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[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Kara & u
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Marsiva
When: Tonight

[ A blonde woman with glasses and her hair up in a ponytail appears on the screen. She squints momentarily and then brightens and waves genially ]

Hi, my name is Kara, and this is pretty exciting, huh? Being in space and stuff… It's really not an opportunity that people from Earth, of which I am one, get too often. I wonder, what's everyone's favorite part about being in space? I think mine is looking out into the expanse and wondering what else is out there and, like, what everyone calls the toast with the egg in the middle? Toad in a hole? Egg's nest? What if it's some really weird name like "cyclops wheat square"?

[ she laughs, snorting slightly ]

How strange would that be?

Anyway, let me know! I can't wait to hear!

[ she waves enthusiastically and turns off the video ]

Comments

[incousinswithyou]

[so that's how you cope. Not so happy-go-lucky, then.]

It's easy to stagnate, especially when people start telling you how impossible it is to leave.

[takingkarabusiness]

I'm not big on "impossible".

[incousinswithyou]

I don't believe anybody has been able to leave the Marsiva of their own volition.

[if nothing else, it's something to work on instead of wallowing.]

[takingkarabusiness]

Is that a challenge?

[incousinswithyou]

Are you going to take it that way?

[takingkarabusiness]

It might be tempting.