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[couldkillthedevil]

Besides all this mumbo-jumbo about portals and the fact I've obviously lost my mind and am lying strapped to a hospital bed somewhere, I've got a few things I'd like to clear up—

[The blonde woman frowns deeply at the screen, brows drawn tightly together in displeasure.]

—namely, it's been told to me that we can't leave this place until they've scrounged up enough 'resources' to send us back, which seems oddly convenient. Does anyone know if there's been success with that yet? Has anyone been sent back home, or is that some nebulous 'someday' thing they're telling us? Second of all...

[Her hand comes up to gently cup a small gold locket hanging around her neck; a gift from the city to her, it seemed. Her mouth works for a moment, trying to find the words.]

Trixie, baby, if you can hear me, mommy's here and going to find you. I promise. Just sit tight, monkey.

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[couldkillthedevil]

Yeah, a few other people have mentioned the public records office, so I'll have to take a look at that soon. Any information I can get my hands on, I'll take it.

[She hesitates for a moment, brows lifting the more she spoke.]

You've been in zero gravity before, then? I take it you weren't some sort of astronaut.

[realimperfect]

It is readily available, provided you'd like to take it all as factual at face value considering the nature of this place. Nothing seems to be too sketchy about it, though... I suppose thanks to my upbringing I'm just suspicious in general of things being laid out so plainly.

[ There's a short sound, maybe like a little laugh, as she says that she assumes she wasn't an astronaut. ]

A safe assumption. Before this place, believe it or not, I was taken by some sort of portal to a ship in space. I'm aware this makes me sound like I belong in some kind of ward, but it's the truth. It had some problems maintaining it's gravity systems and I can safely say I learned my stomach's limits with disorienting visual input very quickly.

[couldkillthedevil]

No, I'd say being skeptic of what information you're given is a good call. I'm a little wary myself of how transparent everything is here. It's almost a little too open and convenient, but I'd rather look at the information myself than not.

[She lets out her own little snort at the 'ward' comment.]

So this isn't the first time you've been taken to another 'world' then. No wonder you seem so calm about this entire thing.

[realimperfect]

It's not a bad thing to do, agreed. I haven't been able to be as thorough as I would like, normally, but it is what it is. With working sitting for hours in the records hall isn't exactly something I can do too often. [ Plus she's a bit of a workaholic, when she was allowed to be. Thankfully the others from the mission and the Eluvio were there to keep her head on straight mostly. ]

I wouldn't say I'm calm. I've just learned that stewing on things for hours gets me no where in the end.

[couldkillthedevil]

[They were quite similar then in that respect. If you asked anyone who knew her, they'd most likely describe her as married to her work. The last time she was having a girl's night, she'd also stopped in the middle of it to try and get info about a homicide case, so she's not exactly one to judge.] I'll probably be going sometime soon. If you're interested, I'd be happy to pass along any noteworthy information I might find.

Mm, fair enough. That's usually easier said than done, though.

[realimperfect]

I wouldn't mind that if you find anything noteworthy. [ It couldn't hurt to collaborate. She was already doing that with Yuuri and a spare few others, though the figure skater was one of those allies she'd never quite expected to bring into the fold, so to speak. It had also been a reflexive motive, really -

He hadn't known the finessing motions of learning things while holding his cards to his chest. ]

That's the truth. But it worrying is much worse than just accepting what i can and moving on with it.

[couldkillthedevil]

Sure. I'll be sure to keep you in mind.

[She had similar thoughts. So many people here were in a similar boat as her. New, unsure of how things worked, wanting to learn more. It didn't hurt to have allies or people she could work with.

She lets out a thoughtful hum at that last comment.]

Yeah... as long as all other options have been exhausted first. Maybe that makes me obsessive, but that's how I am.

[realimperfect]

I'll do the same if I come across anything interesting. [ It always helped to have a network of people working together to inform. She wasn't sure if there was, truly, anything to inform each other about, but it was always worth while to be suspicious about a new place and new organization. At least to her estimation. ]

It is fairly obsessive, but I can't fault you for it. I've done the same from time to time.

[couldkillthedevil]

Thanks, I'd appreciate that.

[Reason or not, it certainly didn't hurt to try and figure this place out. If they were going to be here for the foreseeable future, then knowing the background and anything pertinent to their stay was a good thing, as far as she's concerned.]

Sitting still isn't exactly my specialty. If it gives me something to do, then might as well.