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

[huaaaaagh]

[Doctor. That plus mentioning Max makes him immediately relax. All the doctors he knows are awesome, here.]

Ahh, gotcha. Yeah, if any of my friends showed up, I'd do the same thing. I can show you around, if you want, or just show you to her room.

[helladoomed]

[Oh what a trusting boy...] Hey, can't be too careful who might be riff raff around your friends, right?

[She gestures ahead of them.]

If you're offering I'm all about a tour, man.

[huaaaaagh]

I can't promise we're not riff raff, but most of us are alright anyway.

[SMILE, SMILE. No murderers here, no sir.

Anyway, let's walk.]

Most people are out and about on the station right now, so it'll probably be kind of deserted. But at least you'll know the layout.

[helladoomed]

Hmm. [Totally suspicious look at not being riff raff. Is she joking? Is she seriously? So hard to tell.]

Deserted is good, I guess. I was hoping to run into more of Max's friends but I can deal if not.

[huaaaaagh]

[Eh-heh, suspicious looks are not promising... but he's perpetually armed these days and she looks relatively harmless, so unless she starts getting creepy about it, it's fine.]

You're welcome to hang around for a while and wait for them to come back. I'm assuming you're not gonna trash the place, so I doubt anyone would mind.

[helladoomed]

Don't want to burn any bridges yet anyway. It'd make it hard to visit, right?

[And she's following after him.]

[huaaaaagh]

Maybe a little bit awkward, yeah.

[blah blah blah pretending the ship has an established layout]

These are mostly crew quarters. Almost everyone has their own room, but we're dealing with the same overcrowding issue the rest of the fleet has, so we've been fixing up the offices as spare rooms. That one's Max's.

[He points to one in particular. The door's closed.]

I don't think she's here right now, either, but for future reference? Oh, and her office is here, too--

[helladoomed]

Max's room, huh.

[Before he can stop her she's trying the door, finding it unlocked and vanishing inside. Time for snooping!]

[When he follows, he'll find her sitting cross-legged on the bed, looking at a picture on the wall of...herself? Looked like it was hand drawn at some point. She has a smile that's pretty ridiculously sappy, especially on a tough punk girl like herself.]

[huaaaaagh]

[w e l p

As a rule, he tries to avoid a) being alone in a room with a girl and b) invading the rooms of his crewmates without permission. But he can't just not follow her, because she's a stranger and he let her in and- ugh. Hopefully Max will be out for a while longer. This is one of those set-ups that could get him slapped for sure.

He hangs out in the doorway as a safe alternative, leaning on the frame, but the interior makes him relax again as soon as he notices the painting. You don't make that sort of thing about someone you dislike, that's for sure.]

I guess if we needed proof that you're a friend of hers, this would be enough.

[helladoomed]

What, you didn't trust me? [Chloe smirks as she finally looks away from the picture.]

Yeah. We're...mm.

[She just smiles to herself and shrugs, hopping to her feet. Emotions, what a pain. She claps her hands together.]

So what's next?

[huaaaaagh]

[There's a lot he could say about his trust issues, but he just smiles sheepishly and steps back out through the doorway to let her pass.]

We could start from the bridge and work our way backwards, if you want. It's this way.

[helladoomed]

Hey, you're the tourguide.

[She just grins and stuffs her hands into her pockets, all set to follow him.]

[huaaaaagh]

[He is a terrible tour guide, why did he offer. The Paisley isn't even that fancy.]

So you're on the Tourist? I hardly know anybody on that ship. Is it nice?

[helladoomed]

It's cool so far. I didn't get a room or nothin' so I had to crash in the medbay.

[huaaaaagh]

Geez, that sucks. Every ship's packed solid these days- even we had to put up a couch in the spare office to make room.

[helladoomed]

I got lucky, since I was the labtech they got a medbay...still not sure how that works...which meant it came with a spare bed. Well, two.

[huaaaaagh]

Guess it could be worse. Still, it's not a great situation when paired with the fact that you're getting thrown into space with a bunch of strangers.

[helladoomed]

Nope. It's pretty shitty.

But it could be worse so, whatever. How long you been here?

[huaaaaagh]

Ah, it's been... god, six months now.

[helladoomed]

Man. Everybody I talk to has been here a while...

So, what do you think, huh? About all of it.

[huaaaaagh]

Well... I'd be lying if I said I was okay with it. Obviously the situation isn't ideal. But it's also not the worst place I've ever been, so my complaints are minimal.

[helladoomed]

Yeah, it could be way worse.

{Still following along.]

So, six months. You must've seen some crazy shit.

[huaaaaagh]

Ah, yeah- more than I ever saw on Earth, for sure! We visited a really amazing ice planet recently, and a moon before that. And there's so many interesting people here who can do stuff I didn't even know was possible, before.

[helladoomed]

Yeah. The magic is pretty sweet, huh? Never thought I'd see a real wizard.

[She grins.]

I guess those planets are something to look forward to.

[huaaaaagh]

Yes to both of those. And you've checked out the station, right? It all feels like something out of a sci-fi show. It's incredible!