18 * [accidental video]

[starchilde_lost]

[The video feed opens on a darkened bedroom, sparse, looks like it's in one of the empty apartments somewhere in the City. There's a young woman on the bed, Rachel, gripped in a nightmare, tossing and turning. Suddenly, her eyes open and she sits up in bed, a blue, raptor-shaped aura flaring to life around her.]

Gram'pa! No!

[The aura fades as she buries her face in her hands. On her back you can just make out the outline of a black raptor underneath her top, it looks like a tattoo. With a jerk, Rachel looks up and around the room.]

...get a grip, Grey, Korvus isn't here, none of them are.

[She mutters to herself a bit more, some choice Shi'ar curses if you understand it, and finally spies the Network device recording on the nightstand. She stops and stares at it.]

Crap.

...Um, shit.

[She flares blue again and reaches toward the device. The feed ends.]

[audio]

I suppose it's too much to ask that you all just forgot you saw that for a few more days, isn't it?

[ooc: Forward-dated to late tonight because I might try and sleep early (ha!), and a warm City!welcome-back to Rachel. Scotty and Chekov - feel free to realize that Rachel was the source of that energy you were chasing.]

Comments

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

Um, a little while ago.

Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

Nice. Real nice.

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

Cut me some slack, will ya, I'm... not all awake yet.

Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

Some slack? You show up again and you don't bother coming to see me? So do you come from so far in the future that we're not good friends anymore?

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

Kitty, now is really not a good time.

Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

Good you can join the club of not a good time.

But...

If your nightmare is about what it seems then I'd feel bad staying really angry at you.

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

What did... did I say anything?

Re: Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

You yelled out grandpa. Also some really great Shi'ar curses.

Re: Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

Don't suppose I specified which one, did I? Shit, never mind.

The benefits of living with the Starjammers.

Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

Take it you were in space then?

I'm sorry Rachel. I wish you'd let me know you were back though.

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

Yeah, my uncle... not Alex, he's...oh, I"m so not in the mood right now. Raincheck on the backstory?

...I know. I just... between not really being able to remember this place and showing up when I was literally mid-retreat, it just... I couldn't.

I'm sorry.

Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

Sure, whenever you're ready.

I guess I understand. How are you?

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

I'm here. I think billy Kaplan's going to send me some food, Niko gave me my job back. I'm whatever all that is.

You? I worry about.

Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

[Forced laughter]

Me? Seriously? I'm good. You should be the one I'm worried about.

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

[derisive snort]

That curse was not "good", OK, Pryde?

And yes, yell at me for not letting you know it was me, but under the circumstances I didn't think you needed anything else on your plate.

Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

It was you? How could I have not noticed that. You should have let me know. I said really bad things to you! Great. You know one more person on my I treated like crap list.

No it wasn't good, but I'm good.

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

You didn't notice because I didn't want you too. Oddly enough, something I picked up from Frost. And don't feel bad about treating me like crap. I know from treating people like crap during a curse, if goes away.

No, you're not, but you will be.

Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

I'm not so sure. But that's life.

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

You will be. Friends know these things, right?

Besides if you're not OK, we can't fix me and then we're in real trouble.

Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

No Rachel I messed things up. It's my fault so I can accept that but still I did.

But you're right. I'll make myself okay. You'll be okay too. Sometimes I hate our lives you know?

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

You can fix them.

...only sometimes? Wow, see that's an improvement right there. I'm still going with all the time.

Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

Don't think I can. So I vote for hiding.

I'm trying to be pleasantly optimistic. Maybe sometime in some alternate reality we have amazingly wonderful calm normal lives.

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

Hiding has mixed results... like City cameras recording you while you sleep.

...right.

Voice;

[phasedcat.livejournal.com]

I don't plan on hiding from everyone so it's not a big problem.

Fine. You win. Our lives suck all the time. There are brief moments where it doesn't suck but then the suck comes right back.

Voice;

[starchilde_lost]

Welcome to my level, shall we wallow? I have a cheeseburger en route - we can order a pizza, too?