Explained absence.

[chiron_survivor]

Adia hadn't meant to stop visiting the Nexus. It was something she was learning to enjoy, in fact, a respite from the daily tribulations of her cramped, inter-stellar life.

And then her PINpoint stopped working.

She wasn't certain why, but she suspected that it had something to do with the cylon virus that infected some of the fleet and nearly allowed a Centurion invasion. Which thankfully didn't succeed, but a few days later, when she tried to use her PINpoint, gobbledygook appeared on the screen and she didn't go anywhere.

The same thing happened the next few times she tried, so she buried it in the bottom of her foot locker and tried not to break down. She hadn't realized how much she had relied on that little device -- her portal to another, better universe -- until it no longer worked. The worst part was, there was no one she could tell, no one who could try and fix it. It was just one more secret she had to keep.

Life went on. She continued to work in her lab and slowly befriend others. Battlestar Pegasus, long thought destroyed, returned to the fleet, and some very lucky people were reunited. Adia was not one of them.

Then one day, while she sat on her bed and read over some research, she heard something beep in her foot locker. She opened it, and digging through her personal mementos, carefully retrieved the source.

Her PINpoint. It was working again.

She didn't hesitate to use it.

((OOC: Just an explanation for why Adia has been gone, which was in reality due to the mun being away and then super busy. ^_^ But Adia is back! Please feel free to contact her!))

Comments

[sole-captain.livejournal.com]

Ah, eventful but victorious. That is good to hear.

If you can say yet - might you rebuild there?

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

That's what the quorum is currently debating. It's not ideal in terms of living conditions but it's in a nebula that hinders DRADIS function. The cylons wouldn't be able to find us.

But it means we would have to give up looking for Earth.

[sole-captain.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes. Impossible to concentrate your efforts in two directions light-years apart, with resources so scarce.

It would be safe, but... well, safe.

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

Exactly.

Normally, I like safe. And if I had never discovered the Nexus, I'd be quite content with settling on this planet. But now that I know the possibility of Earth is out there, I don't want to give up looking for it. Not to mention, the thirteenth tribe of Kobol will be there. They could help us.

[sole-captain.livejournal.com]

It's a great risk - but don't take that as disapproval. It's not merely about survival, is it?

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

No, it isn't. Some days it's merely about surviving, but not in general. We wouldn't last as a species if we didn't look at the big picture.

What would you do, if you had to make this decision?

[sole-captain.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I should claim I can't be sure, but-

I would strike out for Earth, and pay whatever price I had to.

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

I thought you might say that. You're very brave. If you were in our situation, I have no doubt you'd find Earth.

[sole-captain.livejournal.com]

Thank you, but I am hopeful of your prospects too. If your people will support that course wholeheartedly.

There are few things that are truly impossible, if you give your all to them.

It's not quite as vaguely uplifting if you know how literally he means 'all'.

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

That's the problem, the fleet is somewhat divided on what to do. Our current president thinks we should continue searching for Earth, but there's an election coming up.

[sole-captain.livejournal.com]

And if she loses support... hm. How is the mood among the people you know?

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

The people I know are mostly scientists, so they're a little biased towards settling on this new planet. I can't tell them, hey, I think Earth might be real because I met a bunch of people from there except they're all from other universes.

[sole-captain.livejournal.com]

No, no indeed not. Perhaps framed as the need to find a permanent solution instead of hiding quietly and hoping to be spared...

But I don't know how the arguments run among you.

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

Most of the people I know worry about dwindling resources. We can't stay on our ships forever. I like your suggestion. It does feel like hiding, in some ways.

Anyway. That's what's happening here. I'm glad you're doing well. How are your teammates?

[sole-captain.livejournal.com]

It is necessary and wise to evade one's foes at times, but it too easily becomes habit.

They are landlocked and bored, I'm sorry to say, but not truly harmed for that. I admit to exploiting some of the less-used byways of the Nexus to keep them safely occupied...

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

They've been in the Nexus, too? What did they think of it?

She wants to ask if they enjoyed sailing along Nexus waters, but she doesn't think 'sailing' is the right word, and if so, what is the right word. Boating? Swimming? I plan to go back to that body of water you were near, last time. It was pretty there.

[sole-captain.livejournal.com]

A foreign and capricious place of uncharted waters and interesting people? I think they felt rather at home! Stormcloud has been tearing across the Nexus waves quite often of late.

He doesn't mention the comments about the 'fleshy infestation' or Waterlog's speculations about the plunder to be had beyond the Nexus's many portals.

I'm not certain they fully grasp its scale, but they are ever focused first and foremost on that which affects them directly. They were not so overawed as, for example, our mission leader when she learned of it recently.

Yes, it was! Perhaps we will see each other there.

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

Do you think your mission leader has a greater sense of what the Nexus can offer?

I hope so. She's tempted to apologize for how scared and wary she was, at first, but she knows he understands, and really, she had good reason to be. She wishes she could tell him that she appreciates his friendship without sounding hokey.

[sole-captain.livejournal.com]

Yes, although perhaps she doesn't know how to go about putting it to use. She is a geologist by primary function, and she has a sense of perspective which I suppose one must, in that field.

Then your hope is my intention. Oceanglide might tell her that if you can't keep from being afraid you must never apologise for it.

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

I don't know what interest the Nexus would hold for a geologist. I'd be afraid to dig too deep; who knows what's just a few feet underground. She's joking. Sort of.

A knocking on her door startles her, but then she remembers that a co-worker was coming by, to have dinner with her. Someone who was slowly becoming a friend, despite (or because of) current circumstances. I have to go now, but I will look for you when I am in the Nexus. Take care.

She shoves the PINpoint hurriedly into its hiding spot at the bottom of her foot locker, locks it, and then answers her door. If Oceanglide replies, she'll see it after dinner.

[sole-captain.livejournal.com]

A wise point. I shall have to stay at hand in case she unearths any nameless cosmic horrors or pits of formless chaos.

And you, Adia. It was a pleasure to speak with you again.