stefanged: (gentle glance)
Stefan Salvatore ([personal profile] stefanged) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-05-09 11:23 am

04 | action & video

Who: Stefan Salvatore-Alesci and you!!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Paisley
When: Backdated to May 6th

[action; closed to crew & close CR]
[Around mid-afternoon, Stefan stirs from his slumber, entangling himself in blankets before he slowly pulls himself up and glances around. This isn't home. No big wooden panels or creaking wooden floors, and more importantly, no stench of bourbon in the hallway. His face falls as he listens to the steady heartbeats of his crew. His amazing, awesome, but still Damon-free crew.

Resigning himself to the inevitable, he murmurs,]
So I'm still here.

[Pulling those covers closer, he allows himself those few seconds of grief before rubbing his temples and managing the thinnest of smiles. No sense in worrying everyone else right off the bat.

Stefan'll also be in the kitchen later with his usual mug of tea and- and wait. Did his stash of chocolate chips shrink while he was gone?? Stefan might be peering at his baking supplies like he's trying to puzzle out a mystery. Or maybe he's on the verge of falling asleep again. Hard to tell.]


[video;]
[Sometime after the initial confusion wears off, Stefan puts the video feed on and manages a weak wave at the camera. The Paisley's lab can clearly be seen in the background, along with a stack of (dusty, untouched) files behind him. Despite sleeping for at least five weeks, he looks (and feels) as exhausted as ever.]

Hey. Sorry if I've worried anyone for being out this long, but uh, I should be back to my usual stuff soon. So if you've missed my interfaith talks for some strange reason, they'll pick back up next week. [...] Jumu'ah too, if we've gained any other Muslims since I was last around.

Speaking of "last around," I know more than a few of us have experienced hypersleep. If you're willing to talk about it, I have a few questions for you. Nothing big, I promise, and the informed consent forms are right here. [He hasn't uploaded them to the network yet, so he'll hold one up to the camera.]

If this seems like your kind of thing, drop by the Paisley. I should be around for a while. [A small, nervous smile, one that actually reaches his eyes.] Oh, and uh - I'm Stefan Salvatore. It's good to be back.
tobeajedi: Satisfied smile (Totes a Jedi now)

[personal profile] tobeajedi 2016-05-29 09:47 pm (UTC)(link)
No such luck. [She pulls back a little and grins sheepishly, not realizing she had put in that amount of force not that Force just regular force but not surprised, really.] If you'd waited a little longer we might've been on another tropical world by now.

And you don't have to apologize. I mean, I spent most of November under thanks to Atroma.
tobeajedi: Friendly smile (Sup master Thon)

[personal profile] tobeajedi 2016-06-01 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
That just means we're all the happier to have you back. [She takes a seat in one of the kitchen chairs.] It was longer, though, that's true--are you feeling okay?

[He looks fine and it's not like he was in carbonite or anything but who knows--no harm in asking.]