ataraxion | 006 ☀ video ☀ FORWARD-DATED to a few minutes POST-JUMP end

[ There are a few things everyone might notice about this video post. One is that there's no way Jaye could have gotten from the medbay to the kitchen on the 001 passenger floor this quickly. Two is that her hair looks both dirtier and longer than usual, and instead of either happily mussed or neatly groomed, it's just a complete mess. Three is that, judging by the way Jaye sort of seems to be wobbling back and forth on the floor and has burst capillaries in her face, she was just rather sick and might be so again. Likewise, anyone who looked around before or after the jump may have noticed that Jaye wasn't there -- didn't go down, didn't go into the gravity couches, and that Faith Lehane was looking after her animals. ]

So. [ Her voice is hoarse, quiet, and the rasp is completely new and sounds painful –- in fact, she has to pause, clearing her throat for a moment. It doesn't go away completely, but she's a bit louder, at least. ] I-- [ and she winces ] sat out during the jump as an insect. Don’t do that. It was a month. Everything was red, copper and salt, until it ended.

[ It hurts to talk, and Jaye takes a moment to rub at her throat. ] Want a shower, food.

[ She pauses, glancing away from the camera for a moment. Her eyes aren’t exactly wet, and maybe it's from her earlier vomiting, but either way... ] Missed you guys. [ And she cuts the feed. ]

((ooc: MCU!Tony will be getting her from the kitchen and carrying her down to medical. Her replies will probably come from after she's there and probably be in text form. If your character wants to go visit her there (or fuss at her or whatever), I'd be up for it, but be warned that she's having a bit of a hard time talking at the moment and will set Faith on you if she feels shitty.

Also someone might want to clean up the 001 kitchen. ))

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[ She does not bother placing herself neatly in the middle of the camera's gaze. In fact, the whole picture jostles as she moves about, clearing hurrying from here to there. She had been somewhere dim and indistinguishable but it reveals itself now: funnily enough, she is not too far away, stationed elsewhere in a darkened corner of the medbay. ]

No. No, it is as it should be. They will mind you here and make you well again.

i'm fine. just haven't spoken in a while and walking with two legs will take some getting used to.

[ That is, at least, the physical extent of it. ]

you're down here too?

[ Alayne has no concept of such things — to be a bird, a wolf, an insect. These are metaphorical things to a Westerosi, matters of house pride and family sigils, but Jaye's experience are of flesh and bone. (The damage to her body lingers, but what of her mind? Her soul?)

Hurriedly, she makes her way down one aisle of beds and up the next. ] Petyr— [ She no longer calls him father to Jaye; not that she now knows the truth. ] —is not well. It is left to me to mind him until he is recovered.

what's wrong?

[ It's easier for her to ask after others than herself, to focus on issues that aren't her own. ]

[ Alayne does not answer straight away, though she makes a good effort in seeming distracted by her search for Jaye. She draws out her silence until the very last moment, until it is nothing short of rude to not answer. ] I see you there, near the corner‐ I won't be long.

[ The feed cuts abruptly but Alayne's footfall follows quickly after. (Just the one pair of feet, belonging to a girl. Lady is nowhere in sight.) ]

[ Well, A for effort. She doesn't care all that much about Petyr anyway, so she doesn't press -- it's hard to press via text anyway. Instead she waves when she sees Alayne, sitting up in her bed. Her hair is still a mess, but at least she doesn't look like she's going to fall over anymore. ]

[ It's best that they not discuss such things and so Alayne is grateful that Jaye does not press. What happened in the shadow world still lingers like a bad taste in the back of Alayne's mouth and there is much she would rather forget than talk about any time soon.

The look that crosses Alayne's face when she sees Jaye is equal parts worry and relief. ] Jaye— [ Despite her fluster, Alayne manages the last bit of distance between them with a considerable amount of grace. Her fingers curl nervously along the edge of Jaye's bed as she flutters beside her, anxiously. ] Tell me you have eaten, that you have allowed yourself to rest.

[ She has to clear her throat, making a face at how it sounds, but she does answer outloud this time instead of continuing to text or using the text-to-voice function. ]

Yeah, I have. [ To both. ] You can sit down.

[ And before Alayne goes to find a chair, she pats the side of her bed next to her. ]

[ Alayne does not think to hesitate, nor does her canine companion. The bed dips below Lady's weight as she vaults up onto the mattress, settling in a coil of silver fur and yellow eyes at Jaye's feet. Alayne's motion is far more graceful; beneath her the bed hardly shifts to accomodate her weight as she rests a delicate hand on Jaye's shoulder. ]

We needn't talk. [ Her smile is grim but brave. ] Your company and your recovery is all I am need of.

[ Jaye shifts her feet a little, just enough to poke one out from her blankets and stroke Lady's fur with it. Her hand goes up to hold onto Alayne's and she smiles slightly, squeezing once. Yeah. Her too. ]

[ Instead of speak, Alayne sings at length. A hum at first, tuneless and absent, which then blossoms into a proper song. ]

Six maids there were in a spring-fed pool. . .

[ A spritely song, sweet but about nothing of consequence, tell the tale of six shy maidens who bathed together in a looking-glass lake. ]

[ It's a nice song. Jaye lets herself sway with it a little, fingers sort of sweeping across the blankets. ]

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( v i d e o | LITTLE BIRD IS SO WORRIED ;; )

( v i d e o | bawww baby bird COME TO HER ARMS )

( v i d e o | NO YOU your'e the one who's not okay :c )

( v i d e o | well yes but she can't walk right now... )

( v i d e o / a c t i o n | alkjdfafhdf why is this just the saddest thought )

( a c t i o n | sooobbb idk she is bad at bed rest??? )

( a c t i o n | don't make her sit on you jaye )

( a c t i o n | and then alayne gets tickled )

( a c t i o n | UNPRINCESS-LIKE!!!! )

( a c t i o n | but adorable )

( a c t i o n | we need not adorable in westeros!!!! )

( a c t i o n | you all need much more adorable you're too sad )