First (lack of) sleep note audio; un:pnws

[11calls]

[Because Alex is most comfortable doing audio (podcasts, they're radio on demand) that's what her posts are going to be. Her voice is soft and ready for radio, and there's a hint of a Canadian accent in it.

Also, it's two am so feel free to yell at her if she woke your character up!]

You know, I think I'm handling all of this rather well. Taken to a different world, okay. Might be in a coma or something back home but okay. Magic users and superheros, definitely okay. Still might be in a coma, but it's nice to know about.

My problem with being here is time. Back home, it was the end of September, not even proper Thanksgiving [Sorry, someone is from Canada where Thanksgiving is in October] or Halloween. And now suddenly it's Christmas. I've been here a month but I still keep feeling like I've lost all of this time. Losing this time makes me wonder: what do they know back home? Have they noticed I'm gone?

[That's a huge worry for her, she doesn't want people to think that she's just run away and abandoned them when the world may be ending. Or whatever.]

I'd like to think that when I go home, it'll be at the same moment but then I wonder: will I have all this extra time then? Memories of this place? I've been around more weird stuff in the last two years than I care to admit, but I think this might be the weirdest thing ever.

So, that's what keeping me up tonight. [Among other insomnia like things because she's Alex.] What's keeping you up?

Comments

[technospeak]

Figures. I mean, I always thought the Americans were going to end up exploding the world, I guess I just never really expected them to vote in a reality TV star.

[And then it sinks in.]

Obama?

[Look, he's been in Atlantis for that particular presidential election.]

[11calls]

Yeah, he was actually a really great president. Barack Obama, a senator from Chicago, and the first Person of Color elected. He won back to back terms. He was fantastic. I miss him, he was basically what an American President should be.

But Canada's not doing too badly, actually. Our Prime Minister is pretty amazing.

[technospeak]

Huh. Man, seems like I missed a lot of interesting things.

[His brows raise at that last comment though.]

Really? Now that I didn't think was possible. Fill me in?

[11calls]

Yeah, Justin Trudeau. He's pretty amazing, and he's cute as hell. He and Obama were a bro meme for a while. He's the head of the liberal party, and he took the party from third to first by the biggest margin ever. He's done a lot of amazing things for infrastructure and women's rights and first nations rights.

[technospeak]

Huh.

[It's genuinely interested, though he doesn't exactly have anything of use to add.]

Sounds like we actually voted right for a change.

[11calls]

I know. It's weird, but I'm glad for it. It's nice to have someone who I can say is my actual president-like person rather than Trump.