exsilium | → text (a little bit forward dated)

[The message today is in text, because she doesn't want anyone to hear how her voice shakes or see how exhausted she is.]

I know there's a lot going on right now, so I'll keep this quick.

Anyone who knew Ellie Linton, she's gone back to her own war, about ten days ago, so if you were worried about not having seen her around, that's why. Sorry for not contacting people privately, it was a little hard to keep up with who all she knew.

[And maybe there's part of her that just didn't want to deal with having the same conversation over and over again.

This is easier.]

For our new arrivals: my name's Steph, welcome to our temporary moon base, feel free to get in touch if there's anything I can help with. This is my tenth month since arriving, so I know a thing or two.

I also wouldn't mind some sparring partners. Or if anyone wants to learn how to fight, I know about twenty different martial arts styles and I'm happy to teach people to defend themselves. Anything to help keep busy.

That's it from me, have a nice day, everyone.

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nice to meet you, lily.

the simulation room is what i've been using so far, does 11am sound good?

The day after tomorrow sounds fine to me. Maybe my fighting style will be like one of the martial arts styles you know.

it might be, it'll be more likely if you're from earth, but sometimes there's similarities between universes in stuff like that

[steph don't act like you know shit about alternate universes]

I am from earth.

[Or at least she's about 99.9% sure. It wouldn't make sense to have textbooks from another world...]

okay, cool! if our worlds are similar enough, i should be able to recognize your style even if i don't know it myself.

[Bats]

I'd like to learn some new moves, too. I want to protect people who can't fight at all.

[Oh that's really sweet.]

i'm sure i can teach you a thing or two that you might not have learned back home

That would be great. I'm pretty good with a gun but they run out of bullets.

that they do. it helps to have something that you can rely on no matter what.

I'm pretty strong, but it would be good to get better.

[Maybe if she becomes more skilled, she'll be less at risk of losing control...]

there's always room for improvement, or so i've been told