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[deal]

[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.

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[kidjoy]

If we had a mailbox, maybe we could get the Witch to send somethin' through. But I ain't seen nothin' like that 'round yet.

[She sighs. If only there was one; she's got plenty of letters to send.]

What's that song?

[deal]

I think it's called You Are My Sunshine. Whoever had it sent to me is gonna get hit.

[But enough about that.]

Tell me about the Witch?

[kidjoy]

You don't like it? [The title alone is enough to pique the child's interest; sunshine had always been her favorite of D's nicknames for her. But it sounds like its a topic she's not allowed to tread on.]

The Phoenix Witch. You'be never heard of her? She's kinda the most famous thing in the world, I think. You know, the lady that takes the dusted.

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[neveroutwrenched]

[Smart. Unanswerable question, but smart, nonetheless.]

It's...possible. The problem is we have no way of confirming its receipt. The ingress spits this stuff out at random...we've got no way of knowing where [Or when.] it'll end up.

[Her comments about home resonate. Maybe too much. That part only gets worse and worse; but he's not going to say it.]

[deal]

[She bites at her lip and nods, seeming to take in his words and think them over.]

It can't be too random. A bunch of us seemed to get things around the same time. There has to be a pattern to it.

[neveroutwrenched]

Well, okay there are patterns....it spits out a bunch of stuff same time every month, people every month. It's like clockwork, in that regard. But there doesn't seem to be any pattern to what it brings or why.

[People were just as apt to get a completely generic and trivial items as they were to get something personal. But there was no denying it had an ability - a penchant, even - for bringing things from home.]

If we could do that...what would you send back?

[t65]

[Luke has a lot of things he could say to this, but...]

What was that song?

[deal]

[Luke responding puts a slight smile on her face, at least, and she shrugs in response to his question. She was going to act like she doesn't know, because talking about it makes her pissy, but she's already told someone else the name, so -]

You Are My Sunshine. It's an old song, where I come from.

[t65]

Why would- oh. [He grins, scratches his head.] That- that must make more sense in your home system. I always forget most planets are in single-sun systems.

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[daintylegs]

Home is familiar. You humans have a saying, right? "Home is where the heart is."

[Tailgate misses his home too, even if it was far from perfect.]

I bet you're from Earth, right? What's it like there?

[deal]

I am, yeah. Probably not the same version everyone else is from. But it's Earth.

[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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[cardboard_boss]

There's the mail system. I've not used it yet but if we can get things from Earth I don't see why we can't send things back. [Right?]

Sure half this ship misses home right now. [Him included.]

[deal]

That's why I asked what people thought, to see if it's something that we can do. I know most people here are homesick too, so I figured talking about it might help. And if not, maybe we can figure out a way to get word to people back home.

[She shrugs, figuring it was all worth a shot.]

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[ryuuzaki]

Cassandra. [He sounds a little tired, but whether it's real tiredness or perpetual world-weariness is open to interpretation.] Are you sure that would be a good idea?

[deal]

No.

[She's honest with that, at least. She's not going to fluff out an answer with something that will make it sound better.]

That doesn't stop me from wishing I could let people back home know I'm alive.

[Her voice is soft when she says that, sounding tired and more than a little sad. She's so convinced that she dies, she wants her friends who left her behind to know that she isn't. Even if it isn't a good idea or actually possible.]

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[whatdidisay]

I dunno about a message, but if you wait long enough someone from your world might end up here anyway. I've got my cousins and m'mother.

( regretfully so. )

But come to think of it, I don't think anyone's tried. It kind of acts like a wormhole, and back home those go both ways.

[deal]

I'm not sure this place can handle most of the people I ran with back home.

[No one wants a zombie hybrid with an attitude problem walking around.]

Are wormholes a common thing where you come from, though?

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[whoami]

[ Sam doesn't have many people he considers "close" but he has missed Quorra so much it's sometimes a physical ache. ]

There's no telling where or when those messages might show up. Our stuff has been scrambled around before, and throw timelines in the mix and that message could show up before you even leave.

As far as I know though no one has tried, yet. Are you?

[deal]

Am I going to try?

Probably. It may not work, but it will make me feel better to try. Give me peace of mind, I guess. Is there anything you'd try sending back if you knew it would work?

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[pushed]

I never really had that "home" feeling.

[And the only person he gives a shit about is here with him. Now that Nick thinks about it, he's pretty lucky.]

I do miss the food though. Does that count?

[deal]

[She smiles a little, and laughs. His answer reminds her of one a friend from home would give.]

Yeah, it counts. Food is always important. It's one of my favorite things about being here.

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[anarchos]

You get any answers about communication?

[Just casually ignoring all the talk about shitty homes for now, ok? Ok!]

[deal]

[Ignore away, Bellamy. It is the right thing to do.

She does give him a sad look in response to his question, giving her head a slight shake.]

Not anything definite. Or anything I wanted to hear.

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[dislocked]

[ he doesn't know what to say to that first part, only that if he gives a voice to the things that are lodged in his chest he'll probably never stop screaming.

all the same, he sympathizes. ]

Never tried. [ There's no one for him back in his world. The only person that matters is here. She should probably try, though. ] You have any success indicators in mind?

[deal]

[She recognizes that voice, and it makes her smile to know that he's still around. She has to think over his question though, which creates a little delay in her response.]

I'm not sure if there would be any. It doesn't seem like there's any way to control the Ingress, and even if we could send something back through it there's no telling if it will make it to the right world. It's something that needs to be tested, but I don't think we've got the access to do that.