∞ 004 | SS Starstruck Mingle

[cpt_ressentiment]

Who: Any of the SS Starstruck Crew + Visitors
Broadcast: nah, unless you really want that
Action: Anywhere on board the SS Starstruck
When: 11/24, onward!


[ Oh look, it's a mingle!

Check it out - the ship sure is a lot shinier now, huh? So, did we all get shut up in The Marsiva and do all that crazy crap just so they could give us some glittery, sparkly things? Hmmm...

New crew members - welcome aboard! This is a good chance to meet everyone, now that we're back in one place. Any visitors - make yourselves at home! Have a look around. Stick around as long as you like.

After what everyone just went through, surely everyone's got at least a little something to talk about, huh? ]

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ahsoka // ota // everywhere

[resnipstance]

Oh hey. Finally. I think I was starting to go crazy on that hunk of junk.

[Ahsoka takes it upon herself to do a quick tour of the Starstruck, poking her head in everywhere and doing a full inventory check. Feel free to run into her at any point while she does that. At some point she can be found muttering to herself as she does her inspection:]

Hmm. A little bit unconventional. The decoration's certainly something else. But not bad. Not bad at at all.

[Or you could find her when she reaches the bridge and plops herself in the pilot's chair. She smiles then and flexes her fingers, sitting upright. Her hands dart over the controls, doing a quick systems check. Everything seems to be fine and dandy, until...]

Wait. Hold up.

What do you mean no weapons?

[She doesn't actually expect the ship to answer her back, but. What the hell?!]

[cpt_ressentiment]

[ Yosuke's walking onto the bridge right when she asks that question, and he cringes a little. Yeah, about that...

He sighs audibly as he makes his way over to her, shakes his head and crosses his arms in front of him. ]

Yeah, uh... we used to. But you need someone security augment to have weapons, and our guy who had one just... left the fleet. So, no weapons for us. Which sucks. I really hope nothing bad happens anytime soon...

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka swivels around in her chair to see him as he approaches]

What? But that's ridiculous! I'm a veritable spaceship weapons expert! I've fought on cruisers and in space fleets for years. A little ship like this wouldn't even be a problem! They should just give us the weapons anyway.

[She shakes her head.]

What a disaster...

[cpt_ressentiment]

You're a weapons expert? Seriously? Oh man, now I really wish we had weapons!

[ Another sigh. He seriously hates Atroma sometimes, you know? ]

Well, uh... sorry that we don't. Maybe we'll get 'em back one day. You know, if they decide it'll be good for the stupid TV show or whatever. [ He rolls his eyes. But then, he tries for a friendly smile. ] I'm Yosuke, by the way. Welcome to the Starstruck.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda had just been inspecting the new upgrades to the Starstruck herself, when she rounded a corner and found a new, yet familiar face. She grins warmly at the young girl she met in one of the many "dream rooms" she'd found herself in back on the Marsiva.]

I did not realize you would be joining the Starstruck, Ashoka. I suppose we can skip the introductions?

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka herself stops in her path, surprise showing plainly on her face.]

Wanda! ... From the dream ...

So you are real.

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[She cocks an eyebrow at that, snickering a little.]

I could say the same of you.

12/4

[tobeajedi]

[Vima decides to pay a visit to the Starstruck... more specifically, to its pilot. She would probably do so anyway because another Jedi in the fleet is going to be someone she seeks out, especially one who's her own age.

But there's also another reason, which Vima isn't even sure how to begin with... she is pretty sure of what she saw on the Marsiva, though. You know. Vis-a-vis psyches.]

Wow, looks like you got the shiny ship, huh?

[Much different than the vaguely-shrunk coldbox that her own vessel turned into.]

[resnipstance]

Hey, Vima.

Yeah, that's about the sum of it. It doesn't actually do anything different though, at least not as far as I can tell. Mostly it just looks pretty.

[tobeajedi]

All the sparkle looks like it ought to make some noises, at least. [She flicks at one shiny doorframe. And then she decides this is just going to be awkward regardless, so.]

Hey, you remember when we were on the Marsiva and you said you couldn't tell me the future because it might alter the timeline? I think we messed that up.

[redactions]

Happened here too, huh?

[ He's just standing in the doorway, expression a mixture of wry and sympathetic. ]

Still got shields, or never had 'em?

