[OPEN MINGLE: SEPT 8-16]

[oneandmikleonly]

[So what are you up to as we pass out of the first hectic week of September and into the second? Calm strolls with alien elephants or fast swims with alien sealife? Flashing your sunglasses at crime scenes? Dreaming and building dreams? Waking and building...buildings? There's always a lot to do here, whether it's formal missions or just shenanigans with friends.

Zenning out is fine too!]

Comments

[onethousen]

Mm! I thought I was alone feeling that way. It's nice to know I'm not.

[ Though with a look back up at him, she offers: ]

Um, the work here is probably going to take more than just days. Weeks, even. Is that... If it's anything you're interested in, it'd be nice to have the help, sometimes.

[classwarfare]

[ He brightens a little, as much as he's trying to stay polite. ]

--I'd be interested! I mean. I'd definitely feel bad if I just helped this once and never again, and it really would be nice to have something to do...

[ Something that's not just kind of idly planning assassination plans in an unfamiliar space. ]

[onethousen]

[ She relaxes, her pleasure spontaneous and without guise or attempt to hold back. ]

Great! That's such a relief...

[ She flashes him a big smile. ]

I was worried I'd be trying to do most of this on my own. I'd do my best, but it goes a lot faster with friends helping too. Then we can both help design how things look. Which is even nicer.

[ That idea that they're building and working as a community, even if this group is presently numbered at two. Chihiro is looking for places and ways to fit in and belong. To her, this is a little piece of that greater sense of belonging. ]

Any suggestions you have are ones I'd really like hearing as we go!

[classwarfare]

[ What a good kid... Nagisa smiles back at her enthusiasm. To be honest, it feels good for him, too -- he's been more aimless than anything else, trying to figure out how to contribute when the whole base seems to know what they're doing. Even if it's just trying to spruce things up to look nicer, or building a small side project, it's nice to get involved. ]

It'd be nice to have something like -- I guess we can't actually make coral, but maybe a space for other fish, too? We could build them a base next to our base.

[onethousen]

... We could grow coral, though! It's living, and it's an animal, isn't it? If we introduce it to a new place to be, that might work. Like planting ivy...

... Does planting ivy work like that? I think the fish space is a good idea, too. Even around the base, we can make it more fish friendly for visitors? Or the stalkers...

[classwarfare]

...stalkers?

[ Do we have fish stalkers?? That's news to him. And maybe a little bit concerning, in all honesty. ]

--I mean, I'd be all for making it friendlier for visitors, but we'd probably need to ask someone about the growing coral part--

[ He's saying that, but he's clearly a little distracted by the idea of stalkers. What if they're not fish? What if they're something with more tentacles? ]

[onethousen]

[ She nods, both to stalkers and to needing to ask someone about growing coral. There was Jotaro (UNTIL HE DISAPPEARED DUN DUN DUN) or maybe URSULA? ]

Have you met any of the stalkers yet?