Friday Meme Light: Cause It's A Bittersweet Victory (Ten Years Later Thread)

[thewunderkind]

The clock continues to turn on the ship.

The last years have been of turbulence, surprises and great fights, but eventually, five years ago, the Ohm were defeated and slowly, peace was restored to the entire multiverse. The crisis was averted! Congratulations!

...However rebuilding universes takes time. Energy. Power. It still might be years off before you'll get to go home, and Stacy is truly saddened about that. Call it catch 22 if you will, but at least the life on the ship is a lot more peaceful now. The farms have grown, and now there's enough in-house grown food to feed everyone who doesn't feel like eating slop or eating slop in the sensoriums every day. That's a small comfort, right? Oh sure, there's still the surprise or two on it, but now there's slowly more places to stop, and Stacy has been a lot more lenient about people getting their shots...

As they sometimes say, life will find a way to flourish, anywhere it can. My, there's a lot more bellies around the ship than before...

And maybe. One day. Far off future. You'll get to go home. But that's not now.

Ten years is a lot of time for people to grow, personalities to change and emotions to emerge. How have your characters turned out of it?

Comments

[thisclinchesit]

"...so how many times have you went over the fatherhood info by now?" The detective was a bit teasing in tone, but he meant well.

[memory-hax.livejournal.com]

"Enough times to actually make me sick of look ups," admitted Philip, getting an actual smile for his partner. "I hadn't thought I was able to have children anymore."

[thisclinchesit]

And that response got a chuckle out of Shoutarou, who followed it with a pat on the shoulder. "You and me both, but I'm definitely not complaining about it. And you ought to relax - you'll be a fine father."

[memory-hax.livejournal.com]

"Though I can't help but think my children's going to have special powers," added Philip. "I mean, the Venjix hardware coupled with my unique status..."

[thisclinchesit]

"I suppose it's possible and rather probable. If that's the case, though, I believe we've got plenty of people around who can help who know more about having innate powers than us."

[memory-hax.livejournal.com]

"That's true," admitted Philip. "We'll have to see what happens."