first election [ dictated / action ]

[fourtythird]

Three weeks. Three weeks without marking any changes, without seeing the results of our actions hanging over us. I'd consider it a break if I hadn't heard what could lie ahead. And if I weren't still in disbelief over that.

[ She'd taken herself to the library that afternoon, wanting to see something different - something refreshing. The book that she'd been reading back on Galactica was still there, or rather the one that Bill had been reading to her. And there was only so much that she could sit around. For anyone near by? She's slowly perusing the many shelves ]

It's a nice explanation, if you're easily lead, and after what I was first shown? I'm not prepared to believe it. There's a way out of everything, every situation or any trouble that you can find yourself in - experience has told me that enough.

[ She may have been along for the ride and watching most of that but she's had her own fair few situations also ]

And I'm not foolish enough to be without hope. It may seem bleak here but I've seen prospects far worse, and I'm not ready to give up on that just yet.

[ She may have given up on being President, wanting to quit after the disaster that was Earth (and even a little before that from her illness) but she wasn't prepared to believe that she'd simply be stuck here. New Caprica they'd sorted and had been rescued from, this was no different ]

Comments

[demonologist]

[Wesley is in the library, happily browsing the bookshelves himself. The only problem is his height. He can't reach some of the shelves and it's proving a bit frustrating. But, he's a resourceful child and so he's commandeered one of the moveable ladders and is teetering on it precariously, trying to get at the book he wants.]

[fourtythird]

[ A book had caught her eye, her eyes trying to find it again on the shelf after she'd almost walked past it. Pulling it out once she'd found it Laura looked at the cover before turning it over; she'd never heard of it before, although with the size of this library she doubted that she'd heard of most things in it ]

[huffythedragon]

[There's a little dragon watching you from the shelves, Laura. Is that different enough for you?]

What's a nice explanation?

[fourtythird]

The one we're given for here. [ She speaks without looking up, hand running over a spine of a book. Pulling it out she looks up, locating who was speaking to her. And-

Oh Gods. That. She had to have been hallucinating ]

[huffythedragon]

You don't think a magical castle is a good explanation?

[Oh. That face. Always that face. Spike sighs] Yes, I'm a dragon. A talking one. No, I'm not imaginary and no, I'm not dangerous.

[fourtythird]

It's a believer's explanation. I don't believe.

[ That face is... not really gone ] Not imaginary? That's usually what your imagination tries to tell you.

[huffythedragon]

Oh, you don't believe in magic? ...You're one of those types.

I'm real. [He reaches over to poke her arm with his claw] See? Real. And I'm a vegetarian.

[fourtythird]

There's a lot I don't believe in. [ Especially when these are things you've never seen before ]

You're real, fine. It doesn't alter a lot.

[huffythedragon]

But it's so important to everything.

What doesn't it alter?

[fourtythird]

Magic? I've done well without it.

Our presence here for one.

[huffythedragon]

Well, in worlds without it, I guess that's true...

But that's real too. I've been here for almost a year now.

[fourtythird]

This would be something hard to hallucinate. There's too much to it, and hallucinations usually include people you already know. [ Someone's a little familiar with it ]

[huffythedragon]

Oh, this isn't a hallucination, it's definitely all real.

[fourtythird]

I know that as well. Hallucinations don't have this feeling to it.

[huffythedragon]

I haven't had any hallucinations before, so I'll take your word for it.

[fourtythird]

Be thankful of that.

[huffythedragon]

Oh I will!

[heroldman]

[And oh look, guess whose coming over with a small tray of coffee (honest to the Gods coffee Laura!), and a smattering of other foods, snack foods mostly involving sweets (with half a cupcake shoved in his mouth)?

Oh right this man.

And he puts the tray down, pouring her a cup of coffee, before removing the cupcake from his mouth to talk.]

What's go you thinking that now?

[fourtythird]

It's just this place. [ Laura takes a book from one of the shelves, stepping back to their table and placing it down, resting her hands on the back of a chair ]

With everything we've seen and then something like this comes along?

[heroldman]

[It takes him a moment to finish the cupcake and it's enough for him to stop and think before answering, taking a seat to watch her.]

It's not what we expected to see, hardly what we would want. But it's not too bad, all things considered.

[fourtythird]

Not too bad? I've been reading the book that we found. For as much mundane as there is there are more troubling things there.

[heroldman]

Are there? What sort of troubling things?

[fourtythird]

Changes to the building, the world that we're in. And there's no explanation that I can come up with.

dictated

[20thcentury]

People will give up when things get too tough, it's a fact of human nature.

So, they've simply got to depend on others to get the job done.

[fourtythird]

Not everyone does. People are surprising in that, I've seen tough situations and those that keep on fighting. [ She did once but she was given up now ]

[20thcentury]

No, not everybody. But the ones who soldier on are rare.

Which makes me wonder how many of them we've got in this place. [A handful at best, she's assuming.]

[fourtythird]

We've learned to have to, at least where I am.

It might gives us a better chance of fighting this.

[20thcentury]

From what I hear, general opinion seems to be that fighting it is pointless anyway. Or at least everyone's too busy with their personal problems to bother.

[fourtythird]

Then they'll be stuck here.

[20thcentury]

Exactly my thoughts.

The problem is getting everyone to act when we're apparently not sure what to be acting toward. Not many clues offered from our magic prison paradise.

[fourtythird]

Then you start at the more obvious, and lead away from the magicc.

[20thcentury]

Well it's not that simple, is it? Either way, we've apparently been trapped in a place with no warden or anyone to blame. Nobody to ask our questions means we haven't got anybody to give us answers.

[fourtythird]

Just because there isn't anyone answering doesn't mean that there aren't answers. All the books in the library? One of them may have something, or a few.

[20thcentury]

Surprised nobody's found these mysterious somethings yet, then. Or maybe nobody's looking in the right place.

[fourtythird]

Or not looking hard enough, how much do we know about everyone here?

[20thcentury]

As far as I can tell, we're all just prisoners here. If anyone's hiding some big secret on the castle's behalf, I reckon they'll just keep hiding it anyway.

[fourtythird]

People make mistakes. We just need to wait.

[20thcentury]

And hope we aren't sent back home before that happens.

[fourtythird]

I don't see the problem there if we are.

[20thcentury]

Well, I don't know about you -- but I've got to help these people out. I'm sure it's why I'm here.

[fourtythird]

If we're sent home everyone can be.

[20thcentury]

I'd rather figure it out for everyone than have them sit round waiting.

[fourtythird]

It's a better plan. [ Even if she just wants to get out of here. As long as Starbuck and Bill go with her that's her concern - she doesn't know these people ]

[20thcentury]

That's my forte. Making better plans.

[fourtythird]

Then so far it's working.

[20thcentury]

Well, I do me best.