oo1. text + video.

[xerampelinae]

[ A mixed media message graces the network. First, it's text. ]

there is a void that is dark and the dark has form we all stand upon the edge of the void and we
pray
ask god for forgiveness the audacity of asking god for anything we do not
expect what
will be delivered unto us for we

[ And then it shifts seamlessly into video and sound, a voice picking up where text left off as if there were no difference. ]

...will be rewarded in the end.

[ A woman's voice. Raw at the edges, but holds a serenity at its centre. The video is blurry. Blue. Water. The reflection barely visible is straight on, as if the video were transmitted through her eyes. A halo of pale blonde hair. A gaunt but pretty face.

A queasy turn of motion. The video rights itself, handheld, a blur of an Olympic sized pool, reflective tiles. ]

I know a lot of you have been here for a long time. I haven't. This confinement is vast. We're trapped in the sheer size of space. Empty corridors, an empty galaxy. Monotony that makes you starve for boredom, because excitement never portends anything good. At least I can see anything I want to see.

So tell me.

[ She angles the communicator back to herself, the blue, dappled reflections of the pool casting strange shadows over her face. If anyone is familiar with the tall blonde woman who lives on level 29, you may have noticed she's been missing. A smile, suddenly, one that shows her eye teeth. ]

How do you stop yourselves from going completely crazy?

Comments

text;

[de_void]

[this hardly even registers as weird for stiles after everything. heck, he might even think he's dreaming. but how can you be this tired in a dream]

who says i'm not already crazy

text;

[xerampelinae]

no one
are you?

text;

[de_void]

probably
it definitely feels that way some days

voice.

[lordof]

A year, nearly. Long for some, perhaps, but not others. Only a drop of water in the ocean, a grain of sand in the desert. A star amongst the skies.

[it doesn't scare him, the idea of an endless void.]

I enjoy the dark and the emptiness. That is how.

voice.

[xerampelinae]

It makes me feel lonely. Far away.

[ Her voice has an echo -- the pool room is cavernous. There is the gentle stirring of water, as bare feet submerge. ]

But somehow closer to God.

voice.

[lordof]

It is not a wonder that you do.. The Maker is the same. Alone, and far away, in a void beyond the void.

[home, he doesn't say. his tone is nostalgic though, as if speaking of a fond memory.]

It was all I knew, for a time, though I was not alone then.

Video

[acapriciousthing]

It's strange to always be trapped in one place, but I stay sane by talking to people. There are always new people to get to know here.

I've been here almost a year. Not really that long in the grand scheme of things, but it's not the length of time, it's the events that fill it.

Video

[xerampelinae]

We're always trapped. In a ship. On a planet. In a room. In our own skin.

[ She twitches a smile. There is a distance in slate-blue eyes. ]

Do the events make it longer?

Video

[acapriciousthing]

I'm not, usually. This body... is a change. More has happened to me in the past few years than in centuries.

[She says it all plainly. It's simply how things are.]

video;

[thebreakingwave]

Hullo, I'm Harry. I've never been very good at keeping still, so while I've been here, I've tried to learn several new skills. I took a job with the flight crew, and that's been good, and I tried to catch up on things I was sure everyone knew and I thought I missed, but I'm not sure that was really the best idea. Still, it wasn't a waste of time.

And cards. I've played a lot of cards. Chess. Checkers. Exploding snap.

video;

[xerampelinae]

[ Her face fills the screen in her scrutiny. It is a nice face. It lacks make up to soften the hard angles of her bones, mouth pale, eyes icy. ]

Idle distraction.

video;

[thebreakingwave]

A holding pattern.

[He looks at her image and there's a moment where his expression changes - she reminds him of someone - but it neatly slips back into his usual, moderately pleasant countenance.]

( VIDEO. )

[mindtricks]

Keep busy. ( a beat. ) Try to make a difference.

( VIDEO. )

[xerampelinae]

[ The presence of someone vaguely familiar gives Caprica pause, as if to gently knit together some of the frayed edges visible. She blinks. ]

Wouldn't that be more maddening?

When you can't.

( VIDEO. )

[mindtricks]

But I can. We all can.

( oh anderson u so idealistic. )

voice;

[askedtobe]

Easy. Talking to people.

voice;

[xerampelinae]

Make friends. Get a job.

[ Splsh of water, her feet skimming across pool surface -- not seen, just heard. ]

Settle down.

( video )

[somerville]

I think that accepting a certain level of insanity could in fact be a means of keeping yourself sane, here. After all, many of us are experiencing a situation that we could have never imagined for ourselves... [ she shrugs, as if she doesn't necessarily believe what she's saying, though it's hard to tell. ] It takes some very incredible suspension of disbelief.

( video )

[xerampelinae]

[ Caprica is quiet. Her video etiquette is lacking. No one needs a solid thirty seconds of silent contemplation, although there is the sense she is doing more on her communicator than just that.

She raises a pale eyebrow. ]

Which parts?

t e x t

[trouvaille]

Keep busy. All the departments are shorthanded - it isn't that we lack for things to do, it's just that no one seems interested in doing them. In my opinion.

t e x t

[xerampelinae]

i joined gunnery

text

[enlistments]

I think of my mission. And remind myself that believing what I see is sanity.

text

[xerampelinae]

i don't think i have the luxury of either of those things
what's your mission?

text, auggielocked;

[altercate]

You don't.

[ the shortest, most optimistic answer. ]

text, auggielocked;

[xerampelinae]

are you crazy?