[video] As lucid as hell, these images moving so fast...

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

[The comm clicks on and Lister's sitting out on the balcony of the flat, looking flat-out exhausted. He's sporting a black eye as well as sleep-deprived baggy lower eyelids, and is smoking a cigarette in short, quick puffs. Judging from the ashtray in front of him, he's either been out there for a while or has been taking frequent smoke breaks.]

Tank... Booga... sorry, guys, but I'm gonna have to take a break from the ship for a little while, hopefully not long. I'll definitely be back for the pre-flight checks if not earlier. Fingers crossed. We've got a bit of a situation happenin' here.

...on that note, does anyone out there know anythin' about hologrammatic projection technology?

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[loltraitorlol.livejournal.com]

I do, though not very much. You may wish to speak to one Seto Kaiba of KaibaCorp.

...

What happened to Rimmer?

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

Any help'd be appreciated at this point, even if it's only a bit. Seto Kaiba. Right. Got any contact details for him, or should I just yell into the comm and hope he's payin' attention?

He's got no memory of this place, no memory of Raven, and he's gone from hard light to soft light. The last bit's the only thing I can even try to fix, so I'm gonna give it a burl.

[loltraitorlol.livejournal.com]

Phone number and email. (http://ceodragon.livejournal.com/1650.html)

I suppose I should help with that so you don't break him.

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

Cheers, man.

I'm not gonna break him. That light bee's been through... a lot, and I'm not gonna try anythin' unless I'm at least pretty sure it's gonna work. I'm thinkin' a remote system rather than actually messin' with the bee anyway.

[loltraitorlol.livejournal.com]

Let me know when and where you want me to come help.

[sitting off to the side of him]

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

[She glances over at him out of the corner of her eye.]

... do you really think you'll find someone out there able to help?

[it's cold outside]

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

If I can't find someone to help, I'll do it on me own. It'd be nice to have some help, but at the end of the day they hadn't even perfected hard light technology in my reality by the time I left Earth, so I'm not gonna assume anyone's gonna put their hand up and say that they know exactly how to fix this.

[._. colder in the apartment, really]

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

That was my thought on it.

[She sighs through her nose, resting her head back against the wall behind her.]

... I'll begin crossing off the days on my calendar until this week is up.

[yeah true]

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

We'll get through it. If -- if it' too hard for you to be here, you can go see how other people are doin', if that'd help.

[darkprophecies.livejournal.com]

[She sighs heavily.]

... Probably for the best that I don't hang around here like some crazy woman.

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[boogaroos.livejournal.com]

You... look like shit, mate. What in God's good dook happened to you?

I wouldn't worry too much on the ship, we got enough hands working on it, y' at least got the hard shite done already.

[Permavoice]

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

Thanks, Booga. Hopefully this'll be over by the time we need to start systems testin', which I think can start in March.

[his voice lowers a little bit in an attempt to not broadcast this too loudly. the good:] Well, I didn't sleep much on the island; I was too busy. [the bad:] But yeah, the bartender punched me out and cut me off from the bar. [the ugly:] Apparently one of the waitresses was his wife.

[boogaroos.livejournal.com]

[He laughs a little]

You're kidding. Well, between ass and booze, I think y' made the right choice. Not like the barkeep owns all the liquor stores.

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

Man, I wish I was kiddin'. On a little island like that, one person gets smegged off at ya and that's the end of it. I'm just glad he didn't walk in on us any earlier.

[daaaaaaahling.livejournal.com]

Hologrammatic? I don't think that's the word you're looking for, dahling.

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

...well, it's what it's called in my reality. What d'you call it here?

btw [Perma-voice]

[daaaaaaahling.livejournal.com]

I think the word you're looking for is 'holographic.' But if it's from a different reality I could be wrong.

[Permavoice] good since he looks so deadbeat atm nobody's gonna want to help him XD

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

Oh, right.

At least you know what I'm talkin' about, yeah? Do you know anythin' about it?

[allthecards]

Anyone would know more than someone who doesn't know what it's called.

Why?

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

It's what it's called where I'm from.

My friend used to be a hard light hologram and now he's downgraded to soft light. I'm tryin' to work out a way to fix that. Any ideas?

[allthecards]

Hmpf.

What do you mean by hard light versus soft light? You're friend, do you mean the human looking hologram?

[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the one. Arnold Rimmer. Hard light... I dunno exactly how it works, but I'm hopin' to figure it out. It's a hologram you can touch and interact with. Solid light. Soft light's when all you can do is see it.

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[ajrimmer-ssc.livejournal.com]

[But if he remembered you, and if this comment were here, it'd be an all-caps, bolded, blinking: FML. But it's not. So it isn't.]

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[allthecards]

[Poor Rimmer...his best friend is sharing all his secrets. And right after the plot is over, there's going to be holographic monsters attacking him each other everywhere.]

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[outofstasis.livejournal.com]

[And this time Lister doesn't have the benefit of being able to wipe everyone's memories, not that that helped last time. Oh dear.]