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Who: Maggie and YOU
Broadcast: yes
Action: aboard the Goldstone
When: now?

[Maggie had only been absent for what was a couple days, upon looking through prope channels to access such a thing. All the same she knows that physically she is both the same as when she left the fleet and different from when she was last home. When she addresses the network, she has one hand over her stomach, still feeling lost in the absence of the child she and Glenn had wanted. Clearly that wasn't to be any more.

Clearing her throat, Maggie pushes her bangs out of her face before speaking. Her hair was long again and would need to be cut. Perhaps a project for Enid once again, or someone else. There were still so many thoughts in her head that hair was the last thing on her mind.]

I, uh, I got to experience that whole deep sleep thing I've heard about - where some people come back different than what they were or rememberin' things that they didn't know before. I just wanted to let folks know that I'm back - specifically my crew. I'll still answer questions but I think I'll just keep my Lab work to my room for now. I... I could use some time to process, I guess. Or wake up.

[Because she still feels as if she's woken up into a nightmare, but at least she's a bit more at peace than if things had just happened. She's had time to grieve and to think her next steps through.]

If anyone needs anything important, please let me know.

Private Message: Enid

Hey. I'm sorry about before. About not knowing you. I remember now. All of it, actually.

[She takes a breath, trying to calm the flow of thoughts still circling about.]

Could you cut my hair again? If that'd be alright by you.

Private Message: Daryl

Hey.

[She takes a less steady breath than when she'd messaged Enid, feeling her eyes burn somewhat.]

Daryl, can we please talk?

[She was hoping he'd let her talk to him, so that the two of them could sort things out together.]

Or maybe I could just come visit an' sit with you a while. I haven't been able to hear how you're settling in. Sorry, I- some things happened, thanks to the Atroma, but I'm alright.

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[Honestly, Enid didn't have to tell her anything. She could already guess on her own the girl had hurt, being rejected like that.]

How have you been? Settling in, I mean. It can be strange to get used to. When Carl and I first got here I don't think I slept well for almost a week because I kept worrying about home and then not wanting to let my guard down.

[But that had been before they'd settled in Alexandria. If she'd known then what she had experienced since the days post Terminus, she would have been a little more relaxed.]

[Maggie is pretty spot on knowing how she felt then. She's also fairly spot on with feeling the need to ask Enid the question on if was settling alright. Because even if she is more settled as a person with her experience in Alexandria and move to Hilltop, truth is she's been keeping her guard up in small ways around her shipmates and sleeping somewhat fitfully at night since arriving.

Last thing she wants is to lie to Maggie, but maybe not being entirely truthful either. Maggie shouldn't have to worry about her too. Right?]

Um...okay, I guess. More than okay, actually. It was strange, but I'm getting used to it now. The people I'm with don't seem too bad, either. It was hard sleeping the first night...

I'm getting there.

[Maggie can only nod, taking that for the best answer she'll get. If Enid wanted to confide in her she'd come to it on her own. She hoped she was at least spending time with people and not hiding away, like in Alexandria before they'd become closer.]

Keeping busy then? What augment did you get?

[There's a small smile on her face that lingers, one that Enid seemed to be able to bring out in her in the days since Glenn had been killed and the girl had come to the Hilltop. She feels regret that she can't be there now to help those people and to keep things progressing in the community but she knows things happen for a reason, even if sometimes that reason can really suck.]

[She will confide in Maggie when it's not something they probably already understand on a certain level that only hurts to say in retrospect or when it's serious enough to need Maggie to know.]

I'm figuring it out. They made me a cook. There's a lot of potatoes. [She muses the latter half. For now she doesn't feel like sharing she's been keeping to herself and opening up slowly like before. It's Maggie's turn to share things anyway. Enid finds herself curious of a few things.]

What about you? What happened to make you remember me?

I'm not sure. I've heard sometimes the augments do it - that it's like a computer or something. I'm not clear on how exactly it works, just that sometimes people disappear or fall asleep and wake up with different memories or new scars and things they didn't have before. Though... not everything carries over.

[She falls quiet, not really sure she can articulate how she knows she's no longer with child. It's just a feeling, deep in her gut.]

[Maggie's right. It's not very clear to Enid how it works. They weren't machines so it occurs to her that whomever told people this may be lying. She does not voice that worry, however, instead just looks down, silently, fully understanding what Maggie means by not everything carrying over. The baby. She purses her lips, feeling the slightly bit of anger rise in her gut for Maggie.]

I... That must be a lie. You had to go home.

[She could only reason. But whatever the case, nothing was fair anymore, was it.]

I remember being home, but I wasn't. I woke up here, just like when I left. I can't really explain why or how it happens.

[Unconsciously, she twists her wedding ring, feeling nerves rise in her.]

If I was home... wouldn't I have come back the way I was there?

[Instead, she was without her child.]

[Enid's quiet again, though longer this time since she isn't sure what to add. She didn't know anything about her situation to have the answers, she could only question of it all. That is a difficult question for her to answer.]

But...

If you weren't at home, how would you remember anything? [She shakes her head.] I don't know... Everything going on here is weird.

[Maggie just shakes her head.]

I don't know, I just know... I know who you are now. And about what happened to Glenn. I'm sorry if you had to keep that from me. That can't have been easy.

[If she could, she'd be hugging Enid right about now.]

But we're both here. We can survive here, even if this place is weird or messed up and confusing. I think Glenn would be happy with that, don't you? That we're sticking together now.

[It was like a knife to the stomach, just talking about him, but Enid was probably the only person here she could truly confide in about him. She'd like to talk to Daryl and make him understand this wasn't his fault, but she knew he wouldn't even be open to it right now.]

[Staying away from Maggie wasn't easy, nor had it particularly felt good. Enid wishes she could say it was okay and it was easy to assure Maggie she was doing fine so far, but those words prove a little difficult to get out with keeping her emotions. Possibly too hard since Maggie remembering everything that comes with knowing who she was a touch bit overwhelming for any one person.Eventually she does bob her head in response. A silent acknowledgement it was tough.

She would accept such a hug right now, return it even. There were days she missed Glenn too, but she couldn't imagine how tough it was for Maggie herself, first or second time or a normal day around.]

He would. [She agrees, thinking deeply that he would.] I'm here if you need me.

Of course. At the risk of sounding sappy, I'll always need you around, Enid.

[She gives a bit of a smile, though it's obvious she's fighting back some tears.]

I'll pay you a visit soon so you can tell me all about your crew, maybe even introduce me to some new friends.

[She's mostly teasing because she knows Enid wouldn't make friends that easily. Still it would be more than amazing to be able to see her.]

And you're welcome to the Goldstone any time. That goes without saying.

[It's sappy, but she shakes her head to deny it.] It's not. I wish we were all together right now.

[She gives a small back, but it doesn't last long with her worry that Maggie might come to tears if she doesn't move the discussion another direction.]

Uh... I ended up on the SS Vanquish. What the Goldstone like? I'll visit you.

[There is likely a chance Enid leave Maggie's side until she kind of has to, with her ship being the ship she has to stick to and all.]

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