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?

Comments

[gillitine]

That sounds really nice! Finding people to trust, and befriend, and things like that...many of the people I've met so far are friendly too, so maybe I'll get to reach that point with them someday.

[crocodilesmiles]

I'd like to believe you will! In fact, I do, as long as you're trying. If you don't try at all, well, of course you won't!

[gillitine]

That does make sense, doesn't it? Even if it's a little daunting, it would be better for me to try than to hide away somewhere.

[crocodilesmiles]

Yeah! That's the spirit! It's how we do anything, really, so we've got to try!

[gillitine]

That's right! I'm still getting used to being able to meet with people at all, but it doesn't feel so hard, thinking of it this way.

[crocodilesmiles]

You didn't used to be able to do that? Why?

[gillitine]

Well, I hadn't been outside for a while before I came here...and I guess I'm still not really outside, but before I just had the people in the castle to talk to--I mean, not that I don't like them, but--I haven't met anyone new lately, is what I guess I'm trying to say...?

[crocodilesmiles]

Wait, woah, you lived in a castle before? Man, once we're Earthside again, you so need to get out and taste that free air!

[gillitine]

I'd love that! It'd be wonderful to be able to taste fresh air again.