bullhorned: (Freakin' Highborns)
Ser Gendry Waters ([personal profile] bullhorned) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-08-01 04:53 pm

02. this is my life now

Who: Gendry
Broadcast: NEVER
Action: On the Iskaulit and the Golden
When: August

The Golden

He'd went to sleep in his nice comfortable bed on the planet, completely oblivious to the notion that the fleet would be leaving that very same night. It was simply one of those things for which he'd had no intention of worrying about it. He woke with a start later because his augment was designed for one thing, which was to tend to the ship's engines. So when the ship began to sound just a bit ragged, he instinctively rolled off the floor the Atroma had unceremoniously dumped him in.

So they were right. He muttered some curses, then pulled himself up to his feet and went to work. After an hour making careful calibrations and monitoring the sensor readings (thank gods he'd learned to read!), he was finally able to return things to what he thought was comfortable. He would afterwards reflect that he really had absolutely no idea what he'd been doing, but the important thing was that the ship hadn't blown up and that this was about the best anyone could hope for. Though as he looked at the contents of what he had to work with, an idea had begun to come to mind.

Some days later, his crew would find him having already removed many of the panels off the stove as he tried to find a way to increase the heat. This was only his preliminary efforts, but he was fully convinced that he could cobble up the components he would need to make a workable forge up here in space. He had the experience, the knowledge, and absolutely none of the permission required to make it a reality.

(tl;dr: find gendry tearing up the kitchen, working on the ship, or paying a little too close of attention to what the exercise equipment is made of.)

The Iskaulit

At some point, someone had the decency to tell Gendry that he wouldn't have to live the rest of his life confined to one tiny ship trying to take things apart in order to stay busy. Instead he was able to live his life confined to several ships, one of which was large enough to be its own sort of marketplace. So one shuttle ride later and he was there!

There was absolutely nothing that interested him. The purpose of the gym eluded him, he didn't want to meditate, he barely could read so books were right out, he wasn't feeling particularly devout, and he hadn't been long enough away from the planet to feel particularly sentimental about seeing plants being grown. So that only left the space bar. With the well practiced ease of a man who spent an awful lot of time on a medieval world, he ordered an ale. What he received wasn't quite as frothy or watery or dirty as what he was used to drinking, but it was certainly a beverage. Eventually a few drinks later and he finds himself sitting on a bench in the public art display, staring at the mural of an artificial sunset.

(tl;dr: gendry can be found at the bar, checking out the art exhibit, or otherwise just wandering the iskaulit taking in the sights for the first time..)
vagabond_code: (↪my darling young one)

[personal profile] vagabond_code 2016-08-10 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Seriously guy?

"It tastes so bad, after you drink it you're supposed eat a lump of salt. Not mixed with anything, just salt by itself. I guess because after tequila a tongue-full of salt tastes pretty great. Anything would. Then you're supposed to bite a slice of lime."

Clint gave a cartoonish shiver.

"Not for me."
vagabond_code: (↪'cause i don't even miss her)

[personal profile] vagabond_code 2016-08-14 03:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't let me put you off lime completely. We have a saying back home -- never turn down key-lime pie."

No they didn't - but at this point he could make up any old bull. Even if he was talking to someone who was from his place and time, he could claim extra-dimensional immunity.

"D'you have a king?"

He had no idea this might be a touchy subject. He was plumbing the depths of what-all he knew about knights.
Edited 2016-08-14 15:25 (UTC)