Oopsie!

[thespaceopera]

[it has been a while since a certain musical tune pealed out through the ships, but here it is again. and the woman's voice sounds just as chipper as ever!]

Good morning, passengers! Our deepest apologies for the missed broadcast last week. We've been having some technical difficulties with the radiation in this area, but we've finally fixed the problem. So, there is absolutely nothing to worry about.

[...and somewhere in the background, there may the faintest trace of canned audience laughter at that]

This week, the shuffle is nice and simple. There are three new faces to meet, and only two that have disappeared from our ranks. And aside from that, no crews are rearranging, and no captains have abandoned their posts. That's wonderful! I'm very pleased that you're all settling in so well.

Also, just a pair of reminders-- this month's upgrade requests will be processed at the end of the day, so don't miss out! Today is also the last day that the fleet will be in range of the local planet. So, if you have anymore partying to do, do it quickly! Be sure to leave orbit and rejoin Marsiva's side before she's out of range, because it would be a terrible shame to lose one of our ships so soon.

[and out of everything, that last point sounds as though it makes her smile the most.]

...And finally, I'd like to notify everyone to the fact that changes have been made to the cannibalism clause in your contract terms, so please log onto the network and make yourself familiar with those.

Until next time, passengers! The worlds are watching...


ooc: and of course, try as you might, no one will be able to find anything resembling contract terms or a cannibalism clause in the network's information files. they must have gotten misplaced somewhere. how clumsy...

ooc post → here

Comments

[proteusmoon]

[ Cecil notices that Makoto is genuinely worked up and it worries her, so she again, instinctively reaches out to rest her hand on the girl-- this time her shoulder. ]

How so? What sort of assumptions?

[osananajimi]

Th-that I had a complex! A-and that I would push others around! [ she laughs, nervously. upset. ] Those are harsh claims from someone you've just met, you know!

[proteusmoon]

[ Oh no. Was that her fault? Had she been too honest with Kaneis? ]

Was this recently? Or when you first arrived?

[osananajimi]

[ it wasn't. kaneis is actually just a decent judge of character. ]

When I first arrived. [ she chews on her bottom lip, frowning. ]

I haven't spoken to him since!

[proteusmoon]

[ Oh. That must have been why he asked her first what she thought of Makoto when she broached the subject of their new crewmate. ]

Ah... how did you respond?

[osananajimi]

[ she's starting to draw back a little against the amount of questions she's being asked. ]

I-I don't remember, exactly... ! I was upset!!

[ clue: YAP YAP YAP YAP ]

[proteusmoon]

[ Oh dear. Cecil frowns, but not because Makoto doesn't tell her what she said to Kaneis. She can infer well enough what happened next. Still, she frowns because already it looks like there will be kinks to work out. She has her work cut out for her. ]

I'm sorry it wasn't pleasant. Hopefully future encounters will be more amicable.

[osananajimi]

You shouldn't be the one apologizing! [ she groans, dragging her hands down her face. she'll just kill him. then everything will be fine. ]

They had better be.

[proteusmoon]

[ Except for that inconvenient bit where he doesn't stay dead. ]

All right, all right... Calm down. I'll keep an eye on him.

[ And Makoto here. ]

Please, though-- try to be civil to each other. I'm relying on you.

[osananajimi]

[ LAME. BOYS ARE LIKE COCKROACHES. ]

Hnn. Y-yes... fine. [ she's pouting, but it's fine. ]

[proteusmoon]

[ There's a good girl. Phew. Cecil chuckles a little, softly, charmed by her pouting in spite of herself. ]

Thank you. Now-- were you going to make tea or should I be the one to treat you, after all this?

[osananajimi]

I offered to make you some, so that is exactly what I will do.

[ she sets her shoulders back and proceeds to do just so! completely resting bitch face. hey, she's concentrating. ]

[proteusmoon]

[ Cecil recognizes that expression from that one time she and Kirigiri were "appraising" prospective servants in Court, so she very wisely simply nods and tries hard not to smile again at that memory. She's not that successful. ]

I never doubted you.