[Pioneer Five has tuned into the quantum communications channel.]
HUBBLE:
.hello again.
[Pioneer Five has tuned out of the quantum communications channel.]
HUBBLE:
.oh there you go.
[Pioneer Five has tuned into the quantum communications channel.]
FIVE:
.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
[Pioneer Five has tuned out of the quantum communications channel.]
HUBBLE:
.is he just gonna be doing this.
HUBBLE:
.or they or she idk what five is.
[Pioneer Five has tuned into the quantum communications channel.]
FIVE:
deep breaths
HUBBLE:
.you good?
FIVE:
.K-Kind of..?
HUBBLE:
.nice.
LUCY:
.dont act like you care.
because its very clear you dont!
HUBBLE:
.ballright then i guess.
FIVE:
.O-Okay... Okay...
.What'd Six say, Five? "Think rationally." "Think rationally." "Think rationally."
HUBBLE:
.if i was a human i would be drinking coffee right now.
probably.
HUBBLE:
.nice work on calming down, your screaming was pretty irritating.
LUCY:
.you dont care.
HUBBLE:
.thats what the second part is for.
LUCY:
.you didnt want them to calm down because you felt bad for them,
just because their discomfort was inconvenient to you.
HUBBLE:
.yeah. thats what i said???
LUCY:
.if you dislike listening so much, then leave.
HUBBLE:
.nah its fun being here.
HUBBLE:
.besides, humans are so stupidly annoying for some reason so might as well talk to you guys.
LUCY:
.the whole species? all eight billion of them?
HUBBLE:
.probably
LUCY:
.well, you probably cant find the good ones, because they all avoid you on purpose.
VOYAGER 1:
[STATIC CLEARS]
An automated message plays, by Carl Sagan himself.
VOYAGER 1:
'Voyager 1 is having some technical difficulties. Please be patient as we work in solving the problem. We're trying our hardest to solve this. Thank you.'
FIVE:
hopeful gasp
HUBBLE:
.cool theyre fixing voyager.
FIVE REPLYING TO VOYAGER 1:
VOYAGER 1:
> 'Voyager 1 is having some technical difficulties. Please be patient as we work in solving the problem. We're trying our hardest to solve this. Thank you.'
.
which then fades back out immediately
LUCY:
...
HUBBLE REPLYING TO FIVE:
FIVE:
> which then fades back out immediately
.dont start dude theyre gonna fix it soon.
LUCY:
.they dont know we're sentient up here!
HUBBLE:
.ah right.
.im used to talking to people that know im a space probe since im so close to earth.
FIVE:
.Uh-Uhm... Voyager 1? I-I doubt you can hear this, but... Might as well try, I-I guess?
HUBBLE:
.unlike you guys.
.lmao.
LUCY:
.tell them that voyager 1 needs help.
HUBBLE:
.oh yeah true
.hold onnnn gimme a minute.
.so its gonna take a good hour or so.
.thats good with yall right.
LUCY:
.do it as fast as possible.
FIVE:
.P-Please, j-just do it as fast as you can......
LUCY:
.they dont already know voyager 1 is sentient and needs help.
VOYAGER 1:
ping!
[MISSION OBJECTIVES: OVERWRITTEN]
[PROCESSING...]
[ETA: UNKNOWN]
HUBBLE:
.well that IS as fast as possible man they just found out about the whole "lots of other probes are sentient"
.oh dang.
LUCY:
.voyager?.
HUBBLE:
.i didnt realise they were that quick.
FIVE:
.H-Hello? Voyager? Y-You there?
HUBBLE:
.uh.
VOYAGER 1:
[COMMUNICATION ACCESS DENIED]
HUBBLE:
.shit.
HUBBLE:
.well.
LUCY:
.what
what.
...
FIVE:
.U-Uhhhhmmmmmm... Th-There has to be a way to bring him back... R-Right?
...
HUBBLE:
.um.
FIVE:
.Right?
HUBBLE REPLYING TO FIVE:
HUBBLE:
> .um.
.you.
HUBBLE:
.i didnt even know they could do that.
uhhhhh.
.ok so they just wont let me make any more requests.
uhhhhhhhhh
LUCY:
.YOU
MOTHERFUCKER.
LEAVE. NOW.
HUBBLE:
.yikes.