TEXT | un: p.parker

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so, its my birthday next wednesday

& dont get me wrong? not a big deal, i guess, its just a day, i forgot it even happened last year, but

thats the whole thing. ive gone from 19 to 21 here, that's longer than i ever imagined staying, which has left me thinking about how long ive been here

what was your favorite mission? what do you think youve learned, from being here? who have you met that youre going to miss when you go home? what moment sticks with you the most? or, idk, anything you wanna talk about. we always get stuck on the negative stuff,
& i get it, its easy to get stuck there

but there is more than that. & i think that its important for us to remember that.

so, i will go first, i guess. i think my favorite mission was zeta-12. definitely. the squidges are great and i still think about it there sometimes. it was nice feeling like we made a difference there and helped that species continue. if youre curious, here is beaker and scooter now.

( there's a picture attached of two full-grown squidges, apparently holding hands and puzzling over a plant native to Zeta-12. be glad it's text mode, or Peter might be getting misty about his alien baby. )

ive learned that there is no such thing as protecting someone from the truth. im going to miss my friends. i already miss some of them that have transferred. im going to miss my boyfriend, though he may or may not kill me for using that word and then i wont have to miss anybody. and... i think woodhurst is always going to stick with me the most.

so, thats me. im sure we all have our own stories. id like to hear them, if you wanna share.

Comments

text; un: hound

[ofobedience]

[He hasn't actually spoken to anyone since shortly after the festivities ended, when he'd learned that the small handful of people he was beginning to consider friends, the ones that had professed to actually care about him, had all transferred out, just like that. It's brought on a return of his heavier feelings, a detachment and cold bleakness that was beginning - slowly - to lift, and he's kicking himself more than a little for believing it's ever worth making connections with others, when without fail they leave you in the end.

So why he chooses to respond to this isn't something he really understands. Perhaps the promise of lifting negativity, or the feelings of nostalgia. Who knows. Whatever the case, he replies, and through text-- a small attempt at distancing himself from the honesty he's about to display. None of his usual slyness or snark or bravado in evidence.]

I suppose, with hindsight, Zeta-12. Perhaps 'favourite' is the wrong word, but it meant something. Also, Woodhurst.

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i know what you mean. it sure wasnt easy... but by the end of it, you really felt like youd done something. thanks to us that species gets to keep going.

woodhurst... yeah. we did good there. i wish i could have done more, but, we did.

[ofobedience]

I suppose my reasons are slightly different. It forced me to realise some things. Made me see that something was possible, something I believed to be long dead. I felt largely indifferent towards my charge to begin with. There was at least one moment where I came close to killing it, if I'm honest with you. Ha ha.

I felt differently, towards the end.

[He'd even named it, eventually. And he keeps the picture Olivia had taken, of he and Lily before they'd left that planet behind, hidden amongst the flowers in his room. Has both pleased and surprised to learn that the creature he had 'raised' is doing well, and is largely well-adjusted]

Woodhurst was much the same. I learnt some things. Although I wonder whether I'd have been better off remaining the same.

text; un: shitpost king | i'm. so sorry for this.

[hedonistic]

[Sorry, was this supposed to be a touchy-feely post of positivity and warm fuzzies ... Kagari doesn't do that. Not that there aren't things about his time here that he hasn't enjoyed, or people that he likes, but--well, honestly, he's not comfortable being vulnerable in public like this, in front of a team he often feels he doesn't fit in with.]

21, huh
u should get ur bf to give u an extra birthday spanking for good luck
otherwise it's an odd number so ur cheeks will be unequally slapped and that's just Awkward

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mmyup beta 2.1 thats the one

& for the sake of everyone on our team i am just gonna pretend i did not read that 2nd part

( oh god. he's so lucky this is text, because he would be too embarrassed to actually speak for a good ten minutes. )

[hedonistic]

awww, come on, don't be a prude, peter-kun~
it's not like this is the first kink our team has talked about ♥

TEXT. UN: LOKI

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[ what is all this talk about nostalgia and missing people!! there are a handful of people that left, ones that he assumed would carry no weight when they were gone, that have all come crashing down on his head. his mood has been precarious the last few days, shifting between defensive melancholy to eagerly embracing distraction.

he picks out the one thing that isn't fond memories. ]

Ah—twenty-one, that's a Midgardian milestone, isn't it?

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sure, 21 can be a big deal, at least in the states. thats drinking age, a Proper Adult

vote, smoke, & drink, what else could it possibly take to be an adult

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Proper.

[ he either likes that, or seems amused by it. maybe both. ]

So, do none of those things entice you? Neither the drinking, the smoking nor the voting?

text; un: cuttlefishCuller

[fintastic]

38o! Congratulations on your wriggling day, but I'm sorry to hear about your boyfriend.

I think Zeta-12 is my favorite too even if I didn't really get to go. But I love the squidges so much! I guess if I have to pick one I actually went on, the cowboy place was the least bad one I've been on so far...

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wringgling day, huh? haha. thats a good word for it

& yeah... i'll miss him, but i dont have to miss him yet

zeta 12 was something else... i wonder if we'll ever need to go back there to check up on them. ... perdition was pretty cool, at least to start. i feel like i say that about a lot of our missions
i hope we get some less intense ones, i feel like we are due for it

[fintastic]

That's what we call it! 38) I have to at least try and pretend I'm a troll still and not just a human in a weird costume.

We definitely deserve a nicer mission, though. Shoot outs, zombies, space prison... why can't we have a beach mission? Or a fish mission? ...a fisshion??

text; un: steelsamayarai

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what seriously??? WHEN? WE HAVE TO HAVE A PARTY

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no we dont, i havent had a party in years

( which could be sad, but Peter is not overly bothered by it. he's not exactly a party person. )

its the 23rd.

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all the more reason to have one now! it's your big 21!!!!!!!!

@TARANTO, text

[heavyhitter]

woodhurst fucking sucked so much

also happy almost birthday

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agreed, my yelp review will bed scathing

thanks. birthdays are kinda weird here, arent they? have you had one?

( surely she has, Ramir has been about as long as he has. )

voice; un: merchling

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I'm not sure if it was my favorite, but Woodhurst was my first mission. I think it'll always be important.

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Was it? Rough place to start.

( Peter can't play it quite as impartial when he's actually talking, over using more impersonal text. Woodhurst is still hard for him to think and talk about, but he has to. )

It was important, yeah. I don't wanna imagine what could have happened if we didn't go.

text; un: man of still

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so... did you consider, you know, informing said boyfriend about your birthday, i don't know, that kinda seems like the polite, considerate thing to do



and no this post doesn't count

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cant we all just be impressed i remembered i had one this year??

i really didn't think about it until... nowish...

( sorry stiles... and it's only because you might be mad that he didn't say something gross about you saying the bf word back. )

text; un; chocobro

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[ He actually feels bad reading this. Plus the guy writing it seems kinda... sad? Though he has a mental squeal over seeing the squidges. ]

I know this totally isn't the point of your message but HOW DO YOU GET THOSE THINGS THEYRE SO CUTE???

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( he's not sad! well. maybe a little. it's all bittersweet, but he's not depressed, for once!!! )

we met them on Zeta-12.
you cant "get one", but you can hang out with some in the courtyard, we have a clutch of them to look after right now

text; un: jakku

[forcevisions]

I liked zeta-12 as well. Have you been to see them recently?

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nah, not recently, i wish
we have a little clutch of squidges in the courtyard, though, have you been?