Gumball Wishes and Taxicab Dreams

[thespaceopera]

[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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[actsmagnificent]

[ Haruka spins, all right - with her opposite fist already clenched and moving for a swift blow to the solar plexus. Her expression doesn't even change. Seems like she won't be getting where she's going on this particular outing. They're about to make too much of a fuss.

Her eyes flick to Rei. Everything okay there, too? ]

[flameandpassion]

[ rei, meanwhile, has yanked her arm upward -- and when the man who has her wrist refuses to let go, she immediately slams her elbow into his gut, using her size to her advantage as she slams into him to knock him off balance. and once she has her hand free, she immediately throws another punch to the man's side, to prove her point. ]

Back off --

[actsmagnificent]

[ Either Rei really has been through quite a lot during those years she managed to gain on Haruka, or Haruka hasn't been paying enough attention to Sailor Mars. Regardless, her own opponent folds like an accordion, which leaves Haruka free to glance at any additional would-be assailants (as if to say "you're not really going to try, are you?") and also to speak up to Rei. ] You good?

[ She doesn't get involved in what doesn't concern her unless it can't be helped. This is how respect works in Haruka Land. ]

[flameandpassion]

[ it's hard to really pass time in adstringendum without constant training -- there had been a lot of fights, and a lot of events that took away her powers, which led her to have to become stronger. it's certainly led to some upgrades in strength, but she's still rei.

which means she stlil has a mouth: ]

I'm fine -- Really?! You can't just let us pass by, you have to try and assault us, because we're women -- ?!

[ to rei's credit, the man she's suitably knocked down for the count now looks terrified of a short thin priestess, and the rest of the would-be attackers are looking at haruka like she's officially dangerous.

rei huffs before dusting off her shirt, turning to haruka with a frown. ]

I'm ready when you are.

[actsmagnificent]

[ Haruka sniffs one last time before continuing on her way. Not only did that waste time, it raised a fuss. They may have to call this expedition off now.

As she leaves the alley, she can dimly hear one of the guys asking another, "...both women?"

Whatever. ]

[flameandpassion]

[ rei almost whips back around at that, but if haruka doesn't care enough to bother, then far be it for rei to be offended. and she shakes out her right hand, annoyed. ]

What idiots.

[ under her breath, as she follows after haruka

hopefully no one else heard that ]

[actsmagnificent]

[ Nope, they're in the clear! ...From that group, anyway. Haruka's currently checking to see whether they've caught anyone else's attention after the scuffle. ] We might be better off trying again later.

[flameandpassion]

[ -- oh, right, and rei blinks before looking up at haruka. ]

What were you trying to do, anyway?

[actsmagnificent]

[ Given that she nearly took Rei along for the ride, there's no telling her it doesn't concern her anymore, is there. Haruka stifles a sigh. ] Something managed to trap us here, right? I wanted to see if the authorities knew anything about Atroma.

[ And by "see" she means "break into security", because Soldier of the Outer Soldier System. Whatev. ]