The Heart is a Lonely Huntress

[boymeetsfatherhood]

Who: The crew of the Huntress and any visitors!
Broadcast: None
Action: The Huntress!
When: The last leg of July?

[Aside from hijinks on the beach planet, the crew has a few things to get used to. The departure of one captain, the abrupt promotion of another, plus new crew members. Let's see how things go...]

Comments

[boymeetsfatherhood]

[Shortly after being appointed, Cory is pacing around the front of the ship, not noticing others nearby as he seems to be rehearing to himself.]

'Hello crew, this is your captain speaking...' [He pauses and shakes his head.] Nope. Not even I buy it! Why me...?

[curiositykilledthecats]

You are the captain?

[That word gets Miah's attention as she appears, and now she's sizing him up in a calculating way- Even if the implant gives her the knowledge, it doesn't suppress her instincts, and being forcibly teleported sets her on edge. She's automatically examining Cory, determining if he's a threat.]

[boymeetsfatherhood]

Who- me?!

[He spins around abruptly as he hears that. There is a tiny cat(?)girl who is staring into his soul. Cory looks unsure.]

Um... Right. Yeah, that'd be me! Captain... Cory Matthews, at your service... Miss?

[ofbelief]

[ Someone is probably peeking in to watch him in confusion. ]

... I think you'd make a very good captain.

[boymeetsfatherhood]

I knew I could count on one vote of confidence! [He gives her a reassuring smile.]

I really hope so too. It can't be... that much harder than teaching history, right?

[notkittenaround]

[ She watches him with curiosity, and with careful consideration. An unaware man is hardly a warrior, but he also seems no pirate - perhaps unfortunately. Though she has worked alongside the guards of Limsa Lominsa, she has seen a great many pirates be successful in holding their ship's course. ]

Are you so uncertain in your command?

[boymeetsfatherhood]

[oh god it's another one what is this spaceship now??]

Hey, I just got this command! Give me a little bit to find some... certainty, Miss.

[hearsthesea]

It always seemed like the position of captain was somewhat arbitrary...but you are one of the older crew members on this ship.

[Shirley's trying to be sympathetic and helpful, but she's been a little subdued since Chris's departure. Cory's older in age but Shirley's the oldest in presence now, and she's really starting to miss the others.]

[boymeetsfatherhood]

[Cory looks towards Shirley with a thoughtful frown. She has been around longer, and she did seem to know Chris better... He knows this can't be easy on her.]

It does seem like these guys seem to like picking names out of a hat for most of their decisions... but I guess you're right. I'm the old man around here, I guess.

But... it's just a title, right? Everyone else is still going to have a voice. I'm going to make sure of that. We're a crew more than I'm a captain.

[curiositykilledthecats]

[Well, Huntress, whatever you expected from your new members, it probably wasn't a small catgirl in pure white plate armor, who is immediately pulling a shield off her back and looking around for threats.]

You responsible, speak now.

[ofbelief]

[ "Responsible" you say to the 5'5" child who was trying to decorate the docking bay in hand-made bunny cut-outs to make it welcoming to more new comers. And now she's just stopping??? In distress??? And squeaking like she did something terribly wrong, ]

I just thought it'd look cute???

[curiositykilledthecats]

[... What the actual fuck.]

... Lady Matthews?

[princessia]

[ There were mainly spirits, monsters, and humans in Rieze Maxia. Being brought on the fleet gave Elize a chance to meet elves, plant people, but... cat girls are new.

If this new crew member didn't intimidate her right now, she probably would have focused her attention on the ears and tail. But nope, all she's thinking right now is that she might be a potential threat. The tiny girl is cowering behind a wall and shyly peering out at the stranger. She looks about ready to flee down the hall. ]

I-it wasn't me. Please calm down...

[curiositykilledthecats]

... A child?

[She immediately shifts out of her combat stance, though she doesn't put her shield away quite yet. She'd kneel down to be on level with her, but... well, they're almost the same height.]

I apologize. It was not my intent to frighten you.

[hearsthesea]

[Instinct and battle experience nearly send Shirley activating one of her eres when she hears the demand, but she stops herself at the last second and instead accidentally knocks over a small figurine on a nearby table with the jerk of her arm. It's the challenge more than anything that startles her; the confusion is pretty normal.]

You haven't been told what's going on here, have you?

[curiositykilledthecats]

...

[This one's no threat, her instincts tell her- She's got the reflexes to attack, but chose not to. It's definitely a better idea to return the gesture, and she stows her shield at her back and takes a more peaceful stance.]

Aside the knowledge the augment has itself granted me, I have not.

[notkittenaround]

[ The strange has, in itself, become familiar. The loss of normalcy has been with her ever since the shards of reality and time split and spliced again. So it's with great calm that this woman, wearing... Shall we say, an outfit of great subtlety begins to glance around. ]

I see there will be manifold surprises to this airship.

[curiositykilledthecats]

[Miah's also looking around, but...]

I like not the look of it. It is too similar to the Ragnarok.

[notkittenaround]

I will settle for it not being the work of Allag - I have no desire to fight many abominations in such tight corridors.

[ And too often such technology only leads to more madness from that ancient empire. Madness, and flare.]

[ofbelief]

[ Magpie, what are you wearing. She's still probably in the bay herself, putting up bunny cut-outs and squeaking at Miah's sudden arrival but looks pleased to see Magpie. (EVEN IF you know she will realize wait this means proximity to dad). ]

There is. This one's a lot bigger than some of them, the Paisley was much smaller.

[princessia]

[ Elize barely bats an eyelash at that outfit. Rieze Maxians had some pretty flashy-looking clothes too, after all. She's not as startled as she was when she greeted the other new crewmate, but she remains cautious. ]

Hello...

[ Her voice is small and uncertain, quite on the shy side when meeting someone new. She's making an effort though! ]

Welcome to the Huntress. My name is Elize.

[hearsthesea]

[Pretty mild reaction to being beamed aboard a spaceship, after kidnapping and all. Very curious - maybe she's one of those accustomed to space travel, Shirley's met a few like that.]

Have you been on ships like this before?

visitor

[experiencepoints]

[So now that two teammates are on this ship, Nightingale is heading over immediately, but then is going to just. stand around where visitors arrive, calling out awkwardly, because how do you enter a place without invitation. social rules are hard.]

Magpie, Lark? Hello?

Re: visitor

[ofbelief]

[ ...peering in. at least she's done putting up pictures of bunnies and stuff. ]

Nightingale?

[notkittenaround]

Nightingale. I have been waiting.

[ She seems a little older, with her hair longer, her face scarred and the pattern of her paints more jagged and aggressive.

But nevertheless it's certainly Magpie.]