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[technologist]

[ Home vs. the Tranquility is an obvious choice for most people. For the ones from somewhere particularly awful, the ship's the better option; and for some, there isn't much of an option at all.

Fitz had spent several months thinking he was part of the latter group. He'd thought home meant certain death, so he should appreciate cheating it while he had the chance. Since that had been proven wrong, home had resumed being the obvious choice, despite all its complications — but now Jemma's here, and things are somehow better than they'd been back at the Playground. Add to that a friendly research team offering help to the passengers of the TQ, and the end result is dwelling on questions he probably shouldn't be.

And a broad question for the network, minus much context. ]

Whenever the ship's docked somewhere, it's been too dangerous to stay. But if it wasn't, or if you could get off the ship without going home, would you? If it were possible to go somewhere safe. Different, and not home, but safe.

Comments

[yardbird]

I didn't necessarily say THAT. I'm just focusing on the hypothetical scenario that, given the opportunity to live anywhere else that isn't Earth, and safe, I'd take it rather than wasting my time trying to find a way back.

[technologist]

I was going to say it must be nice to have the answer be that simple, but I suppose that's because it's

not nice. Actually.

[ Your Earth, presumably. ]

[yardbird]

There are definitely worse places than my world, but there seriously is just NOTHING for me. No home, no job, no family, no friends to really return to.

Here I at least have something called a life.



Which is pretty fucking sad, now that I think about it.

[technologist]

Sorry.

[ That's rough, bro. And now that he thinks about it... ]

Does the ship ever really take anyone who's happy, though

[yardbird]

Sometimes! When certain stars and planets are in proper alignment or some shit like that.

[technologist]

[ Haha. ]

Have you ever gone back? During a jump, or

[yardbird]

Not even once like some of the people here do, no. Can't say I'm complaining either.

[Considering he'd still be on the lam with everyone thinking he's a cop killer -- and the only person who knows that he ISN'T is already on the Tranquility... Yeah, even the S. S. Hellship is something of a nicer prospect.]

[technologist]

[ His world isn't so bad, but his last trip home sucked. He gets it. ]

Where are you from?

[yardbird]

Boston. You?

[technologist]

Glasgow, originally. America before this.

There's someone else here from Boston, actually

[yardbird]

Really? Mind if I ask who?

[JUST TO BE SURE in the very unlikely scenario that someone from that area knows about him. Murphy's name wasn't exactly kept out of newspapers and media when he'd been arrested and tried. But hey, that was years ago. People probably forgot by now.

[Hopefully.]

[technologist]

Don't know the name, actually.

[ Instead here's a helpful link. ]