Second Time Bitten ✗ Video

[notevenagirl]

[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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[mingus]

[ oh people can go home and come back, huh? that is... interesting to note. he would press on it but it would just be making her repeat stuff anyway and he knows how to use context clues SO CHANGE OF PLANS: ]

Vampire, huh? That is fascinating in a purely curiosity only standpoint. Can't really help on the "heavy shit" front though. My problems are more like "I hope I don't get fired" instead of "mass fairy genocide" so...

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[notevenagirl]

Lucky. Everything's fucked back home. The American Vampire League is pretty much like startin' a war with humanity over fuckin' Lilith's blood and being dominant. Like everything they've managed to do in the past like three years since we came out of the coffin is gone. Vampires are killin' and makin' others because the Tru Blood factories were bombed.

Not to mention the three thousand year old vampire who once ripped the spine out of a man on television. Yeah, he's loose. And you know, fairy genocide or whatever. [That's a big word.]

Oh, plus I was kidnapped by Obamas, and that's all in the last like three or so weeks.

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[mingus]

[ He opens his mouth to say something but then closes it, tilting his head to the side and frowning slightly. Then opens it again and frowns again and-- ]

... Well. Sounds like you need a break.

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[notevenagirl]

Welcome to my life. [Grandiose gesture outward.

...And then a sigh. This sucks.]

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[mingus]

Sounds awful.

[ A shrug! ]

At least it doesn't seem like there's anything compared to... that happening on the ship right now so, a day or two of downtime might help?

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[notevenagirl]

Yeah, I don't trust this place after the shit that's gone on here.

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[mingus]

Been here a while, I'm guessing?

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[notevenagirl]

Seventh wave. So not too long.

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[mingus]

Three months isn't that cheap though.

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[notevenagirl]

Maybe, but I've been home for a few weeks, so it feels different.

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[mingus]

Yeah, like that feeling when you stay in the same place at one time and the days start blurring together, right?

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[notevenagirl]

Pretty much. Unless you have something to do here.

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[mingus]

Do you have anything to do here?

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[notevenagirl]

Not sure I still have my job at the bar.

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[mingus]

Have you checked yet?

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[notevenagirl]

No. The owner I knew left anyway.

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[mingus]

Oh, damn. Maybe you can find something else?

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[notevenagirl]

I don't really care at the moment. [Her problems are the whole world. Clearly.]

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[mingus]

[ shrrrugs ]

Just trying to help.

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[notevenagirl]

It's alright. It wasn't that busy to begin with. [She'd only sit in the bar and worry.]

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[mingus]

[ he nods. ]

Here's hoping you find something.

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[notevenagirl]

That's kind of you to say. Thanks.

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[mingus]

Just 'cause we're trapped in space hell, doesn't mean we should be unhappy, right? That's what I figure.

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[notevenagirl]

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

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[mingus]

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

[ A shrug. ]

The usual.