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[ Rhys, being new and unaware of how people usually act, did not notice much in the ways of things being Weird during the flood, you’re all just like that normally right? And sure there’s a thing about food? But it sounds taken care of. Maybe he won’t even be here anymore by the time it starts being a problem. In the meantime: important matters to discuss]

So I've been here about what? A week and a half now? And I know, I know, I'm an inperminant fixture here! When everything's sorted out on admins end I'll be outta here. But until then I figured why not grace you guys with some solid opinions from a guy who knows what he's doing?

1. SHIP NAME

This place is really just called The Barge? What? Has no one here ever heard of a little razzle dazzle?
Here are some way better options:

- S.S. Strongfork (since renaming is my idea)

- S.S. Danger Zone

- S.S. Loaderbot (I owe a guy)

- S.S. Atlas Jr

Other suggestions are welcome! I don't think they'll top any of these, but I'm open to discussion.

2. Robot butlers

3. Replace your casino with literally anything else

Look, I still don't get how you people don't function without some kind of currency system here. It's sad, but I will make due. Make it an arcade with those ticket machines so you can at least get the satisfaction of winning a stuffed unicorn or something!

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...Atlas Jr?

Well I can't have people mistaking it for the company proper.

[Being entirely perplexed by that answer, Laszlo doesn't respond right away. As he's conveniently in the Library, he takes a moment to do a little research on his own.]

Considering that I found records of not one, but two shipwrecks of that name, that seems a bit unnecessarily portentous don't you think?

Yeah well these ships weren't named by me, the person who owns Atlas Prime. Also they are like, a million years old so they're kinda irrelevant.

They don't have to be named by you for it to be relevant, not as far as any portent of doom is concerned.

Isn't an SS a sailing ship?

Yeah you know what else starts with "s"? Space Ship.

Does anyone actually use it for space ship or are you going to embarrass yourself in front of the other space people?

I lived in space for seven years, I think I know what I'm talking about.

[ Does he tho ]

Never heard of that in my life. On my Earth it was just "Apollo" and shit.

[Tess is thinking of the only space movie she really recalls, which is the one where Ben Affleck plays with animal crackers on Liv Tyler's bare abdomen, which she is misremembering as Apollo 13. It is not Apollo 13.]

[ Another person from Earth...Rhys doesn't know if he'll ever get used to that. That planet was multiple galaxies away from him, he didn't even know if it was still spinning in his period of time or if it had finally succumbed to it's sun exploding or whatever. ]

Well have you ever been to space?

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I think H.M.S. is much more elegant.

[Norton's not trying to claim the ship for the British Empire, but he wouldn't not try to claim the ship for the British Empire, potentially, if the opportunity presented itself.]

What's that supposed to stand for?

Her Majesty's Ship. Or His Majesty's Ship, depending on the Majesty in question.

And who's the majesty in this? That admiral guy? I don't think he's royalty.

The British monarch. I know the majority of people here aren't British, but that's never stopped the British Empire from claiming sovereignty before.

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If you're not planning on staying, I'm curious why you're invested in a name? I wouldn't name something unless you want to get attached to it.

Legacy? Brand recognition?

That, and I'm a helper.

Prideful.

But you aren't wrong about the casino.

Yeah, I take a lot of pride in myself and all I've done? That's y'know, normal people behavior.

But just think, an economy run by those cheap little carnival prices. You guys can trade in finger-traps and kazoos.

That also isn't ideal. Those things have no value.

Except, perhaps to someone like you?

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I just call it the old shitheap.

That’s somehow worse than “Barge.”

Thank you!

[That's actually a legitimate point and he's annoyed he never noticed. Admittedly, when he first arrived his priorities were more in the direction of seething rage, but it's entirely in keeping with the absolute lack of dignity about the place.]

'Tis immutable law of the place that there can never be elegance nor dignity where there might be instead the lifeless and utilitarian. The huts of the merest peasants have more presence than these dismal halls to which thou art confined.

[Does he have any excuse for his lousy network etiquette or any awareness he hasn't spoken to this person before? No. He has been here a year. He's just like this.]

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