Emo Corner: Open for Business!

[dared-to-love.livejournal.com]

Ever since the last podpop, there seemed to be a new addition to the obs deck. Nearly once a day, a certain brunette could be found huddled on one of the meatcouches and staring sadly in the general direction that all new arrivals came from.

She didn't know why she was still clinging to this.

Ophelia had explored the ship a little, but a combination of overwhelming unfamiliarity and a nagging feeling always drew her back to the same place on the obs deck to wait. She knew Eddie wasn't here, because he would have made his presence known by now if he was. She hadn't seen anyone else she knew yet, either. From what she had gathered, though, she knew there was a good chance all of her loved ones (and Lita) were in those... pod things, like she had been, and the ship seemed to let them out erratically. She also knew that they came from that huge cavern to this huge room.

What she didn't know was how often the ship let them out. She was pretty sure it wasn't every day, or even every week, since it seemed like a big event to the people who were already awake. But maybe there were some stragglers? Maybe today there would be more?

Maybe she was fooling herself because she didn't want to consider the alternative.

((OOC NOTE: Hi there. I meant to post this forever ago, but RL happened. So this can be bendytimed to any time since the last podpop I guess. 8D))

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[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

Dean just nodded at that, and flopped down on the couch by her.

"Yeah, and I've seen a few of them now. It's hard to tell. Sometimes after a few weeks, sometimes it's more like a month or two." He didn't ask why she was wondering. He knew. Same reason he was compelled to check each time. Who else from home, who else in his limited family remaining would show up?

"They're in there. They gotta be."

[dared-to-love.livejournal.com]

"A month..." Maybe longer. Ophelia wasn't sure she could handle being alone for that long. Her entire expression darkened. "And there's no other way to get them out?"

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

Dean shook his head, "No, can't even get access there. I uh tried once."

[dared-to-love.livejournal.com]

"You did?" Ophelia perked up ever so slightly. "How? What happened?"

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

"Got whacked with a tentacle and a violation for my trouble. That and couldn't figure how to jimmy them open."

[dared-to-love.livejournal.com]

The ship itself kept people out? So much for petitioning it to wake up her friends, then. "This ship makes no sense. How is anyone supposed to get used to living in it, let alone do what it wants us to do?"