ataraxion | chapter 002

[Michelle is in the library as usual; people who frequent it have most likely encountered this beautiful blonde bibliophile taking stack after stack of digital literary records from the shelves, parking herself at a table, and just sitting there doing nothing but reading.

That was what she was doing until she started this transmission. So if you'll excuse her, she will push aside a towering stack of records before smiling widely; for someone who was pining for her sisters several days ago, she's exceedingly chipper. And today, she is wearing her ship uniform; paper clothes can be uncomfortable, after all.]

Hello again! I've been thinking - do we give newcomers a tour of the ship? I think it would be very useful to have one, since this is a very, very big ship.

[She glances at the console not far from her, rests her chin on her hand, and pinches her cheek with her free hand. The smile is replaced by a look of longing.]

Oh, and if any of you have real books with actual covers and paper pages, may I please borrow them? I miss real books. I miss turning pages, the smell of new books, actually holding one in your hand... [Michelle lets go of her cheek, raises her head, and looks at her stack.]

I promise I'll return them, but I might borrow them again.

[OOC: Again, fourth wall permissions post for book characters!]

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Me too. [Her smile becomes more solemn, and she nods slowly.] I don't know what I would do without them.

[ That gets a slight nod as October glances away from the screen, hoping to hide the sad edge to her smile. ] Yeah, I get that. It was the same way with me and my brother.

What's he like? [Color her curious.]

He's an idiot. [ It comes out before she even realizes it. That doesn't make it a lie, though. She lifts her gaze back to her comm. ] He says some of the stupidest shit you've ever heard and I think I spend the majority of my time around him trying to explain it to other people. But I loved him more than anything or anyone else out there and would've done-- [ This part is harder to say, considering what happened, so she pauses for a moment to try to get her voice under control. ] Anything for him.

[Michelle listens intently, her chin resting on her hand.]

My sisters aren't perfect, either. Maggie can be quite unsociable, and Anita can be downright cruel. [And she says this as if she were discussing the weather.] But I would never, ever let anything or anyone hurt them.

[ She smiles a little. ] I guess that's one of the joys of family, huh?

Yeah. It means having people you love close to you, to help you out of anything.

With them, you can do...just about anything.

[ Except defeat a psych, homicidal ghost woman. Though, technically, they weren't together when they pieced everything together. ]

Yeah. [ All this nostalgia has October feeling pretty uncomfortable. ] So that book. When do you want to get it?

[Michelle perks up, clasping her hands together.]

Ah, yes, may I get it today?

Sure. Do you want to stop by my room or would you prefer meeting somewhere?

I can stop by your room.

I'll see you soon, then. [ And she ends the feed there. ]

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