GOLDSTONE OCTOBER MINGLE

[spacebro]

Who: Goldstoners and visitors and lurkers, oh my!
Broadcast: In prompts maybe
Action: Goldstone
When: October

[There have been some mysterious energy drains registering not only on the sensors but in the way the lights seem to dim for a few moments before returning to their normal strength. Maybe a non-essential computer terminal goes dark and needs to be rebooted. It's not causing any damage, but it is mysterious, no?

If you investigate through some special ability or using the ship's diagnostic tools you'll probably come to the conclusion that the energy is funneling into sleeping crewmate, Mon-El's, room and actually right into Mon-El himself. Alien cells are weird, guys.

It only lasts a day or two before he's awake and leaving the ship's energy where it belongs!

And enough about Mon-El, we have a new crewmate (Alphy) and a dead crewmate (Okita). These are exciting times!]

Comments

[spacebro]

Missed me? [The confusion is real. It doesn't sound like the playful kind of missing you might do when you haven't seen someone for an hour or half a day.] What happened?

[takingkarabusiness]

It's been almost 2 months, Mon-El.

[spacebro]

Two months? [He thinks back as if trying to remember that void of time and nothing comes.] I was gone? No... [He would have returned to the Marsiva if he had been.] Asleep? [The way Kara had been before, but not for two months. That's just cruel.]

[takingkarabusiness]

Asleep.

A lot happened.

[spacebro]

Okay, I should probably be sitting up for a lot happening. [Not to break any hugs or closeness too soon, but he's going to work himself up so he's not lying down. Apparently, he's been doing that for long enough.] Are you okay? [Looking her over as if there will be marks to signal things that have gone wrong.]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she allows him the space for that ]

I'm... I didn't get hurt or anything like that.

The last planet we were docked at... an asteroid hit it. We tried to get as many people off of it but...

[ but it was exactly like Krypton and Daxam ]

[spacebro]

[His lips part reflexively in surprise. Of all the things she didn't need to see happen. It was terrifying being on Daxam when debris started raining down on it. He did things he's not proud of to escape that situation. And not only does Kara have the heart of a hero wanting to protect everyone, but she lost everyone and everything when her planet died too. That's the last thing anyone needs a reminder of.]

Kara...

[He reaches out to more securely pull her into his arms and hold her.] I'm sorry I wasn't here for you. For them.

[takingkarabusiness]

You couldn't...

[ she trails off. it's crying time ]

I shouldn't be... You just woke up.

[spacebro]

Yes, you definitely should be. Go ahead. [He rubs her back, thankful that at least he's here now. He wasn't sent away like Winn. That's something right? But she had to go through that without either of them or Alex or J'onn. It doesn't seem right. He knows how strong she is, but that doesn't mean she should go through all of that on her own.]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ she keeps her face pressed against his chest ]

I'm just so glad you're here.

[spacebro]

I hate that I wasn't here when you needed me. But I'm not going anywhere now. [Not a promise he can keep, but one he desperately wants to be true.]

[takingkarabusiness]

I want to believe that. I will believe that.

I missed you so much.

[spacebro]

I don't remember being gone so long, but I miss you every time I close my eyes. [In another situation he might have teased instead of being so honest with his heart. But it was feeling safer in her hands.]

[takingkarabusiness]

[ that definitely warrants a kiss. when it winds down she wipes her tears ]

I probably would've stayed behind, but thank Rao for Barry.

[spacebro]

[The kiss is full of apology for leaving her on her own for so long and promise for future comfort. That or it's the pressing of lips and only so much can be conveyed when neither of them are telepaths. Still, it's not a playful or sexy kiss as many of theirs are.]

Stayed behind? What...on that planet? [Kara, no, what are you saying?]

[takingkarabusiness]

Not intentionally, just in the service of saving more people.

[spacebro]

Okay, just for reference, staying on a dying planet is a bad idea. [No matter how much survivor's guilt you have to carry.]

[takingkarabusiness]

I'm aware, Mon-El.

[spacebro]

I just don't want to lose you. [Touching her face. So many times he felt so close to losing her already even if it was more out of things he'd done and not life and death heroing.]

[takingkarabusiness]

I don't want to lose you, either. It felt like I had.

I can't lose anyone else, Mon-El.

[spacebro]

Hey, you're not losing anyone. Even the people who aren't here, you're going to see them again. I'm going to get you back to your sister and Winn and everyone.

[takingkarabusiness]

I hope so.

You must be starving.

[spacebro]

I am...not without being very hungry. [Awkward wording? Where?] But I am more worried about you.

[takingkarabusiness]

We could get food and come back here and snuggle?

[spacebro]

You have the best thoughts. Have I ever told you that?