driftfleet | Fleetwide Text Post, Action for the Tourist

Who: Chloe Price and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On the Tourist
When: Around the 12th.

Text Broadcast:

Wanted: Single person for valentine's day.
Requirements: Don't be a little kid, don't be really old, don't be a stick in the mud. Don't mind cigarettes. Don't be a prude.

Details: So I am not sitting alone in my fucking cabin on valentine's day. Or third wheeling it with one of the 'so happy couples' everyone I know seems to have turned into lately.

Rented a pretty nice cabin down on the ringworld because FUCK YES RINGWORLD. Ever notice that even after a year in space there's still shit that can surprise you? I mean, damn, a Ringworld.

Anyway.

Let's see. I'll cook, there'll be booze, a view, place has a lake. Maybe go swimming? Heard of worse things to do on valentine's day.

If we hit it off you'll probably get laid so. Yeah. Date with benefits. Happy endings all around.

Come one, come all. Applications start below.

[Action for the Tourist]

[After her funk over the last few weeks, Chloe has seemed a bit more...up, recently? At least, she's not sitting in her cabin or the lab all day anymore. She's been cooking again, singing along with her music again, just...getting back to normal. Maybe she's feeling better?]

[Or maybe it's a glitch, of course, since she's also way more talkative when people are around. But even if it was, it's better than all the moping and pity-party stuff, yes? She can be found all over the ship really, cooking, working, sometimes exercising..]

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Thanks. [It's nice to stand out, really. Why else do it?]

Yeah. ...Why?

It's Kara and Winn's ship. I'm from their world. I've visited a few times.

[Chloe's eyes narrowed, if only for a moment. He was from Kara's world...so, supergirl's world. What did that mean...]

Cool. They're nice people to have around.

[Lately she knew Winn better than Kara, but she was pretty sure she was friends with both of them.]

They are [pause] very good people to have in your life. [He cares about them. He already lost everyone from Daxam. He'd rather not lose the people he met on Earth now that he's here.]

I can imagine. Kara'd be pretty useful to have around if we weren't trapped in space.

[Hint hint.]

You from the same place she is?

She's good to have around even in space.

[He's not sure if he's supposed to say if she's from Krypton or Earth, but as it turns out he can answer without knowing.] No, I'm from Daxam.

[Sadly Chloe was not nearly enough of a nerd to know where that was.]

Oh. [Not disappointed, just...surprised maybe?] No clue where that is. Not what I was expecting.

It's right next to where Krypton used to be. [Which is either helpful or completely not if she doesn't know!]

What were you expecting?

Krypton. Or earth I guess. [She'll file that bit of information away for later, at least. Hm.]

So, all this. Were you just wanting to know what valentines is, or do you need a date?

I was wondering what valentines is. [He gives an apologetic look.] Not that it isn't very tempting. [And it legitimately is, but he has a certain Kryptonian who keeps getting into his thoughts who remembers him now and who he wants to be better for.]

I would seriously question the judgment of the fleet if no one takes you up on it.

[Chloe just shrugs.]

Your loss, man. There isn't really a downside but hey, whatever.

I'm sure it will be. I hope you find someone to spend it with.

...I just realized I don't know your name. I'm Mon-El.

[At least he was following the naming convention...]

Chloe. [Hm.] You don't know a 'Kal-El' do you?

Not personally. You do? [Now he's not sure if Kara told him more or if she's from that world too.]

[She actually snickers at that.]

Nah. I'm from a way more boring world than you guys are.

They must have told you a lot about it.

...Sure. [Not giving up one little secret at least.] I picked up some information here and there. You know how it is, right?

[She'd watched the Supergirl movie so many times.]

[That sounds vaguely suspicious, but he nods.] I guess so.

Oh, what day does Valentine's Day fall on?

[Totally what she was going for.]

Tuesday. Day after tomorrow.

Thanks.

And is everything you mentioned...traditional for the day?

Pretty much. I mean, a lot of is just fabricated nonsense from jewelry companies but it's become tradition, yeah.

Is it customary to give jewelry?

Or flowers. Or candy? Or wine sometimes.

Kinda person-specific.

...Why all the questions?

Just...curious about earth traditions. [And because he might make sure Kara isn't lonely that day?] They can be surprising. I wasn't expecting the hanging skeletons at Halloween.

Uh huh.

Already got a date in mind, huh?

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