do the mingle shuffle!

[carreau]

Who: you! me! everyone! it's like a really big party!
Broadcast: if you want!
Action: see above!
When: right now!!!

[ So the weekly shuffle has happened. We got new captains, people who have mysteriously disappeared-- I mean, who have never existed, and new people aboard the ships. That's exciting! Wow! ]

[ New people, get acquainted with your ships? Press all the buttons? Introduce yourself like a polite individual? Old people, keep aging? Welcome them with open arms and confetti? Punch the person who just opened the door while you were in the shower??? ]

[ Who knows! It's a mingle post! Don't ask me!]

[ (But seriously, how bout those people who never existed, huh.) ]

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[heresyandlace]

[despite himself, he jerks backward and retreats a step. he can't help it.

and it isn't until the creature has wandered to the other side of the room that he realizes it, and steps up to the door again.

there's just a touch of a frown on his face now, as he waits to see if it gets any better.]

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[maybe Tek has finally ruined him forever. isn't language right up there with memory? shouldn't the rest of him be coming back? his actions never seem very human--he still moves like an animal, pacing and circling.

until he finally, finally... it's unbelievable how much this being suddenly looks like Robin when he kneels, hunches forward, and covers his eyes with his hands. his palms dig in hard as he becomes increasingly more upset.]

[heresyandlace]

[--there he is.

Tek finally gets what he wants.

it's satisfying and it's sad--he can admit that much to himself, especially without remorse there to sour it. a stone settles in his stomach. some feeling drags on him, and it's not only what's seeping from Robin himself. it's good though, he decides. it feels right.

he'll wait and watch for just a little longer. just to make sure.]

[birdsbirdsbirds]

[he's busy remembering. it hurts, having a few thousand years of memories rush back. one of his hands slowly moves from his eye to where he'd been shot in the head. he doesn't remember what it was like, lying there bleeding, but he remembers the couple of seconds before.

he finally turns his head, surprise and shock making it onto his otherwise inexpressive face. he looks right at Tek this time, no mistake, but all the fight is gone.]

...Tek?

[so many voices, all of them scared.]