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driftfleet2018-04-13 09:46 am
Fourteenth Blight - video and action
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Also yes
When: April 14th through April 21st (aka drift week)
[When the camera turns on, it initially faces the ceiling. There's some chatter in the background, but it's not easily made out. A moment later, Kiter the mabari's large face comes into view. He looks rather worried, whining as he noses the device.]
What are you doing? [It's the voice of a young girl that carries over. Footsteps approach, and Kiter steps back as the camera gets picked up.] What is this odd thing? [Eventually, whoever is playing with the device turns the camera so it's facing her.
It's Riona, no doubt, but she looks a tad... different. Like, twenty-years-younger different. She tilts her head curiously at the device.] Some kind of metal, but it's so... shiny. Well, whatever it is, I'm keeping it. Whoever left it on the floor obviously didn't care much for it.
[Kiter barks, trying to communicate... something or other.]
Hm? What are you trying to say, boy? I assume you're a boy? [He yips.] Boy it is. I'll have to think of a name for you. Of course, you might have one already, but I don't see your master about. It'd be nice to find SOMEONE to speak with and ask them they return me home. I don't know where we are, but my father will find me soon enough, and I assure your master that there'll be consequences. [Despite only being 12 at most, Riona tries to hold herself up high and haughty. If one listens closely, however, they may hear the fear in her voice.] Go get him and bring him here. I want to go home, and I'm going home now.
[Kiter whines again, clearly unsure as to what to do here. Help a poor dog out?]
[There's a child on the loose on the Iskaulit, tailed by a concerned looking war hound.
Riona darts about the ship, running down the halls, making the mabari chase after her. There's so much to do and see! And she's young and curious, so when she tires out a bit of running around like a little maniac and running into people, she sets off to explore. There are three areas in particular that interest her:
The gardens. Many of the plants look unfamiliar to her, and she can be found checking them out, poking and pulling them. At one point, she pulls an entire plant loose by mistake, her eyes wide as she realizes it. Glancing around - hoping no one's around - she quick tosses it off to the side and out of sight. No one will notice at all, right??
The pool. Growing up near the sea, Riona learned to swim early. The idea of a pool baffles her a bit: it's clearly not a natural lake, but the water looks so clear (and why does it smell so funny?). But as a girl, she hardly concerns herself with that question for long. With a laugh, she throws off caution and jumps into the water, clothes and all. Hey, she doesn't have a suit and she's not about to go looking for one. She does what a child does and swims and splashes around. And because she's a little shit, if she spots you, she'll snicker before splashing some water at you.
The Space Bar/Malum. Taverns are no place for children, but Riona doesn't know where else to go. She's found more people here then elsewhere, and she wants answers.]
Excuse me. [Look down and you'll find her staring intently at you.] I need to be escorted back to Highever. My father's the teyrn. I have no coin on me, but he'll surely pay you when I get back. [If they've been watching her, they'll know they're not the first person she's asked since arriving in the bar. But she's persistent if nothing else.] Oh, and don't mind the mabari. I think he's supposed to be guarding me, but he's doing a terrible job.
[Kiter, sitting a few paces away from her, huffs in offense.]
Tell me when you're ready to leave.
[At some point she comes back - or gets dragged back - to the Blue Fish. Her reign of terror gets contained, but the ship might not be too glad for it for long.
Riona pries and snoops everywhere, getting into the guns and playing with them. At one point, she accidentally fires one by mistake. Luckily it hits a wall and nothing else, but she quickly puts the gun down and puts on her best innocent face.]
It went off on its own! I swear! [Uh huh.
Of course, Riona still has her pilot augment, even if she's not quite... mature enough at the moment to handle it. Not good. She does eventually find the pilot seat and sits in it.]
Oh! What does this do? [The augment guides her still, helping her grab the controls and flip the right switches. But instead of just, you know, guiding the ship, she decides to yank on the controls as hard as she can. The ship swerves to the side. Whoops, hope you weren't doing anything too important, like making a meal or sleeping. Riona nearly falls out of her seat as well, but she's far too entertained to care. Laughing hysterically, she yanks it in the other direction. This is grand fun, she decides. The ship's in for a joyride.
Someone might want to get her away from the pilot controls. Granted they can stay upright long enough to get to her...]
((OOC: as I'm sure you've guessed, Ri's been glitched to de-age to about the age of 12 for a week. Each header has mini prompts within, but you're also free to put in your own prompt if you'd like!))
Blue Fish
Sokka stumbles as the ship lurches to once side, trying to scramble his way towards the pilots sat, attempting to grab the steering wheel from here. ]
How about we don't crash the ship and die horribly in the vacuum of space today, okay?
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But it's fun! And maybe I can go home with this!
[Riona makes a face at him, trying to push him away while yanking on the steering wheel.]
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I...well, it doesn't really work that way so if you'd just-
[He tries to wrestle it away. ]
I'm serious about the crashing and dying thing, you know! It could actually happen!
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Fine. [Now she's all irritated, sitting there like a little lady, arms crossed and her expression just as cross.]
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Look, is there something NOT destructive you'd like to do, like- uh- I don't know. Stuff girls your age like?
[He had Katara in his life, but she is not and never has been a 'regular' girl. It's not like he can offer Riona to go splash about in some water to entertain herself. ]
Dolls? Swords?
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Swords? You have them?
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Sure, I got lots of them. If you promise to stop trying to crash the ship, I'll let you look at them.
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Promise! I absolutely won't. [SWORDS! She'll do anything to get to put her hands on one.] How many do you have? Where do you keep them?
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[Hey if it keeps his ship out of an asteroid field or something, he'll take it. ]
I got a couple in the armoury. You can try out a little one.
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[She kind of wants to swing the hammer, too, but one thing at a time.]
A little sword, right? You're not going to try passing off a big knife as a sword?
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[He will not prevent her from doing this, not at all. ]
Pffft, no. It'll be an actual sword. Otherwise, I'd call it a knife.
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[Because she wouldn't put it past an adult to do that, though she really does want to see this forge.]
Good. I've been fooled enough times by that.
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[He laughs. ]
Well, it sounds like you've been fooled by people who don't know the importance of real blades.
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[How odd.]
Oh, they know. They just didn't want me using one. They believed a knife would be safer than a sword.
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[Best explanation ever.]
Well, that's just dumb. Knives are smaller, it's way easier to fumble with one.
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[Yeah no this feels more like a prison gang or something.]
Smaller blades for smaller hands, or so my father always said. I mean, I know I can't pick up a greatsword or anything just yet, but I'm not THAT small.
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[Sokka scoffs. ]
But how will you train yourself to use them? Better start that young, right?