April System Mingle

[thespaceopera]

Who: Everyone!
Broadcast: Possibly!
Action: April System
When: Month of April!


[Welcome to the Belt, a huge asteroid belt that's been terraformed for life. Here you can explore the different asteroids, become a rock star, race on some ATVs, enjoy not being underwater.

In other words, it's a mingle! Get in everyone!

> System Info ]

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[dancingmd]

Hmm... Very convenient.

[axiomed]

I've always been rather fortunate.

[dancingmd]

[She stops at a painting, thankfully not of a flamingo - a more abstract piece.]

I'm curious now, though. If you wanted to get drunk, just to have the experience, could you? Or is your reaction more of an automatic thing?

[axiomed]

[ He purses his lips, turning over the possibility in his mind. ]

I could feel it the same way others do, of course. But my mind is more . . . elastic, in the sense that the effects may not linger.

[ His expression is rueful. ] I've felt people die but it's never shut down my body in any way.

[dancingmd]

[Her expression softens with sympathy. She thinks of Deanna and Tasha, how it must have felt to sense one of your closest friends just... disappear. Not knowing what to say, she simply takes his hand, knowing he'll understand.]

[axiomed]

[ He clasps it gratefully. ]

So it's not quite the same, but a very close approximation.

[dancingmd]

A close approximation will do. Everyone needs to let loose now and then.

[axiomed]

I certainly used to. Nowadays though, I try not to drink too much.

[ After all, he only dealt with his alcoholism ten years ago. ]

[dancingmd]

Fair enough. I don't actually drink all that often myself.

[No. Really?]

Besides, there are plenty of other ways to have fun. That aren't quite as... embarrassing.

[Look, she's a big girl, she'll own up to it.]

[axiomed]

[ With a tinge of mischief. ]

I'm sure you only have the most engaging of ideas.

[dancingmd]

[Pleased that he seems to be interested, she grins, her eyes twinkling with their own mischief.]

Well it would be a shame, on an asteroid so full of music, to not go to a concert.

[axiomed]

[ He chuckles softly. ]

Indeed. What did you have in mind? I always had a fondness for the opera. I doubt we'll find anything close to Shakespeare here though.

[dancingmd]

Oh, you don't think I'd let you get off that easily, do you?

[axiomed]

I wouldn't dream of it.

So what did you have in mind?

[dancingmd]

A rock concert, of course!

And... [She points at him with a conspirator's look in her eye.] We're going to dress up for it.

[axiomed]

. . . I'm quite sure I'd look out of place in leather.

[ It's been twenty years, hadn't he escaped this horror. ]

[dancingmd]

[Never, not while she's around.]

Really? I think you'd look very good in a nice leather jacket.

[...okay but Beverly, you are extremely biased in this regard.

But still not wrong.]

[axiomed]

I doubt that.

[ Charles has never been able to rock the leather look. ]

[dancingmd]

Come on, it'll be fun! And I'll be doing it with you~

[axiomed]

Well . . . maybe just once.

[dancingmd]

[Her grin is nothing short of triumphant.]

Wonderful! Because I just so happened to see a shop on our way here...

[She's been plotting this all along, hasn't she?]

[axiomed]

[ He shakes his head fondly. ]

You came well-prepared didn't you?

[dancingmd]

Just a little. So what do you say? Shall we ditch the flamingos?

[axiomed]

All right. You've convinced me.

[dancingmd]

[And there might be a glimpse here of the eager kid he met earlier as she claps her hands on his shoulders in excitement,]

This is going to be so fun!

[As promised, the store is not too far away, though when they first enter, there are a few surprised looks from both the workers and the other shoppers: clearly they are used to ah...a younger crowd. Beverly seems to pay them no mind, however, as she starts rifling through a rack of leather jackets.]