TLV 1 - Video

[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara is sitting in her wheelchair, hands folded in her lap as she smiles wryly at the camera.]

Hey there, Barge. You've got another Warden. My name is Barbara.

Nice to meet all of you.

[Her smile fades as she leans forward, just slightly.]

I know a lot of you aren't here by choice. If it were up to me – [she shakes her head] - but it's not. We're all working with what we have.

That's no reason not to take the chance now that you've got it. A lot of people don't. And I'm here to help with that, if you'll let me.

[She leans back again, arching her eyebrows.]

So – these headaches. Is this a normal thing around here?

((Hell yes she's affected.))

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[psychic_hotline]

You got that right.

[This is normally the point where she'd ask someone new what they did before coming here, but she knows that, and she's not going to pretend she doesn't.]

So you know about floods. Have you been told that the Barge can make stops? Every other month or so.

[bodilesswarrior]

I have, yes - and that they range from pleasant to horrific.

Sounds like my usual vacations. [Back when she took vacations.]

[psychic_hotline]

That's about the size of it. Plus the risk of becoming a native of the world we land on, though that doesn't always happen.

[bodilesswarrior]

[A wry murmur.] Because we needed more identity issues.

Has it ever happened to you?

[psychic_hotline]

Last month. The person I turned into was running...I don't know, I guess you'd call it a refugee camp, on an alien planet. I still remember bits and pieces of her life but it's mostly just a blur now. Still a little disconcerting.

[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara's brow furrows as she takes that in, grimly pensive.]

I can imagine. Do you know if - are they people we could have been, or just lives we happen to fall into?

[psychic_hotline]

I wish I could tell you for sure. The way you're slotted into a niche that's already there, though? I'd say the latter.

[bodilesswarrior]

[Barbara nods.] And then you're just - pulled back into yourself, when the barge leaves.

I'm trying to figure out how this could work but multiversal mechanics aren't really my forte.

Maybe there are some books on it.