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--why are you taking your hands off the steering?

--because I have to get a good angle for my viewers! Duh.

[introducing your host, gamer girl extraordinaire.]

Listen, this isn't the time to be doing that. We need to reach the base on this radar, and we need to work together.

--she's working on her blog! Oi, listen to him!

[the video feed turns to focus on the other two aboard the ship; one’s a toothy young redhead who seems to be wearing nothing but swimming jammers for some reason, and the other is an older guy in some power rangers suit of sorts. welcome aboard S.S. Inappropriately Dressed]

--excuse you, it’s not a blog! It’s called a livestream! Anyway, the name’s D.Va, and the older guy to my left's not a bad pilot. Ignore the guy behind me.

--you're judging other pilots right now!? I’d give you a 0 out of 10! We almost just hit that reef, holy shi --

--rude! Seriously, chill out for a second, will you? I'd like to see you do better!

I'd like to see you do better too!

The two of you, stop! [shiro, the older guy, seems to have had it with their bickering, pulling the steering handle upwards to avoid a cluster of mushroom trees likely to ruin their ship] The seas are rough as it is, we need to work as a team right now. You can go at each other's throat once we're out of this!

Ch, if we get out -- fine, what do you want us to do?

You, in the back, buckle up. You’re going to get thrown about and hurt.

...A-ah... [a guilty click... safety first yo]

And you, D.Va, is it? Concentrate on piloting. It’s hard to see and the seas are pushing us around as it is, so try and keep the ship as stable as you can!

-- ...Okay, fine.

...I can livestream your stupid piloting if you want from back here.

-- If you know how to set it up, be my guest!

Hey, to your right!

[it seems like a crash, the lights going red on board, and the visual feed spinning as the ship spirals out of control under their hands. good thing shiro told you to buckle up, huh, rin? amidst this mess, some shouting and ordering about, the stream cuts off. will our heroes live another day?]

[yeah, they do]

-- ot it all. That was actually some really amazing piloting, both of you... [someone sounds a little starstruck... what sugoi he has witnessed, the world will never know, because rin did not in fact record that shit]

D.va, well done. That was really impressive--I have to say I wouldn’t have been able to pull this off without you. [turning around, he smiles at the redhead teen, even if wtf? at your lack of clothes, homie] Doing alright? Name's Shiro, by the way.

-- Rin. -- It's a girl's name, but I'm a guy.

[shiro gives him an odd look. d.va definitely does the same.]

-- Aww, you’re so sweet, Shiro! [d.va flashes a grateful smile at him, also thoroughly impressed.] Honestly, it was your quick thinking that got us out of trouble. I usually don't like being ordered around, but I'll let it slide. [she then turns to rin, sitting behind her--and he better have recorded all of that!!] See? Told you we'd be fine!

[shiro offers a smile at them both. thumbs up with his mechanical arm.]

Let's get out of here and see who we can find in the base. They might be able to help us out.

[little did our heroes know that upon opening that door into the base, they would be greeted by the sickness apocalypse. moans, groans, sniffles and hacks. what’s worse, the ocean going nuts outside because of a hurricane, or the dribbly-nosed zombies in the only place considered safe from the elements?]

...after all that, is this place haunted or something...? E-eh --

You guys might want to stand back--

[...was that your burrito of death our triumphant trio has just trampled, like those wildebeests over mufasa? remember... remember...]

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[kids and getting scared these days, didn't shiro just tell them that maybe they should stand back? shiro puts a hand on one shoulder each, and pulls them a couple of steps back towards him--away from the potential invisible person.]

We're stepping on someone. [pause] I think.

[way to ruin the fun, grandpa]

Sorry. Hey, what's going on?

[now who sounds crazy]

[looks slowly at D.Va............... is he having a stroke? a stress-induced hallucination?]

[knows your shit]

What?

Isn't there some kind of brain damage you can get, from deep sea pressure...?

Some aliens communicate telepathically, and they're not necessarily physical.

[ignores your sass]

[oh my god. punches them all in the ankles; he doesn't have the energy to get up]

I am right here and I can hear you talking!

[UNCOOL, WHAT DID WE DO WRONG?? OTHER THAN STEP ON YOU]

Sorry! Look, we just got here, we have no idea of what's going on. How can we help you?

[help us help you...looks around at this disembodied entity...]

Look, I --

[a deep breath, and he sounds calmer when he continues, a little less angrily out of it]

Can one of you give me a hand up. You're all about to step on me again and I don't think I can walk that well right now but this is going to go a lot better if we're all not on the floor.

Ow! Hey!

[ HUGE pouty face right now because those punches actually hurt! Just a little. Rude.....not like she's any better but RUDE. ]

Ugh, one of you guys help him up, please?

[glances at d.va... how is he supposed to help pick up someone they can't see?]

[he's going to feel stupid--but he gives it a shot anyway, getting down and scrambling to-- oh, that feels like a shoulder. holds on and pushes up carefully.]

Can't really see you, so you've got to tell us how this works out.

[Rin kind of can't believe this improv beginner class shit he's seeing, but he's moving aside for the... body???... all the same]

This is nuts... oi, how do you know it's not something bad?

Because I've seen bad.

[insert spoilers here]

And if this were a threat to us, we wouldn't be here by now, specially not after stepping on them a couple times.

[ She's gonna be That Person. ]

Don't mind him. Rin's afraid of ghosts!

Was that why he jumped earlier? [into your arms]

Uh-huh! He was scaaaared.

[ Of little Napstablook.... ]

I'm not afraid of ghosts and I wasn't scared, oi! There's nothing wrong with a healthy sense of caution!

[princess carry him to safety]

[turns his head...he's not trying to not laugh]

Quit laughing and help the invisible man up already!

[THE INVISIBLE MAN IS GRABBING SHIRO'S HAND -- holy shit, it feels like a weird air tentacle or something just grabbed him, actually -- and trying to wobblily pull himself upright]

Ugh, hold still, stop swaying...and yelling...

[he's not ok]

[that sure is an invisible hand on his hand--goodness]

[shiro can't help the expression on his face, and it takes him a moment before he actually responds accordingly to these actions and the voice in his head.]

Sorry.

[helps... up? he thinks, hopes.]

You don't sound too well.

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[well he's definitely holding someone. something. and they definitely don't feel steady. shivering?]

We're sick, a lot of people are sick, it hit a bunch of us about the same time the hurricane did. You guys should...disinfect yourselves or something when you can, maybe? I don't know how human disease works much.

Where can we do that? And how can we help out in the meantime?

[...you invisible alien person...]

There's a shower room? Or maybe they've come up with something in the labs too by now. Or you can check there if they haven't and you're good at science.

[he's slowly sagging again]

Sorry, I'd have a more definite answer...but I haven't been keeping track very well. Um. Who are you again?

Shiro. [then motions to the other two] D.va and Rin. We just arrived.

[clearly...]

Don't worry about it. You don't seem to be doing too well. Wouldn't you be better off in bed, than on the floor?

I didn't MEAN to be on the floor. But it's nice to meet you. Welcome to the base.

[possibly he means it. he sounds sulky. he'd meant to sit quietly and watch the storm for a while, not pass out and be in the way like this.]

...here, we can take care of two birds with one stone. My bed's in the medbay anyway. Help me there and I'll point you at what's been getting done.

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