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Jocelyn Xavier ([personal profile] abetterway) wrote in [community profile] outer_divide2012-05-13 08:41 am

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[Xavier is sitting on a cot in the Flop, hands clasped in her lap as she smiles into the camera. It's a weary smile, but a friendly one. Her hair is tied back in a low, messy knot.]

Hello. My name is Jocelyn Xavier, and I have a request of everyone.

I'd like to know some details about your home, your history. Nothing intimate, of course – just basic facts that might help us discern some sort of pattern in our abduction. Your statistics, essentially – and your skills, if you don't mind sharing.

I'll start us off.

I come from Earth. America, originally, but I've been traveling for several years. The current year is – was – 1956. I recently turned thirty years old. [Her expression tightens, just slightly, as her voice quiets.] Both of my parents are deceased. My step-brother and his father, as well.

[Her next words come quickly, as she forces old emotions away.] I spent eight years at Oxford University, in England. I have PhDs in genetics, biophysics, psychology, psychiatry, and anthropology.

[She hesitates, then, brow furrowing she glances downward; she seems to steel herself as she looks back into the camera.]

I was a soldier for three years. [It would be dangerous to admit, at home, and might raise suspicions here. But she's asking for honesty, and she's holding enough back already.]
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[personal profile] atwar 2012-05-16 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ your answer is a bark of laughter ]

I am no prophetess, nor any man's wife. As a girl I chose to cast aside what expectations others had for me to pursue a soldier's path. Thor is my dear friend and I have known him since we were children, but marriage? No.
Edited 2012-05-16 19:15 (UTC)
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[personal profile] atwar 2012-05-16 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
There are the Valkyries, who are fearsome to be reckoned with.
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[personal profile] atwar 2012-05-17 02:46 pm (UTC)(link)
If it's all the same, I still much prefer the truth to your legends. I would make a poor mother.
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[personal profile] atwar 2012-05-21 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
The women are always set aside in favor of the men, but that will change.