99.1 - Reminiscing

[major_west]

I was given this journal at the time of my death-- or shortly after, anyway. It's odd, looking back at things I'd written when I wasn't really myself. I made a rubbish woman, an imbecilic teenager, and--

Hann--

Anyway. Despite everything here, the loss of identity through floodwater, the ports, all of the arrivals and sudden departures, the death and absolute... pointlessness of many of our struggles, this journal was the only thing that remained constant. I had never wanted to keep one before, but here I am, over a year past my death, and I'm still writing in it and speaking to it.

I wonder if it will remain after I've gone away from here.

P.S. The weasel has a name now. Billy and I have decided to call it Ripley, and we hope that it will grow into its name. And no, Libby, I will not walk it on a leash like a ridiculous mincing queen.

[Private to Morgan]
One of the newer Inmates came to me asking about weapons-- specifically, where he could obtain them. I didn't tell him anything, but I thought you should know, in case he came looking for a shag.

[OOC: AFTER DOING A COUNT AND REMOVING THE ACTION POSTS FROM THE TOTAL, this is ACTUALLY #98. Unless I missed some other action post. So there. I get to stall.]

Comments

[remarkablyblunt]

Oh, I'm sure they weren't entirely pointless!

[major-west.livejournal.com]

And why do you say that?

[remarkablyblunt]

Nothing's entirely pointless, is it? That which does not kill us and so forth.

[possemagnet.livejournal.com]

Weasel's are just giant fucking rats. I hate rats.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure they're supposed to eat rats, actually. If we had a rat problem, I could actually find some use for this creature.

[possemagnet.livejournal.com]

...really? I thought that they ate snakes, or something. Which I also don't like.

[lazarusrisen.livejournal.com]

It's been a year since I arrived here for me also...if you leave or anything, I'll be sure to steal your journal for you before anyone has the chance to fuck it up. Sentimental reasons and what not.

I still can't believe you have a pet weasel.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Well, there's a relief.

I know. I still don't see the point in it.

[lazarusrisen.livejournal.com]

Did she want you to take more responsibility or something? She can't have thought that it was fun.

Somebody's new and uninformed :c

[fiftymilesgone.livejournal.com]

You were a woman?

[major-west.livejournal.com]

In a... sense, yes. It was a flood.

[fiftymilesgone.livejournal.com]

Oh. I see. Something else what's different from where I come from, I suppose.

[thatlibbychick.livejournal.com]

Ripley? Like Sigourney Weaver's character in Alien?

If Ripley and Reyes prove themselves able to get along, I could always walk her for you. I wouldn't mind.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Well. Aliens. She was a bit rubbish in the first one.

Libby, the ferret is fine. We let it roam the cabin.

[hopeless-hacker.livejournal.com]

I realise it's not much comfort, but for what it's worth? Most actual women make rubbish women as well. And nobody needs to be told that all teenagers are imbeciles.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

True. So, I suppose I stayed in line with the status quo for most of these floods.

[hopeless-hacker.livejournal.com]

If I'd been in your position, I honestly would have been more worried if I'd made a good woman.

[accountsettled.livejournal.com]

I used to think it was pretty futile. I'd like to think I can find a reason here.

Perhaps, Major, leaving something to be remembered by makes it far from pointless.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Perhaps. Although, should it come down to that, I hope that I'll be able to remove the more embarrassing entries before I go.

[gimmethemap]

Ripley. I like it.

[Private to West]

You know I can't tell if you were trying to be helpful, there, or if you just felt like being crass.

Private

[major-west.livejournal.com]

A little bit of both, actually.

[i-hate-posses.livejournal.com]

Does it matter? If you get out of here, don't much matter what remains.

[major-west.livejournal.com]

If I were to simply vanish again one day, like so many others, I would hope that something would remain.

[fathersbludgeon.livejournal.com]

You do realize calling it a weasel doesn't make it any manlier, right?

[major-west.livejournal.com]

Ferrets are weasels.