for lastvoyages: First Vision [video+spam]

[can_has_vodka]

[Have a spritely young bald woman in filmy clothes, perching on a scratched wooden desk and beaming at you. Her eyes are bright, bright purple and almost seem to glow slightly, and she is very pale.]

Hullo everybody! I'm Arkady, and I'm from the Island of Whitechapel. Of course, for most of you Whitechapel isn't an island, but we had a little problem with the Thames getting loose from its banks, and ever since then things have been a bit wet in London. Whitechapel has about twice as many people as this place, and we just took on a hundred more. We'll make do, though. We just need to pull together. [It's not clear whether she's speaking of Whitechapel or the Barge. Both maybe?]

I'm to be a Warden here, and if there's a need for help anywhere, do let me know! [She pauses, blinks at the screen, and then leeeeans forward and peers into it as if she can see some of you on the other side. A giggle; the purple eyes blink and she pulls back again.]

I'll be up on Deck in the gardens if anyone wants to say hello! Yay flowers!

[A few seconds later she literally appears a few feet from the Colour Garden, which she immediately crouches down to inspect.] Hello flowers!

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[bitnotgood]

God.

But it's London. That's just not right.

[can-has-vodka.livejournal.com]

You're right. It isn't right.

We're going to fix it, the twelve of us, once we figure out how. It will be very hard. It might kill us again. But people need their land back, and their city.

[bitnotgood]

[There's a long, long pause on his end for a moment.]

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to...London's just a special place to me - to a lot of people, actually.

I'm John.

[can-has-vodka.livejournal.com]

London is special, and so are her people. It's why we settled there to help. We're from this flat little Southern village, the twelve of us. And Alice is from Manchester. But Whitechapel was the best place to make a stand for the survivors.

Hullo John! Please don't worry. My Wish is to help all Britain, it's why I'm here! Who knows, perhaps it will help all the Britains. I'm not being very specific!