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[Wrath is doing her best to be low key until Beverly fixes her back. Which means she's buzzing around the ship a little less than usual and saving most of the movement for brief forays to the moon.

She's in the armory a lot and is sleeping there so she doesn't have to go up and down the ladder to her room. She passes her time by working on training Officer Snuggles and doing digital drawings and paintings.

Otherwise, you might see her making brief forays into the kitchen, where she mixes up horrifically pink monstrosities if no one stops her, or using up her allotment of hot water to try to relax her muscles a bit. She's trying hard to not accidentally steal someone's spot in the shower roster, but she's also not the greatest at reading numbers on schedules. (And if you walk in on her, don't worry, she has absolutely no concept of body shame. So. Uh. Yeah. Those 32nd century values.)]

[Hello Windrose, this is your captain. After he'd been approached about the potential transfers (and given his blessings), he'd been curious what the new arrivals would be like. As for what he's like - tall, maroon, with a glowing yellow gem set into his forehead, and prone to hover a foot or so off the ground whenever he's tending to his garden or fishtank in the cargo bay. That's right, roughly a quarter of the cargo bay is dedicated to several rows of plants in imported soil and some shelves with pots and other plants. All have either medicinal or edible parts, some both. There's also a large saltwater tank with lots of seaweed growing in it - the famous bacon-flavored kelp and some rice-substitute algae. Several glowing fish live in the tank as well.

When he's not in the cargo bay or out on the moon, the Vision can most often be found near the ship's engines or running maintenance on one of the three shuttles. He also seems to be purchasing drums of chemicals from the planet for some reason....]

[Here comes Wrath, leaning on her cane, carefully carrying Maine's little fishbowl with the other. It's time for his visit to his other fish friends in the cargo hold!]

[As usual, the Vision looks pleased to see Wrath.]

Ah. Is it visiting hours already? I trust he's doing well?

[The fishbowls are of original design to the beach planet, and they work very much like lanterns. He's quite fond of them.]

[Ordis, of course, is a new arrival on the Windrose, and has only heard stories of what it's like to be on board. Given that he was talked into it by both Wrath and Tenno, this hasn't perhaps been his best decision in life. Still, he'll follow his Operator to the ends of the galaxy and if that means new ship, that means new ship.

Speaking of which, he's still not used to being a ship in a ship. It feels very invasive, if he's completely honest, but he's trying to make it work. He can mostly be found trying to do his best at his new job, or more often than not, hanging around Tenno because this is His Operator And It Is His Job To Serve.]

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[Kitty spends a lot of her time on the bridge ~~piloting~~ reading. She has a new book every day or two—always non-fiction, usually science, and often something about stars or engineering.

She still favors the gym on the Iskaulit, but she's been making some use of the new recreation area they just upgraded to in the cargo hold. It's also not hard to find her pretty much anywhere else because when she's idle long she'll go looking for someone to talk to whether it's on the network while wandering the ship aimlessly or in person.

You may also notice her looking a little happier in general now that Kurt's on board. It's nice having someone from home close again.]

[Kitty pauses, cocking her head to look over this person on her ship.] I don't know you.

[Thanks to his visits to Wrath prior to his transfer, he doesn't have much trouble finding his way about the place in order to do his job. More exploring was arguably required at some point. However it's rather nice to no longer have to stress over his partner being on a separate ship and especially after finally setting up reminders for him to eat properly. Sleeping still was a work in progress.

He can be found in the armory sometimes, going over the ins and outs of the armaments they possessed even if lower grade than what he was accustomed to. That and trying to keep an ear out for any news of his suit. The thing was still missing which wasn't comforting.

Majority of his time though there was Ordis somewhere nearby. More likely than not the cephalon choose right at his side with the tenno showing no issue with the proximity.

[Speaking of Kurt, the man himself approaches Kitty not long after settling into his new home. He'd half expected the request to be denied, for the purpose of cruelty disguised as drama. But it wasn't, and here he is walking right up behind Kitty in the pilot's chair, resting a hand on the back like he belongs there.

What he owes her is an apology for hiding away after his run-ins with McCoy and another world's version of his mother. What he does instead is narrow his eyes at the chair, inspecting it.] Do you suppose this thing will dump the both of us on the floor if I crouch on the back? [Perching instincts never die, apparently. Especially not when his nerves are on edge.]

[She tips her head back to look up at him. Hey you.] Probably. I could scoot over? [They shared a bed meant for one. They could probably handle a chair meant for one. Not that she expects him to take her up on it.]

