[video] stuck in the middle with you

[coldhardy]

[Today, Elsa wears a long blue gown with a pale, diaphanous overlayer. She wants to be as much herself as possible, after days with other people. She's addressing the network very seriously, but her words are initially uncertain. As she continues to speak, she sounds more confident.]

Hello, everyone.

About six months ago, I didn't wake up after the jump. I missed a whole month, and I know I wasn't the only one. I had dreams during this time, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't remember anything about them.

I've been starting to remember things since the last jump. Everything that has happened since then... the way that girl Seraphim died and the things she said... it makes me think that what I remember might be important, if it wasn't just a dream.

I talked to Emily about it recently, but there's more now.

The trouble is, I'm pretty good with math, but I don't understand the technology here very well. It's not like anything we had at home. That might be important, too.

My dream was about a woman with thick black hair and a ruddy complexion. She wore her hair pulled back. She left the pods after a jump, and the lights were red, and everyone was lined up in formation. I don't think I've ever seen anyone who looked like her here.

A lot of things that happened after that are still coming back in bits and pieces. The thing that I remember now is... after some time passed, she went to the jump drive. It's the thing that helps the ship move, isn't it? It wasn't easy for her to get in, but I still don't understand why yet: the important thing is that she made it. And it wasn't what she expected to see, it was... there were things that should have been moving that were... frozen. Not as if they were in ice, but they were just hanging there in the air, kind of like lightning that never moved or ended.

[Her expression has grown increasingly troubled through the course of this narrative.]

It scared her.

Did anyone else see this? Even if you didn't... do you know what it means?

Comments

[deservesadaisy]

I don't think so. There were screams, chaos outside the door. It seemed like a larger situation. Though I can't be sure - it was never perfectly clear what she was hiding from, other than she was clearly in physical jeopardy.

[coldhardy]

Can you remember anything else? I don't recall where any of these rooms were, aside from where we go during the jump. Not the closet and not the place with the machinery.

It's sad to think that these people really were here.

[deservesadaisy]

The fragments didn't connect to one another, no, and unfortunately I'm not intimately acquainted with the ship's utility closets.

[Ivan is dubious they're going to get much in the way of use out of these visions, but he's done his part, he feels, in sharing the little he has.]

[coldhardy]

I can't imagine that there's much that would be useful in the closet anyway.

Maybe we'll remember more. I keep recalling bits and pieces, but now I feel like I've forgotten something very important.