Tourist ROAD TRIP (mingle)

[takingkarabusiness]

Who: Touristas and visitors
Broadcast: as needed
Action: The Tourist!
When: The month of June

[ Get bit by the June Bug and mingle to your heart's content! ]

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[pneumo]

.........

I've never given anyone a present before.

[winn]

It's fun -- we can make something together for Kitty, if you wanna try. Or, [ he's trying here, he really is, appreciate his effort sascha! ] for Bigby.

[takingkarabusiness]

That's a great idea, Winn.

[pneumo]

[ WINN♥ He's so proud, or you know. Happy. That's the same thing right?? He's perking up so hard. ]

Can we do that for both of them??

[winn]

Sure, yeah, just pick one to start with and when we're done we'll do the other.

[ and then they can make something for kara too :3 ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Do you know what a gift is, Sascha?

[pneumo]

That's a thing you give to someone else, right? Like a toy? [ Or the rubber ball Bigby gave him to chew on when he was teething... ]

[winn]

Yeah, for example. It can be anything you think they'd like, though. Like - [ he can barely make out where the paper is, but he knows where it hangs and that both sascha and kara will probably know what he's referring to, so he points to the drawing of kara's sister on her wall that he had commissioned for her ]

I gave this to Kara. And Kitty gave us snacks.

[takingkarabusiness]

It's a drawing of my sister.

[pneumo]

You have a sister?? [ Sascha's eyes brighten. ] Whoaaa...you're sooo lucky!

[ Because if Sascha had been human and had them, they're all long-dead by now. ]

[winn]

[ winn echoes that sentiment; how different his life would have been if he'd have gone through it with a loving, protective sibling.

he can be that for sascha now, though. he's leaving this one to kara to talk about. he did after all, introduce them so they could get to know each other. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Thanks. We don't have the same parents, but her family took care of me, and now we're sisters.

[pneumo]

They don't mind if you're not related?? [ Whoa man, that's a big deal in the time he comes from. And world. ]

[winn]

Family's more than blood.

[ kara gets a fond smile there; where would either of them be if family was dictated by blood relations? ]

It's whoever you always wanna be there for, and is always gonna have your back in return.

[takingkarabusiness]

Right, and all of my family was gone, so they took care of me like I was their own daughter.

[pneumo]

What happened to your family...? [ Tact he has not, but he's also never had a family of any kind so he's endlessly curious about it. ]

[winn]

[ yeah, he's - gonna let kara answer that one however she chooses. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

The planet where I was born exploded. My cousin and I were saved, but almost everyone else was still on the planet, so they all died.

[pneumo]

......Oh.

[ he's not sure what he expected, but it definitely...wasn't that. Goodness. ]

[winn]

[ welcome to winn's life, sascha, every time he asks a question everything gets heavy and depressing. ]

But she has earth now, and we love her there. [ he nudges her lightly. he wishes there was some way she could have both, but he'll always be grateful that he gets to have her in his life, even if the implication is terrible. they all know he's not grateful her planet exploded, ok. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ look, she thought sascha would be weird enough to roll with it. she might have softened it if she'd realized ]

I have a great found family. I don't know that I'd take it back.

[pneumo]

You're really lucky to have found a new one... [ And: ] Sorry about your, um. Planet.

[ He is weird, but planet death seems a little...big. ]

[winn]

We all are.

[ they found a pretty amazing family here on the fleet, too. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Thank you.

Sorry, that was kind of a serious conversation turn.

[pneumo]

It's okay! I've always just sorta been curious about families!