At least there's no elevator music...

[thespaceopera]

[At least two weeks have passed since the Drift Fleet passengers woke up on this strange wing of the Marsiva... Some new passengers have even joined the group instead of being Shuffled off to a fleet ship! The large monitor in the central room remains quiet for now, so how is everyone holding up?

Have you been relaxing? Enjoying the Earth media? If you can even remember them, how have Calibrations been treating you? Has anyone started getting a little stir-crazy?

Don't worry... This ship has no shortage of mysteries, and you'll be seeing a few more soon.]


ooc: here's another mingle for the current game event! players can start or continue threads here from any point during the event. the additional setting information is still being postponed due to sickly mods, but y'all are welcome to post additional topcomments for reactions and investigation once it's up!

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[save_the_souls]

[Which...this probably shouldn't even come as a surprise when this is quickly followed by a tasering sound and Nea screaming in pain he falls off the bed and onto the ground with a thud, his skin turning that gray color Noahs do.]

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley just leans casually against the door, examining his fingernails. There's concern for Allen there, of course there is, but he can't show it. Not yet. ]

I did tell you.

[save_the_souls]

[He doesn't respond, just lying on the ground like someone whose been half-sizzled. In fact, he seems to be out for a good minute before there's a groan that comes from Allen as he starts to come to]

[onlyanapple]

You dead?

[It's his usual response, but he does genuinely care. It's his own way of making sure Allen is okay. ]

[save_the_souls]

[he groans again, but he hears him. His hand slowly reaches to his forehead.]

C-Crowley...?

[Why do I feel like i've been electrocuted? Again?]

[onlyanapple]

Oh good, it's you.

[Just casually examining his fingernails again.]

So. Nea's back. That's a development.

[save_the_souls]

What..?

[The words taken a bit to sink in. Development...Nea...something about it being him. His hand comes into focus, and he sees the gray skin of his wrist-]

[Wait. This isn't right. Why is he looking like that? And did he just say-]

[Nea.]

[Shit. He sits up faster than he should, his skin quickly changing back into a more human shade as he looks at Crowley. ]

Oh God- is everyone alright?!

[onlyanapple]

[The skin changing is a welcome sign, and Crowley relaxes a little more. ]

Yeah, pretty sure her just went on a little rant in here. He was pissed off about Ino waking him up and telling him nothing, apparently. Told him not to fuck with the augment and of course he did and here you are.

[save_the_souls]

Ah...that...explains the pain.

[Way to go Nea, maybe you should really learn to stop MESSING WITH SHIT. Oh wait you never do. But he starts to relax more when it sounds like Nea didn't get a chance to hurt anyone...thank god]

[At least, until it starts to sink in that this is apparently new information for Crowley...shit]

...Ino didn't tell you about any of this, did she?

[onlyanapple]

And the burning smell, yes.

[He folds his arms, he looks distinctly unhappy about this. ]

No. Funnily enough, she managed to miss out the conversation where she woke up Nea.

[save_the_souls]

[He makes a quiet groan, his hand going up to rub his forehead. Dammit Ino...]

...I thought he was attacking people in my dream, so I went to Ino for help. She thought she could...convince him to stop? She insisted she could do it.

But it turns out it wasn't him, and that he'd been asleep since the castle, so all she did was wake him up. And then she said she could get him to go back to sleep...but that didn't work either.

I guess I shouldn't have hoped she'd tell you. [Since like hell did he want to be the one to do it and face Crowley's disapproval. ITS THE WORST]

[onlyanapple]

[It is the worst, there is SUCH DISAPPROVAL here. You really can't beat the disapproval of a being older than time itself. They really have it down to a fine art. ]

So in trying to stop him from waking up she did, in fact wake him up.

[He's pushing his sunglasses up to rub the bridge of his nose. Kids. Why did he let himself have kids? ]

So what, she hid it under the carpet like a dog turd and hoped no one would notice the smell eventually?

[save_the_souls]

[He gives a nod] Yeah.

[He still has mixed feelings about it. On one hand, Ino was still his best friend and family. On the other hand, GOD INO WHY]

[That last part gets a flat look though]

...Yes, please, compare me to a dog turd. That makes me feel so much better after all this.

[onlyanapple]

You're not the metaphorical dog turd here, he is.

[Nea can just go fuck himself.]

Does anyone know that he's awake?

[save_the_souls]

I warned a couple people, mostly so they'd stay away until I get this sorted out.

Then I've been keeping to my room as much as possible.

[onlyanapple]

About as much as you can do, I suppose. So long as the people most likely to come find you know not to do that. Might want to set up a guard at your door.

You know, if he's wandering about.

[save_the_souls]

A guard wouldn't work, unfortunately. It seems that whenever people fall asleep for calibrations, they wake up again in their own rooms in Atroma pajamas.

[...You don't want to know how he found that one out]

[onlyanapple]

...Well, that's a lot of-

How do you know that?

[He's GONNA ASK ]

[save_the_souls]

How do I-

[Oh. Um-]

Just...found out. You know how these things get around! It's not important!

[onlyanapple]

[He smiles a sneaky, sneaky smile. ]

Stayed over at our boyfriend's, did we?

[save_the_souls]

[Oh my God, Crowley. Not that smile. He knows that smile. It makes him turn red but also get annoyed]

Really, Crowley?

The 14th is active again and you want to know if I've been sleeping with my boyfriend?

[onlyanapple]

[He'll just examine his fingernails. ]

I should note I said nothing about sleeping with him, but thanks for confirming that's happening. Not that I needed it, but still.

[save_the_souls]

[.............]

You are so full of-

[ARRGH.] You know what? Fine. You got me. You finally got me. I'm sleeping with Clay- no, I'm having sex with Clay. We started about a month ago, and it's been happening regularly since then. And no, he's not my first. That happened years ago at the castle.

[AND YOU NEVER KNEW. ARSE. He grits his teeth]

Do you want me to go on or can we get back to talking about the bloody Noah?!

[onlyanapple]

[Crowley arches one eyebrow. ]

You might want to yell that a little louder, maybe the people right down the hallway didn't hear you.

Anyway, yes, you're right your love life, which for once isn't nonexistent, isn't the important thing here.

[save_the_souls]

[Yep. That sure is an annoyed sound and a rude gesture from his hand there. But right okay, moving on with what actually matters]

Right.

So setting up guards won't work while we're on the Marsiva. Any other ideas?