play a jingle, it's a mingle!

[geonomy]

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!]

Comments

[geonomy]

[A]

[Man, it's a really good feeling to wake up on his own ship again. Even better than he expected, really; a bit like coming home but not.

When he gets up and going, he checks on his fish (alive and healthy, thank the stars, he'd been worried!), checks on all the papers in his room, checks on the gift basket -

Wait, gift basket?

All of this makes him take some time to actually get out of his room, but once he does, he'll be doing so with the navy blue slippers that had been provided for him. Anyone who finds him will see him staring down at the floor and archways as he searches for the rest of his crew, because this? This was new.]

[B]

[Now that it's been a little while, Clay sits at the kitchen table while surfing the network, when he comes across that one file. You know, the one labeled "11/25"?]

Huh. That's new.

[Time to check out what it is!]

Everyone's names are on here? [WEIRD.]

[C]

[Most nights, Clay actually does make it to his bed to sleep. But some nights, like this one, he just gets so wrapped up in his work that he forgets to actually get up and go.

He's slumped over on the kitchen table, papers scattered around and under his folded arms. Most of them look like star charts and equations, a few look like letters, and some probably just don't make sense.

He's sleeping with his head rested on his arms, the bill of the visor pushed to the side. He seems pretty comfy, but he probably won't feel that way in the morning.]

[D]

[Wildcard! Whenever, wherever, we're meant to be together!]

baby's first ship visit.....................

[kotatsu]

[ it's hard being a seven year old in space, to be honest, and nanako is still attempting to adjust to everything. the most she knows about space is the solar system and everything else is just a whole bunch of new experiences that she never would have expected.

like visiting waystations?? in space???? super cool. she thought she was going back to the three twins after doing some exploring, but once she steps onto the vanquish she realizes that she made a grave mistake. ]

This isn't the Three Twins... [ it's mumbled to no one in particular as she looks around. the general layout seems the same, but they definitely don't have the fun tiled floors or the cool archways. after glancing around to see if anyone's looking, she takes out her communicator and snaps a picture of the inside. ]

PRECIOUS BABY

[geonomy]

[And here Clay was about to step off to do some research on the waystation they were currently at. He has some papers in hand and a pencil behind his ear, already pouting his lips slightly at what he's written, except - oh, there's the snap of a picture.

Clay blinks and lifts his head from his notes, and... oh nooooo, tiny child! He grins, hugging the notes to his chest with one arm to free up the other one.]

Well, hey there! [He waves as he steps closer.] Welcome to the Vanquish!

[C]

[techknowlogical]

[Hm. A dilemma.

Koushirou is, as usual, awake at whatever horrible hour it is, although he'd been spending most of the night so far in his room and enjoying the quiet of being back on the Vanquish. The desire for caffeine had prompted his temporary migration into the kitchen, however, where he now ponders his options.

Should he wake Clay up, or just leave him alone? Which is the better choice here? Normally he just leaves people alone to do whatever they're doing, even if that's sleeping at a table, but being someone who's fallen asleep at a desk more than once he knows it's not all that great an experience by the time the next morning comes around.

So, finally, he decides to do something.]

Um... Clay?

[He'll just see if saying Clay's name is enough to wake him up. Hopefully. Probably not, but worth a try.]

[C]

[geonomy]

[Nah. That gets nothing out of your captain.

Maybe say it louder? Or poke him with something. Maybe.]

u////u

[kotatsu]

[ oh no, she's been spotted! nanako immediately lowers her communicator, hiding it behind her back. nope, nothing's wrong, everything's fine you totally imagined that flash/snap.

she's never met clay before, so when he approaches her she fidgets a little, hoping she won't get in trouble for trespassing. ]

Um, h-hello. Thank you... I'm sorry for coming in, I think I went to the wrong ship.

*w*

[geonomy]

Nah, you're fine! [Once he's a bit closer, he squats down so that he's more at her level, setting the papers down on the floor briefly.] Which ship is yours?

[kotatsu]

[ oh, that's better. nanako relaxes a little more now that she doesn't have to crane her neck back just to look at his face. ]

Oh, I'm on the Three Twins. [ after glancing at his papers-- ] Are you this ship's captain?

[techknowlogical]

[Curse you heavy-sleeper types. Or normal sleepers. Or not ridiculously light sleepers.

Whatever.

Augh. He's already committed to this mission and shouldn't back out now, although it's tempting. Still, there's a few seconds of continued deliberation before he decides it's probably not inappropriate to give Clay's elbow a gentle shake, even if it takes several more seconds to commit and actually do it.]

Clay, you should probably move to your room...

[geonomy]

Yup! [He tips his visor up while giving a big grin.] I'm Clay. And the captain of your ship is... Ino, right? She's a friend of mine!

[geonomy]

[Thankfully, Clay's a fairly normal-to-light sleeper, so even the touch alone gets him to wake up, head lifting slightly from his arms while trying to process where he is and who's talking to him.]

