what's in a wonderball????

[thebarkside]

Who: Wonderducks and pals!
Broadcast: N/A!
Action: On the Wonderduck! IT'S A MINGLE
When: From now until whenever the next mingle is. :')

[ ARE YOU A WONDERDUCK? are you a friend of a wonderduck who might actually be on the wonderduck ship at any point?? then this mingle is for you! top-level and tag around, idgaf as long as it's on the bird ship. ]

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[forsometimenow]

[Jennifer's insomnia had been acting up pretty badly lately. She wasn't sure if it was an augment glitch or if she was just having a bad few weeks- either way, she was having a lot of trouble sleeping.

And then, suddenly, she wasn't. She found herself falling asleep in random places throughout the ship, including the kitchen and the cargo bay.

Hopefully you won't trip over her, shipmates.]

[dancingmd]

[Beverly has been trying to contact Jennifer for an hour now and when Jennifer doesn't answer her com... well, after Julian and Hawke and Ladon, Beverly panics a little bit, showing up on the Wonderduck completely unannounced. Before even making it up to the crew quarters, Beverly stumbles upon a sleeping Jennifer in the cargo bay.

Quite literally stumbles, catching herself on the nearby wall and barely missing falling right on top of her friend. She breathes out a sigh of relief, both because she didn't fall and because Jennifer is still here. Though, what is she doing passed out on the floor of the cargo bay? Kneeling by Jennifer's sleeping form, Beverly leans down and speaks softly so as not to scare her.]

Jennifer?

[forsometimenow]

[Jennifer had been on her way to exercise... and then suddenly, she was on the floor. However, she didn't fully realize what had happened until she thought she heard a voice.

She murmured softly and stirred... and suddenly her brain registered that instead of in her bed, she was on a hard floor.

Without opening her eyes, she turned on her back and groaned. This wasn't the only time this had happened this week, she thought.]

... damnit...

[jamminshield]

[Steven almost trips over her as he steps in the kitchen, but then he notices her with quiet concern.

He returns a few minutes later with a blanket that he drapes over her, and then he sits nearby to try to make sure no one interferes with her sleep.]

[forsometimenow]

[STEVEN DARLING.

Jennifer stirs a little bit when she hears someone, but it takes a few moments before her sleeping brain registers what's going on, and her eyes open, and it takes a few more moments before her brain calibrates what's going on and remembers where she is.]

Oh... Steven, thank you. I was just coming in to make coffee... I must've fallen asleep.

[feathery]

Uh.

[Davesprite stands there for a few seconds, wondering what the fuck he should do, before he abruptly switches into semi-anxious hovering mode.]

Hey. [Giving her a light prod.] You still alive. Please be still alive, it'd be awkward as fuck to have someone die on my watch.

[forsometimenow]

[A little groan escaped Jennifer's lips, and before her brain can react, her body is fully awake.

Once more, it takes her a few moments to remember- right. Wonderduck. Space reality show. And the bird boy is her shipmate.]

... damnit. I am, but I think... there's something wrong. I've been falling asleep all over the place lately.

[cajunspice]

a) Backdated to Shuffle day/First day on board.
[While grateful that his stay on the Marsiva had been short, Remy was starting to wish he had stayed there upon arriving on SS Wonderduck (that name...). It was certainly more cramped than he had expected, having been use to his decent size apartment he had to himself back in Luceti and all the items he had collected over his time there. Yet, if this was going to be home for an unknown amount of time he may as well make friends and get to know the crew...]

b) Kitchen
This is... just so wrong. [Over the days he had been settling in Remy was getting more use to his surroundings. He could take the bed situation, and the bathroom, even the lacking rec room and gym (which was helping out a lot to help distract him from having to ration his cigarettes), but the kitchen... Never in his life had he had to put up with food this bad for so long, it would be quite a learning curve.

At least he had coffee.]

a;

[feathery]

[Davesprite is chilling in the captain's chair, wings awkwardly hooked over the sides and feet propped on the controls. He looks up from his communicator at Remy's arrival, head cocking to the side.]

Oh, hey, another noob. What's up, dude. You get your chocolate dessert.

[He's a lot less orange than his icons imply. In fact, he isn't orange at all and looks like a perfectly normal kid—sunglasses indoors and crow feathers aside.]

[cajunspice]

[There was barely a second glance from Remy regarding Davesprite's appearance, just enough to take it in but no real reaction, partly because he was known to wear sunglasses inside and also because, well, mutant.]

Thanks leet, that sweet of ya since I didn't bring ya 'nything. [An all too automatic reaction before Remy took a few steps closer to have a proper introduction, one with less sarcasm.] Name's Remy.

b

[forsometimenow]

I'd like to say you get used to it, but... well. It's protein cubes and protein gel. We do get solid food when we visit planets, but this is what keeps in space, so... we're stuck.

[cajunspice]

[A glance to her and a smile, enough to distract him from his own mumbling to himself.] Hey chere, 'nd that ain't really the news I was hopin' to hear, on the whole gettin' use to it side.

Don't suppose that means we start doin' bulk take out each time we find a half decent place, try 'nd cramp it all into the fridge 'nd see how long it lasts in there.

b

[thebarkside]

Everything about it is wrong.

