[Golden Mingle - It's glitter-tastic!]

[effluent]

Who: The crew of the SS Golden and any visitors!
Broadcast: Could be? We'll see what people do.
Action: SS Golden
When: 01/18 -> Any time in the coming week

[Ah, the Golden. A lovely little ship with a weird little crew. They got two new people last week, and now another person? How will they all get along? Tune in and find out!

Yep yep, it's a mingle, crew of the Golden. Time for all these weirdos to hang out and see what happens...]

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[firstrebel]

[ So, hear tell the Golden has a proper pilot now. Well, a pilot with actual spacefaring experience, at least. Isn't this exciting? Also, she's green and has head tails. It's a thing. Don't stare.

Of course, when she's not, well, piloting, Hera is poking around the ship, trying to figure out how things work, and trying to stomach the terrible food. ]

The next planetfall better have decent fresh food.

[effluent]

[When Hera mentions this, there's a quiet blonde girl hanging out in the kitchen. She doesn't seem to be eating anything at the moment, but she's reading something on her com device and glancing up at Hera every once in a while.

Yeah, she's being rude as hell and totally staring]

Like what? [she doesn't elaborate or add on a more specific question on the end, just... goes with that]

[firstrebel]

[ All the staring, Hera has to admit, makes her feel a little self-conscious at times. Is she really that strange-looking? ]

You know, food. Fresh fruit and veggies, especially. I know it can be hard to come by in space, but this is ridiculous.

[effluent]

[she shrugs vaguely, not quite committing to agreeing or disagreeing]

What about that garden project they've got going on in the bug ship? They might have some vegetables there.

[firstrebel]

[ That catches her interest. Being so new, she's still learning everything she can about the fleet and its denizens. ]

"Bug ship"?

[effluent]

Isk... something? I forget. If you look out the window you can kind of see it sometimes-- it's that big ugly ship that hangs out in the back of the fleet.

It looks all crusty like a bug. [she shrugs] 'Bug ship'.

[firstrebel]

[ Well, that's a start. Hera will ask around with some of the people who have been here longer, who might be more familiar with things. If she can get some fresh fruit - anything, really, would be better than flavored protein paste three times a day. ]

Thanks. My name is Hera, by the way. I'm a pilot.

[neverknight]

[So now that he's had his chance to bond with the Pathstoners, Kanan finally makes his way over to visit his own captain on her ship. Which is different in that there aren't murals all over the walls. He'll find her in her poking and prodding around the time she's on the bridge at the pilot's seat. Well, he just leans on her seat to watch what she's doing.]

So how does she handle?

[firstrebel]

It's not the Ghost.

[ But of course, nothing could be the Ghost, and Hera sits back to look up at him with a faint smile. ]

But I've flown worse. How're things on your end? What augment did you get, anyway?

[neverknight]

[if the worst thing that could be said was that it wasn't the Ghost, then he supposed they weren't doing terrible.]

Security. One of three others. Along with two captains on one ship.

[He is so not impressed.]

[firstrebel]

That doesn't make any sense. Where's the chain of command? What happens if one captain's orders contradict the other's?

[ Ridiculous. This whole place is ridiculous. ]

Then again, it's about as logical as none of these ships having hyperdrives.

[neverknight]

I haven't got the whole story yet. The senior one is about as pleasant as an Inquisitor. The newer has a little more charm to her. I don't think the old captain is really thrilled at the captaincy having turned into a popularity contest.

[Not that he particularly liked the guy - but a takeover on a ship was no small issue. And he didn't much appreciate the notion he was expected to pick a side.]

[firstrebel]

Mm. [ Hera sits back, crossing her arms over her chest thoughtfully. ] If you have a co-captaincy, it only works if both know how to work together, complementing each other. If they're at odds, it puts everyone on the crew at odds, too.

[ Like when Mom and Dad fight and the kids get upset Kanan and Hera have differences of opinion and then everyone else doesn't know how to deal with it. ]

Good luck staying out of that.

[effluent]

[Sarah didn't exactly make the... best impression when she first arrived. After making a splash on the network during her first week, she has retreated completely into her shell for the next month. No posts on the network, no comments, no conversations, just holed up in her room, or down on the planet, or off on a waystation. So while people in the fleet haven't seen much of her, her crew mates probably haven't seen her much either.

But it's been a month now. Her feelings have simmered down, and she's established that this is real. She's not leaving any time soon, and she needs to at least make a life here. Which means its time to wrap herself in a different image.

So people might notice a blonde teenager hanging out around the ship every once in a while. And today she's set up on a treadmill, hair up in a ponytail while wearing a slouchy t-shirt and yoga pants. When she notices your character entering the rec room, she grins and slows the pace of the machine down to the slowest pace. As it slows down, she holds up her hand to wiggle her fingers in a sort of wave]

Hey there. Come here often?

