ACTION! Meeting people!

[killedwithlove]

Who: Cole and anyone who stands still long enough to be talked to
Broadcast: No.
Action: One ALL fleet ships except The Tourist and The Three Twins
When: During the week.

Cole doesn't like the communicators. He finds it too disorientating to talk to people and have that vast distance between them.

Instead, he's setting out to visit each of the ships and meet the people on board. He likes people and he likes meeting and talking with people and he'd far rather do that face to face.

Don't worry. He doesn't take up much space and he takes up no supplies. He just wants to meet people.

But... he gives The Tourist and The Three Twins a wide berth. Fenris had been very clear that he was not to see Cole again and Cole will respect that by avoiding the places he seems to be.

Anyone from those ships will have to be visitors somewhere else to run into Cole.

Comments

[puro]

[He really...should have expected that, but surprise still registers across his features, before relaxing into a strange mix of sadness and relief. ]

I'm glad to hear that, amigo.

Maybe one day everyone will know that.

[killedwithlove]

I don't understand people who hurt animals. I know you have to kill animals, that's part of life. People need to eat. Animals kill each other to eat.

But hurting them... I don't understand it.

[puro]

They do it for sport. Entertainment. [His tone is full of disgust. It's a long, honoured tradition for his family and look where it got them all. He loves his family, more than anything, but he can't be them. He can't do that.]

It's pointless.

[killedwithlove]

That's wrong.

[Cole looks slightly angry about it, but not shocked. He's rarely shocked by what people can do to each other and animals.]

I would tell them it was wrong.

[puro]

[That gets a wan smile.]

At least that makes two of us.

[killedwithlove]

Cadash believed that all that was needed was one person to stand up and say no and others would follow.

[puro]

María is better at that sort of thing than me. She could lead the country, if she got it in her head to do it.

[killedwithlove]

Some people are leaders. Cadash was a leader. Jove is a leader.

There's nothing wrong with not being one either.

[puro]

Some of us are just better at support, right?

[killedwithlove]

Yes. Support is important too. People sometimes forget that.

[puro]

Who else will be there when the great leaders need a shoulder to lean on, hmm?

[killedwithlove]

A leader needs people to lead.

Shoulder to cry on, hands to hold them up, butt in the seat next to them sliding over a tankard...

[puro]

[That gets a chuckle.]

Yeah, make them feel like they're not lost in the world. That they're doing good.

[killedwithlove]

Everyone likes to be supported. It's nice, to know someone is with you and believes in you.

[His voice is softer, sadder briefly.]

You must do that very well.

[puro]

[He gives a humble smile and a shrug. ]

I do what I can.

[killedwithlove]

Yes. You do.

That's good.

[puro]

Well, I'm glad it does something.

[killedwithlove]

It does. You do.

Will you play that for a while? [He points at the guitar.]

[puro]

[Manolo reaches for his guitar, plucking a few strings. ]

Sure! Anything you had in mind?

[killedwithlove]

Play something Maria likes?

[puro]

Okay.

[He settles for the tune he played when he proposed to her and his heart aches a little. For one brief moment, his life and future looked so bright, and then it was dashed away. He belatedly wonders who found his body there. Probably his father. Ow.]