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

[scrubscrub]

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.

Comments

[mikangirl]

Whether or not she likes the game, she's overdoing it! [Hey look, the snap is back in her voice.] Slaves in our world are killed out of hand for even the slightest perceived wrongdoing!

You can't give her orders like that even if you mean well. If you're really worried about her welfare, fix it.

[avaricious]

I really don't think my say will matter much here.

[Just being honest here. Greed's gonna do what Greed's gonna do, you know?]

[mikangirl]

[omg be more obvious ling god]

You're the one who gave her the order!

[avaricious]

... no I wasn't.

[Girl, you best check your facts.]

[mikangirl]

So Koala's lying? [Sweetly.] She mentioned you by name and everything. You are "Captain Greed", I presume.

[avaricious]

... no?

[mikangirl]

[Eyetwitch.]

How odd. You sure look like him.

[avaricious]

Well obviously. This is the same body.

[Duh.]

[mikangirl]

[............

Yeah she's just gonna stare at you with eyebrows raised. Really.]

[avaricious]

My name is Ling Yao. I thought it would be obvious that I wasn't Greed.

[Sure it's the same face, but that's the only similarity!]

[mikangirl]

Oh, totally obvious. You look and sound the same!

[SHE DOESN'T BUY IT. Though he's a lot more laid back today, so...]

[avaricious]

I feel that his voice is more of a deep baritone. I'm a tenor.

[Again, feeling very attacked right now.]

[mikangirl]

[Nami opens her mouth. Shuts it. Can't work out if you're trolling the fuck out of her or on the level, but lbr the former is more likely.


...fine.]

Does Koala know the difference?

[avaricious]

No. I really haven't had that much to do with her. She's Greed's responsibility, not mine.

[Which he realizes does himself no favors in the way it sounds. But there are bigger things on the line for him than a little girl's feelings.]

[mikangirl]

Wrong. She's your responsibility as well, if you're the captain. I don't care if there are two of you in there. If you can't assume the same responsibilities as Greed, neither of you have any business being in charge.

[avaricious]

You are more than entitled to feel that way - but this is neither your decision to make nor your ship. [He at last leaves his meditative position to stand up and look her in the eye.] I'm sure you can find your way back to your shuttle once you're done here.

[mikangirl]

[oh you did not

temper nami, hold it. But she stares at him for a good few seconds in disgust before she smiles again. Cheerfully.]

First off, you being captain is an arbitrary decision made by the Atroma and I don't feel particularly inclined to honour it unless you've earned it. But leave that aside.

Second-- are you telling me you really don't give a damn if there's a little girl so desperate to win pinball to gain your approval and not be killed that she's passing out at the machine? On your orders?

[avaricious]

[He's not the victim in this - he knows this. But his patience for having to take so much flak for Greed's decisions and personalities has begun to wear thin on him. The continued dismissive attitude of his own individuality is a sticking point for himself, despite whatever else he might feel about Koala.]

You continue to conflate my decisions and my presence with Greed. If you must know, I find it very concerning that she took his orders too such an extreme. But those were not my orders.

[mikangirl]

[The more he talks, the more she thinks he might have been on the level. That whole spiel just then, especially. She takes a breath, trying to calm down. If he is sharing a body (???) then yeah she's being unfair. But nonetheless.

She needs to think of Koala having to live with what happens here.]

I'm not gonna apologise for not knowing your circumstances before coming in here. [Good, that was nice and even and free of temper.] But fair enough. Do you think Greed intended for her to be like this?

[She's not being sassy on that last question; it's genuine.]

[avaricious]

[Well that's enough for him. It wasn't really an apology he was looking for anyway.]

No. For whatever else he might be, Greed is not senselessly cruel. He saw it as a way to focus her on something more befitting a child.

[Which when it comes down to it, neither Greed or Ling can exactly call themselves experts on what's appropriate for children. One of them was never a child and the other was just given life in adult form.]

[mikangirl]

I get that. I do. It's just... backfired.

[She runs a hand over her face tiredly. She'd heard enough about Greed to know he had personality clashes rampant over the ship, but he wasn't trying to do badly by Koala. And maybe she's being unfair in other ways, because the kid is seriously fucked up and who knows what might set her off. But this one thing, Greed can probably undo.]

If Greed could assure her he's not about to kill her over a game, that would help a lot.

[avaricious]

[You can tell her I don't take orders from her and I'll handle the kid the way I want to handle it. Why the hell would I kill a kid over a game?

Ling only smiles faintly.]

I'm certain Greed will do whatever is needed to rectify the situation.

[mikangirl]

[That sounds like a diplomatic brush-off answer, and for a moment Nami's eyes narrow. But she just avoided a fight and she doesn't need to start one now. Time will tell.]

Thanks. I'll leave you to your... whatever it is you were doing.

[avaricious]

Meditation. You might try it sometime. It's a fine way of calming your nerves and detaching yourself from those things that make you angry.

[Because clearly she has a lot of those things.]

[mikangirl]

I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

[casually punching you in her imagination 'k. See you around, Ling.]