driftfleet | Y'All Need to Dream of Dancing Fish

Who: Katie McCoy & you
Broadcast: fleetwide
Action: Iskaulit or Vanquish
When: 27 September.

[Because it's a matter of survival for the fae, Katie learned to deal with her own nightmares very early on. It's one of those issues when your existence straddles the line between the mundane world and the dream one and you see both at once. It can be fun. It can be beautiful. It can also kind of suck ass.

What happened to the planet below is still a source of roiling nausea for her, but she is by far not the only one dreaming of it now.

In one sense, it's good that the scale of destruction is so vast that the human subconscious has difficulty replicating it as echoes in the confined space of the ships themselves, but it doesn't stop her from catching glimpses of horrified faces in the corner of her eye. Ghostly echoes of copper-skinned victims before their death. Corridors suddenly filling with flame and screams. See, that one's jarring as hell and she has difficulty pretending she can't see it. It's enough that she excuses herself from polite company and locks herself in the Vanquish's personnel room, a ball of wool in her hands and a twitchy cat slinking at her heels. Licorice can see it all, too. That's the problem with getting too close to the fae. She wonders idly if Sam is having issues.

She can't exactly make an announcement to demand everyone get over it already. You can't get over something like this. It's healthy to go through that grief. But if a corridor happens to fill with fire while she's in it, she'll burn. And it's her job to try and curb this kind of thing, the way she ... totally didn't do that in Bath. Oh, well.

She does what she can.]

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Would anyone like a dream catcher? [She holds up a contraption made from baby blue wool and shells, shaking it a little. It looks decidedly average.] Personally speaking, I've always found the ones I didn't make myself far more useful. But you could always try them out and see what happens. Might help with the nightmares none of you are having.

Speaking of non-issues, I suppose this is what being a personnel officer is all about. I really do need my Doctor Is In sign, don't I?

[Decidedly average-looking or not, the dream catchers will reek of magic to anyone who can detect that sort of thing. And they'll work on the nastier nightmares people have until the magic runs down.

She'll be mostly in her personnel room on the Vanquish because these things take time to make, though she'll visit the Iskaulit later to hang out in the fox park and recharge.]

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It is when you've got little to no idea what's going on. [Kaname nods.] I'm fine, but thank you for asking.

It's nothing I'm not capable of dealing with.

[That's good. Then she won't have much trouble dealing with the Atroma, if she can cope with, y'know, planetary devastation at first contact. Katie smiles.]

Well, if you ever need a dream catcher anyway... I'm Katie.

I think I should take you up on that, even if it's only for decoration. Is that all right?

[She smiles at the introduction.] Kaname Buccaneer. Nice to meet you.

More than all right! Just treat it with love, that's all I ask. [...because if anyone breaks one of these things too soon l o l just don't go there, whoops.

Also, your last name is Buccaneer. If that isn't a sign of a great person, she doesn't know what is.] Likewise! I don't suppose you're literally a pirate, are you?

Of course. [This actually gets her to giggle.]

No, not at all, just a singer.

A singer! [You can practically see her eyes light up. That's even better.] My favourite kind of person. Are you very famous?

[Oh look, another laugh.] Mm, well, I'm part of a group called Walküre, actually. But yes, we are-- or were in this case. It's difficult to make that claim when you're in a different universe, after all.

If you're lucky, there might be others here from your world. One tends to follow another, I've found.

Time will tell, won't it? But I can't decide if that's lucky or not.

Luck is both good and bad. Which ship have you been assigned to?

The Bloodsport. Contrary to the name, it's actually welcoming.

Is it? [She grins widely.] I'll take your word for it; never stepped foot on it myself.

[Lies.] But that's reassuring, so I'll be by soon.

Well, if there's no reason to, that'd make sense.

[A chuckle, Kaname offers:] Would it be easier if I came to you?

No, I like to see new ships. [Also, Ginko put in an order for one, too.] I've been cooped up making these, it'll be nice to get out and about. Is now-ish a good time?

If it's no trouble, then that's fine. [She nods.]

Of course. I'll be in my personnel office, but I'll certainly come meet you in the cargo bay if you'd prefer.

A fellow personnel officer. Really, I should have guessed. [Dryly.]

Wherever you'd like. I certainly don't mind visiting your office, though. I will see you soon.

I think you might've been too busy talking about your friend to figure it out. [The cat.] I won't hold it against you.

[She nods.] Soon it is. Thanks again.

[Katie grins, a flash of teeth. But she gives a salute and drops offline.

...so SUP there will eventually be a knock on the only door she doesn't recognises, given it's brand new on this ship. How weird.]

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