Tourist Mingle

[got_it_memorized]

Who: The crew of the Tourist! or anybody who might visit.
Broadcast: Probably not
Action: Anywhere onboard
When: The week of 29Mar-04April

[All things considered, the Tourist is a fairly quiet ship; it seems most of its crew keep to themselves. What happens when they do happen to bump into one another, though? Let's find out! A chance encounter at the coffee machine, an awkward meeting in the shower, or maybe just killing some time in quarters, let's show the Fleet how the Tourist keeps it real.

[Your captain has purchased some fruit at the market on Mor and has generously deigned to share, so there's a selection of apples and oranges and a box of strawberries in the kitchen for the taking! Don't be greedy, though!]

Comments

[got_it_memorized]

I hear ya there. I've seen some weird stuff in my day, and I'm just kinda glad that aside from the whole space element, this place keeps things relatively normal most of the time.

[He nods grimly then.]

Yeah, I agree. [Roxas didn't get a childhood. Would that he'd had the chance to give him something like one, Axel would have.] This doesn't seem too bad, all things considered--it's like space camp, only a little heavier on the space aspect. S'better than what I came from, anyway.

[justamobster]

Somewhere you don't wanna go back to? [ He's heard that from at least one other person here, and remembers a few of the station residents protesting Jin's efforts to get them back home. He's not sure how things could be so bad as to never want to go home, but then... He's more about seeing his people and his little brother again than actually wanting to be back in Nieve. ]

[got_it_memorized]

Mm, something like that. [It's a little hard to explain that he, you know, died, but now he's here. And apparently, according to Riku, he gets over that whole death thing anyway. He still doesn't really get it himself. He sighs a bit, then gives a bitter sort of laugh.] Let's just say it's a little easier to run from your mistakes when you're potentially in a whole other universe.

[justamobster]

[ That earns him a wry little chuckle. ] I hear that.

[ It's sort of nice not having other mobsters breathing down his neck for a while. He's almost forgotten what that's like in his constant idealization of home. There was still violence, on the station and he imagines here, but it's no where near as brutal.

It makes him feel a bit out-of-place, and he's not sure how he feels about that fact. ]

Now we got a clean slate t'go fuckin' up, yeah?

[got_it_memorized]

[Axel laughs bitterly, shaking his head.]

Ah, I was hoping to avoid screwing everything up this time. Learned my lesson, you know? Gonna try something different this go around.

[justamobster]

In my experience, you fuck up regardless. Thing is, in places like this, get to do so in ways you ain't thought possible before. [ He chuckles a little, then shrugs. ] Startin' t'think that's just part of livin'.

[got_it_memorized]

Maybe. [He quirks his mouth to one side, frowning a little.] I guess I just wanna make sure I don't... fuck up the same way I did last time. [It's weird to swear, he doesn't do it much. But it's appropriate in this context: he really fucked up last time, and he definitely wants to avoid doing anything like that again.]

There's a lot to be said for living and learning.

[Or dying and learning.]

[justamobster]

Yeah, I get that. Tend t'wind up walkin' down the same paths, s'a waste when you got the opportunity to start over. [ He frowns and now that his dishes are dealt with, he stuffs his hands into the pockets of his pants. ] Hopin' t'avoid doin' that here, either same path from back home or same one from the station.

[ The latter should be easy, so long as he doesn't let himself get too attached to anyone. That's a mistake his heart doesn't need repeated. ]