voice | it's a simple question

[crocodilesmiles]

( When she speaks, Collette aims to sound warm. She's tired, keyed up, and confused as well as trying to understand what's gone on since the mutiny began, and what's continuing in the aftermath. She brings a question she'd talked to Ros about, in her own way; something she wants to know very simply because she doesn't, and it's all the more important now.

Out of respect for that same woman, she keep's Ros's name out of this. )

When it comes down to do or die, who do you trust here to make decisions to pull people through, and not leave people stranded high and dry, or freeze up and fall into inaction? People who keep their temper in heated circumstances. Ones who maybe aren't going to forget the bigger picture, even if that doesn't make it easy on the smaller scale.

I've got a few names myself! Blue, Kate Kane, Nathan Summers, Caesar Silverberg, Lenalee Lee, Xerxes Break, Gilbert Nightray, Jaime Reyes, Ashraf, Kang, Peter Quill, Donny, Armin Arlert, Chrono and Rosette, even Dick Grayson and Ahiru and Vanadi, of all people, would stand by you figuring things out.

Those are some of mine. What're yours?

I'm going to keep talking, though, so you might want to tune out if you don't want to hear me ramble about a few maybe important, maybe not things!

Hey, Blue? All those questions about AIs... I think you were asking for a reason. Is it up for discussion? Because I think it should be past a planning stage.

Jai-- ( She coughs. ) Hi! Blue Beetle? Hahaha, I'm sorry, that's two blues in a row, but um, with all that stuff on Project Chimera, have you like, found anything talking about when they started learning how to grow people up so fast? Someone had to have a breakthrough on that, unless science really works that way! I'm not sure, it's all super advanced for when I'm from.

And um... okay, I'm not sure about this one either. Tony? Tony Stark? What do you know about uh... renewable energy stuff?

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[vocalizer]

Growing up the soldiers you mean? If you find out from him I'd like to know too...

And to answer your question, there's a few people here I could probably count on, but Ren and Koujaku for sure.

[crocodilesmiles]

Yeah! Growing up the soldier clones they put our DNA into. He says he's doing a final round up of information ten days from now, when he'll make his announcement on all he's found! Keep and eye out, okay?

That's good! Ren... Ren sounds familiar. What's Ren like? It's good to have people you can count on like this.

[vocalizer]

That's a ways off, but thanks for the heads up. It'll be good to know what's all come together about them at this point.

Ren is really dependable. He's kind of stiff sometimes, but he's always been there for me for years now. I can't actually imagine what I'd do without him at this point, he's part of my family.

[ A pause. ]

Ah! Though if you mean what he looks like, he's a little blue dog.

[crocodilesmiles]

Yes! I have met Ren! I'm glad he's a good friend of yours. He seemed like he'd be reliable!

[vocalizer]

He is. I'm glad to hear that he's been making good impressions on people here too.

[crocodilesmiles]

I believe he'll keep doing so, too! Think you will be doing the same?

[vocalizer]

Ahaha. That's a very good question...

[crocodilesmiles]

Do you feel like you have an answer yet?

[vocalizer]

That's also a good question.

[ So... probably not. ]

[crocodilesmiles]

Keep brainstorming! There's got to be something worthwhile in cooperating and working with the rest of us for you, I just know it!

[vocalizer]

Wait a second, I didn't say anything about not wanting to work with the rest of you. I want to fix everything wrong with this world and go home just like everyone else, so I'm fine with working in a group.

[ Hesitating before adding it. ]

As long as that group doesn't start working against each other again.

[crocodilesmiles]

You're right, you didn't! But you didn't say anything the other way. This makes me happy to read!

As for that, it's something we'll need to keep working for, since the things making people so mad won't just go away because we wish they would. Talking with each other and listening is super important! So that we aren't tearing each other apart.

[vocalizer]

You're really upbeat about everything, aren't you?

And you're right about that, but it's not actually going to be that easy. It's hard enough to get a group of four people to work with you. I'm surprised that things haven't fallen apart sooner here.

[crocodilesmiles]

The things worth having in life usually aren't easy! Which is good, in a lot of ways. We get to work for them, and they feel more totally ours!

So yeah, I agree! It's not easy. It's doable, though! Let's do it.

[vocalizer]

Really, really upbeat...

Alright, alright. It's not like I'm interested in telling other people to do, but as long as I'm not forced to pick sides between transports I'm all for helping get us out of this situation.

[crocodilesmiles]

Yay! Yeah, there's no reason to force sides at all, or picking them, since it's not like there's only two anyway. Being willing to work to get us out, that's important!

[vocalizer]

I agree, but that doesn't mean everyone else does. Even after everything's been more or less resolved.

[ He guesses... ]

[crocodilesmiles]

Then we've got to be a voice for that, too, you know? Make sure that we speak up if people try to force others like that.

[vocalizer]

I'm not sure just speaking up is really going to help if it happens again.

[crocodilesmiles]

It's a start. It's a whole lot better than saying nothing, you know? Then you really don't have anything at all, if you give up your voice on top of everything else.

[vocalizer]

[ He's laughing at her wording. She can't tell, since this is over text, but there's a good pause before his message where he's definitely laughing.

There's some irony in that comment that only two other people on this base would really get. ]

That's probably true.