004 -- voice;

[jilt]

[ there's the rustling of fabric, and a breath before irene speaks. she's tapping something against her palm as she does, a steady counterrhythm to her words.]

So it seems we've managed to get through a jump without any unfortunate mishaps. What a lovely change of pace.

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Voice;

[mortalize]

I'm sure the new arrivals will be thrilled to know they arrived during a non-lethal cycle.

[jilt]

Or disappointed they've missed all the excitement. It really does depend, doesn't it?

video;

[romanticism]

Careful now, Miss Adler, or else you might jinx us.

[ The humour is only faintly audible, though he hardly means it as chastisement. ]

[jilt]

Don't worry, I'll knock on wood for us, dear. That should cancel out any ill effects.

voice.

[deprecate]

[ A dubious look from Cillian, because a jump and goo-pods and nudity were all disconcerting enough without the prospect of something more, something worse. What she can't see is clear in every Irish vowel. ]

That not the usual way of it, then?

[jilt]

Something like. It was only twice, but you know what they say about forming patterns.

[ six jumps later and squaring with her own death, irene feels she can afford to be blase about this. ]

voice;

[chromosomes]

Or we're just slower on finding the bodies.

[deprecate]

That they can't be avoided?

[jilt]

[ EXCUSE YOU DEBBIE DOWNER ]

From what I understand, they are rather impossible to miss.

[jilt]

Something like that. Our narrow miss of it should be remarked upon.

[chromosomes]

The last one was in a hallway. Could be in a room this time. Harder to find until it starts to smell.

[ He's just saying. ]

voice;

[falsehoods]

Do things frequently go amiss during these...."Jumps"?

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[wont]

[ Oh look, Alayne's favorite questionable role model. ]

No unpleasant surprises, Miss Irene?

[jilt]

[ DO YOU WANT THERE TO BE BAD NEWS. ]

Perhaps you should go room to room to check.

[jilt]

Oh, it's only been twice that I recall.

[ you know. two horrible deaths nbd. ]

[jilt]

None that I've encountered. But there are those who seem to think my congratulations premature.

[romanticism]

I'm glad for your attentiveness to the matter, though a little saddened by the thought that few of us can carry out the superstition without having to making it a trip to the oxygen gardens.

[deprecate]

Maybe that's part of the pattern too.

So, erm. Stupid question, but it's not been covered in the docs. What's a jump?

[chromosomes]

[ NO, NO HE DOES NOT. ]

I've considered it. [ He'd be able to smell it, at least. ] Hopefully that isn't the case, though. [ But who knows if people really disappear or if they've just been dragged off somewhere. ]

[jilt]

I make it my business to be thorough.

[ she's got this. ]

Though it seems not everyone is as hopeful as me.

[wont]

He seems the dour sort. [ Alayne crinkles her face and tips her chin. ] I would not indulge such grotesque conversation.

[jilt]

Two horrible jumps and one respite? Let's wait a month or two to test your theory. It could very well be the case.

[ and irene does love a good theory, though perhaps not as much as holmes. ]

I'm afraid I'm hardly the woman to ask. But at least once a month we all climb into those vile tubes while the ship goes through some sort of...I think the term may be warp.

[deprecate]

... We're having to go back in the pods.

[ Wow he is. Really not pleased by that revelation. ]

[jilt]

Or perhaps this time its a tidy affair and they airlocked the remains.

[jilt]

It's all rather harmless.

[ nonchalant whatever once you've died yourself it takes the edge off. ]

Some people simply see misfortune lurking about every corner.