( r.... rita, you weren't planning on stitching up these teeth holes in the first place? suddenly all the more reason to keep the other girl distracted by chatting about traumatic home-ship things. )

None of you ever really explained what the Village actually was, but...

( clarke trails off here for a second, sparing a moment to glance around the grassy spot just outside of the hospital that they're currently occupying. she looks at the original building itself, recalling how stocked the shelves were and how diverse the food in the cafeteria was. then out across the areas of construction, buzzing with those busy little worker bees. and even without the knowledge of that last excursion, she can agree:

this feels different.

maybe it's really not a trick, which a slip of paper with friday's handwriting had warned them about years ago. maybe this was real and new and fresh and still growing; an unfamiliar beast of a world they now must tame.

...that's a daunting thought, but not all together a bad one. the only real drawback in clarke's opinion is that they're currently missing the likes of natsuno and jade. )

We're both from the ship. Maybe we missed the others, they could be out exploring or just now waking up.