I guess you put that transfer in after all. Thought maybe they'd sent you back. [She didn't think any such thing because she's been checking his name on the crew lists daily even as she's gone without hearing from him and stopping herself from checking more regularly. There was an important name missing today though.]

[Kurt's not certain which surprises him more, that the fish glow or that one of his new captain does. He has no room to talk, given the faint yellow light his eyes give off as he crouches in the dark of the cargo bay]

You know I'm not certain which surprises me more, the abundance of pets or plant life aboard these spacenships. [His voice comes from somewhere near the ceiling, where he'd been sitting on the wall as though gravity meant nothing.]

[He doesn't. Kurt shakes his head at the offer, tail sketching a nervous shape with sharp edges before he forces it to still.]

Course I did. Put in the request soon as I got back to the ship that day. [And told none of his crew members about, which he feels a pang of guilt over. What would he say, though? It isn't as though he'd made any effort to speak to any of them.] You aren't getting rid of me so easily. ..I'm sorry about Logan.

Yep, don't want him to get lonely! I think he's doing really well. He eats all his food and stuff. [She puts Maine near the other glow fish.]

We have a full ship now, isn't it great?

[Her head drops back down and she folds her page in the book and sets it down on the terminal away from the important buttons and switches of course.] I didn't really get a chance to know him. [It doesn't really make her miss him any less. There was a lot left to say and ask and... It doesn't matter.] It happens in these places.

[She looks back at him.] Welcome to the Windrose. We're teammates again. [Crewmates. And as if they ever stopped.]

[It does take him a moment to locate the origin of the new voice, but once he does he smiles in the direction of the glowing eyes.]

I find I prefer to be surrounded by living things, if given a choice in the matter. I assure you they all have useful properties, however.

[He tilts his head and smiles a little bit. Maybe this means he can recruit someone to help him water the top shelves sometimes.] I am the Vision, captain of the Windrose. May I assume you're one of the new transfers?

[Kitty peeks into the armory and if anyone asks it's because she's looking for Wrath, but she's actually looking for Captain Snuggles. She may have a weakness for him. Normally she'd head back out seeing neither of them, but hello new person around the weapons. But Kurt wasn't the only one showing up was he?]

New crewmate or nosy visitor? [As if she doesn't explore the other ships when she's there to visit someone.]

[And then one day when Ordis goes into his cabin, he finds a white floof ball curled up on his pillow, contentedly shedding fox hair everywhere.

Officer Snuggles, off duty, yawns big and then gives him a vulpine grin.]

I'm glad to hear it. [Does he actually like visiting the other fish? It's hard to tell, but the others at least notice the new arrival.]

It's good to have room for everyone, certainly. [It's better now that they're not overcrowded, and he is glad to have all the officers' stations manned.] Two of the new transfers are your friends, yes?

[At some point, Wrath will wander up to the bridge, just for a change of scene.]

Hey, Kitty!

We've got a full ship now, isn't that awesome?

[Wrath's basically living in the armory, so they're going to run across each other quickly.]

Hey, Tenno! I'm so glad you're here now. Liking your new room?

[Who knows, with fish.]

Yeah! Well, Tenno is at least. I've talked to Ordis too, he's really nice. Tenno's gonna be good for security, he's got the right attitude.

Um. You should totally talk to Ordis though. He's a computer person that's been stuck in a human person's body and he's kind of having a rough time. I know that's not exactly your situation, but it'd probably be good for him to have more friends, right?

[She puts her book down and smiles at Wrath.] I don't know. I was already starting to come up with ideas for the empty rooms. We could have made one water tight and had a giant aquarium. [At no point was she thinking this until just now when she decided to say something vaguely ridiculous.]

You seem happy though. Do you know them?

[There's the ever chirpy woman. He gives a nod and a small raise of a barrel that he was cleaning.]

Hello as well. You weren't wrong about the privacy. However I'm usually not alone in the cephalon has anything to say about it.

How goes your back? Any progress?

[He raises a brow at the question but goes back to realigning the chassis of the firearm.] Crewmate now. And who do I owe the pleasure of talking to?

[He only knew of Officer Snuggles and the captain of the vessel, Vision. Apparently he was a computer person much like Ordis was from what Wrath had told him. But it wouldn't hurt to know the rest of the crew if he was to do his job properly.]

Kitty Pryde. Pilot. Here anyway. [Not that she'd never piloted before back home, but she wouldn't have picked that as a title for herself.] You?

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