driftfleet | [ open ] .002 though I am empty, I still warn the sailors on their way

Who: Katara
Broadcast: Written, Video
Action: Yes! Blue Fish and Planet
When: Message sent Monday, midmorning. Some backdated shuffle action.

[After giving it some thought, Katara decided to make an open network post. She wanted to write it out, but as part of her habit from living with Toph, she decided to both transcribe and say it aloud:]

I want to thank the person who put the memorial into place. If you get in touch with me, I can help you get the number to fill in.

I know that a lot of us have been pretty impacted by what we found here. I don’t know how long we’re usually on a planet, but I was thinking… it might be good to have some kind of remembering ceremony by the memorial? It feels important to find a way to show honor to the lives that were lost here. I don’t know what kind of funeral rites they would have preferred, and there’s no way to respectfully move them, so… maybe some fire and some music? Does anyone have any ideas?

I know that this might not be for them as much as it is for us, but… I think that’s important too.

(OOC: Please feel free to threadjack all up in this conversation; Katara would like to make this a community effort, because it feels like it’s something that’s needed to her.)

[The confetti is still as annoying as the last time it happened, but Katara is happy to be on her brother’s ship. She’ll want to wander around and meet everyone, though no doubt Sokka will soon join her to give her an Official Tour. (Did she really need to know every single detail about the ship and all its history? Probably not, but now she does, unless someone saves her.) She’ll spend some time in the kitchen and try to figure out what she needs to bring up from the planet, and then do the same thing in her new room.

Before she heads back down to the planet, she’s going to try to linger long enough to meet everyone.]

[Since the Blue Fish will likely be her permanent home as long as she’s on the fleet, that means that Katara will be doing what she can to take advantage of the free… everything. Her first stop is a hardware store where she picks up a wheelbarrow and several cans of water-based paint. The color - some shade of blue, though she wants something a little lighter too. She’ll be there pondering over choices for a bit.

She also has no qualms about stealing a good idea from the Vanquish when she sees it, and will pick up a chalkboard for the kitchen there as well. She spends a long time staring at a small electrically powered fountain for noise, trying to decide whether or not to get it. For now, she walks away.]

Hmm… maybe I should get different chair too?

[So feel free to find her, either at the hardware store or wheelbarrowing her way back to the shuttles! After dropping the paint off in the cargo hold, she’ll return once more to the planet for a bunch of canned fruits and vegetables and rice… and maybe go back for that fountain.]

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Sokka's your captain, huh?

_{[ A pause as the words fully sink in. ]}

Did you know Sokka before coming here?

[A shrug.]

He's my brother.

[So, yeah. Her whole life, basically.]

What? Really? Well damn.

_{[ He didn't even know Sokka had a sister, but then again he didn't
exactly talk with with the guy to much. ]}

I'm glad he has someone from home here. It's hard, being the only one for sure. And his sibling to boot.

[She doesn't like to think about the years Sokka has spent here by himself. She knows it's not her fault, knows that the fleet is a lot... safer and seems less... awful, in many ways, than Luceti, but she still hates it. She's glad he's the sort to find family wherever he goes.]

Mmm... yeah. Do you have people from your home world here?

Yeah, I do. Pavel Chekov - my navigator on my ship back home, and my friend. I had a few others before, but they've left now.

_{[ There isn't really emotion when he says it, but then it happened
awhile ago, and he's used to the sense of loss by now. ]}

People come and go, as you'll find.

[Oh, she knows that name!]

Oh, I met him! Well, on the communicator, when I first got here.

[It had been a good conversation; she'd liked him.] He seems very nice.

[And yes, people come and go. That, she knows.]

He very much is. I hope you two continue to get along - you can never have to many friends after all. If you have any tech or math questions he’s definitely your guy - a genius even in my time. I have him check my calculations most times.

_{[ He laughs. His voice warm like a proud elder brother rather than
that of a superior coworker. ]}

Uh - I'll keep that in mind if I have any tech or math questions.

[ She... can't imagine why she would, but it's always good to have a trusted resource. ]

Is he on your ship with you?

Yup, over on a the Tourist. So if you ever stop by, chances are you'll run into both of us. Just watch out for the slugs and the leopards.

[...]

The... slugs and leopards?

[Said to the tune of: say what now?]

Oh, yes, we received them from previous planets. I keep the slugs, personally - they have a rather calming effect with low grade telepathic empathy gifts and the leopards are like perpetual snow-leopard kittens. I know some people have otters as well.

_{[ Look don't you give him that tone, missy, your world has some weird
animals too - don't deny it! Sokka didn't even know what a cat was! ]}

[ ...she finds herself wondering if what she thinks of as slugs is what he thinks of slugs are different. Small, slimy, and... sticky insects? ]

...I'll have to come by and see them one day.

[ /skeptical optimism ]

You're welcome to, whenever you like. They're quite nice to cuddle when you're having a down day.

[ ...cuddle with slugs.

Okay. ]

I'll just... have to see them first. But thanks for the offer? [She... thinks?]

Look, just saying don't know it before you try it.

And try not to give your brother to hard a time as captain.

[ She raises her eyebrows. ]

I'm not the sort of person who easily takes orders. [ Not from you or Sokka or anyone, really. But then she shrugs and smiles. ] But he's used to that.

Didn’t say take orders, but maybe give him a listen is all.

_{[ That’s so cute, you remind him of Jaylah. ]}

[...wow, they just met and he's trying to tell her how to interact with her brother?]

Do you always try to tell people you just met how they should treat their siblings?

_{[ He cocks his head. ]}

No, I didn't mean it that way. I was just worried I had accidentally stirred a pot with my own feelings on the captaincy earlier.

[ Blink. ] Oh. [ Heh. ] Don't worry. I'll treat Sokka just like I always have.

_{[ He chuckled. ]}

Good to hear.

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