/takes the huntress out back and buries it (jan mingle pt. II)

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Who: Anyone on the SS Huntress! Crew and visitors.
Broadcast: N/A
Action: SS Huntress
When: More of January! We got three new crew mates and it will be messy.

IT'S ANOTHER MINGLE FOR OUR EVER-EXPANDING SHIP.

Also, we need an update on how well Koala is doing at pinball.

God, help this ship.

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idk if this is even reply-able but it needed to be written anyway

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[It's the day of the fleet shuffle!

Koala is very eager to have something to do, once the newer crew members are announced and boarded! Even Mikleo is assigned his 'room' (sob), he'll find — though she can't see him yet at all, tragically — a little 11-year-old girl fervently cleaning his otherwise only mildly dusty living quarters. She also puts a nice little plastic plant in there, because it's looking awfully blank.

Hopefully they will like it, and not be upset!

... Whenever this person shows up, anyway...

She's sure to leave a plate of treats as well, nothing that great looking compared to the average, normal meal you'd get off a spaceship, but hey, some of these snacks look okay. Um. Whenever they show up. Any time now... Maybe she'll clean the generic clothing issued in their room as well. Yes. She takes them and gives them a good natural scrubbing, hangs them out to dry, brings them back neatly folded and smelling fresh.

....

Whenever the person shows up.

Just. You know.

Whenever.]

I'm gonna reply anyway because yolo

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[Of all the things to find in his room when he finally ventures there, a little girl cleaning it didn't even register on the list of potentials. She's doing a thorough job of it, too, and he's baffled as to why she's even bothering. She hasn't met him yet, and considering his attempts to introduce himself fell on deaf ears, she isn't likely to without the help of Sorey, if at all. And while a number of humans in his world hold the seraphim in high esteem, keeping their domains clean and supplied with gifts, it's pretty obvious that no one but he and Sorey even know what a seraph is, so that's not it, either.

He follows her around as she works, intrigued and oddly touched, unsure of how to deal with it. Maybe he'll get Sorey to thank her when he inevitably comes to visit. Or maybe she'd like something sweet, if he can find any half-decent ingredients in the kitchen lat-

--Actually.

Whenever Koala makes it back to her own room, she'll find a gift waiting on her bed: the plate of sweets that had arrived with Mikleo, untouched save for one missing to indicate that he'd tried it, and a little cup holding up a sculpture of a flower, made entirely of ice. Despite the fact that it's been sitting there for who-knows how long, it shows no sign of melting.

Thanks, little one.]

and *i'm* gonna reply b/c i can

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[Oh...

When she returns to her room and sees the presents left, she smiles in a way that she doesn't around the others — a genuine smile, not one born of fear or obedience. Of course, she has no clue that there's a ghost, or else she'd be more unsure about showing that side of her self as easily, but that's concerns for another day. She picks up the sweets and stares at them, her smile weakening just a little.]

... I... I... These were probably placed her on accident...

[She looks around worriedly, and then gets up and looks up and down the halls. Nobody's here. If she eats this... If it's some kind of... trick—

She sits there with the dish in her lap for a good hour before she finally, slowly, slowly eats one of the pieces. She chews the second piece with more fervent enjoyment, as if she is unfamiliar with but immediately enjoying the taste of it.]

So good...! Is this what the sugary food the nobles eat tastes like...??

[The whole plate will be emptied, but she'll put the evidence under her bed. Just until everyone's asleep for sure and she can covertly put it in the sink. Her attention flicks to the icy flower from time to time all the while, and the sight of it in her room makes her fluster a bit.]