play a jingle, it's a mingle!

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Who: Vanquish crew and visitors
Broadcast: why
Action: Anywhere on board the Vanquish!
When: 11/25 and on!

[The ship is looking classier and cooler now, and what's this? Nice little gifts? Say it ain't so! Surely this must take some investigating!

Or, rather, some mingling! Haha!]

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This directory here on the network. It's got today's date, and everyone's names? Here, let me pick one.

[Curiously, he'll pick Allen's name.]

... Huh. Music? [Kind of pretty music, too. Little too flowery for him, but whatever.]

[stickupherforehead]

[she's already sticking her head into the oven, gem flickering on as she does so.

More than a bit distractedly:] Uh huh. That's nice, Clay.

[...at least she didn't say "honey"]

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[Clay pauses, then slowly turns his head to look at Pearl with a slowly growing grin.

Good lord. Did she just distracted-mom at him?

He lets out a snort, shakes his head, then goes back to all the files. There's his name, but - let's see if he can find someone else. Hmm... no Pearl yet, but...]

Hey, Steven's got one too! [And upon clicking on his name...]

Oh, cool, it's a music video!

[stickupherforehead]

Steven's got - [and bang, she has smacked the top of her head against the ceiling of the oven. That intro...!!

Pearl's crouching on the floor, staring at you, and waiting for the ringing in her ears to subside. And...nope. The song isn't going away.]

How did...?? [she scrambles onto her feet aaand now she's peering over your shoulder.]

...huh. I almost forgot that Greg had more hair back then.

[Pearl did get something! Though she'd probably be a bit conflicted about liking it or not.]

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[Mwahaha. He knew that'd get her attention. Clay holds the communicator up so that Pearl can see it better.]

Greg? ... Oh, that's his dad, right? [He does recall Steven telling him that!

and wow Clay just totally missed Pearl then GOOD JOB MAN]

[stickupherforehead]

Yes. He showed up in Beach City one day and just stayed. [for Rose.

Mannn. She's on good enough terms with Greg now, but that doesn't mean she has to think fondly of that time.]

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And Beach City is the place you're from?

[Judging by her facial expression, she doesn't seem too fond of Greg. Still, he can't help grinning down at the video playing.]

It's a good song! [There are references to space and everything! Anything that references space in a good way is good in his book.]

[stickupherforehead]

Well, the temple was there first, but the humans built up Beach City around it.

[yeah, she probably doesn't like Greg's songs out of principle.]

...I guess it could be worse.

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You think they liked the temple enough to make a city around it or something? [Assuming that's where Pearl lived with her friends... But hm. Let's move on to Pearl's name, now that he's noticed it for real.]

Hey, you got one too!

[stickupherforehead]

Well, their ship needed extensive repairs when they made landfall, so -

[...oh geez. This one, huh?

She's quieter.] The one on the drums is Amethyst. Garnet's on the keytar. And Rose Quartz is singing.

[Greg doesn't count.]

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A ship -

[Though now he's paying attention to the video. Oh, wow... These are Pearl's friends? Of course, there's Greg. He should've known the rest of her friends would be... well, other crystals.]

Whoa... Rose Quartz is really good. [The others are great at their instruments too, of course! But her singing is really standing out here.

He glances at Pearl, then back at the video playing.]

You miss them a lot, huh?

[stickupherforehead]

Rose was amazing. [there might be a slight point of pride in her voice.]

...I do. It hasn't been that long, but I miss them anyway.

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[He smiles, a quietly fond one, as he looks sidelong at Pearl.]

Nah, I get it. They're really lucky to have someone like you care about them so much.

[stickupherforehead]

I'm sure they'll be fine without me.

[pause] Well, I mean Amethyst can't accumulate that much garbage in the rest of the temple. Probably.

[oh god it's probably a sty back home]

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[Nooo, Pearl, don't be self-deprecating :( ]

Mm, I don't think so. You take good care of us here, and you're really good with Steven. You protect us if we get into trouble, you look out for us, you make sure we're all okay even if you don't really understand.

[He reaches out to set his hand on top of hers, just for a moment to give it a little squeeze, before he pulls it back.] I feel like you're definitely missed down there. I know I'd miss you if you left.

[stickupherforehead]

It's easier to keep working hard. [here's a quiet smile, though it looks like she's got a slight blush on her face]

I'm glad you're our captain.

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[.... Oookay, now there's a little blush on his face, because if there's one thing he's still insecure about, it's his position as captain and how he's viewed by his crewmates. So he glances away and runs a hand through his hair.]

Uh, thanks. And I'm glad you're part of my crew, Pearl. [And he means it; Pearl's been with him for a while now, and he's so, so grateful for her and her company.]