save_the_souls: (lying down)
Allen Walker ([personal profile] save_the_souls) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-07-14 06:55 pm

JULY PLANET MINGLE

Who: YOU. ME. EVERYONE.
Broadcast: IF YOU WANT
Action: YEAH!!!!!
When: July!

[Congratulations to the crews that did not get themselves blown up! Welcome to the Blue Planet, a planet full of charming islands and even less charming weather patterns! Are you going to take the time to enjoy the beach? Help out with the local Nunnilis population? Get caught in a storm with another person and have a rating boosting sexual tension moment? The world's your oyster!]

[Yeah in other words: ITS A MINGLE GET IN HERE]

[July Planet Info!]
catamite: (not a whore)

[personal profile] catamite 2015-07-29 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[it doesn't take much, apparently. even a question like that gets him to shrug up his shoulders in uncertainty.]

No way... I kind of maybe didn't think it was actually a real thing.
tothefly: (well I suppose)

[personal profile] tothefly 2015-07-29 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
It's real enough. You know, assuming any of this is real at all.

[She's still not necessarily sold on that, especially given some of the things she's seen. And people. Or people substitutes. One gothy elf boy and a fake ocean? Nothing on a pony with an accordion. Shrugging herself, Natasha stands, picking up her wrap and tying it around her waist. Now apparently fully dressed, she heads towards him, hand on a hip.]

Never going to enjoy it dressed like that, either. Let's go find you something to wear.
catamite: (use smaller words)

[personal profile] catamite 2015-07-29 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[especially if they're going to his ship, she might even be overdressed.

and he nods--ready to follow her without even really thinking about it.]


Is that where you got that? Did they just send it to you or something?
tothefly: (too cool for school)

[personal profile] tothefly 2015-07-30 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
Everyone on my ship got a special delivery in their lockers, courtesy of Atroma and viewers everywhere. The robot got a shiny gold Speedo. Apparently, the viewers like the retro 50s look for me.

[And the retro 50s look certainly likes her. It also hides a decent number of scars. The only one really visible is the tiny, round pink circle on her left shoulder, the matching slightly larger circle on her back.

She has no idea which ship is his, but hangs back towards his side after the first few steps, assuming he'll take the lead.]
catamite: (elf in the city)

[personal profile] catamite 2015-07-30 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
It's really cute.

[he hands out the compliment easily, though he's still distracted--by the ocean, by the look of the new planet, by things happening around him. and it takes him a second of slowing down to automatically match her pace... before he realizes he's supposed to be leading.

right, okay. they need to backtrack a little bit, and then the ship is right nearby.]


So, it's probably just right in my locker if they sent me anything?
tothefly: (yeah I know)

[personal profile] tothefly 2015-07-30 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you.

[The response is automatic, but not hollow. She looks good. It's nice when people occasionally notice. Well--when they're brave enough to say something, not just shoot covert looks at her.

It might take him a moment to adjust to leading, but she doesn't complain, just follows him to his ship, stride easy.]


Should be. Ours were, at least as far as I know. I didn't see everyone find theirs. There someplace else you spend a lot of time?
catamite: (use smaller words)

[personal profile] catamite 2015-08-02 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[in this case, Nel is a little too oblivious to be intimidated... which is maybe a handy thing in some social situations.

the ship is still open, so he just leads the way up the ramp and into the cargo hold, and he doesn't glance back as he answers--either focused on where he's going, or maybe casually skirting around something not wholly truthful.]


Yeah... I'm pretty busy, so I'm not home a lot.
tothefly: (yeah I know)

[personal profile] tothefly 2015-08-03 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Natasha is comfortable enough to follow him on into the hold. She's never been inside this ship before, can't ever hurt to get herself familiar with it just in case that becomes necessary in the future. Even on 'vacation,' as this planet seems to encourage, her brain never stops playing the angles.]

Mm-hmm. Spend a lot of your time on the other ships? Funny I haven't run into you before now, if that's the case. It's not a big fleet.
catamite: (there's a difference)

[personal profile] catamite 2015-08-05 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[though it's among the oldest ships in the fleet, it's still pretty basic. it's lived-in, kind of messy, but they obviously haven't spent much of their time pulling together and upgrading the thing.

organization is not the Three Twins' specialty.]


I do. Sometimes.

