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Felix Gaeta ([personal profile] itstopped) wrote2013-09-01 06:14 pm

Re-Entry 16: Video

((Backdated to before Racetrack's disappearance, sometime after this thread.))

[Private to Trip, CC: Dean]

[Honestly, as remarkable as what's happened is, it's almost as remarkable that Felix is the first one to notice. He just really doesn't spend that much time in his own quarters anymore. But he stops by to pick something up, and that's when he notices the changes. Specifically, this one, which is why the camera is currently on what looks like a very standard shower.]

...Trip? [If he sounds completely bewildered, it's only because he is.]

[Friends filter (if you think you're on it, etc. Including you, Morgana.)]

I, um... I graduated today. [He still doesn't really sound like he believes it.] And for those of you who know what I was thinking about why I hadn't, I think I was right, because I'm not really sure what I'm going to do next. But... whatever happens, I wanted to say... thank you. To all of you. You deserve to hear that.

Actually, that's not entirely true. I do know one thing I'm going to do next. [He smiles slightly.] The CES showed me Picon once, just once... I'm going to go to the pub, get a bottle of something, and go sit there until it shows up again. Feel free to join me.

[Private to Racetrack and Claire Bennet, separately]

I'd like to ask you a question.

[Public]

[And this one is from the CES, later, when he seems to have found both his bottle and his world. He's sitting on a long stretch of beach, a low grassy hill rising behind him, the wind and salt in his hair; and even though the sun brings out all his imperfections -- how pale he's become under the olive tones of his skin, the shock of gray hair at his temples, the dark rings under his eyes -- he looks younger and softer than he ever has before. He takes a drink from the bottle and rubs a hand over his mouth.]

Does anyone know... has anyone ever stayed on this ship without becoming a warden?
inhistorybooks: (I can be clever sometimes.)

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[personal profile] inhistorybooks 2013-09-04 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
Well, probably a good thing you figured it out on your own.

... So. What now?
inhistorybooks: (Did you say something?)

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[personal profile] inhistorybooks 2013-09-04 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
But figuring out what the next step is is kinda overwhelming when you've gotten to the point where you're accepting that?
inhistorybooks: (Well - uh...)

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[personal profile] inhistorybooks 2013-09-04 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I doubt the Admiral's just gonna kick you off before you make up your mind about where you're going after this. Are there other options you've been thinking about?
inhistorybooks: (Listening.)

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[personal profile] inhistorybooks 2013-09-04 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't been here long enough to have any faith I had kicked outta me. [Which is kind of hilarious in a way he doesn't and won't understand because future!him definitely had. Having over six inmates up and vanish on you over a year and a half does some damage.]

Take some time and think on it. I don't know if I'd say stick around indefinitely or anything, but packing up and leaving everything isn't something you decide to do in an afternoon.

And I mean, I'm pretty sure you could get work with Starfleet, if you were still interested in that kinda thing.
inhistorybooks: (And then they made me their chief.)

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[personal profile] inhistorybooks 2013-09-05 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
We're actually more of a scientific and exploratory organization when people aren't trying to blow up the Earth.