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Gumball Wishes and Taxicab Dreams

[On today's episode of the Drift Fleet:

The cargo holds are full of mysterious crates! The crews are filling beyond capacity with new faces! Official alerts are informing the passengers that they are signed to contracts that they've never agreed to! They are docking at the dazzling FS Starlight, but are flat broke!

What are they going to do!? Stay tuned to find out!

...Meaning, this is a kickoff mingle for you all to enjoy the beginning of the latest plot setting. This is a convenient place to start threads relating to the first week of the event-- meeting new crewmembers, reacting to the mysterious cargo, arriving on the station and discovering that you're all broke, etc.

Tag around, start whatever you'd like, have fun. And, as always, feel free to make your own posts and mingles from here on in, as this will be the only mod-posted one for this event!]

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[Is that a challenge. Also, she knows that word. She thinks.]

Seraph... isn't that like an angel? I can see other angels, maybe that's why. [Certainly not because he's kind of like a chimera and she can see that kind of thing. Only she's pretty sure he's not chimerical. He's not made of glamour, for one thing. But isn't it better that someone can see you? Otherwise life would be frightfully dull.

[If there was anything that could definitely catch Al's attention, it was a cat.

He approached the cat rather timidly considering his size, and reached out a hand.]

Hey, friend... nice to see someone enjoying the weather.

It's been... something. I started off driving taxicabs, but I'm way too big to fit in a normal one without taking my head off.

[Said shady characters looked like they were going to speak up again, but one nudged the other and whispered something, and they both walked off, disappointed.

Jennifer turned to Beverly and smiled briefly, but it soon turned into a scowl.]

My hero. ... They wanted me to help transport organs.

[ it's good to know that he's influencing people through other people that he doesn't even remember meeting! soon enough he's going to find himself apologizing for nonsense he hasn't done, at this rate, but then, that's just his luck.

at any rate, he looks up from the screen when he's approached, doesn't seem bothered at all. ]

Nah, not really. Looking for everything, you could say. It's a little overwhelming.

[ omfg why this prompt DON'T STICK AROUND FOR ZUKO TO SHOW UP ]

... don't just remain on the ground. If you enter confidently, with your head up, you may be allowed. [ Uchiha fucking Sasuke, ladies and gentlemen. ]

Show them the flier when you do; it's stamped with my code. That's the most important thing to remember.

a) three twins

[ if anyone wanted to check in on the cargo during the night, they will also find a large, oddly shaped mound among the crates. within the mound is nanako, sleeping swaddled in the numerous blankets and pillows she gathered. she's taken over the cargo watch until they get delivered and if anyone thinks of opening the crates, she will wake up and she will be very Upset. ]

b) it's a hard knock life

[ while everyone is working at their jobs, here comes nanako out of the datary, a small frown on her face as she reads the form in her hands. apparently, the people here are a little stricter on hiring; you'd think in space no one gives two shits about the age limit. she sighs after reading, folding the paper in half. ]

Getting a job is hard...

[ nanako, you're seven years old. ]

c) window shopping

[ sometime later when she manages to find a job, nanako will be browsing the shopping areas. she notably loiters around the clothing stores and restaurants, hands up to the glass as she looks inside. don't mind her staring at you if you catch her! ]

d) wildcard

[ none of the prompts suit your fancy? have something better in mind? hit me up! alternatively, you can flag me over at suncryst and we can hash things out!

Edited 2016-01-28 00:30 (UTC)

[Oh hey, Al. He might have been intimidating if it weren't for the fact she's already met him and she knows he likes cats.

...which means she's going to play this for all it's worth, naturally. She stretches forward to sniff at one metal finger, then rubs the side of her head against his hand. Kinda cold, but whatever.]

[ truth be told he is prying, a little, but cas likes to think that he can recognize sincerity for what it is, and if this guy's got some ability to sense the things around him - that's not always something you can just turn off, and sometimes natural curiosity gets the better of you. heaven knows he hasn't always been particularly conscious of people's privacy and personal spaces himself, over the years.

it's easily forgivable. cas can't help what he is, anyway, or what happened to him when the angels left. it's a personal failure, sure, but it's not something he tries to hide purposefully. so he shrugs, and offers an amiable enough smile. ]

Don't worry about it. But I'm all right, sure, or as right as I'll ever be. That's a pretty, uh.. handy skill.

I hope it doesn't bother you.

[She knows by now that he's some kind of alternate timeline, inasmuch as her traditional mind can wrap itself around that.] You are, at the very least, easy to tell apart once people realise. So I suspect there will be much less confusion in a week's time.

You-- [ --'asked me a question so I answered it', but Zuko's already diving into the next part of his complaint before Sasuke can actually get a word in edgewise. ]

The police aren't-- [ and again he's cut off, eyes narrowing as he shoots Zuko an irritated look that's only moderately dampened by the sight of those candles flickering out.

But wait, the police accept bribes? Also probably not a thought he should voice out loud. ] So you thought instead of sending me a message the first time you should come here and yell while I'm working? [ As if Sasuke wouldn't have done exactly the same thing, and as if it isn't utterly moronic for him to have a single complaint to voice when Zuko's the one who had the shit day. ]

I can reimburse your funds given a little more time.

