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[dojustfine]

She'd only been here a day or so, but that was enough time for Jennifer to get the idea that somehow, she really was stuck on a tropical island in the middle of nowhere. It wasn't a dream, hallucination, vision, or a side effect of any infection, virus, fever, concussion, coma, or anything else attributable to any organic cause.

It was just weird

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[ata_beckett]

Carson was headed back to the infirmary after grabbing the most updated version of the notes from Michael's computer from Rodney. It may have been a horrible thing to think, but rummaging through and making sense of Michael's experiments had him busier than he'd been in weeks-- even moreso than right after Catherine had gone, and he'd found business to attend to in the clinic where there wasn't actually any business at all.

Laptop under his arm, he passed the woman looking around the settlement and sent a friendly glance her way. He thought he might have seen her around the island before...or at least, someone who looked a great deal like her.

[dojustfine]

Jennifer did a little double take when she saw Carson--she had heard he was here, and the real him, not a clone of him--but this was the first time she'd seen him. It felt very strange, and for half a minute she thought about chickening out and not saying anything, and that would just make things worse, and ugh she hated being indecisive.

"Dr. Beckett?" she said, doing a little jog to catch up with him.

[ata_beckett]

It wasn't all that out of the ordinary for someone he'd never met to know him by name-- he was head of the clinic, after all, and things like his name did tend to make their way around the general population. He didn't remember meeting the woman, but in his time on the island, Carson had met and treated so many that, try as he might, he sometimes couldn't keep them all straight.

Eyebrows raised in interest as he heard his name called, Carson stopped walking.

"Hullo," He greeted, "Is there somethin' I can help y'with?"

[dojustfine]

"Um, well no, not exactly," she said, fumbling over her words a little. "I just wanted to meet you." That sounded weird, but she couldn't think of another way to phrase it than that. "I'm Jennifer Keller, from Atlantis. Dr. Keller." Should she try to explain more than that? Maybe not. Oh God, this was so awkward and strange.

[jill_langston]

Although Jill didn't necessarily feel better having finally seen what happened after the bombing, she felt more settled somehow. Knowing didn't make it easier, but knowing what happened had given her a place to start and that was something.

That morning she was sitting out in front of Rodney's hut, her laptop open on her knees. She'd dragged a chair over from her place and had a blanket tucked over her legs as she tapped through her diabetes work, chewing absently on the end of a pencil. As someone passed nearby, she glanced up and offered the woman a smile. "Morning," she said, tucking her hair behind her ear. The woman wasn't familiar, but sometimes that meant very little on the island.

[dojustfine]

"Morning," Jennifer replied. It took her a second to realize that the woman was sitting outside Rodney's hut (she still didn't have it quite straight where everyone lived yet), and that was a little surprising. Maybe. Or not. She stopped just after she passed by, and turned around and came back. "Hi," she said. "I'm new, I'm just sort of... looking around a bit. I'm Jennifer Keller, from Atlantis."

[jill_langston]

"Oh, right, hi," Jill said, leaning forward to offer Jennifer a hand. "Rodney and John both mentioned your arrival." Mostly Rodney had laughed at how she'd arrived in John's bed, but Jill thought it probably wasn't the best time to mention that. "I'm Jill Langston, from... well, here, I guess. But from NorBAC before here."

[dojustfine]

Jennifer shook her hand, smiling. "Good to meet you," she replied. "How did you end up around this bunch?" Part of her curiosity was just plain wondering what the team haed been doing while they were both here and on Atlantis at the same time. She knew them, but didn't know them.

[t_emmagen]

With the different timelines people came from, Teyla thought it should not be so surprising that someone would one day come from Atlantis that she did not know. To have that someone be Carson's replacement did make things strange, in a way.

"Doctor Keller?" She turned to close the door to her hut, smiling at the woman she had been introduced to briefly. "How are you settling in?"

[dojustfine]

"All right, I guess," Jennifer answered. "It could be worse, you know?" It was so strange talking to everyone, especially Teyla and John and Carson, and they had no idea who she was. It was like she knew them but they didn't know her, and in a way it was kind of creepy, almost like knowing something you shouldn't.

[t_emmagen]

"It is cold comfort to some, but yes," Teyla agreed with Dr. Keller's words, sitting on the picnic table in the middle of the clearing, "there are many ways that it could be worse. It is not the most hopeful way to look at things, but it can take some time to adjust."

[dojustfine]

"I think it's going to take a while." She sat down on the table too and propped her elbows on her knees. "I mean, it's strange, talking to you and Colonel Sheppard and you've got no idea who I am."

[frakkup]

Kara'd had a rough few days, but they hadn't been so rough that she didn't notice a new neighbor when she saw one. Then again, maybe the woman was just lost.

"Um, hey," she called. Calliope didn't seem to notice the new arrival, nor indeed anything but the fascination that came from running unsteady circles around her mother's legs.

[dojustfine]

"Hi," Jennifer said, smiling both at the woman and the cute little girl that trailed in her wake, and then because she didn't want anyone to think she was a random stranger wandering around, added, "I just got here a couple days ago, still trying to learn my way around, though I think it's going to take a while. I'm Jennifer Keller--I work with John Sheppard and Rodney and Teyla." Work? Maybe worked, since they were stuck here, though she didn't like the sound of past tense.

[frakkup]

As far as introductions went, that was a pretty thorough one, and for a moment Kara could only nod along. "Captain Kara Thrace," she said after, holding out her hand. Another Atlantian then - John must've been pleased. "And this is Calliope, Shep's goddaughter. She's been here a year, I've been here two and a half now."

[dojustfine]

Jennifer shook hands with her. "It's good to meet you. She's really adorable." John had a goddaughter... wow. She wasn't surprised, though, really, because kids seemed to have a thing for him whether he wanted them to or not. "Two years, wow. There's so many people here who've been here a long time." She was having trouble imagining it.

[blessed_by_god]

"Hera!"

Hera, the two year old - the naked two year old - streaked past the unfamiliar woman, throwing herself at the Viper sim to try and climb inside.

"Are you serious? Get back here," Sharon demanded in a huff, throwing the woman an apologetic look before she jogged past to grab her kid.

"Wanna fly! Wanna flyyy!" Hera shrieked, squirming in Sharon's arms as Sharon came marching back.

"No, you need to put your clothes on. Sorry, hey, you looking to adopt?" she asked the woman as she began to pass her, blowing the hair from her face. She was kidding...mostly.

[dojustfine]

Jennifer laughed--she'd seen enough two-year-olds in her work to know just how they could be, including the tendency to run around naked. "Not right now," she said with amusement.