002 - Video/Action for the SS Paisley - Invasion of the Punk Rock Chicks.

[helladoomed]

Who: Chloe Price, those poor unfortunate people on the S.S. Paisley, and YOU! Yes YOU!
Broadcast: Fleet-wide
Action: For the S.S. Paisley
When: The tenth!

[Video]

[Chloe is wandering through the space station when she clicks on her phone. She's sans-beanie today, her blue hair and purple roots visible to the world, and is dressed in her usual jeans and t-shirt, and also the lab-coat she swiped from the medbay on the Tourist. Apparently that's part of her wardrobe now. Whoops?]

Yo! [She has a cigarette in her mouth, unlit, but she reaches up to grab it with her free hand as she starts talking.]

Question for all you space-people who've been at this way longer than me. Any idea how to grow plants on a spaceship? From seeds? Like, I don't know, what shit I need to buy or where I can get it or just how the hell to start.

Got a...basic idea, sort of, but I figure askin's probably better than stabbing around in the dark hoping I get lucky.

Anyway, thanks in advance. Long-term promise to make it worth your while if anybody gives me a hand.

[She grin and then stops walking finally. She's seemingly gotten wherever she needs to go and...is she at one of the ship docks?]

Hey, Paisley people! I'm comin' aboard. Time to see if you all are as cool as Max keeps insisting. Personally, I'm skeptical, but hey, never know.

[She grins and mock-salutes the camera, then clicks it off.]

Paisley Actions

A. The Tour

[How'd Chloe get on board? Did someone let her on board? Because now they're stuck giving her the tour. Who wants to show the blue haired teen around the ship? First come first serve just on this prompt.]

B. Snooping

[Chloe ditched her tourguide, and now she's just poking her nose into all the various compartments on the ship, looking for interesting things...or people. Mostly people. Don't worry, she won't steal anything, she has to be nice to all of Max's friends, right? Sure. Let's hope that's true.]

[Chloe can be anywhere for this, just come across her exploring or have her come across them while she does so!]

C. Max's Office

[And eventually Chloe can be found in Max's office, door open, sprawled out on the couch or looking through the desk or just kind of bumming around waiting for Max to turn up. She has clearly made herself at home already. Oops?]

Comments

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[firstrebel]

I'm no botanist, but have you looked into hydroponics? I wouldn't be surprised if they have something like that on the station.

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[helladoomed]

That's growing stuff with water and lights right?

[Hmm.]

Pretty sure I can't afford anything they'd actually sell though.

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[firstrebel]

That's about the gist of it, yeah.

Have you tried picking up some work on the station? There's a lot to be had, actually.

A because i can

[huaaaaagh]

[Kirito just happens to be wandering past the shuttle area when Chloe arrives, so once she's fully landed he pokes his head in the bay, cautiously curious.]

Uh, hi? Can I help you with anything?

[why are you here strange person]

A it is!

[helladoomed]

[Chloe'll put on a big grin as she stops in front of him and shrugs.]

Dunno, maybe? What's there to see on this thing, huh?

[huaaaaagh]

[That... is a good question.]

Not a whole lot that you can't find on the other ships, I hate to say.

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[percolates]

What are you trying to grow?

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[helladoomed]

Just...some stuff. Seeds I had with me.

Nothin' fancy.

[Evasive go!]

[percolates]

[She very obviously notices that.]

Do you normally carry around seeds, Chloe?

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[passingthrough]

Where did you get the cigarette? [These are the important questions. Besides, if anyone knows Kitty hasn't been here long it's Chloe.]

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[helladoomed]

I still have some left over from when I got here.

[Hence it not being lit.]

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[passingthrough]

And you still bummed one from me? Cold. [She sounds pretty neutral, but if she had to lean one way it would be toward amused rather than annoyed.]

[ Action— Snooping ]

[axeboyfriend]

[ To be perfectly honest, Shinjiro hasn't met enough of the current crew yet to know that Chloe doesn't belong on the Paisley. So when he runs into her, he pauses for a moment before deciding to engage. ]

...Hello?

[ Action— Snooping ]

[helladoomed]

[Chloe looks up from whatever she was snooping at a grins at him.]

Oh hey.

[A little wave. Totally acting like she belongs there.]

[ Action— Snooping ]

[axeboyfriend]

I don't think I've met you yet.

[ He hesitates, then adds— ]

I just got here.

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[dancingmd]

Hello! This is Dr. Crusher, SS Blue Fish. My friend Ino and I run a garden on the Iskaulit. If you're interested in learning more about gardening, I would be happy to help you!

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[helladoomed]

There's a garden over there, huh?

[Hmm.]

Probably take you up on that. What kind of stuff do you grow?

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[dancingmd]

Vegetables and medicinal herbs, mainly, though we have a few decorative plants as well. Really, whatever we can find that will grow well.

For Max: Later that Evening

[helladoomed]

[Tour done, people met, ship thoroughly explored and Max finally found, the evening ends with Chloe sprawled out on the couch in Max's office, one leg hooked over the back and one foot on the floor, her earbud plugged into one ear as she listens to music on her phone.]

[She's mostly just watching Max, on the other side of the room putting up pictures on her photo wall. It's...nice. That sort of quiet, peaceful hanging out that they never seemed to have time for that last week back home. That last week that Max was missing the last day off. The most important day for so many reasons...]

[Chloe shifted at the thought, frowning at the ceiling for a long time before she came to a decision, turning off her music and popping her headphones out.]

Hey Max?

[timelapsed]

[ Max is thinking about a lot of things. Color composition, lights versus dark, where her latest picture fits in the best.

And Chloe. She can hardly believe Chloe is there, hanging out in her office. Finally back in her life after almost half a year, and already it feels like this is how things were meant to be. That's a good line, write that down later.

And then Chloe's voice snaps her out of her thoughts. ]

Huh? What's up?

[helladoomed]

[Chloe almost feels bad for pulling Max out of the zone. But not that bad. She just kind of vaguely stretches an arm out towards her.]

Come'ere.

ACTION - b

[sandhate]

[ The shuttle bay is where he spends a lot of his time. Whether it is to hide away from the mysterious audience, hiding from too mundane duties or needing a quiet space to meditate. Today, he's repairing his arm. General upkeep, nothing gross.

But it does require taking his durasteel arm off. Which involves a shirt coming off as well, the prosthetic clamped on a table and dangling wires from the synth-net neural interface exposed where his arm ended. He looks up at the intrusion, a new face, and blinks. ]

Uh. Hi.

[ Smooth ]

[helladoomed]

[Woah. Chloe hadn't expected much when she'd poked her head into the shuttlebay, but now she was suddenly confronted by a hot, shirtless dude with a mechanical arm.]

[Her brain couldn't decide what to stare at first! Give her a few seconds, Anakin.]

Uh.

[Shit okay. Brain reboot go.]

Uh. Hey. I'm Chloe.

B!

[stefanged]

[People don't usually drop by the med bay unless they're a) Alex, b) sick, or c) some combination of the above, so Stefan can't help looking up when he sees a newcomer.

He recognizes that face at least, so he smiles and sets down his work (and his mug of infinite tea).]

Hey, Chloe. You finally got shuffled in?

[helladoomed]

Oh hey Stefan! [He'll get a grin and a wave as she walks in, peering around.]

Yeah, I'm over on the tourist. Livin' in the medbay...this one's pretty much the same as ours. Huh.