[Video/Action] Welcome to Walküre World~!

[ikenai]

Who: Mikumo Guynemer and you! (Yes, even you!)
Broadcast: Oh yes
Action: Red Fish
When: 3/9

Action the Red Fish

[Finding herself on a strange ship would probably worry Mikumo, but... she's not really that kind of girl. Her life is just not normal. Besides, she has a feeling that she knows where she is. Sort of.

It's not either of the ships she was on the first time she was here, nor is it the big ship she spent a few days on before being moved. It's new, but the confetti and the faux-pudding cups are a clue. The idol just shakes her hair free of the brightly colored paper and starts to look around the ship.]

Hm, it looks as if someone let Messer decorate the walls. How interesting.

[As she walks down the halls, she trails a hand down the walls. Nothing comes away, but that doesn't mean she isn't a bit surprised.

She stops at a mess of paper that looks as if it is telling some secret to the many little dials around the ship and points when she sees one that leads to the residences.]

My, my. This would make visiting others so much easier.

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[Mikumo eventually ends up in her private room on the ship, the Red Fish and she pulls out her communicator. She waggles her fingers playfully before blowing a kiss at the screen.]

Well, hello, people of the Fleet. It's so lovely to be back here. Tell me, have I missed any venues? I see about this memory sharing thing that's happened again, but I suppose it's a good thing I missed that. I don't have many to share with you.

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[ikenai]

[Hey, she's got no room to call anyone a weirdo. It's not like she's exactly normal.

Besides, he likes plants. He can't be that bad.]

Thank you... Vision, yes?

[Her expression falls a bit before she bounces back with a smile.]

I suppose it was bound to happen. Well, no matter. I'll just have to make the next one even better. Did Kaname perform then?

[unbearablynaive]

That's right. [Still here, still on the Twin Roses, and still keeping the garden healthy (and using it to make a determination that the ships had been in stasis rather than being left alone during the Calibrations recently).]

Actually, I couldn't say - I was asleep for a great deal of it. So I've still yet to see your particular brand of performance. I hope we'll get the chance?

[ikenai]

It's nice to see a familiar-to-here face.

[And there is nothing wrong with being on the Twin Roses. She only left to be with her friends from home.]

Oh. That's boring. However, I'm sure that the both of us can think of something when we get the chance. [She shrugs a bit.] It won't be exactly like what we've done back home, but unless we get the rest of our group, I'm sure that will remain the case.

[unbearablynaive]

Either way, it's an experience I'd be happy to have.

[His lips twitch into a smile, remembering something she'd said when they'd first met.]

Especially if it has an effect on a more mundane disease, though that's by no means a requirement.

[ikenai]

I don't think that our singing would effect anything but the Var. Considering it has to do with a special type of mold and fold receptors in the brain of people in our system.

[Speaking about the Var is always not a fun thing, but she's sure that others feel differently. At least as far as interest goes.]

However, I would be more than happy to invite you to any performance I give.

[unbearablynaive]

[He nods.] I'd expected as much, but I thank you for the clarification.

[The search for a cure for Makie's tuberculosis continues.]

Very good. Now, have you been caught up on everything you wished to know?

[ikenai]

I would rather be upfront about it now than to get your hopes up and have to disabuse you of erroneous notions later.

[Tuberculosis is curable... Check historical documents?]

I'm not at all sure what I should know. Everyone's outlook on things is so different that I could hear a million varied stories and it still not be everything. Is there anything you think I should know?

[unbearablynaive]

Oh, I understand completely.

[He's hoping for something a little faster than traditional antibiotics, but they're a world better than the 'no treatment at all' she'd had back home.]

Hmm. There have as always been arrivals and departures. Ah, were you here when the Wonderduck crashed into the Starstruck?

[ikenai]

[It's so good to talk to reasonable people. It really is.]

No, I don't think so. No one was hurt, I hope. That sounds terrible.

[She really had no good thoughts about the Atroma, but to allow such a travesty to happen means that her opinion of them lower even more.]

I suppose this is what I get for not staying here.

[unbearablynaive]

They were not. The two ships did, however, combine into the Starduck. I've no idea how that's supposed to logically work, but there you are.

[Because in the real world (which is to say, his own timeline at least, when two ships crash together they make a huge explosion. They do not combine into a new ship.]

This is, I believe, the third time this sort of thing has happened.

[ikenai]

Hm, I guess that's one way to keep up with making sure that we are all thrown together. If we were more spread out over many ships with crews that were too small, it might be hard to get the convoy to the next destination.

