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Who: Cullen
Broadcast: Fleetwide audio
Action: SS Huntress
When: This week

[Cullen doesn't like broadcasting, hence why he very rarely does it. He has no problem speaking to groups of people, rallying troop before battle, but there's something different about this sort of communication that he really does not enjoy. Even still it makes him uncomfortable.

But this is important.]

An odd request, but I was hoping that if anyone happened to possess spare... [how does he even ask] decorative items? A resident on the Huntress is hoping to set up a sort of tea room [why is he doing this] and so I'd figured I'd ask if anyone would want to donate to the cause.

[Elize has him around her little finger, that's why.]

It'd be greatly appreciated.

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[He's sitting in the galley, musing over the responses he's gotten. Seeing Elize, he smiles and motions her over.]

I know. I thought I'd save you the trouble.

[But she can be shy...]

...thank you.

[ A small smile. She walks over, taking a seat next to him. ]

I'll do my best to collect things too. For my tea room and for the rest of the ship.

[ The last waystation had some nice things, but... too expensive. ]

I'll do what I can. [Always.]

I've been told we have silk on the ship. Enough for a dress, perhaps.

[ Her eyes light up. She's hoping to get more clothes that beat the bland-looking dresses she finds on the waystations. ]

Is there anyone on the fleet that can sew?

I'm sure there is. Should we look for them?

Yes. I'll ask everyone on the communicator next time!

A step closer to making things more like a home, hmm? [He boops her nose.]

[ There's a brief look of confusion as he pokes her nose, but it's quickly followed by a giggle. ]

Like a home? Yes...

[ A relaxed smile. She didn't know anything about her actual home. Not even her room in Hamil or the laboratory were places she'd consider home either. ]

I... have a home on this ship!

You do. I'm glad you're on the Huntress, now. It's a little bit more like a home for me as well.

It is? Even if you know a lot of people from your world on the other ships?

I'm not half as fond of some of them as I am of you. So it's different.

And Jove? You seem fond of Jove too.

[Observant little girl. Cullen smiles, a little embarrassed.]

I am. My two special girls. [Have another nose boop to hopefully distract!]

[ She'd started to pick up on it recently. ]

Oh.

[ A smile. Elize has a hunch he means "special" in a different way for both of them. Oh, now she's more curious...

But then he boops her nose again, successfully distracting her for a brief moment. She laughs. ]

Quit it...