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[castrationfist]

Who: Everyone
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Iskaulit
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[So we've been stuck on the poison moon for a couple months now, so a lot of people probably want to get away from that.

Unfortunately, the only place you really can get away from it besides your own ship is the Iskaulit. So, here's a June Iskaulit mingle!]

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hank mccoy; ota

[beathach]

a. library;

[let's be real, here; if Hank isn't on the Blameless or visiting someone on another ship, he can be found here. It isn't strange to find him set up in some table in the corner, deep in a book with another nearby. Most of it is research of some kind, but every so often a title or subject will catch his attention and he'll indulge a little bit.

He always has a notebook at hand, however, and sometimes he'll stop what he's doing to scribble something down, an idle thought or a piece of information he wants to remember. He could do all of this on his device, of course, but - well, old habits die hard and he hasn't quite embraced the technology just yet.

Really, look at him, he's just asking to be bothered]

b. gym/obstacle course;

[not nearly as often as the library but still often enough to be considered a routine, Hank can be found in either the gym or the obstacle course - late at night, or very early in the morning, depending upon how you look at the hour. He mostly sticks to the obstacle course to keep himself active, but every so often you might find him in the gym as well, making use of the stronger punching bags.

More often than not at those hours, he's blue and furry, taking advantage of when everyone's asleep to work out. But sometimes he'll wander in without, too, at a normal hour]

c. wildcard;

[sometimes spending hours cooped up in a lab can have an effect on even the nerdiest of scientists, so Hank is pretty prone to simply wandering around. He can be found wandering through the gardens, hands shoved in his pockets. On the rarer occasion, he can be found in one of the bars . . . usually drinking something without alcohol but sometimes, sometimes he'll have one or two if he's feeling particularly stressed. Or maybe they have plans to do a thing and this is a place where the thing can happen.

In other words, you can find him wherever. Wildcard this option to your heart's content!]

[intelligently]

( The library, you say? It's possible that Hank might have ran across Lydia during one of his many visits there. Whilst she hasn't visited it quite as frequently as he does she does come here a lot. There's a lot to read, and a lot of questions that Lydia has, even if she doesn't just expect the answers to be in the library.

But that's why you bother people. Maybe they've found something, or maybe they just need a break to chat about something. Who knows? But Lydia's going to find out, which is why (with a book in hand) she promptly sits herself at Hank's table without even asking )

I'm hoping that you've found something by now.

( Because otherwise all of that effort would be for nothing )

[beathach]

[she's certainly a familiar face, one of many he sees fairly often. You start noticing who's a regular after a certain point, after all, and while he tends to get lost in what he's doing, he's still observant.

He glances up at blinks when she sits at his table, though, and he reaches up to fix his glasses as they slide down his nose. The question throws him off a bit, but he still smiles a little wryly and shrugs]

I've found a lot of somethings. Just never a something I really want to find.

[like a way out, or a way to stop a goddess, or you know, anything important like that]

[intelligently]

What is it that you want to find?

( Could it be a coincidence if they were looking for the same thing? Probably not. Smart people wanting to get out of here is not an unusual thing )

[beathach]

Exit strategies.

[he figures that's vague enough that she'll get it, and he isn't giving the damned audience or Atroma too much] Among other things.

gym

[pneumo]

[ Kate at night happens to be when Sascha is most awake and active, so there's no way they won't run into each other eventually. He's too keen to find his furry blue guys wandering around the ship, and even just catching a whiff of Hank's scent when he boards the Iskaulit is enough to have him eagerly seeking him out, latching onto him behind in the middle of...his workout. Yup. ]

You're here~!

[beathach]

[he's rarely ever bothered, so when he suddenly finds himself in the clutches of a leech, his first instinct is to turn and grab whoever it is, prepared to throw them across the room, instincts yelling at him to be on guard for—. . .]

Sascha. [he can't help the low growl that slips out along with the scolding tone] Don't sneak up on people like that.

[pneumo]

[ This is actually a mild response compared to Sasuke, who...pretty much just stabbed him. So grabbed or not Sascha's all smiles, right and perky as he grins. ]

Hehe. Soooorry~

[beathach]

[he huffs a little and lets go, after patting his arm as a sort of "yes hello there" kind of gesture]

Good. And - sorry, I'm a little jumpy. How've you been?

a!

[stefanged]

[He really is asking. Stefan doesn't visit the library often - the Interfaith Center and his own experiments eat up most of his time, but he can't help noticing the new guy that's often in around the same time he is.

The journal attracts his attention the most, though. So he approaches Hank with a bright smile, gesturing to his own notebook.]

I was starting to think I was the only one who preferred these.

yessss our time has come

[beathach]

[Hank glances up and can't help but smile back - finally, someone who was as old-fashioned as he was. Whether by one's one choice or because they were forty years behind, but either way. He chuckles and pats the top of his notebook]

So was I. Some habits you can't break, even in places like this.

it sure has!! ♥

[stefanged]

That, and you can guarantee that Atroma won't erase it down the line.

[Personal experience speaking. He's still pretty bitter about it.]

If you're okay with me asking, what kind of research were you working on?

