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яσвιи яє∂вяєαѕт ([personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-03-25 02:55 pm

first one to make that doctor who joke loses

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!]
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[personal profile] child_of_bhaal 2016-04-03 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
[She nods in good humor.]

Caught me. Any excuse to take a shower.

[Wait for it.]

What's a Kandinksy?
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[personal profile] dontthinkaboutelephants 2016-04-03 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Don't think of Sye in the shower, don't think of Sye in the shower, don't think -

Dangit
.

He flusters a little bit before clearing his throat.
] A, uh... Kandinsky was a man. An abstract artist. His work had a lot of shapes and colors. Just... reminded me of it.

[He looks up at her then.] Will you draw me if I draw you? [He's been thinking about asking her that ever since his earlier art post.]
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[personal profile] child_of_bhaal 2016-04-03 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
[He would be disappointed by the reality. She bathes with her tunic shirt on. Because it's a public place.

His request makes her chuckle.
]

Actually, you're already on my wall. I can make you another if you'd like.
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[personal profile] dontthinkaboutelephants 2016-04-03 09:46 am (UTC)(link)
[He blinks at her in surprise.] I am?

[His ears are getting red afslkj.] Yeah, I'd like that. If you don't mind. Can I see the first one, too?
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[personal profile] child_of_bhaal 2016-04-03 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. I draw all my friends. When we get back to the Red Fish, I'll show you, and then make one for you.
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[personal profile] dontthinkaboutelephants 2016-04-03 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
[A lump forms in his throat. He looks down and swallows around it.]

I'm glad we're friends, [is all he can force out, his face bright red and his eyes avoiding hers. He hates this reaction, wants to crawl in a hole and die. But it's been a long time since someone's called him a friend and meant it.]
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[personal profile] child_of_bhaal 2016-04-03 10:00 am (UTC)(link)
Me too.

[Her expression calms, softens, and she squeezes his hands. She's not sure what caused this reaction in him, but she wants to help. If she can.]

Arthur, are you all right?
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[personal profile] dontthinkaboutelephants 2016-04-03 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
[He sends her a soft smile immediately and clears his throat.] Yeah, I, um... hot. It's hot in here.

[Which is a poor excuse since he's wearing a sweater but. whatcha gonna do. He turns her hands over after a moment, his fingers tracing her callouses.] What do you think? Of the fleet? You've been here a while, right? I mean, does it ever feel like... like we're never going home?
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[personal profile] child_of_bhaal 2016-04-03 10:15 am (UTC)(link)
[The excuse works, because someone is fighting off poison and has a low grade fever just now. So it's pretty warm to her too.

Maybe slightly warmer when he turns her hand over and starts touching her palm and fingers in that light, exploring way. The last time someone held her palm, they'd had overwhelming horrible visions. The woman was a fortune teller so obviously the same won't happen to Arthur, but it puts a heavier connotation to what he's doing.
]

I um...[cough] I've been here nearly a year. I've never been held so long by a malignant force. The key, I think, has been Atroma's strange lack of ego. They don't want to get near us, so we can't spot weaknesses. We can defeat them, we just need to find the soft spots.
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[personal profile] dontthinkaboutelephants 2016-04-03 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He listens, keeping his eyes to her palm until she gets to the malignant force part. He looks up at her, startled.] What do you mean? You've been held by a malignant force before?

[He remains quiet on the other points. He wants to believe that. But he's having a hard time doing it.]
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[personal profile] child_of_bhaal 2016-04-03 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. Yes. I guess it's two years ago now, I was abducted by a powerful, insane mage. He held me and my friends for a free months. I don't remember most of the experience.

There have been other, smaller incidents, but that was the longest before I was brought to the fleet.

[She's very matter-of-fact about it. Almost as if she's numb to the experience, or she's purposefully not feeling when she explains it to him.]
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[personal profile] dontthinkaboutelephants 2016-04-03 10:37 am (UTC)(link)
You... [He's just absolutely shocked by the thought.] You were kidnapped? And you don't remember a lot of it?

[He pauses, frowning.] Smaller like what?
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[personal profile] child_of_bhaal 2016-04-03 08:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Fast little abductions, usually slavers, or creatures looking for a snack. Or both. The um, one I don't remember... something was done to my mind. When I try to recall, it... hurts.

[An understatement, to be sure. But he seems already overly vexed by knowing just the peripherals. She doesn't want him to worry over her by telling him the details.]
Edited 2016-04-03 20:22 (UTC)
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whoops I lost this notif

[personal profile] dontthinkaboutelephants 2016-04-10 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
[He chews on his bottom lip, trying to take all that worry and push it away.] I'm sorry. That must have been awful. That must still be awful
child_of_bhaal: (crowned in blood)

[personal profile] child_of_bhaal 2016-04-12 09:06 am (UTC)(link)
It-

[The problem with talking about it, is that she's thinking about it. Thinking about it brings that knife-edged pain back, just as she'd said. Stabbing just behind her left eye. She lifts a hand and squeezes on the bridge of her nose, as if to push back against the pain.]

We should talk about something else.