Mm? [For a moment, he contemplates just lowering his head and going right back to sleep. But he knows he heard a voice, so he turns his head to see who - ah.] Kou?

[techknowlogical]

[Oh, good. He nods once, offering a small smile as a sort-of greeting.]

Hello. You're sleeping at the table.

[If Clay wants to go back to sleep that's cool and all, just as long as he knows he's doing so at the table.]

Visitor, several days after they return to the ships

[save_the_souls]

[Nearly a week after they returned from the Marsiva and all seems calm among the fleet, things are starting to relax some. As such Allen, knowing that his ship and crew were in good shape, felt alright taking some time off his ship.]

[So if any the Vanquish crew are up in the morning, they might come across Allen. He's got the jumpers and a hoodie on haphazardly, no shoes either- just socks. From the looks of it, he's trying to make himself a simple breakfast, and there's the electric kettle heating up some water for tea. But he's not really all that used to this kitchen to know where everything is and what they have. You know, possibly because this isn't his ship and he's really not a chef]

[So yeah, potentially a strange person rummaging through your kitchen. What do?]

[geonomy]

Oh.

[Give him a minute for his brain to catch up to that.]

Oh.

[He lets out a quiet groan and straightens up, already sore from that bit of sleep, and rubs at his eyes to wake himself up more.]

Thanks. I've still got some stuff to do... How late is it? [Never mind that it doesn't really matter in space. It's still just a natural thing to ask.]

1/2

[kotatsu]

[ oh... she didn't think visors could look so cool. also like, check out that bandage on his face. and he's built like kanji-niichan too.

why are there so many beautiful people in space????????????? christ. ]

2/3 i lied

[kotatsu]

[ all y'all need to stop. she's still staring at him and this is embarrassing. ]

[kotatsu]

[ she clears her throat and shoves a bright smile on her face. ]

It's nice to meet you, Clay! I'm Nanako. [ everything is great, everything is just fine. ] And yeah, Ino is our captain! She's really nice.

[ and also really pretty. ]

[techknowlogical]

Two-thirty.

[Koushirou rarely keeps normal hours except for when it's required to go to school, so even if they weren't in space it wouldn't matter much here to him. Space just makes it even more meaningless than it already it is.

He doesn't argue with Clay saying that he has more to do, because he definitely shares that sentiment when he's working on something, but he is curious.]

What is it you're doing?

Alphonse | Open

[thebloodseal]

Security

[Upon exploring the ship, Al was surprised to discover an armory. He'd gotten the impression that Atroma wasn't keen on them being armed- for obvious reasons- so why give them weapons now?

He stayed away from the guns, knowing gun safety from all the soldiers he'd hung out with- his huge fingers could barely pull the trigger, anyway. But there was something else- a suit of armor that stretched to fit his body.

Armor for armor. How hilarious, Atroma.]

Wildcard

[Al was wearing the pair of slippers that had come in his gift basket just to be a brat. Also, he may or may not have made a little black flamel cross symbol on each of them with alchemy.

Where do you want to run into him, crew? Up to you.]

[stickupherforehead]

[A]
[in the kitchen, Pearl is dumping out her gift basket onto the table. The chocolate and the dried fruit immediately get pushed to the side. She considers the pair of light blue slippers for a moment and then sets it in the middle. And then finally, she's inspecting a mug, a teapot, and a tin of tea.

Heh. She can use this.]

[B]
[when they've landed at a way-station, Pearl can be found in a corner of the courtyard Utena-ing it up fencing with a hologram version of herself. She's focused, but she doesn't look particularly engaged. It can only get so interesting when you're basically fighting your own shadow.

...And yup. She has armed Holopearl with a real sword.]

[C]
[anything goes!]

B

[stickupherforehead]

What's new, Clay?

[Pearl sounds mostly distracted as she walks into the kitchen. Looks like she's giving the ship a top to bottom check up. Gotta make sure the stupid Atroma people didn't mess it up.]

[stickupherforehead]

[huuuuuuh]

Can I help you?

[as long as the rummaging didn't mess up her systematically arranged stuff]

[geonomy]

[wow nanako your thirst is too real]

Nice to meet you too, Nanako! You're really lucky to have Ino as your captain. She's one of the coolest people in the fleet!

[And... yeah, also really pretty, he can't argue with that.]

B

[geonomy]

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.]

[geonomy]

Two-thirty?

[jfc, he should be in bed by now! And Clay would be doing that, but Koushiro wants to know what he's doing, and... well, he'd like to talk to other people about these things, too.]

Captain paperwork. [He gestures at the papers that don't make much sense there. They're kind of useless.] Starcharts... I keep trying to figure out where exactly we are. Being on the Marsiva didn't help, though our captors were kind enough to tell me that we're on a cycle of some sort.

[He pulls out some others papers, ones with long equations on them.] It's hard to figure out how far away stars are without the proper equipment, but with the radar functioning at full capacity, it's been helping a lot.