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!

Comments

[takeabow]

I just haven't been interested.

[ino]

[ ... She opens her mouth to ask if she hasn't ever read books that she liked or something, but closes it because she's remembering that they were super poor and probably couldn't afford to, like, buy books ...

After a moment: ]

There's no type of story you like to hear about?

[takeabow]

I don't know. There's probably something...?

[ino]

[ Her mouth quirks up a little -- she's teasing ] Very helpful.

[takeabow]

[ ok ok, realizing she's being obstinate ]

I think I've been spending too much time thinking about what I don't want.

[ino]

It's easy to get stuck on something like that.

[ She glances down into the pan. Hmm, looks like this meat is done, so -- She'll look back to Nova, nodding at the pan ]

You want some?

[takeabow]

Thought you'd never ask.

[ino]

[ She laughs a little, splitting up what she's cooked onto two plates.

She'll come to sit down at the table now, handing Katniss her share ]

Ta-da~

[takeabow]

It looks great. Thanks.

[ tucking in ]

You really are in a good mood, you know.

[ino]

[ She laughs a little sheepishly, rubbing the back of her head. Is she blushing a little ... ? ]

I know ... it's just so hard not to be!

[takeabow]

Why?

[ino]

[ She pauses for a moment, and she just looks like she might actually explode, before she covers her face and laughs into her hands. She knows she's acting like an idiot, but -- ]

My boyfriend said he loves me ...

[takeabow]

[ that's something that girls like????? ]

Oh. That's... that's great. I'm glad for you.

[ino]

[ MOST PEOPLE GENERALLY DO LIKE TO HEAR THESE THINGS, NOVA ...

She's got a dumb little grin on her face, though ]

Hehe ... thanks! I don't wanna brag or anything -- [ Who is she kidding she totally wants to brag ] -- but it's so hard to shut up about it!

[takeabow]

[ katniss has love ptsd. but ino is contagious, and she smiles a little ]

It's a pretty cool thing. You said it back?

[ IS THAT A GIRL THING TO SAY?? ]

[ino]

Well, I said it first, actually ... but it was really nice to hear it back.

[takeabow]

You were worried?

[ino]

Not so much worried as I'm just ... used to dating the type of guy who doesn't really talk about their feelings.

[takeabow]

Oh?

[ oh ]

Oh.

[ino]

It's kind of a nice change, though ...

[takeabow]

Yeah, I guess...

[ino]

[ She blinks ]

Is ... something wrong?

[takeabow]

Oh. No. Sorry. I'm really happy for you.

[ino]

It's okay, I just ... didn't want to upset you, is all.

[takeabow]

Why would you upset me?

[ we both know why ]