mental link - :018

[circumspector]

[ There's a crackle of static, of a radio station getting tuned in and a deep breath. Not a loud one, this one, just tentative brush at whatever is closest. ]

( ... Aoba? Petre? )

[ Well, someone's awake. Tired sounding, but awake and she tries to clear her mind to focus enough to reach out broaden to whoever might be nearby. More direct, a little more present. Nervous always, when she feels disconnected from others. ]

( ... Hello? Anyone nearby? )

[ and for anyone looking for her, she's around the Bearings as she catches up on what she's missed out on, getting herself cleaned up from her extended nap time, and plugging herself back into the nest of machines in the common area. ]

Comments

[unfavoured]

I could say the same to you.

[ Parker gives her a look. Clearly, the one who's taking everyone at face value isn't her, it's the rest of them that blindly believe the words that come out of the people commanding the ship, with absolutely no other contradicting information to weigh in which is the most probable one.

But she isn't going to engage in a conversation with-- well, anyone, if she gets her way. She would rather keep her distance and ignore everyone's presence. ]

You can keep eating up whatever bullshit they spew at you. Again, not my problem. [ Because it's clearly a problem.

And she starts moving, pushing past her uncaringly. ]

[circumspector]

[ She could roll her eyes, right now, but she doesn't, more fixed on being pleasant. Something biting an acrid on her tongue about hypocrisy. But she swallows. ]

We're all each other's problem now. [ Cheerfully put, for something she knows must be awful, but it's kind intention at least. She remembers too well what happened the last time one of them was this determined.

She wouldn't let it happen again. Whatever this woman decided. ]