003 ✦ Video (backdated to shortly after the jump)

[backwordscompatible]

[It's almost impossible to see her, as the room she's in is dark.  Very dark.  But as one's eyes adjust to the incredibly dim lighting, they might be able to make out the young girl's face and hair.  Expression completely blank, with twin telltale streaks glistening with the occasional shift in movement.  She appears to be sitting on a bed of some kind, sitting with her back against the wall.  But not her room.  No, there was no way she was going back there.]

I spent the last two months wondering what exactly the worst part about this place was.  And I think I've finally figured it out.

[Her voice is slightly hoarse, and eerily calm for the subject at hand.]

It's not the part where our lives are constantly in danger.  It's not the fear, or the uncertainty.  Or even the fact that we've had to watch people die right in front of us.  I'd been through all that even before I came here.

No, the worst part of it is the cruelty of bringing aboard people you think are your friends, until you realize they're nothing more than strangers with familiar faces on them.  That, just when you've managed to find that one little bit of hope that you think could help get you through anything...it's all revealed to be one big lie you fell for.

Well, I'm not falling for it anymore.  So, congratulations, whoever's in charge.  You win.  

I'm done with all of this.

[In a single, swift motion, she ends her speech by hurling the stupid communicator across the room.  It shuts off upon impact.]




((OOC: Takes place shortly after Zatanna and Artemis have a particularly heartwrenching exchange of words post-jump.  Replies will be slightly delayed, as Zatanna would have to muster the will to walk across the room to collect her miraculously not-broken communicator first.  ACTION open to any who would know how and/or want to find her.))

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voice;

[onsilksheets]

What happened, Zatanna?

voice;

[backwordscompatible]

Someone I used to consider my best friend made it pretty clear she'd just as well have nothing to do with me.

voice;

[onsilksheets]

Oh. [She's rubbish at offering any advice with regards to this.] Did this happen today after the jump?

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[seethemoon]

Zatanna?

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[backwordscompatible]

[Conner, you are one of the few whom she's willingly going to turn the Video back on for and not even bother attempting to smile. There was no point to the latter.]

Hmm?

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[seethemoon]

What happened? Do you need anything?

voice;

[motioned]

Miss, can I ask what happened? And, um, are you going to be alright?

voice;

[backwordscompatible]

[She doesn't recognize the voice on the other end, so it takes Zatanna a moment before she finally decides she doesn't particularly care right then.]

I'll live.

voice;

[motioned]

Um, I know we haven't talked before, but if there's anything I can do, I'd like to help.

voice.

[swagneto]

You'd allow people to walk over you like that?

voice.

[backwordscompatible]

No.

I walked away first.

voice.

[swagneto]

So I fail to see what the problem is, then. Surely you’re capable of being the better person.

voice;

[unfiltrating]

Whoa. Okay, I missed something.

voice;

[backwordscompatible]

[Robin.]

[Probably the second to last person she wanted to talk to right then. But none of this had been his fault, and it wouldn't've been fair to take it all out on him. So she forces herself to respond.]

So did I, apparently.

voice; encrypted 100%

[unfiltrating]

[ A Robin who has very, very much not been keeping up with these feminine antics right now, and is really incredibly confused by these events. ]

[ Well, mostly. ]

What did -- Hold on.

[ And he presses some keys, bumps up the filter. ]

Dare I even ask?

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[redhotsummers]

Um--what would you say if I brought Bozo over?

[Yes, Alex is going into a strange big brother mode. Awkwardness activate.]

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[backwordscompatible]

[She almost smiles at the offer. Almost.]

I'm not sure I'd make the best company right now, Alex. For either of you.

[blunted]

dramatic
i was wondering if anyone'd fill the void left by daytime soaps

[backwordscompatible]

Go away.

[She wasn't particularly in a joking mood right now.]

Filtered;

[andblockbuster]

[He's such a nice friend, he even does some stalking around the feed to see what she's talking about before he puts his two cents in.]

Aside from the peanut gallery being what it is, you gonna be okay? Why would someone even say that?

Filtered;

[backwordscompatible]

[Such a good friend. She almost feels bad for being such a downer, except she can't really help it at the moment.]

I don't know.

I don't know anything right now.

[nukeit]

[ There's something about this that strikes Ellen as so supremely -- teenage. Not out of a lack of maturity, but the immediacy to the sentiment, the emotions tied up in this that makes it so important in the moment, and will likely linger on for some time.

It's not unusual. Just something she's unused to. Not so many teenagers being proper teenagers in her line of work. More adults acting like asses.

They didn't usually have a decent excuse. ]

Good thing they build these things sturdy, huh? Wish you could get that kind of mileage out of everything you put time and energy into maintaining.

[backwordscompatible]

...hmm?

Oh, you mean the comm. Right. Yeah. I guess.

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[invalided]

[ Oh, that's. That's really, really unfortunate. ]

I know the feeling. Or something a lot like it, at least. There's not much of anything I can say, but I am sorry.

text;

[backwordscompatible]

[Really, really, really unfortunate]

You too?

And thank you.