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[forsometimenow]

Who: The crew of the Wonderduck and any visitors
Broadcast: N/A
Action: SS Wonderduck
When: The latter half of May

[IT'S A MINGLE, SWEET DUCKS. What're you all up to?]

Comments

[onerous]

[She looks absolutely baffled for a few seconds before her brow furrows in concern and uncertainty]

That's a joke, right? [Honestly, with everything else she's seen here, that probably wouldn't be on the list of "Craziest thing" so. She'd be more-or-less willing to believe it.

She kinda wants to touch them but that'd be A. Creepy and B. Rude so she clasps her hands behind her back and frowns at him, trying to figure him out.]

...Anyway, I'm new-- Obviously. I was just... trying to introduce myself to everyone, I guess. [A pause and she adds, belatedly] I'm Yuri.

[feathery]

Yeah, I'm just messing with you.

[He doesn't seem to mind she called him on it.]

But cool to officially meet you and all that. Inasmuch as it can be cool in the circumstances. Or maybe reality TV is your jam? I can never tell how chill people are gonna be about it.

[Wait, he's getting sidetracked.]

I'm, uh, Davesprite. [He shrugs a little, movement mimicked by his wings.] I guess I'm technically comm officer number two.

[onerous]

I'm screaming on the inside. [It's said rather deadpan but... She's not really lying. She's just figured it's best to pretend everything was fine and push her actual feelings back. Better to repress that shit rather than have an existential crisis every couple hours.]

Pleased to meet you, Davesprite-san. [What a mouthful. But she's gonna be polite, she's gonna be polite.] Who's comm officer number one...?

[feathery]

Awesome. Me, too.

[He matches her tone and gives her a quick thumbs up, like he didn't have a small meltdown over still being trapped with the Fleet a month ago.]

And just Davesprite's fine. Or Bird Dave. Or hey, asshole. "San" is just a little too anime for me. [Why is he allowed to talk.] But it's a guy named Daneel...Olivaw? Something like that. Just keep your eyes peeled for the only bonafide adult dude aboard.

[onerous]

['A little too anime' gets a baffled sort of look, and she wonders just what she's gotten into here. Especially at the admission that there's potentially only one actual adult here? Possibly??]

I... think I'm considered an adult... [Though maybe not, different countries have different ideas about that and she's not sure where 'space' falls under. She shakes her head though and moves on, deciding she doesn't actually want to be considered an adult in this place. SHe doesn't want the responsibilities she already has]

Are you American? [She can't help but ask, because honestly he's hitting every stereotype she's heard. He just needs a bigger nose and to wave a gun around.]

[feathery]

As far as that means anything, yeah.

[Another shrug. Dimension hopping and his iteration of Earth kind of no longer existing have made him cynical.]

So...how old are you? I'm pretty sure we're all irresponsible teenagers of dubious maturity besides Daneel and Jennifer. And maybe Remy; I never asked. He could be an unaging, trench-shrouded vampire for all I know.

[Davesprite conveniently leaves out the fact that Atroma thought it would be hilarious to make a bird captain of the Wonderduck, so he's...technically in charge, in the loosest, most pointless way. And that he's also technically a legal adult, but whatever.]

[onerous]

19, almost 20. [Her birthday was probably coming up, honestly, but she couldn't be sure what the dates were anymore.] Or I might be 20 already... I'm not sure, exactly.

[The other names are largely unfamiliar to her and she hesitates.] Daneel-san is the 'only adult guy' you mentioned, right? And Jennifer-san is...?

[feathery]

Yeah, he's kind of a robot, I guess? Beats me how old he actually is. Jennifer is our resident certified doc, though; I dunno how you get more responsible than that. She's all about using her skills to help people and generally being a good person.

[He rattles this all off like he's talking about the weather or something equally unremarkable. There is nothing weird about the Wonderduck.]

Most of us are kinda fuzzy on our ages, though, between weird calendars and extra interdimensional kidnappings on the side. Like I'm probably nineteen. Maybe. I got a little taller before I showed up here at least.