thespaceopera: (echoechoecho)
Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-06-11 10:46 pm

A cry for help

[a distress call has been tracked across the void, finally leading back to the source. a hulking crippled ship, teeming with hostile alien life, now lies before you.

what do you do? do you dive in or hang back? are you here to learn, play, build, or observe?

however you choose to proceed, your audience is out there somewhere, watching.]



ooc: here is a good ol' themed mingle to get you all started! and don't feel limited by the prompts and what they describe--they're just there as idea-starters, so feel free to go anywhere and do anything.

have fun!

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hearsthesea: (a song I heard)

[personal profile] hearsthesea 2015-06-17 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
I am, informally.

[That is, of course, when people take her for an authority. Most people are cooperative, but being more than a short teenage girl would feel nice on occasion.]

Do you have any concerns?
heresyandlace: (aren't you a treat)

[personal profile] heresyandlace 2015-06-17 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Does that mean that you are a captain? [ignoring her question for now.]

Or is it a position that you decided to pick up on the spot?
hearsthesea: (Norma don't you dare)

[personal profile] hearsthesea 2015-06-17 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's asking a lot of questions, isn't he?]

I'm not a captain, but I can help with coordination. Now, are you looking for something to do or are you just observing?
heresyandlace: (trust me)

[personal profile] heresyandlace 2015-06-22 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[that's what he does.]

I am observing, but I would hardly call it doing nothing.

I'm participating in my own way.
hearsthesea: (prim and proper)

[personal profile] hearsthesea 2015-06-23 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
All right, then. Please let me know if there's anything I can do for you.
heresyandlace: (aren't you a treat)

[personal profile] heresyandlace 2015-06-24 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
How about a chat?

[he says it lightly enough. and he leans to pat the top of the supply crate next to his.]
hearsthesea: (just waiting won't change anything)

[personal profile] hearsthesea 2015-06-24 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shirley hesitates, and glances back at the rest of the room. There's still a lull in activity in the moment...]

Is that part of your observations as well?
heresyandlace: (aren't you a treat)

[personal profile] heresyandlace 2015-06-29 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Sort of.

My observations tell me that you look like you could use a few minutes to breathe... And, I could perhaps stand to have a bit of a distraction, myself.

[at least he sounds honest about it. it's slight, but there is still more genuineness in his tone now than he usually offers to others.]
hearsthesea: (she gave me her blessing)

[personal profile] hearsthesea 2015-06-30 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
I'm fine, really.

[If it sounds like something she's said many times before, that's because it is. It's not entirely a brush-off, though.]

...But there's time right now to talk.
heresyandlace: (trust me)

[personal profile] heresyandlace 2015-07-01 05:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[he pats the seat next to him again.]

You seem to be enjoying yourself.

[but, no. that doesn't sound quite how he means it, so he's quick to make an amendment.]

--Not the situation, mind you. Only your apparent role in it.
hearsthesea: (keep that in mind)

[personal profile] hearsthesea 2015-07-06 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
Am I?

[She's never thought of it that way, but it is true that Shirley feels a little more in her element than usual.]

It certainly keeps me busy. There are a lot of people working together here, and there's been a lot to do.
heresyandlace: (aren't you a treat)

[personal profile] heresyandlace 2015-07-06 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
You seem very comfortable in the role, at the very least.

Not many around here seem eager to take on that sort of mantle.
hearsthesea: (like an ocean when it's shining so blue)

[personal profile] hearsthesea 2015-07-07 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
I've done some work of this nature before. The people are different, but aside from how busy everything is it isn't so complicated.

[Well, maybe it is a little complicated but at least generally nobody tries to kill each other. Most of the time.]
Edited 2015-07-07 03:44 (UTC)
heresyandlace: (mirror mirror on the wall)

that edit made me laugh

[personal profile] heresyandlace 2015-07-07 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[yeah, most of the time. and then every once in a while they band together for a little murder--as he knows firsthand.

even so, he does agree with her for the most part, and nods along.]


Were you in politics?
hearsthesea: (we have seen the way)

I only remembered after the fact...

[personal profile] hearsthesea 2015-07-07 05:34 pm (UTC)(link)
I am. I act as an ambassador for my people, and I was involved in organizing some important changes before they took me here. It's not exactly the same here, but...

[Still closer to her real work than lab support, as much as she's learning on that front too.]
heresyandlace: (trust me)

[personal profile] heresyandlace 2015-07-14 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, well... it is good to see someone with some experience in it, at any rate.

And you're not a captain?
hearsthesea: (just waiting won't change anything)

[personal profile] hearsthesea 2015-07-15 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
No, I'm not. Chris is my captain, if you would like to talk with him.
heresyandlace: (aren't you a treat)

[personal profile] heresyandlace 2015-07-15 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it's not that.

You just strike me as the type to make a very good captain. Better than most I've seen around here, at any rate.
hearsthesea: (can't get depressed and run away)

[personal profile] hearsthesea 2015-07-16 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, that's...new. Shirley recognizes it as a compliment of sorts, but she's not entirely prepared for it either.]

I don't think I would say that.