[voice]

[jurisimpudent]

[Edgeworth sounds characteristically brisk and serious.]

I would like to ask everyone to take a moment to speak here - or to leave a text message - about what it is that they most wish to get home to, or what it is they most appreciate here.

There's a jump approaching, and not too long from now. As we all know, jumps rarely bring good things - they herald lost friends, new disasters. This is a difficult life we have here aboard this ship - one fraught with pain, with misery, with fear. It's far too easy to become lost in the morass of despair. It's too easy, with each jump, to think: what if I don't? What if I do not go to the jump bay? What if I simply sit back and let it all end?

I ask that you, in this post, remind everyone why it's worth it to keep on. Why it's worth it to suffer through these jumps, month after month, and why it's worth it to keep cautious and not just go seeking our death in those hallways, and why it's worth it to keep trying to make life better here. As we approach this new jump, as we prepare ourselves to welcome and console these new arrivals, let us remember why we should continue to fight.

Thank you all for your attention and cooperation.

Comments

voice;

[theshabbiestofmen]

I think this is a lovely thought, Edgeworth. And I think my reason would be: well, Sirius. Sirius and Raven. And the chance for knowledge.

What about your own?

voice;

[jurisimpudent]

Oh.

[He clears his throat.]

Well - I am here only to moderate, not so much to contribute. I fear I've little eloquence when it comes to discussing that sort of thing.

voice

[supfirehawk]

I doubt it's just the lost friends and ship-wide disasters that cause people to lose hope.

voice

[jurisimpudent]

[Aaand here's Edgeworth's grumpy-voice, returned in full force.]

My God, let me guess what else it is. No, I think it's beyond me. Please, do share your hard-to-predict root of despair.

voice;

[tigers]

You're a gloomy sod, ain't you?

voice;

[jurisimpudent]

What exactly was "gloomy" about that?

text;

[toasterprophet]

I miss my sisters, and my brothers - some of them, anyway. I miss not being alone.

But I'm more grateful than I can say for the second chance I've been granted here, for the friends I've made, and for the company - however brief or fraught with peril - of those I'd thought lost to me. I thank God for that every day.

text;

[jurisimpudent]

How long have you been here?

voice; private; encrypted 85%

[learnedtosmile]

Are you doing okay?

voice; private; encrypted 85%

[jurisimpudent]

[That's a question he wasn't expecting - especially not from this source. There's a slight pause, and then he clears his throat and says, awkwardly:]

I...Yes. Naturally. Yourself?

voice;

[talkstoengines]

I bet lots of folks have the same reason, Edgeworth. Friends and loved ones! [Who's still in medical with stitches and a giant bite on her leg from a manticore? Oh yeah, this girl. So if she sounds a little doped-up, that's why.]

voice;

[jurisimpudent]

I...Indeed. But I'm looking for specifics. So that people can have things to hold onto.

[kaylee are you okay, are you okay, are you okay kaylee]

[text - 1/2] multiple tags everywhere b/c imdabes

[doggedly]

tit

[doggedly]

mice !

Video

[skindeep]

That was quite beautiful. Thank you for it.

I wish to get home to my family. But I'm thankful to have some of my family here with me as well.

voice forever!

[jurisimpudent]

I was speaking merely out of practical concern, and no thanks are necessary.

But whom do you have here?

[northerner]

Well spoken, Miles. After all that has happened, I think we could all use such reminders.

[jurisimpudent]

Thank you, sir. We've all been here an immensely long time, and time can undermine our memory of what does truly matter, of what there is to get back to.

text;

[leaps]

I want to return to my post.

text;

[jurisimpudent]

Understandable. At least you've found some approximation of it here, I suppose.

voice;

[jilt]

A beautifully phrased sentiment, I'm sure. But what about those of us who have nothing to return to?

voice;

[jurisimpudent]

I should think everyone has something to return to.

video;

[sugarpills]

I just want to go home. I don't care how.




