advocacy: (☮ and she finds a reason)
Expandhoratio & scott )

video.

That was a little bit of a weird experience. But it was... I don't know, compared to some of the other things that happen on the Barge, it wasn't that bad.

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I don't just turn invisible like that, but I think it's natural to wonder about alternate universes. It was kinda cool to see at least one.
advocacy: (pic#7494016)
So things have been kinda rough here the past couple of weeks, huh?

[She rubs at her neck, realizing that's probably a pretty stupid thing to say.]

I don't wanna focus on it too much, but um, if there's anything anybody whose deathtolling needs, let me know? I don't have any medical training or anything like that, but I got cards? Or if you just want quiet company, I can do that, too.

[Daneca smiles a little.]

Though that goes for just about anybody, I guess. I feel like we could all use some company. Anybody know any good jokes?
advocacy: (☮ for a thousand lives)
ExpandDear Admiral )

video.

[Daneca has tried to decorate her room to the best of her abilities for the holiday. It's not much and definitely not much when compared to how her house would look. As with most well-to-do families, Daneca's goes a little nuts with the lawn decorations and the interior isn't much better.]

[She never really realized how much she misses those routines until they weren't there. So, whatever pieces of home and tradition she can have, she'll hold onto them.]


So, I know that not everyone is from the same kind of world so not everyone probably celebrates Christmas, but I am interested in what people do during holidays. Or just when they're spending time with their families. Or your friends.

Or by yourself even.
advocacy: (☮ but her feet are on the ground)
I've seen a lot of discussion lately about whether or not people on the Barge being too cavalier about death.

Honestly, I don't know if that's true or not. I haven't been around long enough and I don't think I know enough of you to say. I also wouldn't try to tell anybody how they view death. But I guess I'm just wondering what makes people think that? Or what about the Barge would make people start to treat death less seriously?

I guess some could make the argument that coming back over and over again makes it hard to see death as a big, final chapter or the next big chapter depending on your theological or philosophical standpoint. But I know there are some ideas surrounding death that says we do just come back over and over again as different people or even different creatures. And sometimes we remember past lives or past deaths. Or, I guess if you have a more negative outlook, that we're doomed to repeat the same patterns over and over again across lifetimes.

[A pause.]

I guess from my perspective, people just get numb to death when it happens all the time or they stop caring about what happens to them. They just give up. I don't know if that's anything really particular to the Barge.

[Her smile is wry. There's definitely people that have come and gone in her life at home that could fit the profile of just not caring about death anymore.]

I could also be completely wrong, too.