[ the video feed flickers on, showing a face peering way, way too close into the camera, squinting at it curiously. it takes jion a moment to realize that it's recording and pull back, gingerly moving his hands away from where he's set the device down on a table and sitting back in his chair. he smiles at the camera, but his smile has the distinct edge of something nervous and awkward about it. ]

Uh. Hi! It seemed like saying somewhere here was the proper thing to do, so I thought I should do it. Um -- [ a pause as he looks off to the side, as if he's been taking notes on what to say. ] I'm Jion. I'm a combat medic, though I was on leave right before I ended up here. So, I guess that was pretty funny timing?

[ a somewhat nervous laugh before he continues. ]

But uh, I'm pretty boring.

And I was more interested in -- . Like, I heard we're in space, and this is a spaceship and all, and I heard that there're othe -- uh, that there's people here who aren't just normal humans?

[ he sounds a little more excited now, sitting forward to look into the camera with great anticipation. he almost seems jittery at the prospect of non-humans being here. ]

An' I think that's so cool! I don't want to be rude or anything, but I really wanna know more about that. Uh, if anyone wants to talk about it, I mean! I'd appreciate that a lot.

[ The image is slow to come into focus, and when it does, the room he's sitting in is kind of... No, it's a complete disaster. The desk is flipped over on its side behind him, mattress tilted against the wall, and there's stuff all over the floor. Bells, despite the chaos around him, is relatively composed. For once.]

I know he had friends, so if anyone's wondering— Kurt's gone. [ There's a silent pause, a brief expression of pain crossing his face before he continues. ] But that's not why I'm making this. Well, kinda.

A lot of you come from places that have shit I've never heard of before. Like, uh. Television. I still don't really know what one is, but I think I get the idea. Soooo. I've been thinking a lot about that and wondering if the people who have that sort of stuff might also have other things. Things that are like what's on this ship and bring us here each jump.

Whatever does that. I dunno.

I had brothers and sisters who could do it. Travel that far, go places. But with all this fancy technology or whatever, has anyone ever actually considered trying to use it or find it? Or, uh. Do anything about it?

It's not because I wanna go home. I think-- [ He sits back for a second, rubbing his face. ] I wanna go home with someone else. You know, some world I'm not from. This ship isn't gonna keep me here forever. I might not know a lot about it, but I plan to do something. Anything. [ The best wrong kind of careless someone could be. He slaps his hand over the video before ending the feed, but this can be heard just before it does: ] This place is just getting too fucking stupid to deal with anyway.