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

[feathery]

Then you already got this movie's aesop down. You're single-handedly saving a garden of snails with that kind of thinking.

[kotatsu]

[ a whole garden! look at how bright her smile is. ]

Yes! I'll go to every other garden in the world and save all the snails!

brings you starbucks in a shiny red cup

[feathery]

[And she'll give hyperglycemia to everyone she meets in the interim.]

You'll be head of the Snail Protection League in no time. I guess I'll provide pamphlets for Crow Awareness Week. Maybe lecture some of my bros about alternative food sources.

bless u

[kotatsu]

Yeah! And we'll give them cool t-shirts too for supporting the snails!

[ never mind the fact that dave is the only part crow around here. for all she knows, crows in a america are half-human. the west is weird, ok. ]

[feathery]

Heck yes. I would be all about promoting snail welfare with a t-shirt. If we've got any crayons around here, we can brainstorm asap.

shhhh go to sleep

[kotatsu]

[ the most delighted gasp, ]

Really? I'll go find some now!

[ she's so! excited!! to the point where she immediately dashes off before waiting for his reply. oops. ]

im going soon... i say like ive said for the last 2 hours BUT NO I AM REALLY GOING

[feathery]

[And he just. Watches her go.]

Man, did I ever get that excited over crayons.

[Yes. Yes he did. He just sucked at expressing it, even as a child.]

ok good sleep well my friend

[kotatsu]

[ this is what happens when you're seven and home alone all the time??? also crayons are great, crayons are cool, and nanako is ace at drawing and coloring between the lines.

ten minutes later reveals nanako's triumphant return, sliding back into the room with a handful of papers and pens. there are exactly 2 crayons: purple and pink. ]

I couldn't find more crayons, [ she says, while climbing up on the chair next to him and showing him her spoils. ] But there's a lot of pens! Maybe when we land, I can bring some school supplies back.

[ nanako, you're the only one still going to school here. ]

[feathery]

[By the time ten minutes have passed, Davesprite is wondering if he should check if Nanako fell down a space well. That'd be a hell of a situation. Small Child, Lost to Unexpected Plumbing Gap. In fact, it's a totally plausible thing to happen on his watch.

So she gets a crowkid staring avidly in her general direction when she pops back in. It turns into a flicker of a smile when she climbs onto the chair, and he reaches out to help sort through her sweet loot.]

Yeah, get some glitter and glue. This is pretty legit, though. I'm feeling the found office supply look.

[He picks up a pen.] So what do you think would epitomize the look of Fast Snail Enterprises.

sorry for the delay!

[kotatsu]

[ she makes a thoughtful sound, kicking her feet a little while she doodles the beginnings of a snail shell. ]

There's gotta be a snail on it, but maybe we can put wheels on it? [ like so, ] If we add like a flag on it that's blowing in the wind it'd look like it's going really fast!

more like sorry for me and my late af backtags

[feathery]

[Davesprite is doodling along with her, with a few variations as she talks. They start to get a little goofy.]

I must be working with a snail-speed visionary, [he comments as he looks over at her drawing.] His back end looks a little empty, though. Dude needs a spoiler for extra lift.

laughs bc this is even later

[kotatsu]

[ is that... a tree?? hooked up to it???? ]

Oh, maybe we can add a rocket? A jet-pack or something... then he'd be going really fast!

can't be tamed

[feathery]

[It's an air freshener. :x Super fresh.]

Hell yeah. Or. [Shit, you're not supposed to use hell around kids. At least, he's pretty sure you aren't, based on what he remembers of the Disney channel.] Yeah. He can be NASA certified. Snail's on the roster as a space cadet.

[He doodles a little badge that says "NASA" in his sharp graffitiesque handwriting.]

[kotatsu]

[ as soon as dave finishes the badge, nanako lifts up the drawing to look at it critically, turning it this way and that.

eventually, with much awe in her voice: ]

It's perfect.