one fish, two fish, red fish, (blue fish)!!

[honorbends]

Who: The passengers of the Blue Fish and visitors!
Action: The Blue Fish!
When: It's a mingle for the month of January, losers!

[ mingle for the month for the blue fish, to meet up with new crew members, hash out stuff. come get free therapy from zuko, who has 100% put up a sign on his door saying 10 credits because allen owes him money. ]

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[save_the_souls]

[Allen, of course, is completely ignoring Zuko's little sign. He isn't paying Zuko for something he never asked for, after all.]

[Instead now with the holidays over- Allen's more focused on gathering supplies for when they inevitably leave this planet. Throughout the days, it's not unusual to find him coming aboard- hauling a large amount of supplies with him- usually an amount that'd be far too much for anyone without superstrength to haul. Meat, Non-perishable foods, salt, ship parts, medical supplies - being here over a year has made him pretty good at figuring out what they need to remain comfortable while traveling.]

[Though one day, you may find that he's left the cargo bay doors open longer than usual. If you step outside to inspect, he can be found just a few feet away from the ship's landing dock. The supply of he was carrying in has been discarded and he's crouched down- happily playing with one of those stray arctic foxes that has clearly come to inspect the meat.]

[dancingmd]

[No doubt Allen will hear Beverly before he sees her coming. Or rather... he'll hear the loud admonishments of a pair of disgruntled cats who have been cruelly abandoned, left to be fed only once a day and given no bedtime cuddles. The Travesty!!! Now that Beverly has moved back to her quarters, they refuse to let her out of their sight, trailing behind her wherever she goes on the ship. As she enters the cargo bay, she admonishes them.]

You've been fed twice today already!

[Mrow! It's not enough! It's never enough! Also please pet us!

Upon sight of the fox, however, their demeanors immediately change. Alicia's fur goes up before he bolts out of the room, no doubt to hide under Beverly's bed. Slay, more curious, slinks forward, tail twitching, but Beverly swiftly gathers him in her arms before he can do anything she'll regret.]

[To Allen:] Sorry! I didn't realize you had a friend with you! [She smiles down at the fox while Slay tries to climb up her shoulder.] He's a cutie!

[save_the_souls]

[Allen had been focused on the fox, so he only heard the interactions with the cats as background noise. But he'll look up when Beverly addresses him, smiling at her]

Mm! He followed me here. I think it's because I was hauling meat.

[dancingmd]

[Slay has succeeded in his quest and is now perched on Beverly's shoulder, staring down at the fox, though she keeps a firm hand on him, ready to grab his scruff if need be.]

Poor thing. It's not easy, finding food on a planet like this.

idk how I missed this comment...

[save_the_souls]

I know...he's probably pretty hungry.

Think Sokka will mind if I give him a bit of the meat?

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[dancingmd]

[That familiar - but long absent - playful half-smile of hers is back.] Probably. But I won’t tell if you won’t.

[save_the_souls]

[he'll give a small smile back. Then he reaches over and digs out a scrap of meat to hold out for the fox]

Ah, here you are little guy. Eat up.

[The fox perks up and sniffs his hand before yep, eating that meat right up. Yum]

[dancingmd]

[Okay Slay does not appreciate that! How dare you! Feed that ... that cat dog thing without feeding him first! Rude.

He tries to make a break for it but Beverly's too quick for him. She sighs.]

Hold on a minute.

[She deposits the unruly cat in the hall outside the cargo bay, then comes back.]

Sorry about that. They're acting even weirder than usual lately. [She looks at the very satisfied looking fox.] At least he's not too bothered by it.

[save_the_souls]

The cats?

[He glances at the cat before he looks back at Beverly]

You think they're jealous of the fox?

[dancingmd]

I think they're just very put out with me in general... for being gone so long.

[She feels guilty for leaving but... it was good for her.]

[save_the_souls]

Ah... [he can understand that] Timcanpy gets like that too. Once, he even ate my CD player to get back at me for being gone a few weeks.

[dancingmd]

[She chuckles,] Fortunately they haven't committed any acts of revenge yet. I just keep waking up with Alicia wrapped around my head in the morning.

[Kneeling, she sticks out a hand for the fox to sniff.]

I wish we could explain to animals why we have to leave them sometimes.

[save_the_souls]

If they understand concepts like that, I think they'd be too intelligent to be pets.

[Just saying......there might be a pony that take issue]

How are you feeling?

[dancingmd]

[She looks up at Allen while the fox nudges at her hand and then, finding no food there, her pockets.]

Better. Not perfect but... I'm not angry anymore about what happened. So that's something.

[There's still the issue of those deaths keeping her awake at night sometimes but she knows from experience that sort of thing can't be solved in a month.]

[save_the_souls]

[He gives a nod. Yeah, he can imagine the memories will haunt her for awhile. Like many of his dead with deaths that numerous]

That's a good step. You do sound calmer.

[dancingmd]

I certainly hope so.

[Truth is, she's a little embarrassed by her actions earlier. Even though she knows no one is upset with her because of it and that it was an understandable enough reaction, she hates losing control of her emotions like that, and it's a rare thing when she does.]

It'd be worrying if I wasn't.

[save_the_souls]

[He gives a little nod] I suppose so.

Bran's siblings are on the ship now. I'm not sure if you've met them yet...?

[dancingmd]

Not yet, no. I wanted to give them some space, let them reunite with one another before getting overwhelmed by a bunch of new faces. I plan on meeting them later today maybe, once they have a chance to settle in a bit.

Have you met them?

[Said with some caution... Toph clearly doesn't think much of Robb, so she's not sure what to expect.]

[save_the_souls]

[He gives a nod]

Briefly. I think they're still getting used to everything.

[honorbends]

[ zuko himself is

ready to close said cargo bay doors

when he notices allen is playing with a fox.

zuko makes a face and steps down the ramp, shoving his hands into his pockets. ]

Are you feeding them too?

[ al has an entire army of them ]

[save_the_souls]

[He glances up at Zuko]

Not all the time! This one just followed me!

[Which this one perks up when it sees Zuko approach, sitting back on it's hindlegs as if trying to plead with this new person]

[honorbends]

[ zuko stares at it before shifting his gaze to allen, looking thoroughly unimpressed. ]

You're not actually going to keep that, are you?

[ he is not feeding you smol fox no ]

[save_the_souls]

I don't know...I hadn't thought about it.

[he rubs his chin]

I'd imagine he's some sort of stray...

[honorbends]

Or it's a greedy wild animal.

[ said wild animal is inching closer to zuko, and zuko stares at it with much reluctance. ]

[save_the_souls]

I don't think so...he looks like one of the domesticated foxes they sell in the towns.