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The Heart is a Lonely Huntress

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...]

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...That's different.

How is it different?

I'd never seen anything bad before, you had.

That doesn't matter. Your family isn't like mine. They love you. You'll always belong with them.

I know that... It's just, I don't think I can be that Riley anymore. And they love that Riley.

They love you. No matter who you are.

[ shuffles with her skirt. ]

... Come with me. We're finding him.

...I don't like that idea.

IF you won't believe it from me, you'll hear it directly from him.

[And if he doesn't give the right answer I WILL KICK HIS ASS.]

[ ...glances around

hides beneath her hair. like that does anything. ]

[Holds out her hand...]

[ internally screaming forever, but takes her hand ]

[There's a dad standing in the nearest doorway. How long has he been there? It's hard to tell, but it looks like he's very confused by whatever he's heard.]

Hey... What's going on here?

[welp, he's getting a less than kind look from the weird blonde girl whose weird purple dress matches Riley's.]

Hi. You're Lark's father, right?

[ ...That's just a look of alarm. And she takes several steps back, and tries to hide behind the closest thing to her. Which might just be Nightingale, which isn't very helpful since she's... Taller than her. She opens her mouth to say "Riley" but shuts it and continues to. Try and blend in with the background.

She's not here, please move on. ]

[He raises an eyebrow and gives a confused smile, looking towards the daughter who is trying to assume the form of wallpaper, then back at the blonde visitor.]

Hi! I am Cory Matthews, and I am Riley's father. Is... Lark a new nickname?

It's the name we gave her.

I'm Nightingale. Your new crewmate with the blue skin is Magpie. We, and a dozen or two more, were Takshaka.

How much did you hear?

[ That's. That's a lot of internal screaming going on, but mostly a terrible face. She's going to contribute nothing to this conversation for at least a good minute. ]

Nightingaaale.

[What is this even. Did she start a girl gang behind her back, and they all choose bird names? Why isn't Riley Parakeet?]

Just something silly. About Riley not thinking she's Riley anymore?

[He looks towards Riley with a smile.]

Come on, sweetie. Whatever this all is, I need to hear it from you.

[Nightingale half-turns to look at Lark in a way that doesn't let Cory leave her field of vision- She's basically treating him as an enemy at this point.]

... Lark, you can't hide it with Magpie on the same ship as you. If you don't want to tell him, I can explain things, but it's not something you can ignore and hope it goes away.

[ She's quiet as the both turn to her, curling her fingers into the hem of her skirt. This isn't what she wanted. She wanted to play like nothing ever happened for as long as possible-- longer. Maybe she could be Riley, just like that. Without all the Larkness. It was terrifying.

What was she supposed to say? Hearing him ask her to say something burns a whole in her heart and she shifts another step back. As if escaping was even an answer. Because she knows herself and she knows she'll always answer when asked a direct question.

But it doesn't mean she can't fight it. ]

I... can't.

[ There. It feels like something will break and she doesn't want that and she's really not feeling very Riley right now, who would believe it was still all right. She wants to but this is the terrifying thing she was trying to avoid. ] If I do something bad will happen.

[Now there's a choice of words that sets of Cory's worry sensors. He steps towards her with a soft, confused look on his face, ready to place a reassuring hand on her shoulder as he tries to talk to her.]

Something bad...? What will happen, Riley? Has someone been threatening you?

Edited 2015-08-05 06:23 (UTC)

[Nightingale steps back, letting them have their family moment, but she's tense like she's about to snap- she's ready to step in and pull him away from her if things don't look like they're going to go right.]

[Nooo. She was quite content hiding here and now it's gone and so she doesn't know where to look or at who and so she just stops and looks at something far behind them on the wall. Why this?]

Nooo. [It's a squeak.] Not now. Not here. But something happened... elsewhere. AND YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE BUT. she doesn't want to say all of that, no, no.]

Edited 2015-08-05 06:45 (UTC)

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