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! ]

Comments

[mucked]

The attacks are sledgehammers. The attacks are...hardly subtle -- whether the Atroma are involved in them or not, I can't say. But what worries me a touch more are the things that happened to our minds when were all aboard the Marsiva. The very architecture of our psychology seemed to be affected -- I was telling Ahsoka earlier today that it also worries me to think at any point, for entertainment, they might simply erase a whole crewmember from our memories. From our databanks. They could 'delete' that person's whole quarters, should they want to. They've proven themselves capable of editing the ships themselves. Certainly, they have that power.

[ she taps the pen against her page. ] Breadcrumbs. I'm leaving breadcrumbs.

[lord_wizard]

[He knows for certain that Atroma could prevent them from seeing even those breadcrumbs, but he's not quite in the mood to crush all of her hope completely.

He nods, however, understanding the idea.]

I dislike remaining ignorant, that much I will grant you, but after so long...I begin to wonder if a certain amount of it is safer for all of us. The more we try to subvert their will, the more they are likely to assert it.

[mucked]

So let them. [ a bit of bravado. ] Maybe then some of the other passengers will feel compelled to action.

[ but she hears how that sounds, and mitigates: ] Not that I plan on stirring any pots for just that reason. I promise not to use this position to be foolhardy.

[lord_wizard]

[He smirks a little at that] That's all I wanted to know.

Now...is there anything that I can do for you?

[mucked]

[ a bit of an odd request, perhaps. but: ]

Do you play chess?

[lord_wizard]

[The smirk spreads into a wide grin]

I have been hoping someone would ask. Yes. I've cobbled together a facsimile of a board, if you're interested.

[mucked]

I'd like to play. Like it a lot, in fact. [ her smile matches his. ] I'm a bit rusty.

[lord_wizard]

Isn't that what people always say before luring the unsuspecting into a trap?

[His brother is a cardsharp. It's not an uncommon feint]

[mucked]

[ ha, fair point. ]

Some people, certainly. I promise I'm speaking in earnest this time.