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[rheecon]

Who: Glenn and your face
Broadcast: Yep!
Action: On the Goldstone if you want
When: Right after Maggie goes into cryosleep

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[ He's taken a little while to try to keep it together, to check the roster, to make sense of it against what he's learned about the Fleet so far, and to at least get himself leveled out enough to talk. ]

Maggie is, um... she's not on the ship. She's still on the roster, but she's not here.

[ A pause, a steadying breath, and onward - ]

I know that's supposed to mean she'll be back, but if anyone's been through this, if it was you or if it was someone you know here... how long are people gone when this happens? And they do all come back, right? As long as they're still on the roster? [ A moment - ] Are they okay?

[ That's... a lot to start with, he knows. It's everything that matters. And then, ]

Thanks. To anyone who answers.

[ Someday he'll post something nice and fun. Really. ]

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[candothat]

This has happened to many people I have known. It lasts for maybe a month, usually.

...Would you like a drink?

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[rheecon]

A month... okay.

[ A deep breath - he can handle that. Sure. ]

Yeah. Maybe I would.

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[candothat]

[He won't add that--here, at least--people usually leave their bodies behind in comas. No need to add extra worry.]

Do you drink whisky?

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[rheecon]

[ That's probably a good call, since nobody really needs Glenn trying to break onto the Marsiva right now. ]

I have.

But, uh... not usually.

[ Though he doesn't care as much as he should right now. ]

[candothat]

Let me rephrase: if I were to give you whisky today, would you drink it?

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[worn_wings]

[ shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. ]

i'm comin there

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[rheecon]

[ well, doesn't really sound like that's up for discussion ]

all right

[ guess he'll hang by the shuttle bays ]

on ur ship

[worn_wings]

[ It feels like it takes a long time to get there. But it's possible that's just a matter of perspective, that he's too antsy to be objective. Daryl kind of hates being split up across ships for just this reason: it's hard to be there for their people when he's not... there.

But eventually the shuttle docks, and he steps into the Goldstone, not surprised to find Glenn waiting there. ]

Hey.

[rheecon]

Hey.

[ He gives a little nod. ]

You know you didn't really have to come all the way over here.

[ Not that he's surprised, or complaining, that he did. ]

[worn_wings]

Yeah.

[ but also, he kind of did have to come over. ]

You holdin' up?

[ he knows, it's a stupid question. but he's not quite sure what stage of worry Glenn's in right now-- whether he's pissed or wallowing or just shellshocked-- so it's worth figuring it out. ]

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[postocular]

She'll be okay, Glenn. She's still here somewhere- probably on the Marsiva. She'll probably remember some more things, but she'll be okay. She's stronger than all of us..

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[rheecon]

Yeah, she is.

[ Of course she is, but. That doesn't mean he's not going to protect her in whatever way he still can, and be frustrated with all the ways he can't anymore. ]

But do we know anything about it, though? What happens, how people just... remember more things?

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[postocular]

Not really, no.. sometimes, you wake up changed with what you remember.

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[rheecon]

[ Just... wondering here, based on what Carl's saying. He asks gently, with a bit of concern - ]

Has that happened to you?

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[postocular]

Woke up without an eye once, that was...a little spooky?

[ Mostly it was jarring, because he'd gone to sleep with both eyes, remembered, and then he woke up how everything was after he'd stormed the Savior's camp. ]

[passingthrough]

It should mean she'll be back. [Which he already knows.] But it all varies. If she's actually missing and not just in a coma then it should be relatively short. [She's had more bad luck with the comas herself. People going under for a month or more and then disappearing instead of waking up.]

[She pauses.] Are you sure she's not just somewhere else and not answering her comm?

[rheecon]

Yeah. I'm sure.

[ A pause, a deep breath. ]

I've heard a month, I guess... all I can do is wait it out, huh?

[ He is not okay with that. ]

[passingthrough]

A month is normal for comas. I don't hear about disappearing as much. But nothing would really surprise me.

[She nods.] Distraction helps. You're close?

[rheecon]

[ Oh, yeah, this probably should have come up, huh? ]

Close to Maggie? Yeah... she's my wife.

[passingthrough]

That is pretty close. I should add "are you married to anyone here" when I meet people as one of my go to questions. Then again, it might sound like a pick up line. A really bad pick up line.

[tempredmental]

It's happened to me. A few times, actually. I guess I'm okay.

[rheecon]

Really?

[ That's hopeful - heck, Keith's here, which is enough. ]

Did you always come back with new memories?

[tempredmental]

Yeah, actually. I did. I don't know if anyone's come back without new memories, though.

And some of those memories came with some physical changes, too, once, so... there's that.

[rheecon]

Huh.

Changes from things that happened to you, in your memories?

[tempredmental]

[Keith nodded.]

One of the recent ones that happened to me, I was in a fight back home and, when I came back, I had the injuries still.