1) The quiet Elizabeth tried talking to herself once, just to hear a human voice again. She stopped after two sentences, feeling silly. She wished her steps were louder, so she could hear them. The second time she woke up she talked to Atlantis. Janus had told her that the city wasn't sentient, definitely didn't have an AI, couldn't talk to her. But it felt like the city was listening.
2) The ocean It was meditative. The first time she woke up she thought she saw a large whale outside the shield; three thousand years later she looked for it, but it didn't appear again. Maybe the whales were extinct.
3) Music Being in stasis was like a deep, slow sleep. When she woke up she thought she could remember music: soft background harmonies, a lullaby sung to her by her mother when she was a child, making her feel safe and protected and loved. She must have imagined it.
4) Loneliness She felt like a ghost, haunting the empty hallways. There was nobody to haunt.
5) Hope Elizabeth stood in the gateroom and tried to imagine the arrival of the expedition from Earth. All the lights would come on and they would look around with wonder in their eyes. She would wake up and welcome them in the great city of the Ancients, enjoying their surprise. Rodney would be incredulous and ask a million questions until the other her would tell him to wait, Sumner would ask if she had tactical information, John would be there and Peter and Radek. And Atlantis would rise once again.
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Date: 2011-02-27 05:45 pm (UTC)Elizabeth tried talking to herself once, just to hear a human voice again. She stopped after two sentences, feeling silly.
She wished her steps were louder, so she could hear them.
The second time she woke up she talked to Atlantis. Janus had told her that the city wasn't sentient, definitely didn't have an AI, couldn't talk to her. But it felt like the city was listening.
2) The ocean
It was meditative. The first time she woke up she thought she saw a large whale outside the shield; three thousand years later she looked for it, but it didn't appear again. Maybe the whales were extinct.
3) Music
Being in stasis was like a deep, slow sleep. When she woke up she thought she could remember music: soft background harmonies, a lullaby sung to her by her mother when she was a child, making her feel safe and protected and loved. She must have imagined it.
4) Loneliness
She felt like a ghost, haunting the empty hallways.
There was nobody to haunt.
5) Hope
Elizabeth stood in the gateroom and tried to imagine the arrival of the expedition from Earth. All the lights would come on and they would look around with wonder in their eyes. She would wake up and welcome them in the great city of the Ancients, enjoying their surprise. Rodney would be incredulous and ask a million questions until the other her would tell him to wait, Sumner would ask if she had tactical information, John would be there and Peter and Radek.
And Atlantis would rise once again.