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

[ishere]

[ he puts his own pen down, instead just idly watching her page. ]

We should rent another room when we can. Spend a few consecutive days on land. [ he hums, biting back a little grin. ] Remember the first planet we visited after I got here?

[ino]

I remember.

[ Shit, that was almost nine months ago. Where did all that time go ... ]

Remember when you were totally oblivious and didn't realize I liked you, so I hit you in the head with a hairbrush?

[ishere]

Hey, I had good reason to be intimidated. You're still intimidating.

[ there's defensiveness in his tone, but it's 100% playful. ]

Remember when I kept sabotaging all of my own chances with you?

[ino]

I'm not intimidating!

[ She doesn't sound that invested in proving it, though, she's too busy adding a few flowers around the bottom of this tree. But once she's done with that, she sets the pen down and looks at him, amused ]

How could I forget that?

[ishere]

Maybe I was just hoping you had, then.

[ he grins a little at her, before leaning forward, adding a few flowers in red clustered near hers. his own are more square, slightly boxy, but definitely still flowers. ]

[ino]

No such luck.

[ Well, while his hand's there, she adds a little heart on his knuckle, if he'll let her. ]

Also, I came in here to ask you something and now I totally can't remember what it was.

[ishere]

[ he'll just splay his hand out, giving her the entire canvas of the back of his hand if she wants it. ]

Guess you'll just have to hang out here until you remember.

[ino]

Well, that just sounds terrible.

[ In that case ... she'll go about adding a heart to each of his knuckles. ]

How's Hiro?

[ishere]

He's just as Hiro as ever.

[ he flexes his fingers slightly, making a quietly amused noise in the back of his throat. ]

And I thought I looked tough before.

[ino]

[ She looks up from her masterpiece his hand with a bit of a mischievous glint in her eyes ]

I could add an anchor and a naked lady if it'd make you feel better.

[ishere]

[ and he will just sloooowly start to draw his hand back. ]

You know what? I think this is great just the way it is.

[ino]

[ She laughs, putting the pen down and turning her own hand to actually hold on to his ]

Come on, I'm just messing with you.

[ishere]

[ his eyebrows go up and he resists the handhold tokenly, playing as if he's unconvinced. ]

I don't know... maybe I should start wearing long sleeves to bed.

[ino]

[ So mean! She huffs. ]

If you want to sweat to death at night.

[ But oh -- that reminds her of what she was going to ask ]

--That's right, I remember now.

[ she reaches down into her shirt to produce a necklace around her neck -- it's just a pretty small, unassuming seashell on a string. ]

I was going to ask you if you'd be willing to try this out for me. I can't tell if it's enchanted anymore.

[ishere]

[ he makes a curious little sound, reaching out to take the necklace from her. ]

How was it enchanted?

[ino]

[ she'll let it drop into his hand, blinking in confusion at him. ]

Um ... By a witch?

[ she pauses ]

Or do you mean what it's supposed to actually do?

[ishere]

The second one.

[ his shoulders shake a little with laughter as he shoots her an amused look. ]

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be "trying."

[ino]

[ she makes a little face when he laughs, but ...]

Oh, well. It's supposed to keep you from having any bad dreams. But I haven't dreamt at all lately, so I can't tell if it's working or if it's just a coincidence.

[ishere]

Oh. You think I've been having bad dreams?

[ well, hiro's been asleep for a really long time now, so - yeah, it's likely he is. ]

[ino]

[ Yeah, she's giving him a look, one eyebrow raised. ]

I don't think you've been having bad dreams, I can actually hear you having them.

[ishere]

[ he's going to flush a little guiltily here. whoops - caught. ]

Sorry. I didn't realize it was that bad.

[ino]

You don't have to apologize. I mean, it makes sense.

[ She reaches over to cover his hand with hers, if he'll let her ]

I just thought it might be more helpful for you, if it still works. I know it used to, but Atroma might have figured out how to remove the enchantment somehow.

[ishere]

[ of course he lets her. he'll just turn his hand so that he can catch her fingers with his, too. ]

Alright, then. I'll try it out tonight and let you know. Sound good?

[ino]

Sounds perfect.

[ She squeezes his fingers, gently. ]

I'm gonna be kinda mad if they did break it, though. It sounded like Schierke worked hard on it ...