( february event log )

[hownkai]

Who: Everyone
When: February 16th and on
Where: Throughout the Moira
What: After an exhausting month and a half, the crew tries to relax.
Warnings: Please label accordingly!

E V E N T

move & lull "Sometimes, the thing that brings us together also pulls us apart. " The beginning of the month was a whirlwind of confusion—for both seasoned and new members of the crew. Link’d Inc’s unsavory methods for obtaining information were revealed, the company’s front runner was murdered and planted on the ship, and with the help of Benjamin Link, the crew was able to free the kidnapped children and unlock the ship so that the Moira could get as far away as possible. It was a mess, but after the refugees were taken to a nearby by planet to start over, things have finally begun to settle down. The ship also has more crew than it’s ever had, and that can only mean one thing: more work. An unfortunate side effect of having so many bodies in one place, everyone is being asked to contribute; the captains implore everyone to chip in and do their share. Clean up after yourselves, don’t miss your shifts, and give fellow crew members a hand with their tasks if they can’t get them done on time. ☄ SPACEWALK ( 02.16 - 02.23 ) Eventually, Manasseh comes to the crew with a training opportunity. The captains are well aware that not everyone on board have learned essential skills for surviving and working in space. To remedy that, she has offered to take a week to train groups in the skill of performing space walks on the hull. Those who already have experience are welcomed as assistant instructors. Those willing will learn how to safely don a spacesuit and secure oxygen lines and tethers—for both themselves and others. All skills that will come in handy in case there is a need for emergency repairs, or if the crew encounters a low-atmosphere environment they wish to explore. Mysteriously, there is also a promise of something interesting on the horizon for those willing to learn. ☄ TREATS N' SWEETS ( 02.16 - EVENING ) As a way of extending an olive branch to the crew, the captains have cleared out the kitchen and mess hall early in the afternoon. Later that evening, the crew is asked to come down - via their MIDs - as the captains have a surprise for them. The tables are lined with finger foods, sandwiches, pretzels and chips, but the table in the very back is where the captains are lingering. They’ve made desserts for the crew, but they aren’t just any typical sweet concoction. They are each unique, and there are small, hand-written signs in front of each: •JUST RELAX: Mint chocolate chip ice cream scooped out into bowls and is the most sweet of the three. The first bite does little to the person eating it, but each subsequent taste results in an increasingly relaxed state. The more that is consumed, the more mellow the person becomes. •BE HONEST: A delicate concoction of science and the culinary arts, this dessert is refreshing and semi-sweet. The fruity flavors burst in your mouth, loosening your tongue, and result in a brief period of honesty. The reactions vary from person to person—anywhere from being more blunt than normal to answering any question that is asked without a filter. The effects wear off after an hour. •YOU'RE SWEET: A selection of small chocolate cheesecakes offer something rich and decadent to enjoy. Each one brings something a little different in terms of flavor, the taste lingering for some time after you’re done. Some make you feel indulgent, some make you feel romantic; this makes you feel both. Those that sample this dessert will feel lighter, happier, and more likely to indulge in romantic endeavors. The effects last for only one night, dissipating after a good night’s sleep. Those that do not require sleep will suffer the effects for two days. ☄ LANTERNS IN THE BLACK ( 02.23 ) The day starts out differently than most. The captains send a message saying that everyone has been granted light duty for the day, and once they finish their necessary chores, they are given the remainder of it to themselves. Around midday, an announcement will be made. The pilgrim fleet of Librae Prime will be performing their yearly Celebration of Life. They are on their way to a system decades away, and each year, they celebrate the lives gained and lost within their ranks by releasing a multitude of brightly colored lanterns out into space. The Pilgrims make a habit of inviting ships within range to participate as it is a joyful event for them. The entire crew is welcome to watch from the observation deck, the lights dimmed so the view can be properly appreciated, but those members of the crew who have participated in the space walk lessons or have previous experience have a special opportunity all their own. Manasseh invites them to the airlock with a supply of flying lanterns and an offer to put their new-found skills to use by releasing the Moira’s own lanterns. The morning after the flight of the lanterns a special surprise will await everyone in their mailboxes. A small lantern sits waiting for each member of the crew. It casts a soft light comparable to a simple nightlight and will hover in a stationary position when activated.

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Eggsy Unwin | Open

[commontype]

☄ You're Sweet

Typically, Eggsy's a pretty flirty person, it's just second nature to him. It doesn't make his compliments less genuine, he's just more prone to giving them freely. When he samples the cheesecake and becomes even more flirty, he doesn't really notice. Not even when he's sitting there, picturing all the romantic things he can do, does he even notice.

He looks up when he sees movement, shooting the person a wide grin.

