First Song ♫ Video (@wild.flower; filtered away from minors)

[hasitsthorns]

[ When the camera feed starts to roll, Rose already has everything staged. She had managed to scrape up together enough money for a DJ booth and is sitting behind it. Music flows out of the speakers, bass thrumming through the floor. And probably disturbing the neighbors! How can someone really upset about the noise though when she’s grinning so big?

With the turn of her wrist, she dials back the sound and pulls her headphones down but leaves her fashionable shutter shades on. ] Hey, Quarantine. In light of this month’s festivities, I have a burning question for everyone.

[ Well. Mostly, everyone. There’s a reason that this thing is filtered away from minors. The music suddenly shifts to the ever classic Bump N’ Grind by R. Kelly. Her head sways to the opening beat, smile still going strong. It’s low enough to be heard in the background but that she can still speak over it clearly. ]

Music says a lot about a person, I think. So, knowing that... What’s your favorite love makin’ song? What’s the one you use to set the mood or enjoy getting freaky to?

[ A small pause as she considers. ]

Hard Mode: No Marvin Gaye. Don't get me wrong! I love Marvin much as the next woman. He’s timeless, but- Also a little overdone. So, lay it on me gentlemen and lllllladies [ winkwonk ] since I wanna’ hear what song gets you going.

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[winscenario]

Yeah. That's normal for any generation, I'd say. Anyway, a lot of media got lost during the last war we had. Some digital copies survived, but most of the physical media was gone. Books, vinyls, those old movie tapes and disks, uh... DVDs or something, I think?

[ Yep, DVDs are old as fuck for him. ]

I own a few VHS tapes back home. Vinyls and cassettes, too. And books, of course. It was a miracle that I managed to get my hands on them.

[hasitsthorns]

There was a war?

[ She can't stop herself from asking. While she knows that isn't the point of the conversation, it doesn't bode well for Rose. In her world, there's... Well, she's not sure she'd call them wars. Not really. More like pissing contests between the countries for resources and other trivial things.

The real threat looming was something most people didn't even know existed. ]

[winscenario]

Yes. A long time ago, though— about 250 years ago. It was pretty brutal, though, and most of the physical records were gone by the time it was over. Some digital records were lost, too. We have some things that are still being recovered from all sorts of places, so access to anything before then, like classical literature, cinema or music, isn't always easy.

[ Jim's just a huge nerd. And yes, also a collector. Even Bones likes making fun of his antiques, and the good doctor is as old-fashioned as they come in his time. ]

[hasitsthorns]

[ It doesn't sound so different, Rose thinks, from the wars she learned about. Humanity's wars, no her kind's. Her kind fought for power over one another constantly but that was practically ingrained into their DNA.

It wasn't really war when both sides initiated, when both sides were in consensus that fighting is just what they were born and bred to do. ]

Right, yeah, I can only imagine. Must cost you a pretty penny, huh?

[winscenario]

[ Power has been the reason for a number of wars and disputes on his version of Earth, and still is in several places across the galaxy. The last war was just... different. It was a war amongst humans, though not quite. The Augments liked setting themselves apart as a superior race too, and Jim knows for a fact they wouldn't call themselves human entirely.

It was a miracle that their planet wasn't entirely decimated. Even more of a miracle that they managed to raise it from the ground up again, turning to natural resources, and in a post-apocalyptic reality managed to find a new, better and more peaceful way of life. ]

Not... really. We don't have money where I'm from. I mean, we do have Federation credits that can give us access to a number of different things, but it's not strictly money. Doesn't hold the same weight. There are no rich people on Earth, nor poor people. Social classes don't even exist anymore. I know this is weird for most people to wrap their heads around, but believe me, it's the truth.

[hasitsthorns]

[ It'd give her hope, honestly, if she knew what was to come for her own worlds. ]

Huh. Not sure it'd ever work where I'm from, but- Sounds neat. It'd be kind of cool to not have to worry about being on a different level than most people.

Not that I ever really minded it much to begin with, I guess.

[winscenario]

For what it's worth, centuries ago people would have said the same thing. Capitalism was the driving force in my planet for centuries, if not millennia. I'm sure that for most everyone, a future without it seemed completely unrealistic, impossible to achieve. But we did get there, so...

You never know. [ He smiles. ] Same thing could happen in your world. It'd take time, sure, but still.