it's a-me, a-mingle-o

[ishere]

Who: SS Bishop crew and visitors!
Broadcast: N/A!
Action: On the ship!
When: Anytime in Sept and... until the next mingle goes up! It's a giant catch-all for shipwide shenanigans.

[ it's been a while, bishop! what's going on? ]

Comments

ota!

[ishere]

[ it probably won't be hard to find tadashi at any point in the month. when he's not on the three twins visiting ino, he's either in the lab or hanging out in the kitchen or tinkering on some gadget or gizmo. it's pretty much a guarantee that he'll stop anyone he encounters to greet 'em and ask how they're doing, too, so prepare for that!

otherwise? he's been a pretty uneventful guy lately. ]

[preformthisneigh]

[Cheese is rarely on the ship while they're planetside, preferring to explore and enjoy the great outdoors and endless wandering planets provide. He still has his party pony duty, however, and that will find him in the kitchen, trying to make a birthday cake.

Have you ever seen someone without hands bake a cake? It looks horrendously complicated.

He's currently trying to stir the batter with a spoon in his mouth, holding the bowl pricariously with his forehooves. It's be easier if he didn't have to try to balance on the made-for-humanoids-not-three-foot-tall-ponies stool, but such is life.

Next time, he'll totally ask Belth to make the cakes.]

[ishere]

[ and, for a split second? tadashi isn't sure if he should even offer to help. cheese seems like he's, uh. going at things pretty intently. he leans briefly in the doorway, brow knit in thought, before he finally straightens up and leans slightly in. ]

Need some extra hands?

[ -- wait. is that insensitive?? ]

[preformthisneigh]

[Tadashi that is kind of insensitive. Cheese's ears fold back as he tries to decide if he should be openly offended or not, before relenting to a much more upbeat attitude.

It's a human thing. It's just a thing that humans do. Remember this. He lets go of the spoon and offers a smile. ]

If you could help me pour this thing into the tin that'd actually be pretty handy. Everything's too... tall, and I don't wanna do it on the floor.

[No one wants floor cake, no one. ]

[ishere]

[ it's just a figure of speech!! he's going to wince about it later, but there's no way to figure out now if he should apologize, and tadashi just accept his fate of being an occasional awkward nerd.

in his defense, he thinks he's adjusting to the 'talking pony' thing pretty well. ]

Sure, I'd love to.

[ he'll roll his sleeves up and head to the sink to wash his hands, glad to have something productive to do. ]

Who's it for? Anyone in particular?

[preformthisneigh]

[He's doing well, and at least the pony seems over the little speedhump already. ]

This one's for Asteffiel. It's his birthday today. Or..um. I think it is? He seems kinda confused about it. I don't think he's ever had one before.

[ishere]

Lot of birthdays this time of year.

[ there's a pleasantness in tadashi's tone when he says that. he likes it - there's something warm and welcoming about celebrations like that. ]

I'm sure it'll be a great one. You seem like a pony who knows how to throw a party.

[preformthisneigh]

Yeah, I'm pretty busy. Just how I like it.

[The tone is welcome and earns him brownie points with Cheese for certain. ]

Aww thanks. I do what I can. I haven't got half the mojo here I have at home, but I still think I make a pretty darn good party.

[everydayhero]

[deep breaths, hiro.

[he's been hovering in the doorway of the lab for about five minutes now, knowing full well that tadashi is distracted enough not to notice him (especially with the training he's undergone to hide himself). he's trying to steel himself before he approaches his brother. there will be support. he knows tadashi won't be mad. but admitting this to him... it's different than admitting it to ino and alex.

[telling tadashi is what will make this feel real.

[it takes another minute or so before he walks into the room, mustering up the best shell of confidence he can.]

Hey, bro.

[ishere]

[ tadashi jumps slightly at his little brother's voice. it's embarrassing being caught off guard like that, especially with as weird as some of the things that've been happening on the fleet have been, but it's just hiro. so he lets it roll off, putting down whatever it was he was occupying himself with at the moment and casting his eyes up to his little brother. ]

Hey, runt. Need something?

[ give him another couple seconds to notice how thin that shell of confidence is. he'll figure it out. ]

[everydayhero]

[hiro slides himself right into a chair at the table, leaning backwards on it and sighing.]

Nah, not really.

[a pause.]

What're you... workin' on?

[smooth.]

[ishere]

Nothing important.

[ well, it kind of is, but relative to the way hiro is sort of just sliding around? ehhh. all of his focus is immediately on the younger boy sighing in his chair. ]

What'd you break?

[everydayhero]

[he's kicking his legs, a little.]

Well, nothing's broken.

[ishere]

[ he's having a little trouble judging how serious this is - how much of it is hiro playing something up, how much of this is silliness and how much is actual anxiety. so he just leans forward a little, resting his forearms on his knees. ]

Okay, hold on. Tell me first: you okay?

[everydayhero]

[oh boy, here it comes. the dading has begun.]

I'm fine. Nobody's hurt, nobody's dying.

[hands up!]

[ishere]

[ and he relaxes, though he does still seem distinctly suspicious. ]

Then you've... started an illegal underground botfighting ring and need me to shake some people down for you?

[ which is totally absurd, of course, but he's hoping to get a smile or an eyeroll at least, here. ]

[punchingly]

[ Oh--

She comes into the kitchen for a snack and realizes she's never met this person before. oops. She's been pretty negligent about getting to know people huh? ]

Hello. How are you?

[ishere]

[ well, tadashi spends a lot of his own time ferreted away in his lab or hiding out at ino's. well. not intentionally hiding, but... ]

Oh, hey! You're - are you a new crew member?

[ oops. look at this embarrassed face as he rises to greet her. he can't figure out if she's part of the ship or just visiting. ]

I'm Tadashi.

[experiencepoints]

[Nightingale hears the sound of tinkering, and finds herself drawn by it to investigate the source. She doesn't even think twice about poking into the lab, looking around to take in the area, and approaching to look at whatever Tadashi is working on.]

What's that?

[ishere]

Nothing too interesting. [ he doesn't seem bothered by her just showing up, either. the ships aren't huge, and he tends to appreciate company. tadashi looks up at her, greeting her with a half-wave. ] Some portable oxygen kits, mostly. Probably not a great idea to be drifting through space without some more of these as backup.

[experiencepoints]

If we have another fleet out for our blood, that's definitely a good idea... We can't be sure they won't hit harder, next time.

Need a hand?

[ishere]

You got much experience in stuff like this?

[ it's not judgmental or dismissive. he's shifting over, giving her room on the workbench -- he just needs to know how much he'll need to instruct. ]

[experiencepoints]

No idea. We can find out.

[She sits down, looking over the pieces, trying to work out what goes where. She's not touching anything yet, though.]

[ishere]

[ tadashi will just lean back, pointing out different parts and components, giving them simple names. ]

We can start small and figure out what you're comfortable with. Sound good?

[experiencepoints]

Works for me.

[She makes a flicking motion with a finger, and one of the smaller parts levitates off the table, floating over to her and slowly rotating in place to let her look at it from all angles.]

I'm Nightingale, by the way.