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Who: Anyone who wants to hang on the Iskaulit
Broadcast: nah
Action: Iskaulit mingle, darlings
When: All day every day (at least for the month)

[We're drifting, so it's a perfect time to make use of the many fine establishments on our common ship.]

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So you've said.

Did you want to head back?

It bears repeating whenever we feel caught up by their whims.

[ He smiles. ] No, it's a nice enough day, so to speak. Maybe I'll go to the gardens. I doubt they'll be crowded.

Not at this hour, probably. [It's that late point in the afternoon where people drift back to their ships for dinner.]

Then I shall take the opportunity to move about more. I've spent too much time on the ship anyway.

[As someone who stays on the ship most of the time now, Erik knows there's merit in that. So he nods.]

Why not join me?

[He blinks, then smiles a bit.]

...sure.

Splendid.

[ He pats his armrest. ] I made sure this thing got a full charge as well.

I noticed you've been avoiding it. Hard to recharge without a sun, I expect.

[Erik starts to walk down the hallway, towards the garden area.]

That's one of the reasons, yes. But I was also afraid of the overload, so I kept to the Heron.

Fair enough. [No reason to pry further into that, knowing what he does now.] Now that everyone's confined to the ships, it's a bit harder to avoid.

Mmm. Well, it can't be helped.

But the meditation has helped?

[They reach the garden as Erik asks the question, and it is blessedly quiet.]

[ He nods. ]

It's like being in a quiet meadow. It's not so quiet that it's unnatural but silent enough to be soothing.

[It's interesting to hear it spoken of that way. Erik wouldn't say his experience is the same. For him, meditation is more akin to going somewhere dark, only it's a comfort. He sits down on one of the chairs in the garden.]

That's good, then.

[ Charles tentatively smiles. ]

It has been helpful.

I think so too. [Erik's calmer than he was before he started taking the lessons. It had helped to keep a routine, something to anchor him through the tumultuous first days and weeks back.]

I'm glad. Truly.

[He lets out a breath, smiling briefly.]

[ He smiles before ducking his head. ]

It's nice that we have the Iskaulit, at least.

I can't imagine what it was like before this ship was brought in.

I'm sure some of the others would know.

Yes. [He passes his gaze over the plants, feeling the faint breeze from the ship's air ducts.] I don't much care to find out, though.

I suppose it doesn't really matter.

[ Like the library. Or Kyriakos. ]

[It was before their time here, and he feels no need to think about how cramped it would have been before a communal ship was available. It serves no purpose for him, other than to make him uncomfortable.]

It doesn't, no. It's not the case now.