Starstruck March Mingle Madness!

[theroadwarrior]

Who: People aboard the Starstruck, visitors and crew alike.
Broadcast: N/A
Action: SS Starstruck
When: The month of March!!

[Just your typical monthly mingle.]

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[theroadwarrior]

[... Aaah, yes. Concern. He hates concern -- it makes him all self-conscious.

He shakes his head.]

Not my first time doing it. Don't worry.

Just needed some rest. Time to, um, recuperate... Had it handled.

[... He wasn't checked out at all, of course.]

Um. You?

[youdontneedapictureofme]

[You're off the hook, for now, Max. She'll give you the benefit of the doubt.]

Well I'm glad you were there to think quick. Sorry you even had to.

[When will she stop saying sorry? Who knows. She's probably apologized about fifty times to various concerned parties like Carl and Takeshi and even Okita.]

Me? I'm good thanks to you, anyway. Needed rest too, like you.

[Which she didn't take for very long either. There was work that needed doing and she wanted to just keep her head on right without others worrying after her.]

[theroadwarrior]

Mmm. Any lingering problems?

[He taps his temple.]

Up here. Images, voices...

[youdontneedapictureofme]

Not too much, most of it I pretend it isn't there. It was worse before. I don't know if it's me or if it's some side effect of bouncing from place to place like the fleet does.

[She shakes her head a bit.]

All I got is guesswork.

[theroadwarrior]

... You'll be alright.

[He nods, pretty sure of himself.

A thoughtful pause.]

You're from the same world as Carl. Apocalyptic?

[youdontneedapictureofme]

[She nods, smiling a bit. Carl was probably the only reason she was trying to fight through all the mess in her head these days.]

Yeah. Met his family while they were drifting through, they found my daddy's farm and we gave them shelter until we had to move on with them. He's been family ever since.

[As she tells the story, her hands unconsciously come together so she can twist her wedding ring. She hadn't even thought of how Glenn would feel if something had happened to her. Now she felt completely ashamed.]

[theroadwarrior]

[He notices the turn of the ring — and you know, once upon a time, he had one, too.

But he doesn't think long on it; he evades memories as best he can. Tries to drown out the voices.]

Smart. Good to find family wherever you can.

M'from a world where everything's gone. Lot of people go it on their own, and you regret not making something.

[youdontneedapictureofme]

Yeah. My home's a bit like that - not everyone's lost their humanity yet though. We're just tryin' to get by, really.

[And she's lost so much as it is. They all have, really.]

[theroadwarrior]

Mmm.

Still hoping to turn everything around? Make it something decent?