"How're you? Did you try the cheesecake? S'good, yeah?"

Eggsy points towards the captains and the desserts, then focuses back in on the person in front of him.

"You look amazin' tonight."

[commontype]

"I've seen you around."

He's pretty sure he has anyways. The ship's not so big that he won't run into everyone at least once or twice. Well, Eggsy assumes so, anyways.

"I've been here a bit. This is my second, but enough 'bout me."

Eggsy stands up and moves closer, gesturing towards the desserts.

"Which one did you like most?"

[commontype]

"Nah, just rather talk about you, yeah?"

The ice cream. Eggsy hadn't tried that, but he imagined it tasted good. The cheesecake had been, so if that was anything to go by, then the rest was probably delicious.

"What's your name? I'm Eggsy."

He has a soft, almost dazed expression on his face, and if Tobias is paying close attention, he'll notice that it's almost like he has hearts in his eyes. For Tobi.

"Wanna hang out for a bit?"

[commontype]

"Nice to meet ya, Wanderer."

It was a different kind of name, but it was cool, Eggsy was familiar with that sort of thing considering his own name.

"Yeah, what do you wanna know?"

Eggsy shrugs playfully, not really sure where to start or where to go from there.

"How long you been here?"

[tearmeanewone]

"It is! I'm thinking of snagging a couple more before they're gone."

Elizabeth started with two of these things-- she's down to the half still left on her plate as she circulates the room and says hello to everyone she knows who's present. That includes Eggsy, and she's very happy to see him. It feels like they haven't caught up in ages!

"Oh, thank you..." she says, shyly straightening her uniform. Harry had done a good job tailoring it in those many months ago, hadn't he? Elizabeth has always felt like it fit, but this is probably the first time anybody's said she looked good in it. "So do you! Seems like you look amazing all the time, though-- always have that wonderful smile going."

[commontype]

Eggsy's face lights up at that, and he straightens up, stepping in close.

"Liz, I can call you that right? I don't look even a quarter as good in this uniform as you do."

He tips his chin down, mouth curving up on one side. Eggsy was in the mood to flirt and Elizabeth was in the position to be flirted with. Heavily.

"It's a shame we haven't really gotten to see each other much. We should hang out whenever you're free."

[tearmeanewone]

The room's a little crowded, and Eggsy stepping closer doesn't register as anything threatening or even mildly annoying. Elizabeth grins at the closeness, even if they were a little closer during their cuddle session. It's nice, proximity is nice.

"Oh stop," Elizabeth giggles, gently pushing on Eggsy's elbow playfully. Obviously she doesn't want him to stop, she's flattered. She just has no idea what else to say to that. Be a modest lady...? Maybe...? "And sure, you can call me Liz." Nobody else does, but it seems cute and fun. Nicknames!

"It's honestly my fault-- I worked day and night on the library for weeks, sometimes I forgot to eat dinner," she says with an embarrassed laugh. "But I just got some assistants! They seem like they'll take good care of the collection, so I can probably slip away for a coffee or something...? We had such a good conversation last time we talked!"

She'd loved hearing about Daisy and Eggsy's family, that's one-hundred-percent unaffected-by-cheesecake opinion.

"I guess we don't have much reason to cuddle though. That's the real shame."

...that's cheesecake.

[commontype]

Eggsy grins wider, shrugging his shoulders playfully. He liked Elizabeth, without the cheesecake, so having had it, he was just feeling a hundred times more like he wanted to flirt with her. And give her nice things. And kiss her.

It was pretty intense considering he hadn't felt like he'd want to do much flirting at all for a while because of what had happened the other day, but he's relieved and pleased to be feeling that way.

"Alright, Liz. Nah, ain't your fault. Could've stopped by the library sometime, but I got caught up in everything."

Dying. Coming back. Apparently space life was pretty taxing.

"Course we've got a reason to cuddle. It's kinda chilly in here, yeah? Think I might need someone to warm me up."

[tearmeanewone]

"Happens around here, doesn't it? Getting caught up in everything?" She chuckles and tucks some of her hair behind her ear. Truth be told, Elizabeth likes Eggsy too. She'd felt bad stonewalling him about her past, but they're getting along just great right now. Flirting is fun. So is kissing.

"Really?" Elizabeth grins and slides, hip-first, against his side. "Yeah, you're right, it's a little cold in here. This is much better."

[commontype]

"Yeah, it's bit nippy, Liz."

Eggsy brushes his fingers across her arm, slipping his hand up to hang his arm loosely around her shoulder, pulling her tight against his side. It was nice to just flirt and relax and not feel like anything bad was going to happen.

"S'much better, yeah? Wanna go sit somewhere and snuggle up for a bit? Can tell me what you've been up to."

