TEXT; UN: J.SHEPPARD

[impavid]

Alright, new pop quiz. When you think of home, what do you think of?

[ Open question, which he's not going to expand on unless prompted -- though really he's curious about something specific. Do people consider Olympia or Wyver their home now? Maybe the Natha station? Or do they think of home worlds they've been told no longer exist? ]

Comments

[romancekiller]

yeah it was because of war and mostly the state of earth after the nuclear apocalypse happened.

[impavid]

[ Oh. Nuclear apocalypse.

Oh. ]

Yeah, that'd do it. I guess all the healthy greenery and stuff here is a nice change in that sense.

[romancekiller]

yeah definitely. i never had the chance to see much of it back home. we read about it when we were on the ark but that's not quite the same thing.

[impavid]

The ark? Like, biblical big boat type of ark?

[romancekiller]

no, well i guess the name is probably related but it was the space station i grew up in was called.

[impavid]

[ My Face When: the Spaceship part is unexpected.

Cool! ]

Anything like Thesa, or was it cooler?

[ Or less cool? ]

[romancekiller]

yeah there are some similarities but overall? i'd say it was less cooler. [you know considering the population control, rationing and the not so fun laws about floating people]

[impavid]

Then I guess the spaceship bit is a nice upgrade as well as the whole 'lack of nuclear apocalypse planet-side' bit.

[romancekiller]

yeah definitely.

how about you? what's your answer for this? [now that he has her answer, she turns this around back on him out of curiosity]

[impavid]

My answer's a work in progress, that's why I'm crowd sourcing other opinions.

[romancekiller]

really? i guess that explains why you were asking.

has that helped at all?

[impavid]

A little. It's at least good to know it's complicated for other people too.

[romancekiller]

yeah. i think a question like this is bound to be complicated and have varying answers too.