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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.]

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Oh. I don't know what a test drive is but don't worry about it. I got the rest.

[She has, at some point, finished her food, and balls up the paper the way he did.]

Let's go have our confusing cultural expression.

[ right. that. cas clears his throat now that the heat is off and slides his chair back, gathering up his trash and getting to his feet. ]

Right, sounds good. Come on, little nightingale, the park's not far.

[Oh, they pick that up? Then she will gather her wrappings and stand too.]

I thought I was a screech owl.

[But she actually enjoys the nickname anyway, even if it's only a passing one. She seems to collect bird nicknames.]

[ after tossing it all into the garbage, cas squeezes past the people in line behind the counter, holding open the door for her to pass. cozy as the little sandwich place was, it feels good to be back in the open air again. ]

You came up with that one, not me.

[She notes him holding the door for her. Don't think she doesn't. She'll just keep an eye out for her own next opportunity.]

I did, didn't I. And there's rules against picking one's own nickname. Ah well, yours is prettier.

[ yeah we'll see about that, girlie. he lets the door fall shut, then slips his thumbs into his belt loops. ]

I'll take that compliment, thank you.

[Oh they certainly will see.]

You're welcome. So have you picked what kind of song you'd like to hear? I mean, you're getting one for free so you should really make it count.

Like I said, surprise me. Sing from the heart, little birdie. Whatever comes to you, whatever's your favorite. It's better that way.

What if what's in my heart displeases you? I hate to disappoint.

[It's said lightly, but boy is that a truth filled statement.]

[ he squints his eyes, pretending to think really hard about this. ]

Mmm.. well it's possible, but I'm pretty easy to please. Got a good feeling. I know you won't let me down.

Well now there's pressure.

[She affects a long suffering sigh.]

You at least have to find me a good tree to sit under.

Well, you're a performer, right? Pressure comes with the job.

[ but hey, he'll totally find a good tree!! now that they're in the park, he starts to glance around. ]

[Her bursts out laughing at that.]

Oh. Oh you have...

no idea.

[ eyeing up a broad maple with reaching boughs, cas pulls to a halt beneath it. ]

Sounds like more stories, to me.

Sounds like.

[She settles down on the grass, where she can snuggle up to the tree's trunk a bit.]

But music first.

[She has a little sly smile on her face when she makes a gesture with her hands, and summons a lute, yes a real lute, out of basically thin air.]

[ well that's something. cas cocks a brow. ]

That's a pretty neat trick. What, you keep it in a pocket dimension, or something?

I wish. Atroma took my Bag of Holding.

[No, she's totally serious. It had all her stuff in it.]

No, is just a simple conjure. In an hour, the instrument will just disappear.

[She strums a few testing notes. It's in tune.]

.. Interesting. So you can coalesce and atomize matter at will. Pretty handy. And rare, where I come from.

[ unless, of course, you're an angel. humans certainly can't do it. but then, she isn't all what she seems, is she? cas watches closely, leaning back on his hands in the grass. ]

I. Do not know what atomize means, but no I can't do this at will. It's a spell, and I can only do it once every few hours. At least, without a spell scroll to work from.

[She finds her way to a soft easy tune, just something to underline conversation.]

Are you ready?

It's - well, nevermind.

[ spells, all right. makes a little more sense. anyone can cast a spell, human or not, but that's beside the point, really. nevertheless, he lifts his chin expectantly. ]

Ready when you are, doll.

[She still hadn't really thought of what to sing for him, but then a look crosses her face, knowing and sure.]

Okay, this is one of my favorites.

[She begins drumming on the wood of the instrument, setting a quick, lively beat. When she strums it's a sustained soft cord, that she keeps alive in between keeping the rhythm.]

♪Now...when the world is shadowed and dark...
Now...when the sky is empty of stars...
Now...when the world is wrapped in sleep
In a quiet endless and deep
In the silence of the night...♫

[It's a quick, intense crescendo.]

♪Far off in the distance
A fire comes to life
A flicker of the flame breaks through the dark...

Burning soft and bright
Dancing with the light
Awakening the heavens and the earth...♫

[It's a powerful song, and Syeira is an expressive musician. She's swept up with it, accenting moments with a toss of her hair, a moment of shoulders, a flourish of her hands on the instrument. Her eyes dance, including her captive audience by frequently staying on him. It's clear that if she were standing, she would probably have started dancing as well.

Her performance is good. Birds don't alight from the trees or anything, but she's picked an appropriate profession for herself.]

[ it's been.. a long time, since cas has been able to appreciate something like this.

in so many ways he'd wasted his time as an angel, failed to really absorb all that humanity had to give, and while she might not be a human, she behaves like one, she has the heart and spirit of one - divine blood or not, she's not like any angel or god that he has ever known. and that is a compliment.

nevertheless, he'd never taken the time to really appreciate culture and music while he could, he'd been too caught up in the cause, always at war, daddy's perfect son, an obedient warrior of heaven, an empty shell. and now? well, by the time he'd thought to open himself up to it all it was too late, the world was cracked open like an egg, and everyone was dead or dying, and all the warmth was gone from his life.

so this? this is a treat. this is a privilege. cas watches her closely, a rapt audience from start to finish, and by the time she's finished his chest feels tight with something he can't entirely identify, a feeling so complex he's not sure if it's good or bad, painful or warm, and soft. a smile pulls at his mouth, and he exhales slowly. ]

That was.. ah. You're pretty good, girlie.

[Where she has a harder time accepting compliments about her appearance- something that she just happened to be born with, not that she earned- getting one about her skill, her art? Well, it has her beaming. She's absolutely delighted that he liked it, and it shows.]

Oh, thank you, Cas. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

[ cas smiles, a little melancholy but surely genuine. she's so clearly pleased that it's difficult not to be infected by it. ]

I did. You chose an appropriate line of work, looks like. How long have you been singing?

Years. One of the monks used to play, and I was hooked from the first. I'm quite sure he regretted teaching me, but it was far too late by then.

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