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

[notkittenaround]

It is true that neither the ship nor the void is as strange to me as it might well be for another, but never have I seen a ship of such craftmanship.

[ Her tail belies her seeming calm, flicking with fervour. Yet, still, this is not the strangest of places. ]

[hearsthesea]

[Shirley's distracted for a moment by the tail, before - right, attention.]

It is remarkable, isn't it? It's changed since we were first taken here. It used to be...smaller.

[notkittenaround]

Does it grow alongside a tribe's numbers?

[hearsthesea]

In a manner, yes. We can choose to change the ship in different ways, depending on whether people enjoy watching us. Some of them do change the ship's size, although not always in the same way.

[notkittenaround]

... Ah, the "audience".

[ She sounds doubtful and bitter already, but she rallies after a moment. ]

Let us hope they give you what is deserved.

[hearsthesea]

[Bitterness and doubt are more than justified, in Shirley's book.]

I wouldn't say any of this is deserved...but there are some things that make our situation more bearable.

[notkittenaround]

I hope company will be among those things.

[hearsthesea]

Of course. I'd hate to be on this ship alone. And there are other ships with more people, too, for better or for worse.