MarinaNova Asylum

[Rather than meeting up at a coffee shop, Bonnie decides to hang out with Elena at the apartment instead. It's quiet, comfortable and familiar. Besides, it's been an age since they had time for themselves. As far as Bonnie was concerned, they deserved this.

The coffee was already brewing, the best pastries the prison had to offer laid out on a plate on the table. Everything was good to go.]

[ It's not a particularly interesting video unless you happen to like looking at a man's face while he's performing tai-chi. Bruce is serene, expressionless, elegantly balanced and masterful, as though he's performed the 42 steps a thousand times before (Spoilers, he has). His eyes are focused on a spot a short distance in front of him.

He performs for almost five minutes without noticing anything. As four minutes and fifty seven seconds comes and it seems as if he isn't about to stop any time soon, the feed clicks off again. ]

[ the feed opens to show seven of nine standing inside her alcove, the borg technology a stark contrast against the white walls of the room it's been placed in. her eyes are closed and she's unmoving, standing perfectly still on the platform as if a switch has been flipped and she's been left dormant, offline.

for a few minutes, the feed remains static and unchanged, but then a computerized voice sounds— ] EIGHTEEN HUNDRED HOURS. REGENERATION CYCLE COMPLETE.

[ seven's eyes snap open and she steps off the platform, recharged, fully alert, and suddenly very aware of the headset she left on the console, its screen bright and obviously recording. ]

This per▓▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░ing troublesome.