Bishop Mingle

[incousinswithyou]

Who: Crew + visitors
Broadcast: Nope
Action: Ship mingle on the SS Bishop yay
When: After returning to the ships

[it's great that the rooms got bigger! Still, one could argue that there's a fine line between "art" and "warehouse."]

Comments

[incousinswithyou]

I would assume so.

[she closes the book so she can focus on you] I woke up here, with all my things - such as they are.

[experiencepoints]

Well, your boyfriend's here, so I guess that worked out for you.

[That only gets her to eye that book, though.] What are you reading?

[incousinswithyou]

[her boyfriend. Michiru just chuckles.]

I found it in the gift basket. [she pushes the book towards you] Perhaps our lovely hosts are trying to tell me something.

[she's pretty sure it's some sort of cruel joke, but she'll smile anyway]

[experiencepoints]

[She picks it up out of morbid curiosity, but isn't opening it just yet.]

Tell you what, exactly?

[incousinswithyou]

[it's okay. No pictures, nothing dirty.]

It's a guide to obtaining a pure heart. Of course, its main audience is school age girls, so I wouldn't expect much. [it's more of a (misguided?) self-help book than anything.

michiru you're only 18]

[experiencepoints]

That doesn't need a book, that needs a time machine.

[For someone so easily embarrassed, it's amazing what she can sometimes manage to say with a straight face.]

Aren't you school-age?

[incousinswithyou]

[she takes a sip of her tea, hiding a smile behind the mug]

Well, most people from my world lack time machines, so they'll have to make do. ["all" might be a better descriptor here.]

Yes, I am. What of it?

[experiencepoints]

Mine too.

I guess it just sounded sort of like you were excluding yourself from that... Never mind.

[incousinswithyou]

I suppose it just goes to show that I don't think very highly of this book. [or most things geared towards teenagers. Maybe it's the classical violinist in her.]

[experiencepoints]

Well, I guess you wouldn't be interested in a pure heart, yeah.

[incousinswithyou]

[wooooow, Nightingale. Wow.]

Oh? What's that supposed to mean?

[experiencepoints]

[Look, she has one button to work with, cut her some slack.]

Well, I am pretty sure cohabitation is the opposite of what makes a heart pure.

[incousinswithyou]

So we're not talking about hearts, in this case. [that gets a smile out of Michiru. She sure isn't denying it, however.]

There are, of course, other definitions of a pure heart. [she glances at the book] And according to this author, it's a heart that focuses deeply on one thing at a time.

[experiencepoints]

Pretty sure we are.

[That gets her to raise an eyebrow.]

That's... What kind of definition is that?

[incousinswithyou]

It's one that would reach a wider audience, I would assume.

[than staying a virgin forever.

Of course, it's also the working definition of a pure heart during that time in their lives when the enemy was looking for them.]

[experiencepoints]

What about people singularly devoted to being a jackass? I've met a few like that, and I don't think that counts as pure.

[It's probably unfair of her, but she doesn't care. The ones she is thinking of really were dicks.]

[incousinswithyou]

[...huh. Maybe their heart crystals won't be as pretty...?]

They could be purely evil, I suppose. Technically, that should count.

[experiencepoints]

No, evil isn't right. More like... Pure petty dicks.

[incousinswithyou]

[she's grinning, but she's hiding her smile behind a hand]

...Is that right? That's a rather succinct say of stating that, actually.

[she really is amused by that turn of phrase, even if she'd probably die before saying something like that]

[experiencepoints]

[Aha, there's a reaction. Nightingale's pretty pleased with herself.]

No point beating around the bush when it comes to them.

[incousinswithyou]

It does take away the implication that they're any sort of threat at all.

[experiencepoints]

They're only a threat to your patience.

[incousinswithyou]

If that.

[hah]

What's your job here, Nightingale?

[experiencepoints]

... I don't really have one.

[That gets her to clam up quick.]

[incousinswithyou]

Oh? That does seem rather odd.

[hmmmm]