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Comander Poe Dameron ([personal profile] helluva_pilot) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-09-11 03:41 pm

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Who: All the Capringles! (and friends)
Broadcast: none
Action: Mingle on the Caprine
When: September

[Who let Poe and Pinkie paint the shuttles anyway?]
spontaneouscombustion: (Huh?)

[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-13 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
So we keep him away from the ship and stay away from him like we've done with Hux. Sooo what are the guns for?
spontaneouscombustion: (Glaaaaaare...)

[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-13 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
So you're just gonna shoot him? Like Hux did to you for just SEEING you?

[Now there's some audible anger leaking into her voice.]
spontaneouscombustion: (Glaaaaaare...)

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[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-13 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[The "t" word shocks her a little bit, but then she shakes her head and tries to speak a little calmer. Key words being "tries" and "little."]

No, of course not! We'd keep you safe, like we've been doing for Finn! But one shot from Hux was enough to hurt your shoulder for WEEKS, and that's a LOT of shots in a LOT of guns, Poe! That could KILL him, is that what you want?! I thought you were better than that!

And he's going to be part of SOMEBODY'S crew, what if they want to shoot you BACK for that?! This system's already bad enough with these crews not liking each other and now this dragon came from OUR fleet! This could start a WAR, Finn, and the LAST time there was that much arguing and hatred my country and everypony in it almost froze solid!
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[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-13 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[At the end of that, she's panting hard... and then slowly starts sobbing.]

I'm tired, Poe. I'm tired of being scared of us starting a war when this place is already so divided, or us losing people, or people not caring about each other, or not remembering ANY of this when I go home. I just... I don't wanna have to be scared for you too...
Edited 2016-09-13 23:38 (UTC)
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[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-14 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
I know you are. This can't be right either, though. You can't just go up to somebody and shoot them, Poe, that's what people like HUX do, that's what BAD guys do. That's what everybody else'll see since they don't know Ren yet, they'll just think you're taking some stranger's LIFE.

I know about having to keep your home and family safe, my friends and I do it back home too. We don't WANT to turn people into statues or put them back in Tartarus, but we don't do it unless we HAVE to. You've still got a choice, though.
spontaneouscombustion: (Huh?)

[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-14 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay that's... a little better than what she'd been picturing. Her face softens a bit, but still remains serious.]

Good. And no killing him unless you absolutely HAVE to. Pinkie promise?
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[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-17 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
No, but you've never been scared before either, and definitely not enough to buy ALL of those.

[Her voice is calmer and MUCH less terrified now, but she still think that's erring on the side of overkill. Not to mention she notices you not making that promise.]
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[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-18 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
[She sighs deeply. He's not gonna let this one go, is he? She WISHES he would, neither Pinkie nor her culture have much experience with firearms, but she has a REALLY bad feeling this could end badly, not least of all for Poe.

Not to mention she's literally out of her Element here. She represents Laughter, making ponies happy and assuaging fears, but what do you do when that fear's so deeply rooted and, frankly, more than a little justified? Or if the thing that'd make somebody happy and not scared anymore is hurting somebody else, even if he says it'd only be in self-defense? She's not Friendship or Kindness, and Twilight and Fluttershy and the rest of her friends aren't here to help her out or give her guidance.

So for a second she just stands there quietly looking at Poe and guns and around the room and looking LOST.]
spontaneouscombustion: (Huh?)

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[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-18 10:18 am (UTC)(link)
[But then she gets an idea. This may or may not get rid of the guns, but they aren't the real root of the problem.

She wraps a hoof gently around Poe's wrist and gives it a light tug.]


Come on.
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[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-19 10:02 am (UTC)(link)


[Physically take them away from him? Never. Convince him the guns weren't necessary and have him give them up on his own? That's what she'd hoped, but now's probably not the time, and it might not even be her place.

Right now that's not where her focus is, though.]


Shuttle bay; you'll see~
Edited 2016-09-19 10:12 (UTC)
spontaneouscombustion: (Huh?)

[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-24 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Yes good. Once they get to they bay, Pinkie'll go to a tarped-up corner near the gardens and uncover... a bunch of paint buckets and brushes?

And she's just going to start loading a bucket or two onto her back, not even bending a bit under the weight. Small favors from earth pony strength.]
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[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-09-27 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
The shuttles!

[As if it's the most obvious thing in the world.]
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[personal profile] spontaneouscombustion 2016-10-05 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[And that makes her smile a little more real.]

Where do you wanna start?