[snuggle up real close everyone]

[cephalon]

Who: The fair crew and visitors of the Windrose
Action: Aboard the Windrose
When: May

[It's a mingle! Make friendly everyone~]

Comments

[passingthrough]

Do you know what caused them?

[pain_train]

[She shrugs.]

From what Charles said, probably all of the Compliance debriefings. That's... I always kind of suspected that, so it makes sense.

[passingthrough]

[Well, that's everyone she might have suggested talking to about a problem like that.] Is it something he can help with?

[pain_train]

Um. He's having me keep a timed task log so I don't forget things so much?

[passingthrough]

Yeah? Does Kurt know you're timing him? [Yes, she knows!]

[pain_train]

[Thoughtful:] Do you think he'd try even harder if he did?

[passingthrough]

[Equally thoughtful. She shouldn't be thinking about this. Why did she bring this up?]

Actually, yes.

[pain_train]

That's good to know.

Guess I'll mention it to him.

[passingthrough]

This should probably be more weird and awkward for me. [So far she's pretty okay with it and she did bring it up.] So, things going well?

[pain_train]

Why? Nothing wrong with being happy a friend is happy.

I guess so? Kurt's a good friend. He's nice to me. Uh. Very courteous. So I'm really glad he likes me.

[passingthrough]

I guess not. I was married to a friend of his back home and younger. I don't think he would have appreciated any...details back then.

[pain_train]

Well yeah, but you're talking to me, not him. If he wants to be a dumb boy about things, that's his problem.

[passingthrough]

He can't help being a dumb boy. [Smiling a little. She thinks of him as neither dumb, nor a boy (because, you know, man)]

[pain_train]

I know. And as dumb boys go, he's not that dumb. I like Kurt a lot, Kitty. He's a good friend. I'm glad he transferred over to the ship.

[passingthrough]

I am too. It's good having family again. And I'm glad you guys are getting along. [Thinks and hopes that's good for both of them.] I'm sure he could use more friends.

[pain_train]

I'm glad you've got family here, then. [It seems like such an abstract concept to her. She doesn't remember having family. The closest was the army, and... yeah.] Yeah, I think he could use more friends too. He's been integrating pretty well with the crew I think, once he actually started talking to people. Maybe he just needs a little more settling in time, since it's pretty different here.

[passingthrough]

Yeah. I needed several months back in the prison. Took me a little time to relax here too after the move. [And it's not like she's issue free.] And he was in it longer than I was.

[pain_train]

[She nods. That sure makes sense.]

Anything I should be doing to help?

[passingthrough]

I think just be honest and authentic with him which I have a hard time picturing you any other way.

[pain_train]

I don't know why I wouldn't do those things. He's my friend. I'm not gonna lie to him.

[Let's be real, she doesn't lie to anyone.]

Do you... Do you know why he doesn't like Hank? I don't know if it's something I should ask him about.

[passingthrough]

Mmm, that one's easy. I wanted to throw him out of an airlock when he arrived. Not now. He's very different from the version of him from our world, but that's a hard thing to come to terms with. He was pretty bad back home.

[pain_train]

Oh. Okay. So it's not fair for Kurt to not like him, but Kurt can't really help it. He needs time. And I won't bother him about it.

[passingthrough]

You got it. And for what it's worth, Hank is really really understanding about it. Probably too understanding. It's really annoying how easy he is to like. I was hoping to go for neutral avoidance. [And somehow she ended up as friends.]

[pain_train]

I need to like... Try to talk to Hank when I'm not being firm with him about his stupid crewman. I think I freaked him out.

[passingthrough]

Oh, right. How did that go? And he's easily freaked out. [Easily, she says. She was looking at him all murderously when he arrived.]