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Who: Elena Gilbert
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Yes (on the hospitality deck of the Marsiva)
When: Now

[ Elena wakes with a start, her first thought being that she'd fallen asleep in one of the unused patient rooms. She rubs her arms with her hands, an attempt to chase away the chill and gives the room a good look. This isn't any room in the hospital. She puts her feet on the ground and stands. She's still dressed in the long-sleeved thermal top and blue scrubs she wears at work. She tucks a strand of her dark hair behind one ear.

Once she orients herself and does a little bit of exploring, she heads to one of the screens to browse the network and get a better grasp of this place. After that's done, she makes her own broadcast, giving the video screen a sheepish smile. ]

Hi, I'm Elena Gilbert. I just arrived and I've got no idea what to say here. Am I supposed to tell the class all about myself? I think I used to be good at this. [ She takes a deep breath then releases it. ] Whatever this is. I can honestly say this is my first time on a reality show though.

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[ Cue a slightly surprised and 'huh' look complete with a bit of a frown. ]

Okay. I definitely won't try to remove it. Although, I'd like to know how they put them in.

No idea. They manage a lot of things that don't seem like they'd be strictly possible. I tend to doubt surgical. But I have nothing but conjecture.

[ That makes Elena frown even more. She can understand surgical. She can 'grasp' that action but everything else...]

That's scary, not that the augments weren't creepy enough before.

There's a lot to be scared about with augments. They're like mind control with an occasional side of body control.

And if they can get in our heads to implant those...[ Well, the rest goes unsaid. Elena shudders a little at the thought of it. She hates vampire compulsion because it takes away her control and her memories, but she's been the victim of it either by choice or chance more than once. The augments are worse somehow. ]

[At least you can fight a vampire. You know, if you're lucky. The Atroma are more untouchable than the girl whose power makes her untouchable.] They hold all the cards which is getting to be a really old theme for me.

[ True enough and Elena isn't sure anyone likes being under the control of someone they can't fight or reason with. ] I don't blame you. It's not a theme I'm liking much either.

[She knew some basics about vampires of Elena's world, but not everything. Still, there'd been one time Damon offered to take hard memories from her. She'd even been tempted for a minute, so, she can guess what kind of thing Elena might mean from home.]

On the plus side, it's not all doom with a matching side of gloom here. [She's pretty happy in love so while she doesn't want to sugarcoat anything she can't really say she's miserable either.]

When they shuffle you off the Marsiva onto one of the other ships we should get together. Chat. I'll even find you some food that isn't awful. Not that you can appreciate the awful until you're on the regular ships with their space food selections. The Marsiva is a little better off in that department.

That's good to hear. [ She had chosen to have her memories taken from her once. At the time, it had been the right move, but yeah...

She smiles at the offer. ] That would be really great. Thanks, Kitty.

[She switches the feed to private.]

As far as getting blood goes, I think that's something the doctor on your ship, assuming there is one, can set up for you.

[Just, you know, assuming things.]

[ She blinks, pausing for a long moment. That's--well, Kitty did say she'd known other versions of her. ]

I'm not a vampire anymore. I'm 100% cured human. [ Also The Cure, but she's not advertising that. ]

Oh! [Looking surprised.] I did not know that was a thing that could happen.

[ She smiles softly at that. ] For a long time, we thought it was just a myth back home, but...[ She shrugs] not a myth.

I guess not! Um, so congratulations? You wanted it, right?