One Fish, Two Fish, Blue Fish Mingle

[heroofcocoon]

Who: The crew of the SS Blue Fish and friends
Broadcast: Not necessarily?
Action: On the lovely Blue Fish
When: Month of October

[With the tragedy of Lyuku and the entire Eyuzi system behind the Fleet, the crew of the Blue Fish and their friends are now settling into a new routine while they drift along in the relative safety of space.

As one of the few ships that didn't suffer a loss of crew during their little excursion, the crew can safely go about their duties, unless something attacks that is.]

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[alwayscomeback]

[He lets out a tired laugh- he's been juggling with this for a while now, and it honestly feels good to be able to speak it out to someone- getting it off his chest is a real relief. ]

Yeah, knowing my luck, everyone from home will show up on the day I finish getting my age upgrades.

[Not that it really matters, he's not actually the age they know him as any more. Even keeping his body the way it is...it'd be like lying. Creepy lying. ]

Thanks...Ri. I know it's uh...heavy stuff. It's been on my mind a lot lately.

[bryces_pup]

[Please impart that wisdom to Riona. She seems to forget that getting shit off your chest actually helps.]

Atroma would find it entertaining, I'm afraid.

[They certainly like to maker her suffer.

The use of the nickname makes her smile. Agh, it's been ages since someone called her that! But uh, crap, this is a serious talk and she doesn't need to be bringing that up.]

Hey, we all have those heavy things that weigh on us. Never feel like you have to apologize for unloading them.

[alwayscomeback]

[He will do his best. ]

Of course they would.

[Oh, but he'd find it precious and use it all the more. ]

I know, but still. It's extra load that you don't need.

[bryces_pup]

I'm doing okay, Sokka. And I would rather be there for my friends. [The load's not so bad when you share it, right?]

[alwayscomeback]

[Of course she would. He smiles, shrugging. ]

I know. Still. I appreciate having a sounding board.

[bryces_pup]

Anytime... you know, I was trying to think of a nickname for you, but it's hard to get anything out of Sokka. Not without it sounding very strange.

[alwayscomeback]

It rhymes with Okka. [He chuckles at his dumb little inside joke, don't mind him. ] But yeah, it doesn't really...shorten to anything. Most Water Tribe names are like that.

[bryces_pup]

Well that's unfortunate. Nicknames are part of the fun with names. Though, they can also be a source of torment. [As the teyrn's daughter, she was mostly spared this, but she heard some truly unfortunate ones about others growing up.]

[alwayscomeback]

That's usually Toph's thing. The nicknames. She always called Aang Twinkletoes. The rest of us usually get away with it.

[bryces_pup]

[Okay that even gets a laugh out of her.]

Twinkletoes? What did he do to deserve that one?

[alwayscomeback]

I think it's because he;s an airbender, light on his feet, you know.

...Uh, literally in his case. He can float himself in the air if he needs to. Pretty sure she meant it as an insult, though. Toph means a lot of things as insults.

[He says this with utter fondness, Toph is the best. ]

[bryces_pup]

[Reminds her a bit of Shale, in that regard.]

Twinkletoes doesn't strike me as the kindest nickname, no. But then again, I'm sure there's worse she could have called him.

[alwayscomeback]

Oh yeah, I'm sure she really could have picked something vicious if she wanted to. This is a girl who showed people affection by punching them, so-

[bryces_pup]

That's, ah... well that's certainly one way of showing you... care...?

[alwayscomeback]

She's always been very...uh rough around the edges. It's just her way.