summerschild: (Default)
Bran Stark ([personal profile] summerschild) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-01-22 11:26 am

mingle part deux

Who: Blue Fishes (and visitors)
Broadcast: Nah
Action: SS Blue Fish
When: January 22nd and beyond

[We've seen Blendergate 2K16, and now it's time for... AZULAGATE. And all means of other shenanigans.]
thezerothlaw: (thinking)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-24 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
I will be there, then. I look forward to seeing you, Beverly.
dancingmd: (smile)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-24 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Beverly!!!

He's calling her Beverly and she is oh so very pleased about this.]


Thank you! I'm looking forward to to seeing you as well!

[When he arrives at the dance studio later that day, Beverly's already there, for once not wearing her Drift Fleet-issued jumpsuit, but instead, some of her new clothes she got from Ino, which includes a green off-the-shoulder tunic reminiscent of what she is used to wearing at home. The significance of this is perhaps lost on Daneel, since he wasn't there for the clothes-dumping episode. Nevertheless, it's clear that things are a lot more stable for her, emotionally speaking. Not... quite back to what she was before the calibrations, especially with the recently added stress of worrying about Azula, but so much better than the last few times he's seen her.]
thezerothlaw: (neutral)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-24 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[The change he can sense is good. Whether things are actually better or if she's just feeling better about them, well. Either way, it's progress of a sort. Meanwhile, he's just wearing his regular jumpsuit and maybe that was a mistake? What is proper dancing clothing? Not that he has any.]

Hello, Beverly.

[He gives her a friendly half-bow.]

I hope you're well.
dancingmd: (rueful smile)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-24 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
[He's fine, his clothing is fine, he need not worry. She's simply happy to be doing something like this with him, something not involving crying or late night fears or any other sort of emotional crises.]

Daneel.

[She smiles at his gesture and bows back.]

I am. [Or, at least, she's getting there.] I hope you are too.
thezerothlaw: (alert)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-24 09:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I am, thank you.

[And he is. Things have been going... relatively well, all considered, and friendly company is pleasant."

What did you have in mind for today?
dancingmd: (i didn't know you danced)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-25 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Have you had a chance yet to listen to the media files Atroma gave us? There's quite a bit of music on there, so first I thought we could find a song we both enjoyed.
thezerothlaw: (adorablebot)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-25 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
I have not listened in detail.

[Was he supposed to?]

To be honest, it is rather different from Auroran music, which is mostly what I know.
dancingmd: (fond memories)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-25 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Beverly takes out her communicator, sits cross-legged on the floor, and invites him to sit with a little pat on the floor next to her and a smile. While she talks, she's scrolling through the communicator, to find a particular song.]

I'm not familiar with most of the music on here either, but there was a song from my world, though it's from well before my time: about a hundred years ago.

[She hits play, and "Beyond Antares" begins to play, soft and soothing. Even if it's not quite her style of music, it's a comforting reminder of home.

When the song is over:]


What do you think?
thezerothlaw: (listening)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-25 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[He listens very seriously. He really isn't a proper judge of music, but the lyrics are more interesting for him.]

I have heard thematically very similar songs. This is a love song, correct?
dancingmd: (kiss the girl)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-26 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
It is.

[There's a moment of hesitation, perhaps of slight embarrassment. She doesn't think he'd read too much into her choice of songs, but...]

I believe it was a popular one, at the time, though I'd only heard it a few times before now, which makes me wonder why Atroma chose to give it to me.
thezerothlaw: (listening)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-26 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
It's difficult to say why Atroma chooses anything.

[And her embarrassment is unwarranted. Love songs are popular and common! On most worlds, anyway. It's probably best to just let that go, though.]

If you wished to dance to this one, it would do very well for a slower dance.
dancingmd: (now what)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-27 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
It would... you've got the foxtrot down pretty well, don't you think? I could teach you to waltz next.

But first! [She hands him the communicator with the list of songs open.]

I'd like you to pick one to listen to too.
thezerothlaw: (calm)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-27 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
[He hesitates, but he takes it, and scrolls through the list with as much seriousness as it's possible to have. Eventually, he selects one. Which is in English despite the link not being in English.]

I'm not sure how appropriate this is for dancing, but... I do like the lyrics.
dancingmd: (talk to me)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-28 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Once the song finishes, she leans in towards him, genuinely interested. There's still so much to be learned about Daneel.]

What do you like about them, specifically?
thezerothlaw: (listening)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-28 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
They seem to --

[He stops, obviously thinking hard. Metaphors are not natural for him, and he's not sure he's completely wrong.]

They seem to speak of peace, and harmony, and beauty. They seem to speak of humanity, and of potential. This is how it seems to me.
dancingmd: (listening)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-28 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[Gently, she reaches over and hits "play" again, only this time she turns the volume down, so they can still talk with the music in the background.]

"They seem." There's a distance there... you don't fully trust your interpretation, do you?
thezerothlaw: (curious)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-28 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
I do not. Metaphor is not... natural for me. It relies on human feeling, and human intuition, and I don't always understand it. I hope to, with time and experience.
dancingmd: (smile)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-28 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[With an encouraging smile, she rests her hand on his.]

I think what you said sounded just perfect.

Besides, one of the great things about art is that you don't have to have the same interpretation as anyone else, the creator included. There are many different... "answers," so to speak, all equally valid. And you can learn a lot about people from how they react to a given piece.
thezerothlaw: (calm)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-29 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps this is so. I admit my education in art was slightly lacking. Dr. Fastolfe was not of an artist inclination.

[He pauses.]

Lady Gladia is an artist. On Solaria, she worked in holographic field colourings, generally abstract, though on Aurora she turned to decorative exteriors for robots. She was quite successful at it, for a time. I had little involvement with it, however, even after I passed into her possession.
dancingmd: (he has to wake up)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-29 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[Beverly winces at that word: "possession." She hates it, hates that people have essentially enslaved him in the past, hates that it seems perfectly normal to him. Even if she didn't care so much about Daneel, she'd hate it, but the fact that he's her friend only deepens her feelings. How can anyone not see that he - but then, people didn't see it with Data either, sometimes still don't, do they?

She squeezes his hand.]


It's never too late to begin learning.
thezerothlaw: (listening)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-29 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oops. He hadn't meant to upset her.]

I trust that you're correct in this.

[He squeezes her hand back.]

Fortunately, humanity has left much art to study.
dancingmd: (smile)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-30 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh darling Daneel, as much as certain aspects of his past might trouble her, she'd never want him to feel as if he couldn't speak freely of it to her, simply to spare her feelings.]

And you can start making some of your own as well!

[She moves to stand, not letting go of his hand as she does.]
thezerothlaw: (thinking)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-30 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[He stands as well, but the look he gives her is rather puzzled.]

I? I have never heard of a robot creating art. That is a strictly human provenance, surely.
dancingmd: (sleep bow)

[personal profile] dancingmd 2016-01-30 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Not at all!

[She positions herself and him in preparation for the waltz, guiding one of his hand to her waist.]

You're learning to dance aren't you? And dance is an artform.
thezerothlaw: (calm)

[personal profile] thezerothlaw 2016-01-30 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[What. No one told him he was making art. He hesitates slightly, before settling into position.]

I'm replicating what you teach me. That's hardly creativity.

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