Naviadna Mingle

[thespaceopera]

Who: Everyone
Broadcast: If you want!
Action: Anywhere on the fleet or in the system
When: The month of June



Welcome to Naviadna! Enjoy the beautiful sights, amazing technology, and all the other wonderful things this system has to offer! Where will you go? What sort of shenanigans will you get up to? How are you dealing with the planet's insistent singing at you?

Have fun!

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[shroudedsecrets]

[She tilts her head at Lup's response.]

... from your reaction, it would seem this is something I should not repeat again without... some further knowledge.

[After all, she can't tell if it's the fact that she attempted it that's humorous, or if she had butchered something while trying to replicate it, or whatever the context of the phrase had been itself.]

[necromanswers]

No, no. You should definitely say it in front of Taako, at least.

[She'd spoken the phrase without thinking that Honerva might repeat it, so... it is by no means appropriate for public consumption. Which makes it hilarious.]

But yeah, we'll work on it. Obviously you catch on fast.

[shroudedsecrets]

Perhaps.

[That only sounds increasingly more suspect, Lup... but at the very least, a laugh was had out of it, whatever the intent had been at all.]

Speaking of him, however... how do you wish to inform him of these plans?

[Probably during one of his mealtimes would be best, but she thought it might come best from them together than bringing it up out of nowhere on her own.]

[necromanswers]

I don't usually plan to tell Taako anything- I just kinda do it. That's how it works with us. Don't worry about it, though. He might act like he doesn't care, but I bet he'll be happy, too.

[She grins, holding a finger to her lips.]

Just don't call him out on it.

[Taako makes connections with people in his own way, and he hates to lose them as much as she does. If she can help him avoid losing at least one, she'll be glad of it.]

[shroudedsecrets]

I'll leave that to you, then.

[Her expression softens again at Lup's reassurance. Taako's behavior was so much different from hers, but... he did have his reasons for that. She just had to keep that in mind with him.]

I suppose at the very least, he would not mind the chance of... continuing to educate my palate, as he calls it.

[necromanswers]

[She giggles at that.]

Call it what it is! He just wants you to compliment his cooking.

[shroudedsecrets]

When we first met, I could barely taste what he was offering at all.

[Not... that she'd graduated much further from crisp salads and sweet fruit desserts, in all honesty, but at least there was an actual progression of improvement.]

It is odd to think on it now, but... I am glad he was persistent.

[necromanswers]

Me too. It ended up getting me involved, too, and there's certain perks to that development.

[If you think about it, food really did bring them all together. An impressive feat considering it started with someone who barely cared about food at all- such a stark contrast to the twins.]

[shroudedsecrets]

There are many.

[Honerva allows them both a moment to quietly bask in that. It had led to so much, more than any of them had expected at the time. Or understood at the time, at least where she was concerned. It even allowed the twins the chance to work together, even if one of them wasn't wholly aware of his part.]

More than the meals itself, you helped me... make meaning of it.

[Even if their earliest dinners together had been awkward, there was still something about the togetherness of it that she'd needed.]

[necromanswers]

Much as I'd love to, we can't take all of the credit. You've been doing your part, y'know? Putting the effort in.

[It's been interesting to see the progress being made as it happened, mostly because it's not a problem she's ever had personally. Sort of like watching Barry slowly come out of his nerdy shell, in a way.]

[shroudedsecrets]

It has... taken a lot, even to get to where I am now.

[And honestly, to be "hanging out" with a friend in a spa pool drinking tea? It's a pretty great place to be.

Honerva can hear an echo of Loki in Lup's words, recalling the way the god had urged her to take credit for her growth. Her struggle to change, to search for the person she had been before it had all gone so wrong... and what she would lose, now, if she did not make every effort to realize that she wanted to listen, to learn of others outside of herself, while they were existing here in this present moment.

She had made those decisions, as much as she was pulled around by them. Her choice to change and rediscover those lost parts of herself, as murky as it sometimes felt.]

And it's... all been worth the effort.

[necromanswers]

Hell yeah. I'll drink to that. [She holds her mug up to Honerva, smiling in a way that almost seems... proud? Yeah. She's glad the other woman's come such a long way.] And here's to getting better and better from now on.

[shroudedsecrets]

[She's touched by the gesture. There's a warmth and brightness in Lup, and that expression... says so much about the truth of her progress. There's something so real, so encouraging about that. Circumstances beyond their control had brought them into one another's lives, and here was yet another reminder, that it was real.

Thinking on this, Honerva lifts her own mug.]

Here's to both of our futures. To... recovery.