#ft. lina

closed starter for @diamcndskin location: supernova dining area time: morning after the welcome dinner

“Lina, tell me what you’d do if you were me.”

Victor and Lina had decided to grab breakfast together the morning after the welcome meal. To Victor, meeting Lina was the perfect opportunity to see them—to understand who they were as captain of the Supernova Expedition and why they approached it with such bravery (which was already plain to Victor); to know the ins and outs of her communication style; and, perhaps most importantly, to get a read on what she thought they’d be up against. That was what Victor had thought about the entire restless night prior. Argos, and the Blight.

“I feel like I’m making a decent impression on everyone else,” Victor told Lina as he pushed a sausage around his plate. “You know, me being me, which is…well. A lot.

“But I still feel as if I’m not doing something that someone like you would catch instantly.” Or doing something like scheming against fellow crew members on the daily. Victor pushed that truth to the side, though he noted that changing his ways would help people get along with him better. (...As if he ever would.) “I guess I’m less interested in the answer to that, though,” Victor admitted, “than I am intrigued by how you’re intending to get along with everyone. All the time. What’s your big secret to running The Supernova…seamlessly? Because I can already tell,” Victor told them candidly, “that you plan to do this right.” He offered a supportive half-smile.