video; a work in progress

[whatsupcroc]

( Audio picks up the sound of industrial construction, either things familiar in woodshop, car garages, or anywhere of a similar sort. When the feed goes live, Collette is framed to one side, looking forward and away from the camera.  She's clearly resting on her arms, and given the angle of the ground on the screen, she's probably lying on her stomach in order to do this.  She glances over her shoulder, eyes going to something behind the tablet being used for recording, then smiles as her eyes drop down to the tablet itself.  For all intents and purposes, the camera is positioned to make the viewing audience seem like they're side by side with Collette, wherever it is she is, keeping a low profile in this industrialized looking area.  Concrete floor that she's resting on, packing boxes ahead of her, bundles of cables and chains glimpsed somewhere past her head. )

Guys!  ( She keeps her voice low, not a whisper (they carry further, and can't be heard about the ambient noise), but low to avoid excessive attention. )  Anyone else catch where they dragged the ship off to with that giant crane after the crash? I wondered about that. But I've got news!

( She makes a waving motion at the camera, and it shifts, jarringly, to leave Collette off screen and show something covered in plastic and wiring and cables, a few Initiative workers using welding guns, others wheeling parts away or calling out shouts of questions over the sounds of construction. )

They say the spaceship's salvageable!

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Please go knock on wood later.

[whatsupcroc]

Hey, both of those have happened before!

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The reason why things happen thrice is because they happen twice!

[whatsupcroc]

... That makes no sense, silly!

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... Please just act like it does and knock on some wood. [please collette]

[whatsupcroc]

Why? Are you superstitious or something?

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That's not it! It's extreme-paranoia! And also because with all these weird stuff coming together in this world superstitions might actually be true!

[so yes, superstitious.]

[whatsupcroc]

Yeah, but you said thrice, and it hasn't even happened twice yet! Well, twice that everyone remembers... it's sure happened more in history. But what are you going to say if I do and something scary happens anyway?

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... I'm not going to say anything because I think I'm just going to cry.

[whatsupcroc]

I only mean this in the best of ways, but you, my friend, might need therapy more than I do. Of a different sort, too! It'll be okay. Whatever does or doesn't happen, you're not alone, okay? That's already better than it could be!

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Therapy? Why? [He looks slightly offended.] I'm just being honest about my discomforts!

[whatsupcroc]

( She hides a smile behind her hand. She was mostly joking, though she supposes she could have been serious. They probably all could use therapy. )

That's a first step! What's your next one?

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Are we really doing this? [SIGH] And then... I don't know?

[whatsupcroc]

I guess so! ( Since he's still talking. ) Do you want to figure it out?

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No. It's okay. I feel like if I say yes to that I'm going to end up getting dragged into a lot of scary things and I'd rather not.

[whatsupcroc]

( She ends up laughing. )

Oh, I'm not that bad! Just likely to nudge a few superstitions to the side, that's all.

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[nooooo]

I'm too delicate for that I'm sorry.

[whatsupcroc]

( She looks intensely curious. )

Delicate? What do you mean?

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[collette why.]

It means exactly that. Please don't accidentally or intentionally make weird things happen.

[whatsupcroc]

Hahaha! You know an accident means you can't really prevent it, right?

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Precaution can decrease the chances of accidents. Please practice it. [For my sake.]

[whatsupcroc]

You gotta take a few chances when you're living, you know.

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I'll take chances when those chances are taken within my own control and at my choice!