And We Danced (Masquerade Overflow!)

[thespaceopera]

The Captcha is upon us, but the party isn't over! Feel free to continue your threads here, start new ones, and continue the dance party!

- Original Mingle
- OOC Post

[[OOC: Wait for Sections! Sections are up! Feel free to use the section prompts or make your own! We'd also advise against just linking back to your original mingle post for the sake of players with slower computers.]]

Comments

[passingthrough]

[Kitty smiles softly, grateful that the only horror in Kurt's next tale is his deceased wife's cooking. Except for the part where everyone is also dead now, but they couldn't talk about anything if they had to avoid that. She's also amused by Winn's comment.] Ice Man was actually his codename.

And the food they provide here really makes me wish we had someone with the chef augment on the Windrose. [Not that she really wishes augments on anyone.] I think it would take an actual miracle to improve it.

[ecclesiophobic]

It really was and he was so proud of picking it himself. I told him that for the sake of his future offspring, I was naming them. He'd have probably named them the Snowman. [No he will not try to pronounce abominable. It's a terrible word made solely to tongue-tie people whose native tongues are not English.

He's just going to raise an eyebrow at Winn.] Can't say that I've ever had the pleasure of eating a college student's cooking? I should be thankful, I take it.

[winn]

Seriously? [ you don't go with the painfully obvious choice, man, everybody knows that! that's a hop skip and a jump away from ending up with a color in your code name. ] Yeah, good call there. [ that future offspring should erect a monument in his honor for sparing them that. some people shouldn't even be allowed to name pets, let alone people. ]

Let's put it this way -- any day half the dorm wasn't food-poisoned, you can pretty much guarantee either parents or deliveries were involved.

[passingthrough]

Oh, I remember delivery. I miss that. [So many of their stories end with "and then they died" or "no college because no civilization" but she isn't letting that get her down. It's a familiar difference in the way she sees things and way they tend to play out with the other people trapped with her. At this point she just likes it when there is any familiar ground instead of focusing on the differences. Besides, it's good when places survive and even thrive.]

Mm, so what would your codename be, Winn? I mean, if you're going to judge Bobby's we should have something to judge back.

I thought I replied I'm so sorry guys.

[ecclesiophobic]

I'm jealous. Closest thing we had to delivery when I was a child was when Mom would bring back take-out from Winzeldorf. [Or, when he was very small, when Creed would chase down a deer or boar. For such a gentle child Kurt quite enjoyed hunting with Victor, but out of respect for Kitty's history with the man he's kept his own memories close to the vest.]

Ja, what would your codename be, Winn? We could pick one for you if you can't think of one. [He might have a little too much fun with that; of course, this is coming from a man whose codename is a worm. Granted it wasn't his first choice, but given teenage Kurt leaned heavily toward demon names..]

it happens <3 no worries!

[winn]

Off the top of my head?

[ yeah, winn, cuz you totally didn't give yourself a code name as a kid, when you sat by your computer causing virtual mayhem and pretending you were saving the world. ]

Glitch? Hex? ...Supernerd? [ cuz you know, match your team. ]

All the <3

[passingthrough]

[Kurt did have a very different childhood than her. She knows he was raised proud, but he must have been raised very alone. Her thoughts only linger there a moment as she hears the list.

She raises an eyebrow at Winn.] I'm not sure I approve of the last one.

Glitch is cute. Hex too. Though I would probably think magic before Hexadecimal these days. [Smiling.] You came up with those fast.

<3

[ecclesiophobic]

[He'd met less than five people right up until the mob came for him when he was fourteen. How's that for lonely?]

First one was your best one. [He at least tries to soften the bluntness of his critique with a soft smile.] Hex is alright, but I'll never hear it without thinking of an old team-mate; she went by the name Scarlet Witch, and called the bolts she fired off hex bolts.

[winn]

[ winn has met people - but they didn't usually respond well to him. lonely club ftw? ]

My code-naming game is strong.

[ he nods at kitty with a smile. nobody needs to know about his pretendy fun times.

kurt gets a soft sympathetic smile in return, his voice takes on a softer tone as well. ]

Glitch it is. [ fond as he is of 'hex', he won't take anything away from their teammates. and besides, he doesn't really get a code name, so this is all for fun anyway. ]

[passingthrough]

[She looks thoughtful for a moment because this is probably not the best time to bring it up, but, well, Kurt is going to notice the look anyway so she might as well come clean.] There's a Wanda in the fleet, Kurt. Not from our world. Not even a mutant somehow, but she does have powers. [Wanda died before Kitty joined the team. She never even met her until they ran into each other on the moon. She'd seen pictures and heard stories, but it wasn't the same. Kurt was on the team when that loss happened even if he wasn't on that mission.]