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

[nextlineis]

Mmmhm!

[There is some enthusiastic nodding to go with it.]

I even got it to balance on the string once.

[With some help, but with the level of pride he's carrying right now you'd probably never know it.]

[ino]

On the string, huh ... ? That must be tough, since it's so thin.

[ Well ... she's not above being the entertainment for a moment. She'll lift her finger up and down while it spins on it to test its weight ... before she pops it up into the air with her finger, tilting her head back to catch it and let it balance it on her nose ]

Ha!

[nextlineis]

[Joseph gasps when she tosses it up it up in the air, following it's trajectory and blinking for a moment when it lands on her nose. Whatever shyness was there before has most definitely and completely evaporated as he crawls forward, leaning his face in close to see because what did you do???]

Whoa! How'd you do that!?

[ino]

Hehe ...

[ She'll tilt her head forward to let it drop back onto her finger, where she keeps it balanced now ]

Wanna try? I bet you can balance it on your nose, too.

[nextlineis]

[Joseph's eyes widen as he nods vigorously.]

Yeah! Yeah! I wanna try!

[This is the most exciting thing that's happened to him all week, wow.]

[ino]

Okay, tilt your head back a little, and hold very still.

[ She'll scoot a little closer and get up on her knees to hover over him a little, so she can drop the gyroscope onto his face once he's in position ]

[nextlineis]

[Tilting his head back is easy, it's the holding still part that's a little more difficult. But he makes his little hands into fists to try and remember to stay still and--!!!]

Hey! I'm doing it!

[He couldn't have a wider grin even if he tried.]

[ino]

[ She's grinning, too. ]

You totally are.

[ She'll move her hands back even further, to show him that she's not doing anything with her hands to keep it on there ]

See?

[nextlineis]

[This is the coolest moment of his life currently. Holy crap.]

I'm gonna practice and be as good at as you at it! And then I'll show Granny and Uncle Speedwagon!

[There's a 50/50 chance that would actually hold true or not. He does have a low frustration tolerance, buuuuut it's a pretty neat trick and who knows when it'll come in handy?]

[ino]

I'm sure they'll be very impressed.

[ She looks proud of him! ]

As long as you hold still like that again, of course.

[nextlineis]

[Without thinking, Joseph nods with enthusiasm because of course he can hold still like that again. This has the downside of making the gyroscope fall to the floor to which Joseph looks utterly shocked. Fortunately, he's not that upset about it since it was an accident on his part.]

Oops...

[ino]

[ She laughs a little good-naturedly ]

Oops. You're going to need a lot more practice to keep it up and still move your head!

[nextlineis]

[Joseph picks the gyroscope back up, its center still spinning, but beginning to lose momentum at this point.]

I will! I'll practice lots and lots, you'll see! [He grins up at her.] Do you have toys like this in your room?