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[theycalledmeacurse]

CW: CHARACTER DEATH


[ The woman in the video is in her 30s, her distinctive hair loose around her shoulders, the white stripes making her pale skin quite noticeable. She shifts nervously as the message begins to broadcast, her expression uneasy while her eyes don't quite focus on the camera. Sure, she's looking in that general direction, she's just... not actually seeing anything. After a few moments, she finally speaks, southern drawl thick with nerves that make the words waver slightly. ]

Has anyone... Has anyone died recently? Here, on the station?

[ A pause. ]

Has anyone else died and woken up again?

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video; un: H. Gurszky

[magneticfields]

What do you mean anyone else

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ Crap on a cracker. She doesn't need this right now. ]

Something happened when we lost gravity. I couldn't move and--

I died. I was dead and then I wasn't.

@CROW » text.

[uragiru]

You're... alive?
I checked your vitals.
You were definitely dead.

[theycalledmeacurse]

Yeah, I figured that out. I think it was about twenty minutes, maybe? That's what I could tell from my device, anyway.

I'm sorry you had to go through that.

[ Yes, the woman who died is more concerned about the person who had to find her dead body than she is over what actually happened to her. Also, thank goodness for voice-to-text. ]

text; un: alucard

[reposing]

Please elaborate.

[theycalledmeacurse]

I died. I was dead for a while. But then I woke up again and.

I haven't been able to see since then.

audio; un: socorro

[warfares]

There were a few near misses on the journey to the outer ring but I don't believe any deaths.

[theycalledmeacurse]

That's good. That's--

[ Of course she'd be the only one. These things only ever seem to happen to her, why should now be any different. ]

I'm glad.

[ And she is. But lord if it doesn't hurt to know. ]

audio; un: envoy

[resleeves]

Haven't died recently, not here.

[ didn't want to die either. the uncertainty over his cortical stack and what would happen to that on the station was a little concerning. he'd rather not go on ice up here because no one knew what the fuck to do. ]

But, I've died and woken up several times in the past.

Something like that happen to you recently?

[ he was going to hazard a guess and considering how she'd phrased her last question, he was pretty sure he was right. ]

Feeling a little sleeve sick?

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ Recently. So he's died before then, died and come back. The way he says tells her that it's not unusual for him, which he confirms with his next words. What he says after that, though...

Her confusion comes across loud and clear even through her accent. ]

Sleeve sick? I'm sorry, I don't know what you mean.

video; un: hinatahajime

[hopefragment]

You're okay!

[The video that comes on is of a teenage boy, sounding equally shocked and alarmed at the woman he'd thought was dead being, well. Not dead.]

I, um... sorry. I'm Hajime Hinata. Akechi brought you to the infirmary, after, um... what happened in the gym. I should have been there when you woke up, I'm sorry.

[For some reason, he didn't think the corpse that Goro had brought would be, you know. Alive again. He'd been freaked out and enough when her body had gone missing.]

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ She can't see him, but she hears the emotion in his voice and feels terrible for it. Somehow she'd been moved from the gym, she'd known that much, but that others had been involved... If she'd known, she would have contacted them first instead of springing this information on them like this. ]

I'm sorry you had to find out like this. I didn't know anyone else had been involved or I would have found you first.

un: fairchild | text

[creatio]

what happened? are you okay?

( Is that something this place can do? )

[theycalledmeacurse]

There was an accident, but I'm alright now mostly.

[ Mostly. ]

video; un: topCHOIce

[dumbstruck]

Wait, what?

[ Died and woken up??? ]

[theycalledmeacurse]

Sorry, I know it's a weird question.

[ She really does sound apologetic, if that helps? ]

video; un: srogers

[unshielding]

[ Steve's face is one of concern and he's not doing much to hide that. Whatever happened can't have been pleasant or easy. He's been close to death enough times to know how it affects a person just to be close to it. ]

Are you okay?

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ Another voice she recognizes from her first days here. She can hear the concern in it even if she can't see it in his expression. ]

As alright as I can be. I've been through worse than this, though, so I'll be fine.

video; un: hudie; PRIVATE PRIVATE LOCKED DOWN FUCK OFF RYO

[bu773rfly]

[oh holy shit that's the body Akechi dragged in. That answers some questions.

Erika watches Hinata's exchange with her first, and skims some other conversations, and waits for the sour-stomach feeling of deep misgivings to fade. It doesn't quite. That'll have to be fine. The clean, mathematical process of building a custom filter puts down the bones of routine; she plans out what she'll say, then counts down to it in the seconds it takes for the code to do its work.]

You're the only one recorded.

[Erika's voice is young and rather flat, pressed clean of emotional creases. "I'm glad you're okay" - Hinata covered that. Erika isn't sure if she can say it without feeling like she's lying, because "okay" is a relative measure. And they're strangers anyways, in all the ways currently relevant, and she's not sure that condolences out of her mouth will be of any help.

Pause.]

My body isn't quite the same as it was before waking up here. It might be related. [Pause.] How clear are your memories of - I want to gather information. Subjective information. Do you - can I ask questions?

[There is the faintest rumpling of that flatness, an awkward fumbling in her tone that slips free for a moment.]

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ The only one. Well, that figures. She always had been unique, whether she'd wanted to be or not. The only mutant with her particular mutation, the only person to die and wake up again on the station... Yeah, she'd really rather just be one with the crowd right about now, thanks.

The lack of condolences and platitudes is refreshing, really. There's been a lot of the same since she sent out this message, and it's nice to have someone just getting down to business. It makes it easier for Rogue herself to deal with her current situation. ]

My memories are perfectly clear. You can ask me any questions you need to.

[cheerleader]

[She raises her hand like she's in class. It's awkward before she realizes that she doesn't need to do that and slowly lowers that hand.]

I've died before and woken up. Not here, but...somewhere else.

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ The girl would have earned herself a smile if Rogue had seen that, both for the sweet gesture and as a way of offering comfort for something that's likely never a pleasant experience. ]

I'm so sorry you've experienced that, sugar. Is it-- Is that something normal for you?

audio; un: page

[subplot]

[These series of questions bother Karen, because she picks up on the shifting and uneasy expression and the way her eyes don't ever seem to really connect in the same way someone addressing others on a video should. She keeps her response to audio for the time being.]

I'm not sure if anyone else has, but it's something I'll help you get to the bottom of. Are you -

[There's no delicate way to ask this.]

Do you remember what happened?

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ She recognizes that voice, though it's been a while since they last spoke. Regardless, she's grateful for the offer of help, even if she'd starting to doubt that there are any answers to be found by anyone. ]

Perfectly. I was in the gym when we lost gravity, and since I'd been running, my boots weren't on. Something happened and I couldn't move, and I floated around a bit before drowning in the pool water.

[ It's probably the twentieth time she's told the story, so please forgive her succinctness. ]

un: scarlets

[catastrophics]

[ 'else'. ]

i'd ask how you knew but this doesn't seem like the kind of thing you'd be unsure about.

what happened [ no, she's already told that story, she doesn't need to repeat herself ] what's happened since?

[theycalledmeacurse]

[ It takes a second for a voice-to-text feature to process the words, and another few for the message to actually relay, the whole time of which Rogue just stares vacantly, waiting. ]

I've mostly just been trying to get through the days without any more Accidents, honestly.