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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

voice;

[takeabow]

My boyfriend's on another ship.

It just... feels like I should be able to deal with it by myself.

voice;

[redactions]

I hear you.

​​​​[ One best friend is dead (or might not be, he's sure that's worse), the other isn't the one he's used to. He huffs a soft laugh. ]

Tastes like defeat, doesn't it?

voice;

[takeabow]

Yeah, I guess. But I don't do defeat well.

voice;

[redactions]

​​​​[ No, he didn't think she was the type to. ]

You box? Or — fight?

voice;

[takeabow]

I can fight, but I haven't been trained.

voice;

[redactions]

Plenty of folks around here who'd be happy to fix that. If you're into yoga... it helps too.

voice;

[takeabow]

What's that? Is it food?

voice;

[redactions]

[ Not expecting that, he laughs. ]

No, no it's like... stretching? And meditating. Not my cup a'tea.

voice;

[takeabow]

Oh.

I guess I'd try that.

voice;

[redactions]

All right. Let me know if it works, or doesn't.

voice;

[takeabow]

Yeah, I will. Maybe Stiles knows about it.