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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! ]

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axiomed: (And lived everyday)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-18 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not surprising by any means. There's little he can add to that. What should he say? "Let's do it more often?". In light of his outburst, Charles just isn't sure anymore. Erik may not have taken it badly.

Instead he moves a piece forward. ]


I guess I miss it.
exothermia: (Is will I get death row?)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-18 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
[He's quite for a moment, capturing a pawn.]

I do too.
axiomed: (By the end of the day)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-18 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ He shrugs. ]

If you want, we can do it more often.
exothermia: (It's such a shame)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-18 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
...I'd like that.
axiomed: (Lay your head on my chest)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-18 11:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ He nods quietly. ]
exothermia: (Yeah we do)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-18 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik lets out a breath, keeping his eyes on the board. There are so many things that could be said, should be said, and yet he's only ever able to scrape a few together and jumble them into a sentence. It's frustrating, but it's the tangle he lives in now. Hard to think there was a time when he could talk across the distance between them like it was nothing.

He purses his lips and moves his bishop. One step at a time.]
axiomed: (Call me free today)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-18 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
You could try with your thoughts.

[ It's not hard sensing Erik's turmoil, especially since Charles has left his telepathy open since the attack. He doesn't look up. ]
exothermia: (It's such a shame for us to part)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-19 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik glances briefly at Charles, a little surprised. He looks away again, as the other man wasn't looking at him either. He doesn't know that his thoughts are any more orderly... and typically, his mind throws up nothing when given a blank cheque to cash.

He focuses on the game for a few moments instead, letting the thoughts come naturally instead.]


I suppose I've spent more time looking backwards, rather than forwards. Until recently.
axiomed: (Love needles in the hay)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-19 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ Charles hums quietly. It's a good sign, though he imagines Erik has trouble with that. Guilt, most likely. ]

I imagine it's a difficult thing to come to terms with.
exothermia: (Is will I die today?)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-19 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
Yes. [It's one word, but with years of weight behind it. Erik shifts a pawn across the board, resting his knuckles against the table.]

And I won't pretend otherwise.
axiomed: (The days and nights)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-19 09:45 am (UTC)(link)
No one would ask that of you.
exothermia: (Places we've grown)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-19 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik looks up, meeting Charles's eyes.]

It took me a while to realise that. [There's no accusation against anyone in his mind, other than a faint trace for himself. It was an anxiety he'd borne for months, and it still flares up from time to time.]
axiomed: (But it makes sense to me)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-19 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ He nods slowly at that, keeping Erik's gaze. ]

I know it seems like we've put our hopes on you, our wishes. But you shouldn't tell yourself you need to pretend either.
Edited 2016-12-19 09:59 (UTC)
exothermia: (All that we've fought for)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-19 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
No. I know that now.

[It's a lesson neither of them tend to learn all that easily. The sense of it lingers, even if he doesn't 'say' it outright.]

Sometimes we ask it of ourselves, and that's all it takes to think it's true.
axiomed: (Call me free today)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-19 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm. I can't say I'm not guilty of that.
exothermia: (I have walked a thousand days)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-19 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik knows that too. From the past, and from only a few weeks prior. He bows his head slightly in acquiescence.]

We both have been.
axiomed: (I'll go through it all with you)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-19 10:31 am (UTC)(link)
Small steps pay off.
Edited 2016-12-19 10:38 (UTC)
exothermia: (Standing still)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-19 10:46 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't smile, but traces of it curl around his thoughts.]
axiomed: (If there's room beneath your feet)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-19 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ He smiles back before ducking his head slightly. ]

Talking - or expressing for your own sake is important. Even when it feels wrong.
exothermia: (Forever to remain)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-19 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Even when it hurts you? He shakes his head slightly, sending the thought away. What had happened months ago, when they talked like that... they were both still raw. He wouldn't make that mistake again.]

It's never been all that easy. [For him. For Charles.]
axiomed: (From the work of sorrow)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-19 11:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Charles freezes at that thought and for a brief moment, the grief is palpable before he shakes it off. ]

Even then.
exothermia: (What do you do)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-19 11:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik's breath catches in his throat, and his own regret and guilt flare for a moment when he feels that grief. It's tempered though, by time and Charles's words now. He's shakier speaking out loud, having to put more thought into the sentence.]

What I said then... about wanting us to be able to talk to each other. It's still true. I don't think I was-- we were ready.
axiomed: (Lost for words repeating constantly)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-19 11:31 am (UTC)(link)
I know. And you might be right there. We'll be ready someday.

[ Though Charles doesn't know if he'll be ready for that particular talk again. His own feelings were wound too tightly in the subject. Charles sighs, amused at himself. ]

I don't know why I reacted so badly. I know you so well it breaks my heart sometimes.
exothermia: (Guilty guilty)

[personal profile] exothermia 2016-12-19 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Erik doesn't know if it's something he'll ever raise again in his life. To speak about it again is to resurrect the feeling, to his mind, and he doesn't want or need to. He knows it was there, if only for a brief while. Time has dulled it enough not to stab him through like it did in that talk, desperate to be heard. The deeper sorrow and loss remains, with blunter edges.

He laces his fingers together on the table, speaking a little softer. He manages to still sound a bit wry.]


I think you answered your own question, really.

[Their familiarity is a double-edged sword at times. Knowing each other so well can cut to the core.]
axiomed: (Feeling sorry is your favourite feeling)

[personal profile] axiomed 2016-12-19 11:44 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose I did.

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