2 - WITNESS ME, FLEET

[iamawaited]

Who: Nux and the poor, poor SS Red Fish
Broadcast: FLEETWIDE
Action: On the bridge of the Red Fish
When: August 1st, immediately following the shuffle

[Action]

[A few people had told Nux that he would be placed on a ship soon, but he's still not prepared for it when he's suddenly plucked from the Marsiva to arrive in some other place with music in his ears and something soft and fluffy -- paper, he realizes -- showering over him. Some had told him that he would get a chance to drive it, but that doesn't in any way dampen the overwhelming rush of excitement he feels when he realizes that the room has a windshield, looking out over an expanse of sand, and a driver's seat, and a set of controls he realizes he knows how to use.

He doesn't even notice the chocolate.

A few minutes later, there's a loud whoop from the bridge, and suddenly the Red Fish goes rocketing forward and into the air, soaring away from the planet at top speed.]

[Video]

[Furiosa! he realizes belatedly. If she doesn't know about this, she needs to. If she does, then why didn't she tell him??? Either way, he fumbles his communicator out of his utility belt with one hand, slaps it on the dashboard, and switches it on, broadcasting fleetwide. He grabs the controls with both hands and whoops again.]

Imperator Furiosa! Furiosa! Have you seen this? This is way shinier than a war rig!

[He laughs manically, eyes gleaming bright as the blue sky starts to dissipate into night in front of him. The ship kicks just a little faster as the fuel starts to burn away.]

I am the man who grabs the sun!

Comments

[child_of_bhaal]

[She sees that play of emotions and feels sympathy for their new pilot.

Kneeling down, so that she's not standing over him, and that she might catch his eyes more easily, she places a gentle hand on his arm.]

We don't really have that luxury, my friend. Now we really do need you to take us back. Please.

[kill_switch]

[Furiosa watches the scene unfold, without adding further commentary. She holds a neutral expression, erring on the tough side, because if she was able to nudge Nux into compliance she didn't want to give him any reason to change his mind.]

Listen to your lancer, Warboy. They know this road better than you do.

[iamawaited]

[Nux twitches sharply as Syeira touches him; not away, but just in surprise. Now it's she who commands his attention over Furiosa, as he catches her red hair and her pale eyes in his sights again and-- he knows it's not Capable, obviously, he does, but the gentleness of the touch and the kindness in her voice transfixes him the way Furiosa's harsh commands had a moment ago. He stares at her, the adrenaline hunger and the speed thirst ebbing away into something clear-eyed and sad.

He shoots a side-long glance towards the communicator, then hunches over the yoke and yanks on it -- sharply, but not intolerably so except for maybe poor Nunnally -- to bring the ship around to bear back towards the planet.]

[mortalcoil]

[Coil keeps his sigh quiet as he lowers his center of gravity a little and leans on the console, adjusting his balance as the ship going winging around.

and without thinking about it, he throws out the sign for 'thanks'-- which isn't something their new pilot would be familiar with, but it might be self-explanatory enough to get the idea across.]