[wordstoliveby]

Harry had been wary of the desserts. Valentine's nasty little SIM cards had given him a strong aversion to letting anything alter his mental state that he didn't specifically choose. So he skips the dessert and takes a cup of coffee to nurse for as long as possible. He joins Eggsy just in time to get that... unsettlingly enthusiastic greeting.

"...Eggsy, I look exactly the same as I always do."

[commontype]

Eggsy's eyes are wide, like he's seeing Harry in a whole new light. He's always been aware that Harry really pulls off a suit, that he's a handsome older man, and all that. Honestly, he's just never looked at Harry and thought, yeah, I'd totally like to kiss him and take him out and flirt with him.

He doesn't think about why he is is all the sudden, but he rolls with it.

"Nah, somethin' different, yeah? The suit. No. Your hair. Nah, not that. I can't place it, Harry."

[wordstoliveby]

"I look exactly the same as I did this morning when we had breakfast," Harry says. The look Eggsy is giving him is, frankly, unsettling. It was the sort of look he was more used to getting from people he didn't look upon as a son.

Shit.

"Did you have to eat those desserts? Really?"

[commontype]

"Oh, please, Harry. Those desserts didn't do anythin' to me."

Eggsy leans forward, to the side, nudging Harry with his shoulder. He keeps his hands in his pockets, rocking back on his heels.

"Ain't no different than normal." Besides the fact that he has hearts in his eyes for everyone, apparently. "Wanna hang out?"

[wordstoliveby]

"Those desserts have affected everyone who's eaten them, you aren't immune to this."

Normally Harry is fine with Eggsy's little gestures of affection. Then again, normally Eggsy wouldn't be using body language like this around him. There are certain boundaries Harry won't cross, not with Eggsy. Next he'd be trying Merlin's neurolinguistic programming techniques on him.

"I believe I'm going to be indisposed for the evening, my apologies."

[commontype]

"Harry, Harry."

Eggsy's exasperated at first, but then that exasperation turns to fondness and something a little bit more than that.

"Where ya goin'? Ya can't leave me like this. Didn't do nothin' wrong, yeah?"

His expression changes quickly, and he looks hurt that Harry plans to leave.

"If that did do somethin' to me, which I don't think it did, ya really gonna leave me here for someone to take advantage of?"

[forwardmomentum]

Miles raises an eyebrow at Eggsy, but he's half-grinning, his face a litle dulled by the lessened tension and energy. Ivan had slipped him some of that ice cream earlier, and Miles will probably be furious later, but right now he's just sort of annoyed. But he hasn't been this relaxed in...possibly ever, and he's having a hard time not enjoying it.

"Thanks," he says, sounding amused. "Enjoying yourself, Eggsy?"

[commontype]

"No, really. Ya do, and I am, yeah? S'been a good night."

Eggsy nudges Miles in the arm, giving him a lazy sort of grin.

"Needed it after what happened the other day with Gregor."

He grimaces, shaking his head. Eggsy hadn't mean to say that, and was embarrassed that he'd even brought it up.

[forwardmomentum]

Miles cocks his head to the side and his brow creases, although the expression lacks the usual intensity. Gregor? He didn't even know Eggsy and Gregor knew each other that well.

"What happened the other day with Gregor?"

[commontype]

"Ah, it's nothin'. Just a bit of a misunderstanding."

Which was how Eggsy saw it, because he'd been on one page when Gregor had been reading an entirely different book.

"He's good, yeah? Feelin' alright and all that?"

The ship had been mostly uneventful for Eggsy the last few days, but that didn't mean it was for everyone.

[forwardmomentum]

"He's seemed just fine to me." But then again, Gregor is a master of the impassive mask. Miles can read him better than most, they'd grown up together, but if there's anything bothering Gregor lately then he hasn't been advertising it.

"What kind of misunderstanding?" Miles presses. Sorry, Eggsy, you've got Miles' curiosity now, if not his concern. Good luck shaking him.

[commontype]

"Ah, yeah. That's good."

Eggsy shrugs, trying to brush it off, but he knows that Miles probably won't let him. He was glad Gregor was doing okay, that he was fine, but a part of Eggsy had hoped that maybe he'd regretted turning him down.

"Uh, I thought that.." He huffs, folding his arms over his chest. "I thought somethin' was goin' on between us, but it ain't, yeah?"

Which is still him avoiding exactly what happened. Eggsy sighs, shrugging again.

"I asked him out and he said no. Don't know, though, if it's cause he don't actually like me or if it's cause of who he is or if it's somethin' else altogether." He lowers his voice, raising a brow, because he's not going to say it out loud when anyone can hear him.