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so i don't know if anyone else has noticed, but it looks like there's a definite trend of people going back into stasis without any warning

a few people i knew from back home woke up and just ended up... disappearing out of nowhere and returning back to their pods on the station

has anyone else had something like that happen to them?
maybe it's just me and i'm cursed with bad luck or something
an explanation for WHY it happens would be nice, too
not that i think it's going to make anyone worry less
i haven't had the chance to talk to darma about it, but maybe someone else has

[ not that clary is entirely certain she would trust darma's reasoning at this point, but... well, it's worth a shot. ]

uh, on a lighter note
i realize we already have a makeshift fight club in the works, but i'm looking for regular sparring partners
preferably someone who can't actually throw me through a wall and doesn't want to repeatedly punch me in the face, but i'm not picky
i figure it can't hurt to add a few new things to my skill set

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if we can believe what they're telling us.

not that i'm trying to start a riot or anything, you know? it's difficult to trust some mythical strangers, but i guess it's the only choice we have.

it might be a little more comforting if we knew when they were going to wake up, but if they're safe? i'm not going to complain.

It's only a guess. Given the force with which some of those pods crashed, I wouldn't be surprised if a few of those inside suffered injury because of it.

That wouldn't be a problem for the people I know.
You could say they're decent at healing themselves.

[ as suspicious as she believes that sounds, it's an improvement from saying "would that apply to a vampire or someone with angel blood"? for all the weird phenomena she's witnessed, she's not quick to reveal secrets that aren't her own. ]

But I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. It's a good story, and I can't say I know what everyone here is and isn't capable of.
Keeping them in stasis is probably better than asking them to drink any of the potions we have here.
Vomiting your brains out to heal a few broken bones doesn't sound like a fun time, if you ask me.

It isn't necessarily bones that could've been injured. Those just snap back into place with a little bit of force. There could've been other trauma that wasn't readily visible to us, though.

[ If he thought her words odd, he doesn't show it. He's used to taking a beating and not batting an eye, or suffering major injuries that should've had him down for months with a long rehabilitation phase and only taking one to be up and around again like it was nothing. ]

I don't necessarily trust them, but I'd sooner take my chances with them than with the anything found here.

not to mention injuries from the storm, like you've said. we still have no idea what effect that has on a person when they're left out of the pods.

[ a phenomena that can destroy worlds isn't comforting in any sense of the word, only made that much more imposing with the knowledge of any lingering effects from the damage it's dealt. she's still so stubborn as to want to believe she would have seen any hint of something off, too out of the ordinary to be missed, but — well, she's getting used to being out of her comfort zone. it isn't the first time it's occurred, and she can't claim to have all of the answers. in fact, she can't even claim to have more than a handful. ]

trouble with the locals? or were you an unfortunate victim of those potions at the outpost?

There are also some people who just don't fare well when making a hasty transition from space to planet-side. Illness, headaches, dizziness, and the like are fairly common. It could be something fairly simple to resolve, but there's always the possibility that it isn't.

[ He's used to going back and forth because of how things were at home, but to someone unused to it, it could just be a side-effect. That's what he'll hope, at least. ]

Neither, actually, though I've seen the outcomes of some of those potions and don't care to test my luck.

is it safe to assume you had space travel where you're from?

[ that's not the priority in this conversation, no, but she's still inquisitive — maybe to a fault. ]

back home, we had astronauts. nothing like something you would see on a stark trek episode, though. spaceships weren't a thing, so i'm not ruling space nausea and world hopping craziness out of the equation.

[ or whatever is associated with being thrust into space and falling from the sky. she's had her own experience with traversing into alternate universes, and even that could be the perpetrator. ]

I don't know what star trek is, but yes. A large majority of the population lives in space colonies instead of on Earth, and one of the primary areas of employment for those in the colonies are the refineries on the various resource satellites.

[ In other words, they mine asteroids. And the moon. ]

you're one of the few space people i've met around here.

[ yes, space people. clary can only hope it isn't an insulting moniker, but possibly affronting anyone aside, at least she's keeping her enthusiasm more subtle while collecting information about other worlds. ]

so the station must have been pretty standard fare for you. did you try out any of the piloting gear they had out there? maybe take it for a spin?

[ she's curious, to say the least, even if it's a slight detour from the original subject. ]

Those from the colonies are no different than those from Earth. There isn't anything to separate them otherwise.

[ If he takes offense, he doesn't show it. He's been called worse, so he'll take it. ]

If by 'take it for a spin' you mean 'have it run out of battery and have to splice wires to get back', then yes. I prefer the suits from home over those.

Edited (two end tags doesn't make html work) 2017-09-12 23:56 (UTC)

i wasn't imagining green martians, but i figured they would be... i don't know, a little more advanced than people from earth? looks like that's mostly just a sci-fi trope.

well, that answers the question of whether you would recommend them. it doesn't sound too beginner-friendly.

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