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

[passingthrough]

Oh, you're extremely lucky. People wait in lines to hang out with all of this. [She gestures up and down her body. Joking. So much joking.]

[winn]

Be worth the wait.

[ oh were we still doing the joking thing? oops. his bad! ]

Hey - this looks pretty neat - [ picking up a multi-function work tool. neat, brain? really? ]

[passingthrough]

[That felt more like a compliment. She smiles slowly.] Super neat. [Teasing lightly.] Possibly even neato. [She steps in closer for a peek in case it's a real suggestion and he wasn't just distracting himself from awkward.]

[winn]

[ he takes the teasing with an accepting smile, yeah, he has it coming.

at least he picked up something that could actually be of use and not just. a screw. he'll take the win! ]

First thing I'm doing when I get home is memorizing specs for all the essentials. Ok, no, second - pizza first, then all the specs.

[passingthrough]

[Can she take the Winn too?]

When you say home you don't mean the Tourist, do you?

[winn]

[ she can always take the winn ]

Unless they got real pizza and the internet while we're down here -

[ he can learn to live with a lot of parts of this new life of theirs. he can even learn to deal with the space part - he's getting more used to it already! but no internet? what is he, an animal? ]

[passingthrough]

[Such power.]

Right. Well, those are good home plans. [She has...none.]

[Wow, just invent it again, Winn. It's just a series of tubes with cats. It can't be that hard.]

[winn]

[ you know what comes with it! ]

What're you gonna do?

[ maybe if he reminds himself how temporary this all is, he could keep himself from making such an idiot of himself in front of her quite so often.

keep him here long enough, and he'll do his damnedest to do just that. ]

[passingthrough]

[She looks at him too long not managing an answer to that. The truth is on the tip of her tongue, but she's holding it back and it's been too long to just lie.]

.........That tool you found would probably be good to have.

[winn]

[ right. this is her second kidnappy world. that was probably tactless - he doesn't want to lose hope, but he can see hope hurting more than helping, if you stay long enough.

he clears his throat ]

Right! I'll - get it. [ he tries for a smile ] Progress!

[passingthrough]

[Not the reason for the redirect, but it's also very true. But right now she's not even sure what to hope for anymore.]

Good. Yes, we're getting things done. [She doesn't even feel like helping Kara with her powers will do anything other than make Kara feel more like herself. That's goal enough, but she definitely doesn't think it means they'll get out any faster.] Still no space slinkies though.

[winn]

[ helping kara feel like herself is his main goal with this project, too. she was kidnapped with her powers after all, getting them back obviously won't be enough to level the playing field. helping kara is enough of a progress for now. ]

It's store number one - we'll get there.

[passingthrough]

You know, I'm beginning to suspect you're an optimist. Unless you already know store two is named Slinkies R Us.

[winn]

It's impossible to hang around Kara without catching at least a little of the stuff -

[passingthrough]

So this is new to the Winn Schott way of life? Were you a cynic before you met her?

[winn]

Oh yeah, those were my dark puppy shoving days.

[ he nods ]

[passingthrough]

[That gets a light laugh from her.] How did I forget?

[winn]

[ 10 points! that's worth at least 10 points! he returns a smile ]

It's because I'm so gosh-darn cute. And slinkies are a great distraction - one or the other.

[passingthrough]

You're cute. I don't know if I'd go a full gosh-darn cute. [Looks like those points have already been redeemed.]

[winn]

[ easy come easy go! ]

Must be time to recharge on some more puppies.

[passingthrough]

[She gives him a playful nudge.] You be nice to puppies.

[winn]

I make no promises -

[ barely keeping from laughing. behold his threatening game - it is strong and very impressive. ]

[passingthrough]

It's a good thing I'm more of a Kitty person anyway. [How terrible was that? You're seeing the very worst of her right now. Right here. How do you react?]

[winn]

[ give her a long look. ]

Hold on - lemme go get some crickets -

[ look, he'd pun back but there's really no good way to integrate winning slow shots into a conversation about puppies. ]

[passingthrough]

You are mean! This, right here is the dark side. [She looks too amused to give a proper scolding.]