gotta get down for a mingle

[redactions]

Who: The crew of the SS Heron and visitors.
Broadcast: nope.
Action: Aboard the SS Heron.
When: After returning to the ship.

[ finally back on the right ship, except the corridors are all mysteriously cold and the ship seems smaller. Thanks, Atroma. New crew, visitors, starters in comments ]

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[dancingmd]

I'm not sure which is worse.

[redactions]

Until we get solid proof, all we've got are guesses.

[dancingmd]

I doubt they'll ever give us anything like solid proof.

[She rubs the bridge of her nose.]

I'm not doing too well at staying off this topic, am I?

[redactions]

[ He gestures, a helpless little what can one do. ]

I don't mind.

[dancingmd]

Thank you for saying so. It's just... the calibrations have left me a bit unsettled.

Or well, more than I was already anyway.

[redactions]

I'd be worried if you weren't unsettled, honestly.

[dancingmd]

I would be too. None of this is normal, even for me. To make us be complicit in the invasion of each other's minds...

[She shakes her head. She has experienced worse violations, it's true, but she always had the resources to work through those things in the aftermath.]

[redactions]

Well, ain't like you can put it on a card and send it, right?

[dancingmd]

[Oh dear. More colloquialisms she doesn't understand. Sorry about this, Jim. Sokka is usually bearing the brunt of it.]

What do you mean?

[redactions]

Oh, uh — [ wow he is usually on the other end of this ] in my world we have this brand of cards, called Hallmark, and there's one for every occasion. I mean every occasion.

[dancingmd]

But none for "sorry I invaded your brain?" [She gives him a small wry smile.] Well that's a real oversight on Hallmark's part.

[redactions]

[ Grinning, ]

You don't say. Someone should write to 'em about it.

[dancingmd]

We better be careful now... might get some sort of weird sponsor drop out of this.

[redactions]

I ain't gonna object to them giving us stuff. Least they can do, after this mess.

[dancingmd]

You evidently have not had the joy of tasting banana flavored coffee.

That said, some of the drops haven't been too bad. [She toys with her hair a bit.] The shampoo was nice.

[redactions]

[ He quirks a smile. ]

Well maybe I should put some effort into it and I might get cologne.

[dancingmd]

[She rests her chin on one hand.]

You know, cologne is something we could probably make in the labs.