video/action: Bloodsport OTA

[bb_wolf]

Who: Bigby and anyone listening
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On the Bloodsport
When: Now

[Having been unconscious for two weeks, when Bigby woke up he had promptly decided to take a couple of days to sleep it off. It's only now, after a shower and some food that he bothers to take to the comm.

He's in the shuttle bay, where his massive bulk fits best.]

I was thinking about starting some kind of immortals evening. Get together. Bitch about how things have changed over the last couple of centuries. Commiserate with others who get the whole 'living for fucking ages' thing, if that's what floats your boat.

Just finding it weird, being surrounded by so many mortals. Fables keep themselves to themselves. No point making friends with mortals for us. Anyone interested?

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[pneumo]

[ And of course the minute Bigby woke up this guy hasn't left his side, not even once. He's probably been shooed out of the room a few times but aside from that? Bigby may as well have a barnacle instead of a Sheol. He's just that glad Bigby's awake, that he's okay and remembers him and he's back to normal.

He manages to sit still and quiet until Bigby's finished his address by some miracle, but as soon as it's okay he's hugging one oversized paw tightly. ]

I've always been surrounded by humans. Vampires don't like me. [ But the reasons for that should be obvious, considering. ]

[bb_wolf]

Yes, but you also have total amnesia and the survival instinct of a lemming at the height of the season.

[The other paw reaches to press a toe against Sascha's head/face, the claw carefully away from his skin.]

[pneumo]

[ In typical Sascha fashion, this delights him and he makes a happy sound. ]

I don't know what a lemming is♥

[bb_wolf]

Hm.

It's a little rodent thing. Sometimes, when their numbers get really high, they seem to go insane and charge off on suicidal trips, only to drop dead from exhaustion. It's bizarre.

[stretchy_girl]

[The part about mortals certainly get's Gemini's attention. She's currently coiled around one of the SS Bishop's heat exchangers, enjoying the warm it gives off while listening to some of the broadcasts going out over the fleet. Intrigued, a moment's alteration of form gives her the ability to speak, a young feminine voice coming through the channel on audio only.]

Would that offer be open to young immortals?

[bb_wolf]

[Bigby replies in kind, voice only.]

Define.

[stretchy_girl]

[It's nothing personal it's just that she can't be bothered to go to the trouble of forming a face when there's barely any light.]

I'm in my early twenties but have every reason to believe I'll go on living indefinitely.

[bb_wolf]

I wouldn't count you. World of difference between the beginning of facing hundreds or thousands of years, maybe, and being at the other end. You're... a child.

[He's not trying to be condescending, just stating facts. She's a baby in comparison to some of them.]

But really, I'm just throwing the idea out there because in my world, we don't socialise with mortals. Everyone I know, I've known for hundreds of years. So if you wanted to come, I'm not going to stop you.

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[aigue]

What would the minimum age be for something like that?

[She's hoping under one thousand.]

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[bb_wolf]

Seriously, you're texting me when I'm like this?

I dunno? Double or triple the normal age of your apparent species? I really don't care. It's not about exact age. It's about life experiences.

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[aigue]

Yes
I prefer texting
You're not blind, right?

Alright
In that case, I'll be there

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[bb_wolf]

No. I can't type like this though.

[passingthrough]

I'm super mortal [so mortal she's already supposed to be dead!] but I'm glad you're up.

[bb_wolf]

Yeah, you are.

[There's a fondness to it.]

But here is different. Don't have to hide here.

I'm glad I'm back to normal size. Think to idiot attached to my leg is as well.

[passingthrough]

[It's a strange sort of reply and yet she smiles. What's a normal reply for "I'm super mortal" anyway?]

I'm sure he's glad you're awake at any size. He seemed to think the pup version was pretty cute. [Because it waaaaaas.]

Have you had to hide before though? [Or did he mean mortals would have needed to?]

[bb_wolf]

We hide from mortals all the time. They can't know about us. We've stayed hidden for four or five hundred years.

I don't get tiny and furless for the shits and giggles. It's a condition of my participation in the community. They arranged a way for me to join them, I police the community because I'm the only one everyone is scared of.

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[onlyanapple]

You know, it's been a while since I had a proper bitching session with a fellow immortal. Sure, why not.

Incidentally, you're missing out on the mortal thing. They can be very interesting company. Short lived, sure, but interesting all the same.

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[bb_wolf]

Rules of the Community. We don't let the mortals know about us. It's just easier.

[And frankly, he's the Big Bad Wolf, the definition of a lone wolf. He doesn't like lots of company. He barely tolerates the annual gathering to mourn the lost.]

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[onlyanapple]

They don't have to know about hat you are for you to interact with them you know. Before I got kidnapped, I certainly never went about telling all the mortals what I was. That's just asking for trouble.

[namisan]

No point making friends, huh?

[bb_wolf]

Not back home. We're in hiding, we work hard to not let anyone know we're there, different, not like them.

So, no making nice with the mortals. Here is the first place I've been able to give it a shot.

[namisan]

[That's a good qualifier. She relaxes.]

I don't think anybody's immortal where I come from, outside of the legacy they leave behind. But then again, there's nothing to say the same deal isn't happening.

[Private]

[goldenglasses]

[He's never given it much thought before. Talking to other immortals. He's always been alone in that.

Well, besides people he didn't want to talk to.]

I- [It seems so odd to be admitting these things out loud after over a hundred years of keeping quiet.] I would be interested in going.

[Private]

[bb_wolf]

[The hesitation is unusual. It reminds him of when he first started talking about it.]

Not used to putting it out into the text, rather than subtext? So to speak.

[Private]

[goldenglasses]

It's just that where I'm from, I'm pretty much the only-- [A pause.] Well, I'm not sure if I'm immortal, but I am long lived.