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driftfleet2017-10-11 10:42 pm
Ice Rink Baby!!
It had been days. He'd tried to calm himself down but it was hard. Yuri kept seeing Lyuku in his mind. He just remembered the people. The fights, the tears, woeful goodbyes between loved ones who thought this was the end. Sure, they had a happy ending but it just stayed with him. He'd never been a part of a mass panic like that and... it was hard to move on. He lost a crewmember to the evacuation. How can he just let that go? He tried to stay busy but that proved difficult when he didn't have a real job around Twin Roses... he just... was there. The token useless guy. He tried to find comfort with Victor or even just a distraction but.... it was hard to be in the mood when he was this preoccupied. He was curled up in Victor's bed staring at the ornament they bought that day. It was one of just a handful now... it was priceless... the Lyuku space station could probably use that more than they could now, it was a piece of their culture. He cuddled a pillow in silence, yearning for it to be Makachin... or just for the rush of skating. Even just to skate a few laps.... he felt antsy like he was trapped in a cage. He was. They both were. "Victor... what would it take to make a rink? I mean it this time. We need it. I can't... stand this any longer."
Victor had felt pretty shaken himself. There was too much to think about when it came to the utter destruction of an entire planet. They had been able to save so many, but not everyone. It was difficult to keep up his cheer, absent minded persona when such a terrible thing had happened. And then there was Yuri - kind, sweet, emotional Yuri. All Victor wanted to do what share the burden of this with his love. When Yuri spoke he took a moment to think over the answer. He had asked people about opening a business here before, but all of the experiences had been restaurants and bars. Still, there were amazing things on the Iskaulit. Things that had to have been much harder to create than an ice rink. "I think the first thing we'd need is help. We'd have to reach out to others here," he said it thoughtfully but even as he spoke he couldn't help the desire that washed over him. He missed the ice. He missed being in his skates. He needed it just as much as Yuri did. "Did you want to use the network and ask?" he suggested, pushing himself up a bit to look at Yuri's face.
Yuri looked up from the pillow. He knew what Victor was getting at but he was..... actually he didn't feel hesitant. He just felt the need to be on the ice. He might actually be able to do it. Even though asking for help was horrifying. He fished for his glasses and then his communicator. "Okay.... okay.... just.... ask people? Ask everyone?" he had to pull all his courage together. He had to remember his press conference. His interviews... he can do this. Skating is amazing, people will love it. "Ah... should I start?" he just pressed record and scooted over to Victor so they were both in the shot.
"Hello everyone! Ah... you may know us, I'm Victor and this is Yuri-- AH no no I'M YURI! THIS is Victor! Ah... ok breathe... well we want to.... to tell you that we both are competitive figure skaters at home and we really want to open up a rink here in the fleet. We'd love to share the fun of ice skating with everybody but it's not easy to make a whole rink. We need you... so ah... anybody who has ideas.... give us a message. We'll brainstorm together!" he laughed nervously and cut the message off.
Victor pushed himself up and wrapped his arm around Yuri so that he could peer over his shoulder and watch the message being made. "Bravo!" he commented, and turned his head to the side so he could kiss Yuri's cheek and ear. Then, he pulled away again so he could grab his own communicator. "Now's the time to see the responses and reply! Before too long, we'll both be back out on the ice." He sighed dreamily. "I can't wait for you to show everyone here what you can do."
[ooc: You can reply to Victor OR Yuri OR both! Just designate which one you want in the subject of your comment!]
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We need to scout how much space you actually have and work with that. Things like stands and lockers might not be possible. The space of the ship is defined, and it will have to be taken into consideration the stresses on the ship's system of maintaining a rink of any kind.
You're probably going to have to compromise a bit here.
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Of course. [He chuckles a bit at his own ability to get carried away.]
What's most important is the ice.
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Don't worry. I am sure we can get you something to work with. We'll make the best of what we have. That's what engineers do.
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Yuri and I are so lucky that we have some good engineers here then.
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[ He's not joking. It actually did. ]
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Those shoes are traditional sir!
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