} 062 - [VOICE] - back again

[creatingalegacy]

So.

[Amanda sounds...indifferent. Not honestly indifferent; it's got an air of practice to it, like she rehearsed her tone.]

I'm back.

[There isn't much she wants to say to the general population at the moment, all things considered, so...have her lackluster public announcement.]


[Private to Lua]

Are you back yet? [Please be back. Amanda's missed her like crazy.]

If you are, I'm sorry. I didn't expect to be gone so long, but I needed to wait for something.

[Private to Rhade]

[A little playfully:] Miss me?

[Private to Hoffman]

[There's nothing on the network for him. Instead, she's left a newspaper in front of his door. It's an issue of the New York Times, dated 2003...a new 2003.

She's used a red marker to circle a small article: the announcement of Gideon Kramer's birth, the first child of renowned civil engineer John Kramer and Jill Tuck, his philanthropist wife.]


[OOC: Sorry I vanished! I had to hiatus suddenly due to my perpetually shitty health.]

Comments

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[truth_is_cold]

Closure? ....Yes, I know what that's like. I felt it when I heard Dylan say he just missed his friend.

[And he chooses then to drink his tea, to cover up a reaction. But yes, he does understand.]

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[creatingalegacy]

You mentioned a Dylan earlier. Who is he?

[Spam]

[truth_is_cold]

[There's a long pause as he finds his cup intensely interesting.]

He's the man that I killed. And that I had to let kill me when I had a chance to fix things. He was my captain and my friend...

[It's complicated.] And I had to see him die again out there. Whatever those things were, I hope their arrogance implodes and makes their indulgent civilization collapse in on itself.

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[creatingalegacy]

[Amanda closes her eyes for a moment. That...it's too close to what she had to do, only she didn't have to die to make things right. She rubs his shoulder.]

I'm so sorry, Gaheris. Is he recovering now?

[Spam]

[truth_is_cold]

Yes. And still being optimistic about it. The idiot. [There is still something fond in that insult, though.]

[Spam]

[creatingalegacy]

[She half-smirks.]

Don't you just hate optimism?

[Spam]

[truth_is_cold]

"It's not so bad. It's harder on the Andromeda." [He says mockingly.] You died, you moron.

[But the humor in dealing with it seems to help. He's actually been forced to be optimistic a few times himself lately.]

[Spam]

[creatingalegacy]

[She shakes her head.] Christ, I don't understand how people can be that positive. Sounds like this won't haunt him, though. That's good.

[Spam]

[truth_is_cold]

He's one of the people you hate to hear be negative, though.

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[creatingalegacy]

Yeah, I know what you mean.

[Even though Lua's largely pessimistic, Amanda still feels sad to hear her assume the worst.]