driftfleet | Chocolate-flavored Dessert Cream on the House

Chocolate-flavored Dessert Cream on the House

[The bunks are filling up, but the new faces just keep appearing!

Are you a travel-weary passenger having trouble keeping your crew roster straight? Perhaps you are a fresh new recruit, finding themselves dumped into a new (and much less shiny) home. Or, maybe you've been around for a little bit and just haven't bothered meeting the other weirdos on this ship yet--what is their problem, anyway?

Well, this is the place for you!

All new passengers from the last few Shuffles, especially those who haven't met their crews yet, are welcome to post starter-comments here to invite those living on and visiting your ship to come and interact. Newbies could be just arriving on the ship, busying around where others can find them, or you can offering multiple options for interaction--however you'd like to set up your thread is fine. Just make sure to include the name of your ship in the header, so your crewmates can easily find you!

Everyone else-- go meet those newbies! Whether they are new to your own crew, or on ships you frequently visit, now is a great time to bump into them.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Why would the Enterprise be any better as a name?

Well one, because it's not Windrose, and two... I'm guessing they don't get Star Trek on the Millennium Falcon?

[ Because, wow, this chick is a dead ringer for Carrie Fisher. Talk about playing to your strengths. And playing to a grown man's boyhood fantasies while she's at it. ]

Let me guess, they caught you on the way to a sci-fi convention?

They didn't, as a matter of fact.

[EXTRAORDINARILY SKEPTICAL. She'll just skip the sci-fi convention comment, since she's not entirely sure what it means, and she sure doesn't want to ask this guy.]

The Windrose is a clever name. You know what one is, right?

Yeah. Of course I do.

[ He has no freaking clue. But like he's going to admit it. He'll just have to ask somebody else later, just like she's going to do about sci-fi conventions. Except that Dean's not about to drop that issue. ]

So if it's not a convention, then what? You get paid to dress like that? Kids parties? Vegas casinos? Pornos?

[ Please let him be shacked up on a ship full of porn stars. This intergalactic vacation might just be worth the trip. ]

[WOW, DEAN, WOW. Leia bristles, drawing herself up a little taller within the video frame. "Vegas" means as little to her as "sci-fi conventions," but the rest of it is crystal clear.]

I don't know where you get off commenting on people's clothing, dressed like that, but I'll have you know that I am a diplomat.

[You're kind of scruffy-looking, bro, you should probably step off before she calls you a nerf-herder.]

Whoa, hey, sorry! I didn't know you were doing the whole thing in-character.

[ Dedicated, isn't she? And why not. She's spot-on. Man, someone must be paying her the big bucks for this. If only Dean had that kind of money to burn. But she's here talking to him, so really, he's the one that's lucking out. ...She's not going to ask him for money after this, is she? Because Dean's flat on his ass right now. She can try, but it'll be like getting blood from a stone. ]

I didn't mean it, about the porno thing. You're obviously a professional, upstanding kind of actress. I see that now. You're good.

[ He chuckles a little, and keeps grinning after that, almost guilty-looking. ]

You know, I... I do a mean Han Solo, in case you're looking for someone to play some scenes with. Just putting that out there.

"In-character"?

[Leia's starting to get the picture, though why he (or anyone) would think she was playing a part is a little beyond her. A professional, upstanding kind of actress.

She really hopes this doesn't mean the future includes holofilms about their part in the war. Being stuck inside a holodrama is bad enough.]

That's generous of you. [Dryly.] But if I'm looking for Han, I'll go over to the Huntress and see him myself.

How is it you know us, again?

Han's here, too?

[ If Dean seems to brighten up a little about that, it's because he definitely does. Sure, they may just be actors, but... Come on, Star Wars is awesome. He wants to meet Han Solo, even if it is just a guy who carries a plastic prop gun and only kind of looks like Harrison Ford. ]

Oh, uh...

[ Staying in-character. Yeah, Dean can totally do this. ]

I've seen the war chronicles. I guess.

[ He sucks at this. It's a thin lie, and he's right back to fanboying right after. ]

Princess Leia. Come on. Who doesn't know you? The metal bikini? You were every teenage boy's favorite fantasy for at least two decades.

Finding someone who isn't here is the real trick.

[It's muttered, more for herself than him.

And after a moment or two, it really doesn't matter, because her expression shutters at the mention of what Jabba had made her wear at his palace. They put that in their chronicles?]

Every teenage boy could learn to keep their fantasies to themselves. [The last thing she wants to think about is this slob fantasizing about her. Ugh.] What I meant is, do we actually know each other, or did you just happen to catch some holo I don't know about? Because if it's the former, I'd think you'd know better than to talk to me this way, and if it's the latter, you've got about thirty seconds to figure it out before I turn this feed off.

