[Handwriting non-anonymous, but unfamilliar]

[captain-hunam.livejournal.com]

Yuber:

Do you want to join up tonight?

~ Your ally from last night

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Zigbar:

I meant it when I said thank you. I hope we can speak again.

~ Your breakfast companion

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Yuber's weapon-making ally:

I think we should speak; Yuber and I collected some very... interesting chemicals last night. Are you familiar with gunpowder? :)

~ Someone who'd like to help in the weapon-making

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Anyone who has been displaced:

Ur-Quan, slaveshield, Alliance of Free Stars, Commander Talana, Commander Hayes, Spathi, Pkunk, Arilou, Shofixti, Syreen, Vindicator, Melnorme, Yehat, Umgah, Sa-matra, Sol III, Dnyarri and Talking Pets, Precursors...

[To the side, he posts this page of drawings, a large arrow pointing at it.]

Please reply if any of this is familiar to you.

~ "Captain"

Comments

[handwriting very shaky]

[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

My dear Captain, is that you? Have you been somehow displaced here just as I have?
Did you once pilot a great Precursor ship, trying to overthrow the Ur-Quan Hierarchy?

Do you remember visiting a planet known as Alpha Cerenkov? A species known as the VUX?

Do you remember me, my Captain?

-Admiral ZEX

[there are several false starts and blots of ink where the pen rested for several seconds]

[captain-hunam.livejournal.com]

[strikethroughs readable with effort]

WHAT you're craz he die YOU died

... Alpha Cerenkov, yes, I recall. I've even been down on the planet's surface, collecting the Shofixti maidens after Admiral ZEX was slaughtered by a giant flailing green monster. That was several years ago.

Even accounting for differences in physiology, it was a very lethal death. There's no way Admiral ZEX could have survived it, let alone suddenly found himself in a possibly not-so-fake insane asylum. And I'm sure I would've noticed a VUX wandering the corridors I think I would, at least, and

[there are several dots of ink, as if Zelnick tapped the paper in thought]

You can't be Admiral ZEX, for several reasons, but mostly because he's been dead for years.

[writing is still quite shaky]

[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

So it is you! Oh, this is wonderful news! I was beginning to think I was completely alone here, as no one seemed to recall anything about the universe as I knew it. Such a thing wears on the mind after a time, you understand.

It's odd how everyone here seems so focused on telling me I'm dead! I assure you, I'm quite alive. Although perhaps not as you remember me.

I'm sure you will concede that this place is not normal, correct? There seem to be certain powers at work here that tend towards the unexplainable, particularly what happens at night. I'm not sure when you arrived here, but I would think it hasn't been too long ago (I certainly hope you have not suffered here long, my darling). I'm sure I would have been able to spot you, given that I've committed your face to memory. But if you have experienced the night here, then you will know what I am talking about.

While I do remember you bringing me my Beauty, I do not recall much directly afterwards except appearing here, in quite a different state than I... expected, I suppose one could say. You would not have seen a VUX wandering the hallways, more the pity, because I have, somehow, been transferred from my natural body to a human one. I've yet to learn how this was exactly accomplished, but I've spoken with others here who likewise had different bodies before they woke up here, human like all the rest, so I am not a singular case it would seem.

I assure you, while I may be wearing an ill-fitting human disguise, I am still the VUX Admiral that you remember beneath. I'd be quite happy to prove this to you, in any way you may think necessary... perhaps this is something that can only be reliably discerned with some close, personal study? I would not be opposed to such a thing, I assure you.

Please inform me as to what I must do to earn your trust, my Captain. I will gladly do anything you require.


-Admiral ZEX

[ooc: I spent five minutes convulsing with laughter. <3 Oh god that's fantastic~]

[captain-hunam.livejournal.com]

[strikes readable, with effort]

...

This place is screwed up.

I arrived last night, so yes, I have seen how very abnormal this place is, and several people have explained already how very little of its abnormality I've seen. And... upon some thought, I'm almost inclined to believe what you say. It fits with what others have told me about this place. And you certainly SOUND like ZEX.

Directly after I brought you that xenoform, you tried to kidnap me. I'm not particularly inclined to forgive that. But I am willing to speak with you; if you are who you say you are, you should be able to find me, and we can talk face-to-face.

And stop trying to get into my pants!

[he is quite shameless OD and his writing is still awful]

[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

It is a very strange place, isn't it? My current theory thinks that perhaps the Umgah may be responsible... this would fit with their strange sense of humor I would think, although I still do not know how all that has happened here could be accomplished. I have many unanswered questions.

But all of that pales at the thought of seeing you again! Ah, I'd hoped we could meet under happier circumstances... but I suppose there is little to be done about it now.

Oh, human! "Kidnap" is such a strong word. I prefer to think of it as... a misunderstanding. I would never want to hurt you, my human love! I am just, perhaps, the tiniest bit overzealous in my attentions, and who could blame me? You are, after all, irresistable. Considering our less-than-favorable situation, I propose that we leave such unpleasantness behind us, in favor of developing a more... advantageous relationship. I'm quite willing to leave such ugliness in the past.

I don't suppose you would care to give me a hint as to where and when I may find you? I would like to meet with you as soon as I can, but I'm not opposed to a game of... how would you humans put it... Predator and prey? Only speaking metaphorically, of course! I certainly don't want to eat you... .

With great fondness,
Admiral ZEX

[... and this one made me SQUEAK with laughter. *Giggles* OH, ZEX, YOU PERV]

[captain-hunam.livejournal.com]

oh dear god maybe this isn't a good idea

"Overzealous" doesn't even begin to describe you.

Find me in the sunroom, after the showers are over. We'll... talk. As long as you keep your appendages to yourself.

[ZEX makes no promises as to the whereabouts of his appendages]

[wantsyourzex.livejournal.com]

Marvelous! I'm looking forward to it.