driftfleet | Twin Roses Mingle

[Winn is gone. She doesn't announce it and maybe she should. He had a lot of friends, but she knows his absence will be felt and she can't do it. Not again. Talking about him being in a coma was hard enough. There are only so many things a warrior can face. So, she spends most of her time in her room on the Twin Roses with her captain's bed big enough for two.

If you come close to the door you may hear Winn's voice. It's a recording and she's listened to it a lot. Sometimes it's just his last words, "I love you, and whatever happens, I'm with you, and I'm rooting for you" on a loop, but she's been listening to all of it a lot and crying and hitting and throwing things. The room is almost as much of a mess as she is—clothes on the floor, too many belongings with no where to put them since she took some of their things from his room on the Tourist too. The gown she got for the ball is hanging in the corner, destined to not be worn. There are plates on the floor that haven't been returned to the kitchen yet. It's not the way she normally lives, but it's how it is now as she curls up on the bed in the Cardinals jersey he made her hugging the stuffed animals they won for each other on the hand-holding planet as she plays the message again.

There's a new adornment on her finger. It's something she found hidden away with Winn's things and while the stones are blue and not diamond it just makes her all the more sure what it is. No wonder he'd been trying so hard to save up his money for a special project he couldn't tell her about yet.

She does emerge from the room from time to time if you don't seek her out there—kitchen, bathroom, hallways in between.]

Edited 2017-05-12 00:14 (UTC)

[ now that there's someone aboard another ship from back home (even if fitz still only knows him from here), he finally leaves the bishop once in a while! yes, he's gotten to know some people in his time here so far but just sorta inviting himself to their ships felt awkward.

okay this does too, but significantly less so.

he spends most of his time in the kitchen, since it's the more neutral area of the ship. people live here! he doesn't want to wander about aimlessly looking for hunter.

except, of course, when he finds himself in the twin roses' engine room. look he can't help himself, okay. especially given the crew doesn't include an engineer of their own. he's just looking out for you guys! poking around and making sure everything is working as intended ]

[There's a Kitty coming up quietly behind you in the engine room.] Plotting some sabotage, Fitz? [Less quiet when she speaks. She doesn't actually think it's sabotage and there's no severity to her voice, but she is curious.]

[ between her quiet approach and getting a little lost in the comforting hum of the engines, he near jumps out of his skin when she speaks. he whips around, his hand on his chest over his pounding heart ] What? No! No, nothing like that. I was just- There's no engineer here. So I wanted to- I was checking on things.

[Before the 7th]
[For the first week of May, Makie is still a child. Small, dark eyes, expressionless face, pigtails. Watches people from around corners. That kind of thing.]

[On the 7th]
[The glitch ends on the 7th as abruptly as it began, which is pretty rude, all things considered. She's left flat-footed and (luckily) in the bathroom, where it doesn't quite matter so much. Makie takes a shower, takes a long moment to be utterly relieved she's herself again. It feels like waking up from a bad dream, a little.

...except bad dreams don't usually end with sheepish voice broadcasts.]

If someone could bring my clothing to the bathroom, I would appreciate it.

[Thanks, Atroma. :|]

[After the 7th]

[BUSINESS AS USUAL. Like her routine even changes that much. Though once she's made aware of the upcoming ball and its ulterior motives, well. Maybe she ought to find a nice dress.

She'll probably just end up going in the gown Wrath bought for her, lbr.

(This is basically the catch-all. Hit her up for whatever.)]

[The side of her mouth tries to tug up into a smile as she fights it.] Relax. You were less freaked out when I actually walked through you last time. That's nice of you. Sorry I startled you. To what do we owe the extra engineering aid?

[Things should be in good shape. She and Castle look after it with what their augments will allow them to cover, and Winn is always checking up on things too. Of course none of it is the same as actually having a crew member assigned to the ship who can provide shields in case of emergency. She's been thinking of switching augments for it, but she hates the idea. She doesn't like choosing anything about the augment, even trading one for another. And there's something nice about being a compliment to Winn instead of something more repetitive.]

So, how naked are you right now? [Your captain, the troll.]

[There was a party invitation and a potential mystery from the other Fleet to figure out, but Castle was finding it hard to care. Kate hadn't even been here for 2 months before she'd been shuffled off, and he'd been in denial about how lonely he'd really been without her until she was gone again.

It would be pretty obvious to anyone that Castle was sulky and depressed as he went about his usual duties. He'd put away the costumes and stopped practicing, would pick at his food, and generally seemed listless, not even puttering after the cleaning bots as he usually did.]

