ataraxion | ( accidental video )

[ the feed starts of shaky, and red due to quinn's hand being over the lens. a few seconds later she is visible in the music room. she still isn't looking great. there are bags under her eyes and her hair is messy and limp. it's also obvious she doesn't realize the camera is on as she moves about the music room.

she sits down at the piano. she's been playing it a lot more since arriving on the ship. maybe because it's something thats both tangible and relatively normal. she plays a few random notes, and then stops and sighs. for a moment it looks like she is going to get up, but then she sighs and starts to play lana del rey's "born to die." it's a stripped down version, and maybe a bit more raw. ]

Feet don't fail me now
Take me to the finish line
Oh my heart it breaks every step that I take
But I'm hoping at the gates,
They'll tell me that you're mine...

[ she continues to play, and sing the song. her voice cracks a bit, but it doesn't stop her. ]

Come on take a walk on the wild side
Let me kiss you hard in the pouring rain
You like your girls insane
Choose your last words,
This is the last time
Cause you and I
We were born to die...

[ she finishes the song, still completely unaware that she's live. when she's done she sighs and then rests her head in her hands. she's tired. tired of the ship. tired of everything that happens on the ship. just so ...tired. ]

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[What is up with all this singing]

Issues?

[ quinn nearly jumps out of her skin. crap. crap, crap, crap. ]

Uh...no one was supposed to hear that.

[ in other words. yes. ]

And now the whole ship did.

Yeeeah. Do you think I can convince anyone I meant to do that? Art or something?

I don't think you meant to. Better?

That's real pretty.

thank you. no one was supposed to hear that though.

Sorry. It was nice to hear tho. Ain't heard music in a while.

it's not your fault. i should have been paying attention more. really? i've got an ipod full of music. you can borrow it if you like.

You don't got to do that I'll be OK. I got one somewhere around here too but somebody borrowed it. Wouldn't want to lose yours too.

Beautiful.

Thanks. The whole ship heard that, didn't they?

I don't think it's such a bad thing to overhear.

Hey... Quinn?

...hi. You um - weren't supposed to hear that.

Yeah, the phones can get pretty tricky like that. [AWKWARD.] It was pretty though.

If you ever need to talk, I've got the time.

are you sure?

Dead sure.

[well, Hook seems moved.]

Bellissima.

Thank you. [ quinn blushes slightly. ] No one was supposed to hear that.

Oh, there's no need to be shy. There is no reason to hide a voice like that.

You sound sad.

[ deny. deny, deny, deny, deny. ]

It's a sad song.

Yes, it is. But your voice was sad, too. Most people don't sound happy when they sing happy songs. [She thinks back to a reference she heard in a cafe;] They usually sound skanky.

Are you sad?

[He turns the feed on, but is silent for a few moments, trying to find the right words.]

You okay?

[Dumb question, he knows.]

[ quinn is grateful for a voice post. she is so embarrassed right now, so angry at herself... ]

Would you believe me if I said yes?

No. But I'd leave it alone. [Because even if his drunk ass can see that she's not okay... he knows what it's like to have people fuss over him when he doesn't want it.]

[ it's been a while since he's heard someone sing. reminds him of home. how badly he wants to go home. if there's a home left. the nightmares still felt too real. listening to her, even with her strains it was one of the loveliest things he's heard here. like legolas' singing, even if she wasn't an elf.

he saw her once during the jump. she looked so sad then. he doesn't know much of what to say that wouldn't be intrusive, so he says gently: ]

Your voice is very beautiful, miss.

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