Every Game Needs a Child Bartender

[mikangirl]

Who: Nami and you!
Broadcast: Yas
Action: Bloodsport, Blameless, Iskaulit, stations
When: Now

[Nami wakes up and promptly falls out of bed. A long way.

...crew, there seems to be an unfamiliar child's voice swearing colourfully at high volume in your captain's quarters. Maybe Nami's taking her feelings over Sam leaving out by kidnapping kids. Or maybe--

The door slides open to reveal a tiny redhead, familiar tattoo visible on one arm and all but drowning in a T-shirt way too large for her and stretched at the front.

--maybe your captain's just glitching. And furious. In a pint-sized kind of way.]

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[Uh, so yeah. She's going to hit the network just so people don't start fretting over a small child being on board and trying to dutifully look after her tiny innocent and non-existent sensibilities.



Sup, guys.  Get your jokes out of your system now, okok]

So apparently I shrank in the wash. [Sarcasm is great this time of the morning.] I'll still be in for shift as normal, don't stress, I'm not as young as I look.

...if anyone has spare clothes that might fit, I'd appreciate it. I'd rather not waste money on a glitch.


[THIS ISN'T GOING TO RUIN HER PLANS, SCREW YOU ATROMA. You can find her:

- at the Space Bar, working;

- at the gardens, lugging a stepladder over so she can even reach the higher fruit on her trees, sob;

- or down at the stations deciding to milk her child status for all it's worth. Seriously, you can probably find her splashing in a fountain somewhere and charming the pants off some random tourists.

...

And eventually, she arrives at the Blameless, because enough is enough. Sup, Messer, she's stomping through the ship looking for you.]

Comments

Station

[this_loser]

[There is a child in a fountain. It's cute, but after a quick glance around, he doesn't see anyone who looks like they could be her parents. So he shuffles up to the fountain and sits on the edge. He's not a creeper, just a concerned citizen!]

Hey, kiddo! Are you... Are your parents nearby, or...?

Station

[namoe]

[Oh hello, a face she recognises. Nami isn't really sure she wants to mess with Kaname's boyfriend (especially when Kaname is probably here somewhere), but his concern is pretty sweet. She stops splashing and links her hands behind her back, favouring him with a bright smile.]

No, but it's okay. I can take care of myself.

[this_loser]

Independent, huh? That's cool. [He'd spent chunks of his childhood on his own. Not by choice, but he turned out just fine! Well, mostly fine. He turned out pretty okay.]

Stay out of trouble, okay?

[namoe]

Really? Just like that? [Gosh, leaving a child to play alone in a place like this. Her eyebrows go up. She can't resist, she's sorry.] What if some stranger offers me candy?

[this_loser]

If you're smart enough to ask the question, then you already know the answer.

[Pretty sure his mother told him that once. Or Iggy. Same thing, really.]

[namoe]

[Pfft.]

Good answer. I can see why Kaname likes you.

[this_loser]

[Head tilt.]

Thaaaaanks? Do ... I know you?

[namoe]

Mmmaybe. [Look at this cheerful smile.] I'll give you a hint. I'm not usually this small.

[this_loser]

[He looks closer, squinting his eyes, as if that will help.]

Ahh. Okay. Got glitched, huh?

[namoe]

Just a bit. [She sits on the edge of the fountain, still kicking her feet in the water.] This is the first time they've picked on me in years, so I guess I should count my blessings.

[this_loser]

As glitches go, it's not a bad one. At least you don't have a tail or three heads, right?

[namoe]

Nope! Or anything worse. At least I'm still me in here, just shorter. I think a real kid me would be kind of panicked.

[this_loser]

Aw, you think so? At least you're taking advantage of your temporary youth. [Most adults couldn't get away with splashing around in a fountain.]

[namoe]

You say that like I'm not still vibrantly young as an adult. [Tsk tsk.]

[this_loser]

'Course you are! There's a difference in being a young adult and a little kid, though. Little kids can get away with anything. Especially cute ones.

[namoe]

[Dude, you're good.]

They can, can't they? Maybe I should see if one of them is willing to buy me an ice cream.

[It's not that she really wants one. But if she's gonna be stuck as a kid, she's damn well going to find some advantage in it.]

[this_loser]

That's the spirit! Go forth and manipulate!