Yadrolla System Mingle

[lacyprincess]

Who: EVERYBODY
Broadcast: Yeah, sure, I guess
Action: The Fleet and the Yadrolla System
When: 4/29 - 6/8

[Hey, hey, look, we have a new system! Let's go compete in stuff and root for sportsball teams! System info is here!

GO WAVES!]

Comments

[watermarks]

I'll believe that when I see it. [ It's a teasing tone, but she's serious. ] But hopefully, if you're going to keep doing this, you won't have to fess up.

[ If he was going to keep doing this, she'd rather he won than not. ]

[privateeyed]

It'll probably be pretty obvious, I mean. [he gestures]

If it makes you feel any better, this side - [and he gestures again, to the right side] - will be all "healed" by tomorrow. Gotta love fake stuff.

[watermarks]

Yes, [ so dryly ] how else could you pop out an eyeball for dramatic effect.

[ NOT OVER IT, BOYO.

But let's try a topic change. ]

So what else have you been up to?

[privateeyed]

I pop it out to gross people out with it too.

[he's such a jerk gosh]

Not much, honestly. I've been doing the trivia stuff, but I don't know much about alien planets.

[watermarks]

[ Yes, and you are very good at grossing people out, that eye trick was... something.

Anyway, she makes a face. ]

Yeah, I went to one of those. They were mostly based on team trivia. It was pretty boring.

[ She hasn't been back. ] I've been spending a lot of time by the ocean.

[privateeyed]

Oh, you got the team one. Lucky.

[he was not so luck. He makes a "hmm" noise and nods]

I walked by the ocean a few times. Mostly just been hanging out in open areas. There's a few places not so crowded. It's nice.

[watermarks]

It is. I haven't really been back to the ship, except for a few times to check and see if things are alright. [ She points at a hotel a few blocks away. ] I'm staying there tonight.

[privateeyed]

[he turns to look, eyebrows raising] Yeah? Big spender. [he's teasing] I go back at night. Not much of a hotel guy.

[watermarks]

They gave me a lot of money, [ a bit of disgust in her tone]. I figured it was better to spend it before they decided to take it back, or not give it to me in the future.

[ She shrugs. ] Besides, it's easy enough to make money on these planets.

[privateeyed]

Yeah, that's true enough. Might as well treat yourself if they're just gonna give it away, I guess.

[watermarks]

[ She nods. ] It's actually cheaper to rent an apartment for the month, or a small house. I did that on the ocean system. But when Tommy asked me to help him out for the night, I thought it'd be easier to get a room here.

[ She rolls her eyes. ] But I didn't want to stay there any longer. He was done fighting for the night, anyway.

[privateeyed]

Uhh.

Who's Tommy again?

[why would you tell Ben of all people you got an apartment with a boy]

[watermarks]

[ Ben, that is not at all what she said or what you think it is. She would be so embarrassed if she knew that was what you were thinking.

Sadly, Katara is oblivious to the direction his mind went ].

Tom. Tommy? He was the Wave I was patching up at the fight club.

[privateeyed]

Oh, that guy. Did you hook up with him or something?

[there it is. It's begun]

[watermarks]

What? [ She knows what that means, thank you, Masaomi! ] No!

[privateeyed]

[he looks SUSPICIOUS]

But you were sharing a place with him.

[watermarks]

What? No! [ Oh geeze. ] I rented a hotel here, Tom lives in the city!

[privateeyed]

Oh, you made it sound like you were sharing. [he's such a shit]

[watermarks]

[ Spreading her hands incredulously: ] How, by mentioning his name in the same sentence?

[privateeyed]

And the "helping him out for the night" part.

[watermarks]

[ Her fist shoots out without thinking in an attempt to nail Ben hard in he bicep closest to her. He could see it coming and dodge, but he'd have to react pretty fast. ] What? You just saw me patching him up! How did you go from there to there?

[privateeyed]

[knowing he absolutely deserves it, he doesn't even attempt to block it. He just winces and reaches up to rub his newest bruise] Ow. What! I wasn't gonna judge!

[watermarks]

Good! [ Congratulations, you have her speaking in italics. [ Because it wouldn't be any of your business if I did, but I didn't and I wouldn't, and -- I can't believe you'd think I would!

[ With just some random guy she was never going to see again? That was just... not how she was built. Definitely not something she'd been raised to think was acceptable, and also just... a lot of her feelings about this had been really warped by what Luceti had made her do, and what she'd seen happen to other people. She's not sure if she's hurt or just... really angry, but she knows that he might not think he's being insulting, but part of her feels obligated to defend her 'honor' and the other part of her feels like she should be able to do what she want in this area without "judgement" and all of her is broken-hearted about these kinds of relationships, and so she's more... indignant than insulted.

She's gonna make to storm off anyway, though. Because of the principle of the thing. ]

[privateeyed]

I didn't say you were gonna do anything dirty, if you wanna do innocent cutsey shit all night long fuck if I care, I was just asking a question. [and being a jerk but y'know that's normal and all]

[watermarks]

[ She stops, whirls around, and shouts back: ]

You asked me if I hooked up with him! How is that 'innocent cutesy shit?!'