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[autodidacticrobogirl]

I told you so. It's all you people ever do.

Sometimes I hate it when I'm right.

[The video flicks on. It wobbles a bit, then steadies, showing a lovely view of the Elegante version of the moon.]

Know what today is? It's Moon-landing day. On July 20, 1969, the first human being to reach a place outside our planet first stepped out onto the surface of the Moon.

Big day. We should try living up to it sometime.

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[audio]

[notwhatiwas.livejournal.com]

While that's very impressive, you seem to be forgetting that this ship serves as home and prison to more than just people from your planet.

[audio]

[autodidacticone.livejournal.com]

That doesn't negate the accomplishment of it. The extremes to which human ingenuity can adapt are demonstrated, regardless.

[And if you don't like moon landing day, you and everyone from your stupid world can go jump into the ocean. Kim has lost a friend. Again. It's making her surly.]

[audio]

[notwhatiwas.livejournal.com]

True enough.

We never went to the moon, that I'm aware.

[Because for all he knows they did in the thirty-year span he missed.]

[audio]

[autodidacticone.livejournal.com]

It doesn't matter, they did it for you. For the world.

Now it's your turn to make an accomplishment worth remembering.

[audio]

[notwhatiwas.livejournal.com]

[There's a long moment of silence.]

I'm fairly certain helping to save the world from a giant hunk of burning interplanetary rock summoned by the son of a beauty and a psychopath to get back at humankind for leading him to believe he was the child of a semisentient alien supervirus counts as an accomplishment worth remembering.

[That came out very fast, but level and matter-of-fact.]

But it wouldn't be the first time I've been wrong in my life.

[Audio]

[messyturk.livejournal.com]

Who the hell'd want to go to the moon? Isn't it just a giant rock in space that doesn't do anything but reflect light and even then is pretty lazy about it?

Bottom of the ocean at least has things that're alive.

[Audio]

[autodidacticone.livejournal.com]

And that's why people from your world will always be trapped in the cradle that birthed them.

[She's sincerely unimpressed, Reno. Can you tell?]

Infants.

[Audio]

[messyturk.livejournal.com]

Uhm yeah, at least we can bring back the dead so long as they haven't been returned to the lifestream.

[Can you tell he's not impressed either? They're busy improving medical science, not bouncing around on space rocks.]

Can you go to the store and buy something to bring someone back from death?

[And no, he's not caring that he's being insensitive.]

[Audio]

[autodidacticone.livejournal.com]

Shut.

[Kim's angry. Really, honestly angry at you, Reno. Today Kim lost a friend, and your bullshit about death is not helping.]

Up.

[standardpackage.livejournal.com]

Imma human an' I've never been ta' Earth.

[autodidacticone.livejournal.com]

So?

[standardpackage.livejournal.com]

So how can I live up ta' it?

[autodidacticone.livejournal.com]

Because you're human. Just because you don't know someone personally, it doesn't negate their accomplishment.

[audio]

[bemiiine.livejournal.com]

Humans in your dimension went to the moon?! S-so cool--!

[audio]

[autodidacticone.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's...cool.

[audio]

[bemiiine.livejournal.com]

What's it like?! Is it preeeetty~?

[audio]

[autodidacticone.livejournal.com]

It's dead. Nothing but powder and craters. I've never been, personally, but eyewitness reports that it has a "magnificent desolation."

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

Big deal. We travel to another planet all the time.

[autodidacticone.livejournal.com]

Really.

[Someone doesn't believe you]

[teethofneedles.livejournal.com]

S'called Draenor.

[autodidacticone.livejournal.com]

Sure. That's...

[Well, it's not impossible]

That's nice.

Somewhat ironic Text

[unamvirtus.livejournal.com]

The moon? How can someone land on the moon?

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[autodidacticone.livejournal.com]

A rocket-propulsion vehicle that can move fast enough to break out of the planet's gravity well can, if navigated precisely, achieve a moon landing. It was considered the most important benchmark of scientific progress, at the time.

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[unamvirtus.livejournal.com]

[...

Lolwat.]

Oh. Okay.

[palutenas-angel.livejournal.com]

Oh...miss, some people here aren't from your world, but I'm sorry if we missed it!