[ Dean could name a whole list of people who aren't here. But if she's talking more Star Wars impersonators... Well, that's just awesome. The Huntress. He'll have to check it out, to start.

The "actually know each other" line gets him thinking, though. Which is dangerous, with Dean. But let's face it, he's seen weirder than this before. ]

Wait, hang on a second. You're not... I mean. Be straight with me for a second here. Five minutes behind the scenes, and I'll match whatever you're getting paid for it, alright? Just...

You're an actress, right? Some chick from LA who looks like Carrie Fisher, doing this in her spare time? I mean, you don't... You're not actually from a universe where... Where the Force and Jedi mind tricks and Darth Vader and all that crap are real... Right?

[She's off on a bit of a tear now. Sorry, Dean.]

I don't know what kinds of chronicles they've given you, or what they told you about the war. But I've spent years trying to make my galaxy a place people can live without fear. You're talking about my life, and my home, and none of that is crap.

And the sooner you get that through your thick head, the better.

[ Really going off on him, maybe, but it sure does shut Dean up. ]

Yes, ma'am. ...'m sorry.

[ Jesus christ, she really is Princess Leia.

Dean just asking freaking Leia Organa, rebel leader and all-around badass, if she was a porn actress.

Man, he's really got to figure out how this alternate timeline crap works and get a handle on it, because he sure as hell could use a do-over right now. Where's a freaking angel with wings when you need one. ]

And don't call me ma'am.

[At least he apologized. After some serious prodding, but it was an apology.]

What's your name, anyway?

Yes, uh...

[ Oh god, is he blushing? He's not, can't be. Jesus, he needs to pull it together, stop holding his breath, stop grinning like a guilty little kid meeting a celebrity, because this is... SO MUCH COOLER than that. Is this a dream. Did a djinn do this. What the fuck is going on. ]

Princess.

[ Christ, there was like ten seconds before he said it. Thank god he smells good. What he'd give to be wearing that leather jacket right now... He was a damn fool to stop wearing it SHE'S PRINCESS FUCKING LEIA and he's wearing canvas like a sap. ]

[ Dean clears his throat and finally schools his expression. ]

Dean Winchester.

[ He raises his chin, looks cool. This is his cool expression, at last. Nailed it. ...Freaking twenty minutes in. ]

You know, I'm an actor in another dimension. Got a TV show. They wrote a whole book series about me and my brother. People love it.

[ This is important, relevant information, Leia. Are you impressed yet?

...Damn it, why the hell didn't they abduct the Imapla along with him? This is just missed chances all over. ]

Try 'Leia.'

[Han calls her princess, and at this point, Han's allowed. From anyone else, especially someone who's already implied he's fantasized about her in that damn bikini, it's a little harder to swallow.]

I'm one of the communications officers on the Windrose. I'm guessing you're not. This ship isn't that big, so if we're going to share it? I'm going to need you to show a little more restraint than you have right now.

[Which is to say, please stop trying to pick me up. It's kind of embarrassing.]

Leia, right.

[ Look, Dean is cool. He's calm, he's cool, he's talking to PRINCESS FREAKING LEIA. But no, he's cool. Restraint, right, he can do that. Or he can, uh, pretend to do that. No problem. He nods hugely. ]

Yeah, absolutely, I hear you. See, we just got started on the wrong foot. I thought you... [ He laughs, a breathless kind of chuckle. ] I thought you were an actress, you know, for entertainment.

But you're one badass chick. [ He says it completely seriously. ] The real hero of the films. Er.. holos. I got nothing but respect for you. And I don't know what a "communications officer" does on one of these flying death traps, but whatever it is, I bet you do it great.

...I noticed.

[Entertainment. She's got an idea of what kind, loud and clear, and her mental image isn't too far from Jabba's Palace, when it comes down to it. ~~You really shouldn't have brought up the bikini, bro.~~

He's right that they got off on the wrong foot, admittedly, and it occurs to her that he might be planning to be a gentleman from here--but she'll believe that when she sees it.]

Thanks. I think. I'm going to turn off this feed in about twenty seconds. Next time we see each other, let's pretend all you said was your name and that you like holofilms, all right?

[...Look, she's trying. Kind of.]

[ Your effort is more than he deserves, Princess. ~~Definitely shouldn't've mentioned the bikini, but you gotta admit, she was smoking in it.~~ Dean scrunches up his lips and nods enthusiastically. ]

...Okay. You got it. Whatever you say goes, Pr- [ He catches himself and grins, something between sheepish and fanboyish. He chuckles a breath, too, before correcting. ] Leia.

[ Seriously, he's not helping his case here at all. You'll live to regret that offer, Leia, probably. ]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Chocolate-flavored Dessert Cream on the House

[video]

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

1/2

2/2

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject