One New Notification!

[airlockedmods]

[About a day after Cece's message arrives, another small blip! cuts its way through whatever conversations the Airlocked! survivors might be having. But it isn't happening in the space limo this time - it's on the Temerity proper. Some of you are more acquainted with the computer system here, so you should know what that sound means.

You have new Spitter messages!]

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[daughterofthemark]

And none of us knows what dangers they may be facing.

[She sighs, wringing her hands.]

Rii-san...

[refusedtoleave]

Exactly...

[There's another sigh from Nat, as she drops her head and stares at her hands. At her ring...She doesn't like waiting.]

[daughterofthemark]

[She's not the only one. Arianna doesn't like feeling useless, and if anything does go wrong she's going to quickly convince herself she should have been there to prevent it.

She follows Natsuhi's eyes...]

You are married as well?

[refusedtoleave]

[There's going to be a massive pity-party if this goes wrong then.

It takes a while for her to respond at all, but eventually there's a slow nod.]

...That's right.

[daughterofthemark]

Do you...

[She clears her throat.]

Do you have any advice?

I hate you so much rn

[refusedtoleave]

...Advice...

[She'd laugh but there's just an odd half-choke, half-scoffing noise instead.]

...Tell each other everything. Even if it's something completely and utterly stupid. Just spend as much time as you can together...

[Those were her favorite moments.]

I probably deserve it

[daughterofthemark]

[Oh no. That was a sad sound.]

We will. You have my word.

[refusedtoleave]

...Good... You never know when you won't be able to...

[She'd been doing such a good job of not moping.]

[daughterofthemark]

...is is something you wish to discuss?

[No, of course it isn't. If it was she'd be discussing it. But it seems like it would be inconsiderate not to at least ask.]

[refusedtoleave]

It's nothing to concern yourself with...

[Yes, she's just brushing you off. She hasn't even talked about it with the crew.]

[daughterofthemark]

I see.

[That certainly seems like the end of that subject.

She sighs. Back to thinking about the others, she guesses.

...]

Dame Natsuhi, do I seem unreliable?

[refusedtoleave]

[She's still hanging her head and staring at her hands but thanks for the topic change.]

... You got out of that place. You couldn't be unreliable to do that.

[daughterofthemark]

[Perhaps one day they will find a discussion topic they both can enjoy.]

...conspicuous, perhaps? Would I stand out more than the others?

[refusedtoleave]

Umm... A lot of these is going to be waiting and being in queues.

[Do you see what she's getting at Mrs 'Run about on a tiny ship and pace like mad'?]

[daughterofthemark]

[...she doesn't. Sorry, Nappi, this is the girl who said this. She does get why that's supposed to be unpleasant, at least?]

...I suppose. But... Sir Junpei could have simply said that.

[refusedtoleave]

He probably assumed that you knew already. A lot of the others seems to know about these things.

[Why Junpei?]

[daughterofthemark]

[Because he's one of a few people who could successfully convince her to stay behind.]

Then--

[She has no particular way to end that sentence, so she just sighs, sitting down on the floor.]

This is not right.