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Open: July Starstruck mingle log

Who: Crew of the Starstruck and visitors
Broadcast: n/a
Action: Starstruck
When: July, post-calibrations

[July on the Starstruck is so bright, you gotta wear shades. Good thing everyone has a pair now! In other news, the first mate is in a coma, the captain is hella cranky, and the tunes now feature Lady Gaga and Queen.]

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[Probably Natasha should have come over to check up on Starstruck sooner. There's so many people here she has to follow up with, one way or another, so many friends and so many people who have seen more of her memories, but that's part of why it's hard to face them.

More feelings involved.

Eventually, it's the feelings that brings her back, though.

She doesn't seek anyone out directly, but she can be found listening to their music. Who can blame her?]

[ Rokurou's likely not one of those people Natasha had in mind when she decided to check up on the Starstruck, but as fate would seem to have it, he is one of the people she'll run across while there. Or rather, Rokurou will come across her during a warm up jog around the ship. ]

Hey, visiting again?

[Considering he wasn't in her head during calibrations and she wasn't in his, Rokurou might be about the easiest person she might run into. She flashes him a smile.]

Well, it's been a while. Seemed like a good time to drop in.

You think so? It feels more like people are real sensitive right now after all those illusions that happened earlier.

[ Rokurou's unfortunately too... Rokurou to really talk sensitively about the subject. ]

Well, I gave it a minute. [All the more reason to like him, just now.] But at some point, that's exactly why you have to visit.

At least some people.

[A little smile.] Plus, I like your coffee.

[ He's grinning at the humor; after the somber environment of people trying to ignore their feelings, it's a breath of fresh air to get a little of that. ]

Guess we'd better keep plenty in stock then.

Anyone in particular you're looking to visit? Or are you lying in wait here for an unsuspecting friend?

A little bit from column A, a little from column B.

[She's multitasking. And possibly being avoidant, but she won't let that get too out of hand.]

Let's say there's one or two people I want to make sure I don't miss, but if I run into some others along the way, it'd be a better visit for it.

Makes sense.

[ His cocks his head over toward the coffee. ]

So is that part of the bait? Make a pot and lure them in?

It could be. But only half of them drink it.

[She shrugs, but it's clear she's amused by the conversation. Either that, or she puts on a good show of being amused by it.]

The other half will come over to roll their eyes and remind me of the superiority of tea.

[ Rokurou's amused by it at least, but it also doesn't take too much to amuse this particular daemon. ]

So it's a trap that works either way.

The best traps do. [Said like someone who knows about it.]

Seems like it works on you too. You're here now, at least. Curiosity?

I'm not too hard to catch though, I typically go around looking for trouble.

[ Very true, since where there's trouble, there's usually a fight. And Rokurou's absolutely aching for a good, or at least a fun, fight these days. ]

But yeah, just curious. I've gotten used to the others that're always around, so it's time to start expanding out.

And I looked like trouble?

[Sipping her coffee, both brows rising in mock horror.]

As far as expanding out goes, I'm a pretty low bar though. If I don't come over for a while, I start getting antsy texts from Steve.

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Didn't know you were into Queen.

[Sam leans against the wall, his observation mild-sounding. He's not sure what kind of music he'd imagined her listening to, though.

(And, really, who doesn't like Queen?)]

I wouldn't say into. But I'm also not going to say no.

[No one won't listen to at least a little Queen. It's a fact.]

Coffee?

Do you just come over here to drink coffee?

[Sam wonders how much time she even spends on her own ship; he obviously hasn't been on the Heron lately, but he imagines she spends her fair share of time there, as well.]

I'll always take a cup, though. Unlike some people I could name.

[Peggy.]

Well, I used to steal Steve's shirts, but then he moved in with Peggy.

[That is probably a joke. Probably. She doesn't quite say it in a dead pan, a little sarcasm curling the ends of the words. The question is, does it being a joke mean she never tried it.

All things considered, it does seem a little like she's not spending much time on the Vanquish lately.

She will pour Sam a cup though.]

Some people have strong feelings about how they get their caffeine.

[Sam's just going to raise an eyebrow at that remark. And, yes, he wonders.]

You're always welcome to steal mine instead.

[In an equally sarcastic tone - and yet, there's almost a hint of an invitation there.]

Some people being the English, apparently. Only use I've ever had for tea is sweet tea, and I think she'd probably find that an even worse blasphemy.

I'll keep that in mind. Though you know, it's not really stealing if you give me permission to do it.

[Natasha leans back a little, her half smile twisting a little higher as he talks about Peggy.]

Oh, I'm sure she would. She has problem with sugar and cream in tea. I can't imagine what she'd think of sugar and cold. I had no idea there was such a war between coffee and tea before met her.

Plain tea sounds awful.

[Not that Sam's much of a hot tea person, anyway. And his tea experience is basically limited to bags of Lipton, which Peggy would also find horrifying.

Sam adds plenty of sugar (or sweetener, at least) to his coffee. That's how he likes it, strong, black, and sweet.]

You know, I think it might all be in her head. I'm just guessing, though. Not like I have much of a sample size to go by.

It might be. Or it could be Steve taking the other side and the two of them just dragging us into it with them.

[She says it with amusement. Seems the most likely version of events to her.

Sipping her own coffee (black, no sugar), she shrugs.]

But who am I to judge.

Team coffee vs. team tea. Next thing you know, we'll end up duking it out on some shitty planet.

[His tone is dry, almost humorless. It's probably not a joke he should be making, but at least he doesn't take it far enough to suggest that she'll switch sides in mid-fight. That would just be tasteless.]

If it comes to that, I'll go ahead and sit this one out.

[Sipping her coffee again, then offering a more amused look.]

Besides, for the two of them, that kind of fighting probably passes for flirting.

...same, for that matter.

[Peggy is probably a dirty fighter.]

Mm, you're right. I can definitely see them using fighting as foreplay.

You're the one calling it foreplay, not me. [That was absolutely what she meant, though.] I expect there'll be a real melee when Steve wakes up.

[Peggy has a lot of frustrations to take out on him.]

And I'd put money on how that ends.