tobecaprican | the last voyages // 3. video. no filter with exceptions.

[ Gaius is in his pimp pad slash cabin, all the comforts of his Caprican home despite its demise prior to his arrival. He's more in his element-- adaptation is a wonderful thing-- and surrounded by what can be identified as starcharts, and sheets of paper with diagrams of his own design.

There is also a closed file, quite thick, and a little out of view. ]

It seems I've missed a bit of fun. Sorry, been catching up on some reading.

Going over the last posts, I have to say, I can't fault anyone for the predominant subject matter. It's the most natural thing in the world, and we're hardwired and prog-- [ Gaius pauses, hitching over his turn of phrase, there. Yeesh. ] We're designed to be obsessed over the matter of sex. Built to enjoy it, made to talk about it, and see its possibility in everyone we encounter. Survival, you know -- it's not all blood and guts and natural selection. It can be quite fun, too.

[ Gaius isn't actually affected. He's just joining in. ]

Like I said, I've been reading.

I don't know what it means. These constellations-- they're named after our-- my ancient history. Perhaps it's a tribute. A map. Sorry-- I'm broadcasting this, right. For the uninitiated, I'm a space alien. In a sense.

Maybe we share something after all. Beyond fictions.

[ Locked to Capa. ]

You can have these back now.

[ Locked to Sarah Connor. ]

I've, um--

[ Hesitation, then goes a different direction. ]

Do you reckon you can see if there's any jobs going around for someone like me? There was mention about lab access. I'm assuming you're alright, still, naturally.

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Thanks.

A have a lot of data collected from my time about this subject, so if you ever want access to it, you just have to ask.

You refer, of course, to the planets and the stars, and not the other thing.

I'd appreciate it, actually. Have you a database?

Mostly the stars. I do have a database that I refer to when I do my research here, but it's a little narrowed. Dark matter. Stars. Physics. Anything outside of that I find a little boring.

The stars'll do. There isn't much conclusion I can come to, really, without material from my home universe to compare and contrast, though I suspect we share the same galaxy at the very least.

If you can tell me anything about what you see...or what you've seen...I'm fairly confident that I might be able to pinpoint a better location. Or at least say where you aren't.

A better location than 'the galaxy' would be splendid.

[ Rustle pages, Gaius reaching passed the cellphone to pick up some familiar paperwork -- an interstellar cloud on the pages pertaining to the Sagittarius constellation. ]

I keep going back to this one. All of these-- they were charted from Earth? They share your sky?

Yes. That's the Lagoon Nebula. Do you see that from yours?

I think so.

Which doesn't make an awful lot of sense, my recognising it. Constellations are hardly still things, and it's an awfully narrow angle to share. But then, I suppose, space is quite large. I wish I could remember the distance.

I have some notes [ tips the phone to show off-- Baltar's "notes", which looks like a mess, right now, so when the video feed angles back to him, he has a slight, ironic smile ] if you'd care to give it some thought yourself.

You've no idea how popular I'd be, if I could bring all this home.

This is something I would at least feel competent at. We can meet somewhere in a few days and look at it. Give me that long to analyze the data.

That suits me.

Thank you, for the help. Don't suppose you'd have any need for a glorified computer programmer, but you know where to find me if you do.

I don't right now, but I have projects that take unexpected turns. I'm good enough with a computer, but sometimes I just don't want to mess with it.

That seems to be how most programmers get their own projects, yes. Algorithms are my stars, so it isn't any bother. Dunno how different the tech is, here, but my guess would be 'not very'.

I don't see how it could be difficult to really figure out. It might seem archaic to you, though.

By computing standards, probably, but we'll cross that bridge when it comes.

I don't think there's anything wrong with being an alien. Perhaps you're from an alternate universe is all. My time being here has shown me that it's not as unlikely as we'd like to think.

No one's really an alien to themselves, though, but I appear to be a minority. But even if I was from an alternative universe, I'm still from a solar system no one else is from, and I'm starting to gather we do share a galaxy, and maybe some intergalactic points of reference.

Can't say I've thought hard about the alternative reality theory, though.

It's something to consider.

Have you spoken to one of the Doctors or Timelords?

N--

Oh. I think I spoke to a Timelord, but the conversation became a little heated. As for doctors, a few. There was Crane, and Capa, and you. Maybe some others.

Oh. Hmm. It was probably Rassilion. He doesn't like humans and he thinks we're all scum.

There's doctors like me, Capa and [sigh]Crane and then there's the Doctors with the capital D that's like their name.

Oh.

Then I shan't take it personally.

I can't recall talking to one of them, no, sorry. They well-versed when it comes to alternate dimensions? Not a branch I was ever interested in. A lot of nonsense, I used to think.

Don't. Really. I try to never do, but I always end up doing it anyway.

Well, the Doctor whom I traveled with lost his... love to one, and she can't come back, so I assume he knows all about them. It used to be easy for them to be crossed between, but things happened.

Sounds a bit of a touchy subject. I think I'll stick to the measurable universe before I start opening other doors, but thanks for the recommendation.

Things do happen.

Of course.

This is what happens when people don't talk about sex enough, I think. It's like a giant fucking explosion of it to compensate.

Indeed. I've always been one for pyrotechnics, and other unfortunate analogies. Are you, like them, under this compulsion yourself?

I get the feeling I wouldn't be able to tell.

Nope, this is just who I am, but I actually get more honest when surrounded by honesty.

Depends on the topic rather than the people, for me, but truly, I'm an open book myself.

[ really? ]

Alright, then I'm going to need to remember that when I decide to have a read, I guess.

[ That has him flicking a glance to the ~file~ he found in his room, then back to the phone. ]

Well, let's not take it too literally.

[Parker just snorts and rolls her eyes.]

Easy, Books. Easy.

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