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Alex is probably busy getting chewed on by monsters or something.

Leave him a message after the beep and hopefully he can get back to you.

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Pretty well, all things considered...

[Nothing too bad, anyway, but he's not gonna bother poor Murphy with any sad details. The guy's already going out of his way to check on him. He's better than a few weeks ago—that's something, right?]

Just—worried about what the hell's going on. In the pod room.

["All things considered." Yeah, Murphy knows what that's like.]

I noticed that. Didn't see any of you guys in there, but I wanted to make sure...

[Because even if Alex or Heather or Anne weren't asleep in those pods, that doesn't mean something else couldn't have happened to them.

[Who's the biggest little worrywart spacedad? Murphyyy!]

[Right. Right. He feels shitty now, not checking in immediately. But he knew they weren't stuck in their pods, so...]

Sorry. Should've checked in.

['It's been a tough few weeks.'

He almost says it, but bites it back last moment.]

Everyone's saying they're okay—there's nothing wrong with 'em, but I still can't help but wonder why they short-circuited with the network... Maybe it's got something to do with how the whole ship freaked out a while ago? When the masks first showed up.

[Well, not like Murphy has been much better. Everyone's guilty, the end.]

It's fine. What d'you think I'm doin' right now?

[Checking up on you assholes, that's what.]

What, you mean the standby...? [He pauses.] Yeah, I can see how that probably looks right now. People aren't wakin' up and I wonder if we weren't supposed to, either.

Asking about the weather?

[You were practically asking for a sarcastic remark to that first question.

At any rate-]

It's just our luck to wake up when we're supposed to be out. Hopefully it didn't ruin our chances of getting back into our pods...

Sure, 'cause we get lots of that round these parts.

[Well, Murphy's just going to make a sarcastic remark to your sarcastic remark.

[So there.

[...And what Alex just said really doesn't help to set Murphy at ease.] Shit, I... hadn't really thought about that, but... Might be worth checkin' up on before the next jump.

[Rule 132423: never depend on Alex to set you at ease.]

Yeah, a check-up would be good. Especially since the network isn't working, so talking about it is a lot harder than usual. How do you think we could see if it's working...?

[To be fair, it's fucking Murphy. You got a snowball's chance in hell at ever setting him at ease, anyway.]

Dunno. Maybe somebody on the medical staff would know. What's left of 'em, I guess.

[Shit, he doesn't know who all is asleep and who is still out and about.]

Yeah... a lot of 'em are trapped, too, huh?

[Damn.]

Well, I'll bring it up to the security staff, see what they think, too. They'll be pretty interested in figuring out whether or not we're just as trapped as the people in the pods.

[only we'll be way more dead, if it's that case.]

Yeah, probably...

[With Heather saying how they were all tied up over in agriculture, Murphy just felt it safe to assume.]

Sure. Good idea. Not sure what can be done 'bout it, but it's better than just waitin' and hope for the best. [Because, in Murphy experience, that option almost never works out.]

Yeah. Besides, we might get a little closer to figuring out what happened to the last crew. Can't be like they haven't dealt with the same crap we have...

...Thought the same thing sometimes. Which is why I try checkin' the place out when I can. See if there's ever been ground that someone else hasn't already covered, and maybe figure out what the hell's goin' on someday.

Hopefully.

Let me know if you come across anything? Or let Anne know. SEC's been on edge for a while thanks to this network and pod thing.

Think everybody's been on edge with this, tch... Whatever this is. [Murphy sure as shit has.] But, erm, yeah. Will do.

...

Take care of yourself, man.

["BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T SO HELP ME GOD..."]

Only if you take care of yourself first.

[Besides, you've been hurt more than him.

Surely that scoreboard will not change anytime soon.

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