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[idealistic]

Who: The crew of and anyone visiting the Wonderduck!
Broadcast: idk maybe??
Action: SS Wonderduckduckgoose
When: All of May!

[ goodness gracious! new games, new upgrades, new crew-- what better way to enjoy all of these than with a month-long mingle!! ]

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[wilder]

[Many of the crew probably hasn't seen much of Kaneis since their arrival aboard the ship. Don't take it personally, he just dislikes people on principle. Mostly in the past month, he's been keeping to his quarters or taking jobs in the waystations. Or just...doing whatever you do when you don't sleep.]

[But today is a rare sight! He can be found in the new recreation area of the cargo bay! Checking out the new equipment! Since honestly? He has no clue what half this stuff is. He never bothered to use this stuff in Exsilium, and Tethe'alla's form of exercise is punching monsters in the face. He's pretty sure he's alone, so excuse him as he picks up one of the 100 pound weight wheels with one hand and examines it like he just picked up a frisbee with a weird logo.]

Huh....

[Maybe it's a weird dull chakram? But what's the use of those if you can't decapitate....]

[idealistic]

[ he may be alone, but that won't last for long. Lloyd's feeling much better from his stint with Toxicosis, though the lack of feeling is wearing on him a little. it's not so bad, thankfully-- at least he didn't lose his taste again along with not being able to feel, so now he just has to be careful not to accidentally burn his mouth without realizing when he eats.

he happened to be passing by when he hears Kaneis in the cargo bay, so he comes up behind him, peeking over his shoulder. ]

Hey! We got new stuff?

[wilder]

[It's a real good thing Kaneis is not a jumpy person. Otherwise that weight might have dropped on someone's foot, I'm just saying.]

[He glances over his shoulder to see who it is and yep okay- just Lloyd]

Yeah. Upgrades kicked in.

[idealistic]

Oh, cool! This is probably the "recreation stuff" I paid for.

[ with that, he properly looks around and... frowns. if Tethe'alla wasn't privy to this sort of exercise equipment, then consider Sylvarant sheltered. Lloyd follows Kaneis's example, picking up the 95 pound plate and scrutinizing at it before taking another look around. ]

...What is any of this?

[wilder]

Yeah? ....I was kinda hoping there'd be a pool table.

[Not...exercise crap.]

Not sure. It kinda reminds me of chakrams, but they can't be easy to throw.

Cargo Bay

[forsometimenow]

[Outside of the new recreation area, Jennifer had been surprised to find a package with her name on it waiting for her. She felt like she hadn't done enough to catch the audience's attention, much less get gifts- thus she approached the package with caution and lingered, unsure of whether to open it or not.

She was remembering Beverly's banana-flavored coffee.

Finally, her own inner courtesy and desire to be gracious for a gift won over and she seized the package, finding a knife to help her cut it open, to find...]

...Beer, huh? Pretty hefty supply of it, too...

[wilder]

[IMMEDIATELY poking his head in]

Did someone say beer?

[forsometimenow]

[Jennifer looked over her shoulder at Kaneis and nodded.]

Apparently someone out there likes me. Want to try some?

[wilder]

You mean a fan? Aw!

Sure! I'm always open to trying some new drinks.

[forsometimenow]

Probably... [She laughed nervously.] I never would have thought I'd be interesting enough to get gifts. [She offered a bottle to Kaneis first before taking one for herself.] Cheers. [The beer ends up being a little disappointing- it's watery and doesn't have a very strong flavor.]

[feathery]

[A tall, skinny teenage boy with blond hair and black wings arrives with the crew capacity upgrade.]

Uh. [Ok, that was unexpected enough his wings mantle and he just stands there in the confetti, blinking stupidly.] Jade, if that was you, not fucking cool.

[He takes a quick look around, still mystified. Sudden relocations through time are his thing; space, not so much.] Nice tacky tune. It's like an upbeat version of getting trapped on an elevator.

[Alternatively, once he's off the bridge, Davesprite can be found in the kitchen area, disgruntled and mumbling almost indecipherably about gross protein blocks.]

[forsometimenow]

[Jennifer knew she shouldn't be this disappointed about the beer- it's not like she's a huge drinker, after all- but still. She went to the kitchen to get something to put on her stomach to find a boy she assumed was the ship's newest crewmate poking at the food supply.]

... I'd like to say you get used to it, but. It's still protein blocks at the end of the day.

[feathery]

[Davesprite looks up and turns from where he has just dispensed one solid glob and one gel glob of protein.]

Oh, uh, hey. [Said with a semi-awkward half-wave, like maybe he was just caught trying to figure out how this machine worked without breaking it by accident.]

These are some of the saddest and floppiest excuses I seen for a chicken yet. [He gives the "food" a prod with one finger. It jiggles.] The peanut butter's not looking much better.

