18th metal . spam . duration of flood

[godsays]

[ Zane keeps to the deck as much as possible. (It doesn't occur to him to use the CES, unless someone points it out.)

He balances on the railing easily, as naturally as if he was standing on solid ground. Darts along it, trying to see the bottom of the endless well of stars, if there is one. Maybe he tosses a coin out into the emptiness and Pushes it down, trying to see if it ever stops.

Otherwise, he'll be on top of the greenhouse, climbing things, staying as high as he can.

When he's belowdecks, he similarly tries to stick to open rooms and high places. Between them, he moves quickly, with the awareness of someone who is ready for attack.

He also steals bits of metal, wherever he can. Cutlery, coins. Whatever he can find. ]

[ ooc: replies from venturemistborn. ]

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[venturemistborn]

Who cares? I can survive any fall.

[ He tugs, halfheartedly, at Chris's grip. This is another time he doesn't feel threatened, exactly, and so he's not fighting as hard as he could be. ]

...who are you?

[mistconduct]

Yeah, you can SURVIVE it. You can also lose your memories and make us all crash and burn, asshole.

[Rolling his eyes, Chris loosens his grip, sitting up]

My name's Chris.

[venturemistborn]

[ Zane skitters a few feet away, settling his clothes back into place. Like a cat trying to recover lost dignity. ]

...I would have made us crash?

Do I know you? Are you one of the people I dream a lot?

[mistconduct]

Yeah, Sherlock. Then we really would be fucked.

I've no idea. How am I supposed to know who you dream about?

[venturemistborn]

This is a dream.

[mistconduct]

No it's not. This is our future.

[venturemistborn]

No. It's where I come when I want to escape.

[mistconduct]

Escape from what?

[venturemistborn]

Everything.

I remember you. You're a friend.

[mistconduct]

Nah, I'm not. You were kind of an asshole to me a few weeks ago and we haven't made up.

[venturemistborn]

Is that all it takes to stop a friendship?

[mistconduct]

It's a complicated thing. I'm like. Really mad at you, dude.

[venturemistborn]

You don't seem that mad.

[mistconduct]

Well, not at YOU you. You you is tiny. That'd be stupid.

[venturemistborn]

Anger is nearly always stupid. That doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

[mistconduct]

I think you were trying to make me angry on purpose anyway. Because you're a prick.

[venturemistborn]

So you would act stupidly?

[mistconduct]

Maybe. Probably. It's not hard to piss me off.

[venturemistborn]

So you're not hard to manipulate.

[mistconduct]

Yeah. I guess.

[venturemistborn]

I'll remember that.

What was I trying to make you do?

[mistconduct]

I have no fucking idea.

[venturemistborn]

Are you stupid?

[ This is a genuine question. ]

[mistconduct]

Hey, fuck you, Boy-Who-Climbs-Up-Railings.

[venturemistborn]

I climbed the greenhouse too.