one | video | yet another what the hell is going on sort of post.

[deprecate]

[ Maybe you recognize him from his little panic attack after falling naked out of the goo tube. Maybe you've never seen him before in your life. Either way, Cillian's looking into the device, held with the steadiness of a master Skyper, his blue eyes underswept with dark smudges. ]

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

[ The Bible verse is recited low, steadily, in his thick Northern Irish accent. At the end, one eyebrow twitches up, wry, and he licks his lips briefly. ]

I'm confessing, I was never the type to keep a video blog. Bit weird, being that you can see me and I can't see you. It's just it's, erm, it's different to acting.

[ He tugs the lobe of one overlarge ear, catches that he's digressing. ]

Erm. My point was. Actually, I've a couple of questions, though I've read around a bit, and since I'm getting the impression not all of you are brand new to this circus I was hopin' to get an easy answer. [ And he adds, muttered, wry and almost bitter: ] Or a computer, if you've got one you've not already given to a Suicide Girl.

Right. Questions. Can we smoke on the ship? Does anyone know what the letters O-P-R and the numbers on my arm are meaning, apart from letting me get around places? Am I gonna get in trouble if I share someone else's room? And where do I go to get more insulin?

[ He nods once, a little jerkily. ]

Yeah, that's the lot of them. Cheers.

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[jilt]

[ it's harder to dredge up the right sort of tone, but irene is a performer, a perfectionist. she drags up her mask because she has to, because the loss of a friend is no reason to start slipping. her tone is light as ever when she replies, and there's a smile in it, even if unseen. ]

You can smoke if you please, and if you've anything on you to smoke.

[deprecate]

[ Cillian's an actor, himself, but he's not one to take a crowbar to the cracks in other people's masks, and so whether or not he believes her easy tone, he doesn't call her on it. ]

They gave me one pack of fags, like they gave me one change of clothes. It's like I packed for an overnight stay that's gone all wrong.

[jilt]

Some get more, some get less. It all depends on your luck. Seems like you haven't much of it.

[deprecate]

Prolly used it all up getting Noah.

[jilt]

Noah?

[deprecate]

Oh, erm, yeah. He's my, you know, thing.

[ He can call him his boyfriend casually, but when straight-up asked he gets cagey and weird. ]

Came with me. Or I came with him. Or we came separate and found each other, if we're being completely accurate.

[jilt]

[ don't worry noah, irene speaks that language fluently. ]

How fortunate for you, having a familiar face along.

[deprecate]

Yeah, it's good. I'm liking it. Much as there's anything to like in this place.

[jilt]

There are things to like. You just have to look for them.

[deprecate]

What've you found? To like.

[ He doesn't apologize for the fact that that's an intensely personal question. ]

[jilt]

Forward little thing, aren't you?

[ she doesn't particularly bothered, because personal questions are easily side-stepped with lies, when she wants. ]

I'll admit, I've found the company on this ship to be quite to my taste. With exceptions, of course.

[deprecate]

Nobody can get on with everybody.

[jilt]

One can pretend to.