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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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exothermia: (Are you receiving)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-07 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
[He has to bite back the instinctive "Why?" question, and instead starts unwrapping it.]

You didn't need to get me something. I haven't paid attention to the holidays that much.

[He had observed Hanukkah on his own early in December, and had a family dinner with the others from his world nearer to Christmas. It had already been more than he expected to do, without factoring in when people decided to give him things.]
passingthrough: (Gentle - Longing)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-07 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll find the package contains a mug with the letter E in black, white, and silver containing a mix for hot chocolate.]

Winn and I made it a big thing with us, and it just spread out from there like a holiday virus. You can always regift it to someone else whose name starts with E. Or tell them it stands for excellent or something.
exothermia: (What I wanna know)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-07 08:33 am (UTC)(link)
[He turns the mug in his hands, and if anything, it's less rude than the one Pietro gave him.]

I... no, I won't do that. Thank you.

[Again, he feels the slight sense of guilt that comes with having not given presents to anyone. It hadn't even occurred to him that others might give him things.]
passingthrough: (Watching - The sun will rise)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-07 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't even think about not getting something in return. If anything the hardest part for her when giving gifts is that it is showing that she cares even though that's also the point. It's just a display of affection she's not really used to making. Oh, it's the easiest thing in the world for Winn or Kurt, but for many of the others on the fleet it feels like it has more weight.

That's probably why she manages to start saying some of the things she's been thinking even though she didn't mean to do this here and now. Head tilted down, not meeting his eyes to start.]


I wasn't there. I wasn't in your world. I'm not you. I don't know what it was like for you. Part of me wants to hate you for it, because that would be easy and I could convince myself it's righteous or something, but... [She looks back up.] The bigger part of me just doesn't want to lose anyone else. [And he's been trying. She can see that.]

You've always been good to me. [She stops there because she has to stop there. Because she doesn't know what her voice will do if she doesn't. Now that she's said all this she really wants to flee, but she stays still for the moment.]
exothermia: (What I wanna say)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-08 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Kitty's words strike him unexpectedly, and he's still for a long few moments. It's been months since the day he upended their relationship by admitting he'd been En Sabah Nur's horseman. He had assumed that that was the end - had walked into the conversation thinking it would be. It was Kitty's right to not speak to him again afterwards, considering he had become the antithesis of her life's work.]

You have every right to hate me. [That much is said quietly, but with assurance. He knows exactly what his crimes are. It doesn't matter that he may not have been in control the whole time. He can't tell where the line is.

He had grown mostly used to acceptance and forgiveness from Raven, from Hank ... from Charles. He didn't expect it from anyone else. And yet, he too knows what it feels like to not lose anyone else. It drives his every action now. He sets the mug aside on the table, unsure his hands will remain steady.]


You've always given me the benefit of the doubt, and I'm not sure that's wholly earned. [The shadow of Magneto lies over them both.] So... thank you. For this, and for this. [He gestures to the mug.]
passingthrough: (Sitting - On the edge)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-08 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
I don't want to hate you. [A beat later, softer.] I don't hate you. [She was angry at him. Furious. She felt deceived and disappointed and a lot of it is because of that Magneto shadow. The man she knew before. Anger burns itself out if you don't let it burn yourself or others instead. And then she was just left with this awkward, unsettled emptiness. Who was she punishing?]

And you did make pretty good bread. [A twinge of a smile. He may have done little to deserve the chance, but is it so wrong to give someone a chance? He never misused it. Not in the fleet. Even when things changed in his memories he was honest with her when it was the very worst thing he could have told her.]
exothermia: (Forever to remain)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-08 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[He echoes that with a faint smile of his own. Maybe this is just how long it takes, for people to confess their uglier feelings to him. Hadn't Charles just done the same? Erik is hard to be around, with the things he's done. He knows this. Distance and time can be painful, but sometimes it's necessary to air things out.]

I do what I can.

[With bread and living alike.]
passingthrough: (Relaxed - Enjoyment)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-08 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
I know you do. [The look on her face says it's more. She knows he's been trying. Some of that trying was just staying away and not defending actions which were every bit as valid and meaningful as deciding to return with the X-Men and making her bread. It doesn't wipe out whatever debt he feels toward whomever he killed and hurt back home in Apocalypse's name, but she's not the one he has to answer to for that.]

Should I let you get back to what you were doing? [It's an offer either way. For time to think about this alone or to try and talk more. She's not sure which way she wants him to go honestly. This isn't easy, and yet it's easier than the distance. She's never been so good at that even when she's choosing it.]
exothermia: (Heading into the black)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-08 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a pause as he considers. Eventually he shakes his head.]

I was only reading. I come here once a day.
passingthrough: (Sitting - On the edge)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-08 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
[She pulls out a chair and takes a seat watching him as if he'll stop her in the process.] What are you reading? I've made a pretty heavy dent in the science books.
exothermia: (Heads on a science apart)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-08 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't snap at her, so that's a good sign. Turning the book over, he shows her the cover.]

It's from the museum gift shop. I'm reading it with the assumption it's fiction. [Because this museum has not been the most factual of places.]
passingthrough: (Smile)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-08 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[She smiles.] Good assumption. That place is terrible. I mean the nebula is beautiful, but I'm not even from here and I can tell the information is wrong. Too bad. I like museums. I think I even got Tyrion that book and a few others.
exothermia: (It's such a shame for us to part)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-08 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
It's more akin to an art gallery, as long as you don't read the placards.
passingthrough: (Watching - The sun will rise)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-08 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
It does have nice things to look at. Passes the time. Probably my second favorite stop so far. [Relaxing. They can do this, right?]
exothermia: ('Cause all will be okay; you'll see)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-08 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
Yes... I'd have to agree.

[Personal dramas aside. He pauses for a moment, unused to having normal conversations with Kitty.]

I spoke to Winn at the holiday party.

[Best to admit they've had contact.]
passingthrough: (Curious - More than the surface)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-08 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
[Now she's wondering if they have the same number one, but his next comment gets her attention.]

I'm guessing that went okay? [She didn't hear about any drama.]
exothermia: (Oh damn. He's dead.)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-08 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
It was fine. I asked him about the food.

[Which is about as boring as you can get, minus the mutual nerves on each side.]
passingthrough: (Claws)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-08 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
Crucial topic. It would go well as long as you didn't put down pizza.
exothermia: (Everywhere I go)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-08 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
I don't believe pizza was discussed.
passingthrough: (Curious - Wondering)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-08 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
Safer. He'd probably try to say something ridiculous like National City has the best.

Despite that, he's a good guy. I'm lucky I found him. Just had to cross time and space and reality to do it.
exothermia: (We are the fourth dimension)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-08 08:26 am (UTC)(link)
He wouldn't find much argument with me. Pizza isn't something I've eaten a lot of in my life.

[His lips quirk a bit, because isn't that the way of things they find here?]

Life is rarely predictable.
passingthrough: (Curious - More than the surface)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-08 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
Tell me about it. [Glancing at him in all his unpredictability.]

How have you been?
exothermia: (There's another junkie with a rat)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-09 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
[For a normal everyday question, it's one he always has difficulty answering.]

Managing well enough. What about you?
passingthrough: (Thoughtful)

[personal profile] passingthrough 2017-01-12 02:15 am (UTC)(link)
Mmm, better than that I think. [She wouldn't have gone with managing.] The hotel has been good for me. Things were getting heavy before the stop.
exothermia: (Everythin' I hear)

[personal profile] exothermia 2017-01-14 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
You mean the last system?
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