spam & video . 10th transformation

[permutates]

[ She changes in an empty cabin. She has practiced this appearance in front of the mirror until she has it perfect: hair curled, an old-style nurse's uniform like the kind she saw in America when she was a child. Earnest, soft hands, a sweet smile. She perfects it, carefully, and then tentatively steps out into the hallway.

And now she wanders, her steps soft, her hands clutched to her chest. She acts as though she has never been here before. ]

Hello?

[ video ]

Is this how you - oh! I broke it!

[ The camera faces a young woman, blonde, beautiful, wide-eyed. This transmission comes from Red's communicator. ]

…are you sure? I think I - oh, it's on me. Oh! Is my hair all right? [ Her hand flies to the curls. ]


[ OOC NOTE: Raven has decided to invent and assume an alternate personality, after the horrible stuff she did in the flood. I'm okay with her being reasonably discovered, but would like her to be able to keep up the facade in public for at least a little while. Let her experiment a little. So please talk to me first if you would like your character to figure it out!

Her pretend personality is a new inmate, from 1940s in America. An aspiring nurse. ]

Comments

[secretasshole]

David. Have you been briefed on what to expect in your time on board?

[permutates]

Red's been awful nice. Let's see - I'm dead, I'm on a Barge - [ And she gives a delicate shudder. ] And I can't do much about it. Is that just about all?

[secretasshole]

Not exactly, but those are generally good first points to cover.

[permutates]

What else would you say?

[secretasshole]

Be prepared to lose your warden, when you're eventually assigned one.

[permutates]

Does that mean you lost a few?

[secretasshole]

One. She was demoted.

[permutates]

Oh. Poor thing.

[secretasshole]

"Poor thing"?

[rly]

[permutates]

Something terrible must have happened.

[secretasshole]

Yes.

The Admiral made a huge mistake in expecting her to be responsible for another person's well being.

[permutates]

Everyone makes mistakes.

[secretasshole]

And he makes them frequently.

[permutates]

Well, what are you going to do, whine about it?

He's a man, and sometimes men simply don't listen.

[secretasshole]

If you have proof that the Admiral is a man at all, I'm sure we'd all love to hear about it.

[permutates]

Simple. He's obstinate and won't tell anyone what he's doing. A woman would be very different.

[secretasshole]

It's also possible that he's not a man or a woman.

[permutates]

Trust me. I know a man when I see one.

[secretasshole]

I don't.

[permutates]

You don't have to be like that about it.

[secretasshole]

I know.

[permutates]

Then why are you?

[secretasshole]

Because I choose to be.

[permutates]

Why do you choose to be?

[secretasshole]

Because I've been given very little reason to act otherwise.