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[takeabow]

Who: Nova & U
Broadcast: fleet-wide; video
Action: On First Breath
When: August 14th, early morning

[ Nova looks... tired, especially if you saw her on her first day. She's sitting up on her bed and her space looks pretty immaculate and not at all lived-in. She looks a little anxious, and rebraids the bottom of her hair before speaking, visibly uncomfortable with the camera. ]

Uh. Hey. I guess. I hope I'm not waking anyone up. I'm new so... I don't know. I can't sleep. Does anyone have any tips? Or something? It's... well, it's not exactly quiet, because things make noise. But it's... sterile? It doesn't sound right, or smell right.

I don't really want to think about it too hard. Anyway. If you could tell me what you did when you were new...

[ She trails off, awkward and tired and lets the silence go on a little long ]

It's probably just a personal problem.

Comments

[evildetector]

[ his arms tighten a little around her. he's trying to be subtle, but he kind of sucks at that. ]

Nah. Not unless there's some like freak accident. It's a contest for fun.

[takeabow]

[ she notices but she also appreciates it ]

I'd like to see it.

[ takes a beat, it's kind of inevitable she'll start night blogging take a turn for the more serious ]

It's not just the environment. I mean, it's weird and... sterile. But I don't have a quest to help with the other stuff anymore.

[evildetector]

You mean like --

[ he tries to figure out how he wants to word what he wants to say. or maybe he's just struggling to figure out what he wants to say at all. ]

Kinda weird, just existing?

[takeabow]

Yeah. Also my nightmares are bad.

[evildetector]

[ quiet for a long, unsure moment. ]

Have you heard about the like - augment upgrade things?

[takeabow]

Not a whole lot.

[evildetector]

I could... do something? To help with the sleeping. If you wanted.

[takeabow]

I mean, like what?

[evildetector]

It's- nevermind. We'll talk about it later.

[takeabow]

[ brushes his hair away from his face, whether or not it's even long enough to be in the way ]

Like when you're awake?

[evildetector]

Whaddya mean? I'm totally awake. Fully, one-hundred percent. [ he just leans back enough so he can reach up to gently lift and drop her braid. ] See?

[takeabow]

Yeah, that's very convincing. The ultimate being-awake test.