open mingle post;

[payback]

Who: Everyone on the waystation!
Broadcast: n/a
Action: open to everyone to tag into
When: October 11, 2014

[It sure is a lovely day actually pretty much indeterminate time period out here in the vast darkness of space, isn't it? I bet everyone's enjoying themselves, getting a chance to get off their dinky little ship and stretch their legs. Even on this shitty, empty little waystation.

Where are you, droot flooters? What are you up to? Stay out of trouble, now.]

[ooc: hi everyone! I thought I'd give this a try and see how the game liked it. What we have here is a mass mingle post. Rather than everyone making a bunch of different posts about landing on the station, everyone is invited to post a parent comment with their character out and about, doing something. Everyone else is invited to look at who's posted, tag them, post their own parent comments, thread jack, tag around and generally have a grand old time! It should hopefully be a nice low-pressure way to do some action tagging with each other.

Please tag in if you feel so inclined! Don't be shy to tag around!]

Comments

[limitstorm]

Wh--no, no, it's more than that. People like that have to decipher codes, stuff like that. You don't want anyone out there picking up on battle orders.

[ after a moment; ]

Looks like I'm some sort of fighter. There's a ton of weapons in an armory, and I know how most of them work--even if I've never really seen them before.

[wilder]

Oh. [He thinks, trying to figure out what that'd be. At least pilots augments run some overlap with what he's talking about] So...Communicators?

[Or something like that.]

Ah. That'd be security. That's a good fit for you.

[limitstorm]

I guess? Dunno if anyone's like that.

[ slightly weirded out by that compliment, because he has been careful not to show it--but kaneis knows him from another time, so he tries not to look so caught off-guard. ]

... I guess it is. [ a sigh. ] Not sure I like it. I think I'd rather have something less...

[ important. ]

[wilder]

[What it's a big responsible job. Riku always seemed to be all over that, as well as watching out for other people. Knowing that, he shrugs]

Sure, you think that now. But if something happened and it was someone else handling that stuff and getting into danger - hell, I bet it wouldn't sit well with you at all.

[limitstorm]

[ BLUSHING.

and starting intently at the ground because he's right. ]

Sh-shut up.

[wilder]

[Oh wow that's kind of adorable]

What? I'm just saying!

[limitstorm]

So you're telling me as a pilot you never even thought about flying as far away as you could?

[ mission: DIVERT TOPIC. ]

There's probably problems--none of our ships probably have enough fuel, and as far as I know, we don't have anything to tell how close a planet is.

[wilder]

[He snorts] Nice subject change.

[But at least he's willing to go along with it]

But, ah...no. Never really thought about it. [In fact, thinking about he's frowning. It seems so obvious now that Riku pointed it out.] ...Maybe I'm too used to being kept on a short leash.

[He gives a little sigh and shakes his head, pushing the thought away] But you got a point. No way it'd be that easy to get away.

[limitstorm]

[ hey if he's willing to go along with it, riku's fine with being called out on it. when he continues, riku can't help but frown. ]

On a short leash, huh. [ that doesn't sound good at all. even though he was given the lowdown on exsilium, he feels like he's missing huge pieces. ]

Maybe not, but that voice said that we were gonna reach a planet soon, right? If we are... there's more room to improvise.

[wilder]

[Oh yeah, Riku's missing a lot of pieces. But he's not going to expand on it. Just give a "hm" and move on]

Heh. Yeah, maybe so.

[He stretches some.] I wonder if I should start practicing flying on the shuttles. Never know when it might come in handy.

[limitstorm]

Probably a good idea. You can never be too prepared, right?

[ one good subject change deserves another. he notes that kaneis isn't elaborating--that's fine. he doesn't mind. he just hopes that these holes don't have to be filled in to understand him. ]

[wilder]

Well yeah. It'd suck if I crashed us into a planet or another ship or something.

[MAYBE IT DOES, MAYBE IT DOESN'T. It's a mystery]

[limitstorm]

[ ... ]

Please don't crash us somewhere.

[wilder]

Hey, don't worry- don't worry!

It's more likely we'd be killed on impact or burn up in a planet's atmosphere.

[limitstorm]

You really aren't helping your case.

[wilder]

Well, it's a good thing you're stuck on autopilot then, hm?

[limitstorm]

I guess so. Piloting's a big responsibility...

[ /air force brat ]

[wilder]

...Don't remind me.

[limitstorm]

What, don't like being responsible for people?

[wilder]

[There's a shrug]

Just not good at it. Give me a choice, and I'll probably make the wrong one.

[limitstorm]

[ riku gives a hollow chuckle. ]

I know the feeling.

[wilder]

[looking over curiously]

Yeah?

[limitstorm]

[ he raises an eyebrow at kaneis before laughing softly. ]

I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours. Fair trade?

[wilder]

[He considers, before giving a slight nod]

Fair. You go first though.

[limitstorm]

[ he nods. he doesn't... mind. honestly, if kaneis betrays him, riku wouldn't be too surprised--not because he seems the type, either. everyone wants to go home. he wouldn't be surprised if anyone sold him out, but it doesn't matter much to him. as long as they return home, at least. ]

Alright.

[ hm. that just makes him look at the ground as he sits up, crossing his legs and settling a little closer to himself--withdrawing. ]

Ever since I was little, I wanted to go outside of my own world. It was... I knew I couldn't get any stronger where I was, you know? [ probably not. he's not sure; he's not stopping to look at kaneis' expressions. ] I needed to get stronger, to protect my two best friends. An outsider came to the islands one day, he gave me this... power. I didn't know it then, but in my world, being chosen like that isn't something to take lightly. I just thought it'd help me get stronger, like I was meant for something bigger.

I messed everything up, though. I wanted to get off of our island so badly, I opened our home to darkness--and it swallowed everything up, including all three of us. I was too blinded by what I could be--what we could be... all three of us got scattered, and when I realized I destroyed our home, too... there wasn't anything I could do. One of my best friends even lost her heart and wouldn't wake up. [ he sighs, closing his eyes. ] She wasn't dead--it was like those deep sleeps in a fairytale.

I did everything I could to wake her up, but I was so desperate and too weak by then that I let myself be taken advantage of. [ possession is not something he wants to talk about right now. ] In the end, Sora was the only one who could do anything. He saved everyone.