun said something similar when she picked me up.

[ 12-6-13, 1:03am | "oh god, i hope i can play you jane... and i also hope i can break you."




similar-ish. ]

[broke_harlem]

Mm. You too, huh? [Look at how excited he is. Just look.]

[skyn]

Yeah. As bad news goes, it's pretty bad. [ omg is that bruce banner? she didn't even recognize him with that excited look on his face. ]

[broke_harlem]

[It's a look of excitement that compliments his lovely other persona of green.] Maybe they'll be remarkably lazy and not apply?

[skyn]

[ if those grainy cell phones photos are true, then it must be lovely. ] That won't be a problem for my mun.

[ thank newton for lazy muns. ]