We Lost Our Doctor and All We Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

[namisan]

Who: Bloodsport crew and visitors!
Broadcast: Nope
Action: Bloodsport
When: It's a mingle!

[New crew!  Old crew!   Something something dark side of the force.  (Sue me, your captain's tired.)]

Comments

[pneumo]

--You know the scary lady???

[namisan]

Yeah, I know the scary lady. She's not nearly as scary as I am. Answer the question.

[pneumo]

[ ...You know what, Nami really is. Sascha decides it's in his best interest to obey. ]

I, um... She--told me not to go near her brother? So I didn't and I stayed in Bigby's room?

[namisan]

Okay. Well, two things.

[Holdin' up fingers as she goes.] One, Pietro is perfectly capable of telling you to get lost himself if he felt the need for you to avoid him. Wanda was just being protective. And two: Pietro isn't on this ship anymore. So even if anyone had a right to demand that of you, the point is moot.

[pneumo]

Pietro was really nice! He never told me to get lost~ We slept together. [ Literally as in, he slept next to Pietro and leeched as much warmth off of him as he possibly could. ]

I wish he was still here... [ Even if that would mean Wanda's warning was still in effect ]

[namisan]

You sl--

[Oh god, no wonder Wanda lost it. Nami gapes at him for a second before reminding herself what Sascha's really like, and then does the most epic of facepalms.]

How did Wanda know about you sneaking into his room? [WHAT IS THE STORY THERE JFC SASCHA B|]

[pneumo]

Well yeah, I met her on the way out... [ Literally. He'd woken up and was going to go wash up for the evening, walked straight out of Pietro's room...and into her. ]

[namisan]

[...right. Well.]

My point still stands. Pietro has his own mind; if he didn't complain, you're taking Wanda too seriously. [It might've been different if Pietro had struck her in any damn way as unable to defend himself, but...] And he's not here anymore, so go. Get out, get some fresh-- well, get some different air. You're allowed to exist, Sascha.

[pneumo]

I...I that! [ That he's allowed to exist. ] I just...didn't know if anyone wanted me around after.

[namisan]

Well, we've argued this point already. You know Winter?

[pneumo]

...? Yeah, it's cold.

[ Sascha has no idea there is a person here named Winter, or that he went berserk a while back. ]

[namisan]

[She is somehow not surprised.]

Winter's also the name of a person here. He's got a metal arm. Not so long ago, the Atroma did something to his augment that made him wig out and attack a huge amount of people on the Iskaulit. People were hurt way above and beyond anything you did.

[pneumo]

And what...happened? To him? [ This feels like a story, he might as well ask. ]

[namisan]

People eventually fought him down, locked him away. Same as you. He probably felt terrible when he came back to his right mind. He hurt a lot of people. Way more than you.

But people understand it's not his fault-- that it's the Atroma's for messing with his head like that. So you ask around, you won't find people that hate him for what he did.

[pneumo]

Does that mean that maybe people won't...hate me for what I did? [ Look at this Nami! Sascha's actually following a conversation for once! ]

[namisan]

[Gold medal for you, man.]

That's right. But you won't find out if you're hiding in your room all day.

[pneumo]

I know.... [ But he's still kinda worried. And? Scared. ]

[namisan]

[...]

Come to the bar one night. You can keep me company while I'm on shift, and I'll yell at you if I think you're overstepping yourself.

[pneumo]

I--can really go?? Won't people want to leave if they see me...?

1/2

[namisan]

Nah, I doubt it. You're entitled there as much as anyone else and I very much doubt anyone's uncomfortable with you to the point of leaving. You might be surprised! People might be happy to see you not hiding anymore!

[namisan]

And if they do leave, I'll just charge you extra to make up for it.

[#compassionpricetag]

[pneumo]

Oh... Okay! That seems fair. [ BECAUSE WHY NOT. (Sascha is not good at bargaining or haggling as you can tell). ]

[namisan]

Good! Come in tomorrow night. That'll give you a day to get used to the idea. [Also, Sam's not on tomorrow, so let's just avoid that potential conflict, shall we.]

[pneumo]

[ That is...probably very much for the best, yeah. Sascha is in no hurry to ever see him again. ]

Okay! Is anytime okay? Like, once it's night.

[namisan]

Yeah, that's fine. [Well, you probably shouldn't. Not before certain conditions have been met, anyway. Speaking of which--]

One last thing. You should still apologise to Sam. [Everyone else got one.]