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[dancingmd]

Who: Everyone!!!
Broadcast: No
Action: The Iskaulit
When: For the rest of the month

[Now that we've all had time to settle back into our ships, let's see what's going on over on the Iskaulit! For the new folks, there are already a few establishments and projects going on, but there's plenty of room for everyone, either to join in or to build their own thing. So mingle away!]

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[versusnurture]

[It's a gamble, letting him see her back. But she does. She does without hesitation, not because she doesn't have any concerns but because she's practiced at not letting them show. She is absolutely, positively a snake, and she knows that, and she's happy with that knowledge.]

[The vents are dark, but familiar. She crawls in and curls up with her knees up to her chest, eyes wide and owlish and glittering in the dark.]

[mortalcoil]

[Coil takes his time. he wiggles the panel back into place once he's inside, sealing out all the light save for little bits coming in from the hallway through another nearby vent, and pauses there. just listening.

then, he takes a moment to climb up the latticework of inner wall-workings and disappear into the darkness above for a minute or so. probably watching the hall through whatever means he'd watched her earlier. and only after he is completely satisfied that no one else is snooping around in the hall, he climbs into the duct to join her.

it's terribly dark without the little magical lamp he'd created before, but he's easy to track by the glow in his eye. he looks her over once from the mouth of the duct, blinking in thought... before he moves to scuttle past her, heading deeper.]

[versusnurture]

[For a moment she's worried he's going to leave her behind. Worried, but not actually scared. She can leave if he doesn't come back. She can just go. That will be her answer - that he doesn't want her here.]

[But in the end, he comes back, and moves forward again. It's almost as though he's looking to show her something.]

[Again, she doesn't hesitate - she just crawls after him as quickly as she can.]

[mortalcoil]

[he doesn't go terribly far, but the path is complicated-- especially when the view is so limited. he takes certain branches one way or another through the ducts, passes over the hallway once, (which she can verify by looking down through the vents,) and pushes out a certain grating that lets them into another set of inner chambers.

it seems to be an arbitrary place to stop, but he suddenly decides that this is the place to park and hang out, and charges up another little metal bolt to offer light. the thing sizzles to life like a tiny flare, and he sets it off to the side as he sits down properly.]