thespaceopera: (hello)
Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-01-24 01:02 pm

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!]
actsmagnificent: (petals)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-14 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ This looks promising. It'll be easier to pass as anonymous station-goers if they're already surrounded by others.

Uranus meets Neptune's eyes, and if she doesn't see a warning there, she'll break her transformation. (Rose petals swirl out of the alley, swept away in the bustle of the street next to them). ]


Nice day for a walk.
incousinswithyou: (of course I'm right)

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-02-14 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[it's Michiru who slips her hand into yours as they step out into the street.]

The weather is simply lovely. [not even a failed attempt at gathering intelligence can stop her from teasing you, apparently]
actsmagnificent: (drama)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-14 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ So it's a space station. Does that keep the day from being nice???

Still, Haruka laughs - it was a dumb comment, huh. She squeezes that hand. ]
Coffee or tea?

[ Or some beverage they've never tried yet? Come on. If they're going to have a highly-charged yet cryptic discussion about what they (didn't) learn, they need tiny classy cups of something hot. Obviously.

...sure, they could go back to the Bishop, but Haruka's trying to limit her hours onboard until the gumballs are gone. Just in case. ]
incousinswithyou: (sassitude)

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-02-14 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
Surprise me. [that's a tall order, Michiru.

It looks like she's only got eyes for you; she doesn't even turn when harried looking security guards run right past them.]
actsmagnificent: (fond)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-14 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
I hope that applies to later, too. [ Haruka is doing a lot more than "not look" at those guards. She doesn't even seem aware they exist. ]
incousinswithyou: (that's what she said)

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-02-14 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
We'll have to see how well you do first.

[she starts moving too, just to get further away from all the activity.]
actsmagnificent: (peer)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-14 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Since Haruka is apparently picking their destination, she takes the lead. ] High standards.

[ Just you wait. She's not so hyper-focused that she fails to notice things like classy places to get caffeine in addition to security weakpoints while wandering the streets. This is the walk of a woman who knows she's got this. ]
incousinswithyou: I think you missed a leaf (ara haruka)

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-02-15 11:43 am (UTC)(link)
[she hides a smile behind her free hand as she lets herself be led. Michiru's just going to take this moment to study your profile with a fond look in her eyes.]
actsmagnificent: (tie)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-15 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Haruka feels Michiru's eyes on her and smiles. Not a bad sensation, that.

Her steps slow in front of a tiny, thin building tucked between two larger restaurants - the sort of place it's easy to walk past. Heading for the door, she holds it for Michiru. ]
We seat ourselves, here.

[ All of the walls of this café, on the inside, are glass. Because they are all an aquarium.

She's got this. ]
incousinswithyou: (kinda fishy)

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-02-16 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
[she pauses as soon as she crosses the threshold to take it all in. And here's a grin and a squeeze of her hand.]

You're getting sneakier. [that's a compliment, if anything.] It's beautiful in here.
actsmagnificent: (sap)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-16 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ That is the best compliment. Not only is this a place she thought you'd like, it's also easy to miss, so no one will look for Uranus and Neptune in here, either. Haruka doesn't just come up with devious plans when faced with someone who's eliminated 80% of the galaxy. Sometimes she uses her brain for dates.

She smiles and looks down at Michiru. Michiru, surrounded by the ocean. ]
I agree.

[ It doesn't look too crowded, either. They should be able to regroup. ]
incousinswithyou: (you're such a cutie)

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-02-28 12:31 am (UTC)(link)
[granted, the boundary between "mission" and "date" is hazy at times.

A smile in return, and then she's pulling them towards an empty table in the middle of the cafe, right next to the glass.]
actsmagnificent: (shower)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-28 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's not much pulling involved once Haruka catches on. She settles into the seat across from Michiru and looks over the menu.

Casually, as she peruses it: ]
Did you learn anything?

[ Nothing jumped out at her from what little they'd accessed except that they're at a technological disadvantage - they hadn't even gotten to the actual files. But that's nothing new. ]
incousinswithyou: who was that hussy again (that's funny)

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-02-29 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[she hasn't even looked at the menu instead. Instead, she's watching a colorful alien fish slowly swimming past.]

I expected a bit more, actually.

[granted, they were pretty quick in mustering up their forces, but she didn't see anything that could've conceivably stopped Atroma.]
actsmagnificent: (question)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-29 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...True. Haruka tries not to frown too openly, given the locale. ] They might have gotten themselves trapped on purpose.

[ Does that mean they're only playing at not knowing what to do about being "over capacity", too? ]
incousinswithyou: (brb passing judgment)

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-02-29 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
['ratings' is the go-to answer she's not very interested in - there isn't much they can do in response to that.]

Or perhaps it isn't really as big of an inconvenience as it would seem to be.

[they still have to wait around for the other ship to take the gumballs, after all.]
actsmagnificent: (ponder)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-02-29 02:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Haruka is trying not to think about the gumballs. Because what even. ] Some kind of a trick, then.

[ Testing them to see what they'd do if stuck someplace without access to their usual funds? Though given the tradeoff of goods they can obtain if they're savvy enough, that doesn't seem right.

She joins Michiru in fish contemplation. ]
Maybe we shouldn't try again.

[ Security will be prepared this time. And if they aren't that formidable, then they don't have anything on Atroma, and it's all pointless. ]
incousinswithyou: my cousin (let me present to you)

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-03-02 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[evil soul/energy sucking objects can take many forms!]

We'll follow more worthwhile pursuits for the moment.

[they probably won't learn much, but it's something to reconsider if other leads don't pan out.

...and short of rustling up an Ami, maybe they should do something about this technology thing.]
actsmagnificent: (concern)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-03-02 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Haruka nods. ] Lying low.

[ After breaking into security in a miniskirt. And after ending up inadvertently the face of that shampoo campaign.

Let's hope face blindness still applies in this universe. ]
incousinswithyou: away from me (just keep swimming)

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-03-03 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
For the moment.

[considering how well it seems to be working, maybe they won't have much to worry about. Also Michiru has absolutely no complaints regarding your miniskirt.]
actsmagnificent: (brood)

i feel like i'm saying she summoned a rhyperior into space

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-03-03 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hey, she doesn't mind it either. On herself or on you.

That has her thinking back, though, and she puts down her menu to stare at her right hand, flexing her fingers lightly. World Shaking had worked. So had her sword.

Where to even begin with that, though? But perhaps that should wait until this robot asks them what they want to drink... ]
Ah--
incousinswithyou: (apparently stupidity CAN impress)

and thus fulfilling the dreams of the rhyhorn line everywhere...

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-03-03 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
[another robot. Michiru blinks, offers it a smile anyway, and points to a line on the menu.]

This one, please.

[whatever it is, it's hot, comes in a fancy cup, and is probably delicious.]
actsmagnificent: (dainty)

running for lightyears!!!!

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-03-03 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
This for me. [ Haruka is trying a different one. It looks like it might be stronger (if nonalcoholic), and after the day they've just had, she's in the mood for that.

She exhales once the robot's gone. ]
What next?
incousinswithyou: I can see your underwear at this angle (what a farcical allegory)

[personal profile] incousinswithyou 2016-03-03 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Our abilities.

[more testing is on the horizon. Technically, they worked the first time on the Marsiva, even if no damage was done.]
actsmagnificent: (question)

[personal profile] actsmagnificent 2016-03-03 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[ You fared better the first time around. She lacked a sword. ] Mmn.

[ A nod. ] It feels like they're changing the rules on us lately.

[ The ships have been docked for a long time, they're "at capacity", Atroma seems fallible...and then their powers worked completely normally. So testing it is. ]

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