[forsometimenow]

[Jennifer returns the wave, seemingly not bothered by the awkwardness. She could understand the need to explore things- it wasn't every day most people came across food in cube form, after all.]

There are some ways you can mix and combine stuff to make it more palatable taste-wise, but yeah... it's meant for sustenance over taste or beauty. It keeps on long space trips, which is the only good thing that can be said.

[wilder]

[Kaneis is sitting in the pilot seat on the bridge- though more like lounging. When Davesprite suddenly appears he's....less than fazed. Really, he's seen this enough times that it's hard to get jumpy about it. Instead he just...boredly looks at the new person as he brushes off stray confetti that fell on him]

[Huh. More wings. Great.]

[feathery]

[Davesprite...looks back. Like ok, there's a dude, just chilling. That's...cool? He guesses.]

Hey. [...] I'm guessing this is either a huge under-reaction or standard premeditated reality TV procedure. Actually definitely betting on it being premeditated since I got dumb confetti.

[He gives another look around.]

Is there a mandatory time limit before standing here gets awkward or weird.

[wilder]

[he shrugs at the second question since Davesprite answered the first one on his own]

No idea.

But there's pudding there if you want it. [Points at the fancy pudding cups that are now on the dashboard of the comms station]

[princessia]

[ Elize heard the newcomer fanfare playing from her room, but she doesn't meet her new crewmate in person until she decides to head into the kitchen. She doesn't leave her personnel or bunk room very much. ]

Uh... [ The wings catch her attention first, having her stare briefly in awe before actually greeting him properly. ] Hello! I... like your wings.

[feathery]

[Davesprite is suspiciously inspecting the orange-flavored drink when Elize comes in. He looks up, head tilting a little birdlike as he takes in the fact whoa, she's so tiny.]

Oh, hey. Thanks. Even if opinions will probably change whenever I get around to molting, but it's cool. [All said with a hint of dry humor. He motions behind him to the glob dispensers.] You need me to move? [He's kind of in the way here.]

[princessia]

A-as long as you clean up after yourself, then it should be okay! [ Molting, right. That didn't really cross her mind that he'd be almost like an actual bird? ]

Umm... yes, please. [ She'd like something to get something to drink. ]

[eternaltool]

[It's been about a week and she still... Is having a hard time believing she's alive. She's been making her way around the ship avoiding the crewmates until she gets a good feel for where everything is, good hiding spots, places to not be in case anything happens.

She's definitely not that thrilled about the weaponry that got brought on with her and her security augment. Or the fact that scrolling through the network, she still hadn't found or heard any sign of Harry.]

Guess I should probably better take stock of what's here.

[She'll be around her personnel office, through the kitchen, her bunk. Happily avoiding eye contact and trying to skip around actually - ugh - talking with anyone. But it's a small ship with a tight crew. Can't avoid everyone forever.]

Hallway!

[wilder]

[Yes, it certainly is a small ship with a tight crew. So even if he is an anti-social person himself, it was only a matter of time before Jen and Kaneis crosses paths- which would be today- in the hallway!!]

[Which, as he walks down the hall in her direction, he notices that he's never seen her before. Huh. That's interesting. Was she a new crew member? He doesn't recall any shuttles docking right now to visit.]

[So. He should...probably...do a thing. a greeting thing. Except ugh - talking with people. That's the worse. She doesn't seem like the chatty type either. Still...he should do something]

[So as the distance closes between them he'll finally settle on an idea AND-]

[Give a nod of acknowledgement. Hi.]

[eternaltool]

[She stops when she hears footsteps. Maybe if she doesn't acknowledge it, they'll keep walking. It served her well enough back home.

But then again this isn't home and she still has shit luck. The footsteps stop close by and she looks up to .... someone. Whoever this is. But he looks about as talkative as she is.]

...

[Oh thank god, he didn't speak. She nods back. And goes right back to her weapons inventory.]

[wilder]

[Oh thank the goddess, she didn't speak either. He was worried there for a second- whew.]

[When that much is clear he'll just keep on walking and head for...whatever he was doing. Who knows really. Flying the ship??]

[princessia]

[ Elize doesn't go outside of her bunk or office very much unless she gets hungry, wants to take a shuttle to another ship, or gets annoyed with how small her rooms are.

Right now, she's hungry and as she heads to the kitchen, she spots one of her crewmates. She might have seen her before, but never had much of a chance to talk with her. She assumes everyone on the crew is a friend. Crewmates to her means friends and they're people that you should try talking to!

Avoid eye contact as much as you want with Elize, but... she's just going to WALK RIGHT UP TO JENNIFER... despite how shy she may feel about talking to strangers. ]

Umm... hello!