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Who: Red Fish Crew
Broadcast: may...be...?
Action: On the Red Fish
When: After leaving January's planet

[An exciting planet, now left behind! An old friend departed and now returned! What exciting new developments will be in store for the intrepid crew of the SS Red Fish this month?

Tune in to find out!]

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[Coil's heading back into the ship and heading straight for the lab, when he sees... someone new.

no one tells him anything around here.

...so, Nunnally suddenly has a scraggly, scarred-up, one eyed boy quietly eyeing her from the nearest doorway. not quite glaring, but it's not exactly a friendly look, either.]

[ah! she spots him, and actually looks quite eager. She smooths out her blanket, puts her notebook in her lap, and rolls towards him]

Hello, Coil? I think this is the first time we've met face to face.

[oh. she's coming closer.

he almost frowns. and he isn't exactly shy about looking over--namely her chair--with some kind of look. judging, maybe a little.

he... nods, though. so, someone has at least told her about him, hmm?]

[ah, she knows that look enough to pick it out. It's one that she's quite used to, and it's almost refreshing to see it in an honest sense. She holds back a slight sigh, and keeps her smile even]

We spoke very briefly with each other over text when you first arrived. For me it doesn't feel that long ago... but to you I suppose it must be a distant memory.

[he nods, because... yeah. he hardly remembers those first few days. until he securely rooted himself in the same ship as his partner, it had all been kind of a blur.

and since no one has really told him why a small girl should be on his ship, he's still confused.

he points at her, and then gestures around at the rest of the ship, questioningly.]

Oh, my apologies. [she dips her head, something like a curtsy]

My name is Nunnally. I work on this ship as a communications officer with Garak. I served on this ship briefly before you arrived, and now that I've returned I transferred back to this ship.

[she... what...

he doesn't really give huge changes of expression... but the little look he does give could still be considered something like a disbelieving grimace.

please tell him this is a joke.]

[aaaaaaaand still not something he's terribly surprised by. But again, she doesn't mind]

I'll do everything in my power to-- [there's a minuscule pause, before she changes what she's going to say] prove that I'm not a hindrance.

[he nods, a little. because yeah... that's absolutely something that he's worried about.]

[it's the best she can hope for, so she smiles a bit at his response. She wonders if she should talk about it more... but it's an uncomfortable subject for her, so she moves on]

So... you work as a lab technician with Captain Hange? [that might be awkward to know] I'm sorry, I looked at the ship's registry when I arrived.

[he nods a little, though he's still frowning. and he glances past her, down the hall, like he's considering ending the conversation and walking away.

but... not just yet. something else is bothering him first.

instead, he pulls out an electronic tablet from a pocket inside his sweatshirt, and quickly scrawls out something across its surface with the stylus. and then, helpfully, he turns it for her to read.

'Transferred?' it says, and he points at her.]

[ah... she nods at the word]

Yes, I transferred here.

['Why?' is the next word.]

[a pause... she doesn't want to say too much, but she also... wants to prove her feelings]

Hange and Zhas were both good to me when I was here before, and I enjoyed being on a ship with them. [it still sounds strange to her ears, 'enjoyed'. She never left in her eyes, but anyway...] I wish to repay them and help them however I can, and selfishly I wish to continue to work and live in a place where I feel comfortable.

[haha, he just... raises his eyebrows for the most skeptical look ever. there are just so many things wrong with what she just said.]

[ah.... she's not quite sure exactly which part is eyebrow raise worthy, so she just sort of looks embarrassed]

I, ah... I know the help I can offer is limited, but we have a lot of free time here that can be dedicated to learning one's augment skills.

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