What's with everyone's sudden urge to open up? Doesn't make much sense... But I was warned these things would happen.
( TL;DR on various Lockey topics )
affectednicebluehatSeptember 27 2011, 03:40:43 UTC
It's difficult to stay busy here if you don't have any responsibilities. You can only get so far as the mysteries, and you seem to have worked out as much as I have. I don't know what that says about my abilities, and I don't know if I should start to question them or not because I barely know you.
... well, I don't know much about you either, but you seem... educated. Wouldn't surprise me if you were studying the nature of this place-- I mean, I would, if I knew where to start. Sometimes... I want to read a book or exercise out, but can't keep focused on it. I've tried, for the longest time, to keep away from questioning the Admiral or his motives. I'm good at that. But-- one can keep pushing the questions out of his head for some time only.
It's almost impossible to not ask these questions, when faced with something you know almost nothing about. I really don't know why others haven't started, and it makes me doubt many of my fellow passengers' capabilities.
Though admittedly, day to day life here is chaotic enough that many people seem to just want to survive. I've been avoiding asking direct questions, but soon I think I'll have to do more than watch and listen for scraps. That's always a good place to start, if you want to begin finding answers.
The nature, and-- well-- laws of this place-- almost everyone I've heard or talked to don't know much. Things are, acknowledged, so to say, but hardly for much time after they happen. I guess it's routine for them already, in a way, but- it's still special. It makes me want to figure them out.
And I'm also taken aback for how little people seem happy to be here. I get the means are questionable, but as I see it, everyone is getting their second chance - it's not limited to Inmates. [ A little doubtfully. ] Well-- it's true in my case.
[Private]justareverieSeptember 27 2011, 23:06:38 UTC
Straight lime, please. Oh, don't think I regard you as some kind of-- waitress. I mean, I can make mine.
Met in a past life? I hadn't thought about that, but after all this, I won't say anything can't be. Maybe yes. Who knows. I didn't think I'd get along like this with... anybody, either.
[Private]can_has_vodkaSeptember 28 2011, 00:14:15 UTC
Oh, it's really no bother. I like feeding people! Back in Whitechapel I liked to ring the bell when the water cart came by. It's work but it's fun too!
Well, if we did, hello again! Though I suppose I could say that anyway.
[Private] -- before his communicator goes off, obviouslyyeahscienceSeptember 27 2011, 04:03:51 UTC
You better bet I resent the fuck out of you, asshole.
But... sucks that you got shot and your girlfriend's dead, if that's who that is. [He doesn't exactly say it, but there's something in his voice that's more empathetic than sympathetic.]
[Private] is he affected?justareverieSeptember 27 2011, 22:36:29 UTC
Oh, I didn't die... That was... only the first time he tried to kill me. You'd think I'd take it as a sign that he was no good. And Helen died, and I was dumb enough not to be there for her, just-- chasing impossible things instead.
I never wanted to imply that you were still... doing that thing you did, by the way. I mean, how could you do that here? It would be silly for me to think that. But I never said. I've resented the fuck out of myself in the past.
[Private] - Nope! And once he finds out what "affected" means he'll be disappearing.yeahscienceSeptember 27 2011, 23:48:58 UTC
[And it's a good thing he's not affected, or he would have a whole lot to tell Locke right now about just how one can keep doing that thing on board the Barge. Instead, he stifles a laugh and sighs.]
Look, the guy that got me, he was after me for a while, too. And... there was someone I knew, that got caught up in the whole thing, that died. [He means Jane, but then he thinks about Tomas, and Combo...] A couple people.
So, anyway, the point being, maybe we're not so different, like, history-wise. That doesn't mean we have to get all touchy-feely about it or have any more of your bullshit fake rehab talks, though.
[Private]justareverieSeptember 28 2011, 01:27:45 UTC
Makes sense. Little things you'll say hit close home.
Damn Ricky Skaggs song, it gets stuck in my head at the worst times.
I never came to terms with what made me dependant. I couldn't-- [ pause ] It's stupid for me to tell you. At least you did let it go. Says a lot, and you should be proud. You remind me of a kid I met once-- though you won't turn out to be an undercover cop. Will you? Why would they even need cops here?
If you want my thoughts on how the subject is going... who's bedding who, where's something to bet on, and who hates who are usually the only continually new topics aboard a starship after a long enough period. It was that way on Ragnarok. You just run out of things to talk about.
You came in on the same wave I did, didn't you? I didn't know what a flood was either, not exactly. Hell of a thing, isn't it?
You'd think people would worry about more than that. Aren't the science team studying this place? Don't they make any advances? Sometimes I feel trapped.
It's-- different. Odd and unusual things happened where I came from, too, but-- not this kind of things.
I don't think they have. Could be wrong. But they operate under the Admiral's oversight with his equipment, don't they? Hard to find what he doesn't want them to.
And I think none of us is from a place quite like this.
This is a flood! They're supernatural anomalies that periodically take over the ship and cause changes in behavior or appearance among the inhabitants.
Oh, I remember! You-- You were the one who told me about the floods. I'm grateful... at least I didn't bump into this without expecting it. They can affect appearance too?
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Though admittedly, day to day life here is chaotic enough that many people seem to just want to survive. I've been avoiding asking direct questions, but soon I think I'll have to do more than watch and listen for scraps. That's always a good place to start, if you want to begin finding answers.
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And I'm also taken aback for how little people seem happy to be here. I get the means are questionable, but as I see it, everyone is getting their second chance - it's not limited to Inmates. [ A little doubtfully. ] Well-- it's true in my case.
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And by the way, do you think we met in a past life or something weird like that? I don't hit it off quite so well with almost anybody.
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Met in a past life? I hadn't thought about that, but after all this, I won't say anything can't be. Maybe yes. Who knows. I didn't think I'd get along like this with... anybody, either.
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Well, if we did, hello again! Though I suppose I could say that anyway.
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That's really nice of you. Hope they appreciated the effort back there. I know I appreciate the tea.
But-- yeah, probably going tobe at the deck now or later. I need the quietness.
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But... sucks that you got shot and your girlfriend's dead, if that's who that is. [He doesn't exactly say it, but there's something in his voice that's more empathetic than sympathetic.]
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I never wanted to imply that you were still... doing that thing you did, by the way. I mean, how could you do that here? It would be silly for me to think that. But I never said. I've resented the fuck out of myself in the past.
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Look, the guy that got me, he was after me for a while, too. And... there was someone I knew, that got caught up in the whole thing, that died. [He means Jane, but then he thinks about Tomas, and Combo...] A couple people.
So, anyway, the point being, maybe we're not so different, like, history-wise. That doesn't mean we have to get all touchy-feely about it or have any more of your bullshit fake rehab talks, though.
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Damn Ricky Skaggs song, it gets stuck in my head at the worst times.
I never came to terms with what made me dependant. I couldn't-- [ pause ] It's stupid for me to tell you. At least you did let it go. Says a lot, and you should be proud. You remind me of a kid I met once-- though you won't turn out to be an undercover cop. Will you? Why would they even need cops here?
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You came in on the same wave I did, didn't you? I didn't know what a flood was either, not exactly. Hell of a thing, isn't it?
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It's-- different. Odd and unusual things happened where I came from, too, but-- not this kind of things.
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And I think none of us is from a place quite like this.
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