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'ɓเɠ ɠαყ' รσ૨εყ ([personal profile] monolike) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2017-09-30 09:19 pm

voice

Who: Sorey et al
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Iskaulit
When: Shortly after drifting (late September)


.voice.

Hi everybody. My name's Sorey; I'm First Mate on the Huntress, but uh...

[He pauses. Sighs and starts over.]

A lot of people are missing. People we love. People who we don't know if they'll be back; there's a chance, definitely, a good chance, but that doesn't mean the pain and fear and the grief will go away. Sometimes, it even gets worse. The uncertainty is almost as terrible as the loss itself.

I'll be conducting memorial services in the Interfaith Center for the next week, every day at noon. Anybody is welcome to attend. It won't be anything fancy; lighting candles and burning incense, tea, reading some things from texts I've picked up along the way. If you don't want to come but you'd like me to say something for you during the service, feel free to leave it here. I'll add it to everything.


Also, if you'd like to come by just to have some quiet, or for a listening ear, I'll be here most times. There's an area where you can pray or set up altars or anything that you'd find more comfortable; we just ask that you cover up any symbols you make when you finish. If you need any help building anything, please let me know, I've got a shop area back on my ship.


Religious ties aren't necessary, either, and there's a meditation room next door if you just need some space to think. Please come by if you need anything.


.action. - Iskaulit

[Sorey can be found puttering about the Interfaith Center on most days during the current drift. He's usually in the kitchen, sometimes with Mikleo, as well as praying at the small elemental altar in a corner of the prayer chamber, separated from the lounge area by a curtain.

Sometimes he's curled up on one of the couches in the lounge with a book or a set of hand-drawn maps, frowning as he scribbles notes and erases lines.]
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-10-08 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
[He flusters; oh, he sounded real stupid there, didn't he...!!]

... Sorry...

[But he gives pause, pressing his fingers together, kneading as he considers how to say...]

... He really cares a lot, yeah... After he was in my head, he saw how bad my... my mom and her boyfriend was to me, so he checked up on me and wanted to make sure I was safe here. He's a really good guy.
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[personal profile] willynilly 2017-10-10 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[She hadn't heard anything about that, and it seems rude to pry - plus she's not sure she can take much more misery today - so she rests a hand gently on his head, hoping it's a comfort.]

That sounds like something he'd do. He acts like he doesn't care or is too tired to bother, but... when people need him, he's always there. That's why he's a hero.
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-10-13 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods firmly, prayer hands still steadfast.]

A really great hero.

I swear, miss, I'll try to find a way that the Atroma can bring him back. Just like Gantz did for me at home. There's gotta be a way... maybe -- maybe they'll accept our credits, like Gantz did points. [He looks at the altar, expression sharp and determined. And rather mature.] And we can help all the people we lost.
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[personal profile] willynilly 2017-10-14 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Ochako doesn't respond to that directly; she already knows that it... might happen? Sorey lost a friend once, and he came back, supposedly. She doesn't know the circumstances or why or how or anything like that, though. She doesn't know how long it took. And it feels... disrespectful to just wait on a "maybe".

If he comes back, she'll be grateful. But she has no magic wand to wave and make it so, and she seriously doubts the Atroma will ever negotiate like that.]


Sometimes... there are people you can't save. It hurts, but it's true. When that happens, you have to honour their memory instead.
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-10-20 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
... I know. I know they can't be sometimes... That's what happened to my friend, Chase. She was gone, and we had to... have a funeral for her, on the last ship I lived on. And there wasn't anything I could do for her...

[He makes fists at his sides, determined.]

But if there's any chance... If there's anything I can do, I'll do it!

And if I can't do anything -- I'll... I'll remember. I always remember.
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-10-20 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
[He pulls out a strip of pictures, placing it on the altar.]

... I didn't tell Mr. Aizawa, but the Atroma sent me this after the -- the calibrations.

I hope he doesn't mind. I love these pictures a lot...!
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[personal profile] willynilly 2017-10-23 09:59 am (UTC)(link)
[the noise she makes in response to the photos starts out as a giggle, but swiftly changes to a choking sob.]

Of course... o-of course he wouldn't mind... just look- how happy he is there...!
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-10-24 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
[He frowns looking up at her worriedly.

He didn't mean to make it harder -- but she did seem to appreciate the sight, however short the happiness was. He reaches over and wraps his arms around her, determined to give her some sort of support so she can feel even a little more defended from lonely grief. He's not really sure what else he can do... but he can't just stand there and watch her be sad without doing something.]


willynilly: (and don't hold it back)

[personal profile] willynilly 2017-10-26 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[With a muffled sob she shifts to hold him back almost immediately, hugging his small body, burying her face against his shoulder. this isn't right or fair- he shouldn't have to comfort her like this, he shouldn't be worrying about her. what kind of hero is she, that she can't even help a little kid who's grieving just as much?]

I... it'll be okay. It'll be okay, we made it through... this is what he wanted... he saved us, too. He's a hero...

[she's hoping, at the very least, that maybe he can take some comfort in this, too.]
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[personal profile] throwsdown 2017-10-26 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, Ochako, it's okay. He's used to losing people -- he barely remembers a time when they didn't. He's been in his 'occupation' for more than half of his life, and while that's not a lot of years in the long run... it's long to him. He's learned many things. He just hopes they've made him tough enough to support his friends. He rubs her back comfortingly, smiling sadly against her hair.

Heather hugged him like this, once. When he told her about home -- she hugged him for the both of them.

Now, what would the morale officer say? Or a captain? He sighs softly.]


'Course it'll be okay. It's okay 'cus of people like Mr. Aizawa.

We'll keep going and protect the people after us, just like he did.

And because we're stronger than we look.