entranceway | o8 | what more am I owed than certain death

[Annie appears onscreen, looking anything but her chipper self. Seems that's more and more common, these days, especially after things like disgusting zombies. She'd kept her own and managed to make it to the farmhouse on the second day, and stayed there for the remainder of the event, helping people who managed to get there as well. It wasn't until the event was over that she realized that they were well into fall, and that Christmas must be coming up soon, and if Christmas is coming, that means Hanukkah's here, or...that it already passed.

And, okay, yeah, she doesn't have like, the best relationship with her parents anymore, but it's still a special holiday for her! And she could've had a sweet little ceremony each night and lit the candles and made matzoh ball soup in the kitchen and shared it!! But no, instead she was killing zombies and hiding in a farmhouse. Seriously.

So, she can be found in the diner, her crafting supplies spread out in front of her in a booth in the back. Currently, she's pouring glitter over a set of folded up pieces of paper-- Christmas cards. She missed one holiday, she's not going to miss another.]

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Peter?

[Annie tries to think if she's met anyone with that name, but she's drawing a blank. The past few weeks have been hectic, and the zombies didn't really help her clear her mind or anything. Besides, this place's population just keeps growing and growing. It's pretty crazy. And hard to keep up with.]

I don't think so. But he has medical experience?

He's fairly new, so that's probably why you haven't met him. But he studied as a nurse, so he should be good to have around.

[Martha's only worked with him a few times so far, but it's been enough to show her that he knows what he's doing and she can trust him to man the clinic on his own when she needs some time to rest up.]

Still, if you come across anyone else who's got experience, be sure to send them my way, will you?

Of course!

[Peter sounds pretty awesome, she has to admit. She'll definitely keep an eye out for him.]

So most of the other doctors...they're gone, huh? Went back home?

[Martha nods slowly. It's not something she's spoken about much, as she hadn't wanted people to think she was moping because so many of her friends have left. It's not as if she doesn't have plenty more still here with her.]

Yes. Simon, Dr. McCoy, Owen...

[Her gaze falls down to her hands when she says that last name, as he's the one she'd been closest to, for better or for worse.]

It's probably good they've gotten home, at least most of them. But it's made things a bit tougher here in Wonderland.

[And Owen, she knows, is not going anywhere good.]

[Annie's brow pinches in sympathy. She knows what it's like to lose friends in this place, and really she should've thought about it more. Of course Martha would've been friends with the other doctors...

She resists the urge to put her hand on Martha's, because it just doesn't feel right, but she nods.]

Yeah. But who knows! Maybe we'll get lucky.

I wonder...

[Martha realizes she shouldn't be bringing the mood down so much, especially around the holidays, but it's hard not to in light of all this.]

It might be helpful to us to have some more help here, but that would be the same as wishing that other people were in the same situation that we are, which--

[It's one thing when it's a friend from home who might be prepared for this kind of thing, but Martha has a harder time swallowing it when it's just random people.]

[Annie's thought about it a lot of different ways. She's thought about it the way Martha is, not wanting to wish this on anyone, but maybe she's just been here too long by this point. Maybe she's selfish. Maybe she's weak. Maybe she's just lonely.]

Well, solidarity in numbers, right?

[The whole thing isn't fair. Why do they have to suffer alone?]

That's true, too. [Martha glances up and nods at Annie. She can see on the other girl's face that she's also conflicted about it, which is natural.]

We've all just got to stick together and keep working at it. We'll make it home eventually.

[Martha doesn't necessarily need people from home for that, but the familiarity would have been nice. Seeing how she has no control over who comes or goes from this place, she'll simply have to wait and see what happens.]

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