Open: July Starstruck mingle log

[wingedman]

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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[directed]

[Not just a poor soldier's logic; it's not logic at all. Rip's penchant for pressing ahead, for focusing on whatever goal or task he has in mind might have spared him for the moment--or at least given Peggy's ire one less source of fuel.

Things have hardly been easy between them since the night they'd spent drinking. For all that had been shared both during that binge and before, they've yet to find a way to simply be around each other. No doubt it's been exacerbated by Steve's condition as well, but--it's unfortunate.

He would like to think Peggy capable of looking at him without seeing the ruthless murderer of his past eventually.

The kettle is left to the heat; Rip could start putting together some manner of breakfast, either for himself or the crew, but instead he focuses his attention on Peggy--and on the matter at hand. He hasn't asked for much during his tenure, he thinks. Respect for the secrets that have now been laid open by the Atroma, mostly. The request he has now doesn't seem unreasonable.

(But then again, they all have their biases, don't they?)]

There's someone from my world who's been brought here. [Seems the simplest way to start, given the rather unique circumstances surrounding Gideon's existence.] Her name is Gideon, and I'm hoping to convince you to approve her transfer to the Starstruck.

[mucked]

[ she betrays little. little, or nothing. and it's a poker face all the more easily maintained because of her low spirits. having taken a recent path of emotional isolationism, it's altogether too simple to restrict her reactions from reaching her expression. rather than looking blank, however, she aims to look bored. unmoved.

although it's got very little to do with rip hunter. even given what had happened during the past month, she's prepared to accept him as someone multifaceted. more than the sum of his bad memories. it's a courtesy she doesn't announce or sign-post. no, a good lion's share of her behaviour around him sources itself in all the opportunities she'd failed to take -- discussing the cook's status with steve, for one.

but he names the person she'd met in the marsiva halls and peggy acknowledges her dearth of surprise with a small nod. ]

Alright. [ and if at first it seems too easily won, that's because it is. peggy soon follows up with, ] Convince me.

[ she might have agreed outright but rip's particular phrasing brings out the worst in her. she intends to make him do precisely what he'd outlined to try. ]