driftfleet | duck tales, oo-ooh!

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duck tales, oo-ooh!

Who: Crew & Visitors of the Wonderduck
Action: The Wonderduck
When: a mingle for the month of January!

[ come one, come all, crew members and visitors alike. come play terrible rec-room games or eat awful, overly processed food! or just mingle! ]

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[Steven rushes to the source excitedly. Let's say he managed to obtain a party horn at a way station and immediately blows it in greeting.]

Welcome to the Wonder Duck! I really like your bow!

[what is even going on here]

Ah... Thank you? Aren't you too young to be here?

[He shrugs.]

Well, I'm here, so I guess not! My name's Steven. What's yours?

Blake. It's nice to meet you.

... What do you do here?

I'm a personnel! [He indicates the door with his own name on it. It looks like he's also been putting whatever glitter he can find on the door.]

I can, you know, help you talk about your troubles and stuff. But only if you wanna!

I think most of my troubles right now are being kidnapped into a spacefaring TV show.

Yeah, that... is a problem. A very common Fleet problem! [He says with a nervous chuckle. It's almost as if everyone's been kidnapped into a spacefaring TV sow...]

We can talk about it!

Are you okay with it?

I'm okay with talking about anything! Really.

Not that. I meant... I'm a huntress-in-training from a prestigious school for learning to fight monsters. You seem like you'd need to talk about it more than me.

Oh, thaaat. [He shakes his head, although his frown shows that he might not be completely okay with it.]

Well I'm a Crystal Gem! I fight monsters too. S-so things aren't so bad. There aren't even bad monsters out here!

A... 'Crystal Gem'?

Yep! Gems are from another world, and the ones who decided to protect Earth called themselves the Crystal Gems! And me, I'm only half-gem, but I still get to be a Crystal Gem tooo!

So, "Gem" is... the name of an alien species?

That's right! Because every gem has a gemstone that's like their heart and their power. Even I do!

[He abruptly lifts up his shirt just enough to ~~do the truffle shuffle~~ show off his gem.]

I... see.

[i am literally a monster-fighting reformed terrorist catgirl ninja in disguise and even i think that's bizarre]

Pretty neat, huh? [He smiles as he lowers his shirt.]

It is. I've never heard of anyone like that.

Well, there's a first time for everything! It sounds like a lot of other worlds don't really have Gems...

Mine definitely doesn't.

[She's trying to imagine someone walking around with a Dust crystal fused to their bellybutton, and it's a bad mental image.]

You're missing out! [...Well, to be fair, missing out on a horrible invasion and a thousand year war may be a good thing.]

Oh, but I'm sure there's plenty of cool stuff where you're from!