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[Video | January 21st - Midday]

[Begins transmission with a smile, him flying solo in his own journal for the day. And here, being committed to your entertainment. Or at least, it's in the works, but today he has a few things in mind he'd like to accomplish to get that started.]

Hello, Luceti, it's a chilly morning out there, so make sure you're nice and bundled up for any sort of travel you expect to be doing today.

Jack and I are still compiling some requests and compositions from you lovely lot, and if you'd like to put in some last minute offers or requests, feel free to let me or Jack know.

[Switches gears a little, looking just a little nervous]

I also come to you today for a request.

[Takes a deep breath and averts his eyes just a moment, licking his lips before glancing back to the screen]

I've heard of some doctors being located at the Battle Dome and I had questions about... things... regarding mobility, mostly. Ah, if anyone could get me in contact with a doctor there, I would really... really appreciate it. As some of you know I have some mobility issues and improving that would be...

[Smiles a little, wistful and hopeful but trying to keep it under wraps]

...It would be my top priority.

[Scratches the side of his nose with one finger and sits back]

Alright, thanks again, listeners-- and stay safe out there.

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Alright. [It was only polite-- and he was curious about this stranger, this 'radio show', and the mobility problems mentioned...but, all in due time.]

Cliff Fittir. I'm uh...[A former space captain, member of an anti-government support organization, someone that wasn't from Earth...] Let's just say that I'm a guy who likes a good time and doesn't mind a fight or two.

[See? He can observe the UP3 too. It was just too complicated to spill everything like this.]

I also don't like all this cold, but who does?

What about you? Didn't catch a name earlier.

[Plenty of folks along the way in his life had pasts that they didn't want to elaborate on, they tended to be the most interesting, however. However, even with all that potential, he at least could agree with the chill]

Oh, tell me about it. It's flipping freezing.

Name's Eugene Woods. And... I'm just a guy who likes to cook and play music. Not too much interesting about me, just about what I've seen.

Isn't that the way it always goes?

[Cliff suspected that there was more, but he didn't pry. The details were always a possibility for the future...]

[Details could be found out along the course of listening to the radio show, certainly, should Mr Fittir feel keen on tuning in, that is.]

Yeah it's funny how that works out-- in the sort of funny that doesn't have you laughing but cringing?

Though I'm going to ask because I honestly don't know-- Earth? Another universe? Starship Enterprise? What's home for you?

Aah. So you're one of those. [He gave a short laugh.] Hard to know who's savvy or not 'round here. It's a little complicated.

Suffice to say, I'm not from Earth. Been there a few times...but the politics? Not a fan.

I wouldn't call it a 'starship', but I do have one. Or did. [A small part of him still cringed at the sight of her battered remains in the snowy, almost medieval city.] She's called the Eagle. While she ain't the toughest ship in the galaxy, she's one of the fastest.

There's another ship, called the Diplo. Ya could say that she's a 'starship', but that's too formal. We're a pretty rowdy crew, but our Captain doesn't really mind.

Those? I am but a humble journalist and radio host. But I suppose I could be considered the more hi-tech version of a barkeep.

[Kind of likes that, anyway. But back to their discussion]

Starships... closest thing we had in mine is a space shuttle... and a trip to the moon, though some would disagree it actually happened. But seriously, the best kind of crew is the kind that knows how to party and when to get serious, right?

One of the people 'round here who's that savvy. It's hard to tell who is when there's so many kids running around with swords. [Although that was a tad hypocritical...] Any version of a barkeep is good by me, especially if there's some good tunes.

But a space shuttle...[He though about it for a sec.] Aah. I see. You're still working with fossil fuels then, amirite? People sure knew how to party then, even if they were skeptics.

And you're right. A chill crew that knows when to buckle down and man the guns really is the best.

Someone who's in on the whole different worlds bit? Trust me, it took me about a week before I could wrap my head around it being genuine. Now-- I tend to prefer a steel pipe, myself...

Heh, fossil fuels or bust. But global warming turns out is the least of our problems.

Ya learn a few things after landing on an underdeveloped planet for the first time. But..that's complicated. You can guess why.

What kinda problems are we talking here? Sun going nova? World War III? Nuclear overload?

