Open Action: Fleet Wide

[killedwithlove]

Who: Cole and anyone who isn't fast enough to get away
Broadcast: n/a
Action: Any ship, though he won't venture onto the Three Twins or Tourist still. He will park next to them, now!
When: First half of the month?


[Cole does this thing. He does this thing where he goes everywhere and sticks his large nose into everything and meets people. He hasn't done it for a while, so clearly, it's time again.

The Pathstone comes in next to a ship, docks and then they spend a while there. There's no pattern to which ship it is. But he'll bring them around to your ship eventually.]

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SS Bloodsport

[pompous_today]

[Simon was carrying heaviness in his heart after his sister's departure. Despite knowing that he had to keep going, keep moving forward, keep living, that he had no choice but to do so, it was hard to find the motivation to do much.

So if Cole decides to look for Simon, he'll find the doctor in the ship's kitchen, listlessly picking at a meager dinner made of protein. Even swallowing basic sustenance is a bit much for him right now.]

[killedwithlove]

[Cole comes on board and he knows, like River would know if he went, there's an emptiness and he feels sadness, but like all other things, that will pass too. For him.

He doesn't say anything when he comes and finds Simon. He just hugs him from behind, resting his cheek between Simon's shoulderblades.]

[pompous_today]

[Simon was a bit surprised by the hug and tensed up, but he soon relaxed, found that he actually enjoyed it. He breathed in, breathed out, before speaking aloud the truth they both knew.]

She's gone. And I'm still here. [And there's an unspoken wondering when he's going to leave, to join his sister, at the back of his mind.]

[killedwithlove]

I know.

[Cole's voice is a soft whisper. He can almost feel her, or maybe just the imprint of her, tangled so thoroughly with Simon.]

And you will miss her, but you know she's safe and you will be back like no time passed for her.

ss huntress

[princessia]

[ When Cole arrives, he'll find Elize in her personnel room. There are a lot more decorations now. Besides the flower painting and the drawing of Iron Bull hanging on the wall, there are several different potted flowers and cute glowy fishes swimming around in a fish bowl on Elize's desk. Most of the new additions are a gift from someone. She's spoiled.

Elize looks up from her desk with a small smile. She's in better spirits, unlike the last time they spoke. ]

Cole!

[ Then a strange pause as she stares at him. No proper "hello". But... a sudden, random burst of inspiration. ]

...I came up with a song!

[killedwithlove]

[He knows, because he sees her getting better on Jove, strengthened by Cullen and they're making this small, tight unit of love and caring that he doesn't understand but he desperately wants to be near so he bask int he reflected emotions.

People don't do that, but he does. But he focuses on just Elize, quieting the other things around her.]

Did you make it yourself?

[princessia]

[ An enthusiastic nod. Then she starts to sing a little, rhyming song. Her voice is clearly untrained, yet she's enjoying herself by coming up with a random tune from out of nowhere. Too bad Teepo's not there to sing along with her. ]

♪ It's raining outside, it's raining outside
With a very big hat, Cole kept the nugs warm and dry ♪

[ Such simple lyrics. But in her mind, she thinks it's a great song. ]

[killedwithlove]

[While she sings, Cole comes over and sits on the floor, watching her.]

That's very clever. I don't understand how to make music, it must feel good to be able to.

SS Heron

[redactions]

[ The Heron is quiet when Cole pulls up, and Bucky's working as usual, but he stops when Cole enters the room silently, and looks around, wondering if someone else is there. He expects it to be the Winter Soldier, who has that kind of annoying, but endearing, habit. ]

[killedwithlove]

[Cole smiles slightly, rocking on his feet and standing in view.]

In another place, you fell and he screamed and now they collide. I'm sorry.

[redactions]

Hey, kid.

[ There's a smile on his face, it wars with the melancholy and wins. He's happy to see Cole. ]

Haven't seen you in a while. How've you been?

[killedwithlove]

Hello.

[He drifts closer, keeping himself together.]

