001} video: if love is what you need, a soldier i will be

[theresalwayshope]

[When the video switches on, Allison's face fills the screen in extreme close-up, an intensely thoughtful look on her features as she struggles to navigate the function of her communicator.]

C'mon...are you even on? [Her voice is low and impatient...then her expression comes alive when she realizes she's on display. Flinching a little, then smiling at her work, she backs up enough to be seen, visible seated at the desk in her cabin.]

Hi. [She smiles and offers up a little wave, then pauses for a moment before laughing as she lets her gaze drop.] Okay, this is way weirder than I thought it was going to be.

[She starts talking with her hands a little, not quite speaking to the communicator anymore.] I guess...I'm just restless. Out of practice, I haven't had to move around for a long time. I haven't been assigned to anyone just yet, but I know I will be. And I just want to introduce myself, you know? Put myself out there for anyone who wants my help. And I honestly do want to help. It's why I came.

[She lifts her head more fully, looking into the communicator with something a little different in her gaze...a little less friendly teenager and a little harder, a little older.]

It's...one reason I came.

[The moment passes, the look fades, and her smile brightens again as she takes a steadying breath.]

But I'm not here to complain about myself, right? So! Um... [A hand goes to her chest as she gestures to herself.] My name is Allison, I'm from Beacon Hills, California...and if any of you need anything at all? Just let me know. I look forward to getting to know everyone!

[She shifts, and part of her body moves out of the picture.]

Now if you'll excuse me...I still have to get settled in.

[She turns around to survey the rest of her room...neat as a pin, in perfect order...not a lot to be settled, really.]

Or...not...

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[theresalwayshope]

[Family is very right, so right Allison almost corrects him. She stops herself, though, because...well, it's all sort of becoming the same thing to her. Her friends, her family, her clique...her pack.

So she just smiles...thinks...then shrugs and wrinkles her nose.]

It's...we all have a pretty complex relationship with Derek. [And, strangely, she feels a wistful sort of pang at knowing he was here and gone. Her feelings are in this weird, shifting limbo since learning that he saved her father's life...

She's a little surprised to realize she'd actually have been glad to see him if he were there.]

[patheticvillain]

[He puts his chin in his hand, considering her carefully.]

He looked just like my brother. Tried to freak me out. But he was okay, I think.

[Everything was so different then, he really doesn't know what to think about it.]