[ jade will just sort of grumble this in commiseration as she ducks her way around him, heading to grab a cup. she's a little embarrassed at how rumpled she is - it looks an awful lot like she's just woken up from a nap, and this probably isn't the best way to greet a new crewmember. alas. ]

But you can get decent food on the stations and planets sometimes. It's not always a total bust.

[cajunspice]

Well when ya put it like that ya 'mpart such confidence 'bout the situation on me, merci. [If Remy had noticed her embarrassment he didn't show it, letting her go about her course and side stepping as needed to let her through.]

That or goin' to have to find hot sauce that be strong 'nough to numb m' tongue. [The flavor of the 'foods' so far weren't too bad, the texture however was taking some getting use to, as well as the lack of it feeling like anything resembling a true kitchen. He actually felt out of place in it.]

open to everyone!

[thebarkside]

[ jade isn't exactly difficult to find, but she's not making an effort to really put herself out there, either. wonderducks and visitors, you'll probably wander into a listless looking teenage dog-girl at some point. you may notice the fact that she tends to float more than walk, or that she doesn't always completely obey the standard laws of reality -- though mostly that just means that she does a lot of things like "phasing through doors without opening them up" or "teleporting spoons over to herself instead of getting up to go get them."

the most likely place to find her will be in the kitchen, poking uncertainly at some terrifying blend of protein. whether or not she's feeling particularly social, she will look up and greet anyone who happens to wander in. ]

closed to davesprite

[thebarkside]

[ continued from here because i'm not falling into the inbox trap again ]

[ jade will just sort of look up and over at davesprite when he faceplants onto her bed. luckily, it's large enough that he's not actively disturbing her where she's sitting in the corner of it, comic book spread across her crossed knees.

she will sigh and reach over to give one of his wings a gentle pull, though. ]

Wrong room, birdbrain.

[feathery]

My bad.

[He doesn't move, voice muffled from the blankets.

And he stays like that for at least a minute more, before he finally pushes himself onto his elbows.]

What are you doing.

[jamminshield]

[Steven has been noticing all of these things because Jade is such a cool friend and all those random things are amazing.

He soon walks into the kitchen while she's there and offers a polite wave. She has so many cool abilities, he wonders if he has some more abilities too and he just hasn't discovered them yet. Maybe he just has to try... and if he can look cool in front of a friend at the same time, that's the best bonus!

So, he picks up a spoon and throws it across kitchen (not towards Jade!). And then he holds out an open palm and closes his eyes in concentration as he shouts.]

Spoon powers, wake up! [This does nothing.]

[thebarkside]

[ steven's words might not do anything directly, but there will be a little fizzle and pop of green light as the spoon appears in his hand.

jade, meanwhile, is very closely inspecting her own snack, as if she's entirely uninvolved. ]

open

[ricksybusiness]

[It's probably not difficult to tell who the new crewmate is, because it's the guy you've all never seen before. He is pretty boring looking -- human, no special animal parts or glowing eyes or what have you -- but he is visibly on the older side, so maybe that's interesting? Whatever.

He's wearing a lab coat over his stupid mandatory flight suit thing, and is just sort of wandering around the ship, looking at stuff. Maybe poking at things. Occasionally whanging on something with a wrench. That kind of biz.

Specifically, he can be found in the engine room, swearing a lot as he whacks stuff with tools. There's a lot of soldering and mechanical banging and other unsettling activity. He is making himself at home, apparently.

Also, he may be in the lab. He doesn't belong here. That doesn't matter. If the medicine cabinet isn't locked, he's just opening it and rummaging around. If it is locked, well... he's just gonna look for something to open it with. Something heavy.]

[thebarkside]

[ jade's face is scrunched in a curious wince when she phases her head through the door of the engine room. a lot of clanging and swearing coming from an unfamiliar voice in a room as important as that one is enough to get her attention, no matter how thick the armor of dramatic teenage ennui has grown. ]

Uh.

[ she clears her throat, trying to get his attention. ]

Are you our new engineer?

[feathery]

[Who's this douchebag?

No, seriously, who is this fossil. Reality TV skews kind of young, so this is a legitimate novelty. Davesprite tilts his head from where he's standing in the hall, watching Rick bang on shit with his wrench.]

Does that actually do anything or do you just like the noise.

[Standard bird disclaimer: His icons are a lie, he has legs, and he isn't orange. Besides the feathers, he truly has won the Davesprite genetic lottery.]

[forsometimenow]

May I help you with something?

[Jennifer looked... less than impressed that someone was trying to break into her medicine cabinet.]

Opennn

[jamminshield]

[Steven's your local personnel... person. And he's ready to talk to anyone! The tiny child demonstrates this by leaving the door to his office wide open, and then he announces it.]

Hey everyone! My door's wide open!!

[feathery]

Open for what.

[Davesprite is actually curious about that. What do personnel officers do, especially when they aren't even in their teens.

He looks past Steven and into the room. Has it been refurbished? Is there even anything to refurbish it with? Tune in next time for a new, exciting episode of Captain Bird Doesn't Know What the Fuck Goes On Around His Ship.]