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[knowsmadness]

[The image flickers on to Kara casually sitting in her chair, arm draped over one side as she pushes herself back, one booted foot coming to rest on the desk in front of her. A lit cigar is between her fingers – they’re finally dry -, and there’s a set of blacked out shades covering her eyes. ]
 
Guess saying ‘Galactica, come in’ is out of the question, huh? [She snorts, and ashes the cigar before putting it to her lips again to take a long drag.]
 
Peachy. [Brows up behind the glasses, and her mouth pulls into a smirk that’s lacking humor.] Sounds like we’re all going to be one big happy family here, doesn’t it? [She sounds SO pleased.]
 
Name’s Kara, call sign Starbuck.  I go by either, so pick your poison. [Ash flick, and she pulls the sunglasses off and tosses them aside, grinning.]
 
Speaking of ‘poison’ – anybody know where the party’s at, or do I have to start my own?

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[dadissues]

[Whoa...is this what they mean by mature beauty?! (Even though she's only in her twenties...) Either way, he's grinning.] Nice to meet ya. What's a "call sign"?

[video]

[knowsmadness]

[Mature? Depends.]

Nickname. Used for wireless communications.

[video]

[dadissues]

Oh...you mean like, for military stuff?

[video]

[knowsmadness]

...Yeah. For 'military stuff'.

[video]

[dadissues]

Ah, cool! You're a Westerner, right? American? [This might be the first time he's seen a Westerner, dat blonde hair.]

[video]

[knowsmadness]

[That confuses her a little.]

A -- who? No. I'm from Caprica.

[video]

[dadissues]

Where's Caprica? Never heard of it.

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[tasteforpoison]

Poison?

[That's the only thing that grabbed Yelena's attention, though she's not entirely sure how poison would constitute as a part of a party...]

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[knowsmadness]

[REALLY? That's all that grabbed this girls attention?]

Yeah. Alcohol sure isn't healthy, that's for sure.

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[tasteforpoison]

[IT'S A BIT CENTRAL TO HER LIFE RIGHT NOW OKAY.]

Alco--oh. Not actual poison.

[Sorry, that turn of phrase isn't really familiar to her okay?]

I thought you meant something else.

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[knowsmadness]

[WEIRD.]

No. I'm not interested in actual poison, unless it somehow kills every frakkin' cylon in existence.

But you are? I guess everyone's got their ... interests.

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[tasteforpoison]

No I'm not it just, it sounded odd. I didn't know you meant something else.

[Liiiiiiiiiiiiies.

And wow she...sure hates, well...whatever those things are she mentioned.]

What's a cylon?

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[knowsmadness]

[Yeah okay Kara might be a jock but she's anything but dumb. Whatchoo hiding, girlie?]

Machines that destroyed my entire civilization. [Her voice shakes, just a little.] We created them years ago, and they rebelled, then came back. Simple as that. They were a mistake.

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[shifu_sifu]

You ascend into the heavens and your first question is where the party is?

[OH GOD, YOU SOUND LIKE PO.]

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[knowsmadness]

[WHAT IS THAT THING WHY IS IT TALKING.]

This is heavenly to you?

What are you?

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[shifu_sifu]

Of course it is. [His mouth draws into a thin, furry line.] I have meditated on my fate and it is quite clear to me that this is the realm that comes at the end of my earthly journey.

[He sounds utterly confident about that too.]

I am Shifu.

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[knowsmadness]

So you think you're dead. [Kara is kind of wondering if she is, but that's --

Yeah.]

You're a bear. [She's seen one in a zoo, once. A long, long time ago.]

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[shifu_sifu]

No, I am not.

[Flat statement, flat ears.]

I am as much a bear as you are a haired ape. This you clearly are not, as you have shaved it all off.

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[knowsmadness]

Then what are you? You look like a bear. I've seen them in zoos.

[Wat.]

...I haven't shaved off anything.

[Shifu she doesn't even remember the last time she shaved her LEGS, let alone her ENTIRE BODY.]

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[agentdork]

[ Callsign-? Thank god, military. Not his, no doubt, but this is something. ]

Gonna take a wild stab and assume Galactica is either another callsign, or a ship.

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[knowsmadness]

[OH GODS SOMEONE SANE. THANK YOU LORDS OF KOBOL.]

You stabbed right. Galactica is a battlestar, one that's in desperate need of the best viper pilot in the fleet.

Which would be me.

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[agentdork]

[ HE FEELS MUCH THE SAME. ]

Go me, huh? Battlestar? That like a frigate?

And man, so modest while we're at it, huh?

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[knowsmadness]

Space frigate, I'd say. Last of her kind still in service.

Everyone's got a talent. I'm just well aware of mine.

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[agentdork]

...Alright. That begs the question, what made you all need 'em, and then how come you don't need 'em anymore?

You race 'em?

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[knowsmadness]

[There is a distinct pause.]

You know, that kinda story is best discussed over hard liquor.

As far as the battlestars? Nah. They're heavy and we've got a lot more to worry about right now than that. But the vipers on the other hand...

We've been known to, a time or two. Not so much recently, though.