Tarsakh 2 1369 DR - Awakening

[child_of_bhaal]

Who: Syeira and anyone!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: The Marsiva
When: Midnight April 2nd (mostly to avoid any confusing with the April Fools stuff going on)

[It is not a graceful waking. The figure covered in a shimmery cloak suddenly startles awake, over alert, mostly fighting with the fabric as it tangles them up like a net. The person falls out of the bunk, making a sound like a discordant windchime when they land. Only then do they fight the clasp open and fling the cloak off, taking in a gasp of air, as if they'd been choking.

It's a girl, with wild curly long hair, the color of freshly spilt blood. She's wide eyed for a moment, before whatever she'd been dreaming about faded. Then reality sinks in around her. Definitely not Suldanessellar, and she's definitely alone. A quick pat shows she's been disarmed.

She heaves a big sigh, running both hands through her hair -oh look, she's going pointed ears- and letting her ehad fall back against the bunk behind her with a controlled thud.]

Is it Second-day already? And here I thought I'd at least get one night to myself before my next abduction.

[She shivers, realizing she's still cold, when the chill from her nightmare should be seeping away. She rubs her arms, and then awkwardly yanks the cloak out from under her. Standing, she puts the thing back on, and if anyone has been watching this little scene from the start, suddenly that attractiveness she has seems to kick up a notch or two. Magic. Now huddled inside the shimmery cloak, she goes about getting her bearings. In doing so, she discovers her communicator, after having accidentally kicked it a little. Oops. Picking that up, she holds it in her palm for a moment, realizing she knows what this thing does. A think she's never seen before.

Tsk. Nod. Just great.]

And I've been force fed knowledge about things I've never seen. Gosh, is it my birthday too?

Comments

[dadlife]

... Then I don't think you've got a lot to worry about, long as that keeps up.

[child_of_bhaal]

[She glances away, smiles a smile that says if only he knew. That expression stays there when she looks back.]

Thank you for that. I hope it's true.

[dadlife]

[finally, joel is gonna go ahead and turn the video on. this is so awkward, ew.]

Hope you settle in here.

[child_of_bhaal]

[The smile becomes less resigned and more earnest when she sees his face. Hi, Joel. c: ]

I'm fairly good at adapting, but I shall endeavor to never settle.

[dadlife]

[oho. that one gets a tiny little smirk out of him.]

Fair enough. You never told me what job they gave you here.

[child_of_bhaal]

[She guessed you might like that.]

Oh, ah...

[It takes her a second. Force fed knowledge is both overwhelming and occasionally itchy. At least in her experience.]

Security. Looks like I'm playing to my strengths.

[dadlife]

Well, at least one of us is.

[child_of_bhaal]

Not really keen on supporting personnel?

[She clearly doesn't know what Personnel Support even means, and has no problem showing how uneducated she is in that area.]

[dadlife]

Not my area of expertise, no.

[child_of_bhaal]

Shame on Atroma then for wasting talent.

[dadlife]

You gimme a gun and I'll do my real job.

[child_of_bhaal]

If or when I get my hands on one, it's yours.

[Just like that.]

[dadlife]

[just... a little shake of his head, and another tiny grin.]

I'll hold you to that.

[child_of_bhaal]

As you like. I keep my promises.

[dadlife]

Somehow that ain't hard to believe. Let me know which ship you end up on.

[child_of_bhaal]

[Oh gosh, the smile he's getting suddenly.]

I will.