Let's all hold hands and sing Kumbaya

[notzubats]

Who: Everybody! It's a planet mingle!
Broadcast: If You want!
Action: On the Holding Hands plant!
When: From June 23 until whenever we need a new mingle.

[At long last, the fleet has arrived to a new planet. This means it's time for a mingle guys! Get in! ]

Comments

[huaaaaagh]

Well... technically I could, yeah. I can't promise that it wouldn't take a couple of pit stops along the way, though. I'm slower when I've got cargo.

[But okay, he goes back to reaching. Take an arm, kiddo!]

[flickerflash]

I'll try to be very light. But I don't mind where we go! Just flying is fun.

[Arm snagged!]

[huaaaaagh]

[He immediately starts to float, moving upwards at a medium pace until they figure out a destination.]

Well, you were checking out this big tree, right? Want to see the upper branches?

[flickerflash]

[...it is a huge tree. And flying means not climbing it, so-]

Could we? I've never seen a magical tree before.

[huaaaaagh]

Sure, why not? Hold on tight, up we go--

[His wings begin to hum more loudly than before, and with a mighty kick off of one of the lower branches, he launches them skyward, weaving carefully between the leaves to avoid smacking her in the face. It doesn't take them very long to get way up there, branches getting thicker and thicker.]

Do you know if this thing has a name?

[flickerflash]

If it does, it's not telling. [She takes to flying with some glee. It's different to just jumping places, no matter how fast or high you can jump.] Maybe it's shy.

My dad would probably call it Teefa.

[huaaaaagh]

....I like it. Teefa it is!

[This... is a very tall tree, it seems. It's hard to tell how high even from the ground, but he's still flying upwards. Is that the top, or just a bit of light between the branches?

Hopefully she's not afraid of heights.]

[flickerflash]

[She laughs outright at his acceptance of the name.] Teefa it is. [Teefa Tree. Her dad has the worst lame jokes.]

This tree isn't very tall. [Yeah, she's not afraid of heights. Easy enough when you can fall any distance without being hurt.] We've got bigger ones at home. But this one makes up for it by being weird.

[huaaaaagh]

Weird? What's weird about it?

[Even the fairy avatar doesn't lend him any kind of fun senses, so he can't tell what's what with this thing.]

[flickerflash]

You don't hear it? Maybe it doesn't like your new pointy ears. [Okay well sure, she can't hear anything either but a liar is a liar. She can feel the power in it with a touch. The tree is loaded with glamour.]</small It keeps humming at me.

[huaaaaagh]

Maybe I've got wax in my ears or something.

[Or he just barely has better-than-human hearing in this avatar at best and isn't admitting it.]

Is it humming, like, a song? Or just noise?

[flickerflash]

Um... like an electrical power plant. Do you have those? You walk past them and they're all just ominous and hummy. But the tree is much prettier.

[huaaaaagh]

We have those, yeah! That's a good way to describe it, then. I kinda like that sound, actually- it feels lively.

[Dangerous, granted, if you're too close, but after two years in a medieval setting makes you appreciate good ol' electricity.]

[flickerflash]

Like something's going to happen? You wouldn't want to be too close if something does, probably, but it'd look pretty from somewhere else.

[I am in no way referencing exploding power plants.]

[huaaaaagh]

Oh geez. Maybe the tree's gonna come alive and start kidnapping people into its branches. Or the base could open up into a final dungeon!

[That would be a little too familiar to him.]

[flickerflash]

Do you think so? [She looks hopefully down at the branches.] I suppose you could drop me in there and see if it tries to eat me. Especially if there's dungeons!

[huaaaaagh]

No way! I'd never leave somebody hanging like that. If there's a dungeon, I'm totally going, too.

[flickerflash]

[You're her kind of guy, Kirito.]

We could explore it together!

...I wonder if there is a door hidden in there somewhere. That would be fun.

[huaaaaagh]

Well, let's start at the top and work our way down.

[Speaking of, the sky breaks and they're there! He holds her in place above the tree for a moment, taking in the view.]

Whoa... it's taller than I thought, now that I'm seeing the whole thing.

[flickerflash]

[She hadn't realised how huge it was, and Katie is uncharacteristically silent. It's nothing more than that she's appreciating the view. Kirito might hear a really faint wow after a moment.]

[huaaaaagh]

[He is 100% with you right there, kiddo.

With a bright smile he flies them a little closer, until they're level with one of the sturdier-looking top branches.]

Wanna try to climb down, see how far we get? I'll totally catch you if you fall.

[flickerflash]

Oh, well as long as you'll catch me. [She tilts her head up to grin at him mischievously.] Are you very fast? I might be terribly clumsy.

[huaaaaagh]

I can go pretty fast in a pinch! I've caught people before, so don't worry about it.

[flickerflash]

I feel much safer, then. What if I jump deliberately?

[Innocently.]

[huaaaaagh]

[u punk shitstarter. he loves it.]

Then I will deliberately let you fall until it puts the fear of god in your heart, and then catch you at the last second like the coolest hero ever.