first one to make that doctor who joke loses

[birdsbirdsbirds]

Who: Everyone! All of you!
Broadcast: Maybe!
Action: Definitely!
When: Anytime during the toxic moon event!

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[boy oh boy, isn't everyone just so excited to explore this... charming... place...?

this is a game-wide mingle and the timeframe isn't super-important, so throw in with whatever you want! play war games, go shopping for gas masks, get lost in the wilderness, hide up in the Iskaulit and refuse to set foot on the moon, anything goes.

here's the main event info post for reference! have fun!]

Comments

[helladoomed]

[Chloe just looked so amused at that, raising an eyebrow.]

Kid, we're on a dying planet after riding around in a bunch of spaceships.

Pretty sure smoking won't have time to kill me.

[scrubscrub]

I guess so... But it's very unproductive! You'll have lower stamina and a more undefended immune system! M-ma'am! [She flusters a bit.] And that would be terrible. Maybe you should try alternatives! Like sunflower seeds! My dad used to eat sunflower seeds to keep his hands occupied when he was fishing.

[helladoomed]

Seeds. [She is so unimpressed. Sorry Koala.]

Not really worried about the stamina shit, I'm doing fine. And these are way better than seeds. [She shakes the cigarette, then hesitates as if realizing something.]

Better for adults. Don't smoke'n shit, okay?

[Not that she thought the girl would but...there. She did her duty.]

[scrubscrub]

Sunflower seeds are very delicious! But they're a bit hard to learn how to eat.

[They are satan spawn, but whatever, dad did it perf.]

How come you don't want kids to do it, but you do it?

[helladoomed]

And probably hard to find in space.

[Just sayin'.]

It'll stunt your growth. Or something. I don't know, kid. Just something that should wait till your older.

[Basically don't make the mistakes she did.]

[scrubscrub]

Oh, that wouldn't be good...!

I've been told I'm very short for my age, but I think that's because I didn't eat or rest enough. [It's true, she's very short. She's eleven, but you'd probably peg her easily as an eight year old. Eaaasily.] I hope I do grow more... I'm sure there are ways to catch up!

[helladoomed]

Eh. [Chloe was tall, tallish, but she'd never really cared about that sort of thing.]

You'll grow up eventually. Don't worry about it so much.

[scrubscrub]

[But Chloe she worries about everything.]

... I guess that's true! Nobody stays small forever, do they?

Ah—

I apologize for causing such a fuss; I hope you'll forgive me for being too forward, telling you what I did. I forgot my place for a moment...!

[helladoomed]

[Now that made her frown.]

...Kid, don't apologize for speaking your mind. Your place is wherever the fuck you want it to be saying whatever you want to say, got it?

[scrubscrub]

I'm sorry—

I mean!! I apol—

[She puts her hands over her smiling mouth, gulping down any other replies.]

... [muffled:] Y-yes ma'am.

I'll be sure to remember that...! Thank you for your kind advice.

[helladoomed]

[Chloe managed to not laugh at that.]

Just...try and relax. You're too young to be this uptight.

[scrubscrub]

[A-AH. She looks up, surprised.

OH NO I DON'T MEAN TO BE...!!]

I am?! I'll try to do better!

[helladoomed]

[Man. She almost felt bad, the girl was so jumpy.]

Look, just...what's your name again?

[scrubscrub]

[She relaxes considerably at the question.

Such an easy one, thank god.]

My name's Koala, miss.

[helladoomed]

Right. I'm Chloe.

[She took a drag off her cigarette then caught it between her fingers, holding it off away from the girl.]

My point is, just...man, I don't know. Never mind. Don't listen to me. Or anybody. Be whoever the hell you wanna be.

[scrubscrub]

... Thanks, Miss Chloe.

[Her smile is near eternal, my dear.]

I've been told that I can be whatever I would like...! It's -- it's a... work in progress, you could say! I know I'm very odd to talk to, I'm sorry. I mean...! I'm... not sorry.

[Did I do that right?]

[helladoomed]

[She grinned.]

Good job.

So what're you doing running around here anyway? Other than telling people not to smoke.

[scrubscrub]

Oh, I-I needed to leave the ship, or else I'd keep trying to clean it again.

This is what normal people do, isn't it? Visiting places and watching what other people are doing!

[helladoomed]

[That was so not surprising.]


Yeah. Well, watching and maybe doing stuff, too.

[scrubscrub]

I see... Like what kinds of things?

O-other than smoking! Because you said I shouldn't do that.

[helladoomed]

Hmm. [She tapped her finger against her knee as she thought it over.]

I saw some kids playing one of these sports games a little while ago. Maybe you could join in?

[scrubscrub]

[......... A-ah.]

Play with... other kids...?

[There is not enough hesitancy in the universe, m'dear.]

[helladoomed]

Yeah?

[She'll raise an eyebrow because...that was a weird reaction.]

[scrubscrub]

[Boy, my feet sure are interesting to look at, huh?]

Do you think they would... like me? I'm very -- peculiar, I think.

I've just. I've never played with other kids before, and I don't... know if I'll do it right.

[helladoomed]

Hey, I get that.

But for sports, sure, why not? Just ask them the rules, then follow 'em! If it were like, book club maybe it'd be weird.