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[voluntaryapnea]

[Well here we go. He is on a ship and he thinks for the briefest of moments about making a joke about calling it the Ship of Dreams because Lydia has made him watch Titanic a few too many times. But it sounds lame even to him, and he's still not feeling that great about...anything, really.

After a long moment of hesitation, he turns the camera on and gives a small smile that looks a bit more like a grimace than anything. His tone is light and friendly, even if his expression is tired, his skin a bit too pale, and there are bags under his eyes that indicate it's been awhile since he's had any decent sleep. He's still cold, still achy and nauseous, but he knows he's going to get better from that eventually. In theory.]

So I have to admit that the irony in this is kind of hilarious. I mean, my dad's a sheriff and I'm not even out of high school and here I am on a ship about to be a warden.

[He pauses. Warden definitely beats being possessed, so he's rolling with it. It's what he does.]

Can't say this is exactly how I figured things would turn out, buuuut. [He shrugs, looking down for a moment.] It sort of does beat the alternative, so I guess I'm happy to be here.

I'm Stiles Stilinski.

Comments

[routemistress]

Oh dear, did I put me foot in it? Me and me big gob, eh! Only it's not the sort of secret anyone gets to keep long around 'ere, that's all. Any road, I reckon it makes 'im a better vet. My dogs love 'im to bits.

[voluntaryapnea]

No, just...surprised me. Back home it's sort of a secret. [He rubs his neck, trying to wrap his mind around the idea that everyone knows his best friend is a werewolf.]

Well, Scott's kind of a difficult guy not to love. [He smiles faintly at that, because it's true. Scott's just the kind of guy that most people -- unless they were pure evil -- tended to like. Then again, he might be kind of biased here.]

[routemistress]

'E's adorable. And I know 'e's been a bit 'omesick, so it'll be lovely for 'im to 'ave friends aboard. Old friends, that is. 'E's been ever so good at making new ones.

[voluntaryapnea]

[He likes you already, Iris. Anyone who genuinely cares about his best friend is someone he's probably going to get along well with. Though he's not sure she's right about how lovely it'll be if Scott finds out about all the stuff going on back home.]

Yeah, that doesn't surprise me either. He's a cool dude. How long have you been here?

[routemistress]

Oh, year and a half, now. Joined up October before last. I love it 'ere. Best collection of people I've ever seen at one set of spacetime coordinates.

...Not that we really 'ave spacetime coordinates 'ere, but you know what I mean.

[voluntaryapnea]

Wow, that's a long time. But I guess this place stays pretty interesting most of the time.

Yeah, I get you.