( 01 ) video ♧ and if we don’t live to be old and faint

[became]

[ oh hello, giant creepy spaceship. have a shiny, shiny smile directed your way. said shiny smile is attached to a freakishly put together looking gentleman. dapper, one might call him. ]

So... space, huh? [ neal adjusts his cuffs-- he's wearing a suit (a real suit: classic, 50's style devore, for any suit buffs) because fuck that jumpsuit crap right in the ear-- fussily, smile dropping wattage just a tiny bit. ] Does anyone want to catch me up a little more on that, out of curiosity? Because I have to admit, other than the bits and pieces I caught wandering around the first day I have no idea what's going on.

Anyway, come on. Help a new guy out, anybody? [ smile ratcheting up another few notches. aaaaaand HOLY CHARM BATMAN. doesn't everyone watching just want to drop everything and help? (yes. your answer is yes.) ] I'll owe you one.

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voice;

[goingsilent]

Kasumi Goto. Welcome to the Tranquility, Neal. Fortunately, people around here don't seem too bad. If you do end up owing any favours.

voice;

[became]

I'll keep that in mind. Guessing you've been around a little while longer than me, then?

voice;

[goingsilent]

I came in with the first wave, about a month ago. We weren't really expecting more to show up, as you may have noticed.

voice;

[became]

Okay, a month between people showing up. I'm going to take a safe bet and guess next month, we'll do it again.

voice;

[goingsilent]

It seems like it has something to do with the ship making long-distance jumps. Both sets of new arrivals turned up after one.

...these were totally all video from neal >.> AHEM.

[became]

Jumps, right. I saw that in... [ neal trails off for a moment, squinting at the screen and then shaking his head, laughing. ] Sorry, still acclimating to this whole thing.

voice | fff i have been doing that all week

[goingsilent]

Don't worry. It gets easier as you go. Before long, you'll be discussing xenobiology and running engine calibrations like a professional.

video | god, me too.

[became]

Or I could become ship's cook and let people who throw around words like xenobiology do what they do best.

voice;

[goingsilent]

Honestly? That's always been my approach too. [ A pause and then curiously: ] Are you any good at cooking?

video;

[became]

See? We already have things in common. [ he grins at that, unabashedly. ] I do okay.

[ subtext: i'm awesome. ]

voice;

[goingsilent]

[ This is suddenly of great relevance to Kasumi's interests. ]

You could do worse than ship's cook, then. The food situation around here is unfortunate at the moment.

voice;

[became]

[ cooking is a great way to make connections-- everybody loves the guy who made them a great meal. kasumi, best suggestion. ]

Are they taking applications anywhere?

voice;

[goingsilent]

[ It's definitely one of the fastest ways into her good graces. ]

You could probably talk to Ward if you wanted to make it official. Or you could just start cooking, and I bet people would follow their noses.