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[thenormalsquint]

[It's late at night when the transmission comes across and it's coming from one of the many kitchens where Angela's seated at a table, a small plastic tupperware container in front of her. The lid's been popped off and every so often, she reaches inside for one of the miniature Reese's peanut butter cups and unwraps it before popping it into her mouth. She's clearly been here for a while with the number of empty wrappers strewn around her, but she doesn't seem likely to go back to her room any time soon. At least not before she turns to the device and whispers into it.]

Most of you guys are probably sleeping or something. Who knows what time it is here, but I'm assuming you won't hear this until later. Either way, question mostly for the people who've been here for more than a couple jumps: do you get homesick? Or are you too busy dealing with the bullshit from the ship?

[Angela pauses to finish chewing the candy, following it up with another one that she swallows as she chooses her next words carefully.]

It's not like I've never been away from home. I've lived all over the world, some places only for a week or so, but at least I had a phone or the internet. Everybody I knew was never more than just a phone call away. I'm good for picking up and going because it's Tuesday, but I never stopped checking in.

[Another candy goes down before she lifts the wrapper in mock salute.]

Thanks for the candy, Isaac.

Comments

[alittlesideways]

Sometimes. [BUT HE CAN'T GO HOME SO W/E.] But it's not worth thinking about. We're stuck here anyway.

[thenormalsquint]

[Oh. Tommy. You're so... yeah.]

Some people get to go home. Eventually we all will. It's just a matter of when.

[alittlesideways]

What if some of us don't want to go home?

[thenormalsquint]

Well, that's them. I can't make people feel what they don't want to feel and nobody ever feels the same way all the time.

[alittlesideways]

[He just SHRUUUUUUUUUGS.]

[thenormalsquint]

[Tommy, you are one of those people Angela has difficulties with. Gosh.]

Sounds like you don't want to go home.

[alittlesideways]

There's nothing for me back home.

[thenormalsquint]

What about your wife?

[Angela remembers him mentioning her at at the very least, drunk as they both were.]

[alittlesideways]

It's complicated. I don't fucking know. [He's dead, and she doesn't want him anyway.]

[thenormalsquint]

What about friends? Family? [There has to be somebody at home for him.]

[alittlesideways]

I'm not gonna see them again. [Man, this was so much easier when he was in denial about being dead.]

Anyway. This place isn't so bad when there's not all that fog shit. [Right. Keep telling yourself that.]

[thenormalsquint]

Why not? If we get to go home, we'll see our people again.

But it's not home.

[alittlesideways]

It could be. [LET HIM HAVE THIS. It's Tommy's weird brand of optimism.]

[thenormalsquint]

Not for me. It will never be,