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[hostage]

[Oh! He's back to broadcasting video! At least for this occasion. For anyone who saw him while he was detoxing: he looks much healthier now. More color to his skin, no sheen of cold sweat. His eyes are still ringed by dark circles, given his ongoing insomnia, but he no longer seems like he's on death's doorstep. His tremors are less pronounced, only occasionally noticeable. Slow improvement... which doesn't include his mood. He doesn't look much like he wants to be talking right now. He's grumpy and tired, damn it.]

Yo. I'm Jesse, for you guys that showed up this last time. Real quick just wanted to say: we do this thing every month, like... getting together to bake cookies for the new guys. It's pretty big, so we use a few different kitchens, but I got all the supplies and ingredients and everything...

Anyway. It's almost that time again. Collette's all on my ass so I guess I'm back to running things. I was thinking we'd get together - what is it? - uhh... 30th. Yeah, 30th. Room 409. You can come even if you don't know how to make cookies. It's real easy, I'll show you and we all kinda do it together.

Then, on the 1st, I set up a tent outside and give 'em away. You can help out there, too, if you want. It's pretty cold and wet, though, so that sucks. No pressure. Don't have to hang out the whole time or anything.

...Yeah. So.


((OOC note: this does overlap with the upcoming mission, which Jesse won't be going on.))

Comments

[hostage]

Your place or mine?

[freewoman]

Mine don't have one o' those. Besides I'm up north now.

[hostage]

When you getting back?

[freewoman]

Probably with the new recruits. [She always checks to see if Jon has appeared. It's a hope that she continues with and probably always will.]

[hostage]

Right on. We'll hang then, if nothing comes up.

[freewoman]

Y'mean if we don't get taken somewheres on some stupid mission. [ :| ]

[hostage]

It'd be nice to get away from the rain a little, wouldn't it?

[freewoman]

I've had worse.

[hostage]

Ah, right. Well... You saw where I came from.

[freewoman]

That... hot place? [She makes a weird face.]

Where I'm from is cold. It's beyond the North, above a Wall. Sometimes it rains, but if y'go further northwards and it's nothing but ice.

[hostage]

You guys do a lotta snowboarding?

[freewoman]

Do we what? [There's totally a glitch in the translation or something, because she does not know that word.]

[hostage]

[Aw, that makes him smile.]

Nevermind. Probably hasn't been invented yet.

[freewoman]

You modern folks think y'have it so much better. [Huff.]

[hostage]

I don't think I said that.

[freewoman]

[Flatly:] Good.

[She already get that from enough people.]

[hostage]

I'll show you sometime. I mean, in the VR. Unless we end up going to Colorado or something. Which would be pretty cool...

[freewoman]

I swear I know your mouth's movin', but I don't know you're sayin'. [Someone doesn't know what the VR is. Or Colorado.]

[hostage]

Sorry, um. VR's virtual reality. We don't have that where I come from, either, but they have it here and I play around with it sometimes. It's like a machine that makes it seem like you're somewhere else. You're supposed to use it for training but I mostly use it for sports.

[freewoman]

Oh.

I've just-- practiced with people.

[hostage]

Well, that's probably the better way to do it.

[freewoman]

What weapon've you got?

[hostage]

Just a gun.

[freewoman]

I've one o' those too, but it was given t'me. I came here with a spear though.

[hostage]

You like the spear better?