THE PLANET MINGLE

[princessia]

Who: EVERYONE!
Broadcast: Maybe, if you want?!
Action: The Planet
When: From May 11th until the end of the month

[ Willing to venture away from the casinos and investigate the nearby green planet? Here's your chance, now that it's in range!

THIS IS A MINGLE. GET HERE. ]

[ Make your own prompts, explore the planet, spend a night there, piss it off by taking its plants, whatever! MAY STAR SYSTEM OOC POST for your reference on getting through the orbit, what's on the planet, etc.! ]

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[alwayscomeback]

[That does not help AT ALL. He doesn't need this bullshit, man, he is the guy with the boomerang!!

He'll go to poke at some scanning screens. He has no idea how the fuck they work, this isn't his position in the ship. ]

Something had to set it off. What's changed?

[save_the_souls]

[Like he needs this bullshit either!! He hates being gray!]

Um-

[What HAS changed in the past day?]

O-our location? I ate out last night, but I don't think food poisoning would do this-!

[God forbid food would betray him like this. GOD FORBID IT.]

[alwayscomeback]

[FOOD WOULD NEVER BETRAY THEM. ]

Okay, come on, we can get into an SR and see if moving away helps.

[save_the_souls]

Alright. It's worth a try.

[Partly because he's starting to think maybe he shouldn't be on the same ship as all these innocent people. He gives a little nod and moves to walk]

[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka heads to one of their SR ships, opening it up for Allen to get in first. ]

If it doesn't work, where do you want me to drive us? Somewhere out of the way of other people, I'm guessing.

[save_the_souls]

[And Allen won't even hesitate to climb in. He's half tempted to just shut the door so Sokka won't get in here too but you know....it's probably hard to pilot the shuttle right now]

Yes. Is there anywhere in this system that there's no people?

[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka would not have been amused by that at all. Sorry, Allen, you're crew, and you have his protection forever. He hops into the pilot seat, nodding as he activates it ready for flight.]

This whole place is a freaking tourist trap. Maybe somewhere in the outskirts? I can head there.

[save_the_souls]

[It's to protect you!!! He gets into the passenger seat, making to actually use the seat belt for once because hey, it might slow the Noah does slightly.]

That'll have to do. [He hates this. That he was having such trouble keeping a grip, that there was no safe place to go, that Sokka was endangering himself. He bites his lip and grips his nails into the seat, as if that'll help push back the Noah.] Call Ino too, if it doesn't stop.

[alwayscomeback]

[Sorry, Sokka is the protector forever, buddy. He nods, starting to fly the shuttle away from the planet as fast as the little thing can go. ]

Yeah, I will. If it doesn't stop.

[Because he knows Ino is the last line of defence. That she knows that she'll have to kill Allen, if it comes to it. ]

[save_the_souls]

[Shhhh, we don't say death on kid shows. We just leave it kinda vague]

[But as they start to fly away from the planet, Allen can feel the pull getting weaker slowly. He starts to breath a little easier. After a period he'll speak.]

I think it's getting weaker.

[alwayscomeback]

[They will never know what truly happens to people who...pass. ]

Yeah? Getting away from the planet is helping?

[Sokka doesn't relax fully, not yet, but this is good news.]

[save_the_souls]

I think so.

[Slow breathing. As they get further out, Allen's skin starts to go back to normal. He can feel the Noah's presence diminishing, as if it was retreating into whatever state it normally was. There's still some odd pull to get to the planet, but it's nowhere near as overwhelming as it was before.]

What was that...?

[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka watches him intently, only relaxing once Allen seems out of the woods, heaving out a sigh. ]

I'd say it's a big warning sign not to let you go anywhere near that planet again.

You feeling ok? No side effects?

[save_the_souls]

Won't argue with that, Captain.

[Seriously, anything that makes the Noah flare up is something he rather avoid]

I'm not sure... [He squirms a little, not sure how to explain it.] It's getting better though, so maybe if we keep going it'll go away.

[alwayscomeback]

[Sokka nods, glancing him over once before going back to flying. ]

You want to risk landing on the waystation or do you want to keep going and find somewhere more remote?

[save_the_souls]

Ah...maybe one of the remote waystations?

How far can this shuttle go?

[alwayscomeback]

We can do that. I've been working on it, so it should get us there and back, when we need to.

[save_the_souls]

[Of course Sokka's been working on it. He gives a little nod. Okay then, good.]

I don't know what we'd do without you.

[alwayscomeback]

[When he isn't sleeping or eating, he's doing engineering work. ]

Chaos. The Blue Fish would be Chaos.

[save_the_souls]

[He offers him a tired, grim smile]

I actually believe that.

[alwayscomeback]

Awww that touches the cockles of my heart.

[save_the_souls]

[The smile lasts for a moment more, before he lapses into a bit of silence. A frown slowly crosses his face as he thinks and reflects.]

...We need a better plan than this. If getting away from the planet hadn't worked, you could've been killed.

[alwayscomeback]

And a lot more people could have been killed if I hadn't flown us away.

[He knows only too well that the needs of the many outweigh that of the individual.]

[save_the_souls]

[Disapproves!!]

Yes, I know, but that's not good enough. I don't want any of you to get killed from this.

[alwayscomeback]

Trust me, I want to avoid that, too. The less casualties the better.