Twin Roses Mingle (visitors welcome)

[passingthrough]

Who: Twin Roses’ crew, friends, and lookieloos
Broadcast: Unlikely
Action: Twin Roses
When: March 2019

[Not much has changed on the Twin Roses since their stay on the Marsiva. No crew changes. No promotions or downgrades, although Vash is no longer co-captain, but rather first mate, in case anyone missed it and Krolia is still somewhat new among their ranks.

There aren’t even any stale donuts lying around which also means the plants in the garden and pets are thriving and their food stocks are still going strong. Yep, just totally normal stuff after being gone over a month! And probably no weird things to talk about after seeing each other’s memories. Business as usual here!

Also, there was the part where they attacked the Marsiva afterward for a hot minute. Just another normal day in the life of the fleet.]

Comments

[unbearablynaive]

We also cannot eliminate the possibility it does not realize we are conscious or that we can communicate with it at all. That would explain its loneliness.

Regardless, it would be worth investigating from the pet clinic, I think. Or--Kitty, do you recall if someone who stays on a planet when the Fleet moves out of range is beamed back to their own ship or to the Host? That might be another option.

[passingthrough]

I've always heard if you try to stay on a planet it brings you back to the fleet, but I've never tried it and I can't remember anyone else trying it, so I'm not sure. I could ask Vash. He's been here the longest. It might be worth a shot if the pet clinic doesn't pan out and I wouldn't expect it to.

Also, I'm not the mind reader here so just in case anyone is thinking getting gravely injured is a good way to get to the ship...don't.

[seeingscarlet]

How many psychics have you had, and how many have gone to the pet clinic? If we're right, they don't have the same defenses against someone like me.

Do they punish us for staying too long on the planet? If they find out why, I worry they could change our memories. They can change what we see.

[unbearablynaive]

I remember several in the past, including Charles Xavier. [A name familiar to Kitty, probably, and for Wanda's benefit he pictures a young man in a wheelchair speaking into his mind from across ships.] But I don't know that he ever looked inside the ship for a consciousness.

Let's ask Vash, then. He might remember a time when such a thing occurred. I couldn't say if it's a punishment or a simple mechanic.

[passingthrough]

Jean was here very briefly, but she was so young I don't think she was as trained. Leto was...I don't know, a precog maybe more than a telepath. There were probably others I'm not thinking of now. None of them ever mentioned feeling anything like you've described to me.

I haven't heard about a punishment, but I can ask Vash that too.

[seeingscarlet]

I didn't think it was the ship until Vision told me about the other one you found. And they do a very good job of keeping us away. I am surprised they were able to get so close to the Marsiva without something worse happening.

I would probably not have looked for it if I hadn't felt it first.

[unbearablynaive]

There is also a possibility it is still developing, and has only recently begun to have thoughts coherent enough for someone to sense.

In any case, there is at least one entity aboard the ship that is alive and unhappy. That alone would be enough cause to investigate it further, and to see what we can do to alleviate its pain.

[passingthrough]

Maybe it's a creature the Atroma have been controlling and they're losing some of that control. It could be an opening if that's the case, but we just don't know enough about it or its intentions and allegiances. We'll investigate some of the ways to do that and regroup?

Also, I'm not sure who else knows about the creature other than Thor and Loki obviously. I know Castiel visited more than just me, but I don't know who or if they are still around or who they might have told about it. It could make sense to at least share the information with the rest of our crew even if they aren't directly showed the memory. But that's kind of a you thing, Wanda, and I don't want to volunteer you. Plus, you'll probably be feeling the effects of the memory for a while yourself.