ataraxion | 001 | Video | Everything A Big Bad Wolf Could Want

[Ruby's in the kitchen, nursing a cup of coffee. She looks tired, though not overly so. Adapting to life on board isn't going all that great for her - but thank whatever deity you want to insert here for coffee, because Ruby is just going to survive on that. Hey, Grenny pestered her with early morning diner shifts often enough, and Ruby isn't ashamed to admit that she's addicted. Doesn't mean she's gonna kick the habit anytime soon. She smiles at the camera, friendly as always.]

Hey guys. Ruby here, for those I haven't met yet. Pleasure to meet you, not pleased about the weird circumstances, you know how it goes.

Two things... first of all. I gather I'm not the only one hallucinating. Or... having dreams. Memories. I'm not awake enough to puzzle that out. Is this some sort of... group hallucination, and what's so interesting about two people talking about how hot some prisoner is, anyway? Do I need to be concerned? Do I need to... I don't know, do anything about this, report it to anyone?

[She rubs a face down her hands, smiles, because all this sounds insane, but it seems to be common practice here.]

Second thing... well. I was wondering. I'll admit, I'm not the brightest bulb to ever light the room. So... we're in space. And I was just wondering, if you were. Say. Sensitive to the moon.

[Yeah, this is harder than she'd thought. Crap. Ruby takes a long sip of her coffee, a little too hot for comfort, but the burn is quite welcome right now. She can't exactly go saying that she's a werewolf and very likely to kill anything that moves in front of her during three months a night, because she doesn't think she'll be in control of the wolf after not transforming for a whooping 28 years, plus she doesn't have the magical cloak that'll prevent the transformation - yeah, that's not gonna get her pushed out of an air lock at all. She's had enough angry mobs after her in her own time.]

Are we in any way affected by moon cycles, given that we... well. Have no... moon of our own?

[Yeah, it sounds even more stupid when she says it out loud, but does the truth of her little problem really sound any less stupid?]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

but it revolves around the moon

You never heard of people sleeping like crap around the full moon?

[Or, you know. Turning into big bad wolves. As they do.]

yeah
but when it's just the full moon that usually means something else
or it does for some of the people here

You mean like
wolves?

[Ruby sniffed two out, after the jump. The question is how far-spread all the information is - how safe the admission.]

yeah
it's not as weird here as you'd think

You're shitting me. No pitchforks and torches, huh?

well
there are hunters but they can't do anything
security won't let them
neither would the other wolves here

[oh but hold on-]

some of the hunters are pretty cool though

[he's got your back ric]

[Well, damn. That's... certainly unexpected. Makes her feel a little silly for the... failed attempt at subtlety, but hey, werewolves aren't exactly accepted where she's from.]

Is there a pack here?
They live peacefully with everyone else?

[now that is a sore subject right now. but with the conversation being in text, it makes it a little easier to answer]

i know about 2 packs
but there are other alphas here too
and some omegas

the werewolves here haven't hurt anybody
they wouldn't

[Yeah, Ruby feels a pang or two over the topic, too. Remembers the pack she used to run with, her mother's pack, and how that ended. Remembers, too, what happened before she met them.

She swallows, and contemplates not even replying, but in the end she does it anyway.]

I worry I might hurt somebody.

you don't have control when you shift

[he'd mention an anchor if his experiences on this ship hadn't already made it clear that the concept is something unique to wolves from their world]

everywhere werewolf here has a different way to deal with the full moon
you don't have to do it alone

I learned how to control it
But there was a curse and I haven't transformed in a long time

[27 years. But how crazy does that sound?]

I don't think I can control the wolf anymore

[And maybe she trusts too easily. Maybe she should keep this more to herself, worry about others. But then, if nobody knows, she might hurt someone, and that's more important than pretending she's not actually scared out of her mind.]

i know some people who had the same thing happen to them
one of them is here
i can ask them to talk to you?
but it's-
we can help if you need it

can you really?
Please, please do.
I just don't want to hurt anyone ever again.]

001 | Video | Everything A Big Bad Wolf Could Want

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock

text; auggielock