I fell into the ocean and breathed in salt water. It hurt. But Cullen pulled me out. Then River went away, like Solas. I could feel her, singing, spinning, searching, but she's gone and Simon aches, echoing emptiness where she danced.

Blue Fish

[dancingmd]

[Beverly is in the cargo bay, tending to the Blue Fish's (still not very expansive) garden. When the Pathstone first docks, she is surprised, trying to figure out why Tek would do such a thing, but as soon as Cole appears, that is explanation enough. She smiles in greeting.]

Hello, Cole.

[killedwithlove]

[Tek? Cole goes where Cole wants, Thor. And he wanted to visit the Blue Fish.]

Hello, Beverly. You told them you needed a hug. That's good.

[He frowns slightly, twitching in an odd, bird-like way. The pain and fears clings to her, even though the presence is gone.]

You made a difference to him. For a little while, you made a difference.

[dancingmd]

[Her frown echoes Cole's, as she tries to follow along with his train of thought.]

What do you mean?

[killedwithlove]

[He wrinkles his nose and tries to follow the thread back, not just the emotions, but something more.]

The constant hum of fear, memories of a cold, clammy, unwanted hand, resting on my knee, scaled and pallid. He's dying, forgive me, but I wish he'd do it faster.

You made a difference to him.

[tobeajedi]

[Vima, sitting on the Heron, suddenly sits upright in the pilot's seat. There is something very strange alongside the ship... on the ship. It's like a powerful, contained, and luminous energy.

So she immediately heads to the cargo bay to investigate and finds... a scruffy-looking guy in a hat? He looks Human, though not the most hologenic one, but he's definitely not.]

Hey there. Here to visit someone?

[She should be cautious, maybe, but all she can really feel is curious.]

[killedwithlove]

Yes!

[He looks at her intently, feeling the energy, almost like a mage, or a spirit? He reaches out, flickers across the space in a puff of dark green smoke to close in front of her.]

I can't see your name.

[But coming from him is an odd certainty. He is Compassion/Cole. It's not just his name, he is Compassion. And a darker thread in him is Mercy.]

[tobeajedi]

[WHOA, okay, definitely not Human. Or even much of a corporeal being? But she's not frightened by the suddenness... close up, there are shadowy swirls in the luminosity, but she doesn't sense any danger, no malice.]

It's Vima, Vima Sunrider. [She looks him up and down and grins.] I can't see yours either, but that's not something I can usually do anyhow.

[The question of WHAT is naturally clanging in her mind too, but Who should come first.]

[thezerothlaw]

[Ah. This time, Daneel recognises the feel of Cole's mind when he arrives, and he puts down his book to go greet him.]

Hello, Cole. I hope you're well.

[killedwithlove]

[Cole is drawn, inevitably, by Daneel's empathy.]

I haven't taken any injuries? Though I breathed in water on the planet with the lots of different people and oceans. But Cullen pulled me out again.

Cullen and Jove and Elize are getting closer. It feels like warm fires on cold winter nights, a mother's arms when you feel unwell.

[thezerothlaw]

[Daneel doesn't know what any of those things feel like, but he gets the idea.]

That is a good thing, surely, if they can find companionship and happiness in this place. There are many here who would benefit from it. Humans are not meant to be solitary.

[thatwhichyields]

[Oh. Hello... personage.

Phedre is started by his appearance, and when that happens training takes over. She automatically dips a graceful - if rather inappropriate, given his current state - curtsy.]

Good evening.

[Was it evening? It was her first greeting here. Everything seemed to exist in a state of twilight in her mind.]

Are you lost?

[She's never met him on the ship before. Perhaps he was new?]

[killedwithlove]

[He turns and looks at her, blinking large, pale eyes and then tugging restlessly on the brim of his hat,jamming it on his head further.]

No. I'm visiting. I don't get lost, I always end up where I need to be.

[thatwhichyields]

[Phedre gives him a swift glance over, considering that. She wondered, briefly, what they needed him for.]

May I offer you some food?

[The gods may be different here, but if he was led it hurt nothing and likely helped to offer courtesy. The ship may not be home, but she could hostess.]