pathstone mingle!!

[dawnwillcome]

Who: The Pathstone + anyone!
Broadcast: nah
Action: yah!
When: lets not go asking questions okay

[Do you know what's weird and probably a sign of things to come for the entire fleet?

The Pathstone isn't the most useless ship anymore. It's actually good at stuff. It's got upgrades! It's got a pilot and two people to shoot guns at things. And two captains.

It's not just Captain Tek. There's two.

It's still a pretty big mess who are we even kidding. Come see for yourself!!]

Comments

[dawnwillcome]

[All things considered, this last attack could have been much worse than it was, but Jove still spends a good deal of time going over the ship to be sure it's in proper working order before they leave the orbit of this dusty little moon.

The only problem with that is sometimes it means she's got both hands holding a piece of metal to the ship and no free hand to reach out for the tool she needs. Luckily, her ship is (mostly) filled with helpful people.]

Can you hand me that, please?

[She wants the wrench, but who even knows if she's gonna get a helper or a troll. Who even knows.]

[onlyanapple]

[She got a troll. Too bad for her. He's probably lounging about, drinking. Same old.]

But that would interrupt my schedule. I have to keep it to the second.

Plus I don't want to.

[dawnwillcome]

[She really should have expected this...]

Your schedule of engineering strange and useless games, how could I have forgotten.

[She's too stubborn to ask him for help twice, so maybe she can just brace the metal where it is with one hand and try to reach with the other... maybe it's within range after all.

But nope, her fingertips just barely brush the tray she's got everything laid out on. Good work Crowley you ruin everything.]

[onlyanapple]

Oh no, that's three thirty to four thirty. This part of my schedule consists of sitting in this chair and making the occasional sarcastic remark.

[Crowley sighs, moving his hand to adjust his shades, but the tray seems to slide a little closer to Jove in the process.

She saw nothing. ]

[dawnwillcome]

[When she feels the brush of metal against her fingers, Jove glances over to see the tray is certainly much closer than she had it before. She hides a smile by ducking her head, grabbing up the wrench much more easily now.]

Well wasn't that just like magic. I could have sworn that was farther away.

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley gives a non-committal noise, examining his fingernails. ]

You probably imagined it. Got the space-crazies or something. Should check that out.

[heresyandlace]

[she got... another troll. sorry, Jove.

he just stands there, hands lazily in his pockets, eyeing whatever she's doing with some amount of criticism.]

...What are you doing?

[dawnwillcome]

[Dick.]

Composing a very long sonnet about how wonderful daisies are.

[She nods at the wrench to prompt him to at least look at the stupid tool.]

If you would be so kind?

[heresyandlace]

[oh, he looks at it. he definitely sees it. yep... he's now looking right at it, as if trying to measure exactly how heavy it would be to pick up.]

I'm sure you have plenty of time for poetry later.

[or whatever else it is that she's doing.]

Or, you could find someone else who is eager to help, to take care of it. There are offers going out all over the comm, you know.

[dawnwillcome]

[She turns to face him a little more, but both hands are still on the sheet of metal and she's definitely only giving him about two thirds of her attention. She has work to do and being distracted by Tek, while usually amusing, isn't on her to do list.]

You know that I'm the engineer on this ship, right? Wouldn't you rather live in a ship that works properly?

[heresyandlace]

You're also a captain, which means you have better things to do with your time.

[he lifts and drops his shoulders in a dismissive shrug.]

I know other engineers. I'll get one of them to work on it.

[serves]

[Look who came to visit his lady, arms slipping around her middle when her hands are full.]

Busy?

[dawnwillcome]

[She jumps a little when he goes and does that, not expecting sudden hugs or sudden Cullens, but once he speaks she smiles and leans into him a little more.]

Not terribly. [She's just trying to make sure they can avoid dying in the black void of space, nbd.] I didn't know you were coming over.

[serves]

[He kisses her neck before resting his chin on her shoulder, even if he has to lean down a bit to do it.]

I wanted to lend you a hand.

[dawnwillcome]

[It's not her fault you're a giant, Cullen.]

With what, I wonder. I'm getting the impression you might prefer I take a break.

[serves]

I don't want to interrupt. [He hugs her a little tighter.] What are you up to?

[radiantwingedone]

[ Here have someone helpful-

Duke does blink once to make sure that yes, he is the only one nearby. But yes, it is just him, so he indicates the wrench and does some little tugging movement and it floats toward Jove. ]

This one?

[dawnwillcome]

[Well that's new. With a quick grin for Duke, Jove plucks the wrench from the air.]

Did I know you could do that?

[radiantwingedone]

[ There's just the tiniest bit of resistance, but as Duke closes his hand, it also vanishes.

There's a shrug. ]

I haven't had a need to use more things than I have hands for, so... likely didn't come up.

[dawnwillcome]

In any case, it's quite helpful.

[As she goes back to her work, she keeps her attention on him.]

How are you doing after all that excitement?

[radiantwingedone]

It's great for when I need to write and eat and read at the same time. [ Which would be solved if he would just... take breaks, but no. He'd rather use magic to float a book. ]

It's much more.. tolerable, of an excitement, now that I can actually see what is going on. Living in space until these problems have hit likely helps any... carried over discomfort, from past experiences.

[openhands]

Of course.

[Cassandra at this point has gotten fairly familiar with the tools needed for making repairs on the ship. Having an engineer for a girlfriend is helpful for that, who would have thought? She bends down and pulls out the correct wrench from Jove's toolbox and holds it out for her. She also places a hand on the piece of metal she's currently supporting.]

You are making quite a bit of progress with the repairs.

[dawnwillcome]

[Thank the creators for letting Cassandra onto this ship. So much more can get done with people here who actually contribute, it's almost like a miracle. Jove gives Cassandra a thankful smile for the help as she takes the wrench, moving over a little to make extra room for the other woman.]

There wasn't as much to fix, this time around. I suppose I should be thankful for small favors, but I can't help thinking it only means something worse will happen very soon.

[openhands]

[Cassandra steps into the offered room to better hold the piece.]

We should be prepared for worse, but not expect it.

[It's a terrible mindset to adopt. One that easily breaks the spirit over longer periods of time.]

[dawnwillcome]

[It might be a terrible mindset, but it's one that they have in common.]

If you were to ask me before this, I would have told you I didn't expect to be attacked again. Now I can't help but worry it will only get worse as time passes.