video; @unchained

[hedonistic]

[There video opens to a beautiful scene of a sunset at the Fishing District, sky painted in magnificent pinks and oranges that reflect against the pristine ice. A few moments later, a young man's voice accompanies it, tinged with the telltale slurring of someone who's rather drunk.]

Hey, question.

[A pause hangs in the air for a minute, almost long enough that one might wonder if he's gotten distracted or forgotten.]

Did you like your life, before the Storm? [. . .] If the Natha gave you a chance to go back, would any of you stay here?

[Kagari doesn't miss Japan. He doesn't feel homesick. He misses his friends, sure, but he's had more in the past nine months than he did in the twenty-one years before it. But he's starting to feel like the only one.]

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[givingback]

Is there a way to check out these movies here, somehow? Now I'm curious about this 'Terminator' movie. And everything else you mentioned.

[ It sounds like good stuff to get mindlessly lost in, anyway. Or make her more paranoid about the AI that seems to be everywhere here. Either way. ]

[hedonistic]

Uhhh, I dunno. Maybe the Station has 'em? You could ask the Natha once we're done in Nadril, I guess.

[givingback]

Oh, so we do get to go back up there eventually? To the station, I mean.

[ She's been wondering but has been unsure. If her father is there, in stasis even though he's dead at home, she wants to see him. To accomplish what, she doesn't know, but she wants to see her father again. ]

[hedonistic]

Huh? Yeah. I mean, probably. That's the only place besides here that's not screwed up right now, after all.

[He shrugs, a little surprised by the question. The Natha are clearly still busy dealing with Ysverai, but before all that went down, he went to visit the stasis units all the time.]

Did you just wake up when all the mess started?

[givingback]

Yeah, I woke up, and maybe a day later we were all kicked off the ship, so I have no idea how any of this really works. Thanks for the explanation, though. It was never super clear.

[hedonistic]

Ohhh, you're even fresher meat than I thought, then. Yeah, you can come up to the Station anytime you want, usually.

[givingback]

Huh. Well, that's good to know. Hey, thank you. I should have said this before but thanks for explaining a few things, like this stuff, about the station. I appreciate you letting me kind of crash your message to everyone else.

[ She did talk about the initial topic but he was still nice enough to keep it going when she had other questions. ]

[hedonistic]

Ehhhh, it's whatever.

[He flaps an...arm? It's supposed to be a "don't worry about it" gesture but looks particularly weird from how drunk he happens to be at this point.]

You answered my question, so, y'know, we're good. I could answer more stuff, prob'ly.

[givingback]

I can't think of anything, but hey, I'll look for you next time I come up with something I'm curious about.

[ She smiles just a little. ]

It was nice to meet you. Bye, for now.