The Second Turn [anonymous text/video]

[chikapolilla]

[anonymous text] Hollow Comfort

a question
by now many of you have realized your situation
and where we are and what this place is
so to those that have embraced this world:
what do you find worthy of your time?
how do you find meaning in this nothingness?
how can you say that helping someone is worth anything?
when they might not be here next week
right now i don't see the point in anything
and would like a different perspective

[video] When the Piper Seeks his Fee...

[Vaggie looks up on the camera as she sits on a bench in Everglade looking morose as usual. Beside her are a set of boxes and bags, and she seems to be peering soberly at the camera.]

Well, it finally happened. Those little red bills they gave me are finally down to the last few. And as charming as it is to sleep out in a back alley or under a newspaper in the park, I don't really find that all that appealing.

So, uh...

...yeah, I'm asking for a job. Not asking for much, but it does have to pay. I've done some bookkeeping stuff in the past, and maybe a few odd jobs here and there. Its not exactly like I have references. But if you have something or have heard of someone that is hiring, help a girl out? Thanks.

Oh, and if that job is Torchwood -- I'm not interested.

Comments

[Anon text]

[chikapolilla]

so your answer to that is to live your life without knowing where they are or how they are doing?

i can't decide if that is brave or naive

that and be a little jealous

Re: [Anon text]

[hotheadwarmheart]

Don't get me wrong; if I had a choice in the matter, I'd definitely keep up with them and how they're doing. But since I don't have that choice, I have to make the best of what I've got. And since they're my friends, they wouldn't want me to spend my life sitting around moping and worrying.

I still miss them sometimes, obviously, but well, like I said, they're my friends. They'd want me to be happy, so I kinda owe it to them to try and have as good of a life as I can, and to try and improve my life and the lives of the people who are still here. Most all of them have helped me learn something or grow as a person since I've been here; not taking those experiences to heart feels almost like betraying their memory. And I'm not gonna do that.

So... yeah, I'm no expert, and I definitely can't tell you how to live your life. But I will say this; if you give this place and the people here a chance, they might just surprise you. I know they surprised me.

[chikapolilla]

heh. you almost had me

i don't know if the people here are really worth giving a chance

a lot of folks i've met are freaking nuts

which is made worse by the fact that they also think they're doing good when they're really just acting on whatever impulse catches them that day

i suspect its something in the water

but what say you, oh all-knowing fountain of wisdom?

[Thinking about her friends and the fact that she may end up going back home to see them was almost enough to bring her around. Charlie would definitely want her to live and not to brood. But the people, WOW, the people she had met...]

[hotheadwarmheart]

You mean you actually thought I was an expert? Heh... Not sure whether I should be flattered or concerned.

But yeah, of course a lot of the people here are a little nuts. That's what keeps things interesting. I mean, I've got a friend here who's a walking, talking skeleton who plays guitar, another who lives in what looks like a blue phone booth but is actually a huge building on the inside and is also alive somehow, another one who's literally an angel, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. This place might be a lot of things, but boring isn't one of them.

As to the bit about acting on impulse though... yeah, afraid I'm guilty of that myself. My friend Isa was always the planner out of the two of us, but he's never been here, far as I know. When I see something I think I can help with or I think I have a way to cheer someone up, I go for it. Maybe it'll work out and maybe it won't, but I figure it's better than not trying. After all, if I don't try, then I've already failed by default.

[chikapolilla]

you think this is nuts

where i'm from there eyes would fall from the sky, there was a western section, a modern section, and an ancient european section

there are dragon people, dog people, deer people, spider people, cyclopes, ogres, and other ancient things that don't even have names anymore

every day there is a violent crime of some kind

nothing makes sense and everything is chaotic

just take this place and factor it by 100

[hotheadwarmheart]

...OK, I'm sorry, but eyeballs falling from the sky? Ew. Just ew.

Aside from that though, if your world is that crazy, I'm honestly not sure why this one bothers you as much as it apparently does. It sound like it'd almost be a nice vacation compared to all that, at least if it weren't for the whole kidnapping thing.

[chikapolilla]

someone is there

someone who is not here

i would't expect you to understand

[hotheadwarmheart]

...Believe it or not, I understand that feeling better than you might think. It's always rough, losing people you care about, no matter how it happens.

I hope they turn up here, or that you get to go home to them soon.

[chikapolilla]

yeah

[hotheadwarmheart]

I'd be willing to help keep an eye out of you let me know what they look like and where to point them if they do turn up.