Total Eclipse of the Tourist

[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Touristos and friends
Broadcast: as needed
Action: Tourist/wherever friends are found
When: August

[ One may have noticed the mood around The Universe's Most Hospitable Ship has been somber and quiet as of late, despite the super swank new system. Feel free to drop by unannounced, call in, or just drop a line! ]

Comments

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she doesn't look at him, and she pauses before speaking softly ]

It's just a lot.

[candothat]

[He hesitates, looking for something comforting to say. There's nothing.]

It is.

[takingkarabusiness]

Is it ever possible to lose too many people?

[candothat]

I think so. Losing enough to make you consider never being close to anyone else... that is too many.

[takingkarabusiness]

Sometimes I wonder...

[ she stops herself ]

No, I don't want to sound ungrateful.

[candothat]

What is it that you wonder? I promise not to think that you're being ungrateful.

[takingkarabusiness]

It's— it's not that I don't think I've done important things. I've helped a lot of people. It's not about wishing anything were different—I wouldn't.

But sometimes I wonder why I was sent away from Krypton.

I just miss them so much.

[candothat]

[He makes a sympathetic Russian noise and hugs her again.]

You can be glad for what you have and still regret losing what you had before. Missing your family and your people isn't ungrateful.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she takes it gratefully ]

Mon-El understands it though. He knows what it's like to come to Earth, having lost everything... We don't even have to talk about it.

[candothat]

He will wake up. You'll have a lot of time to not even talk about it with him again.

[takingkarabusiness]

It doesn't feel like I can trust it, though.

[candothat]

Maybe trusting it is a little foolish, but not believing it is too difficult. I would rather not begin to believe that Kitty will never wake up, not this soon.

[takingkarabusiness]

Nor would I.

Who else do you miss?

[candothat]

Ай, that is a long list. My father, of course. The first two girls I was in love with, the good friends that I have made at home and in places like this... the families that I found, also. We would be here for a very long time if I named them all.