second verse ☯ video;

[problematical]

He's gone, the other one... not Hawke. He was so heavy, he took away all the air wherever he went, drained it out like a vacuum.

[ Someone has noticed one of her suitemates has left the turtle and although she never spoke to him, seems much relieved he's not there. (Sorry Bert.) ]

There's so many secrets here, sometimes it's hard to breathe, to think. Keep trying to pull them out and... and...

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video;

[6collegecredits]

Hey. You okay there?

Re: video;

[problematical]

There isn't really an "okay" anymore.

[ Her tone is a little resigned at the statement. ]

Simon says there will be, but I can't find it.

[6collegecredits]

That's fair enough. [If worded a bit oddly...]

"Okay" is a lot harder to get to sometimes than people seem to think.

[problematical]

[ River nods, seeming to appreciate that Darcy understands. ]

They look and they think they see, but they don't.

[6collegecredits]

Who's "they"?

[problematical]

Everyone. Everyone that's been brought here and who hasn't gone away yet.

[6collegecredits]

Okay. So what aren't we seeing, then?

[problematical]

The spaces between the waves, dropped a pebble into a pond and everyone looks at the ripples. Misdirection.

[6collegecredits]

[She squints a bit, as if she's trying to decipher what's really going on here.]

So...you think there's something bigger going on here. Bigger than a war?

[problematical]

[ River nods unhappily. ]

There's mice in the walls, listening. You have to take out the nest.

[6collegecredits]

You mean someone's spying on us?

[It wouldn't surprise her really if there was.]

[problematical]

[ River nods solemnly, tapping in a series of code pings to the console. They make Darcy's screen go through a set of colour changes, blue, yellow, greyscale, then back to normal. ]

Like a magician.

[6collegecredits]

[Darcy looks startled by the sudden change in her console.]

Woah-! Hey, did you do that?

[problematical]

[ She nods, continuing to play with whatever she's going on her end, though there's no further effects on Darcy's console. ]

Just learning.

[6collegecredits]

[She snorts a little.]

You can manipulate the network. If that's "just learning" then I can't wait to see what you can do once you've got it.

[problematical]

You just have to ask it nicely. You'd be surprised how often it works.

[ And suddenly she's smiling, her speech as passable for normal as anything. ]

[6collegecredits]

You know, people are always telling me that.

[She laughs.]

When you've got it figured out. Will you show me?

[problematical]

[ River hummed a note of agreement. ]

Yes, I can do that.

[6collegecredits]

Great.

[She nods slightly.] I'm Darcy, by the way. What's your name?

[problematical]

I'm River.

[6collegecredits]

River.

Have you been here very long?