driftfleet | Stick a Fork in Me

Who: Katie McCoy and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide.
Action: Vanquish, Iskaulit, Malum
When: Today!

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Just a moment--

[She'd apologise for the deafening thunk of a very solid piece of metal striking the floor in front of your screens, but she's in too bad a mood. It's the business end of a battle axe, runes inscribed along the metal edge and the weapon far too ridiculously big for a person like Katie to use. In fact, it's not temper that made her slam the stupid thing into the floor. She just can't lift it for very long, it's too goddamned heavy.

(Especially for someone who's been out cold for nearly three months, and this is what she comes back to?)]

Now. Who's responsible for this? Where did you get it?

[Anyone who saw any Tully-related flashbacks in calibrations will recognise the weapon for his. Otherwise, the runework is distinctly Scandinavian (Younger Futhark, to be precise) if there are any geeks in the audience.

...also, that's from the Atroma and it's been sitting in the cargo bay for months. Merry belated Christmas? She really appreciates it. Honest.]

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[In person, one can find Katie either dragging said stupid axe back to her quarters on the Vanquish, down at the fox park on the Iskaulit, or lurking at a table in Malum and getting really drunk, which is possibly not wise but par for the course.]

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That's a pretty impressive ax.

Was that your gift?

I've been asleep for half a year. You might need to narrow that down a little.

We all got gifts from Atroma for Christmas. I was wondering if that's when you received it. That's not a sponsor gift, and I doubt Atroma gives actual weapons for birthdays.

[...ironically, she slept through her birthday as well. Not that she could tell anyone when it was.]

...

Were they all tasteless as this one?

Probably some of them were.

[Keith shrugged.]

I got my knife from home back.

[Well, she knows what she needs to, anyway. There's a small sigh.

Then she smiles faintly.]

A special knife, was it?

Actually, yeah... it is. It was my mom's. [And also apparently his membership badge to a secret group of alien revolutionaries fighting against a massive evil alien empire. But, sure. Yeah. It was his mom's.]

[Oh. Well.]

A weapon with a personal touch. Are you glad it's here?

[Keith hesitated, taking a deep breath and letting it out slowly as he considered it.]

Yeah, I guess. It's got something of a mixed meaning for me at this point. I'd rather have it than not, though.

...well. Seeing as this axe is also mine, I suppose I should stop complaining that it's here. [She crooks a faint smile.]

Seems pretty heavy. Have you used it a lot?

[Keith was curious.]

Oh, all the time back home. Great workout for my arms, really.

[Katie you can barely lift it]

[Keith gave her a look and then smirked slightly.]

Okay, then. I wonder why they gave it to you.

Why else would you give a girl the axe of a dead loved one?

That certainly makes things awkward.

I'm sorry. The Atroma can kind of be jerks, I guess.

[That they can. She's marking this act as one she's going to make them pay for, if she has to wait years.]

I wonder if they've ever done anything that could be considered not a jerk move.

...

[Keith actually considered that for a moment.

Then, he shook his head.]

I'm going to say 'no' for now, since I haven't seen anything otherwise.

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