driftfleet | Four Men and a Little Lady???

[Axel can be found standing in the doorway to quarters, a hand on his chin and the other on his hip. The room is a bit bigger now that they've ranked up one, but though the bunk beds are gone it's still all one room. He knows the new crew member is a girl, and she seems pretty young, too, and somehow the idea of a little girl sleeping in a room with a bunch of grown men is just... weird. There's got to be a solution for this, right? Solas transferred ships, so he can't even make use of the couch, now.

[First they get attacked, then there's no gravity, and now this. Never a dull moment around this place...]

[When Colette took a quick gander around the ship, her exploration eventually led her to the crew quarters. But she pauses when she sees someone standing in the doorway. Were they thinking about something? Curious, but not wanting to appear too suddenly, she approaches slowly]

Hello? Are you busy? [he could be staring at the most IMPORTANT THING IN THE UNIVERSE!!! she's not sure, but wants to err on the side of politeness]

[He turns when a voice pipes up from the hallway, and his eyebrows shoot up.]

Oh! Hey there, newbie. It's Colette, right? [He gestures vaguely with one hand.] I saw you on the network, when you first arrived.

Nah, not really. [He glances back into the room and frowns a bit.] Just contemplating sleeping arrangements, is all. I'm Axel, I'm the captain; what'cha need?

Yes, that's me! [oh man, when she hears that he's the captain she stands up straighter and tries to look.... cool? Idk.]

It's really nice to meet you, Axel. I didn't need anything, I was just looking around the ship. [and as she kind of leans to the side so she can peer into the dorm room, it seems that he had just been blocking her way, haha. But anyways, her eyes light up at the room]

Is this where we sleep? Wow, we have our own beds and everything! [bed is a... generous term]

I can show you around if you want. I mean it's not real big, but I kept getting lost the first few days I was here.

[He frowns at the room, then rubs the back of his neck.]

Well, yeah, everybody gets their own bed, if you can call it that, but... I thought it was a little weird for a girl to sleep in the same room with a bunch of men. We're gonna get another upgrade, so we all get our own rooms, but that won't happen til next month, unfortunately. So I was trying to figure out if we could move one of the beds someplace so you'd have a little more privacy...

Really? Thank you! That would be wonderful. [and she giggles sympathetically at his story. Yeah... she's kind of worried that she'll have the same problem. Oh... and then she's caught of guard by his next statements, but... nods? Slowly]

Oh, um... [she hadn't even thought about it what way] Before I came here, I was with a group that was travelling together. We had a few men with us, but we all slept near each other. So... I really don't mind! But I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable, so I can sleep somewhere else?

[she doesn't know where yet, but she'll figure something out. Set up a sick hammock in the engine room]

[He waves his hands.]

Er-- That's not quite what I meant. I just thought you might be uncomfortable. I'm not kicking you out or anything. [He's a little abashed now.] I guess if it's not a big deal to you, I mean... I don't mind. [He's not quite sure what to make of girls, but mostly because the only exposure he's really had to any on a daily basis was Larxene. And Larxene was grade-A batshit insane.

[He makes a beckoning gesture.]

C'mon, I'll give ya the grand tour. It's a little messy right now, since we lost gravity for a while. Some of Asteffiel's plants came unpotted and got dirt all over the place.

[At least Fenris is good enough to sleep on the floor of the armory. Mostly because he doesn't like sleeping near other people, but still. That floor is pretty uncomfortable, and a young girl is yet another problem again. He'll glance over as he's wandering past.]

Seems we'll be in need of an upgrade.

No kidding. [He gives Fenris a bit of a frown.] I was planning to upgrade again anyway, but now I wish there was a way to expedite it.

I doubt sending Atroma a threatening message will do any good in that regard.

[So rude, not being around to threaten death to. ]

Perhaps you could hang up a curtain for her?

Yeah, somehow I don't think a strongly-worded letter will get me too far.

[He rubs his chin.] There's a thought. We've got some extra blankets now that we got the upgrade, maybe one'a those'll work.

It's only a temporary measure, but I doubt we have many other options. Unless someone wishes to sleep on the bridge.

[He shakes his head.]

