ataraxion | Second Time Bitten ✗ Video

[The feed flicks on to the redhead, looking concerned. Her normal semi-cheerful smile is gone, and those who know her would know she hasn't been herself since the last jump.]

I know I ain't the first person who's come back here before. I mean however long the jump normally lasts? I went back home for a few weeks. Seems like there's always something. [Which she's fine with. She always seems to manage, make it through. But now with Bill being as brainwashed as he is, and everything completely fucked, it's taken a lot out of her.]

Guess I'm just wonderin' how y'all cope with knowin' that there's some pretty heavy shit goin' on back home, and there's nothin' you can do about it.

[She chews on her lip for a moment.] I think it's the not knowin' that's botherin' me the most. I ain't helpless. Best part'a bein' a vampire is you can really fuck some things up, but what do you do when another vampire-- who is supposed to be dead [thank you, Eric]-- is three thousand years old and about to attack like an entire race of-- well whatever fairies are? Not to mention someone close to you.

And I'm here. In space hell again. [She gives an exaggerated smile.] Fantastic.

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Good point. What are you doing to stave off the boredom in between bouts of hell?

Talking to people. Making friends. Trying not to bump into too many things.

[ A shrug. ]

The usual.

Bump into things?

I'm blind. It's sort of a given with the handicap.

[ totally cool and casual about this nbd ]

Oh. [Feels like a total douche. Now what?]

Is it hard here? [Wait, should she ask about that? Is it bad? What does she say?]

I mean you don't have to answer that if it's nosy or whatever.

[ He's still smiling though! ]

A little but I'm getting used to it. It's hard to memorize something you've never seen before, s'why I never moved after my accident. But I'm adaptable.

Hate to break it to you, but the ship changes every jump. [That blows.]

I heard it wasn't the entire thing.

[ annnd there goes the smile ]

No. Your rooms, the oxygen gardens. But the halls and everything change.

Well.

[ A beat. ]

That is appropriately terrifying, thanks.

Maybe I could help? Like walk around and make you a map. I could poke holes so you know where the walls are.

[A pause.]

Or is that dumb?

[ A tilt of his head ]

You'd make me a map? A real map?

Sure. It's better than you getting hurt. And it gives me somethin' to do.

Then if you could do that for me, I'd appreciate it a lot. I don't have anything to offer in return though.

I'm not askin'. [Though he did technically have blood. But Jessica wasn't that desperate.]

You seem like a good guy.

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