001 {video}

[wordaday]

[The first few second of video is an awkwardly angled shot of a very tired, very pretty blonde woman, clearly trying to work through how to use her damn phone. She looks like she's recently been through the wringer, face a mess of healing scrapes and a few shadowy bruises. So, she's just not here for any kinda crap today, phone. Behave.]

Oh lord, I’ve never been good at this computer stuff. What is- oh, eeugh.

[Sookie finally gets a good look at herself in the camera, and that angle is doing nothing for her, yikes. She takes a moment to adjust the angle, until she’s satisfied that she looks actually presentable to strangers and not a damn mess like she’s been for the past week.]

I’m Sookie, ah, Sookie Stackhouse. I’m sorry, I don’t mean to be so scattered, I’m just a little overwhelmed right now, if you can understand. [She frowns, a little embarrassed at herself. Get a grip, Sook, it’s just a camera.] Ah, so, I’d really really like to know about churches around anywhere? I’m Methodist, but I’m no stranger to a Baptist service, or any of those big nondenominational-

[And then for just a moment, the Fellowship of the Sun flashes across her mind’s eye, and her stomach lurches. No. No megachurches.]

Actually, no, just small congregations are fine for me.

Also, they're telling me that I've got to be on some TV show called, ah.....[She takes a moment to look at something scribbled onto her palm.] Virginia Lakeshore? Anyone know anything about that? How would I wiggle my way out of that, exactly?

Comments

[notsheepish]

Honestly? I'm not sure. I haven't really looked into whether there's some sort of poll about it, but it's probably not far off from 50/50?

[wordaday]

[The optimist in her tells her 50/50 isn't all that bad. The realist in her tells her to stop it with that kind of talk, good lord.]

Do they do it on purpose?

[notsheepish]

Who? The government?

According to them, none of this is on purpose. They lost control of the thing that brings us here years ago, and they don't know enough about it to do anything other than just try their best to work with us when we show up.

[wordaday]

Mmm hmm. I definitely believe that.

[Look, she's not one of those conspiracy nuts or like the folks out in Hotshot who eschew the way things are, but when the people in charge are insistent that they're not at fault, usually they're at fault. It's common sense.]

Seems like they'd try to do something to stop it if they really wanted.

[notsheepish]

Maybe. Or maybe they have tried and failed spectacularly. I don't really know.

[wordaday]

I'm thinking it's a little from column B, a lot from column A.

[notsheepish]

That's very possible! Though either way, the outcome for us is still the same.

[wordaday]

What? That we're trapped here?

[Not bitter, but a remarkable simulation!]

[notsheepish]

That's the one, yeah.