driftfleet | 005 - Help Wanted

Who: Crowley and YOU!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Málum - Iskaulit
When: 12th June

[The feed switches on to Crowley's smirking face behind the bar in Málum. It's the smirk he usually has when he's done something he strictly shouldn't but doesn't really care. The usual, then.]

So, while all...that bullshit has been going on, I figured we might as well have something for people to do that doesn't involve excessive violence and getting blood all over the place. So! If you turn on your network devices and have a little flick through there, you'll find a little game. Think of me while you play it.

[ True to his word, there is, indeed, a certain game where you play a snake eating tiny dots and trying to get other snakes to crash into you suddenly on the network. Like the rest of Crowley's games, it's horribly addictive.

That done, he gestures to the bar in general around him.]

While we're on the subject of things to do. I find I'm horribly bereft of staff in my fine establishment. Anyone fancy a job, come on down, so long as you're not a psychopath or a satanist, I'll probably hire you. I pay well and you get free drinks for working with me, which is always a bonus.

[He goes to turn off the feed, but realises he...probably should say something. At the risk of showing he cares.]

Anyone on the Starstruck wonderinf where Felix is, he's passed out in my quarters on the Pathstone. One of those hyper sleep things, probably. He's still breathing and whatnot. Best just leave him be until he wakes up.

[His tone is flippant, but honestly, he's worried. He WANTS to keep an eye on Felix, lest whatevers in him decides to turn him into a puppet or something equally terrible. He's not letting the man go anywhere.]

Anyway, enjoy the game and healing from your injuries. Don't do anything I wouldn't do. Crowley out.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Bar's open from noon til four. What best suits you?

I'm the cook for the Blameless. So anything that doesn't interfere with supper works for me. How about you see how many other offers you get, and when they can work, and I'll gladly cover any gaps they leave you with.

I can work around that easily enough. Sounds like a good deal.

And more if needed. [ ... ] But I'm not hurting for the credits, so I figure I'll let shifts go to other people first, right?

Hmm, I know there are some new folks joining up who probably haven't gained enough credits to really get a foothold here yet.

Precisely. Let's get them on their feet, first. [ ... ] I don't even mind going pro bono until you see I'm worth hiring. Honestly.

[ because she's, like, barely embarked upon her early twenties. it's natural to underestimate her. ]

Well, look at you. Real bleeding heart and everything. I'm impressed. Places like this usually rip that right out of you.

This place is peanuts.

[ creepy? inconvenient? yes and yes. but ultimately, peanuts. but then that begs the question of what else she's seen and where else she's been that also hasn't ripped it out of her.

terminal do-gooder. ]

Oh? So you're used to much worse then.

Tell me, if this your first time around in the other-worldly kidnapping business?

My firs time wasn't a kidnapping so much as a...hail mary escape. I, too, am a little complicated.

Ah, I see. Well, that is one thing Atroma is good at. Finding complicated people.

Point is, I've done the dimensional cha-cha before. This time's not so bad. It still sucks, but it just happens to suck a little less.

I can buy that. This place is far, far easier to live in than Paradisa.

Well, with a name like that...

[ seriously?!? ]

The name was a horrific joke, honestly. Magical soul sucking castle with a name like that. Hilarious.

Like calling the tallest guy in your street-gang Tiny.

Yes, that's exactly what it's like.

Well, that sucks. Must have...sucked, I mean.

It did, but there are plenty of survivors of that place here. So I guess that's something.

That can't just be a coincidence, can it?

Coincidence can be a pretty powerful thing.

I dunno. If you invest any kinda power in coincidence, then I'm pretty sure it stops being...coincidental. If you catch my drift.

...Well, fair point. Got to give you that one.

Soooo, what you're saying is I aced the interview?

[ for the job. y'know. ]

[She'll get a grin from him in response. It's more SMIRK than grin really, but that's just him.]

Absolutely. Fives stars and everything.

video.

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