universal_charm: (Keep Talking)
James Tiberius Kirk ([personal profile] universal_charm) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2017-11-20 11:21 pm

And Let Us Gather 'Round [ Video + Action ]

Who: Kirk and The Fine People of the Fleet
Broadcast: Yes
Action: On the Iskaulit, Specifically at the Melting Pot - Note: After the Broadcast
When: After they start heading away from the system

Video
[ Kirk appears on the screen, and probably like many people he looks tired and a bit beaten up. Scratches not yet healed on his face, one even covered with a bandage on his cheek, that sort of drawn look around his eyes after all the sleepless nights and the battles and general horridness. A little to pale, perhaps.

Even so, he gives as warm a smile as he can as he begins to speak. ]


For those of you who might not know, I come from a world called Earth - or at least, one of the versions represented here. On my world, in the country I hail from, we celebrate something known as Thanksgiving roughly around this time of year if I've done my calculations correct. Some people call it Friendsgiving, but it's all the same really.

Essentially, it's a time to a give thanks for the good things in your life, your friends, and your family. In the spirit of that, I've arranged for a gathering at the Melting Pot - a thank you to Jarvis for that. Everyone who wishes to come is welcome.

I just thought we all could use a day, a place, to be together and to just enjoy each other. So I hope to see you there.

Action: The Melting Pot
[ The restaurant is set up to allow as much mingling as possible when people arrive - places to sit, of course, but there's gentle music playing for those who might want to dance and just to give some atmosphere (but not loud enough to stop conversation at all). Food and drink is laid out - things to nibble on rather than the usual feasts associated with a Thanksgiving. Not particularly ideal, but it's what could be managed. Unless, of course, anyone decided to bring something else to add to the spread.

Not a fancy party, to be sure, but it's warm and inviting, which is what Kirk had hoped for. A place for them all to come together and enjoy each other and just be glad they were all there and if not quite completely whole, then, well, able to be there. ]


[ooc: Open mingle! Feel free to create your own starters and do as you like - tis a warm Friendsgiving party for the Fleet! ]
bi_otic: (judgemental)

[personal profile] bi_otic 2017-12-03 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
It's been a hell of a month, hasn't it? [He'd known, though they'd maybe never put in exact words, that the last system was a struggle for Felix, and this newest incident couldn't have been much better for the other man. He'd had to focus his worries on making sure his own crew was safe, but now that it's over he only has to look around and see what it'd done to everyone else.]

How are you?
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[personal profile] scanninggaydis 2017-12-11 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
[For all that the last month was rough, Felix doesn't necessarily look it. Not the way he did after Lyuku (well...not that Kaidan was around to see that anyway.), tired and grumpy for at least a week afterward.

In some ways, Lato'li had been easier, at least in terms of the long-run impact it will have on him. Horrible in the moment, but less of an ongoing trigger. He shrugs, but it's with a continuing smile.]


Fine, really. Happy to be back in the air, of course, but...well, everything could have been worse, you know?
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[personal profile] bi_otic 2017-12-24 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, definitely. I don't think they were counting on us having so many teeth. And the back-up from our friends made all the difference. That was a big risk they took, to help us out.

[And, though he's hesitant to admit it, it felt familiar to be back in a combat situation again.]
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[personal profile] scanninggaydis 2017-12-27 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
They really did.

[Felix doesn't expect that kind of altruism from people, most of the time, but it's hard to deny that the Interceptor fleet had stuck their necks out for them when they didn't really need to. At all.

He hums, tapping his free hand against his arm.]


You know, for such a disparate group of people, this fleet pulls together remarkably well in a crisis.
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[personal profile] bi_otic 2018-01-05 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kaidan grins at that]

A crisis is usually when that kind of thing happens. Trust me, I've seen that kind of spirit in action. I've seen what it can accomplish. And despite being from different worlds, I think most of us are human.
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[personal profile] scanninggaydis 2018-01-10 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets another small hum from Felix, filled with what seems like consideration.]

I guess you could say the same for our fleet back home. There were way more civilians than there were military, but people still made do.

[...Of course, things also fell apart easily, but he's trying not to be a downer. Not at this party, not right now. Felix does enough of that in the regular course of his life.]
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[personal profile] bi_otic 2018-01-16 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kaidan nodded his mild understanding]

Yours sounds a bit like the Migrant Fleet back home - a self-sufficient mix of military and civilian personal.
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[personal profile] scanninggaydis 2018-01-20 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Pretty much exactly like that, yeah.

Why-- [For a second, he forgets conversations they've had previously, and is about to ask what caused them to need something called the 'Migrant Fleet'. And then he abruptly remembers again.] Oh, wait. Never mind.

[He will not ask depressing questions, he promises. Or at least what he assumes are depressing questions.]