may mingle (blameless!)

[revivo]

Who: Blameless crew + visitors
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Aboard the Blameless
When: May

[time to get your mingle on, people lacking blame and friends!]

Comments

[beathach]

[she has his complete attention. He loves learning about other humans and non-humans - how can he not, when he's dedicated his life to understanding them both at a genetic level?]

That's - wow, that is really cool. [congratulations Ahsoka, you're the first person to get him to use that word genuinely] Your planet sounds amazing, too. That sort of stuff - other planets and all - that's . . . far, far in my future. So hearing about it is - thank you.

[and - because he is about fairness, he grins] I never said I was human.

[resnipstance]

Yeah-- you and just about everybody else here. It's weird how many people here aren't familiar with space travel!

[Pause. Digest. React.]

... Wait. You're not human? Oh! Are you using one of those-- hologram things like Kurt too?

[beathach]

To be entirely fair, I'm from the 70s. My Earth only recently traveled to the moon.

[he shakes his head] I use a serum. I don't think a hologram would work as well, given - uh, what I actually look like.

[resnipstance]

["The 70s" means absolutely nothing to Ahsoka, being both unfamiliar with Earth history and also how their dating calendar works. In the Star Wars universe, the base 0 calendar year resets almost every time there's a major galactic event.]

A serum? You mean you change your appearance... physically? How does that work?

[beathach]

[why Star Wars universe, why]

It suppresses the cells that - make me look the way I do, essentially.

[resnipstance]

... That sounds like a major hassle.

[beathach]

It is. [he isn't going to lie; he doesn't like that he takes it] I get yelled at a lot for it, too.

[resnipstance]

Yelled at? Why?

[beathach]

I have a friend or two who think I shouldn't hide. Which - is what I'm doing, really.

But I'm not - used to walking around out in the open like that, either. It's a very old argument.

[resnipstance]

Huh. But... correct me if I'm wrong, but-- from what I've heard, humans aren't very receptive to non-humans on your planet, right?

[beathach]

No, they're not. [he nods] On my particular world, it's - complicated, because the world just learned about us. So they're sort of figuring out what to do with that information.

[resnipstance]

["Figuring out what to do" sounds like the nicest euphemism Ahsoka ever heard.]

... So you're defending yourself.

[beathach]

[the worst part is how true that statement is]

I - yeah, you could look at it that way.

[resnipstance]

[Ahsoka looks distinctly unimpressed-- not with Hank, though.]

... Kinda sounds to me like you need new friends.

[beathach]

They mean well. [it gets to him sometimes, but he knows that much] And - it isn't as though they don't have to deal with the same thing. They're just better at it than I am.

[resnipstance]

Yeah, but they don't get to decide what you feel comfortable with!

[beathach]

No, they don't. [he's in complete agreement] I guess - luckily, I'm very stubborn when it comes to certain things. And they - understand. It isn't arguments all the time.

[resnipstance]

[She crosses her arms over her chest, still a little unsure.] Well... good.

At least-- at least you don't have to deal with that here.

[beathach]

[he smiles a little wider and nods]

No, I don't. I get a lot of questions, though - like you do. But I can't really blame people for wanting to know, either.

[resnipstance]

No... I don't either. But-- it's just so different to what I'm used to, that's all. Back home, nobody looks twice if you're blue, green, red, or have five tentacles coming out of your face.

[beathach]

I think I really like your world. [his smile widens] But I know what you mean. But when I get those reactions, I don't know what to do about them. It's one thing running into other mutants, but - it's entirely different when it's someone from a separate world from ours, you know?

[resnipstance]

I think that's understandable.

After all, if you'd told me six months ago I'd be having casual conversations with people from other universes, I wouldn't have believed you. It's still kind of hard to believe when I think too hard about it.

[beathach]

Ah - yeah, I know what you mean. Six months ago, things were nice and quiet and - none of what's been going on the last couple of months.

[resnipstance]

You mean here? Or... back home?

[beathach]

[he opens his mouth, then - pauses, because he has to actually think about how long it's been, if six months is the right estimate. God, but his sense of time was a mess]

Back home, I mean. I've only been here a month.