[monolike]

Nope! [Sorey had kind of stumbled in here on accident, exploring the new environment and trying to make heads or tails of all these new things he's seeing and sort of understanding despite never having seen them before. He's off-kilter because he and Mikleo were shuffled onto different ships, but still trying to make the best of it because if he's in turmoil, then Mikleo will be the one to suffer the most.

Endure! He can endure!] This is actually my first time in here. Are you a part of the crew?

[effluent]

[oh honey. She smirks a bit as he talks. So this is the new kid, huh? Wow he certainly seems... earnest. She wants to build a good impression, but she just can't resist the urge to push her luck a bit]

Yep. I'm Sarah, communications. [She hops off the treadmill entirely, but she doesn't turn it off completely. Instead she uses her right hand to casually salute him, and wink as she lowers that hand to rest it on her hip]

But I'll be honest, I still don't get how all this works. [that's mostly a lie] You're better off asking Uzuki about actual work-related questions.

[monolike]

That's all right, I just wanted to meet everybody anyway. I'm Sorey, engineering. [Sorey leans against the doorjamb, making himself comfortable. He's a comfortable conversationalist to be sure.] So have you only just arrived also? Does it take a whole to get used to this?

[effluent]

[She shrugs as she reaches to grab a small towel that she draped on the treadmill, and uses it to gently dab at the back of her neck]

Probably depends on where you come from, but yeah. There's a lot to get used to. [Although with the network at the ready, she's found it pretty easy to find the information that she needs. But she likes to play dumber when she can]

So where do you fall on that scale? Is this all pretty weird to you?

[monolike]

Oh wow, I am a steady ten. Possibly an eleven. I've never even been on a seafaring vessel, let alone one that travels through the heavens. If this wasn't so utterly cool I'd probably be hyperventilating.

[Unlikely since excitement always wins out over fear with this guy, but it HAS been a shock trying to adjust.]

Engine Room - Kitchen - Shuttle Bay

[monolike]

ENGINE ROOM

[Sorey might've been given the knowledge and job title of an Engineer, but the most complicated thing he's ever attempted to fix was this one rope-and-pulley weight system in these old rusted ruins. Electricity was beyond his expertise before coming here, so redirecting the fusion runoff through the environmental scrubbers so that the cabins don't get flooded with radiation whenever someone turns on their heating? That's a little new.

Doesn't mean he won't dive headfirst into it on the first day though.]

Whoa! That's neat! [Sorey's voice echoes from where his upper half is shoved into a maintenance panel. There's an ominous-sounding clank from inside that makes an angry-sounding alarm blare in protest before it silences with a click and,] So that's what that does... [With Sorey poking around and learning the innerworkings of his ship as best as possible there's bound to be some bugs. Hopefully he doesn't inconvenience anybody too much...]


KITCHEN

[Sorey might be crap at desserts but he's not half bad at actual entrees, so when it comes time to eat he spends his time assembling some sort of weird taco rice dish with the questionable-looking 'meat.' Man, they hadn't been kidding when they'd said the food on the Marvisa was better. Still, warm food is better than the dried jerky and fruit they'd had to eat sometimes when out in the wilderness, so Sorey can deal.

He's gotten used to cooking for more than just one due to his recent travels though, and ends up making too much. And wasting food is just all kinds of awful, so the first person who steps through that door gets an expressed invitation to join him for dinner.]


SHUTTLE BAY

[This kid does not know how to pilot a shuttle. Okay so he's got the basic info in his head, but it's like explaining to a medieval knight how a jet fighter works. He's fiddling with controls that he probably shouldn't be fiddling with and the shuttle engines prime and then power back down three times before he climbs out and starts circling this freaky horseless cart space dinghy thing to try and figure out what he's doing wrong. He's got to get over to the Huntress to check on his friend, it's already been too long.]

shuttle bay, natch.

[firstrebel]

[ Oh, dear. Oh... dear. Hera approaches the young man cautiously, a concerned expression on her face. ]

If there's somewhere you need to get, you can just ask, you know.

[ Please do not try to fly a shuttle all on your own, friend. ]

[monolike]

[Here's where Hera gets that look of shock from a person who hasn't ever seen anyone unlike them before. He's at least quick to recover, though maybe the offer has something to do with that.]

Really? You'll take me somewhere? I don't want to put you out of your way or anything...

[firstrebel]

[ Hera looks vaguely amused. ]

Well, that's why you ask, isn't it? To find out. Instead of trying to fly a shuttle when you clearly don't know how, which could very well kill you.

[ Please don't get killed, Sorey. You just got here. ]

[monolike]

I kinda thought it was like all the other stuff, where I'd just get in and then I'd just know.

[rubs head sheepishly] But if you're offering, I'd really appreciate it! I need to get over to the Huntress.

[firstrebel]

Even if you are programmed with the knowledge of how to operate it, I still wouldn't just go out in one. Not until you've done it under close supervision for a while, anyway. Actually doing it is going to be a lot different than reading about it in an instruction manual, so to speak.

[ She sighs faintly. ] I suppose I could make the trip. I know a couple people over there. [ Vaguely. ]