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[Cassandra glances over before focusing on her wind up music box, and begins slowly turning the handle. Music starts to play, a tune that may be familiar to people from Earth. She's not doing this to play music for everyone though, so she stops after a handful of seconds, looking thoughtful.]
It's funny. You hate home until you've been gone from it long enough, and then you get homesick and home is all you can think about. No matter how shitty it is, you forget about all of the bad things and only care about the people you left behind.
[The music box is picked up and clinched in her hand.]
Do you think it's possible to get a message back to someone? Has anyone tried communicating outside the ship yet? If things like this - [She drops the music box in her hand on the table she's sitting at.] can come through the Ingress to us, we have to be able to send things back through it.
It's funny. You hate home until you've been gone from it long enough, and then you get homesick and home is all you can think about. No matter how shitty it is, you forget about all of the bad things and only care about the people you left behind.
[The music box is picked up and clinched in her hand.]
Do you think it's possible to get a message back to someone? Has anyone tried communicating outside the ship yet? If things like this - [She drops the music box in her hand on the table she's sitting at.] can come through the Ingress to us, we have to be able to send things back through it.
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[Tailgate misses his home too, even if it was far from perfect.]
I bet you're from Earth, right? What's it like there?
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[She smiles at trying to think about how to describe her home.]
It used to be really great. Then people started getting sick, and now it's a shithole. What about it do you really want to know?
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[Or maybe he knows the answer to that.]
Do you have people there you care about? People like... uh, what's that word again? Hmm... Family. Yeah, I think that's it. Like friends but closer.
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[She misses them like crazy, but she won't let herself say that out loud and look even more pathetic than she already does.]
And I miss it because it's home, and there's always a chance things will get better someday. What about you, do you have anyone that's like friends but closer where you're from?
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[That doesn't stop the homesickness, but it sure does help.]
I lived on a ship called the Lost Light before we came here, and it was my first and only home. Weird things happened all the time, but what mattered most was that we were all in it together.
What is a family anyway? I've watched some human movies, but I don't really understand it yet.
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[Well. Most of them, anyway. She wasn't sure Murphy was included in that, but it wasn't really the time to think it over. She misses her group so much, she's close to getting emotional talking about them.]
It's good that you've got friends here with you, though. That makes it easier.
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[Mentioning Conjunx Endura has flustered him a little, so he decides to move on.]
So what's your chosen family like? Do you do silly things together? Watch movies?
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[There's no way to word it that doesn't sound horrible. So she doesn't try and instead just bluntly states the truth.]
We're transporting this guy to California to be turned in for lab testing. There's not any electricity or anything, and we don't have the time to do anything else. But we tell stories sometimes, though.
[Yeah, they're the most boring people ever. She knows.]
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[He's not disappointed, just surprised at himself.]
But, uh, to each their own?
I hope they're nice stories.
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[Which makes her feel awkward, but it's not like she's going to make some stupid sappy story up just because it sounds good. She shifts, a little uncomfortable.]
So some of the stories are nice. I think Doc and Murphy reenacted the movie Alien once -
[Wait.]
Which I guess might be offensive to talk about here.
[Given how many people are from other planets. Probably a good idea to trail off and not talk about a movie that kills them.]
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There's not a lot of cute where I come from either, I just happen to be a bit of an outlier. By that I mean that I'm a bit more optimistic than others, and not that I think I'm cute.
[That's a lie, Tailgate knows full well he's adorable. It's his special power.]
Oh! I think I've heard of that movie! I didn't go to watch it because someone told me it had something to do with a gross organic alien being planted inside humans and bursting from their chest. I'm glad I didn't see it because I bet it would have given me nightmares.
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It gave me nightmares when I was a kid. So don't worry, if I ever act out any movies from Earth for you, it'll be something a little more calm.
[There's a pause, and she laughs again, trying to imagine her acting anything out. The idea is completely comical.]
What's your name, anyway?
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What's yours?
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[She used to have a full name, a long time ago, but she hasn't used it in so long she doesn't bother trying anymore. But since he has a nice title to go with his name, she quickly adds on -]
I'm from Philadelphia.
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[Of course all of this means they're friends now, because that's how Tailgate rolls.]
Have you ever seen any of the Muppets films? We watched a few of those during movie nights on the Lost Light and those were always my favourite.
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I did when I was little, yeah. I always liked Kermit the best. Gonzo was pretty cool, too.
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She's way too good for Kermit if you ask me.
[He could only dream to be as great as Miss Piggy. Though he did save the universe once, so maybe he comes pretty close.]
I'm surprised you haven't asked me what I am yet. Or called me a robot, humans tend to do one or the other when I first talk to them.
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[Besides, she's smart enough to keep her thoughts to herself. He's nice, and makes her smile. He seems oddly innocent, so she doesn't want to mess that up by calling him robot instead of by his name.]
I'm not sure I can trust anyone that likes Miss Piggy best, though...
[It's a tease, one she can't say with a completely straight face.]
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[Tailgate says with an entirely straight face. This is easily accomplished by not having any face at all, but his tone is mock serious.]
And here I thought we were getting along.
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Are you looking for a fight?
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Oh please, I can take you on with both arms and a leg tied behind my back.
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[She tries to keep looking serious, but fails miserably when she cracks up with laughter.]
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I have to give you a fair shot or else someone might spread lies and slander about my honour.
And we can't have that.
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You're defending an overbearing pig puppet. I think you have plenty of honor.