Edited 2017-05-08 17:34 (UTC)

[She noticed Castle seeming down one day when she breezed through the kitchen in a hurry and saw him poking at his food. By the time she saw him again looking disengaged with his robo-buddies she'd already looked up the crew roster. So she just walks up and hugs him. She is the mushiest of all the former assassins, okay?] Hi.

[Vices]

[Zounds, nobody had told him that everything was so massive in this world! So when he settled in for the evening, he was helping himself to a - well, average - but quite large mug compared to his stature filled with some frothy sort of brew he'd managed to get his grubby little mitts on. Floot brand or something of the sort. He didn't know what a 'Floot' was.

It was nothing like the brews he was accustomed to - too malty for his taste - but he supposed it would have to do. But he was quiet tonight, keeping primarily to himself. Have a space-ale?]

[Gardening]

[Another afternoon, another racket. As another pole was smashed to splinters, the knight sighed and set aside what was left of yet another shovel. With another three stacked up and ready to be tested, he seemed intent to try them all. But with each one he hefted, swung and parried with, it seemed not to be enough. It would shatter to pieces from the force, not something to be used as a weapon.

CRUNCH!]

...Again?! But I was assured these were strong...

I was- I didn't know how to react to that. Nothing like that had ever happened to me before. Being startled though, that's happened before. Plenty of times. Not that I'm easy to startle. [ nerves of steel! ] I came here to visit with Hunter but when I didn't see him, I figured I would come down here to check on things.

[ he's just trying to be helpful. he likes to be useful, to have something to do that's familiar. and while regular space ship maintenance may not exactly be familiar, electronics are. everything here does look fine though. he honestly figured it would be. he doubts that all of the ships have full crews (hell, the bishop is one of them) and they do just fine! for the most part, at least ]

[She smiles as he continues on, reminding her of Winn. Well, Winn with an accent. It's kind of cute.] You reacted to it just fine. You and Hunter are friends? Same world?

[So mean!]

I have towels.

[Does that answer your question.]

[Hark, a complete stranger in their kitchen.

...that seems to happen more often than not, tbh. Makie pauses in the entry way and glances at him with no great surprise, and then pads into the kitchen proper, pulling her ginger tea down from the cupboard.]

Are you looking for someone?

[It does.] Anything in particular you want me to grab for you? [Because of course she'll help.]

[Hmm. Kimono are sort of complicated, really. But.]

There's a red patterned yukata that I believe is hanging on the back of my door. [It feels hazy about the last time she saw that, but that's where she usually keeps it.] I can take care of the rest.

Thank you, Kitty.

Edited 2017-05-09 13:11 (UTC)

[You just keep pouring that Floot brand brew, Shovel Knight.

Makie will just, uh. Stand in the doorway to the kitchen and stare at him blankly because wow, you're tiny.]

[He wiped a bit of froth off the front of his helm before something prickled at the back of his neck. When he turned his head, he realized he wasn't alone.]

Oh- Is this your seat?

[He was already moving to relinquish it, but rather than hop down, he climbed onto the counter to prepare a second mug.]

[....

....well look, her doctor was a two foot tall tanuki, a tiny person in a suit of armour is... not the weirdest. Maybe.

Oh, that was a question--] Oh-- no, it's fine. I was just coming in to make some tea. You're... new to the crew?

[She missed a few weeks there.]

Milady Makie?

[ Maglor has come looking to make sure she is better! ]

[He stopped and saluted.]

Yes, ma'am! I am Shovel Knight, new member of security for this vessel! 'Tis my hope that I am of use to the crew.

[He canted his head at the mug.]

Oh- tea. How is the tea here?

What's a captain for, right? [Really just a friend.] How are you feeling? Do you remember everything? [Making her way to Makie's room to retrieve the yukata.]

[ just think of him sort of like winn: the foreign edition! ] We're friends, yeah. Or we will be. I only know him from here, but he said that he knows me, that we're friends. [ he nods ] Same world. Same team, I'm told.

[Castle was surprised by the hug, but he allows himself a brief moment of vulnerability and just... sinks a little and lets Kitty hug him. It might be a bit much, since he's a big man, but he straightens up quickly.]

Why did they bring her here just to take her away from me again?

[So exotic!] Oh. Yeah, those are always a little awkward, huh? [Not that he's been through it before necessarily.] I mean, I haven't had that exactly, but I've had many variations of strange connections in these places. I'm usually the one more in the know which is usually better. [And if he didn't remind her of a bunny-like version of Winn then she would probably add in something more cynical about how it would be easy to manipulate someone into believing it. But Hunter made her stew and she didn't die so here's hoping?]

Twin Roses Mingle

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