may-time mingling (starstruck!)

[mucked]

Who: Starstruck crew + visitors
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Aboard the Starstruck!
When: The merry merry month of May

[ there's been a tiny regime change and doubtless some debriefing after that masquerade! have at it, starstruckers. mingle away! ]

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[takingkarabusiness]

[ takes the seat, setting her bag down by the table ]

Thanks. Plagues don't kill manners, huh?

[nostraightlines]

I remember the basics.

[ He takes his seat, smiling. ]

My mother drilled manners into me. I was pulling out chairs in preschool.

[takingkarabusiness]

Okay, that's actually adorable. Just the mental image of it.

[nostraightlines]

I was a cute kid.

[takingkarabusiness]

Really? Tell me more.

[nostraightlines]

I used to call my teachers Ma'am.

[takingkarabusiness]

Was it not the cultural norm?

[nostraightlines]

The norm was Miss whoever. But my mom told me you call ladies Ma'am. I was the only one.

[takingkarabusiness]

I'm sure they appreciated it all the same.

[nostraightlines]

You do anything weird but cute as a kid?

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she smiles ]

I mean, I've always been awkward, but on Krypton I was pretty sheltered.

When I got to Earth, though, I was nothing but weird. Earth had so many things that Krypton never had, like birds. And poor Alex was stuck with me asking her what everything was. The first time they turned on the popcorn machine I hid under the table and she had to coax me out.

[nostraightlines]

You're not awkward, you're charming.

And birds are assholes, they're what you should have been hiding under the table from.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ That makes her laugh ]

Okay, but what about when they get really cold and puff up really fat?

[ she puffs her cheeks out to demonstrate ]

[nostraightlines]

[ That makes him laugh, and he's reaching across the table to poke her puffy cheek. ]

I didn't say they couldn't be cute. Cute things can be mean.

[takingkarabusiness]

[ that causes her to release the air and laugh. more. as she lightly swats at this hand ]

Okay, okay, I'll give you that one. Mostly because crows exist.

[nostraightlines]

You think crows are cute?

[takingkarabusiness]

They get fat too!

[nostraightlines]

They're nasty. They'll divebomb a kill before you can get to it. And then fight you for it. I can't tell you how many times I got a rabbit or squirrel and they zoomed in.

[takingkarabusiness]

José, if I were there with you, I'd get every rabbit or squirrel before they got to it. What else are superpowered friends for?

[nostraightlines]

Feeding hungry people people is a pretty awesome use of superpowers, too.

Speaking of.

[ Dinner's arriving! Alien food, but he knows from the party that it's good stuff. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

I try to help.

[ and yessss food. she's really not very picky ]

Who knew shopping took so much out of you?

[nostraightlines]

You're always hungry to start with, you've said. I just wish I could offer you sweets... those crullers haven't shown up, huh?

[takingkarabusiness]

I am always hungry. And I'm still holding out hope on the crullers, if only to let other people taste them.