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

[amarant]

Ah-- yes, I have.

[aberrant_type]

She's a kind, goodhearted girl. Why don't you try reaching out to her a little more?

[amarant]

...I can do that.

[ As long as that doesn't require telling her the same stuff she told Hange......... ]

[aberrant_type]

[She wouldn't ask that of Emblica.]

Good! Let me know how it goes.

[amarant]

[ Oh, good. Maybe someday, but.. ]

She's nice...she said she was happy to have a friend her own age.

[aberrant_type]

[Given how Emblica's real age doesn't match her apparent one in the slightest, Hange can see how that wouldn't be the most delightful thing to hear. She pauses slightly, unsure of what to say...]

Her error is understandable. You can still build a genuine friendship with her even if she doesn't know the truth about that.

[amarant]

[ It's mostly that she feels bad for Nunners... ]

Could you really call it "genuine," in this case?

Of course, I'd rather not lie to her, but I wouldn't want to hurt her with the truth, either.

[aberrant_type]

Perhaps if she asks you again, you should explain it to her.

If you brought it up, I don't think it's plausible she'd reject you.

[amarant]

Either way, I'm betraying her trust, aren't I? It's normal for people to be unhappy about that.

[aberrant_type]

What's worse: allowing her misconception to extend for a long time without correcting it, or bringing it up and coming clean early?

[amarant]

[ Dammit, Hange, why do you have to be so right. ]

...I know. This was all so much easier when I wasn't getting involved with people.

[aberrant_type]

[Her intelligence stat is 11 out of 10, yo.]

Engaging with other people is sometimes complex and difficult, but I think it might prove worth the trouble. Give telling Nunnally the truth a try, Emblica.

[amarant]

[ She feels so inadequaaaaate stop making sense Hange ]

Yes, I'll find a way to bring it up.

[aberrant_type]

[She looks at Emblica for a moment... and then reaches out and squeezes her shoulder yet again. It's a nice friendly contact without being smothering, or at least it's trying to be.]

Give it a chance to work out.

[amarant]

[ It's so unusual to her but also kind of nice. Which is weird because she's the older one here. ]

Do you treat all your allies like this?

[aberrant_type]

"Like this"? Can you be more specific?

[amarant]

A guiding figure.

[ She doesn't like the idea that she might be getting any sort of special treatment. ]

[aberrant_type]

Ah.

[Hmmm.]

Well, Emblica, you're not so young... but I work with a lot of young people, especially lately. And they're usually confused and need a listening ear and maybe a little advice! So I suppose I do? I hope I'm a good one, at least.

[amarant]

You are good at it... it may just be a bit strange. You're the first person to give me advice in centuries.

[aberrant_type]

You look so young... I suppose it's easy to start doing it. If you'd rather I didn't, I'll stop.

[amarant]

I don't want to inconvenience you. Though I know that it isn't easy to see me as an adult.

[aberrant_type]

It's not an inconvenience to me at all. I'm used to being much busier than this.

Why don't we compromise: if you want advice, you'll specifically ask me for it?

[amarant]

That would be fine.

[aberrant_type]

All right, in that case it's a deal!