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[catamite]

Who: Nel and the network, also a ship mingle!
Broadcast: Video to the whole network
Action: SS Three Twins
When: Anytime early in the week

→ Video
[it has taken him months, but Nel is finally getting brave enough to really use the network. the fact that he mysteriously knows how the whole thing works, and the fact that it might come with some sort of responsibility still terrifies him... but he's at least getting used to the feeling.

so, sometime in the late morning, there's a scruffy little guy with piercings and pointy ears smiling over the network. a little awkward, but he's trying--putting on his best charming smile for the camera.]

Hi, um... everybody, I guess. My name is Nel, and I'm on the... [give him a sec] ...Three Twins? Which, I think is a weird name, but. Whatever. Also, I guess I know about, like... communication stuff, so there's that.

And I haven't said anything on this thing yet, so... I guess that's what this is! So... yeah. ...Hi.


→ Action; SS Three Twins
[so far, the elf has done a good job of sleeping a lot, slinking in and out of the ship without bothering anyone, and generally trying to make himself as invisible and unobtrusive as possible. it's an old, bad habit. and it's only now that he's starting to feel okay with the world enough to relax a little.

which means he's actually lazing around at the comm station today, leaving his nervous little message on the network and surfing around through files and old recordings. just spacing out, looking like he's just rolled out of bed...

and also not wearing any pants.

he's got some absolutely enormous t-shirt on from who-knows-where, but that makes it hard to tell if he's wearing anything else at all. there's definitely no pair of pants, though. that much is certain. and he doesn't seem to notice.]

(ooc: also this is totally a SS Three Twins mingle post, so make your own threads if you want to as well!)

Comments

[catamite]

Persi...spa.. [no, wait] ...Persipacious?

[payback]

Per-spi-cac-ious. I think it means smart.

[catamite]

...Oh.

[well that makes him feel dumb. but at least he isn't alone on this one.]

[payback]

Nel.

[She taps the speaker.]

Cheer up.

[catamite]

[too bad she can't see his ears twitch]

...Why did we even start talking about this, anyway?

[payback]

I dunno... I think you were talking about the ship names being bad, and we started talking about better ones.

Hey, Nel... you can read, right? [Her tone is actually pretty neutral; plenty of people at home can't read.]

[catamite]

Yeah, why?

[he can't be too offended anyway. he's more or less used to people doubting whether or not he's literate.]

[payback]

We should get you some books. That's a good way to learn new words.

[catamite]

Oh... like book books?

[she can probably imagine the way he slides down in his seat a little, losing strength in his spine.]

I know plenty of words.

[what a baby.]

[payback]

C'mon, Nel... some books are fun.

[catamite]

I know.

[slumping further down in his chair....]

I just... like magazines better...

[payback]

Well, why not both?

[catamite]

Because books are long and take forever...

[and he totally lacks the attention span for that.]

[payback]

Not all books. Jeez. Some of them are short and fun.

[So they need, like, illustrated books and fifth grade reading level here. Okay.]

[catamite]

I like some books...

[yeah, those illustrated ones. short, easy, illustrated. the ones that he doesn't consider book books anyway.]

[payback]

Well let's get you the ones you like then.

[duh, Nel, obviously.]

[catamite]

I don't need them, though...

[still feebly defending whatever vulnerability he feels like she's picking on.]

But I'd still like to find some magazines.

[payback]

[A tiny sigh.]

Some of both. It'll be fun.

[catamite]

If you say so...

Do you know where to get some?

[payback]

Probably the waystations. I wonder if you can get them put on your communicator... it'd take less space.

[catamite]

Put books on your communicator?

[all the ways he's imagining this are the wrong ones.]

[payback]

... No. [She can guess.]

No, I mean you put them inside there - but not like how you're thinking -

[... She doesn't have the expertise to explain this. With a feeling of slight despair:]

It'd be easier to show you, all right?

[catamite]

Um... okay.

[YEAH he's got that same despairing feeling. especially since he's already beginning to lose the point of the conversation in the first place.]

[payback]

Okay. We can do that... sometime. We'll do it.

Are you doing okay, Nel? [Why did she even ask]

[catamite]

Yeah?

[why did she ask? what other answer would he possibly give? he sounds questioning right back at her, also wondering why she's asking.]