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[searingedgelord]

Who: Velvet Crowe and You!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: aboard the SS Red Fish
When: right after the Shuffle

[Velvet had woken up in one strange tin can and had only just started to get her bearings when she was suddenly transported to another strange tin can. This isn't how she was expecting today to go.

She stumbles a little but manages to catch herself, oblivious to the fanfare that signals her arrival.]

Where--?

[She takes a moment to steady herself, shaking her head to clear it. She blinks, focusing on her surroundings, trying to make sense of things.]

...Is that pudding?

[Where does pudding fit into all this? And that's not even mentioning the confetti. Actually she hasn't even noticed that yet, or the fact that a lot of it has fluttered into her hair. She looks pretty festive for someone so cranky.]

Comments

voice.

[airily]

Yeah? Which one? Maybe I'll come by and say hello.

[ As long as SOMEONE isn't there. ]

voice.

[searingedgelord]

Don't know yet. I just got here.

[She's still trying to put things together. It's a lot to take in.]

voice.

[airily]

Then go find out! How're you supposed to meet up with an old friend if you don't know what ship you're on?

voice.

[searingedgelord]

Just give me a minute.

[it's said snappishly, but she does actually seek out the information. She's just real grumpy about it.

Eventually she responds again.]

Red Fish? Something like that.

voice.

[airily]

[ It's lucky he's used to snappish people now... ]

Great. I'm gonna come and see you.

Re: voice.

[searingedgelord]

Okay. And then will you tell me what's going on?

voice.

[airily]

Sure I will!

[ As much as he can, anyway. Thankfully, he's a little better when it comes to the shuttles than he used to be and he makes his way over to the other ship, sending Velvet a message when he lands. ]

I've docked, come and get me.

Re: voice.

[searingedgelord]

Yeah, yeah. I'm still learning my way around.

[Which means it takes her a few minutes, but eventually she gets there to let him on board.]

[airily]

[ And then he moves, coming off the shuttle and out onto the ship itself, and for a moment he just... Waits.

Because he looks different, right? ]

Yo.

[searingedgelord]

[What the hell, this isn't how he looked last time she saw him. Just kind of stares for a minute. And then:]

Your hair's a mess.

[airily]

So's yours.

[ Rude af. ]

If you're just gonna insult an old man I could just go...

[searingedgelord]

[Whatever, Zaveid can insult her hair if he wants.]

Don't you dare.

[airily]

[ He's gonna!! Frequently!! ]

I'm thinking about it...

[searingedgelord]

Zaveid.

[Her tone is sharp, and maybe slightly more desperate than she wanted. She needs information and she does actually trust Zaveid. She's just bad at being nice.]

[airily]

Velvet.

[ All he does is cross his arms, grinning at her. ]

[searingedgelord]

[Just giving him a look. A look that basically says he's insufferable but she's willing to tolerate him anyway.]

What am I doing here? I was kind of in the middle of something.

[airily]

Hey, we were all kinda busy, y'know.

[ But he shakes his head, huffing out a breath of air. ]

You're here because the Atroma brought you to entertain people.

[searingedgelord]

[Okay, that's the first time anyone has mentioned entertainment.]

Are you serious? If they wanted entertainment they should have grabbed Magilou.

[airily]

Does it look like I'm kidding, Velvet? [ He shakes his head. At least this is comfortingly familiar. ] Maybe they wanna see tall, dark and brooding hanging around here.

[searingedgelord]

[She huffs.]

I'm still a bad choice. I'm not that tall.

[airily]

[ And, without pause, he moves over so he's draped on her shoulders. ]

You're tall enough for me!

[searingedgelord]

Wh--

[She kind of freezes and there's this internal record scratch moment where she tries to figure out what is going on, why is there a shirtless malak draping on her. Why is touching happening.]

What are you doing?

[airily]

[ Zaveid just beams, because he can. ]

Hanging out with an old friend.

[searingedgelord]

[After she recovers from the initial shock, she shoves him. Hard. Trying to put space between them. The response is actually more borne from concern than outright rejection, not that she'd admit it outright. Either way she's irritated, though.]

Don't. I can't always control how much malevolence I give off.

[She's an angry, violent person, but she likes Zaveid well enough. She doesn't want him turning into a dragon. Especially not because of her.]

[airily]

[ Zaveid makes an oof sound, stumbling back and huffing a noise before he holds his hands up in surrender. ]

Jeez, warn a guy, Velvet! I'm safe, anyway. I've got someone checking up on me.

[ He has a pure Shepherd keeping an eye on any malevolence he might end up by. ]