mikangirl: (geh!!)
Nami ([personal profile] mikangirl) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2017-12-22 02:47 pm

Take Your Tradition and Shove It

Who: Nami and you
Broadcast: Yep
Action: Bloodsport / Space Bar, Iskaulit
When: Now-ish

[Nami sleeps in an hour past the start of her shift at the Space Bar because the Atroma have always had such excellent timing.  When she finally blinks awake, all icy sweat and teary-eyed, she spends a good few minutes slowly convincing herself it was just a bad dream, not actual, y'know, memories, which is a pretense that lasts all the way until she sits up and catches sight of herself in the mirror.

Welp.

There's no definites, on either side.  That's something to think about.  She checks the time and date on her comm, realises she's only lost an extra half day, and pings the bar staff on duty to let them know she's running late.  She can have her depressing existential crisis later.  Runs through the shower and skids out into the cargo bay with her hair still damp and her backpack over her shoulder and--

And--????

There's a giant thing staggering around in here with yellow feathers sticking out awkwardly from the most godawful wrapping paper she's ever seen--]

[Indignant Video]

Hey!  [This here's a redhead with a lot more hair this morning, looking pissed.]  Who the hell left the giant bird in our cargo bay?  You can't just wrap a living creature in that much--

KWAAA!?

[She breaks off, startled, to glance over her shoulder at the crackling sound and sudden rumbling of something heading this way.  It's a wildebeest herd  And then has just enough time for a shriek before the comm goes flying , which means maybe all you get after that is a blur of yellow feathers and pink flamingo wrapping paper that's on fire (who giftwrapped the electric bird seriously) and a whole lot of joyful bird sounds who just ran over his favourite navigator sort of accidentally, but that's Biri for you.  JFC, bird.

Muffled and in the distance, after a few moments--]


...never mind.  I'm gonna be later.

[She recognises him now the wrapping paper has kind of burnt to ash, that's for sure.  Ow.]

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[She will eventually get to the Space Bar with all due apologies, so you can catch up with her there.  Or order a drink.  She's in a better mood than when she woke up, at least.  Giant idiot birds will do that to you.  Even if they singe your hair a little at the same time.]

axi: <user name="axiality"> (dunno man)

ac....tion

[personal profile] axi 2017-12-22 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Kaname's walking down the main hall when she hears a weird sound followed by a shriek. She drops any plans and quickly heads down to the cargo bay to check it out.]

Nami? Are you okay?

[The doors open just in time for her to see her captain getting body slammed by a giant chicken and something on fire not too far away.

She makes her way to the scene, avoiding the bird and captain, to start stamping out the flaming paper.]


Tell me if you need help.
moseyin: (you're scaring me")

action

[personal profile] moseyin 2017-12-22 06:51 am (UTC)(link)
[chocobo

Honestly it's probably not, like the legs were all wrong and that tail was huge and the cry wasn't quite right, also the fire, but it's close and it has been SO DAMN LONG, Cloud misses these stupid birds so much that he's more than willing to investigate and see if it's even something close. He goes on the prowl.

...he doesn't have to prowl far. The cargo bay still smells like burnt paper and there's a bird plucking brunt shreds from its plumage when Cloud freezes in the door, staring right at it. IT'S NOT A CHOCOBO. BUT IT'S CUTE. He's so transfixed that you can bet he probably hasn't noticed any other people in the room as he carefully creeps closer, making little 'kweh' noises and holding out a hand.]
alwayscomeback: DNS (Okay but lemmie point out a thing)

Video;

[personal profile] alwayscomeback 2017-12-24 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
That....that sure is a giant electric chicken.

Did you do something with your hair? Did you get it cut?

[If she hits him, it is absolutely deserved. ]
axi: <user name="axiality"> (brain storm)

[personal profile] axi 2017-12-24 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
[The burning paper is put out quickly, so Kaname turns to pay attention to the bird and captain, watching the ensuing antics. A smile tugs at the corner of her mouth.]

Well, people have been receiving things from their home recently...

[She can't help but give them both an amused sympathetic look.]

That's a definite possibility if nothing else.
alwayscomeback: DNS (Reassuring)

[personal profile] alwayscomeback 2017-12-24 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[He just continues to grin at her. YUP.]

That's what you get for offending your poor hair- what did it even do to you?
moseyin: (god damn right)

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[personal profile] moseyin 2017-12-26 06:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh man there's NOTHING going on upstairs, is there little buddy. Cloud loves him instantly.

Nami talking all of a sudden makes him jump, but by now Cloud's gotten close enough to ruffle his feathers up and he's very preoccupied with that.]
Geez. [A science experiment, huh? Cloud's feather-ruffling gets a little more contemplative.] Not exactly like him, but yeah. Use 'em for transportation, racing, stuff like that.
goldenglasses: (You don't say...)

[Video]

[personal profile] goldenglasses 2017-12-27 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Vash was here to say he got her message about running late, but then there was chicken. He watches it all unfold and as it seems that Nami isn't in mortal peril after all the screaming he calmly adds.]

Nice hair.

[Because that is clearly the most noticeable and important thing to take from this.]
tempredmental: (Uh...)

video

[personal profile] tempredmental 2017-12-27 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh... you okay?
tempredmental: (That's Bad. Not Good.)

Re: video

[personal profile] tempredmental 2017-12-27 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Keith yelped and almost dropped his communicator.]

What is that?!
axi: (game plan)

[personal profile] axi 2017-12-28 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[She sees the conflict on her captain's face, and decides to let her sort it out on her own. Mostly, anyway. Kaname goes over to the pair, looking at Biri curiously.]

It might be, but I hope it wasn't their intention. [Even if it was, who can say? The singer tentatively reaches out her hand to the bird, glancing at Nami for guidance because... right.]

Look at it this way, if he was bigger, it would be even more difficult for him and you.
noprophecies: (032)

action;

[personal profile] noprophecies 2017-12-28 08:50 am (UTC)(link)
[. . . well, it isn't as though she doesn't spend most of her time in the bar anyway, drinking her life away. Here she comes]

Did you survive your bird attack?

[it's . . . it's asked seriously]
moseyin: (i cried out)

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[personal profile] moseyin 2017-12-28 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dodges that wing smack with the skill of a man who has done it many times before] Is that what the fire was all about?
alwayscomeback: DNS (Okay but lemmie point out a thing)

[personal profile] alwayscomeback 2017-12-28 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I deserve all the I Told You Sos in the world if that happens.

[But moving onto more important matters. ]

So. Followup question. What's with the giant electric chicken?

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