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

voice; un: merchling

[wyvil]

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

[webdesigned]

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.

[wyvil]

[It's difficult for Wylan to talk about too. He knows one of the reasons Woodhurst was easier for him. Jesper and Kaz had still been there for that first mission.]

You're right. It wasn't an easy first mission. But I'm glad we were able to help.

[A pause.]

I'm glad Kaz and Jesper were still here then too.

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( Peter scruffs at a spot behind his ear, looking at his feet. yup, even using magitek, he's still stuck to his nervous habits. )

You knew them from home, right? So, you'll see them again.

( he hopes. even with Giovanni suggesting the opposite, that nobody is worth sparing the energy to go home. )

[wyvil]

Is that how it works? We'll end up back home together?

[The details of when and how everyone gets home are unclear to Wylan. He honestly hasn't given it much thought, focusing on living from one mission to another.]

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( Peter sighs. it is growing more and more unclear to him, too. )

Depends on who you ask, but, when I got here? The deal was I help out, eventually they'll send me home. I still believe that.

[wyvil]

I hope that's still the case. [A pause.] Is the same deal offered to those that are transferred? [Wylan's unsure if he'd be able to accept an invitation back to his home without knowing Jesper and Kaz received one as well.]

[webdesigned]

It shouldn't matter, they may have transferred to a different team but we all still work for ALASTAIR.

( he isn't sure what to think about the insinuations those not important enough won't get to go home, but Peter would rather stick to what he was told when he first arrived. )

So transfer or not, we should get to go home one day.