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Voices from Heaven ([personal profile] thespaceopera) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2016-12-07 08:02 pm

You can check out anytime you'd like.. [Hotel Corona Mingle]

Who: The Fleet!
Broadcast: If you want
Action: Hotel Corona or Planet Ikke
When: December 7th onward

a wheel-shaped space station


[After the mystery and isolation of their last destination, the Marsiva seems determined to head to brighter, busier territory. After a long journey through remote, nebula-painted space, speeding along at a brisk pace for the Host ship, the Marsiva brings her Fleet to a sudden and prominent point of traffic.

It seems that the Fleet has happened upon some sort of vacation destination! Maybe Atroma thinks that the passengers deserve some rest and relaxation... or just wants to distract them with something huge and shiny.

Welcome to Hotel Corona! Feel free to enjoy yourselves and enjoy the sites! If a hotel resort isn't your thing, you can head on over to the nearby planet and explore it's icy wonders.

In order words: it's a mingle!! Everyone get in! ]

[>> Plot Post]
exothermia: (What I wanna know)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
It's not theirs. It never was. [They had taken everything else from him, but not his memories. By torching the house that had been their home, they had protected that in their hatred. It was no less bitter, yet it was a relief to know that no one would repaint the walls he and Magda had painted, sleep in Nina's room. That would be unbearable.]

But... it also means there's even less of them in the world.

[That's the hard part. They had been so full of life, so worth remembering, and now few would ever notice or care that they had gone. Erik did, and always would. It doesn't seem enough.]
axiomed: (The days and nights)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Then . . . maybe you need to find a way to tell their story.

[ He pauses. ]

In whatever way you deem worthy.
exothermia: (It's all the same)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
[His heart crumples just a bit, because that had been his hope for Nina, once. That she would carry forward his story, and that of his parents, and she would be the link to a future that wasn't as dark as his past.

It hadn't happened that way. He'd been a fool to believe it.

But Charles doesn't mean it like that. There's merit in what he says, only... Erik himself isn't worthy of the task.]


I don't know how to do that.
axiomed: (They still cling to the wall)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
I know.

[ His tone is gentle. ]

But you're the only one who can.
exothermia: (Is will I die today?)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 05:23 am (UTC)(link)
[He nods, quiet. There isn't anyone else. He's the only remaining link in the chain. Letting out a breath, Erik looks over the balcony, collecting himself.]

I'll think about it.
axiomed: (Love needles in the hay)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ He nods. Charles imagines there is a lot about Erik's family that he's still trying to figure out, trying to deal with. This is a small part in that. ]

You'll find a way.
exothermia: (It's such a shame for us to part)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He can't quite bring himself to agree. Not yet. There are days like this where he feels like someday he might reach that point, but there are others where it's too impossible, too painful. Hermione and Tempest had told him it was all right to be a wreck, for as long as it took. Erik just wonders if he'll ever be at peace with it. He's not good at laying demons to rest.

Looking back to Charles, Erik picks up his coffee again.]


I'll still try to retrieve my things, when I go back. So I can bring them with me.
axiomed: (What you gain if you win)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
Of course.

[ He sips his tea. It's . . . comforting, in a way, to hear Erik's plans out loud. It doesn't give Charles security, but it feels he's in the loop, so to speak. ]
exothermia: (Yeah we do)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
[It reminds him, faintly, of when he returned from Kyriakos and had been sent back to where he was beforehand. When he had told Charles before they left that it might take him a few days to return to the mansion. He'll make no promises this time, even if he means them with all his being. All he has is his intentions.

Setting his mug down, Erik leans over to retrieve his bag.]


I also have something for you.
axiomed: (Give you second chances easily)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ He blinks, surprised. ]

For me? What for?
exothermia: (Forever to remain)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
It's a thank you.

[He pulls out a thin, rectangular item from his bag, wrapped in plain paper. When he hands it over to Charles, it feels heavy.]

Originally... I was going to give it to you with that letter. [His lips twitch a bit.] But things didn't quite work out that way.
axiomed: (Love is the common name)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Charles frowns, confused. Glancing at Erik from the corner of his eyes, he tentatively opens it up. ]
exothermia: (It's such a shame for us to part)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik merely waits, no longer feeling much worry about the result. The act of giving it was enough for him.

Inside the paper is a piece of metal, about the same size and shape as a sheet of paper. Both sides are engraved with etching work, covering the whole face of the metal. The side Charles opens first is the facade of the Xavier Institute, a stretch of driveway leading up to the doors. The lines are precise and strong, similar to any of the architectural plans they used to rebuild the school after its destruction, just softened with the surrounding hedges and ivy.

The reverse is a different image; the tree from the Hand-Holding Planet which gave gifts to those who visited. Here the etching is less assured, lines a bit thinner and more likely to overlap in places. It still bears a clear resemblance to the tree, as distinctive as it was.]
axiomed: (In a strange kind of way)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 11:10 am (UTC)(link)
[ His fingers trace over the lines and Charles feels a great pang in his chest for his school, his students, the one who kept him afloat. Looking over the tree evoked similar feelings. ]

It's - It's lovely.
exothermia: (You are who you were always meant to be)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik smiles slightly, watching Charles's face.]

The school I could do from memory, but I had to get Wrath's help for the tree. I'm not really an artist.
axiomed: (Not anymore)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
It's impressive all the same.

[ He lays his hand against the metal, lost in his thoughts. ]

You didn't have to.
exothermia: (Is will I die today?)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
I know. I wanted to.
axiomed: (Call me free today)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
Erik, I — [ He cuts himself off. ]

. . . Thank you.
exothermia: (Nobody walks beside you?)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik just nods, taking up his coffee again. He doesn't know how differently this might have gone, if it had been given to Charles with his original letter. It doesn't matter anymore. What matters is the act.]
axiomed: (Lay your head on my chest)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Charles isn't sure how he feels about the act. He's not sure about anything when it comes to Erik sometimes. It's a constant push and pull between his own feelings.

So he changes the subject. ]


I miss the school.
exothermia: (And upside down again)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 11:48 am (UTC)(link)
[He glances at Charles.]

It's been a long time.
axiomed: (To fall so hard for you?)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 11:54 am (UTC)(link)
No. But I imagine it will be.
exothermia: (Are you receiving)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-17 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik knows Charles, and he also knows that any number of months away from the school is a long time. Because Charles rarely leaves it for more than a few days. He doesn't retort, however.]

Yes. It could be.
axiomed: (We laughed and cried)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-17 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He drums his fingers against the metal. ]

Was this present all this is? Just a thank you?
exothermia: (Heads on a science apart)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-18 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik blinks, looking briefly at Charles's fingers tapping against the plate.]

It's... I made it as a thank you, for my birthday. And in general. [He glances back to Charles, meeting his eyes.] I thought of it as a starting point.

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