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Who: Crew and Guests of the Paisley
Broadcast: no
Action: SS Paisley
When: throughout the rest of March

[Time for a mingle, Paisleys!]

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[Misty stands up and takes the can from Tina. Her look is very skeptical.]

Now, I've never met a unicorn before but this sure as hell ain't cursed... it's not magic at all.

[Kindly:]

I think Atroma's just playin' a mean joke on you.

Oh! Phew. [Tina exhales, nodding.] I think Allen was just trying to be helpful, honestly- he said his ex killed a unicorn and it cursed a kingdom. Or something like that. I wanted to make sure nobody got hurt if they ate it is all.

Doesn't hurt to be careful - you never know, what with all these people coming from all different worlds.

Thanks for the confirmation, at any rate. I wouldn't think Atroma would try to curse me or any of us just for the fun of it, but who knows?

What are you gonna do with it, now that you know it ain't cursed?

Probably feed it to the crew. I mean, if they're willing to eat it. I think Stefan would, since he told me it's halal, and he said Kirito'll eat anything. I couldn't bring myself to have any myself, though. If there's the slightest possibility that there's unicorn in it... too close to horse for my tastes.

Can't say I blame you - I actually like how many protein flavors I can get here, so I don't have to eat much meat.

[Tina smiles.]

I'm 100% in support of beef, but the protein stuff just isn't the same. Wish I could get some fresh stuff... I'm not as good a cook as Dad is, but I'm sure it'd still taste good.

Yeah? He cook a lot for you?

Uh-huh. He owns a hamburger restaurant, actually. It's below our apartment, and Mom and my siblings and I all work in it.

I take it y'all are pretty close then?

Yeah... [Tina sighs wistfully.] My siblings especially. Gene and Louise and I have always been joined at the hip, ever since they were born, so it's been a little hard to be separated from them.

[Misty smiles softly. Even if she never wants to go back herself, she feels for the ones who do, who have something to go back to.]

I'm sorry. I hope you get to see them again soon because you're lucky to have a family like that.

Part of me wants them to show up here, since at least they'd be more entertaining than I am. Mom and Gene would be writing and signing songs, and Louise would be scheming to take down Atroma, and Dad... actually, Dad wouldn't want anything to do with it. It's not so bad here in the Drift Fleet, though. Unicorn meat scares aside.

No, not so bad.

[Though it sounds like Tina's got a normal life, not like most of the rest of them. A normal life worth going back to. She smiles.]

Just keep up that positive attitude and you'll be all right.

It's hard to sometimes. But I try to remind myself that I'm awesome, and that works.

[She smiles.]

That's 'cause you are awesome!

I'm glad you think so, too.

Of course - I wish I had had a friend as nice as you when I was 13.

[And that gets a bit of a blush out of her.]

I try my best to be nice to everyone. It just makes more sense than being mean, you know? And all of my crew is so nice to me in return. I'm pretty lucky.

Yeah, this is a good crew, isn't it? Helps that Stefan is such a good captain.

[Not that she's biased or anything.]

I like him a lot. He's taken care of me ever since I got here, and he's so willing to teach me new stuff.

That sure sounds like him all right. He's been there for me since the beginning too.

So we both lucked out. I'm lucky to have all of you, really.

Me too!

And if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask me for help and I'll do what I can.