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[It's late at night when the transmission comes across and it's coming from one of the many kitchens where Angela's seated at a table, a small plastic tupperware container in front of her. The lid's been popped off and every so often, she reaches inside for one of the miniature Reese's peanut butter cups and unwraps it before popping it into her mouth. She's clearly been here for a while with the number of empty wrappers strewn around her, but she doesn't seem likely to go back to her room any time soon. At least not before she turns to the device and whispers into it.]

Most of you guys are probably sleeping or something. Who knows what time it is here, but I'm assuming you won't hear this until later. Either way, question mostly for the people who've been here for more than a couple jumps: do you get homesick? Or are you too busy dealing with the bullshit from the ship?

[Angela pauses to finish chewing the candy, following it up with another one that she swallows as she chooses her next words carefully.]

It's not like I've never been away from home. I've lived all over the world, some places only for a week or so, but at least I had a phone or the internet. Everybody I knew was never more than just a phone call away. I'm good for picking up and going because it's Tuesday, but I never stopped checking in.

[Another candy goes down before she lifts the wrapper in mock salute.]

Thanks for the candy, Isaac.

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What's -homesick?

It's when you miss home. You're not really sick, like with a cold or a flu, but you feel just as bad because you can't be at home when you really want to.

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IF YOU'RE WASTING THOSE CANDIES IN A FIT OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, I'M GOING TO BE PISSED OFF.
THEY DESERVE A BETTER FATE THAN YOUR TEAR STAINED GULLET.

[Karkat... why even.]

Don't hurt yourself with all that sympathy.

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It helps to have people familiar to you. I think that most here would like to be home--but there are good things to being aboard this ship, and they shouldn't be forgotten.

And we will go home. We must remember that, too.

I know it would, but so far, it's just me from home. Maybe next jump.

[The longer she's on the ship, the more stories people tell her about the Tranquility, the less Angela wants to believe there are good things on this ship. Maybe the people, but so many of them seem jaded already it's hard to crack into them.]

Hopefully sooner than later. I have a problem with patience.