one ☂ rain, rain, go away...

[waterwing]

Who: Lapis Lazuli & YOU
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: S.S. Huntress
When: 1/10

[ VIDEO ]

[ The very second she wakes, the immediacy of how wrong this is crashes over her like a wave.

Lapis curls upright on a cot on the Marsiva, blinking and coughing - like she's been underwater for too long. Frantically, she reaches out for something that isn't there - a shackle. A connection she had been holding on to with all the strength she had, just moments ago -

She had lost it. She hadn't been strong enough.

She stumbles off the cot like she's still getting her land legs, and slowly moves out of the room, quickly casting glances around every corner as she moves down hallways. This doesn't look like a Homeworld ship, but...it has to be. She wasn't strong enough to stay fused with Jasper, and so she must have gotten free. She was probably hurting Steven right now, and Lapis had been taken prisoner again -

What's the point?

In front of a large window, she slumps down, arms winding around her knees. She her forehead against them until she can't see the harsh lights of the ship anymore. With that blocked out, there's just her, and the tumultuous ocean roiling inside of her. ]

[ ACTION ]

[ Soon enough, Lapis is shuttled off to the S.S. Huntress, and she enters the ship with all the reluctance in the world. She is not happy to be here. She barely minds the fact that she's been assigned to a Security position - rather, she avoids the armory entirely. She didn't ask for this. She didn't ask to come here, to be taken prisoner yet again by an organization she knew nothing about, but who would inevitably find some way to use her to their ends.

She doesn't want any of this.

And so as Lapis makes her way to the bunks, she starts pulling - only partly deliberately - on any liquids she passes. Someone using the toilet or shower may suddenly find the water fleeing upwards and out towards the Gem calling it to her. Water, tea, or any other drink may jump out of a cup or drink dispenser as she passes. She does this until she builds a small river down the hallway, barely glancing at anyone she passes unless - unless, they get a bit too close for comfort. ]

No! Just - just stay away from me!

Comments

[digthefuzz]

[Yes, he's been Taken 2: The Takening. But who is Taken 3?]

Trust me, I'm all for that idea! But... um... it's not that easy!

[waterwing]

[ To be continued....! ]

What do you mean? Why not?

[digthefuzz]

Well... we're in space! They have control of our only ships, and we have no idea how to get back to any place that we recognize! I mean... we might not even be in the same universe or dimension anymore! This is totally the Twilight Zone!

[waterwing]

Aren't there any maps? Star charts? [ If she can get off the ship, she stands a chance of getting back. That's what she has to believe. She'll escape, and take Steven, and they can get away from this place.

...It'll never work. ]

I don't...where's the Twilight Zone? I've...never heard of it.

[digthefuzz]

I... don't think so? [He raises an uncertain eyebrow.]

Oh! That's just... a show on tv, about a place where all kinds of weird and spooky things happen.

[waterwing]

[ Son, what. ]

A show on....what?

[digthefuzz]

Tv! You know, the boob tube?

[waterwing]

The...boob tube?

[ Is that some sort of alien plumbing or what. ]

[digthefuzz]

Man, you're really behind the times! Um... like this! [He holds up his communicator to show a video feed.] Except the screen's on a big box.

[waterwing]

A communication device. [ She knows what those are, but she's certainly never heard it referred to as something like the "boob tube". ]

...Where are you from?

[digthefuzz]

Like that! But, sometimes people use it to record... like... entertainment and stuff, you know?

I'm from Germany... on the planet Earth. ...And my name's Kurt.

[waterwing]

You're from Earth? [ She wasn't expecting that. ] But you don't look human.

[ ...Oh. ] ...I'm Lapis.

[digthefuzz]

I'm... not exactly a normal human. [He shifts uncomfortably as he says that.]

Nice to meet you, Lapis.

[waterwing]

[ Well, at least she doesn't ask any further questions. There's still plenty she doesn't know about humanity. ]

...Really? [ He thinks it's nice to meet her?

Is this some kind of trick? ]

[digthefuzz]

Um... yeah really!

...Why not really? [He looks very confused.]

[waterwing]

...Oh. [ Sheepishly: ] I guess...people don't usually think it's that nice to meet me, that's all.

[digthefuzz]

...I know how that feels. [He looks at her calmly, with years worth of pain behind his eyes.]

But it's okay. You're in good company now. And I'm sure that you're a nice person. You're just... in a tough situation. [He's all too familiar with mutants who lash out in unfamiliar situations but really aren't so bad.]

[waterwing]

[ There he goes again. Sure she's a nice person? ]

But you don't know anything about me.

[ She's not sure if she's a nice person or not. Honestly, she doesn't know what to think of herself anymore. ]

[digthefuzz]

I know that you're worried and scared right now. But I don't think you really want to hurt anyone, or you would have done it already. [he shrugs.] I think that's close enough to 'nice' in my book.

[waterwing]

[ ...Well. He's not wrong.

She glances down, uncertain how to take this. ]

You'll change your mind about me. Just wait.

[digthefuzz]

You're right.

[A beat.]

Maybe I'll end up thinking you're even cooler!

[waterwing]

[ ...? ]

Because of my...water powers? [ Is that what he's referring to with 'cooler' or ]

[digthefuzz]

[He blinks and then laughs.]

No, because of being great! But I like the water answer too, that would have been a cool joke!

[waterwing]

...Oh.

[ No, she still doesn't really get it. ]

Well...I guess we'll see what you think after you've known me for a while.

[ It won't be anything good. ]

[digthefuzz]

[Oh well...]

Yeah, we'll see alright! Hey, we should bet on it! Winner gets five space-bucks! [Sure they're called credits, but 'space-bucks' sounds cooler.]