That was also pretty well put.

voice forever

[jurisimpudent]

...Quite. And what is it that you want to get back to, specifically?

Anonymous text

[godofthemachine]

What if we don't want to return home

Anonymous text

[jurisimpudent]

That is why I said to talk about what is most appreciated here - for those who prefer this place.

Text

[atmnumber0001]

I'll be happy to return home and pretend that this whole thing was all a dream.

Text

[jurisimpudent]

I wish you were home as well, sir. You and your skills are needed there.

audio;

[tumbleweeds]

Well, I've got Coyote back home to look after. But... I need to find my brother, too.

audio;

[jurisimpudent]

Were you searching for him when you were brought here?

audio;

[suddenlycaptain]

The water supply.

[ Well no, honestly, she's most appreciative of not being dead here like she is back home. But she'll stick with water supply. ]

audio;

[jurisimpudent]

The...You mean here, that is what you appreciate?

text;

[chromosomes]

[ They don't exactly get along, but it's not a bad idea, this post. ]

My sister.

text;

[jurisimpudent]

[A slight pause - ]

I did not know you had one.

[anon text forever]

[ryuuzaki]

My work.

[Maybe this isn't such a good idea, but he's still medicated. At least he has the presence of mind to send it anonymously. Even the sliver of a chance that he might get home is enough to keep him going.]

[non-anon text forever]

[jurisimpudent]

And what is that work?

voice;

[darkholme]

I don't think I ever really want to go home.

[ which is weird to say, and she's only ever mentioned the fact to Remus, but. it's the truth. despite everything, she'd rather be here than at home, most of the time. ]

Sometimes I miss little bits and pieces of it, but things are different for me here, and not in a bad way.

voice;

[jurisimpudent]

But things are much more dangerous here.

Text;

[magewarden]

My duty.

I cannot abandon those who rely on me. Should that not be enough? Even if I feel ineffective here at times I have a purpose I must return to when this place releases me.

Text;

[jurisimpudent]

Say a bit more. What is your duty?

voice

[forlifeloveandcheese]

I miss Ferelden. The ship isn't nearly as brown and it doesn't smell like dog shit at all! It smells clean which is so wrong.

In all seriousness, I really do want to go home. This place took me away... at a really awkward time. Ferelden was -- or, is, I suppose -- still recovering from the War. A lot of people died or had their lands destroyed. I was overlooking repairs, generally helping.

You know, at one time, I visited this one village that got razed pretty bad by the darkspawn. Denerim -- that's the capital -- was still in pretty bad shape, so most of the workers were there. Even though I didn't have the manpower to tend to them yet, the look on their faces when they saw me... Maker, despite all the grime and exhaustion, they were all wearing smiles. You could see hope return in their eyes. Just the sight of their king was enough.

I don't want to let those people down, Edgeworth. I really don't.

voice

[jurisimpudent]

I doubt very much that you will, sir. I can see very much why you would wish to return.

encrypted;

[enforced]

Have you recovered?

encrypted;

[jurisimpudent]

[Oh Obi-Wan hi hi hi hi hi]

Good day, sir. I'm - yes; my injury was seen to, and I've recovered well. I'm very glad to see you back and unharmed.

video

[falsehoods]

Nothing.

video

[jurisimpudent]

You mean - you miss nothing of home, sir?

voice;

[angerissues]

The booze. [ That's definitely not true, especially since it takes a lot for Mason to even feel it, but he's not going to be honest here. Not when "I'm alive" is the thing he's most thankful for. Not when the only people that know he's dead back home are those from home. ]

voice;

[jurisimpudent]

...Quite. Is what you miss from home, or is what you like here?

voice;

[gothchicklit]

Are you gonna share with the class, too? Or is it just take with you, not give?

voice;

[jurisimpudent]

I beg your pardon, madam. That's a surpassingly hostile response - and one, I think, not quite called for.