Katie McCoy (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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driftfleet2016-12-11 02:05 pm
hollystrike) wrote in driftfleet2016-12-11 02:05 pm
Excuse You I Had Vows to Keep
Who: Katie and you!
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: Vanquish / Iskaulit
When: Today!
[Last thing Katie remembers is literally dragging a troll's battleaxe through a town on the verge of rioting, a large collection of stray cats nipping at her heels. (Look, life is complicated. Don't ask.)
Waking up to absolute stillness after that? Disconcerting, to say the least.
There's a dreamcatcher above the bed she's lying on, crafted with familiar wool and laced with magic, and it's the familiarity that pulls at her memory before she rolls over to see a collection of woolen dolls. That she crafted, she remembers suddenly. She'd forgotten. When did she--?
Then she's out the door and into the hallway, wide-eyed and disoriented.] No, no, no--
[It's the Fleet. Worst possible timing, oh my god. Or someone's god, anyway. You can find her in the halls or in the blanket fort, much beloved and missed cat winding around her ankles as she... starts pulling the blankets down and folding them neatly into a pile. Goddammit.]
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[And much later, a video broadcast, cheerful British accent warped slightly by a little American influence--]
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies. Do we still have a theatre? A fox park? If all else fails, I suppose people would consider me old enough to drink for once. [It's not a familiar face, except for the same bright green eyes.] I have all the time in the world to waste, and I'm new. Tell me where I can waste it?
[She'll be on the Iskaulit anyway, trying to match old-new memories with what she finds and feeling more than a little displaced. Find her pretty much anywhere. Later, she'll head out to the hotel and the planet, but that's a different post.]
Broadcast: Yes!
Action: Vanquish / Iskaulit
When: Today!
[Last thing Katie remembers is literally dragging a troll's battleaxe through a town on the verge of rioting, a large collection of stray cats nipping at her heels. (Look, life is complicated. Don't ask.)
Waking up to absolute stillness after that? Disconcerting, to say the least.
There's a dreamcatcher above the bed she's lying on, crafted with familiar wool and laced with magic, and it's the familiarity that pulls at her memory before she rolls over to see a collection of woolen dolls. That she crafted, she remembers suddenly. She'd forgotten. When did she--?
Then she's out the door and into the hallway, wide-eyed and disoriented.] No, no, no--
[It's the Fleet. Worst possible timing, oh my god. Or someone's god, anyway. You can find her in the halls or in the blanket fort, much beloved and missed cat winding around her ankles as she... starts pulling the blankets down and folding them neatly into a pile. Goddammit.]
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[And much later, a video broadcast, cheerful British accent warped slightly by a little American influence--]
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies. Do we still have a theatre? A fox park? If all else fails, I suppose people would consider me old enough to drink for once. [It's not a familiar face, except for the same bright green eyes.] I have all the time in the world to waste, and I'm new. Tell me where I can waste it?
[She'll be on the Iskaulit anyway, trying to match old-new memories with what she finds and feeling more than a little displaced. Find her pretty much anywhere. Later, she'll head out to the hotel and the planet, but that's a different post.]
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[It's a much quicker recognition, and she peers at him across the feed.]
...you look a lot bigger than I remember. How tall are you, anyway?
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Bigger? I don't think I've grown or anything since I got here... I'm 172 cm.
[Should he do feet? How do you convert? Or does he need to remeasure himself?
...Wait why does this matter!?]
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[Grin.]
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Leans in.
LEANS OUT]
Katie!?
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[That reaction is great she's gonna remember it forever.]
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Yeah, I'm sure...
[Clearly he should not have phrased that as a question. This'll take some getting used to.]
So it's been a while, huh. Well, I'm glad you're back, albeit, uh. With sympathy.
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No need for sympathy, though. I don't get enough paid vacations as it is. I'll make sure to take advantage of this one.
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[Just looking at her, really.]
Unless you grow freakishly fast back home.
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[Katie you are not seven feet tall.]
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[Okay well maybe don't spend your formative years in a coma, genius.]
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[Nice to know Katie's tendency for making conversations get weird hasn't changed.]
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I know it's only been weeks for you, but we should have another movie night some time. It's been a while since I've been seen a really terrible movie.
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