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June 18th, 2007
12:10 pm - Prompt 2: Family [open]
Family is as much a social construct as it is a biological tie. Those of us that chose to join the Atlantis expedition left our ties on Earth behind when we stepped through the gate. None of us knew that spending a year cut off from Earth would forge a new family unit that was stronger than anything remaining on Earth.
Atlantis is our home; the Athosians and the Lanteans are our family.
You can see it in the eyes of the new expedition members. Not all of them, but the ones who will last. They shake off the psychological strain of living in an alien galaxy; their culture shock is minimal, and they acclimate quickly. We usually notice when they spend every waking minute wandering the city. We've gotten to know her. She's not safe, but she's ours, and we love her. Lieutenant Cadman and Major Lorne are the newer members who understood this the fastest.
For us, the culture shock comes upon returning to Earth. It might be something as simple as being unable to sleep without the sound of the ocean, or the sudden onset of claustrophobia when spending too much time in the SGC. It doesn't matter now. We're home. I don't know what will happen if they ask us to leave again.
Crossposted to ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) voicesinmyhead. Open for comments and roleplay.
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June 12th, 2007
09:49 am - [prompt 1] Who am I?
I'm the one that got talked into going on a potentially one-way expedition to another galaxy. Who couldn't get excited at the thought of that? Of course, no one expected the problems we would encounter. I mean, we expected problems, but not the ones that we found. Sometimes I wonder how we've survived.
I've met Teyla, who's become a close friend, and seen others from this galaxy. We're still struggling to integrate ourselves into their culture, but then again, we're still struggling to integrate all the cultures from Earth sometimes. Dr. Weir seems to have a handle on how to make allies, and thankfully, she sends Teyla out with our most trouble-prone team.
Don't get me wrong. I like them, but I don't think anyone gets in trouble more than they do.
Sometimes people come to me to figure out how to deal with everything we go through in this galaxy. I don't tell them what to do; I help them find the answers for themselves.
But I swear, I'm going to put up an anonymous suggestion box and read the results in the middle of the mess one day. I've got to have some kind of way to let off steam around here.
ooc: xposted to voicesinmyhead. open for roleplay or commentary.
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