thespaceopera: (Diamond)
Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-01-05 12:59 pm

Let the games begin!

[several days late, as has been the trend lately, the Shuffle's transmission plays for the Fleet.

...or, it tries anyway. the music doesn't even make it--just a punch of static with sad, scattered pieces of musical notes trying to struggle their way through.

when Diamond's voice is finally heard, it's only intelligible in three little bites.]


--Three disappearing from-- ... --new faces, so-- ... --Captain Halliwell--...

[and then the music blends strangely with other sounds, like someone flipping idly through broken radio stations. it takes some time for anything to come in clear, and every frequency turns up the same interference. it isn't until several minutes later that one signal suddenly stutters into clarity, and music begins to play.

wherever you are, they are playing your song! and if there are multiple people in the room, maybe the speakers nearest to each person are playing different songs, each specific to the closest passenger. and after the signal connects, the speakers will continue to play whatever song they started with, even if different passengers move toward or away from them, and will only play something else when the controls are messed around with. and the signals and machinery will continue to behave in this way sporadically, all through the month.]

ooc: the musical madness has begun! feel free to use this post as a mingle for interactions relating to shuffle day and the ensuing musical chaos. if you have any questions, please post them to the January ooc post!

Shuffle ooc post
January system ooc post
theboogieman: (→ ᴛ ʀ ᴀ ɢ ɪ ᴄ)

[personal profile] theboogieman 2015-01-11 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[good, good. they can finish with the last few words. study, stop, need.

and since it's relevant now, one more--]
Snake. [like an S-shape being drawn away from his mouth. he makes the sign for G and combines them. Hange can do the math.]
aberrant_type: (warmly.)

[personal profile] aberrant_type 2015-01-11 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[She laughs again! Really? These names just... tickle her for some reason. Maybe because it seems like they reveal a lot of personality - more for the giver, perhaps, than the recipient.

Anyway, she starts the whole routine over from the top again, hesitant sometimes but doing well enough. After she's done she pauses.]


We really don't have the temperament to be sitting around on a ship like this, doing nothing.

[That "we" encompasses all of them.]
theboogieman: (→ ᴀ ᴜ ᴛ ᴏ ᴍ ᴀ ᴛ ɪ ᴄ)

[personal profile] theboogieman 2015-01-12 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
[he shakes his head, but seems very much in agreement. none of them--except maybe Garak--are used to so much downtime.]
aberrant_type: (whassup)

[personal profile] aberrant_type 2015-01-12 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
[That's why, in her opinion, he shouldn't feel ashamed for her pressing him for lessons now. It's not just for his sake that she asked, after all.

And if she becomes fluent in this signing maybe she can pass it on to Eren. He'll be able to communicate in titan form more easily. That could only be for the best.

She looks at Zhas expectantly. Well, does he want a break, or does he want to do more?]
theboogieman: (→ ( ɪ - ᴄ ᴀ ɴ ' ᴛ ))

[personal profile] theboogieman 2015-01-12 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[he, meanwhile, slugs down the rest of his coffee... he's gotten weirdly good at not messing up his mouth makeup while he does it. when he realizes Hange is looking at him like she expects something, he looks back at her... not sure what he should be saying or doing...

...but he shows her one more sign before saying:]
What.
aberrant_type: (cheerful directed serious.)

[personal profile] aberrant_type 2015-01-12 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Do you want to do more? I'm game.
theboogieman: (→ ᴍ ᴀ ɢ ɪ ᴄ)

[personal profile] theboogieman 2015-01-12 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[he takes a moment to think about it... decide how he feels... but he's tired and things around here are weird, so he shakes his head. they can practice more later.]
aberrant_type: (oh i may faint)

[personal profile] aberrant_type 2015-01-13 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Fair enough. She reaches out and thumps him on the shoulder, then gets up. She'll go burn some energy on the treadmill or something.]
theboogieman: (→ ᴛ ᴏ ᴏ - ʟ ᴀ ᴛ ᴇ)

[personal profile] theboogieman 2015-01-13 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[he gets up too, as she's leaving--presumably to do something with his life aside from moping all alone in the cargo bay.]
aberrant_type: (/SLAPS ZHAS ON THE BUTT)

[personal profile] aberrant_type 2015-01-13 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Attaboy.]