diealone | ✈ day eighty three, video

[Jack clicks on the video feed and then hesitates, pressing his lips together in a thin line of frustration, like he's trying to decide if saying any of this is a good idea or not.

Apparently it is, because he does eventually start talking.]

About a week after our plane crashed, [Which is still sort of weird to talk about here, where no one had known about it besides Scott and apparently Nathan, but that flood had made him blab about way more than being in a plane crash, so. Here we are.] One of the other survivors got their hands on the flight manifest. We crossed off the names of the people who'd died in the crash, and used it as kind of a baseline to figure out who everyone else was, and why they were on the plane in the first place.

Obviously we don't have something like that, but if there is something big coming - and I guess it sounds like it is - I feel like we should make one to keep track of who's who, what cabin you've been assigned and at least a baseline of where you're from and why you're here. You can include other stuff if you want.

And before someone says it, this isn't some Patriot Act invasion of privacy stunt. You don't have to answer if you don't want, but considering how often people disappear or wind up a completely different person for a couple days, it might be good to have some kind of record of who's where.

So if you could get that information to me over the comms or in person - you can tack a note to my door, if you want - I can keep an updated list in one of the common rooms or the dining hall or something. Wherever's convenient for people.

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[ PRETEND NATHAN SUPPLIED THIS INFORMATION SO I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK IT UP RIGHT NOW ]

Lemme know if you could use an extra hand. 's a good idea.

[ blah blah former cop talking blah ]

Sure. I guess people probably don't want us knocking on doors, but still might be helpful to branch out.

[ Light shrug. ]

'f it were up to me there'd be a fingerprint index. This looks like Avon calling if you compare 'em.

Yeah, I'm not sure people'd go for that, but if you wanna suggest it, I guess it can't hurt.

This is a great idea!

My cabin is Eight-one. I'm from Tanaris, in Azeroth, and here for my inmate!

Thanks. Got any ideas on where this thing should get posted? [You've been here forever, you would have an opinion on this right.]

Hm. I would ask the kitchen staff if you could hang it in the cafeteria. Most people pass through there at some point during the day!

Thanks.

How's that gonna help?

Because we'll be able to keep track of who's on board and who's missing or bleeding out in a hallway if no one's seen them for a couple days.

I think we'd notice somebody bleeding out in the hall without a role call.

Then you've got a lot more faith in the people here than I do.

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[Lydia watches him and considers him for a moment. It is a good idea, but it's a lot of information for this guy to have, especially considering this whole Mirror Flood that may or may not have started already.]

It's a smart idea, but would you mind starting by sharing your own details? And do you have someone who can vouch for you?

Jack Shephard, room 108. I'm a spinal surgeon from Los Angeles who wound up stuck on an island in the South Pacific for a couple months and got dragged here as an inmate. Scott McCall can vouch for me.

Oh. You know Scott? Wait, Stiles mentioned you. Scott is your Warden, right?

I'm Lydia. [And that name might ring a bell?]

Yeah, he is. [And Scott had mentioned she'd be here, but that's all he's offering right now. He's a grumpy pain in the ass. B'(]

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Iris Wildthyme, room five-fifteen like the Who song. That's why I picked it. I'm a warden, I'm 'ere because I love this boat and I'm not from anywhere.

Or I'm from everywhere. You take your pick, lovey.

Sounds good. Thanks.

You have not been keeping records in all this time?

[DISAPPROVAL GET. Scorpius keeps his own immaculate records]

I've had a lot of other stuff to worry about. [And he still doesn't give a shit about most of the people on board, so he honestly had no interest in making a stalker book about all of them. Sorry. B(]

[Joke's on you, Jack: Scorpius is the best scrapbooking stalker on the Barge]

And now your lack of foresight has given you this to worry about.

Yeah, because I'm the one who's been here for years and hasn't already got something like this up and running.

You want to take point? Be my guest.

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[There was an aggravated and suspicious squint at this message for the first few minutes after it went out. But well, if something this bad really is coming and it's not exactly information about him most haven't already gotten anyway...]

Derek Powers, floor six room eleven. Gotham, New Jersey, United States of America, Earth. Unwilling inmate; for all the usual reasons, I suppose.

[And then, since he can't resist a pointed remark:]

You realize this is basically this exact same thing I was trying to do, right? Different reasoning, but still.

[And since Jack can never resist responding to such things:]

Since it's been a couple weeks and I still hadn't seen a public manifest, I figured I might as well do it myself.

But thanks for participating.

Oh, but I never said I intended to make my findings public, did I, if they were successful? I don't seem to recall implying that. Though of course you were free to misconstrue whatever you wanted.

It was all for my own benefit, my...entertainment, if you will. And likewise this, is for my benefit. If being on the roster is really the one thing that keeps me from slipping through the cracks when this alleged reckoning comes, well. I'd much rather be safe than sorry.

So thank you. For being so very helpful.

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