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[clericals]

[It's her first post on the network. It won't be her last. Karen slides her fingers through her hair, obviously looking for a place to start.]

Okay, does anyone feel like they've actually adjusted to all of this? I know I haven't been here for long, and even when you know for a fact that there are aliens, when you've seen them come down and make a mess out of New York City, you just never expect to be taken on board an actual spaceship. [There's a nervous little laugh at that before she takes a deep breath.] But this happened, so...

[Karen looks directly at the video and smiles.]

So I guess I'll start. Uhm...for those I haven't met, my name is Karen Page. I'm from Vermont, originally, but I moved to New York. Hell's Kitchen - I know, it sounds like a terrible place, and it can be. But there's also some really good people. I work at a law firm there. I'm not a lawyer, I'm...I make coffee and answer phones and I'm the deciding vote in things like whether or not we're having pizza or Thai food for lunch.

[And it's worth noting that the more she talks about her life, the more her face lights up.]

So, who wants to tell me more about themselves? Like where you're from and what you do there, or anything - just anything.

[Conversation always makes for the best distraction. She catches her breath.]

I promise I'll listen.

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[imaginary_wife]

Not enough Arks for us all. Not enough time. So I kind of have to compartmentalize that sort of thing.

The Votanis Collective is mostly prominent in South America. They've got all the good coffee now.

[clericals]

Do you miss it? Or is it better here?

[imaginary_wife]

I was created as a member of a slave race by one of the older Votan races. [One they thought they'd killed off. She sincerely wishes they had.] Then I was in the war. And in the last town I lived in, had the lawkeeper and mayor cut off a hunk of my skin against my will to help a member of that previously mentioned jerkwad race.

I don't got a lot of fond memories either way. Best I got is making sure people don't die when they get in the way of someone else's poor judgement.

[Doc Yewll is a gem of optimism.]

[clericals]

What a bunch of dicks.

[Karen doesn't really mince words when it comes to her thoughts. She's going to take it as things being better here - they have to be, don't they?]

I think I would've given you plenty to do back in Hell's Kitchen.

[imaginary_wife]

I take it that it's not called that because the cuisine is lacking.

[clericals]

The cuisine is actually pretty good. It's just making sure that you don't run into any trouble on the walk home.

[imaginary_wife]

Back where I was from, seemed like that was like what most of the world had become.