one spark [video]

[daughteroflight]

[ the feed opens with a frustrated sigh and the scratch of a pencil across paper. there is a brief glimpse of a drawing of respectable quality - two young girls in frilly dresses - before DG adjusts the communicator to show herself instead. ]

Okay so-- I know this is a long shot but with people being from all these different worlds or whatever, I've got to ask. [ she takes a quick breath, glances to the sketchbook propped against her knees, and nods. ]

Has anyone heard of a place called the Outer Zone? It's where I was before I was brought here, and...I dunno, I'm just wondering.

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[angerissues]

Can't say it rings any bells. Sorry.

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[daughteroflight]

It's okay, I really wasn't expecting anyone to but...asking doesn't hurt, you know?

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[angerissues]

Yeah, definitely. Having someone from home stuck here with you makes it a little easier; I get it. [ It also makes it way more complicated, but details. ] Have you been here very long?

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[daughteroflight]

Just since the last jump. My name's DG.

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[angerissues]

Mason, and I've been here as long as you have. Lucky us, huh?

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[daughteroflight]

Yeah. Go, Team 003, go. [ she gives him a crooked smile and shakes her head. ] Is it bad that I kinda want more people to show up so we can stop being the newbies?

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[angerissues]

[ He chuckles softly and shakes his head right back. ] I don't think so, no, but that might just be because I can commiserate with you. Someone else that's been here longer might feel differently.

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[daughteroflight]

Yeah, I imagine after a couple dips in goo people get... [ a waggle of fingers and a grimace. ] Cranky. Not looking forward to that.

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[angerissues]

I'm surprised more of them aren't cranky the first time around.

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[daughteroflight]

[ true enough, but that has her thinking. ]

Can you imagine how much it must have sucked for the first "batch"? [ pause. ] And can we call them something besides batches? That's just...really creepy.

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[angerissues]

I don't even want to try. Being tossed onto a spaceship is bad enough; not having anyone else around, especially to answer as many questions as possible, would be way worse. [ Mason would make do, though, just like he always does. He's a survivor. Even if he's... dead back home. ] How about waves? Groups? [ He smirks a little. ] Herds?

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[daughteroflight]

Herds is almost creepier. [ cattle to the slaughter, not a conotation she likes. ] Maybe we can be packs. Like we all come individually sealed but still in a group so it's sorta like...cans of soda. Or something.

[ so very reaching, here. ]

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[angerissues]

Sure, packs works for me. [ Though his mind went more towards wolves than sodas. ] I don't think I'd want to be likened to a cow, anyway.