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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Oh! What an excellent ship to be a part of. What do you think of the crew?

[She'll come, she'll go harass Sam while she's at it.]

They seem like a fine group of people. The ones I've met are very friendly and helpful, and the captain seems to care a lot about her crew.

Better than one who doesn't, I suppose. [--Actually. Maybe she'll take an extra dreamcatcher, too. Or two. Sam could use a refresh at least.]

Is now a good time?

...as far as I know, yeah.

[Actually, there doesn't seem to be anyone around. Maybe they're off visiting other people? Or just in another part of the ship.]

Feel free to come over if you'd like.

Edited 2017-10-04 10:01 (UTC)

I'll be over as soon as I've delivered another one.

[Which means she'll be peering into the corridors of the Bloodsport soon enough. Where you at?]

[Well he was in his room, but since it sounds like she's coming over sometime soon he's since relocated to the galley. Feel free to go to the kitchen, where she can find him drinking some sub-par tea. Whatever, at least it's hot.

When he sees her, Ginko sets down his cup and smiles.]

Hey, I see you found your way over here alright.

[Katie doesn't answer straight away, because she's instantly taken with the fact that Ginko is surrounded by a bunch of, uh... things. Of the small, floating or spinning or definitely cat-attention-grabbing kind. Blink.

Dude, that is the weirdest thing. She smiles after a moment.]

Well, I got lost a little, but my sense of direction is generally terrible. Hello.

[Her stare goes on long enough that Ginko notices, and he gives her a quizzical look before she starts speaking. He'd assume his appearance was what made her pause, but she'd already seen what he looks like.

...whatever. He shrugs it off, and the faint smile returns.]

I wouldn't have thought these ships were that big, but anyway you made it. [Pause.] Did you... want a tour?

[He's trying to be polite, how do you people.]

I think I toured it quite well on my own by accident, but thank you. [She smiles cheerily. Ginko will probably eventually realise that Katie comes here on a regular basis to see Sam. (And shortly, two singers.)]

You've got very interesting hair. Is it common where you're from?

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