☮ 003 ((video))

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Who: Alex Russo and YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Paisley
When: Evening of 6/22

[Alex is hanging out in the galley, her socked feet propped up on the table and a glass of soda in one hand, when she switches on the video feed. Her little boom box is sitting next to her, quietly playing another traditional Earth hymn to the god Bill Murray. Enjoy that, floots.]

So. Last night as a teenager.

[She takes a sip of soda, and pauses for a second, wondering if she's about to burp.

False alarm.] What kind of reckless, immature shenanigans should I get up to before the big 2-0 gets here?

[She turns up R. Kelly, and starts singing along as she waits for a reply. What a jammin' birthday.]

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[Oh, she's a New Yorker. That explains it. He's not happy about it, and may be rolling his eyes in response, but he gets it - of course they'd think people eat possums.

In a kind of exasperated tone:] I'm starting to see that.

But no, I'm... kind of from there. [How does he explain the "I have memories of two lives" thing without sounding like a nutcase?] I guess I call both Virginia and Jersey home, in a way.

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Now Jersey, I'm more familiar with. Geographically.

[She decides not to insult it directly. She's done enough of that to him in the past couple of minutes, oops.]

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[Probably for the best, really.] I'd kinda hope so.

I know we don't really teach US geography anymore, but I had a little faith in the system.

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I think I took that class? What I can't remember is if I ever showed up.

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Now that seems more likely than their curriculum suddenly turning weird. [It's also America, though: he's stopped asking questions about the public school system.]

But, right, birthday. What kind of other reckless, immature stuff have you been up to already?

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Practically nothing. I'm floating through space in a hunk of metal, with nothing to my name but a cassette tape and some crappy wine. Wish this could've come while we were in Space Vegas.

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[He gets the sentiment, even if Space Vegas isn't his ideal destination.] I'm pretty sure there's an IOU for these things.

You may not be able to reschedule a birthday but you sure could reschedule the parties.