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[songburdened]

[ Amidst the bright greens of the Oxygen Gardens is Elizabeth, much better off since her last broadcast, post-Smiley trauma. The brunette turns the device on, yes, but her attention is elsewhere, ducking amongst the plants and trying to suss out a few of the bugs. In the meantime, she's singing softly to herself, looking almost lost in a daydream for a moment or two. ]

I'm sorry, I meant to ask: is there anyone else aboard who had... well, some kind of power before coming to the ship? I've mentioned it once or twice to some since I've been here, but I had a certain ability before arriving and I'm almost nostalgic for it. It was part of who I am, and... it's a bit hard to explain.

Oh, and the Gardens are wonderful! I can't believe I haven't spent any time here before; they make the whole place seem much less cold. And there are insects! It really does remind me of home, which I thought I would never miss.

[ There's a wistful sigh. ]

Space can be awfully lonely, don't you think?

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[voice]

[yardbird]

What kinda power?

[Murphy has been around long enough to have talked to plenty of humans and non-humans who have had some kind of special ability. He's not too fazed by this shit anymore.]

[voice]

[songburdened]

Well, any, really. I'm just curious.

[ Beat. ]

Oh, are you asking about mine? Well... I can--could create these... tears into other worlds. Just little ones, mostly.

[voice]

[yardbird]

Y-yeah... [It's not like Murphy has any to share, unless "Hi I turned into a monster a couple of times" counts, but those aren't so much as powers but an unfortunate series of events.

[He pauses at her answer. Blinks.

[Oh.]

Other worlds... Y'mean alternate realities and such? Kinda like here? Or... whatever it is that happens here.

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[songburdened]

Yes! But, I'm not sure yet that this is an alternate reality. I don't remember creating a tear to reach it, for one thing.

[ Huff. Elizabeth likes having a real understanding of things, and this isn't one of those times where she feels as if she's on level ground. ]

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[dino_zarf]

It depends who you're in space with. The ship I live on at home's always felt like... home.

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[songburdened]

I've never really lived in a place like this, with so many people.

[ Ironic, considering Columbia is, really, like one, big spaceship. Sort of. She wasn't exactly a part of the community, though... ]

Do you miss it?

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[dino_zarf]

Of course. Our little crew was a family.

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[trynotodie]

In my experience it's always been kind of crowded.

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[songburdened]

The Tranquility, or outer space?

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[trynotodie]

Outer space. Tranquility is at least big enough that you can more or less find a floor to yourself if you're feeling crowded.

But compared to the ground, even Tranquility feels crowded.

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[fertilefeet]

[Smiling:] Quite a few 'powers' actually. I was with what gifts I have though they have been somewhat restricted here. I imagine releasing the bonds of winter would be rather useless here though.

[She brightens a bit more at the mention of the gardens.]

There are birds as well. Artanis and I live in the gardens, it reminds us both of home a bit.

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[songburdened]

"The bonds of winter?" [ Her face brightens a bit in curiosity, something that plagues her almost constantly in a place so full of variety and opportunity. ]

Are there really? I haven't been able to find any, yet, though... now that you mention it, I may have heard them.

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[fertilefeet]

Mm, I end winter when it comes time. At least in Doriath.

[A pleased nods.] Try near the elven flets, you may hear them better there.

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[regulatingpressure]

If you think this is bad, try stepping outside the hull. [ ...in a suit, obviously. but there's nothing quite so profoundly isolated as the expanse of space. ]

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[songburdened]

I don't think that I could. Isn't it terrifying?

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[regulatingpressure]

I mean, yeah, I guess - but in a good way. [ she shakes her head a little. it's hard to explain. ] Feels like freedom. I can't get enough.

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[blackmagus]

Jazz loves to chase the bugs out there.

[Which means that the bugs surely do not like her visits to the Oxygen Gardens, but that's their problem. Fortescue is, at present, sitting in her room, but that could change quickly enough as she smiles at the comm. A rustle off-camera means that Jazz is up to no good.]

Do you need some company, darling?

[The ship might be big, but no one should be lonely, in her opinion. It's a horrible feeling.]

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[songburdened]

Only if you aren't doing anything important. [ She isn't lonely at the moment, despite what she's said, but is... nostalgic, in a way, and most of it for things she barely knows (the beaches of Battleship Bay, exploring with Booker. Painting. ]

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[blackmagus]

Nothing at present.

[Just a shifty cat, eager to be out and doing something, which means going out was inevitable, at this point. She chuckles.]

I think we're due for a discussion of magic, if nothing else.

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[throwsdown]

You have a very nice voice!

[sorry were there other questions involved

certain things take top priority

like compliments]

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[songburdened]

[ !!! Cute child alert !!! ]

Well, thank you! [ She beams, giggling lightly. ] Do you sing?

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[throwsdown]

[oh gosh way to get him all blushy miss]

N-not really! I don't know if I'm good at singing. Not like you are.

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[toomuchtenacity]

The gardens are the best part of the ship.

[Not horribly biased at all.]

Your home had a lot of gardens?

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[songburdened]

I think so too. I wish I had gotten to see them more!
Earlier I mean.
It did but it was in the sky too so I haven't really ever see "real gardens" on the ground ebfore. I hope I can someday

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[toomuchtenacity]

I saw a wheat field before I came here. It was pretty impressive. Though it probably doesn't count as a garden.

Your home was in the sky?