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

[resnipstance]

Philosophical disagreement.

[And that's all she's going to say about that. Anything else is too heavy for a first conversation. She changes subjects without missing a beat.]

Do you want to see more about how the ship works?

[bigvessel]

What? Lightside not cool enough for you?

[Because the Darkside is bad news, girl.]

Yeah, please. [And he gestures to her to show him around.]

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka just raises one eyebrow at his question, as if to say "Seriously?"]

Do you really want to get into that right now?

[She reaches over to the autopilot command.] Well, first lesson first: this is the autopilot.

[bigvessel]

Well, I wouldn't mind the story. But first, can you do the lightsaber thing? Or can use the force on something? [Yeah, sometimes he's still a kid at heart, and you've got him all excited Ahsoka.

It makes it a little hard to focus on the controls-though a lot of it is just...knowledge that he just seems to have.]

[resnipstance]

It's a pretty depressing story. Most people don't like to hear it.

And our lightsabers were all confiscated on arrival. But I suppose for a crew-mate I can manage something.

[She sighs, standing. Then she holds a hand out and levitates him a few feet in the air. Not meanly, though. It's gentle, smooth.] ... Satisfied?

[bigvessel]

Well, that's just wrong. [To take a lightsaber away when he could actually play with one. Just another reason to hate the assholes that brought them here.]

Woah. [That's only slight panic as he's slowly levitated off the ground, but as soon as he realizes what she's doing he's grinning broadly, even swinging a foot at the air.] Okay. That's officially amazing.

[resnipstance]

[She lets him down equally gently with a wry sort of smile.]

Happy to impress.

[bigvessel]

So, that was the force? I was just force'd? That's kind of awesome. [Just give him a second to get over that whole fantasy come to life thing.]

Right. Okay. So. The navigation.

[resnipstance]

That was the Force. I don't know if it can be made into a verb like that, though...

[She chuckles.]

All right. Most ships have a nav-computer, but... surprise! This one doesn't. At least, not that I can see. Our general course seems to be plotted by the Marsiva-- when you're flying, all you have to do is follow it. Otherwise, you have free motion. But you can't go more than a day out of reach in any direction. Trust me, I've tried.

[bigvessel]

Yeah, doesn't really sound that appropriate out loud, does it?

[Still, he smirks at her anyway, before his arms cross over his chest and he eyes the panel with a serious nod.]

Right. Of course. Most ships have that... [Uhuh.]

So. You've tried hijacking the ship and what happens?

[resnipstance]

Once you get about 24 hours out, the ship controls lock and auto-pilot takes over. Takes you back to the rest of the fleet. Nothing you can do to override it. At least, that we know of.

...

I'm always open to suggestions. You know, short of actually breaking the ship.

[bigvessel]

Huh. [Well, that's. Definitely an inconvenience.

But there's something about the way she says that that has him tilting his head at her slightly.] You're not the captain, are you?

[resnipstance]

Nope! Just a pilot. Well, I was the only pilot, for a while... that wasn't fun.

Why do you ask?

[bigvessel]

You just sound like you give a damn. And uh...that other pilot isn't the captain. [For sure.] And I haven't met 'em.

[resnipstance]

Oh! No, Yosuke's the captain.

He's just an ordinary teenager. But he's doing his best.

Why wouldn't I give a damn? I might not be the captain, but I still have a job to do.

[bigvessel]

..An ordinary teenager? How exactly do they pick captains? [And he shrugs.]

Some people don't care about their jobs. Especially when they're forced into them.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka shrugs also.] Does it matter? It seems like he cares a lot about doing a good job, and he's always open to advice. It's a good opportunity for him to learn something outside of his comfort zone. And besides, Peggy's first mate. She'll steer him in the right direction, don't worry.

[bigvessel]

Well, I sure as hell wasn't that responsible when I was an ordinary teenager. [It was mostly about football on Friday nights and girls the rest of the week and-okay so that last part hadn't changed much.]

Well. Yeah. [He can't argue that. Peggy does have that authoritative vibe going.] So how long you been here?

[resnipstance]

Hmm. About four months now? About that. Give or take.

Last month I saw someone celebrate their one year anniversary. You should strap yourself in.

[bigvessel]

Great. [But the word definitely doesn't match the tone.] Alright, so sell me. Anything good about this place?

[resnipstance]

Well... there's free accommodation?

[bigvessel]

...Please tell me you got something more than that.

[resnipstance]

...

Yeah that's really it.

[bigvessel]

Okay. So how many people have gone insane? I mean, space has got to do some work to people all on its own. Add to it the shitcan we all live in. It's had to have happened to someone right?

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka chuckles.]

You might have to pose that question to the network. I don't exactly know everybody.