driftfleet | Waking up #1

Who: Katie McCoy and anyone
Broadcast: Yas
Action: Vanquish
When: 23/8

[Action]

[Vanquish crew might get a heads up that Katie's woken up by the short, one-sided conversation she appears to be having with a demanding and loud cat, muffled through the walls of the personnel room where she sleeps. Not that there's a lot of talking-- a lot of silence on her part, actually, punctuated first with the sharp words "How long?" And then a little later--"Oh, I see. Taking advantage of people again, are you? Tsk."

She lets herself out of the room eventually, still blinking drowsily and her hair tugged back into some semblance of a braid, Licorice a small black shadow winding around her ankles that seems very intent on tripping her up. Which-- don't give her that, you little shit.]

Doesn't work on me. If so many people are feeding you, I bet you've had scads of affection. Don't be such a brat.

[Doesn't stop her from padding barefoot into the kitchen anyway to fetch both of them some food. Morning, crew, wherever you are.]

[Text is my favourite medium]

It seems I slept through show and tell Pity But I only got some wonderful movies to add to our collection

[...they're like D-grade. One of them's called Attack of the Killer Refrigerator, I mean c'mon.]

I wonder, has anyone seen Event Horizon? Fantastic movie, though it's very far-fetched Plenty of loving moments Morpheus fought to free his crew from a ship that wouldn't let them go before he quit and went on to try proving the universe wasn't real I love sci-fi, don't you? Better than real life any day Has anyone given thought to the fact that maybe we're the cameras? What's the worst movie you've ever seen?

[She probably has points in there somewhere. She was going to waffle about movies ages ago, but then she fell asleep. How rude.]

((ooc: I haven't linked to Katie's permissions for a while.))

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Of course not. That would inconvenience them instead of us.

I could be entirely wrong, of course. But it's an interesting thing to keep in mind.

[She doesn't think she is. Well-- if she is, there's no cameras. Pooka can only change forms when nobody else is watching, and that includes via footage. Either or.]

Cameras and sci-fi ships aside, how have you been? Did I sleep through anything interesting?

[Don't mention dragons.]

You were asleep? I'm sorry, I wasn't aware. I'm glad you're up now.

[It's really hard to keep track of this many friends, he's not used to it. And it's kind of a seraph thing to not see someone for fifty years and not even realize it, so...]

I don't think you missed much... probably just a lot of shopping. I grew my hair out, does that count?

[Katie has a habit of vanishing for weeks at a time anyway, so she doesn't take it personally.]

Did you? How long is it now? Show me!

[Never mind she can't see him on this thing. That's a choice, right?]

[uh.

uhhhhhhhh.

there's a pause of a minute or two with no responses, until finally Mikleo just attaches a photo- it's of Sorey, showing off the back of his head. Hanging from the top of his hair is a fabric measuring tape held in place by nothing (or Mikleo, invisibly). The end of the tape falls just above the middle of Sorey's back.

Ta-da?]

[ksdfaksd that's kind of adorable. You can't hear her snicker, but hey.]

Tell Sorey I said hello. Do Seraph grow their hair so fast or was I asleep longer than I thought?

He says hi back.

No, it hasn't been that long. Our appearance is primarily driven by self-image- quite literally, believing is seeing. A certain someone thought I might look good with long hair, and it stuck with me enough that I figured I'd try it.

Edited 2017-09-05 17:40 (UTC)

[...that's amazing. SHE CAN'T EVEN DO THAT AND HER WHOLE KIND ARE BASED ON BELIEF so rude.]

Does that mean you could just think yourself into anything you want?

That would be convenient, wouldn't it? But no, it's not an unlimited power. The belief has to be genuine, especially to make drastic changes, otherwise we'd be lying to ourselves, and that would invite malevolence.

It's mostly just what keeps us looking the same age for centuries.

[Oh, that's more in keeping.]

Would it surprise you to learn that your kind and my kind have a lot in common?

[She's been thinking that a lot of late. Never actually said as much.]

It doesn't surprise me, actually. We managed to find common ground a while ago- it's only grown since then.

One day I hope to figure out what "your kind" is, exactly.

[since, you know, she can't answer him plainly.]

I'm given to understand you can look me up in the library.

[World's most unhelpful statement. But hey, humans have legends on pooka, she just didn't narrow it down at all!]

Interesting. I wasn't aware there'd been anything in there that I overlooked.

If you've got any to recommend for me, I'd greatly appreciate it. I'm always open to new stories.

[Or is that cheating? Only way to find out is to try.]

Mmm try vampires. I'm a big fan of blood, after all! Keeps me alive. Avoid anything about trickster spirits though, I'm not clever enough for that.

[It's about as close as she can get you.]

[ooh, that's a better hint than he expected. Trickster spirits, eh...]

Vampires are awfully popular in media, even across worlds. It might take a while to find the right book.

There are terribly many of us, yes. But knowing all about vampires is a healthy choice for life, I've found.

I'll be honest, the only vampires I've ever met are quite friendly, so I'm not sure where this terrible reputation comes from.

Well, that's how we get you. So friendly nobody could possibly believe a terrible thing of us.

You've certainly been slacking off on taking advantage of all the trust you've earned. Or maybe we're just snacks being saved for later.

Are you telling me I'm letting too much trust pile up? What a terrible mistake I've made. I shall have to do something terrible.

I'm sure we'll all have a terrible time. I shouldn't have said that.

Ridiculous. Of course you should have. You're pointing out the error of my ways like a true friend.

Well then... my work here is done. Best wishes as you forge your new path in life.

Edited 2017-09-19 05:11 (UTC)

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