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

[lord_wizard]

How right you are. On that note...feeling any better?

[bigvessel]

...[Well, there's a question that doesn't really have an easy answer, but he shrugs anyway.]

Yeah, suppose so. Thanks for the chat. ...What was your name again?

[lord_wizard]

[The distraction of conversation is enough, even if not all of it is very comforting]

Where are my manners? [Probably back home, honestly. But he gives his new crewmate a wide grin and offers a hand across the table, each finger of which is wearing a heavy gold and garnet ring]

Felix Harrowgate. And you?

[bigvessel]

[He takes the hand and shakes it firmly, notes the jewelry, but honestly, he knows all about dressing to impress so he can appreciate the effort Felix is putting forth his in appearance.]

FDR. Nice to meet you.

[lord_wizard]

FDR? How interesting. Is that the shortened form of something, or is that simply the custom where you come from?

[bigvessel]

Uh. No. It's...It's initials. For my name. Franklin. Actually. But I kind of prefer FDR.

[lord_wizard]

As you wish. [Though clearly somewhat reluctant because Franklin sounds like a much better name to his ears]

[bigvessel]

[Seriously? The letters sound cool, okay? And they always lead to a bit of a mystery. He's used to asking what it stands for, or for people recognizing it for the president he's named after. He has sooo many presidential sex puns in his arsenal it's bordering pathetic. And he can't even use them because nobody here knows who the hell the man was. Ah well.]

Well, thanks for the chat, man. And the water. I guess I should go find a bed.

[lord_wizard]

I won't keep you.

[He stands up at the exit line to show that he means it. He has other things to do, in any case.]