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major_west ([personal profile] major_west) wrote2009-08-25 10:39 pm

99.1 - Reminiscing

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.]

[identity profile] thatlibbychick.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
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.
Edited 2009-08-26 06:13 (UTC)

[identity profile] thatlibbychick.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Some of us really are trying to help.

[identity profile] fiftymilesgone.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
I've only met one warden, and she was agreeable as they come, but I don't see how turnin' me into other things would save me. Way I see it, giving me some money to get on with and my family back would be as close to savin' as I can get.

[identity profile] thatlibbychick.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
We don't choose or cause the floods, the Admiral does.

[identity profile] fiftymilesgone.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:36 am (UTC)(link)
I don't mean any offense, ma'am. Just don't see the purpose, is all.

[identity profile] thatlibbychick.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
Don't worry, I didn't take any offense. I just want people to know that there are those of us who are here to make a difference.

[identity profile] fiftymilesgone.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that is good to know, ma'am. As I said, the warden I met was sweet as all get-out. Guess it's more the place I'm confused by than the people.

[identity profile] hopeless-hacker.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 09:17 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] accountsettled.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 12:22 pm (UTC)(link)
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.
gimmethemap: (keep talking)

[personal profile] gimmethemap 2009-08-26 12:29 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] i-hate-posses.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Does it matter? If you get out of here, don't much matter what remains.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 05:56 pm (UTC)(link)
If I were to simply vanish again one day, like so many others, I would hope that something would remain.

Private

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
A little bit of both, actually.

[identity profile] i-hate-posses.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Why? You don't like it here.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Perhaps. Although, should it come down to that, I hope that I'll be able to remove the more embarrassing entries before I go.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
True. So, I suppose I stayed in line with the status quo for most of these floods.

[identity profile] accountsettled.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Might be a good thing to do. If you have control over your legacy, it's best to exercise it.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Well. Aliens. She was a bit rubbish in the first one.

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

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
That's correct. For every one Warden interested in helping, there are three who simply prefer to lord their position over us.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, there was hardly enough paunch to make that comparison.

[identity profile] fiftymilesgone.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Not sure I like them odds.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
You've never seen the Infected. It hardly matters whether they agree or not.

[identity profile] major-west.livejournal.com 2009-08-26 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
No, but I don't fancy the idea of meaningless oblivion, either.
gimmethemap: (Default)

Private

[personal profile] gimmethemap 2009-08-26 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Well since you're at least being partially helpful, you wouldn't happen to know the chap's name, would you?
remarkablyblunt: (listening)

[personal profile] remarkablyblunt 2009-08-26 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Infected? Hardly. Still and all, might as well get what enjoyment you can out of things or you'll just be miserable all the time.

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