I don't wanna kick anybody out. It's not the penthouse, but they're still beds. [He gives Fenris a bit of a frown.] You know you don't have to sleep in the armory...

I am aware.

[He crosses his arms, giving a shrug of his shoulders, a gesture of self-preservation.]

It is for as much your benefit as it is my own. I...do not sleep well.

[He'd rather not disrupt everyone with his nightly nightmares.]

[Axel regards Fenris a moment, then gives him a tired sort of half-grin.]

You too, huh? [Axel's nightmares are less frequent, but he still rarely sleeps for more than three hours at a time. This is why he naps. He glances back at the cots then at Fenris again.] You know, I wonder if you could drag your cot into the armory. S'gotta be better than sleeping on the floor, right?

[Fenris turns his head, surprised, but not really showing it. ] Hmm.

I tried, once. It doesn't quite fit through the door. It is fine, though. I have slept in worse places.

[At least he has blankets and pillows here.]

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[ The smell of cigarettes with a hint of campfire and aftershave (new stuff he bought at the waystation, it's close enough to what he uses back home) precedes him. But soon Ladon is standing nearby, his own arms crossed and lips pursed as his thoughts head down the same track. ]

How much we need t'get rooms? Or at least a room. For the li'l lady.

[ He can't expect her to lodge up with a bunch of men. It's improper on so many levels, and disrespectful in others. ]

[He glances over his shoulder and nods in greeting to Ladon, then turns his eyes back to the problematic room.]

It'll take two payments, it always does, to get an upgrade. Asteffiel and I split it before so we could get rid of the bunk beds, so if we do that one more time we'll get private rooms to ourselves. It won't be 'til next month, though, so I'm wondering what to do 'til then. Since Solas transferred, we lost the civilian room, so we don't even have a couch anymore.

Don't mind... chippin' in for that. [ While spending more money does give him a queasy feeling in the pit of his stomach, he tells himself it's not his real money back in Nieve. No reason to hoard it. Really.

After all, it's necessary. Totally and completely, now that there's a girl on board. Plus, well. He's had a few nervous mornings where he's woke up and prayed his tail didn't make a surprise appearance in the night. ]

I can, er. Try sleepin' in one of the shuttles. Been meanin' to get familiar with 'em anyway.

[Axel shakes his head.]

I don't wanna kick anybody out. I mean, the cots are hardly high-end bedding, but I don't wanna make anybody sleep in a bucket seat. That's terrible for the spine, you know? [He knows. He's napped just about every place you can imagine.] We'll figure something out, and once we get the second upgrade we won't have to worry about it anymore.

[He likes the crew well enough--even Fenris has become significantly more tolerable lately--but you can't just turn off a decade of being an assassin. Sleeping with other people in the room just doesn't really work for him.]

Slept in worse places. Trust me. [ He spent his first 20 years living in a cave, after all. And you lost sleeping-on-Mom-and-Dad privileges the moment you stopped being tiny. Granted this form doesn't deal with hard surfaces as well... ] Just 'til we get rooms. Ain't a problem.

[ He pauses. ] Unless you want someone t'keep an eye on her. If so, I can sleep in the hall, yeah?

[He shakes his head.]

I'm not really worried she'll get into trouble or anything. She seems young, but... well, we haven't really been introduced yet, so I guess I'll get a better idea about her when I bump into her.

[He doesn't really think anyone on this ship is the sort to do anything creepy to a girl, but he doesn't really know any of them very well. He thinks he's a decent judge of character, but it's hard to tell so early in any acquaintanceship.]

Yeah... Guess m'just paranoid, or protective. [ Shrug. ] Or both.

[ Ladon's already spotted her, working in the engine room. She looks like Violette might when she gets older. ] No one in particular here's made me worried but... Y'just never know with folks, yeah? And new ones showin' up all the time. And all the other ships comin' in and outta here.

[He chuckles softly.]

One does not preclude the other. But yeah, I get ya. Anybody from any ship could come over here at any time, and that's a little unsettling. Hard enough to sleep with four other people in the room, I don't like the thought of just anybody dropping by in the middle of the night. I'll sleep a lot easier when I've got my own door I can lock.

Was gonna ask where you'd be sleepin'. Got a bed with "captain" on it, ain't seen you anywhere near it, yeah?

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