Canon is Eos 10

[drforehead]

Like hell you can talk me into this. I have enough to keep me busy these days. I'd really rather not get stuck in another hellhole with a ragtag group of misfits, thanks very much. I have more than enough of that back in the station.

And it's not like I can exactly take any time OFF right now. I have an infirmary to run, a colleague to keep sober, an alleged terrorist to keep hidden...



...a potential intergalactic conspiracy to over throw...



So yeah. I'm fine. Don't hit yourself with the door on the way out.










Okay, what exactly do you mean by 'don't exactly have a choice in the matter'?




Oh for fuck's sake-

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[earthlike]

[ Nadass laughs, but she's polite enough to at least do it quietly. ]

They can be very... persistent.

[drforehead]

Thanks for the warning.

Like I need any more persistent characters in my life.

[earthlike]

Oh? [ Yeah, she heard that mutter. ] That sounds like there's a story behind it.

[drforehead]

Not particularly. Just, one of the downsides of being a doctor is working all day with lots of other doctors. Every story you've heard about hard-headedness and over flourishing egos is completely accurate.



Sorry, I didn't intend to start off around here complaining about ev- I do LIKE my job, just-

Not. Relevant right now.


Hi! My name's Ryan. Dalias. Nice to meet you and everything. Been kidnapped long?

[earthlike]

Nadass. Vihalen. [ She copies his way of introducing herself either because she finds it cute funny or because, as a trained cultural ambassador, it's how she blends in. ]

And I don't really think of it as being kidnapped. If she didn't want me, I wouldn't exist at all. And besides, I get to meet all sorts of interesting people this way.

[drforehead]

Like to stay on the positive side, huh? Guess I can respect that. Even if I'm not all that good at it personally.

So how interesting are we talking here. Aliens? Zombies? Vampires? Alien zombie vampires?

[earthlike]

It comes easier with practice, I think.

Aliens, humans. "Superheroes"...? I think that's what they're called. Oh, no, there was one vampire now that I think about it. And yeah, actually, a couple of different doctors.

[drforehead]

Sorry about that. We're a little like cockroaches that way. Very hard to kill off and we get into all sorts of places.

[His voice stays as dry and monotone as ever, even as the corner of his mouth twitches up into a smile.]

It's very nice to meet you, Miss Vihalen.

[earthlike]

I'd never dream of killing you off. Doctors are very useful.

Likewise, Dr. Dalias.

[drforehead]

Thanks. 'Useful' is exactly what I was going for.

Soooo... you from Earth, or...?

[Somewhere else?]

[earthlike]

Ninga. [ Somewhere else. ] Or, as humans call it, Kepler 452b.

[drforehead]

Oh. Nice place? Never been personally. I don't think we have anyone from your system on our station here, either.

[earthlike]

I like it, but I might be a little biased. And you wouldn't. We're relatively new to interstellar travel. In fact, I'm the very first Ningan to travel to another system.

you can't get rid of me

[janed]

What did you do, Ryan? Now we're BOTH stuck here!

I'm stuck here forever

[drforehead]

I didn't do anything!

[Ryan really feels like he's said this particular phrase more in the last few months than in his entire life.]


Believe me, I would NOT be sticking around here if I could help it.

[janed]

...We're doomed. Maybe I can, I don't know, convice her to let me go! Or convince her to take someone else instead. She seems easy enough.

[drforehead]

...just like you thought it seemed easy to get Dr. Osolong to invite you out for coffee?

Cause I remember that going... very differently.

[janed]

What? We had coffee! Or, he had his coffee, and I had my coffee... fifty yards away, in the bushes.

[drforehead]

...we have bushes in a space station?


Nevermind. Look, I'll work on this. I promise! I'll...



Fuck, we really are screwed aren't we?


Sorry I dragged you into this, Jane.

[janed]

Fake bushes. Still count.

Okay, it's not... really your fault. My mun's just way too eager to try new things. And new people, too, I guess.

[drforehead]

...would it be extremely selfish of me to say I'm glad you're here?

[janed]

Yes, it would.

[drforehead]

I better keep that to myself, then.

[janed]

Yep. You darn well know it.

[drforehead]

So, uh, met anyone around here yet? I think you're a little faster-moving than I am.