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[whereivebeen]

Who: The intrepid crew of the SS Paisley!
Broadcast: anything could happen, I guess?
Action: Anywhere on the ship
When: From the shuffle through the end of the month

[ Well the ship could only stay empty but for her captain for so long. And I'm sure the audience is just DYING to know what happens when these older folks show up and find their ship is captained by a 17-year-old with an attitude problem.

Let the games begin... ]

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wee hours of the morning between the kitchen and his office

[dadlife]

[joel doesn't sleep very well no matter what, but being away from home and his family is making this so much worse. if you're up at a strange hour of the morning, you could catch him going to the kitchen to get a drink of water. he sleeps this shitty all the time.]

i was ordered to tag this on pain of death :'(

[invigorates]

[ and lioriley just flat out doesn't sleep. though after a few days on the ship she's tempted to try anyway for lack of anything else to do. she's already wandered through the ship at least two dozen times, poked and prodded at everything in the medical bay and read what few bits of reading material exist on the paisley.

for the first time in god knows how long, she is legitimately bored. she's tempted to bring up the network, to see if there's anyone around that might answer a few questions - but then she hears it: footsteps in the distance. one of her crewmates is awake. but don't they need to sleep? everyone settled down not too long ago...

clearly that means she has to investigate. the dark elf pushes herself from her seat upon the floor of her medical bay, peering out into the hallway and then slowly making her way toward the kitchen. where she sees joel who... she's fairly certain hasn't left his room in days. ]

Joel. [ hi. ]

why are you telling me that i'm the one who ordered you to

[dadlife]

[he tenses when he hears her voice, just... in the middle of drinking this water. he sets the glass down, watching her and taking a slow breath before nodding.]

Lioriley.

[he sounds like he doesn't want to do this. why. i just left for two seconds.]

telling everyone else that looks at this that youre a horrible monster

[invigorates]

[ because if she doesn't get at least five minutes of human interaction she will shrivel up and die. also, supersonic elf hearing. ]

I had not expected you to be up so soon. Did you have trouble sleeping? [ she doesn't move from her spot on the doorway just yet, dark eyes flitting over to the glass on the counter, then back to joel.]

bares fangs at remainder of crew

[dadlife]

It's... [not that? fine? what, you gonna lie, joel???]

... complicated.

[i want to know ellie is okay.]

I see you're up, too.

[invigorates]

Complicated could mean a great many things, Joel. [ a great many things he apparently doesn't want to talk about. but she leaves that comment open-ended so if he really wants to...he totally can.

she shrugs, ]

I was never asleep to begin with. [ you need to stop saying weird shit lior. ]

[dadlife]

[he's had a couple of days to figure out facing lioriley without freaking out, so he's... trying to stay calm. if he's going to see her here, he probably won't see her back at home when he makes it back. maybe he can... chill out with her.]

... Not used to peace and quiet.

[even where he is now there are raiders and zombies. he's not going to ask why she is... still up... yet...]

[invigorates]

[ she frowns at his answer, lines flickering faintly. ]

Are you used to a more rambunctious atmosphere, then? I doubt that would do very well for your sleeping habits, either. [ was that a joke? we just don't know. ]

[dadlife]

[pff.]

Go figure.

[eyeroll!!]

[invigorates]

[ what. ]

Go figure... what? [ WAS THERE MORE TO THAT SENTENCE? ]

[dadlife]

... [ohhhh boy.]

It's an expression, it--... never mind.

[headshake]

I'm used to... danger. [that's the easiest way to do this]

[invigorates]

Oh. [ weird. ]

Danger. [ she repeats, opens her mouth, closes it - does that a few times as she debates what she wants to say to that. ] Then I suppose peace and quiet is a welcomed reprieve from what dangers you may have faced back home. It may take some getting used to, but I am sure you will manage.

[ she finally steps into the kitchen properly and leans against one of the counters. ]

How are your quarters? Comfortable enough?

[dadlife]

[god he's made her so awkward, he feels bad about that.]

... Better'n a bunk room.

[invigorates]

[ it's less joel making her awkward and more lioriley making herself awkward.

she ends up laughing though, quietly. the lines along her skin flicker once more, brighten just a little. ]

Not so inclined to share, hm?

[dadlife]

[why do they DO THAT]

Not so inclined to sleep near strangers.

[invigorates]

[ ASK MOTHERFUCKER. ]

That is why we work to replace the title of 'strangers' with something more familiar. T'would not be so bad to sleep near friends, would it?

[dadlife]

That depends on an awful lot.

[invigorates]

[ does she really want to ask this-- ] Such as...?

[dadlife]

Whether or not the word "friend" can actually be applied.

[invigorates]

What would you define a 'friend' as then, Joel? If you do not mind my asking.

[dadlife]

Trust. Backing that trust up. Not a whole lotta people worth leaving your back open to.

[invigorates]

[ lioriley falls silent, shifting somewhat uncomfortably on the balls of her feet. maybe that wasn't a good topic to bring up. ]

You are right, trust is a very important aspect of friendship - of any relationship, really. [ she should leave it there. just agree and go along her merry way, but she can't. because she's an idiot and she refuses to leave this blatant tension in the air. ] You are not a man who trusts so easily, I take it?

[dadlife]

[hmm. let's see, joel. do we want to talk about our feelings, or turn this around on her?]

Well, aren't you the nosiest little thing.

[let's see what's behind door #2, bob!!

[it's the loneliness that comes with a tone of voice that snide.]

[respired]

[Koltira doesn't sleep, so he's always up. Particularly now, when there are so many rooms to look into and then immediately leave. He's found nothing of interest anywhere as yet, so he just keeps wandering, wandering -- until he bumps into Joel, pouring himself that water.]

Ah.

[dadlife]

[oh boy. guess who caught half a glimpse of you earlier and has pointedly avoided you ever since????? why are there so many ELVES ON THIS SHIP]

... [joel gives a sort of grunt in response to that sound when he looks up. he takes a drink of that water, but doesn't... walk away. there's an air of intimidation coming effortlessly off of him, but that says nothing as to whether or not a powerful elf like koltira would actually take it seriously.]