013 ✳ day 149 ✳ audio

[blackmagus]

[She isn't showing her face over the network, but still, Fortescue's voice sounds almost as bad as her numerous injuries. It wobbles every so often, from the abuse it's taken, and she can't even drum up the emotion to be angry about her lack of control over it. It is what is is.]

Hello, Science Center. Miss me? [Fortescue holds the phone away from her face, for a moment, to cough. She might sound dry, but she really is grateful to be back. Very grateful.] Had this place let me remember, I would have been able to return the favor.

...I don't want to inconvenience anyone, but I'm not... especially mobile, and the canteen is quite a distance from my room. If anyone feels like being generous, I wouldn't mind a snack. [Or maybe more than a snack, but she doesn't feel worthy enough, anymore, to ask for more than that. What is she, aside from a person who failed in her most basic duties as a sister?

She almost asks for alcohol, too, just for the hell of it, but she doesn't. She cuts the feed after a quick,]

Thank you.

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[noblexcompanion]

[ To be honest, Donna isn't all that upset either. She misses home and she misses her Gramps so much. But here she has her memories and she's not left with an emptiness inside her that she can't explain.

But an adventure is an adventure.

So, she shakes Fort's hand and grins. ]

Perfect! [ She reaches to touch Jazz's paw too. Because he gets to be in the fun too! ]

[blackmagus]

[Jazz looks at Donna almost reproachfully. Then again, he's a cat, and his paws are sacred territory.]

Don't worry, Jazz wouldn't miss it for the world.

[noblexcompanion]

[ No paw action, no adventure. It's the law. ]

Awesome. It'll be fun. Or foolish. I'm going with fun.