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[grounds]

Who: Octavia Blake and ??
Broadcast: Everyone
Action: Marsiva
When: Saturday morning (backdated)

[Luckily for Octavia's dignity, somehow her initial waking up freakout wasn't broadcast, so the first televised signs of her include the brunette leaning against the wall, curiously looking over her communicator. She jumps a little when it starts recording, but composure isn't too far off.

A raised brow greets the fleet, followed by a hesitant attempt at a smile. It's a bad one.]

So, space. [It's said in a very dry, unimpressed tone.] Anyone mind telling me what the hell's going on? I've got things to do, and this wasn't one of them... Whatever this is.

[She straightens, moving back to her initial bunk.]

And someone tell me what dick took my sword. I want it back.

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[grounds]

[Disbelief. That's the only way her expression can be described. Soon it morphs into one of utter disgust and revulsion.]

That's just fucking sick. [It's all she can do, keeping her voice even. She doesn't even know these people, but there's some sort of anger on their behalf, probably because she can relate in some twisted way. Octavia doesn't ask more or want to know more of Nova's role unless she offers it.]

How the hell do they get off doing that?

[takeabow]

By killing anyone who tries to speak against it. And their families. And everyone they've ever talked to, if they've really pissed the Capitol off.

Usually, though, they kidnap people, cut out their tongues, and turn them into servants after torturing them. Also, it's just... normal. People just want to keep their heads down and breathe a sigh of relief when it's not their children.

[grounds]

And they only protest when it is? [She looks like she wants to spit to get a bad taste out of her mouth.]

It's people like that who have no business being in charge of anything.

[takeabow]

Yeah, but they do. And they have for a long time.

[ she's just... angry and resigned ]

[grounds]

[Her mouth twists into a shape akin to someone sucking on a lemon. Her nostrils flare briefly before she forces herself to let it go.]

Something has to change eventually. It always does. [Octavia figures it's time to move on to a less... angering subject.] So what have you found to do around here?

[takeabow]

[ yes good let's move on ]

Well, I'm seeing someone who's also here. But mostly just... talking to people?

[grounds]

[Okay, that someone sounds like a positive topic. Let's go with that.]

Yeah? Did you meet them here?

[takeabow]

[ shy katniss: go ]

No, the last place we were. We were on the same team there and... he's just a good guy.

[grounds]

[Oh snap. Octavia's on this like dirt on a grounder. (Meaning very on this.)]

Good how? I'll need more than that.

[takeabow]

[ why, nova, is that a blush? ]

Uh, well. He's really funny. Sometimes I can get wrapped up in my head, you know? And he's really good at not letting me get too far into that.

[grounds]

Yeah, I know the feeling. [She remembers a certain someone back home who can sometimes dwell on his own grim dealings.] That's something good to hang on to.

[takeabow]

We were planning on getting my sister and going to his world, but we got sidetracked here.

[grounds]

You could do that? [Cue a very puzzled look.]

[takeabow]

From Aather, yeah. I don't know about now.

[grounds]

Sorry about that. Maybe we'll find something, who knows?

[takeabow]

Yeah. The same thing that brought us here can probably help us get to where we need to go, right?

[grounds]

It'd make sense. But how do we even find that?

[takeabow]

I don't know yet. We don't even really know anything about who put us in this situation.

[grounds]

Super. Let's just focus on what we can do for now. We'll go crazy otherwise.

[takeabow]

Yeah, you're right. I'm not too good for getting information, though.

[grounds]

If it's this kind of information, it doesn't look like many people are.

[takeabow]

Sorry.

[grounds]

Why? It's not anyone's fault besides the ones keeping it from us.

[takeabow]

Yeah, I know. It just seems like we should know more.

[grounds]

Try not to worry about what you can't control. It sounds difficult, but it can help.