65 - playing with the audio feed

[gimmethemap]

Where's Papa?

This is Papa's room.

(ooc: As with all floods, those that are affected have a choice as to how much they are affected. In Morgan's case she doesn't even really think all that much about being a Warden. It's probably down there somewhere, but she hasn't gotten to it yet.)

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ACTION!

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[There is a hint of understanding in her tone.]

Yes, I'm sure it will.

ACTION!

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[It's about then that King Charles decides it's safe to come out of hiding, and he swings down from a rafter above, by his tail. Hanging suspended upside-down, he clicks and whistles at Janeway. Morgan giggles.]

ACTION!

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[Janeway is caught off-guard, and takes a surprised step backwards.]

[After a second, she regains her composure and peers at the monkey, a smile coming to her face as she tried to remember what the child said its name was.]

Hello, King Charles.

ACTION!

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[To this, the monkey drops down to the floor, stands up on his hind legs, and salutes her.]

He likes you.

[Morgan blinks as though reminded of something.]

It was a long time before he'd do that for me.

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[Kathryn looks at Morgan strangely for a moment.]

How long?

ACTION!

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Until I got --

[Morgan trails off and for a long moment she stares off at nothing. That's right. He never saluted her until after Dawg Brown took the ship. After they found Cutthroat. And...]

...

[Morgan sat down on the floor.]

Papa's dead.

[King Charles hugged her head.]

ACTION!

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[Kathryn doesn't respond immediately. Morgan seems to her to be experiencing an anochronism in her timeline - remembering her adulthood from a child's perspective, or possibly regaining her memories. In a tone reserved for adults, she asks sharply,]

Morgan, do you know where you are?

ACTION!

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[Morgan does not appear to hear her. If she does, she's ignoring the question. She covers her face with her hands, bending over herself, and she begins to shake with quiet sobs.]

Papa...

ACTION!

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[Kathryn comes to her knees from her crouch, sighing; she's not that old, but her muscles protest from the prolonged exertion. She reaches out awkwardly to rub Morgan's back.]

Morgan?

ACTION!

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[Memories, and words like 'barge' and 'flood' returning, Morgan is still what her form suggests, however, and therefore her first response to kind attention is for her 'pick me up' instinct to kick in, and she climbs into Janeway's arms.]

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[Kathryn looks surprised, but holds Morgan, the strangeness of the situation not entirely lost on her.]

It's alright.