driftfleet | action.

Who: Thor + you
Broadcast: no
Action: around Baruut
When: mid-to-late october

a. scrap markets

[Thor hates this planet, honestly. It's like a worse version of Sakaar, somehow, and he wasn't fond of that place to start with. The only upside Thor can see to Baruut so far is that he wasn't immediately captured and enslaved in a fighting arena.

Kind of a back-handed compliment.

But after his stint on the Marsiva and then spending a week looking after a shockingly young Loki, Thor's ready to put that baggage in the backseat and go look around anyway. He has a couple of items he's on the lookout for. It becomes quickly apparent though that finding a decent item is the harder task. The low quality of most wares annoys him and it's not uncommon to find him standing in front of a stall keeper, shaking an item at them and being loudly indignant.]

Yes, I know that it has clear sight, but if it only sees in green then what's the point of it as an eye?

[Is that an eyeball in his hand? .........yep. Unfortunate.]

b. watch for falling debris

[You're out in the junkyards proper, minding your own business. Doing whatever it is you decided to venture into canyons of rubbish to do. A distant yelp and a thud rings out somewhere above you - and you barely have time to look up before a body comes smashing down into the junk a few metres away, sending scrap metal and plastic spraying everywhere.

The 'body' turns out to be a very alarmed, very dazed junkyard thief. They scramble to their feet and run away shrieking, not looking back at you or in the direction they fell from. Should you decide to look up though, you'll see Thor pop up over the top of a hill-sized pile of rubbish a fair distance away. He waves to you and calls out:]

You should be mindful where you step! There are thieves about.

c. wildcard

[Thor can also be found bartering for equipment at shops specialising in spaceship parts, lugging supplies back to the Blue Fish, or throwing his hammer around near the Knorst Cliffs. If you have any other ideas, drop a comment or hit me up on

dudemeister.]

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I took the First Mate position.

[Thor's had time enough in the Fleet to the know the roles hardly matter. It's the same stretch of time that continues to make him agitated at how little he can do, so if taking more formal responsibility for what he already does sets him more at ease, why not? He keeps his work as King of Asgard separate from that.

Thor glances around at the endless piles of trash and sighs.]

Yeah. But there are plenty of motors that work in the market. I just have to shove a working one in the shell and that should do.

Congratulations. They couldn't ask for better. [She congratulates him sincerely, if with an element of reserve.

That's been normal since she woke up, though.

There's something strange about getting comfortable here, even when she's done it herself.] I'm not sure that's quite as convincing of a mechanic, but I'll take your word for it.

Worth a try, right? I prefer it to what I've seen offered in the markets anyway.

That much I can understand. At least with this, you know what you're getting.

That's the hope.

[Another glance around has him looking back to Natasha with curiosity.]

What brings you out here then?

Stretching my legs. I've been cooped up in the ship too much lately... Can't call this fresh air, exactly, but it'll do.

I know what you mean. The canyons are much better for that, but they're not very close.

[On foot at least. By shuttle or flight they're easy enough to reach.]

Seemed like a good idea to stay close. Close-ish.

Yes ... you wouldn't want to be buried in a trash avalanche far from any help.

[Why is this where his mind goes? Maybe he's seen it happen already.]

If you want to visit them though I'd be happy to go with you.

No, I really wouldn't want that. [Thor, that is oddly specific.]

But I wouldn't mind some company for a walk.

Nor would I. It's easy to go all day without seeing anyone else out here.

You sound like you've done it.

I have, a couple of times. Though that was more flying over it...

Less likely to get caught in an avalanche that way.

It just looks better, too.

[Most things do when you're further away and can't see the rubbish-y details.]

Well, do you want to take a shuttle out to the cliffs then? The day is young.

Why not? Shuttle is basically the only option, right?

I could fly with you.

[It's just an option Thor imagines Natasha would turn down.]

[Don't underestimate her. This is a woman who rode a Chitari cruiser into battle. to say nothing of the Hulk.]

Would that work?

Sure. You'll just have to hang on to me as we go.

So you've done this before?

Not for a while. I did with Jane, once or twice.

[To his credit, he manages not to feel too morose about it. Thor lifts his hand into the air and holds it there, waiting.]

And I've carried other people during battle.

[Natasha takes his hand like it's a challenge.]

Let's see if you've still got it.

[He grins then, eager to see what she makes of it. With Natasha gripping his offered hand, Thor turns his thoughts to raising the other and calling for the hammer.]

Doubting me already? I can't let that go unchallenged.

[They don't have to wait long - within a few seconds there's a ringing sound approaching at speed. Before there's much time to think of what that could be, the hammer's handle is smacking into his open palm.

Natasha would have seen it before. On the fields of Wakanda.]

All right, you'd best hold on with both hands.

[Natasha gives the hammer a quick, uncertain look. She does recognize it. And it's not a great memory.

The hesitation is a fraction of a second, though. No backing off now; she reaches for him and holds on tight.]

Let's get this trip moving.

[Thor chalks that moment up to nothing more than unfamiliarity. He'd told her about getting a different hammer, after all, but neglected to describe it much. Instead he focuses on the task at hand. He grips her hand tightly before raising the hammer up--

--and they're off like a shot, arrowing straight up into the air a few dozen feet within seconds.]

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