un. video.

[fingerchewing]

[ Justine turns on the video...and immediately turns it back off.

Not once, but two times, until she clicks it on with a sigh, positioning it strategically to only capture the right side of her face, the other cheek tainted by a grisly scar. She looks into the camera, biting her thumb nail with a vigor that is, honestly, pretty disgusting. ]

I was told that I would be accepted for who I am here. That all imPorts are monsters and freaks, in one way or another. How many of you have known that to be true?

[ Oh, shit, her thumb is bleeding. Justine winces, and sucks on the tip of it, ostensibly just to stop the bleeding, but something in her eyes looks oddly...satisfied. Until she realizes what she’s doing, and puts her hand out of view, looking slightly to the side instead of directly at the screen. ]

Any injury we receive will just be healed by the nanites, right? How long does that take?

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[fingerchewing]

[ Justine winces at the gore, but it's only a flash. ]

Do ghosts really hurt people? I assumed most of them were just sad.

[admemoriam]

Sometimes. But mainly they just make people scared and sad.

[fingerchewing]

I wouldn't call you a monster, then. Unless you're doing it on purpose?

[admemoriam]

I don't. Just... sometimes I can't control it.

[Read: most days.]

What kind of monster are you?

[fingerchewing]

The kind that can't control it, either. It's not really something I can show you.

[admemoriam]

It's okay, you don't have to tell me about it. I just like to be upfront.

[It took his friends entirely too long to find out he was even dead, and he doesn't want to see that kind of surprised grief on anyone else's face.]

[fingerchewing]

No, I mean I literally can't just show you. Not without hurting anyone.

[admemoriam]

[If he shies from the camera a little bit, it's not his intention. It's a murder victim's instinct.]

Whatever it is, it's not everything that makes you you. You'll be accepted either way, but just remember that.

[fingerchewing]

I know.

[ Still, she smiles a little, it's a nice sentiment. ]

I was a full person before all this, and I'll continue to be.

[admemoriam]

I’m glad.

[Honest and soft.]

I don’t really remember what that feels like.

[fingerchewing]

...how long?

[admemoriam]

About nine years.

[fingerchewing]

...that sucks.

[ What else can you really say?

[admemoriam]

It's okay. There are always worse things.

[A very halfhearted smile.]

What's your name?

[fingerchewing]

I'm Justine. And you?

[admemoriam]

Noah. It's nice to meet you.