002 | Voice

[alittlesideways]

[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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[alittlesideways]

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

Dead people come here often?

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[amethysts]

Sometimes. It's sort of fucked up, to be honest.

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[alittlesideways]

Are they any different? From everyone else. How do you know if someone's dead or alive?

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[amethysts]

Usually, either they tell you or you already know.

I don't know from experience. All my dead people haven't shown. Sort of fucked, huh?

...you'd tell your wife you're sorry, yeah? Just--checking.

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[alittlesideways]

What if they don't know?

[Not that Tommy's talking about himself or anything.]

...yeah. I fucked a few things up before I--

Before I landed here.