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Public Network Video - (Plus Two Private Messages)

Public Video - [Posted During Ship Lock-Up]

[The video comes on and there's Tommy, a touch blurry around the edges. The background changes behind him constantly. One second he's pacing in what was clearly the dorm of the ship he's on. The next second he's in a mess hall, the protein paste machine in the background. Then the hangar. Then the bridge. Back to the mess and dorm and mess. This will be true for the whole video. There is no denying that he's very agitated, like ready to run up the walls. Or through them if he could.]

Dudes, who in the world decided this was the best plan that there was? Like, seriously, this plan? It's bogus. Being locked up on a ship is one thing. I wanna go to space. Space is fucking cool. All the stars and planets and traveling and that shit. But here, on the fucking ground, and there's like no way to go and travel between them and the space is small and itissosmallandthewalls are everywhere andican'tgetthrough

[He's shaking harder now, as he comes to a stop. This is miserable.]

Yo, Agrii or whatever. I don't fucking CARE about making friends. I can do that on my own time. But I want the fuck out. Let me go back to the greenhouse. I swear I just found a door that led to a whole section of a floor that was just fucking MINT. I like mint. Let me at the fucking mint.

justletmeoutofhere!

Private Message to Billy - October 13th

[He's calmed down a bit at this point, and it's important that he does this. That he seems calm for this. Because Billy deserves it.]

Yo, happy birthday, bro. Was gonna make you this whole salad with things from the Garden. But some ASSHOLES in charge here absolutely decided to blow birthday plans. I'm sorry this all sorta got blown up. Who you on wherever you're on with? I'm with Wanda. Which, you know, awkward. You know where V ended up? Whatever, not like it matters. Just be okay, right?

Private to Vision - October 13th

[This one has a more nervous looking Tommy. Like he isn't even sure he should be sending this.]

It's today, right? You sorta said that the math would come out to today, yeah? So you know, I don't hold it against you. Forgetting. And not, you know, doing the whole thing you said you would. But it's fine, right? I get it, that you'd want to. So don't worry about me, okay? Just make sure you wish Billy a happy birthday. This will probably be the first time he has to celebrate it without his family or friends or all that. It would mean a lot, I think, for you to reach out.

Because, you know, it's a good Dad thing to do. And he's used to having a good dad. So, you know Vision, do your best. We're nineteen now, so I guess throw that in too?

[OOC: If anyone of Tommy's cohort wants to run into him while he's recording messages, that's cool too. Just hit me up at

churbooseanon and we can set it up.]

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most of the world is watching paint dry for me, pops

[He hesitates over that word choice for a while. He's... not ready for dad. Not just yet. Though this definitely went a long way toward that.]

she has bad dreams. wanda. i sorta ended up in one of them and no i really don't wanna talk about it

but yeah if that's an invitation to go on a shopping spree i can totally help. maybe we can find some lighting methods, or talk to some of the engineering people. might be able to set up hydroponics or something on the ships.

["Pops" makes him smile, though Tommy can't see it over text and Natasha's told him not to use emoticons.]

I'm sorry to hear about the bad dreams. I hope she becomes more comfortable so they will be less powerful. I'm afraid I don't think they'll ever go away completely.

Small-scale gardening should be completely possible. My original plan with the Windrose was to give it a few weeks of self-sufficiency in case our life support systems became damaged. The garden helped with both food and air recycling.

There's no one in my cohort with the Engineering skill, which is becoming a problem. We have at least one member who requires a higher ambient temperature. I could take it for myself once we have the opportunity, but I truly do prefer the agriculture specialty. I'm not sure what to do.

[Fuck that, emote the hell up in this bitch.]

vash
the dude is on my ship and he said that he knew you and mom, i think he does that engineering shit. seen him tinkering. maybe ask him for help when we're off of this, or call him, maybe he can help talk you through shit

but i guess it wouldn't hurt to start thinking about what i could do to about plants for different ships
because i gotta be doing something. this place is like fucking cells

[But it's not professional!

...Then again, he doesn't want to have a professional relationship with Tommy. Maybe he should use emoticons.]

Ah, that's good. Vash was a pilot back on the Twin Roses - one of our captains, as it happens. He was in the Fleet longer than anyone, and although I found his temperament to be rather immature at times, he is also capable of great kindness. If you ever manage to find or make donuts, he will do literally anything for them.

[He'll definitely have to call up Vash and ask about adjusting the environmental controls.]

Yes, I can see how it would be. There's a great deal we can do to personalize the ships once we have the opportunity. What sort of other hobbies would you bring, if you knew ahead of time you would be spending time in a place like this?

[And Tommy was never very professional himself. And never will be.]

dude i would do a lot for donuts myself
i wasn't really a hobby person. parties and stuff like that

It's a good thing you're faster than Vash, then.