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I completely understand. I think it's called the Prime Directive in a lot of verses, if I'm not mistaken? Never landed on an underdeveloped planet, myself. Being from one and all.

Ah-- no. Just problems, like any other world, really. Nothing that complicated, though. Or at least, not that we know of. Sun's got a ways to go, I think and nuclear overload-- well, maybe in some places...

I meant without electricity, but I see your point. I dunno what this 'prime directive', but there is a rule that restricts contact. A friend of mine is a real square about it and he's probably trying to figure out what to do with it as we talk....but, I figure that the rules from home don't really apply here.

Aah. And you mean problems like war, pollution, overpopulation...and little things like who the next governor's gonna be, right?

[Cliff might have to forgive Eugene's reluctance to recount the disaster that happened at home. Luceti is a vast improvement over where he once came]

Well, the problem is a bit more global than that. As far as we know. But Luceti is pretty pleasant by comparison. We had plenty of electricity before, just not now. I suppose it's a step back from where we started.

[Grins and chuckles a little in his chest, looking thoughtful but mischievous as well.]

Well, if it's any consolation, this'll be a secret between us. Sometimes rules are meant to be broken for the greater good, anyway. The trick is keeping it contained....

[Ah, but quarantine had been difficult even in his world, once things caught on, it spread like a flash fire]

[Cliff would understand entirely-- there are things that he's never going to reveal about his world as well. It was too complicated, more so than the restrictions mandated by his world's version of the Prime Directive.]

Not too bad then. You get to avoid...does 'culture shock' make sense here?

[He laughed as well.]

Ain't that always the trick? It's why you need good people around, because they might be the only ones you can trust.

Yeah, I suppose in my case it would be a cultural improvement. Culture shock might set in in other ways, though. For one, I'm having a hard time trying to sort out what's not rude when talking to folks from different universes and worlds.

It's harder than you'd think. Though, you're coming from the other end of that problem, aren't you?

[Ah, trust. Trust was definitely more important to him now than it had been before, but Cliff seemed like a straight-up kind of guy. He'd share a beer with him without concern]

Good people who will watch your back and look after you? Same as you'd do for them? Yeah... hah, kind of makes me miss my friends back home. They are good people...

[He laughed.]

Nah. We've still got the same problem. It's probably a little different, but it's the same.

[There were certain parts of his world that man wasn't supposed to know...and Cliff, unfortunately, learned that the hard way.]

Guess I got lucky then, since a couple of mine dropped in with me. Even if they didn't...the people here don't seem too bad. Maybe something could work if you give it enough time.

Seems like Luceti brings people over in groups, sometimes. I was lucky... to come here with Jack. Though it has been a bit of culture shock to switch from what we had to what we currently have. Might be harder to go back home and be without all these things.

[Stops short, wanting to save some stories for the air, however. No good to give them all here for free]

Heh, but I am getting ahead of myself here.

Hah. It's cool.

[He had a hunch that there would be plenty more stories int he future.]

Word is that we'll forget everything once we get home, so I guess we're lucky on that...

Wait, one second.

Forget everything? How do we know that happens?

[It's one thing to be sent back home, but he was making friends here and... well, some he didn't want to forget, even if he'd miss them. Felt like he was getting robbed out of something that no one should have access to.]

Just something I caught chatter about in these books. Looks like you can check backlogs in these-- great way to learn a thing or two before something hits. Knowing your enemy and all of that.

[Moves to check his journal and give it a better look over. It was true that he'd read a good bit about the Malnosso here, but as far as having seen them himself, he'd only seen the effects they had on Luceti at large...]

The information contained in the journals, you mean?

That's right, unless it's locked. [And Cliff was a good enough sport to respect those locks. Given his line of work, he intimately understood the meaning of privacy.]

It looks like we'll be returned to the same moment we left in, so nothing changes one way or another.

...It sucks, though. Some people here prob'ly need a good vacation.]

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...So inevitably, we all go back.

[He tried to keep the disappointment out of his voice and was marginally successful.]

Well, better make the best of the time we have here, then, hm?

[Now there was an injection of radio personality pleasantness, back to business and not worrying about what might happen]

Though I had better head off so I can get more of the radio program prepped and ready to go for our debut. Thanks for your input and the info, Cliff. It's been a pleasure! Stay safe out there.

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