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

[ino]

... I've been trying to figure out a way to do that.

[ For a lot of reasons ]

But the fact that these people and places are able to take even the most powerful beings by force means there's a lot standing in the way. It's not as easy as it sounds.

[ Anyways ... she shakes her head. ]

But that's not the point. The point is, just because you have a lot going on in your life doesn't mean you'd be a bad person to date.

[experiencepoints]

I... guess not, but...

[She's having immense trouble going from 'NEW FRIEND IS GOING TO FUCKING DIE' back to the romance problems...]

Anyway, it would be rude as hell to date someone while I still have feelings for someone else, so it's still not a good idea.

[ino]

[ YOUR LOVE LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT. ]

Well, I guess that's true ...

Still, dating itself doesn't have to be anything serious. I mean, there's a difference between going on a few dates and actually exclusively seeing each other, you know?

[experiencepoints]

... I guess that's true. Or a friends with benefits sort of deal, too.

[and you think you were being tmi]

[ino]

That's right!

[ She takes it in stride, anyways. After all, she has no problem with it, just most of the people she knows do ... ]

Even if you do have feelings for someone else, there's nothing stopping you from experimenting a little bit.

[experiencepoints]

Except the possibility of being on TV for a few billion people across the universe, but I still don't believe that's true, anyway.

... How do you tell if someone would be interested, anyway?

[ino]

Even if it is, who cares? It's not like that stuff isn't in movies and everything too, and actors and actresses aren't walking around embarrassed they did a sex scene.

[ This is how she justifies it to herself, anyways. ]

Well, if they're flirting with you, I guess? Or you could just ask. Sometimes it's better to be up front 'cause there are a lot of people who are seriously oblivious about that type of thing.

[experiencepoints]

[... ino you're talking to one of the most oblivious people in the fleet.]

Flirting, huh... So far, that's only come from guys.

[ino]

Well, guys tend to be more obvious about it, from what I've seen. Girls are a little harder to pinpoint, especially since girls can get away with stuff like groping each other and it's just a friendly thing.

[ Ino ........... ]

I've never tried to date a girl, though, so maybe there's something I don't know about ...

[experiencepoints]

Wait, hold on, since when was groping 'just a friendly thing'? That's crossing like ten kinds of lines.

[ino]

Well, obviously you only do that if you know them really well.

[ Duh, Nightingale, duh. ]

[experiencepoints]

[... see, the problem is, nightingale has decided ino seems to be a valid source of information, especially on matters like this

so she's going to 100% believe this is a normal thing that girls just do sometimes? maybe? maybe she should try it herself? how do you know when it's appropriate? doesn't that get you attacked? but ino said it and she's the smart one so it's gotta be true, right...]

I... I see. I'll keep that in mind, I guess...

[ino]

In any case, if you're more direct about it, people will probably be easier to read. If you see a cute girl, just ask her if she wants to do something sometime!

I mean, even on this ship you could watch a movie together or something.

[experiencepoints]

... Okay, but the only movie I've ever seen in my life is that, uh... Cartoon sports thing Clay was watching. "Space Jam"? Which I don't think is a good date.

[ino]

[ She laughs a little ]

Well, it just depends on what that person likes ... but there are plenty of romantic movies in there to watch too!

[experiencepoints]

I guess I can try looking through those and see if any stand out...

[She pauses.]

... Are there any that don't expect you to understand Earth, though? Because, fuck that place.

[ino]

Mm ... I mean, they probably make more sense if you're from there, but I've seen a few that I still liked and understood. Caesar just made me watch one the other day that's pretty romantic, but also pretty funny, and I wasn't really confused by it at all.

[experiencepoints]

Oh yeah? What was that one called?

[ino]

It's called "The Princess Bride"!

[experiencepoints]

[Well, being the useless lesbian that she is, Nightingale is hearing that title as 'The Princess' Bride'. And now she's very interested.]

Oh, that sounds like it's worth watching.

[ino]

I thought it was a pretty fun movie, anyways.

Though, it really just depends on who you're with, doesn't it? I think Tadashi would probably rather watch a movie about giant robots than something more romantic.

[experiencepoints]

Yeah, I guess I can always ask their opinion... If that ever happens, anyway. I'm not gonna be holding my breath.

[ino]

Well, it won't with an attitude like that! You've got to be confident about it! Nobody's going to want to buy a product if the salesperson isn't excited about it, right?

[experiencepoints]

... Have you met Magpie yet? I feel like you'd get along well with her.

[ino]

Magpie?

[ What a weird name ... ]

What ship is she on?