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[ username: beaker ]

( it's taken him awhile to build up the courage for this one. he wants to make this idea happen, yet a part of him wonders if he's the right guy for the job. without Clark he'd floundered a little, yet the need for a stable medium for sharing information remains, so here he is.

he waffled over voice, video, and text. in the end, he goes for text, because it makes him seem less nervous. maybe. though anyone that's texted him before might notice the difference — all the capital letters and punctuation, for example. lazy texting doesn't work when you're trying to convince people you want to put together a newspaper. )

Hey. Hello. I'm Peter, and I was thinking...

So back home, I worked at a newspaper. Not The New York Times or anything, but a paper, and it feels like we could use something like that here. Stories about what is going on in Olympia, or Thesa, or anywhere that people might need to know about. Classifieds, updates, tips for finding work and accommodations, sharing... anything and everything, really, because we're all starting over, here, and we've got to help each other.

I've got lots of ideas. Maybe you've got some, too. Either way, I can't do this by myself. If you have experience in journalism, or just writing, and you want to help out, then let me know.

I can't pay you. Gotta be upfront about that. But maybe that'll change? I dunno. Money or not, it'd help a lot of people. If that's worth it to you, then let me know if you're interested, and what you'd like to do. Questions, too, I guess, though I can't answer everything yet. It's kind of all up in the air until I know who I'm working with.

Yeah. That's it. Thanks for your time.

( ...okay, not a #nailedit, but... it could have been worse??? )

Comments

[mayarah]

YOU KNEW CLARK??
That's so great!!

We're friends. In my world.

[ she typed "he's my cousin" first, but — if she ends up deciding not to hide who she is, here, then she can't reveal clark's secret along with her own. ]

[webdesigned]

you

wait, for real? hes from your world?

( it's rare that people wake up and have someone they recognize. kind of a hell of a coincidence, though not a bad one. )

i didnt get to know him that well, but he was cool. really cool. i hope he wakes up again soon

[mayarah]

Yeah!!
I hope he wakes up soon, too. I miss him.

But now I definitely DEFINITELY want to help :)!!

[webdesigned]

people do wake up so it is probably just a matter of time.

( or so he tells himself, because his aunt is still in stasis. )

thanks. we will have to surprise him with it when he wakes up

[mayarah]

I really, really, really hope so! But yeah I only just woke up a little while ago so I shouldn't be impatient yet.

[ or ever, probably. at least for the time being, everyone seems to be safe, even if kara misses her friends and family, even if she feels lonely, fighting against the loss of another world, another home. ]

I like this plan!

[webdesigned]

yeah... dunno how long it takes. ive been awake for awhile now, 2mo or so. but my aunt is still in stasis

( he feels as if this is more than long enough, yet clearly it hasn't been, much to his own anxiety. )

cool. you & me, we will knock his socks off. ...hopefully.

[mayarah]

Maybe some people need more time in stasis than others. Though I don't know how that would work. My sister's better at these things than me.

We will!!

[webdesigned]

sister, huh? is she here with you?

[mayarah]

She's not awake.

[webdesigned]

oh. right. sorry

um... if you ever go visit her and want some company, i go to visit my aunt a lot. we can go together?

[mayarah]

I'm sorry about your aunt. I hope she wakes up soon!
But yes, I'd like that.

[webdesigned]

thanks. me too... trying not to be a total mess while i wait for her to wake up

i would too. its kinda rough to go on your own... is for me anyway.

[mayarah]

Yeah. I don't like seeing her like that.

[webdesigned]

yeah. yeah. i feel you

so we can head in together, ok? maybe thatll make it easier. just let me know when you wanna head up.

[mayarah]

And then we can get some food on the station, too. They have chocolate pecan pie!

[webdesigned]

haha, really? i havent had chocolate pecan pie in years

ok, then it's a ... ok well its not a date, all things considered... lets call it a plan

( believe it or not, that recovery is almost smooth for peter. )

[mayarah]

It's the best dessert ever!! And it'll make us feel better? I think. [ she hopes. ]

Yeah. A plan.

[webdesigned]

let me know when you wanna go, . . . . .

crap. right. uh... like i said im peter, & you are?

[mayarah]

I'm Kara. It's good to... well, we haven't really met, have we? But it's still good.
I'm glad we talked.

I think I'll try to go back to the station tomorrow?

[webdesigned]

im a digital native this counts as meeting for me

but itll be cool to meet you in person, too. tomorrow... yeah i can swing that. you wanna meet in front of stasis?

[mayarah]

Yeah, let's do that!

[webdesigned]

okay. i will see you then, kara.

( hopefully the plan works, and facing their loved ones in stasis will be a little easier for the company. )