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

Re: visitor

[ofbelief]

[ PLEASE DON'T TELL HIM ABOUT YOUR OLD PAST-TIME. At least she is looking a little less anxious, but it doesn't go fully away. Not if it was destroyed, she wants to say, but then Nightingale says that and she barrels on.]

Actually, I remember a lot of crying and hiding and Falcon Punch punching herself out of existence. [ THAT WASN'T ENCOURAGING AT ALL, TBH. ]

But if the world was destroyed our family is there. We can't... No other place would be the same without them...

Re: visitor

[boymeetsfatherhood]

[He smiles fondly towards Nightinggale as she speaks. That sounds exactly like the Riley he knows; things are starting to fall into place.

But now Riley's words leave him more confused than anything else.

What is a falcon punch, he hopes it wasn't spiked.

Well, that last part is distressing, but Cory raises a finger as he makes his point.]

"If". It might not have really happened. And where's the proof?

[He motions to himself.]

Bam! Instant family.

...I'm right here with you, Riley. And I know we'll find the rest of our family and our world. What can't we do when we have each other?

Re: visitor

[experiencepoints]

Cecilia told us. That's good enough for me, for proof.

... But he's right. You'll find them. And you'll have to come see Delwight eventually, anyway, okay?

Re: visitor

[ofbelief]

[ She looks a little uncomfortable at the idea it might not be real. Since it meant everyone got hurt for nothing and. She doesn't want that so she nods along with what Nightingale says and returns somewhat to staring at a wall in the ceiling. There's an edge of what if they don't? building up, but it's still just as easily abated by people's words.

Because Lark, and Riley, both always wants to believe in what people say and the good in the world. In all the worlds now, maybe. So she has to swallow, but she offers a smile even if it's not as full as it usually is-- Even if she's still partly worried that maybe Lark won't be good enough. She doesn't remember, after all. ]

Yeah, okay. There's... A lot of us here. And a lot of places. If everyone works together, there has to be away. I want to see Delwight, I want to see everything.

Re: visitor

[boymeetsfatherhood]

[Cory really isn't sure what he's getting himself into, or how to approach these past experiences of Riley's. He simply can't believe in the idea that everything was truly 'destroyed'. But he won't press the matter at least, and he'll focus on the core of this: Riley herself. On believing in her, no matter how much or how little she remembers. It helps that, right now, even her angry friend seems to be on the same level as him in reassuring her.

...And he does know it might not go over well if he asks what the heck a Delwight is, so he'll just move right along there.]

That's my girl. [He says proudly.] It's like... history. There are so many possibilities, so many roads that can be taken. But if we work together, I know that we can work out the best possible way.

[Then he says more softly, as he moves in to hug Riley.]

I promise you, Riley.

Re: visitor

[experiencepoints]

'Like history'...?

[That was so cheesy and weird it takes her completely by surprise.]

... I can't say 'best', but now that we're here, we have nothing but time, right? We can take our time and figure things out.