[resnipstance]

We appear to have basic defensive shields, but that's about it. If we come upon a real enemy, our only real chance is if I can out-fly them.

[Her serious expression shifts into something resembling a smile, then.]

Hello yourself, by the way. ... I thought maybe you were avoiding me.

[redactions]

Nah, just keepin' myself busy with a few repairs. Our ship got — altered, it's not reversible.

Ken Ichijouji | ota

[empireofmymind]

[ There is a rather young new passenger aboard your shiny "new" ship, Starstrucks. And he's kneeling in the hallway watching a small robot search for dust and not find any. So this is what was meant by "maintenance" implant...

Please don't trip over him. Though given his pose and his nondescript attire, he's also not exactly conspicuous. ]

[cpt_ressentiment]

[ He won't trip over him, thankfully! Mostly because once he's spotted the space roomba small robot, he's distracted, and curious. So he makes his way over. ]

Hey, is that thing yours?

[ Guess who's never actually seen any of the tiny cleaning droids in the Fleet before... ]

[empireofmymind]

It was in my room. [ Ken is not sure whether that makes it "his" or not. He watches as the robot senses a speck of dirt about ten feet away and scurries over to clean it up. It actually looks proud of itself somehow once this task has been completed.

Ken hasn't taken his eyes off the robot, though he's aware of the older boy standing near him. ] They're for cleaning.

[cpt_ressentiment]

Cleaning? Huh. That's actually pretty great! We've never had anything like that until now.

[ Aw look, it's so proud! That actually gets a small smile out of Yosuke. He's also not looking away from the robot, though, so at least they've got that in common at the moment. ]

Must be an augment thing then, I guess. You're new right? [ It's hard to know just how "new" people are, what with the whole trapped-on-the-Marsiva bit that just happened. ] Welcome to the fleet - and the ship. I'm Yosuke. It's nice to meet you.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka, meanwhile, is old hat when it comes to robots.]

Never seen a droid before?

[empireofmymind]

Are these called that? [ He'd just been planning on saying "robot".

The cleaning "droid" trundles over to see if Ahsoka is something it should attempt to vacuum. ]

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka thinks about that for a moment, then shrugs.]

... Well, they are in my world. You don't have 'em?

[notmutantbutmiracle]

[Wanda had just been exploring the new upgrades to the ship, when she comes across another new face. This one, however, was less familiar to her.]

Hello, new crew member I take it?

[empireofmymind]

Ah, yes...

[ Ken stands up to nod in greeting. ] I'm Ken Ichijouji. Maintenance.

[ The cleaning robot is now moving in a circle, as if refusing to believe its search for dirt has been thwarted. ]

Felix | ota

[lord_wizard]

[The Starstruck's resident wizard, whether or not you know that about him yet, has returned to being a non-intrusive staple of the ship. While he isn't hiding in his room at all hours, he isn't exactly going out of his way to meet everyone in the wake of the calibrations.

He can still of course he found in his room, likely with a weathered looking tome open in his lap. Of course...of course Atroma would decide to send him this particular book, as if it was destined to followed him around until his dying day, if only to remind him of what he'd done and what he'd lost. But still, it's an old friend.

The more surprising development might be that while he's avoided sticking more than toe into his supposed role as ship cook. It might be cabin fever or stress baking, and he might be making a mess, but going by the smell he might not be doing all that terribly at it. Though a taste test might prove otherwise.]

[resnipstance]

[There's a strange presence on the Starstruck-- and while she'd been able to pass it off on the Marsiva as part of the strange shenanigans that were going on, she can't ignore it any longer.

So she makes her way to the source of it, eventually finding Felix in the kitchen. She stands in the doorway, leaning on the door frame slightly, arms crossed and brow furrowed.]

Who are you.

[It's more of a command than a question. For all her sixteen years and barely 5'7" stature (horns included), Ahsoka has the presence of an army general. Quietly sure of herself in a way that most normal teens are not.]

[lord_wizard]

[Wow, rude.

Unfortunately Felix often has an adverse relationship to any form of authority. It's a bit like magnets that way - similar forces repel. That said, she does catch him a bit off guard for a moment, turning away from whatever he's been doing on the counter to stare at her before the inevitable lift of his eyebrow.]

[Dryly-] Well, it's nice to meet you too. [Some of the effect might be diminished by the fact that one hand is on his hip and the other is holding a spoon]

Felix Harrowgate. And you are?