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[doghasitsday]

The technology in this place has given me much pause and so much to think about. I wouldn't consider myself a techie by any stretch of the imagination; I've got a more literary mind, I think. Still, perhaps things would have been different if I had come from a later generation. These journal devices alone are advanced far beyond anything I could find in the year I before the back home. The ship itself is a marvel. Since I've been up and about I've taken time to explore when I could, and I know there's rooms here that are a lot bigger than should be physically possible, given the space allotted. The way the ship moves: it looks like we're in space, but there's nothing really separating us from the open air. Does the barge produce its own atmosphere? There's things about the system here that I'd like to better understand, too. Nobody really explained the last time I asked. I think I'm an Inmate. No one's really told me. And I know that guy...the Admiral, assigned a bunch of people together. Inmates with Wardens. Is that what I'm waiting for? A Warden? How long does that usually take? I'd appreciate whatever answers can be given me. --Harold Emory Lauder

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[requiresssacrifice]

Finally, a newcomer who asks intelligent questions. [NERD FISTBUMP.]

As for your questions about the system, you're an inmate. Wardens tend to be aware of their status. The time it takes to be assigned is variable, depending on the presence of a warden who's an appropriate "match"-- by whatever standards the Admiral employs.

[doghasitsday]

Is there any visible pattern that might suggest he has standards?

[requiresssacrifice]

Not exactly. Pairings range from compatible to utterly non-constructive.

[doghasitsday]

So this is like...prison? [THANKFULLY THE PLAGUE TOOK OUT HBO BEFORE 'OZ' HAPPENED, so he's only heard rumors, really.] Is it as bad?

[requiresssacrifice]

Essentially, yes. Less restrictive in some capacities, but more inhumane in others.

[allusionsahoy]

As if we didn't already have enough pretentious douchebags on this ship.

[doghasitsday]

Sorry sir, but I don't believe we've met. (I assume you're a 'sir' -- my apologies if you're not.) Have I done something to offend you?

[allusionsahoy]

You signed your own post with your full name. If that isn't an example of pretentious douchebaggery, I don't know what is. Next thing you know, you'll tell me that your favorite movie is this obscure French crap and that you listen to bands I've never heard of.

And yeah, I'm a sir. The name's Marco.

[doghasitsday]

I sign the end of my journal entries. That's just what I do.

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[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

Still so many questions. Have you found any acceptable answers yet?

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[doghasitsday]

Didn't get a lot of answers last time.

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[lifeafterhope.livejournal.com]

None you wanted to believe, anyway.

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[doghasitsday]

It's not a matter of wanting or not wanting.

[most_feared]

There are several possibilities as to why the ship can maintain an atmosphere without any visible barriers between the vessel and space. Most of the ones I'm familiar with involve magnetosphere generated forcefields, but the ship is equipped to maintain a variety of physical laws so any one universal theory might prove inaccurate.

Wardens are matched at the middle and end of each month, though may be postponed in the event of a shipwide incident. Criteria for matching are uncertain but all wardens are provided with a file of relevant information pertaining to their inmate. Many inmates ask permission to see their file.

[doghasitsday]

So whoever gets assigned to me is going to get a folder with my entire life story in it?

[most_feared]

Only relevant information. This may be no more than a little bit of information or it may be a book's worth. If the warden needs more they're expected to figure it out on there own.

It may take a couple of months to find a warden, but a free one might be able to assist you in the meantime.

[acid_rayne]

Paragraphs are your friend.

[doghasitsday]

There is nothing wrong with the way I write.

[acid_rayne]

Aside from being difficult to read, you mean?

[doghasitsday]

If you have trouble reading, I'm afraid that's your failing, not mine. Do yourself a favor and look for something less strenuous to do.

[strangehistorian]

Hello Harold!

Dr. Lewis has most of it right. If you don't know why you've come here you're an inmate, but unfortunately the time between when you arrive and are assigned is very variable.

I don't know about the atmosphere though. I assume it's a spell.

[doghasitsday]

A spell, like magic?

[strangehistorian]

Oh, I've forgotten it's not commonplace everywhere. Yes.

[doghasitsday]

Yeah, it...well, it's not really supposed to exist where I come from.

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