ataraxion | 004 ☀ video ☀ i miss you

[ Jaye's sitting in the Oxygen Gardens, tucked away in a back corner near some grasses. She's wearing a plaid mens shirt that she hasn't worn out in public before, watching a grasshopper that has landed on one of the leather wristbands she got in her locker this past jump. Unlike her previous network experience this month, she looks more subdued; she's been doing a lot of thinking lately. ]

Nobody knows for sure where people go when they disappear from here, do they? I mean, people say "home", but we don't... know.

[ She turns her wrist, watching the grasshopper. ] And we don't know what the fuck anyone's up to without us, either.

[ The insect hops away, out of sight, and Jaye follows it with her eyes for a moment before looking back at her network device. ] ... Right, well. [ She shakes her head, smiling -- anyone who knows her well enough or who is particularly good at reading expressions should be able to tell it's forced. ] I've got some fun questions now. Favorite animal back home and why? Animal you'd consider the most dangerous and why? [ Yes that is somehow a fun question. Danger is fun, right guys? ... Right? ] All you people who aren't from Earth, you should tell me about the animals you guys have. It'd be interesting to hear about the differences.

((ooc: If you want to have your character find her in the oxygen garden, feel free!))

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[ She knows this face, knows this voice -- she even knows what she smells like, though it's not like she could follow his scent like this. Instinct makes her want to bristle, makes her want to show her teeth and lash out, but she forces it down -- she bats at an insect flying in front of her face instead, hoping the bit of tension in her shoulders will be passed on as belonging to her mood at the beginning of the post. ]

Was that your answer for your favorite or the most dangerous? And bullshit, we do not.

[ No bears. Just her. ]

[Reading people is always more difficult through these devices. No beating heart to tell him what someone really means.]

I haven't decided yet. [And a slight chuckle, and what could be a charming smile.] You must not have seen our wolf pack.

[ Thank the gods, as far as she's concerned. ]

I've seen one or two of them. But they'd blend in easier than a bear, I'd think.

[He leans towards the screen.]

Are you an expert?

In what, bears blending in on spaceships?

[ Oh god Jaye don't get lippy with Klaus. ]

On animals.

[Look at him, playing nice.]

[ Playing being the key word. ]

I'm not a zoologist or anything. I just like them. I watch Animal Planet.

Can't say I'm a fan of it myself. No time for cable.

[Too busy with his other hobbies.]

And what about shapeshifters - happen to know anything about those?

It's good background noise.

[ Dryly: ] They shift shapes.

[A pause, and there's a slight twitch in his expression. The charmingness is more obviously plastered on rather than sincere.]

What's your name?

Jaye. [ It's plastered all over her post by this point; he can find it, if he wants to look. ] Like the bird but with an 'e'.

Yours?

Klaus.

You'll have to keep an eye out for that bear, Jaye. You're right, a creature like that won't be able to blend in for very long.

I'll keep my eyes peeled. What should I do if I find it?

You have my number.

[This is an invitation.

Come at him, whoever you are.

[ Yes she does. And you can bet she'll be giving it to Jarvis. ]

Right. Well, I'll keep my eyes open.

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