[beathach]

They erase things? [he sounds offended by the very thought] Now I'm glad I'm old-fashioned.

[you'll have to pry these notebooks out of his cold, dead fingers]

I don't mind you asking. [he makes a gesture to an empty chair, if Stefan wants to join him] Right now, it's mostly brushing up on things. I'm - a few years behind, so there's newer technologies and methods I don't know about.

B!!!

[complicatedliar]

[Well, look at that, someone is using his obstacle course.

Someone blue. Now that is curious, though it's not Jotun blue, which is all he really cares about. Too small to be Jotun anyway.

Curious, he stands and watches a bit.]

[beathach]

[he certainly is! Big and blue and flipping and dodging his way through the course.

Until he gets the feeling someone's watching him. He stops, hanging from one of the ropes from his feet and looks over his shoulder, and spotting Loki . . . offers a wave.

This is totally normal there is nothing to see here, no sir]

[complicatedliar]

[It's not even in the ball park of the weirdest thing he's seen. He waves a hand lightly as if to say, "don't let me stop you."

He's happy to observe. Talking can wait for a bit. Though in the meantime, he'll stretch.]

gym

[athru]

[ Raven doesn't get to the gym as often as she likes, mostly because it seems silly to come and use the weights or do anything on the course when she can't give it her full attention - Erik's words hang in her ears like baggage and she can't quite face not listening, especially when he's here again and she can practically hear his voice. He doesn't seem to be too bothered about her mostly appearing as Raven and not Mystique, but she knows it grates - because it grates on her, too.

She slips away from the Blameless to head over to the gym, and she thinks she knows Hank's schedule well enough to know where he's going to be, and to wonder if she can join in. Her body practically aches for some kind of exercise and she can't just ignore it - so in she goes, stopping for a moment to watch her boyfriend go, marvelling at how handsome he is as himself, no serum to blind her. ]

Fancy seeing you here, captain.

[ Has he checked the roster yet? Probably, especially after the last surprise. ]

[beathach]

[he has checked the roster after the last surprise, so this time he knows.

It probably isn't much of a surprise that as comfortable as he is here - a far stretch from what it used to be - he's still incredibly jumpy about it. Which is how he ended up with the late and early routines, to go along with the compromises he was making in his genuine effort to get used to being like this. Or at least, less uncomfortable with it. He had a long way to go.

He startles when he hears Raven, whirling around with a protest on his lips to not call him that until he spots her and . . .

Huffs, crossing his arms and trying not to be as amused as he wants to be]

Fancy seeing you too, first mate.

[athru]

[ It's not as if Raven has complaints about the routine; she wants him to feel comfortable, and she wants him to be able to be himself whenever he chooses so that, one day, he can be himself all the time. For now, though, she's content to stand and watch him, amazed by him as she so often is, her cheeks a little flushed as she moves forward - because he is handsome, even if he denies it, and like this she knows it shows a little more.

There's no refusal or denial of his title and she knows that's a privilege that she gets and not many others do, so she accepts it warmly. Darting over, as gracefully as she can, she tilts her head up and presses a quick kiss against his cheek, pausing to let her eyes drink him in before she softens.

Oh, she's in so much trouble but she's never been so glad. ]

You actually looked this time. [ She nudges his crossed arms, teasing him and, in her own way, asking him to drop them down so she can be in his arms instead. ] Surprise.

library

[universal_charm]

<sub>[ Kirk spots Hank in the library on one of his trips to return a text and take another - a religious one this time, about some alien pantheon. He was not a religious man himself, but he found religion in and of itself fascinating. Many religious texts could come with some historical events and aspects, so it was something of a double intrigue for himself.

He comes over and grins at the young mutant, book tapping against his hip idly. ]</sub>

You know, I don't actually remember the last time I wrote something out on paper. How is your hand not cramping?

[beathach]

[he glances up as someone approaches and can't help but grin a little. Both at what he says and, well - who he is. Let it be known that Hank will never not be a giant nerd, even if he's very good at keeping that particular part under wraps.

He taps the pen against his notepad and hums out an amused sound]

I'm used to writing for long periods of time. [the grin widens just a bit] No datapads or anything like that in my time. Just this or typewriters.

[universal_charm]

_{[ That's all right, they're all giant nerds here in one way or another. Kirk just is less so about himself, because that would be weird. He gave a little laugh around a small smile. ]}

Typewriters? Really? I think I saw one of those in museum once, maybe.

action/library

[takingkarabusiness]

[ Kara has been looking through the stacks for something to pass the time with, but she spots Hank. She feels guilty for not handling anything the way she'd want to, and not making contact with him again for awhile. So she invites herself over and sits across the table from him ]

What are you reading?

[beathach]

[he has admittedly been giving her a little space since, even if they agreed they were still friends and wanted to keep it that way. That and he's been busy here and there, what with drama on his ship as well as between the people from his world.

So when she sits down he glances up and - admittedly lights up a little. He missed spending time with her]

Kara, hey. Ah - [he blanks and has to turn the book over to read the title] Modern science stuff. I'm giving looking up anything on terraformers a break.

[takingkarabusiness]

"Modern science stuff". I like it. But variety is good. Learn anything cool and groundbreaking today?