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Everyone,

I've completed a successful negotiation with one of the Time Dragons. For a small favor, he will destroy the Melting Clock and save our friends.

...unfortunately, what I've negotiated is a fairly difficult request to pull off under the circumstances, but I'm hoping you'll be able to help me out. I will of course return the favor at a later date.

He's agreed to destroy the clock on the condition that we stage a live performance of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet for him. It's a famous English-language work on Earth, but for those who aren't familiar with it: it's about two families in a perpetual feud with each other. A son and daughter from the two families, Romeo and Juliet, fall in love, but a series of violent conflicts and misunderstandings lead the events to a tragic end. That's why they're referred to as star-crossed lovers in the opening narration.

We'd have about two days to read through the play and rehearse. Fortunately, it's not a very long production, and we can use the Sensoriums for costuming and scenery, so that should save some time. I'll be directing and playing one of the minor male parts.

Would anyone have the time and interest to lend their voice? It doesn't matter if your species or gender or age doesn't quite match the script, the key thing Metronome seems to want from his actors is emotion. If you can do that, we'll be fine.

My friends mean more than anything to me. If you help me save them, I'll help you down the line. I promise.

-Billy

((attached file: R&J character sheet and script))

Hey everyone,

First, for all the new crew members who don't already know me, I'm Billy Cranston, co-head of the Engineering department. If you have any interest in mechanics, computers, infrastructure, ship programming, or offensive and defensive inventions, feel free to contact us. We can help you find a place with us.

I'm also the administrator of this omnicom network. I can help anyone having difficulties with their omnicom, but I also enforce the rules. They're very simple since we have one core rule: don't hack your way into private conversations. I don't have the authority to read your private conversations, I can assure you of that.

But that isn't the main purpose of my message this time. I'm here to explain the incident with the self-proclaimed 'Emperor of Evil' you may have witnessed on the Observation Deck today. As I'm sure you heard if you were anywhere in the immediate area, his name is Lord Zedd. And he's from my universe, unfortunately.
( tl;dr explanation within... )

Hey guys,

I know I usually don't come to you with questions like this, but I've found that I lack sufficient data to assess this situation.

I've been invited to a private dance lesson with a girl. It's something I've wanted to learn for a while, but in the context we discussed it I'm wondering if I might be getting myself into something more than a friendly lesson.

How should I approach this?

[Locked to Lash, Andy, and Katara]
Are you all okay? I'm coming up to check on things and present myself to our guests. We don't have much time to chat, but I'll listen if there's anything important we need to know about what happened down there.
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[Locked to Engineering]
Hey,

I'm going to stand with the other department heads to greet our new guests. Any of you are welcome to come, of course, but I don't expect everyone will want to go. I'm armed, and I don't expect anything will happen to me, but should I perish, be kidnapped, or otherwise incapacitated, I prefer that Kaylee and Angie take the helm. If the Captain or acting Captain designates someone else, listen to them, but I trust you two to inform the others the most.

Thank you.
-Billy

Kate, Lash, Ron, Andy:

Are you all alright? I'm sorry that I couldn't discuss everything with you after the emergency. I was pulled to another one immediately afterward, and then I was given the task of taking on full leadership of the Engineering department. Luckily that shouldn't last too much longer. I'm free now, though, and I can attempt to answer your questions. There are things you need to know about what went on.

If you can, can you all come to the Command Center? It's a tan building that's rounded with tube-like structures around the outside. It's almost reminiscent of coral. I've included a map pointing to its location. You'll need the devices I gave you to enter, so don't forget to bring those along.

((city-command-center-map.img))

Jamie, Dustin, Cam, you're invited as well. You'll probably want to hear what we have to say.