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Mattias "the thoroughbred of sin" Larnaca ([personal profile] noctiphile) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2015-02-17 08:10 pm

can you spot the drama queen

Who: Mattias Larnaca
Broadcast: video; fleet-wide
Action: marsiva so NO ONE
When: 2/17

I don't understand. [The screen is black, the voice is ragged, raw. Wet with sobs that gasp and hiccup out of him. The comm scrapes against the floor of the ship and a glimpse of space can be seen ] I-it's dark. She-[He chokes, splutters, coughs.]-She's gone. Is this... [A deep, bedraggled breath. The screen brightens, adjusting to the color of fluorescent lights and a young man's weary face, wet with tears. Despite his appearance, he's smiling. The kind of smile seen at births, marriages, a baby's first step. He's overcome with emotion, excited and battling it, fighting disbelief in order to confirm that this, any of this is real.]

This is a communication system. I don't-[He swipes a hand across his face, wiping his eyes clear.]-I don't know how I know that but... [muttering:]... it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. Whoever's out there-[He chokes again, this time laughing.]-Goddess. I really am. Above the clouds. In her domain. I never-[He swallows, trying to contain his excitement again.]-I never thought this would happen. I could never even imagine it. Not like this. Not-Goddess.

[Falling back to one hand he sighs, pulling a hand through his tired hair, loose waves spilling between his fingertips. After a few minutes, he seems to remember that he's broadcasting. Eyes glimmering with elation, he leans forward, unable to stop the smile from spreading across his face.]

Please. Anyone. Tell me. [He turns the comm quickly and presses it against the glass. The screen fills with the void of space, stars glittering in their myriad.] Has night finally come?
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ pain loves everyone)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-02-20 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
[oh, he'll come back to it later, sweetie. for now, he's just got a charming smile.]

Robin, like the bird.
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ our lord and savior)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-02-20 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's lovely...

[maybe it's his turn to gush. he's always felt a love for his world, even at its worst--and it shows as he tries to think of how to describe it, remembering the hundreds of ways it's changed in the thousands of years he's been alive. he's got such a dreamy look on his face...]

I wish I could show you. My hometown, Skeleton City--it's nestled up at the top of the world. There are hundreds of miles of forest all around it. The trees are so thick in places that you can barely squeeze through, and so tall that they block out the sky.

Up north, it turns to grasslands, and then the ocean... It rings the whole continent, actually, but not many people have ever made it far enough through the forest to ever see it. If you go south, the forest comes right up to the edge of the mountains that divide us from the desert lands...

[he sighs, happily.] It doesn't snow much in the lowlands anymore, but up in those mountains, there's always snow. Even in the summer months. It never gets warm enough to melt, that close to the sky.
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ sometimes he's not awful)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-02-20 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[he won't tell him about the snow planet they've already left behind. it would break his heart.]

It's... Like sand, but lighter and freezing. It's wet, sticks to everything. You walk through it and it soaks through your pants, seeps through your shoes until your toes go numb. [he laughs a little, leaning forward.] Sounds kind of like... Crunching gravel and cotton all at the same time.

[he wishes he could show him. he could--he's got a little trick for that--but not while they're divided by a screen.]
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ onto the next bad habit)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-02-20 11:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'll admit I like the chance to speak of it. This adventure has been plenty interesting, but I do get homesick, out here in the stars...

[another little sigh... Mattias might catch him looking upwards, leaning forward a little--as if that would actually change the direction the screen is pointing.]

Though, you should probably check out the rest of the ship. Say hi to the others. I'm not going to leave my communicator behind, so you're welcome to send messages when my way whenever you'd like.
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ your eyes look like space crystals)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-02-21 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, no. [he smirks.] I think I get it.

Regardless, here's a thought--figure out how to go back through the network archives and view all the past entries on your device. You may walk away with more questions than answers, but it should at least prepare you for what's to come.
birdsbirdsbirds: (♥ i've got a bad idea)

[personal profile] birdsbirdsbirds 2015-02-21 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
Hah. No one has called me Sir in a long time.

[but he salutes him, casually.]

I'll attach my personal frequency number. Let's talk again soon.