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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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[To say she was expecting Maggie to contact her, much less remember her would be a lie. Honestly, when Enid sees it's Maggie, she's hesitant to answer but not so hesitant to let it fall through. She lets Maggie be the one to speak first seeing how their last conversation went, and slowly but surely relief fills her heart and a smile grows to take the place of the neutral one she had been holding in reserve her former mixed feelings.]

You remember me now? That's- I'm glad.

[She wasn't sure what she was going to do, but that makes her feel less alone. She nods at the request.]

Yes. I-if that's what you want me to do. I'll do it.

It'd be good for both of us to have a familiar face around right now, too, I think.

[Maggie smiles a bit, for the first time since she woke up and information had come rushing into her head like an avalanche of pictures and thoughts and feelings.]

I'm sorry about before.

[She smiles wider and nods in agreement. Words can not say how much she's glad Maggie recognizes her face.]

It's not your fault. You didn't know who I was. I'm okay.

[And she'd never tell Maggie how utterly lost she felt.]

[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?

[There is no response to the message. No 'yes'... and no 'no'. In Daryl-speak that was as good as an 'ok, sure' as anything else when he was in one of his moods.]

[Takeshi is quick to abandon his network device and rush right to where she is. Hoi Hoi will just have to deal with being left in his play pen, because this is far more critical than play time -- no, Maggie's awake, and it sounds like things are different. Harder. Time must've passed! Takeshi's never had it happen before, but it sounds terrifying.

He stops in front of her, a bit frazzled, before walking over quickly to throw his arms around her in a hug.]

Thank you for waking up for us, Miss Maggie...!!

Edited 2017-06-04 07:47 (UTC)

[Crowley can pretend he doesn't care all he likes, but she's crew, and as such, he does find he care. A little. Kind of. ]

Welcome back. When you're done processing, there's a free drink waiting for you in Málum. Just one mind, don't think I'm going soft or anything.

[There will be so more than one. ]

[It's on the tip of her tongue to say no, that she shouldn't be drinking, but the realization that she can hits her like a freight train. For a fraction of her moment her eyes widen as it dawns on her and simultaneously breaks her heart, but all she can do is gape at him over the network and nod.]

Yeah. Thanks, I- I'd like that. I'll stop by.

[She nods again, taking a breath.]

Does it ever level out? Or do you just feel like this a while - like things are overlapping.

[She hugs Takeshi back immediately, trying to stem the gut wrenching feeling that lingers from where her and Glenn's child should be. At least now that she'd been back for more than a few moments it was starting to lighten. His presence was making it lighten.]

Hey. [She croaks out that single word, her voice cracking while she tries to center herself. She'd already decided that she would have to be okay without Glenn, but having to be okay without their child too was even harder.]

You're welcome? [She laughs, realizing her eyes are already burning with tears. He didn't need to see her cry. She'd already done that enough whenever no one was around.]

Hope we didn't get attacked while I was asleep. [A bad joke, but that seemed to be her life - people dying right before her eyes.]

[He shakes his head urgently; he'd never want to her think anything bad.]

No, no attacks! Nothing bad. We're all okay.

[He leans back with a little unsure frown.]

Did the Atroma take your hair?

Oh - [She runs her hand through her shortened locks, having gotten them cut by Enid.]

No, no. Nothin' like that. I got it cut at home.

[Smiling fondly as she looks down at him and he looks up at her, she runs her fingers through his hair and tuck some of it behind one of his ears. If she could have had a child, she'd want it to be like him. Sighing, she gives him another hug.]

I'm glad. I don't want nothin' happening to anyone else.

[Glenn, Beth, her father... she didn't want to lose this child she'd grown so attached to. It was almost laughable, how she'd told herself it was best to keep her distance when she'd first come to the fleet, and yet this boy had sucked her in and now she couldn't imagine anyone else as her captain and her friend.]

Edited 2017-06-05 00:03 (UTC)

[Maggie takes the hint, knowing full well that they needed to talk and there was no way either of them was getting around this. It takes her some time, after visiting with her crewmates and trying to get herself situated, to grab a shuttle and make her way to his ship. She brought food and supplies with her, feeling worried that perhaps Daryl might reject her if she just showed up. At least with supplies she'd have a reason to get him to talk to her.

When she finds his room, she makes her way down the ladder, the supplies slung over her shoulder. She knocks on the wall as she climbs down into the bunks.]

Knock knock - Daryl are you down here?

[He'd find she had her shortened hair, that she looked healthier than the last time he'd seen her, surrounded by their friends - two of which had been bludgeoned to death.]

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.

[Crowley realises he's probably...set something horrible in motion, but he has the decency (not that he'd CALL it that) to not go digging into it. Instead, he nods. ]

Great. I'll be sure you have a quiet seat somewhere.

[In case she deigns not to speak to anyone. ]

I have never actually had a trip back home, believe it or not. Not here, nor back in Paradisa. The last time I was home was...seven??ish years ago, right before I was sucked into Paradisa. So I can't actually give you an answer on that one.

Maggie, what happened?

[ CUE THE WORRIED EXPRESSION. He's been anxious the entire time she's been asleep, left to wonder if she was going to wake up or turn. It seems illogical that anything like that would happen here if someone died, but the thought rests at the back of his head. ]

[Well, this is good to know since Okita has been pilfering cough medicines from the Lab anytime Opal wasn't in there. With Maggie back but not "back" to work yet, he'll have to start looking elsewhere again.

But, more importantly?]

I'm glad to see you awake again. Are you hungry at all? I could bring something by.

A lot, honestly. I'm glad you're still here.

[And with both eyes, even. She's glad for that too. The poor kid didn't need that on his plate along with everything else to come.]

Are you alright?

[As if he wouldn't be, but she still has to ask.]

I could use some food, yeah.

[Something normal would be nice. She'll even take the synthetic goo if she has to.]

If it isn't any trouble, of course.

[ He huffs. Of course she turns the concern away from her. ]

I'm fine. What about you?

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