<< BACK TO RS001 LOG From: QEChat Log kit, anine, sam <noreply@qechat.earthsys.gov> To: anine (Amelia Nine) <anine@expeditionsupport.gov> To: sam (Sameen Lee) <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org> To: kit (Chris Maldonado) <cmaldonado@voortrekker.com> Delivered-To: Sameen Lee <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org> Received: from relay5.local.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov by mta2.recoveryinstitute.org with ESMTPS id 20XDQBPQDUP0DV for <sameen.lee@recoveryinstitute.org> Received: from relay1.qec1.ganymede.earthsys.gov by relay8.qec2.rs001.l4.earthsys.gov Received: from host7.qechat.earthsys.gov by relay1.qec1.ganymede.earthsys.gov Date: 19 Sep 2421 14:37:48 +0000 Date-Local: 05 Apr 2419 18:01:48 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf8" Subject: Chat Log kit, anine, sam [14:02] kit: hello? [14:03] anine: kit hi! sam: is that you? kit: yes it's really me! anine: i thought you couldnt chat from there! [14:04] kit: not in flight! it tied up the qec too much kit: but when i heard you got hurt i talked to director soloviev and he said it was ok since we aren't using the qec much any more anyway kit: are you ok? what happened? [14:05] anine: i'm ok! kit: sam said you got hurt bad anine: bruises mostly anine: also i lost part of my left leg kit: oh my god what anine: below the knee. it's okay! i'm okay [14:06] kit: how can you say that? your leg oh no anine: Kit. Take a breath. anine: I'm really okay. I promise. kit: but kit: i really like your legs! [14:07] anine: hahahahaha kit i love you so much sam: so kit, this jen you've spoken so well of, is that jennifer story? kit: yeah, why? sam: well, i'm not there to swat you for what you just said, so... [14:08] kit: haha i bet she would! i mean, i don't exactly have a butt any more, but she'd find a way kit: god i miss you both so much sam: i miss you too, ma petite! anine: me too! kit: wish i was there with you [14:09] kit: curled up with you both on that awful couch sam: us too anine: we're on titan right now though! no awful couches in sight kit: oh wow, titan? what's it like? anine: well, the hospital is nice anine: they're taking good care of me, and the amenities are wonderful [14:10] sam: ah. i'm an amenity anine: my favorite amenity! anine: other than that i haven't seen much kit: not up and around yet? anine: well, as much as i can be with only the one foot anine: that complicates things a little! [14:11] kit: it would, wouldn't it. kit: i'm sorry anine: don't be. anine: i mean this is weird and i hate it and i'm not really okay with it yet sure but anine: if i can make light of it anyway, why shouldn't you? anine: besides, i want to laugh now, i have to get evaluated for a prosthetic in a little while anine: and that wont be fun [14:12] kit: ooh, nerve mapping, i bet it won't be anine: we really should come out there to ross anine: i mean, on the one hand, we get to see you again anine: on the other, i hear legs aren't always a problem there anine: i wanted to ask...what's that like? sam: we're both wondering! anine: i mean if it's ok to ask [14:13] kit: no, it's okay! uh [14:14] kit: i mean at first i felt like i *should* feel like something's wrong i guess? i mean ive always had legs, and then i suddenly didn't, and you'd think that would really upset me, right? kit: or like kit: amelia, so, your leg... kit: does it feel like it's still there sometimes? [14:15] anine: oh god all the time! that's the weirdest part like my brain still hasn't got used to it either and keeps imagining it's still there and it *itches* kit: yeah, i've read that, phantom limb syndrome anine: yeah, that's what they called it kit: and that seems like it should happen here too, right? i mean i've got tentacles now where i used to have legs, shouldn't i feel like my legs are still there somehow? [14:16] kit: i never did though, not even when i woke up kit: i mean i was surprised, but it didn't feel *wrong*, i didn't feel like i was missing parts, or like my tentacles weren't part of me somehow kit: which honestly was among the weirder parts of that day, i kept thinking i should be horrified and i kept just...not being kit: and i mean [14:17] kit: a lot of that had to do with how i feel about the other changes, i mean i don't even know how to start explaining how wonderful that was to wake up to! anine: sweetie you don't have to! sam: i won't say we understand, ma petite, we can't know what it's like. but we are both so happy for you! anine: yes we are! [14:18] kit: aw yo utwo kit: i dont knwo [14:19] kit: i don't know what i ever did to deserve either of you kit: to deserve you both? that's a lifetime's worth of good luck for this girl anine: you hush. luck has nothing to do with it. sam: you should give yourself the credit you're due, ma petite. [14:20] kit: you know, you're right sam: we are! anine: but when did you ever admit that? sam: you have changed! kit: yeah i have! i wish the QEC could send pictures kit: i mean i look *good* now kit: tentacles and all! [14:21] kit: which is nice since we still haven't really figured out how to make clothes work for ourselves yet kit: shirts are ok and i guess skirts or something but we mostly just don't bother and no one seems to care anine: hahahaha i wish i could see you! we both do! kit: well, if you can get places in the third expedition... [14:22] kit: how are things back home? some of the rumors going around are a little scary sam: it's not good. anine: i came back from ganymede on a lunar ship, and an earth ship tried to stop us partway to luna. the captain didn't stop so they shot at us kit: what kit: that's how you got hurt? anine: yeah kit: oh no [14:23] sam: yeah. no one's done any more shooting yet, but it's just a matter of time sam: earthgov probably hasn't made up their mind on what to do yet, that's always such a mess, and anyway they're worrying about mars right now too sam: and we don't *want* a war, we're not trying to make this any worse than it is already sam: but we're almost certainly about to have one whether we want it or not [14:24] kit: oh god kit: but at least you're on titan, we heard about the alliance but it's so far out, i mean sam: that's the thinking right now, yeah, it'd be very hard for earth to hit here, especially with their fleet split kit: god i wish you were here SO BAD kit: we're still putting everything back together but at least it's safe here [14:25] anine: us too, sweetie. us too. kit: what's happening on mars? sam: no one's really sure but it sounds like the talks broke down, earth's saying it was sabotage, the belt's calling it a labor uprising, no one really knows what to think kit: maybe it'll keep earth so busy they can't make any more problems anine: we can hope... [14:27] anine: well, it's just about time for my torture session. kit: oh no, that makes it sound even worse anine: i'm kidding! it won't be that bad sam: it had better not be. i'm going to be sitting right next to the tech the whole time, one yell and he's going to have a very bad afternoon anine: i'll be fine! use your words [14:28] sam: i will! sam: "neckhold" is a word anine: aaaaaaa what am i ever going to do with you kit: kiss her! kit: and then kiss her again for me anine: yes'm [14:29] anine: done kit: that took a while! kit: good. kit: good luck with the nerve mapping, lia! and to both of you, and stay safe, please kit: don't go making me worry than i'm already going to sam: we wont. promise! anine: oops, there's the nurse kit: ok! more news later when i can! love you both! anine: love you too! sam: nous t'aimons beaucoup, ma petite! [anine: Quit: i'll yell if i feel like it] [sam: Quit: and i'll strangle a medtech if i feel like it!] [kit: Quit: well now i'm not worried at *all*]