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

[helladoomed]

[Chloe shifts onto her side while she waits, and as soon as Max is close enough she reaches out to catch the other girl by the wrist and tug her down onto the couch. Just so she's sitting there while Chloe lays. Oops?]

Okay, so like.

[And then she hesitates cause...yeah. Hrm. What was her clever plan here...]

[timelapsed]

[ Okay! Max is a little surprised, but not too much. This is Chloe. She's mostly just curious what she wants to say. ]

"So like" what?

[helladoomed]

[And here's the problem with being Chloe Price. Knowing what she wanted was not the same as saying what she wanted. She knew exactly what she wanted, but how to turn it into words...]

I'm thinking you already figured I'm ...a little ahead of you. Back home. Right?

[timelapsed]

Yeah, I think that's pretty much established. [ She could probably pry a bit more, but instead she waits for Chloe to continue. If she's about to say something, she'll let Chloe say it on her terms. ]

[helladoomed]

Right. So...okay. There's...some shit that happened that I just...[Her hand absently curled into Max's, did she even realize she was doing it? It was hard to say, her attention certainly seemed to be elsewhere.]

I can't talk about yet. But.

[And then her eyes shifted back to Max's.]

There was...uh. Some good stuff. At least one thing anyway. If you want to know.

[timelapsed]

[ Max freezes at Chloe's hand. But, well, this is clearly also something important. So. ]

Yeah. Yeah, of course I want to know.

[helladoomed]

Right. [She saw that freeze and that made everything so much harder. She didn't know what Max had felt a day before she...well. She barely knew any of what the other girl had gone through, except it had left her frightened and angry and...what? Chloe had been stupid in love by then, but was Max? She thought she had seen it in her eyes but this...wasn't exactly her. Except it was.]

[Ugh.]

Shit I'm bad at this. Max. Uh. Okay. [She found herself sitting up a bit, clearly with no idea how to do this.] Oh fuck it.

You and me. We. Mm. Remember when you kissed me, in my room? Well you did it again. Or I kissed you, it was....well there was a lot shit going on but.

[Chloe Price: Not good at this.]

No shit I'm explaining this all wrong...

[timelapsed]

Of course I remember.

[ One part of Max is going "Holy crap, holy crap!" The other part realizes there's possibly more to it.

She holds herself back a little more. But she does give Chloe's hand a reassuring squeeze. ]

[helladoomed]

[That made her smile, at least.]

But like. Okay so, my point. Shit.

Right before I...came here. Some shit was going down, so like...I told you that I love you.

[She probably has one of the most vulnerable expressions Max has ever seen on Chloe.]

'Cause I do.

[And then the immediate panic cover up.]

But like, if you don't, it's cool and shit I just.

1/2

[timelapsed]

[ OKAY. Okay, wow. Breathe, Max.

This is. Something she's been thinking about. After Chloe showed up, of course, but before that, too. The only mystery at this point had been Chloe.

Just have to put that in words for her. ]

Okay, so... back before I came here, I was definitely feeling... something about you. But mostly I was confused. If we really were just, like, really good friends, or... you know, something more.

But I've had a... long time to think about it.

[timelapsed]

What I'm saying is...


[ She maneuvers a bit so she can lean over Chloe. ]

I feel the same way.

[helladoomed]

[Breathing, oh yeah. That's a thing Chloe basically stops doing once Max starts talking. It isn't until she hears those last few words, not quite what she had said but so close, that she lets out a breath that almost has her coughing. And then she laughs, a quick, relieved, happy sound.]

Shit Max. I been worryin' about this for days.

[And since Max has leaned over like that, Chloe returns that little date of a kiss from so long ago, leaning up to kiss her before the other girl can react.]

[timelapsed]

[ Max's eyes widen for a moment, caught off guard. Not completely off guard - this was kind of her intention - but Chloe's movements were rather sudden.

It reminded her of the time back in Chloe's bedroom. Unlike that time, though, her first instinct is to press into the other girl and return the kiss. And Max will trust her instinct on this one. ]

[helladoomed]

[Chloe honestly wasn't sure how much time had passed when she finally noticed her muscles complaining as she kept herself propped up on her elbows, and she broke the kiss as she dropped back against the couch, sucking in a breath. She was grinning this goofy half-grin, and didn't seem to have any idea what to say.]

[timelapsed]

[ When they break apart, Max is wearing a goofy smile to match Chloe's. She needs a few moments to regain her breath, then- ]

Wow.

[ Such eloquence. ]

[helladoomed]

Shit Max.

[Love has clearly not made her any more eloquent.]

You know you're never gettin' rid of me now, right?

[timelapsed]

Why would I ever want to get rid of you? Having you back is the best thing that's happened.

[ Also the kiss was p great. ]

[helladoomed]

Yeah. I am pretty great.

[She nods sagely.]

But that bed of yours is kinda small...

[timelapsed]

[ Sharing beds isn't new for them, but she's right, the beds on the fleet are definitely on the smaller side. ]

You'll have to stop moving around so much in your sleep. [ Teasing tone. ]

[helladoomed]

Yeaaaaah. I can try?

[So not gonna happen.]

We'll just have to cuddle or something. [She manages to make it sound like she thinks this is a terrible idea.]

[timelapsed]

[ She might normally give a little joking quip back about that, but. Not right now. ]


That doesn't sound too bad.

[helladoomed]

Hmmmmmm.

[Chloe sat up from her weird angle, winding up mostly behind the other girl, and Max would feel her arms curling around her waist before Chloe's chin was settled on her chin.]

I don't know. I mean, I guess it would probably be better than us lying next to each other trying not to touch all night.

[IE: The last time they shared a bed.]

[timelapsed]

No way that's happening in these beds though, seriously. Even if we wanted to. [ Which she. Really doesn't. If she's being honest. ]

[helladoomed]

I wouldn't know, I still don't actually have a room.

[Chloe's voice turns teasing.]

Gee Max, you sure seem to want to get me into bed...

[timelapsed]

. . . . .

[ Blushes beet red, face in hands. ] Oh my god, Chloe.