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?

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[futureisclear.livejournal.com]

Ildraniath gave the group of children a long, stern look. Not that they really paid her any mind at the moment. She could've snapped at them And really made them jump, but that hardly seemed worth the effort at the moment. The fact that the mon-keigh were starting to reproduce aboard this ship did not sit well with her - they were already in the majority, why did they feel the need to add more of their horrid, squalling little spawn?

Her expression softened slightly as she turned her attention back to Zouichi, "Thank you, Zouichi. You seem to be as healthy as ever - not that you ever fall ill, I imagine."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

It figured that Ildraniath didn't like children. Well, human children, anyway.

Zouichi smiled in response. "Not without outside intervention, anyway. I heard they finished reconstructing another universe. That only leaves a couple million more. I'm sure they'll be getting to ours any day now."

Actually, he was starting to wonder if people who had been present on the day the war ended would even live to see the revival of their worlds. Or how many people would choose to return, considering that they now had friends and family elsewhere.

[futureisclear.livejournal.com]

"At the rate they're going, I will probably be dead before they've finished. Even Eldar are not immortal," Ildraniath replied. It was actually a rather depressing thought - but if it meant the Eldar would survive, she would continue to aid the effort as best she could.

"Otherwise, I find myself with little to do these days. The war is over. All I can do is wander the ship."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Zouichi nodded slightly. "I have to admit to feeling a little... tethered by the situation. I can't resume my mission, and I can't leave the ship. I'd have appreciate it if they'd bothered telling us how long this would take beforehand." He wasn't overly eager to see his friends grow old and die, either. Even if it was perfectly normal for them.

"I suppose there's still the odd conflict we run into, but..." he shrugged. "I guess waiting isn't really my strong point."

[futureisclear.livejournal.com]

"Waiting, I can deal with. It is the inactivity and the complacency that our crewmates seem to have fallen into that irks me," Ildraniath shrugged, "...but I cannot help how they feel, even if I despise them for it."

She managed a wry smile a moment later, "At least I have someone to share my irritation with."

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

"The war is over... and they've gotten used to life aboard the ship. That's just how humans are." When life was short, what was there to do but enjoy what you had left? He didn't really blame them for wanting to put their years of difficulty behind them. But he didn't feel right doing the same.

He smiled back. "I think there's a saying about that. Misery loves company? But I'm glad that irritation isn't total. At any rate, it seems we'll be stopping for supplies soon. Are you planning to be part of the diplomatic party?"