>8< web 001 - HAPPY MOTHERS DAY

[notbackingdown]

Who: Anya Corazon and yoooou
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Windrose
When: 5/10

[ While the Windrose folks will recognize her, Anya's been spending time going back through the archives to get an idea of what's been going on and what these people are like instead of actually talking to them just yet, so she is decidedly not a familiar face.

When she speaks, she has a definite Hispanic accent - a mix of Mexican and Puerto Rican, for anyone who would be able to tell. ]

Hey, my name's Anya, I'm on the Windrose. I, uh, haven't really said much on the network since I got here. Kind of got distracted catching up on what's been going on. Oops?

[ She smiles and shrugs sheepishly ]

Anyway, it's Mother's Day, right? Or close enough? So I feel like everybody should take a minute to think about your mamá back home. Unless you didn't have a great mom, then I guess think about someone else who was like a mom, yeah? Also do something for nice for any moms you know here, 'cause they're probably missing their kids a lot, being stuck here.

I want to say thank you and I love you to my mom Carol, because she has done so much for me and always believes in me and taught me how to protect myself from assholes with superpowers. [ grin ] Best mom, even if she's a total nerd.

[ And then, on the encrypted Comms officer channel or whatever it is ]

Hey, fellow Communications people, que pasa? We totally have our own secret chat room, basically, how cool is that? Who all is one of us, anyway?

Comments

Video

[puro]

[He sure does recognise the accent, and he feels a tinge of homesickness. Still, he smiles a little, his own accent very much Mexican.]

It's easy to get distracted, there's a lot to process in this place.

That's a really nice thing to say about your mamá, though. I bet if she heard it, she'd appreciate it.

Video

[notbackingdown]

[ Oh man. Oh man, yes good another Latino person she is so here for this. ]

She'd better hear it, she's the pilot on the Heron!

[ She adds, a little sheepishly ]

Carol's my mom, and I've known her for years, but she's not my mamá. Mamá died when I was pretty little, before Papá and I left Mexico.

Video

[puro]

Oh, well that's even better. I'm glad you've got family here.

[Ah. He understands that one, and his smile softens.]

Yeah, my mamá died when I was a baby, during the revolution. It's just been me, Papá and my bisabuela for a long time.

[Not any more, and that stings. He doesn't show it, through.]

What part of Mexico do you come from?

Audio;

[justamobster]

Mother's Day, huh. That an Earth holiday?

[ There's a bit of concern in his voice. He's hoping a certain changeling hasn't seen this. ]

Audio;

[notbackingdown]

Yup! This is about when the American - the country I live in - version is celebrated, but there are mother's days that are celebrated all over the world.

[ Also... a certain changeling absolutely has, and is considering asking him about booze. ]

[justamobster]

[ He makes a mental note to check in on her. ]

S'a holiday worth havin', yeah? Unlike lot of the others I've heard 'bout. Moms're important ladies. Sounds like you got a good relationship with yours.

Encrypted;just spamming you try to stop me

[onlyanapple]

I like to think of it as our own secret burn book.

Names Crowley, I'm on the Pathstone.

Encrypted; as if I would!

[notbackingdown]

I am so here for that. Comms officers are the best officers, clearly.

Nice to meet you!

Encrypted;

[onlyanapple]

Of course we are. We have a solemn duty to keep the gossip running free.

Likewise.

encrypted

[serpentis]

Que pasa...is that a turn of phrase from your home planet?

encrypted

[notbackingdown]

From my home country, yeah. It's Spanish, it means like... what's up? what's happening?

encrypted

[serpentis]

Odd! It sounds vaguely Antivan.

...regardless, how are you? I've not met you before. Dorian Pavus.

[He offers her a smile.]

[video]

[princess_sparklefists]

[ GOD, ANYA, YOU HAD TO DO THIS TO HER ON A PUBLIC CHANNEL. HOW DOES SHE ENCRYPT THIS? SHE'S NOT CRYING. She just has space allergies, and that's why she's casually wiping her eyes with the back of her wrist as the video comes on. ]

Love you too. Thanks for letting me be your mom. I know sometimes I probably don't deserve it, but I'm so glad I am.

[video]

[notbackingdown]

[ Anya's not tearing up either now. Really. ]

Yeah, well, who else gets to say that their mom is an Avenger? There's like, four of us in the "kids of Avengers" club, okay?

Anyway, you look out for me. That means a lot.

[ big dramatic sigh ] Even if you did forget me for like a year and a half....

[video]

[princess_sparklefists]

Oh my god, you little brat, are you ever going to let that go?

[ You're too far away to smack upside the head right now, but the look she is giving the camera suggests she would like to. ]

You wanna get dinner or something? Pretty sure the stations around here are all overpriced, but I don't need to afford clothes, so...

Video

[pocketpal]

I don't have a mother.

Video

[notbackingdown]

Like she's dead or something?

Video

[pocketpal]

I wasn't born.

[poetontheinside]

[Have a slightly guilty look. Guess who didn't call his mom often enough! Oops.]

Uh, Happy Mother's Day, Anya.

[notbackingdown]

[ she laughs ]

Well don't tell me, I'm sure as hell not a mom.

[poetontheinside]

Well, you got one, right? She's here, so you're celebratin'.

[encrypted]

[delincuente]

Oh hey, I totally didn't know we could do this.

[Alex has basically done no communicating as a communications officer, oops.]

Uhh... nada? Me llamo Alex?

[She hasn't spoken a word of Spanish in years, but there are a few phrases she at least absorbed growing up.]

[encrypted]

[notbackingdown]

[ Anya grins a little, and continues in Spanish ]

Your Spanish is a little rusty, huh?

encrypted; comms officers what up

[catamite]

[he'd just been listening along until the sudden switchover to encrypted, when he eagerly flips on his own video feed. so, she's now got a guy with pointy ears and some piercings grinning at her.]

Oh, hi! I'm Comms too... it is kind of cool, huh?

encrypted audio;

[feathery]

Sup from the Wonderfuck. I mean Wonderduck. Same difference. Is this where we gossip about space radio.