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Who: Wrath, Winter, Beverly, Charles, and Erik
Broadcast: None
Action: on the Iskaulit
When: June 4

[Wrath's very excited about having so many of her friends around. While she likes showing off the Windrose, she decided the Iskaulit would be a better place. There are plenty of spare rooms not far from the mural where she can set up temporarily, and this way she's not taking up her ship's dining area and making things difficult for her crewmates.

She's got snacks lined up--including more dried bacon kelp--and an array of good drinks. Officer Snuggles, released from his tactical fox vest, is hanging around in the hopes that some ~~sucker~~ kind stranger will feed him under the table.

A deck of cards is waiting, and she managed to find a box of game tokens that should work well during one last trip to the moon. Everything's ready.]

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I guess? He seem interested in everything.

[And hey, smart person interested in everything she said seemed a bit odd to her, but if he's super curious, it's not like there's anyone else around from her world.]

Me too! It's really nice to make new friends.

Yes . . . It is.

[ It's strange, in a way, having friends. For the longest time, it was just Hank and Erik. Charles rarely lets people close enough to forge that kind of connection. ]

[It's probably not even your fault you have this one, Charles. If Wrath had a middle name (and a last name to make the middle name an actual middle name) it would be "relentless".]

I think I'm getting better at it too. Like with practice. But everyone from your world is really nice! I mean, at least everyone here.

We've gotten lucky. Though this is the first time I've really dealt with so many mutants.

Have you been making new friends to?

[ He blinks, considering this. ]

I believe so?

That's awesome! You're a really great friend, and you deserve good things, so that's great! [If he'd said no, she'd been mentally considering a list of who to fling at him.]

[ His lips twitch. It's the kind of thing he would have told Erik. Now the shoe was on the other foot. ]

One step at a time. I have plenty of issues to work on.

[Don't be an Erik, Charles]

What's that got to do with making friends?

Ten years ago, I drove most of my friends away. I rather not have a repeat performance.

Why did you do that?

It wasn't deliberate. I was younger, naive.

[ A little wistful. ] I just didn't take a lot of things into account.

Okay.

You're being kind of vague.

[Just in case you didn't notice.]

Sorry. It's not something I find easy to talk about.

Oh! You can tell me to fuck off. It's fine.

[ He makes a face. ]

I haven't done that in ages. Anyway, it's a somber topic and we're here to play card games. Might as well keep the mood light.

I don't think you've ever told me to fuck off. Or did I forget? [It's possible. Very possible.]

No, not you. I did say it to a man named Logan once. I'm not a big fan of swearing.

[ He prefers not to, though he can do it with aplomb. ]

Oh. Did he deserve it?

[Hm.] Okay, if you don't like swearing you could say. Um. Knock it off? Instead. Or drop it. Yeah.

That works.

[ He smiles. He does miss Logan. ] In a way. Logan was very blunt and I wasn't very tolerant of it.

[She wrinkles her nose.] Being blunt is good. Silly.

Well, I didn't realize that at the time.

[Grin.] I'm glad you know better now! Or I guess you would be telling me to fuck off.

I would be way more polite, but essentially, yes.

[She finds this absolutely hilarious for reasons that she wouldn't be able to explain.] It's gonna happen, one of these days. And I'll like save the recording in my hard memory forever.