unfringed | File #009; video

September! This way! Now, you have to read this. It's incredibly important. Everyone, please listen and give your very best advice. I have tried to do what I can, but, well... [He isn't exactly the best person to ask about taking care of themselves. He even forgot to introduce himself-- Oh, he forgot to introduce himself!]

Ah! I'm Walter Bishop. Dr. Walter Bishop, a fellow inmate here. And this is September. No other name. Also a fellow inmate. September?

[September, the rarely seen hairless friend of Walter's joins the slightly taller man.]

Yes, Walter?

We're conducting a survey of the village to help you with the questions I cannot answer. And so I thought it would be best to hear from you, not me. Can you read this card?

[He nods, and reads--] 'Hello. My name is September'.

[Wait a minute.] Walter, you have previously established my name. [Anyway...]

'I have some questions about your personal experiences regarding sensations and things I cannot feel. Would you give me a few moments of your time?'

[There's a list, underneath, but here he stops reading and looks sideways at Walter.]

Go on! [Walter gestures September onward with a wide smile. This is totally the best way to get answers, right?] With so many humans and humanoids from different universes, we should be able to gather a great deal of information for you to choose from.

What is it like to have a family?
How does it feel to drink a milkshake?

Ah-- [Well, he could have answered those, but he'll let the others do it.] Additionally, if you have any other comments regarding what it is to be "human" for my friend, please do share. He's learning how, you see. Being stuck in a single timeline can do that. Oh! And if I might remind people that I am still collecting blood samples! Please do volunteer yours. Thank you.

[ooc; Joint Post with September (

quantumtangled)! Walter is blue, September is orange. Specify to whom you're responding in the subject or ask for both!]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

I suppose that depends on whether or not we are talking about a biological family or a family built from camaraderie.

If there is a significant difference, both.

There may be a difference in how she -- [She? Yes, she, the voice is definitely female.] --defines the terms and conditions of both, so please do give us your opinion of both.

There can be an extreme difference, in the case of some individual humans or in the cases of entire species. In my case, I belong to a species known as the Silurians-- homo reptilius. I was hatched from an egg clutch along with other individuals whom I considered my sisters. And while I felt a strong bond to them, we did not have the sort of societal structure that humans do. We were related individuals, but we did not live together, regularly eat together, share the details of our lives together, with any amount of regularity. Not to say that some sisters did not form bonds that were outside of typical behavior, but we operated as a community-- not as an entity comprised of many smaller groups.

I lost my sisters and my species after the event that led to the extinction of the creatures commonly known to humans as 'dinosaurs'. And I suppose most humans would believe that I had lost all of my family. However, myself, a human, and a member of another species known as the Sontarans, created a most unlikely bond of camaraderie. Based purely on the fact that we shared common experiences. I myself was the last of my kind, Jenny was rejected by her biological family when she revealed her feelings for me, and Strax the Sontaran was the only one of his species charged with saving life instead of charging into battle for glory. I found myself very compelled to share everything with them-- a home, a way of life, and so on. Which is very strange for my species, but I find it very comfortable, and much more fulfilling than the path I would have gone down alone.

Your former life is more similar to our lives, because we cannot form these bonds... that we knew of.

[Past tense.]

And who exactly is "we"?

One path humanity chose.

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