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[showbizpanache]

[A soft voice speaks that sounds very much like it belongs to a girl, but anyone who's heard Kurt speak before can probably recognize it. It's been a while since he's posted anything, but this has been on his mind since the outbreak.]

I don't talk to very many people here. It seems odd, doesn't it? We're all on this ship together and yet our interaction with one another is quite limited, at least in my experience. It seemed as though a terrible outbreak of illness is what it took for me to meet new people, and I-- I hardly think that's the best way to go about things.

[A slight pause.] I'm not sure where I'm going with this. I guess this is me asking if everyone is all right since the illness. Not just those I've spoken to-- Everyone. When I went hunting for the cure, I traveled with so many different people--most of them far more, ah, experienced with handling such situations than myself, but...that didn't seem to matter. We all worked together, for the most part, even when those--those terrible things attacked, and... [He clears his throat.]

Anyway, I'm not going to post a survey to fill out or anything, but I'd like to get to know some more of you. We're all in the same situation, aren't we? And I don't want to wait for another emergency to form allies in this place.

So-- How are you? Are you all right since the illness? What are your favorite ways to pass the time around here? It doesn't really matter to me where you're from or what your past was like. We're all here together now, so... I think it's better that we stop thinking about what makes us all different, right?

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[allucinator]

Well, one o' them chewed on me shoulder, but other'n that I'm all right. Uh-- I'm Jack, by the way. Don't think we talked before.

[showbizpanache]

[So casual, Jack...]

Oh, that's terrible-- It's fixed now, right?

[allucinator]

Er-- sorta. Kinda. I mean, it don't hurt much, don't take it like that, it's just gonna scar a bit. Er-- anyway. You got a name?

[showbizpanache]

Kurt. I suppose I was lucky enough to come away mostly uninjured-- You just arrived recently, right?

[allucinator]

Bout-- oh, I don't know. Two, three months ago, maybe. You?

[showbizpanache]

Longer than that. I've lost all concept of time around here, quite honestly. It isn't exactly difficult to do.

[allucinator]

No kiddin'. No sun and a weird clock that goes past 12 and all of a sudden you start forgettin' what's day and what's night.

Where you from? And when you from?

[showbizpanache]

[A soft laugh.] It's odd that we have to specify that, isn't it?

I'm from Ohio. It's, ah, in the United States. It was 2012 when I left.

[allucinator]

Oh, a midwest girl! Me, I'm from New York, meself, an' 1899 to boot.

[showbizpanache]

New York? Like, New York City?

[His excitement about New York trumps the need to correct Jack about his gender. He'll do that later.]

[allucinator]

Manhattan, to be even more specific.

[showbizpanache]

Well, I hope you can go back soon.

[allucinator]

Yeah, you me both. Ain't no place like it, and don't I feel it now. What about you, you miss Ohio?

[showbizpanache]

No. I miss a few people in it, though.

[allucinator]

Like who?

[showbizpanache]

My friends and family, of course. I'm lucky enough to have one here, though-- That's nice.

And my boyfriend's here, too. I guess that makes me sort of lucky.

[allucinator]

[He snorts.]

Lucky. Wish my girl was here, but I think she might piss too many people off, so maybe it's better she ain't.

[showbizpanache]

What makes you think that?

[allucinator]

What, that she'd piss people off? She don't have-- you know-- no filter. Just says whatever she's thinking.

[He sounds quite proud.]

[showbizpanache]

Well, I wouldn't be pissed off. I sort of have the same problem.

[allucinator]

See? I knew I liked you for a reason.

[showbizpanache]

[A giggle.]

I don't hold much tolerance for b.s., at least.

[allucinator]

You know, that's almost word-for-word what she said when I first asked her out?

[showbizpanache]

[Aww, this is cute. He loves romance.]

She sounds like a very impressive young lady. What's her name?

[allucinator]

Katherine! Katherine Pu-- Plumber. What's your boy's name?