SHUFFLE/WAY-STATION/ILLNESS/WHATEVER MINGLE POST

[save_the_souls]

Who: You! Me! Him! Her! Them! Everyone!
Broadcast: If you want!
Action: On your respective ships, or the Waystations!
When: After the shuffle over the next couple days! Whenever man!

[It's been nearly a week since the fleet's said their goodbyes to the planet full of skull face folks, and another Shuffle has come and gone. Despite what was mentioned on the last week's Shuffle about cannibalism, it doesn't seem like any crews has resorted to that, so maybe some of you have begun to relax.]

[Or maybe not. In fact, maybe you should do a crew headcount just in case1.]

[By now, some of you who handled any red stones from the planet natives may be feeling under the weather or even downright shitty. But hey! What's that to stop you from visiting the way-stations? These way-stations may be in the same crappy condition as the last way-stations - but at least they're people on these ones! Really...shady looking people! But that's not about to stop you from making friends right2?]

[Essentially, this is a game wide mingle post for this week's shuffle, November's way-stations anyone getting ill, or anything else you want to do but too lazy to make a post about! Please feel free to tag in and tag around! Just make sure to put your characters' location and communication methods (action/network) in the header and/or in the prompts!]

1. - This recommendation goes double for the SS Blue Fish.
2. - Warning: Attempts to make friends with extremely shady characters on the Way-Stations may result in heartwarming musical numbers, or much, much more likely - being kidnapped. Please use your own discretion.

Comments

[limitstorm]

[ riku's eyes widen, and he looks around before looking back at tek. wait, what? what does he want with him? when he steps closer, the scavenger lets go of riku very fast, hands up as if to brace himself any more acid spit or anything else tek might throw at him. ]

Take him then. Stay away from my crew.

[ ... awkwardly, riku shuffles backwards, eying the crew as they start to retreat--slowly. to make sure tek isn't going to rip their heads off while they're making an exit stage right. ]

[heresyandlace]

[and once Riku is safely away from the thugs, Tek contents himself with simply leering a smile in their direction as they retreat. he might have even given them a little wave if he'd been feeling better. and if he'd been in a good mood, he would have jolted in their direction with a 'boo!' to watch them jump.

he feels like shit though, so he just waits until they're definitely gone.

and then he turns his smile--now perfectly pretty and human again--towards the guy he just kind of saved.]

...Well! That was fun.

[limitstorm]

That's... sure one word for it.

[ ow ow ow his arms tho.

he grimaces and shrugs a shoulder. ]

Are you... [ okay? uh, human? what can he even say? ]

[heresyandlace]

--Tek. [by way of introduction, as if that was at all what the guy was about to ask.

and then he squints at him a little, trying to recall if this person should ring as familiar or not.]

Are you part of the Fleet, then?

[limitstorm]

[ riku makes a surprised sound, before returning the favor. ]

Riku.

Y--yeah, I am. [ leaning a bit away. he's seen what tek can do, and he's a little nervous. even if he's intrigued, too. ] Thanks. For... helping me.

[heresyandlace]

[and Tek quietly revels in that little bit of unease. he gets his petty kicks where he can, okay.]

Oh, well. I couldn't just stand idly by while someone gets manhandled like that, could I?

[yeah he totally could, actually. and usually does.]

[limitstorm]

[ he raises a brow. ]

You're that much of a good Samaritan, huh?

[heresyandlace]

Oh yes, my heart overflows with goodwill.

[it's... hard to keep a straight face through it, really]

[limitstorm]

So what's the real reason you stopped those guys?

[heresyandlace]

Because I'm in a bad mood.

[with a pleasant smile]

...And I do like underdogs. I meant that part.

[limitstorm]

[ oh. he wasn't being facetious. that makes it slightly less confusing and a little more humbling. ]

So I guess I can trust you to not spit acid when you're in a good mood?

[ ... wait. it clicks-- ] Are you sick, too?

[heresyandlace]

At you, probably not. Unless you're secretly incredibly annoying.

[and... then, yeah, his smile weakens and he looks closer to just crabby and tired]

...And that does seem to be going around, doesn't it?

[limitstorm]

Sure does.

[ he frowns... ]

Need anything? I owe you for what you did.

oh my god I never hit send?? this was still open on my laptop...

[heresyandlace]

Your name would be a good start.

it's okay! finals cram slowed this tag down

[limitstorm]

Oh-- [ right. ] I'm Riku. Nice to meet you.

okay november... you need to calm the hell down

[heresyandlace]

Oh. [heh. he vaguely remembers their conversation.]

Yes, the name is familiar.

I'm Tek.