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[Tommy's transmitting this from the bar, where he basically has been living ever since his last post. He sounds a little distant, distracted, and very very drunk.] I had a wife back home. Jeanie... We married before I shipped out to Iraq. Never even had a chance to open our wedding gifts. [Gifts that he shot.] Never will, now. [BECAUSE HE SHOT THEM. Also, he's in space. Which is good, since she has a restraining order against him.]

I keep thinking about what I'd do if I ever saw her again. What I'd say... [How he'd make things right.]

I know I'm new here, but I can't be the only one missing someone. You all have somebody, right?

[He's quiet for a while, then:]

What would you say if you could see 'em again?

[OOC: To folks I owe tags to: I have not forgotten! Just gonna play catch up later today.]

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[ aye carumba, soldier. somebody needs to take your communicator away when you've been drinking. and it could be Wichita, since she's usually there at the bar too, but- ]

You're talking like you don't think you'll get to go home. [ why? ]

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[Tommy laughs and shakes his head, downing some more of his beer. His... many-th beer.]

Doesn't seem like the kind of place you go home from. [Also, he's dead. Or he should be.] You think you're ever going home?

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No. [ Because he doesn't. He has Brain, sure, but Em's gone now. Em set everything in motion and he's gone.

It's why his tone is gentle--just a little. ]

Lay off the sauce, soldier.

[It still stings, being called a soldier when he isn't one anymore. Goddamn BCD...]

That's sad. Everyone...

Everyone ought'a have someone back home.

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Nobody alive.

Still. That doesn't seem to matter here. I guess I'd say what you probably want to say.

[The "doesn't seem to matter here" gives him pause.]

Dead people come here often?

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Don't you think you'll get back home to her? I bet she misses you. I know I miss my crew somethin' fierce, even though I got a couple of 'em here with me.

How could I get home? I'm like, a thousand lightyears away from her. [Also, dead. Maybe. He's still uncertain about that.]

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I don't and I'm fine with that.

Must make living here easy.

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[ beth. quinn only got to hold her daughter once, once before she gave her up. before things started to fall apart. she avoids the somebody question. she's only told one person about beth since arriving on the ship. partly because she's afraid of being judged, being known as the teenager who had the baby - the stereotype. besides isn't is better for everyone if she just doesn't talk about it? ]

I'd apologize.

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I think I would, too. [Apologize for fucking up over and over again, for not getting his shit together. He knows he could do better with just one more chance.]

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[ Ariadne debated on searching him out, but to be honest, she wasn't exactly sure where he was. Of course she figured he might be at the bar (least from what blake mentioned to her, she assumed he liked to drink a lot) but she honestly didn't know, and running around on a wild-goose-chase looking for him, seemed a bit silly on her end.

So she just quietly said: ]

To be honest, I don't think I'd have very many nice things to say to the people I'm missing right now. [ it's the truth - they all left her and she is sort of still pissed off about it. (But whatever, she is dealing with it, right? And she honestly is more concerned about the man on the other end of the device then her own issues.) ] But that's just me.

So would you do - if you saw her again that is?

I'd propose again. [So she'd fall in love with him all over again. Forget all the fucked up shit since he came back from Iraq and just... start fresh. They could be like they were, two kids in love. Invincible.

Of course, it sounds so romantic when he leaves out the part where he'd propose again because she left him.]

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I'm sorry.

I'm getting a lot of sorries. We ought'a start a club.

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You're drunk.

[ and this hits derek a number of ways, none particularly pleasant, but communicating feelings isn't a thing he does, so. statements of the obvious will suffice. ]

No shit. What else are you gonna do with an open bar?

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[ After a lot of thought about how to answer the first question, Tosh finally decides it would open a can of worms she's not prepared to discuss with a stranger, and just skips to the second one. ]

I'd tell him he was a hero.

[The word 'hero' sits with him. He's been called that, himself-- and punched the lights out of the person who called him that.] What did he do? Fight in a war?

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[She was right, on the night of the party. He was miserable for a reason. It doesn't excuse why he lashed out at her, but Angela understands why. Just because she doesn't act the same way doesn't mean she doesn't get why some people do.]

My friends. My dad. [No lovers, no husband, no wife. Nothing of that sort.] That I miss them.

[He hesitates, if only because he remembers lashing out at her. She meant well at the time, but don't they all?]

You're a daddy's girl, huh? [He makes sure to keep his voice friendly, making conversation rather than start another fight.]

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I would say, "I'm sorry for unexpectedly being killed!" I suppose.

That's something you'd apologize for?

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I wouldn't even know where to start. [ things were finally going good (as good as things possibly could when the gods fell silent), he and Annabeth were together - a real couple - and then Hera changed everything. ] Why wouldn't you get to open your wedding gifts?

We just kept putting it off. Then I was sent to Iraq, so it wasn't like... [He pauses.] I guess we just never made time for it.

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[ Lor's thought long and hard about how he'd answer this. he misses his own wife like crazy. so maybe he can understand that. ]

I'd tell her that I'm sorry for being so pushy. [ if he hadn't been, they never would have gotten separated. ] Why, what would you say?

About the same thing. I'd tell her I'm sorry, that... [That what? That he'd have his shit together? The fact that he's even made this transmission shows that he doesn't.] That I'll try harder. [To be the kind of man she deserves.]

only that i'm sorry. over and over again, if they'd accept that.

Looks like a lot of people here are sorry.

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You should say when you see her. We will someday leave from this ship.

What makes you so sure?

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[ When the feed for this post times out, October sits in silence for a while, trying to figure out if she wants to respond or not. She misses someone - a few someones, actually - pretty desperately and keeps hoping they'll show up here, but she's not entirely sure if he'll press for details if she responds to this. Eventually she decides it can't really hurt; he sounds drunk enough that she'd probably be able to distract him another way if she needs to. ]

You're a complete fucking moron, but I miss you anyways. [ There's a few moments of silence - October trying to force the lump in her throat away - before she says, ] Is there a reason you're talking like you'll never see Jeanie again?

Because...

[Because he thinks he's dead, but he's still not sure. Everything surrounding those moments before he woke up in the pod are hazy at best. And he feels so alive, but now, he's not sure if he is.

But he doesn't want to open that can of worms, not with anyone.]

This doesn't seem like the kind of place you go back from.

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[ He doesn't want to voice words for this, so. Text it is. ]

i'd tell them it's okay. i'm not mad they left.

maybe ask for a hug, too.

[The transmission starts, but it's silence for a few beats, then:]

I'd be pissed off. If I was left, I mean. [Speaking from experience here.]

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While we're here, we stand on the shore. Back home, when I was still in the stream, the current had pulled away most of the people I had anything left to say to. I figure I've got a better chance of making amends or finding retribution, being here.

I'd like to see my sisters again. I'd have different things to say to all of them.

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[Being as drunk as he is, Tommy's a little slow to put together the shore and stream thing. For a moment, he almost thinks it's literal.]

You're saying this is actually an improvement?

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"I've been to space."

She wouldn't believe it, but I'd be perfectly fine with being morally superior without her believing.

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