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[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

[She's used to this, following orders and directions, and even if her head is still a bit fuzzy, she knows how to do that much. She's already slid into her crewman's uniform without question. Blue-eyed with orange-dyed hair, she looks a little bit like she's ready for Halloween in this getup, but whatever.]

Thumos here, student ID 44932. Uh, any sisters who are out there should ping me, because this is really not cool. Sparrows should warn us before she starts piling this shit on to everybody.... Keyboard? Orchid? Thundersnow?

[She keeps spewing names, waiting for an answer that's never going to come. She stares at the comm a moment longer before she takes a deep breath. She sets the phone down and takes a pistol from its holster instead, checks it over to make sure it's loaded and ready. Ka-chink.]

All right then.


[[ooc; brb going to sleep, but I was excited about the ooopppeeennniiiiiing.]]

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[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

Uhm. No. Definitely not.

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

[ Cadets are fair game for the military where he's from. Never underestimate, and all that. ]

That friend you mentioned - Sparrows. You reckon she's set you up to this?

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

I... I don't really know.



But I mean, she's always doing weird shit and she never loses track of anyone.



I don't see how I'd be here if she didn't.

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

And do you reckon she might have a reason to dump the rest of us on here as well? [ an earnest question; if this girl seriously thinks that she knows somebody that might be behind this then maybe they're on to solving the mystery. ] I mean, I'm pretty sure I don't know anybody called 'Sparrows' - but you never know.

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

Fuck no.



She only takes in girls, no Dicks allowed.

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

[ Hotspur frowns in confusion. ]

'Takes in'? What kind of guardian would dump their kid in space?

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

We're not usually in space! We've got a school in Minnesota.

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

Whereabouts is that? [ He's never heard of a settlement called that on Eathrise, so he supposes it must be another alien colony. ] I'm thinking it sounds like your Sparrows person didn't have anything to do with this, not if you don't usually end up in space. Hell of a lot of hassle for a one-off school trip.

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

Uh... Next to Wisconsin. On the border with Canada.



I just... I've never really been away from her. Or my teammates. It's not... how things work.

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

[ oh no teenage girl, don't be cry! ]

Oh, hey, I'm sorry -- [ His voice is suddenly apologetic and hushed as he shifts a little closer to the video feed with a pained expression. ] -- We're all a little off-course, here. But I reckon as soon as we hear from whoever's running this show we'll all start figuring out how to get home, yeah?

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

It's fine. It's all weird, and... whatever. It's fine.

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

Yeah - weird. That's pretty much it, I guess. [ Hotspur shifts a little, wondering. ] So this is your first time off-planet, then.

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

Not like any of us can break escape velocity on our own.

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

I guess not. Space is - [ he pauses, trying to think of something useful to say - perhaps something he wish he'd been told when he headed off-planet for the first time. ] Space is cold. In more ways that one. You don't need that gun to scare people here, I don't reckon - people are scared enough as it is.

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

...I don't really wanna scare anybody.

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

'Course you don't. [ a small smile, more reassuring than anything else. ] I'm Max, by the way. But if we're all doing the codename thing, then call me Hotspur.

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

...hi, Max. I guess you could probably call me Jennie, if you're not gonna like... tell everybody.

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

[ can't stop/won't stop ]

Why not? Is it a secret? Or don't you like your name? I mean, Thumos is a decent callsign and everything, but Jennie's pretty good too...

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

Well. We're not really supposed to use our names, on missions off campus, but this isn't really a mission and I'm pretty sure campus isn't anywhere near here, so I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to do....

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

[ but wait! the most important question: ]

Which name do you prefer?

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

I don't know, they're both mine. But my sisters call me Jennie. But... you're definitely not one. So I guess... it should be Thumos and I'll totally get back to you when I change my mind?

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

Sounds good by me. Thumos is a pretty decent name, I reckon. Does it mean anything special?

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

You totally need to learn more Greek.



And uh... it kind of means a lot of things. Mostly about emotions and the spirit and shit like that.

[aguidingstar.livejournal.com]

Maybe. [ he smiles and lifts a hand to run through his hair ruefully. ] Don't really have much need for Greek doing what I do, got to say. Did you get to chose it or was it given to you?

[twinklefluff.livejournal.com]

I use Greek all of never. But like... Greek and Latin all the other Western shit came out of it, so it kinda like... expands your vocab without even trying.



And, uh, I think... it was Miss Sparrows who picked it, actually, but a bunch of the girls picked their own.