...Do you spend a lot of time on other ships?
tothefly: (shifty)

[personal profile] tothefly 2015-08-06 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
[The Windrose isn't exactly hugely upgraded, either, but then they're fairly fresh. It had only been around a month or so before Natasha ended up there, and since then, most of their time and efforts have gone into upgrading the sleeping arrangements. Ray's snoring made that a necessity.

Not that it mattered that much to her. Mainly, she slept in her office. And Polly ran a tight ship, so it might be small, but it was clean and squared away.]


I get around. Only so many things for a counselor to do on a ship that doesn't really do counseling.
catamite: (use smaller words)

[personal profile] catamite 2015-08-16 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
You're a counselor? Like... a psychiatrist?

[he definitely sounds shocked by the thought, and whatever surprises him most about it, it probably goes along with how he glances over to give her a reassessing up-and-down look.]
tothefly: (Default)

[personal profile] tothefly 2015-08-18 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)

More like a therapist. I'm not about to prescribe anyone anything for their damages.

What, do I not look like a good listener?

[Yeah, she caught that look.]

catamite: (use smaller words)

[personal profile] catamite 2015-08-19 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ah-- he quietly takes note about the lack of prescriptions. good to know.

and he shrugs a little as he reaches the hatch that leads down to his room and swings it open.]


I just imagined them to be, like... old and bald.

[and male.]
tothefly: (smirking)

[personal profile] tothefly 2015-08-20 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[She's clearly amused by the image. And the words, both. Well, one out of three isn't bad...right?]

The hair's real. I promise.

Why'd you think that?
catamite: (use smaller words)

[personal profile] catamite 2015-08-20 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
That's just how everybody always described them. Like from cartoons and stuff, I guess.

[and down he goes, clambering into his room. the light had been left on, but the room itself looks hardly touched--there's a small pile of very random belongings shoved under the cot, and a few articles of clothing lumped near the locker, but it's otherwise featureless. it doesn't even smell like a room that anyone spends any amount of time in.

and he goes right to his locker, opens it up, and--]


--Oh! These shorts? They weren't here before...
tothefly: (yeah I know)

[personal profile] tothefly 2015-08-22 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
I guess if your only exposure to psychiatry is through the Looney Tunes, sure.

[She's not offended, of course, just amused. Following him down, she takes a quick look around, waiting in the tiny entrance.]

Those would be the ones, I guess. Shorts, though, guess you got lucky. I'm not sure I'd qualify everything Atroma sent the fleet as actual swimwear.
catamite: (use smaller words)

[personal profile] catamite 2015-08-31 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Oh yeah? I don't know what people really... wear to go swimming, so...

[and after holding the shorts up--which are actually pretty decent compared to what some other people received--to verify that they look like they'll fit him, he starts stripping down to change right there without batting an eye. because that's how it goes on the Three Twins.]
tothefly: (casual)

[personal profile] tothefly 2015-09-01 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
Guessing pools aren't really a thing where you're from either, then? Or are they just not your style?

[Apparently modesty isn't his style, either. She's not shy, but then this isn't anything personal, from the way he shrugs his clothing off. Just business. She looks for a moment, then looks away to study the rest of the unlived-in room.]

You're either really clean, or not home very much.
catamite: (career smile)

[personal profile] catamite 2015-09-01 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Some of the rich people have them, but... I've never been in one.

[and modesty is definitely not a word in his vocabulary, if the mesh and patent leather he'd been walking around in hadn't been a clue. maybe he's just really dedicated to the club scene. he has the body of a dancer, at least.]

Oh... yeah. [what was the excuse he'd used before...?] I'm just... out doing stuff a lot of the time, I guess.

[and hey! shorts are on now, and he flounces into a little pose.]

--How do they look?
tothefly: (shifty)

[personal profile] tothefly 2015-09-01 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Must be a lot of stuff to do. Busy guy.

[Hey, you never know. Armor doesn't have to be made of steel. Some people wear fishnets and glitter when they march off to war. It all depends on your battlefield. She knows better than most not to judge, just observe.]

[And speaking of observing, he's clearly looking for approval, which he gets with a once-over and the quirk of an eyebrow.]


Not bad. Almost like a real boy. Come on, let's go show you to the world.
catamite: (career smile)

[personal profile] catamite 2015-09-11 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah...

[he just offers a bland, smiling agreement with that first bit. yep, that's him--a busy little bee.

after that, he's quick to move on and follow instructions, heading right back to the ladder leading out of his bunk.]


So, do you come from a place like this? With a lot of swimming?