Nope, only every once in a while. That's why I wanna get as much as I can. Could be lots of planets before we hit another.

[ jedi.. it's not a word he's familiar with, he thinks, for all dean is a huge nerd, not all of his references stick, so you're free from fourth-walling with this guy here, obi. ]

I hear you on that one. [ he says, with a wry smirk, though cas can't exactly admit to not being cynical anymore. ] So, uh.. what's a Jedi?

[ rude cas you can't just ask people what a jedi is. ]

[ what a wonderful role model. her look of surprise actually turns into something like horror as she finally comes to a stand. ]

But that's not the most important thing here!

[ squinting.... at him...... maybe he's just really desperate for money. it really sucked when everyone's account got frozen and maybe he's saving up for something really important. maybe he's so close to getting what he needs, all she needs is to go in and he'll be able to get it. ]

... All I need to do is go in, right?

[ maybe she can just. slip in and out and it'll be okay???? nanako... ]

[ He reaches over and taps the flier again with the same hand holding the rest of the bunch. Maybe only having one arm just makes him seem even more pitiable and nonthreatening when really this is a complete misrepresentation of his general character.

Of being a violent dangerous asshole. ]

And show the flier. I've given you one task alone and already you're forgetting.

[~~the hell is all of this~~

The upbeat atmosphere is a sharp contrast to Riona's mood. She hasn't exactly been a ray of sunshine the past day or so, but she knows she can't be dour forever. Word reached her about these "clubs" that people went to dance and drink.

So a tavern, basically. Just a lot more lights and weird music.

She almost walks out as soon as she steps in, but she forces herself to at least go up to the bar and get a drink. It's a minute long debate with the bartender when she does, as she keeps asking for an ale and the poor guy is kind of flummoxed by what she means. Eventually he gives her a beer and it's... close enough for her. It's got alcohol so whatever.

As she props her elbows up on the bar and takes a seat, a quick glance to her left spots her a familiar face. Despite her sullenness, she knows it would be rude to at least not say hello.]

Hello, Beverly.

[ he doesn't notice - or, at least not at first.

but generally speaking, cas is usually quite cognizant of his surroundings. home was never safe, after all, and even living behind fences in quarantine zones, there was always some undercurrent of urgency, the itch to always be self aware and never lowering your guard.

that hasn't worn off here, yet. truth be told he's not sure that it ever will. either way, even relaxed as he is, he's still aware of who and what is around him, and that she lingers for longer than expected is something he does, soon enough, take note of. so eventually, cas sits back a little, cracking his spine and his neck, then reaches into his jacket pocket to withdraw a cigarette before glancing her way, and calling out leisurely. ]

So, you come here often?

[ cas, please. ]

[ this guy is a real piece of work. the single arm doesn't even phase her at first, too caught up in the fact that this is Real and Actually Happening. she's quick to frown at what he says, though, violent dangerous asshole tendencies aside. ]

You didn't give me a task, and I didn't forget anything.

[ huffs!! but okay, fine. she clenches the flier in one small fist and then turns on her heel, marching inside with as much determination as a seven year old can have while going into a nightclub.

she disappears for a while. shouts can be heard from inside, something that might sound suspiciously like "who let a kid in here?" ]

Thank you.

[Said simply, without blushing or any false modesty: she knows she has nice legs, it wasn't the augment glitching that made her comfortable in that swimsuit.]

But I just don't... I'm not trying to look any younger than I am, I like my age, and I don't want to give any impression otherwise.

[Cole rocks on his feet. He stoops, which makes him seem a bit smaller than he actually is, but he stretches up briefly and look off somewhere else.]

I thought I was a person, not a spirit. I didn't remember being a spirit. Solas at home thought Cole's death traumatised me. I had Rhys, for a while, but mostly I had to learn on my own.

I don't know if it was hard. I don't have anything to compare it to.

Is it not to your liking? I'll make you something else, if it would be more to your liking.

[Okay, not an offer that's typically made by bartenders, but she's his friend and he made a choice that might not be correct.]

[ And he just sort of watches her go, a child that was under his supervision for a whopping five seconds before he shuffled her off into a club.

Then Sasuke turns back to those on the street, handing out more of those papers to a group of giggling girls while very much ignoring the yelling going on inside the establishment. Don't worry, those women will be able to watch over you on your way out while they're on their way in, Nanako. ]

There shouldn't have been a first time!

[ his voice raises abruptly, and zuko takes half a step forward -- the crowd immediately murmurs, anticipating a fight, but zuko keeps his fists at his sides. ]

You didn't think for two seconds that maybe I have enough to deal with without getting arrested by a robot?!

Even if we were transporting slaves or somesuch? You would be all right with that?

[ it hardly takes another half a moment for cas to finish up filling the glass, but damn kid, those eyes are boring right into his skull.

sliding the glass over the bar toward him, cas grins soft and easy, while wiping his hands on a towel. ]

Yeah, it's not bad. Little noisy, but I like the people, you know?

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