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[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Kara & co
Broadcast: fleet-wide
Action: S.S. Tourist
When: now! and whenever

[ In her video transmission, Kara has her blonde hair up in a messy topknot, wearing standard-issue clothes. She pushes her glasses up the bridge of her nose and looks a little sheepish ]

Um. Hi! Sorry to send this to everyone... Well, I had a question I wanted to pose to everyone but then another thing came up and...

Does anyone know how to reattach a door to a washing machine? I had a little mishap... and I still have a lot of laundry to get done. Anyway, it'd be awful if I didn't at least ask how to put it back the way it was.

The second thing is completely unrelated. Does anyone else feel really weird about wanting friends or family to show up? I don't think I'd wish this experience on anyone against their will, but as long as we're going to be here... it'd be nice to have familiar faces, don't you think? How do you deal with the conflict?

And is there any way to request they bring crullers with them?

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[passingthrough]

Yeah... [She can't stop herself from wondering about her parents every once in awhile, and it always hurts, soooo she probably shouldn't have brought it up.]

So, who is James? A friend?

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she brightens a bit, and she has the notable look of someone with a ~*~*~crush~*~*~*~ ]

Yep, a friend. He's a photographer who used to work with my cousin, but moved out to CatCo for a slightly different role... and to keep an eye on me, I think.

[passingthrough]

So, a protective friend. [Who makes you light up.] Those are good to have.

[takingkarabusiness]

Well, it was my cousin's idea to have him keep an eye on me, but yeah, he's helpful. And really smart. And a really great photographer. He got the first clear image of my cousin and it won him a Pulitzer.

[ YEP TOTALLY A FRIEND. her issues with winn may be coming into a different focus now ]

[passingthrough]

And cute? [She hasn't seen him and couldn't know, but she feels like there is a silent "and dreamy~" in there somewhere.]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ adjusts her glasses ]

He's not hard on the eyes.

[passingthrough]

So, why just friends? [Other than being separated by the multiverse.]

[takingkarabusiness]

He has a girlfriend who's like practically perfect and they're great together?

[passingthrough]

That would do it. [Oops.]

[takingkarabusiness]

Anyway, he's really great to have on my team as a friend.

[passingthrough]

Teams are important. I think it means a lot to Winn to be on yours.

[takingkarabusiness]

It means a lot to me that Winn is on my team, too. He was the first person I told who didn't already know.

[passingthrough]

Right into the circle of trust. How long have you known him?

[takingkarabusiness]

Since I went in for my interview at CatCo. Somewhere between the elevator and her office we had some healthy witty banter.

[passingthrough]

Oh. I kind of thought it was longer like high school friends or something.

[takingkarabusiness]

It kind of seems like it should be, doesn't it?

[passingthrough]

It does, but I've had close relationships forged as fast or faster. Sometimes they just sneak up on you.

[takingkarabusiness]

Some people are just meant to be best friends.

[passingthrough]

You are like a greeting card sometimes. One with lots of rainbows.

[takingkarabusiness]

And baby golden retrievers?

[passingthrough]

It would seem lacking without them.

[takingkarabusiness]

Then I'll take it as a compliment.

[passingthrough]

I assumed you would. [She smiles and then looks thoughtful.] Did I tell you someone from home is here now? Actual home.

[takingkarabusiness]

I think you did. A Kurt, right? But we didn't talk that much about it.

[passingthrough]

He filled me in on home. [She doesn't seem excited about that.]