Because that's all that they appear to be concerned with, their own comfort. I'm not even sure that the "viewers" we have care about our own.

[unbearablynaive]

I wonder. [He frowns lightly, though it's not at her.] At one point, the ships were overcrowded to a point where a new one appeared to keep up with it all, and many of us purchased upgrades to the crew capacity. Why is there the opposite problem now?

[He has his theories, but they all lack evidence. It's very frustrating.]

I do wish they'd interact with us somewhat more frequently so we could better identify their motives, but then, I suppose that is one reason they might not.

[ikenai]

Boredom, more than likely. Why take us in the first place but to entertain themselves and their viewers?

[It's something she'd thought about a bit when she was there before, but it hadn't been something she'd ever voiced before today.]

I would rather they kept their distance, honestly. The letters and such from the people watching are a bit much, but if they were visible to everyone and they made themselves more known, wouldn't some of the more violent people here try and hurt them? Perhaps that's why they stay away.

[unbearablynaive]

That may indeed be the only reason. But it's rather elaborate for boredom, and I'm accustomed to people having more than one motivation behind their actions. Still, you may have the heart of it there.

Oh, that's entirely likely. Then again, if they bothered to communicate with us, some of us would surely develop more sympathy for them and their cause: there are just as many of us who would try to understand and see the other person's point of view, I think. Without any explanation, we can see so little of their motives it becomes difficult.

[ikenai]

Ah, forgive me. Boredom and greed. There doesn't need to be anything else. People have done worse for the love of money.

And should they attempt to communicate, I imagine that there would be a lot of yelling and threats along side those trying to learn their motives. I doubt they care what we think, considering how many times they ignore things that are going wrong for us. [She might have missed quite a few of them, but she can read.]

[unbearablynaive]

Greed, now, I would easily believe. I wonder if there's some sort of power they gain from having us here, or simply money. [Which is its own form of power.]

Oh, that was always the case with Diamond and Beau, but they seemed unconcerned with us. I hear it was their own people who blew them up in the end, though, so perhaps they were right to ignore us.

[ikenai]

I was under the impression that for a great deal of people that money is everything.

[Not that she cares about it. It helps, sure, but she doesn't really see the need to hoard it the way some do.]

You know, the more I hear about the Atroma, the less appealing they become. Turning on your own...vile.

[unbearablynaive]

I wish I could say you're wrong, but it's as true in my world as in yours, I'd say.

I certainly agree there. [But he's been wary of criticizing them on public channels, so he'll say no more at this time.]

Regardless, it's good to hear your voice again.

[ikenai]

Actually, there are worse things to fight for than greed.

[Pride and ego come to mind. She's resolved to never be used by anyone ever again without her permission. And with the death of a certain entire royal family, she's secure in the knowledge that she's basically her own mistress now.]

Thank you. I'm glad to find that everyone is still around and doing okay. That's not always certain here, I know.

[unbearablynaive]

Oh, yes. But few things as petty in scope.

[Pride. Ego. Ambition, which often comes as a result of the other two, and a fear of losing power already accumulated. All come at the expense of respect for life, and all are things he fights against with his entire being.]

We've been fortunate there, yes. I hope we continue to be so.

[ikenai]

Petty. [She hums under her breath.] Yes, that's a good word for a lot of the things we've seen.

And what do you have planned, Vision? Are you going to keep taking care of the plants on the Twin Roses or are you looking forward to something else?

[unbearablynaive]

[He smiles, as he usually does when someone mentions the garden.]

I will, of course, continue my duties on the Twin Roses, including taking care of the garden. I do always like to add new plants for each system we visit, so there is that investigation to continue. Aside from that?

[He shrugs, still smiling.] Make a life for myself.

[ikenai]

[It's easy to see that he really loves being with the plants still. And since that's how they met, she appreciates it. Of course, she appreciates passion in anyone who displays it.

Healthily.]

So you are adding to it? Have you received any "gifts" from those who watch our daily struggles?

[unbearablynaive]

[he nods, eyes lit up in the easy expression of someone who's been asked about his favorite hobby.]

I've not received any sponsor gifts, thankfully, but I do have a new pine shrub from Libuscha IV - it produces a fragrant oil in its seeds that has interesting analgesic properties. It felt appropriate to the winter holiday season.

[ikenai]

[Look, she likes a person who has hobbies. It's one of the few things she's giving Messer shit about right now.]

You know, not all sponsor gifts are bad. Maybe someone will consider sending you one. To go with your shrubbery.