Here fishie fishie fishie...

[bryces_pup]

Who: The Blue Fish crew and any visitors
Broadcast: possibly?
Action: Definitely
When: Throughout the month of September

[Four new crew members and three long timers now occupy the Blue Fish. Whether you wanna introduce yourself or casually stroll in to see how the ship's faring, here's the mingle to do it.]

Comments

Arrival

[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka heads over, following the sound of a new arrival. Though he's smiling, he does arch an eyebrow and give Snow a little of the stinkeye. ]

Wow, rude. I know the confetti's a little much. but we love our decorations here. So rude, wow.

Arrival

[heroofcocoon]

[1) Please try harder. He's faced off against gods. And Lightning. You have a lot to live up to. 2) Do you really want to get on his wrong side by not being funny? Is this the hill you want to die on? Space decorations? 3) It's too early in the day for this.]

I've seen worse. [And he's not going to say what he thinks is worse.] But being bombarded the second I get here isn't really the way to get me excited about the whole kidnapping into space part of this deal.

[alwayscomeback]

[If this is Snow's general reaction to friendly sarcasm, boy is he gonna have a difficult time on the Blue Fish. Sokka gives a shrug. ]

Honestly, I don't think many people are excited about the kidnapping thing. Except maybe the crazy people. Welcome to the Blue Fish, I'm Sokka, the captain here.

[heroofcocoon]

[That's Snow's general reaction to everything at this point in his long life. But, it's whatever.]

Oddly enough, I could think of a person or two who'd find it interesting.

[Of course, Lumina is a pest and he's called her a demon more than once, but that's not the point.]

Snow Villiers. Guess I'm security around here. [Thank Etro that he's not in charge here too.]

[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka DOES like having Zuko-types in his life. He really does. ]

What? Really? They'd like being kidnapped?

Nice to meetcha! And boy have you come at the right time. This last planet has definitely got the heebies and the jeebies going on. Given what usually happens when Atroma does that to us, having someone who can man the ship's weapons system would be really needed.

[heroofcocoon]

[Look, walk a day in his combat boots and then we can talk.]

She has a perverse sense of humor. She might even like these Atroma I've heard about.

[Don't ask.

But, wow, that speech doesn't inspire confidence at all. If anything, it makes his face take on a harder look as he moves his left arm, trying not to feel the burn of his brand through the cloth of his jacket.]

What normally happens?

[alwayscomeback]

Wow. That's...actually pretty creepy.

[Sokka is absolutely used to grumps, he pays zero heed. ]

Wellll, we've had calibrations, various attacks on the ship, or planets being full of crazy dangerous things- it's always a fun surprise, but it's almost never good.

[heroofcocoon]

Her in a nutshell.

[And annoying. Very annoying.]

What the hell is a calibration?

[alwayscomeback]

You just missed them- something you should be glad for belieeeeeve me.

[He jerks a thumb to the window, where the Marsiva always looms. ]

They beam everyone on the Marsiva, and at night, we walk into each others dreams and see one another's memories. It's >O?super creepy.

[heroofcocoon]

Yeah, I guess I'm lucky then.

[More like everyone else is probably better off not knowing what the hell goes on his head.]

And that kinda thing happens often here?

[alwayscomeback]

The luckiest.

Nah, Calibrations are pretty rare. I've been here nearly three years and it's only happened two times. I think they only use them when they're desperate.

[heroofcocoon]

Desperate.

[Snow snorts under his breath.]

I don't think they really understand what the meaning of that word.

[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka raises an eyebrow, unimpressed. He's been here too long, his already deep-seated cynicism is a hundred times worse there days. ]

Let me guess. You're gonna teach them that.

[heroofcocoon]

[Snow can appreciate someone who is difficult to impress but he just doesn't care that much anymore.]

No sure I know enough to rush to that line of thought. Besides, I'm sure everyone else trapped here thinks that.

[Besides, what would he go back to if he went home?]

[alwayscomeback]

Eh, some people are actually happy here. Not everyone goes home to good things.

[He folds his arms, frowning, thinking of Riona. ]

Some people are facing horrible deaths back home- heck, some people are already dead. I can't blame them for wanting to stay put.

[heroofcocoon]

I can see that.

[He doesn't want to go back to a world without Serah, a dying world with nothing for him but more loneliness.]

This place could be some sort of relief, I guess.

[alwayscomeback]

Sure. Even with all the...crappiness. [He shrugs. ] I'm hoping one day to get a way for them to find a new place, if they want- once we get out of Atroma's grip. So they can make a new life that's less... kidnapp-y.

[heroofcocoon]

Is that even a word?

[He'd been called dumb before a time or ten, but even he has to question Sokka's vocabulary.]

Sounds pretty ambitious. You gonna just offer that to anybody then?

[alwayscomeback]

It is now, I've just made it one.

[He gives a nod. ]

Of course. We're all in this together.

[heroofcocoon]

[Snow can't help the quirk of his lips, even if it doesn't last long. Genuine amusement is rare in his life.]

You remind me of someone I used to know. A long time ago.

[alwayscomeback]

[He'll take it, man. ]

Yeah? At risk of harming my own ego: what were they like?

[heroofcocoon]

[Just don't get used to it.]

Friendly, loyal, usually good-natured, good in a fight.

[Gadot was a good, okay.]

[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka nods. ]

Yup. Sounds like me.

[heroofcocoon]

Figured as much. Like I said, you remind me of him.

Haven't seen him in a long time though.

[alwayscomeback]

Oh? Well, you might luck out. All kinds of people show up here.