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Felix Gaeta (didwhaticould) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-02-19 19:50:00

Entry tags:

felix gaeta, kitty pryde (aoa), sam winchester, spencer reid

Day 363 - Open Video/Action
[Video]

[The video opens on a man sitting squarely in view, his bearing better suited to someone awaiting a big job interview than a newly incarcerated prisoner.]

Hello, MarinaNova Asylum. My name is Felix Gaeta. I'd say that it's a pleasure to join your ranks, but I don't want to start off on a lie.

I've been over the information I was provided with on arrival and it left a number of things unanswered. Namely... [a pause to pick up a notepad] ...is all of this really virtual, and, if so, does anyone know where our bodies are?

Do you have a leader or any kind of civilian government?

Is everything here actually free for the taking, or are there strings attached?

[He pauses again, flips a couple of pages, and sighs.]

Maybe this is a better question: do you have an archive or some other collection of information that hasn't been provided by the wardens? No one wants me to go through all of these, including me.

[And scene.]

[Action]

[Gaeta can be found at the library—taking notes, likely—or at any of the many eateries in Marina, admiring the sheer selection available. He won't go out of his way to be friendly.]

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	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-05 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Ice cream. [All the food! Or he can get a milkshake. Totally not food.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-06 12:48 am UTC (link)
	I can't believe this place is real. [Oh, wait.] Well... real enough. I keep expecting to wake up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-06 04:30 am UTC (link)
	It's not really what you expect when you actually wake up either. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-06 05:56 am UTC (link)
	[He is curious about the not-so-virtual prison. Hopefully Kitty wants to talk about it.] What is it like? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-06 06:05 am UTC (link)
	Clinical. But with a touch of sci-fi warehouse. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-06 06:25 am UTC (link)
	That sounds... efficient. [Maybe. It didn't really paint a picture for him.] Can I assume that there's no pizza? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-06 03:12 pm UTC (link)
	That's a good assumption. There are quarters set up. They're very stripped down versions. Basically barracks full of bunk beds and then a cafeteria with tablet dispensers, so probably a condensed nutritional supplement instead of food. We haven't actually had to live in there though. We were only awake for a few hours. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-07 03:55 am UTC (link)
	Were there any indications that that wasn't some kind of virtual reality, too? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-07 03:57 am UTC (link)
	Just some of the stiffness in our bodies, but they could have faked that. So, no, it could be several levels of fake for all we know. Comforting, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-07 05:51 am UTC (link)
	No more discomforting than anything else. [He pokes at another half-slice of pizza that he's too full to eat but unwilling to walk away from. The struggle is real.] Being in a prison that feels like a prison would almost be better than this, wouldn't it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-07 05:54 am UTC (link)
	No. I mean, yes, I get what you're saying, but life's too short to live through shitty things just so you remember it's shitty. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-08 03:11 am UTC (link)
	That's a good philosophy. [As long as it doesn't lead to forgetting that this is a prison.] It must be tempting to stay here. To not try to escape. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-08 05:47 am UTC (link)
	It probably should be tempting for some of us. But some of us are terrible at self preservation. [She means herself.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-09 03:37 am UTC (link)
	Some of us don't have much to look forward to outside of prison? [He means her. Well, and himself, but.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-09 03:41 am UTC (link)
	Some of us don't have anything to look forward to at all. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-09 04:17 am UTC (link)
	So you weren't exaggerating when you said that most of your home is toast. What happened? [He wasn't going to ask, but it keeps coming up!] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-09 04:37 am UTC (link)
	War. I mean, I could be more specific about some of the tragedies but it all boils down to war. [That's not exactly what she'd meant though.] But, also, some of us were pulled out of our homes shortly before we would have died otherwise. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-09 04:25 pm UTC (link)
	Nice to know that war's a constant across the universes. [No, it's not.] That would lend some credence to the idea that this is the afterlife. [More importantly...] I'm sorry your prospects are so bleak. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-10 05:52 am UTC (link)
	[She doesn't take him too literally there.] Don't worry about it. I'm here. I have all the prospect I could want. [Sort of.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-11 03:24 am UTC (link)
	You have all the pizza you could want, anyway. [That's kind of the same.] Have you ever felt guilty about being here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-11 01:20 pm UTC (link)
	[She laughs softly.] I don't know. Should I have survivor's guilt or be glad people aren't held against their wills without their freedom? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-12 08:41 am UTC (link)
	I was thinking survivor's guilt, but point taken. Even the worst situations at home come with the illusion of freedom, at least. You don't have an extra cigarette on you, do you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-12 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	[She gets her pack out and hands him, taking another for herself.] Want to head toward Chill? [Fishing out her lighter as she gets up, not exactly waiting for his response. They can walk and smoke.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	didwhaticould 2016-03-13 06:28 am UTC (link)
	Thank you. [She doesn't need to wait since he's prepared to follow her just about anywhere. Information, food, a cigarette, and no expectations of repayment have earned Kitty a lot of trust. His first drag off the cigarette results in some coughing. This does not deter him.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2016-03-13 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	[The cough gets a look.] Different than what you're used to? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)