Chocolate-flavored Dessert Cream on the House

[thespaceopera]

[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.]

Comments

[pneumo]

....

That seems hard. Does it happen a lot? And how're you alive if you're...you know. [ He waves his hand in the air in a vague gesture. ] Missing brain pieces?

[amicably_absent]

I don't know how often it happens. More than I like?

[He cants his head slightly.]

Headcasing was developed by the medicos decades ago. I used to know the magico-science behind it, I think, but I don't remember it anymore. But my brain is alive! Somewhere. In a tank.

Fourteen-oh-eight! The Queen's birthday!

[pneumo]

--The Queen????? [ What does that have to do with anything, good lord. ]

[amicably_absent]

What about the Queen?

[Glitch looks a little confused.]

[pneumo]

I, no...you......

You know what? Forget it. Hi there! I'm Sascha. Again.

[amicably_absent]

I know you are. You're the sleep creeper.

[pneumo]

Cuddler!! Not creeper!

[amicably_absent]

Creeper.

[His mind is made up. Possibly for good, sorry about that.]

[pneumo]

[ he's going to have so much explaining to do.... ]

Cuddler--!

[amicably_absent]

Creeper!

[This could go on for a while...]

[pneumo]

People will get the wrong impression if you use creeper...! I don't creep! I walked right in, nice and proper.

[amicably_absent]

I think they'll get a fairly accurate one.

Creeper.

[pneumo]

Cuddler!! I didn't creep anywhere! I was totally upfront when I went to you!

[amicably_absent]

No! No you weren't, because I was asleep! And sleeping people can't given consent, therefore, you were the exact opposite of up front!

[pneumo]

I approached you from the front though... And! I didn't creep one bit.

[amicably_absent]

I. Was. Asleep.

Everything you add is negated by that fact! "I walked in" But I was asleep, and thus unaware. "I came from in front of you" I WAS ASLEEP. That is creeping. Right there!

That is creeping. Right there!

That is creeping. Right there!

That is-

[He's going to keep saying it until he gets jolted out.]

[pneumo]

.........

Sascha! [ Which he says suddenly and without warning, wondering if that will break him out of his glitched cycle. ]

[amicably_absent]

[He jumps, presses back against the wall and then glares.]

Yes, I know! The creeper! I don't always forget when I glitch!

[pneumo]

You've forgotten every other time you know!

[amicably_absent]

Only briefly!

[pneumo]

Four times now!

[amicably_absent]

But only briefly each of those four times!

[pneumo]

No, the first two times you had no idea who I was.

[amicably_absent]

... that is also entirely possible.

[pneumo]

I'm telling you, that's what happened!