Throwing them or attending them? I'd guess the latter, but if it was the former, you could do worse than to arrange something for your own cohort.

i'm faster than everyone here so yeah
attending, clearly i'm not the sort of person that can be trusted to arrange shit

Pity. I don't think there are any party planners I've met here yet, which means there will be few to attend. Unless our hosts arrange another one, which would certainly prove interesting.

Considering what I learned at the last one, of course.

yeah i'm really not into the idea of these assholes who decided to trap me in a freaking tin can for my birthday planning parties for us so yeah no fuck that completely fuck that

[There's another momentary pause.]

It's fall too small for you, isn't it?

it's too much like a place i was back home that was really bad
it's not about the size
it's about what it's like in here
and being trapped in it
i want out of here

I see. I'm sorry it reminds you of that place.

I won't deny we're trapped, and that the countdown timer is running quite slowly. But--

Tommy, I need you to take care of Wanda while I cannot.

i'm trying to okay? i got stuck in one of her dreams and it was

it just wouldn't stop happening

No, it doesn't, and I am sorry--I shouldn't ask it of you. The situation is beyond our control, and it brings fear and anxiety. She is not the only one to react strongly, but because of her strength, that reaction is more damaging to others.

Will you be all right?

in our dreams she's already done something that no one back home every thought of doing for me, so yeah, we're fine
it's just
how am i supposed to keep her from knowing like this?

Lacking control over your subconscious mind, that may prove difficult. Though if she does learn in a dream, it can always be attributed to the dreamscape rather than reality.

But it might be best to talk to Billy and see about approaching it on your own terms, rather than being afraid of an accidental reveal.

sometimes it feels more like his secret to tell than mine, you know?
billy's more like her than i would ever be or could ever be
they have that same sort of weight on their shoulders
and i'm just a memory of someone she lost

hell you only found out because of an accident, though that turned out okay I guess

You are more than "just" a memory, Tommy. Whether or not you were inspired by someone else, you are your own person. Your heart and mind are your own. Never forget that.

With that in mind, however, you are probably right about Billy. Even if their skillsets are different, there is still a great deal they have in common.

She's always felt so alone.

[And in some ways, she's more like Tommy. Experimented on, trapped, lost. Without a family to love her. Without a world to care about her. There were things about her that were like Tommy. And things about her that were like Billy. Tommy just didn't think he had as much right to call upon her when Billy needed her more.]

she shouldn't have to be alone. ever. you're good for her like that, right? like, better than not-you back home.
i'm just worried that if she learns about us, she's going to be mad
because you two can't, like, have kids. because her powers are different.

[He hopes Wanda will grow to like Tommy as much as he does, actually. He's a good kid, even without the added complication of sort-of being their kid. But if (when) she does find out, the Vision can only hope she's not hurt by it.]

I certainly try my best. But even without alien overlords, there are times when we are pulled apart by circumstance. I hope it won't be too much for her--but it does help that Sansa and Vash and yourself are there. She's not alone. She can be afraid to make connections with people for fear of someone getting hurt, but she needs friends. Not just me.

Hm. Powers or not, the impossibility of a thing has never truly been an obstacle where Wanda is concerned.

oh yeah wolf lady and mister totally clearly in love with kitty. dude there are a LOT of people here who know you guys.
it's sorta awkward sometimes, because they know you better than i do and it's not like i can ever make that distance up. but don't worry, ain't nothing going to keep me from protecting mom
hate to tell you this, pops, but you aren't exactly genetically viable and she's not exactly a reality warper. so yeah impossibility is a thing.

That would be them. Vash is very against killing people and enjoys gardening almost as much as I do; Sansa made Wanda's wedding dress. Did she tell you her family name is Stark?

There's no changing the past, but I'd like you to be a part of our future. Does that seem reasonable?

[...]

There is such a thing as adoption, Tommy.

stark? like tony stark? super pass on that mess, thx. though i don't know how she'd be a queen then. then again there are plenty of alternate worlds apparently.

future doesn't tend to be where I look. not that much of a planner. [Which is clearly a lie given how devoted he's been at helping Billy and managing the part of the greenhouse he's taken for himself.]

yeah trust me when i say i don't think that's the same as getting to learn you had biokids that died and then ended up being raised by other people and you don't know if they really could count as yours or not especially with other worlds

As near as I can tell, it's a complete coincidence. Her family is Eddard and Brandon and Catelyn and Robb and Jon. No Anthony or Howard or Maria to be found. Though it made it amusing when she offered one of the Buckies her family name.

Well then, I shall look to the future for both of us.

[Another pause, because, well, okay. Tommy has a point.]

True. That would be very strange even by our standards. I think it makes it even more important if we choose to acknowledge that connection despite its complications, though, don't you think?

wrong twin to ask the thinking problems to, you want billy. i tend to just do what feels good.

[Lies. Lies lies lies. Tommy's just so used to them as an attempt to protect himself.]

i guess i might have been weirder to her if she hadn't shown up when i was mid-freak. and i may have accidentally told her we're related.

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