#robin001

Date: Late March, 2023 Location: KBW - Observation Room

So far, working on a smuggling ship was shaping up to be a deeply confusing experience. It was quite thrilling (in a terrifying sort of way) to be able to say now that he had been to Earth, though the trip had hardly seemed focused on smuggling at all - instead, the crew had gone to see... a concert? Daniel had never heard of My Chemical Romance prior to joining up on the Prosperity, but he could now safely say that some of their music was a little frightening. He’d quite liked some of the theatricality seen on stage though, so it had been a good experience overall. Until the subsequent realization that the crew had accidentally smuggled a human, somehow. That had led to several days of solid panic, during which Daniel’s primary focus had been getting through the day with his work done and sanity in place. Knowing that there was some sort of plan that seemed likely to keep everyone out of jail had helped on that front, at least enough that he was able to start enjoying life somewhat again alongside being terrified of the turn his had taken.

Being at the Kuiper Belt Waystation again helped as well. It wasn’t solid land, not even close - but still, it was quite nice to have a bit more room to move around as compared to the typical living and working space on the Prosperity. With the plants on the ship tended to and the cleaning that was his responsibility done, Daniel had a bit of time to himself, and so he made his way over to one of the KBW’s observation rooms - viewing the galaxy was one of the activities at the waystation that was in the range of what he could afford (free). Better still, there was a good amount of open space - and with the smuggling event over, he had the observation room to himself for the time being. After looking out at the stars for a bit, he got out his comm and began playing some of the Taylor Swift music that Ryder had shown him, through his earbuds so as not to be a disturbance. Truly though, there wasn’t anyone around... maybe now would be a good time to get some dancing in. With space limited on the Prosperity, he’d have to take his opportunities when he could find them.

The downside to having his earbuds in was that he didn’t notice as quickly as he otherwise might have when he was no longer alone - he jumped, startled when he saw a fellow crew member, and promptly stopped dancing. “Oh - sorry! I hope I wasn’t in your way,” he said sheepishly. He had been between them and the observation window, technically, though there was still plenty of space to see around him.

Description: It was supposed to just be a one night stand.  Date: end of March 2022 Location: Castaway Pub, Calauewe, Marloken (also the First Mate’s Office) Characters: Robin Astrea, Salem Ilmari

The familiar door in front of her stared back like a bad dream. Not a damn thing changed save for a few missing paint chips. She was almost mad at herself for how quickly she noticed the tiny details, never wanting to keep a memory of this place in her head for too long. 

Ava had a worn schoolbag thrown over her shoulder and a small leather suitcase clutched in her hand, the other was raised mid-knock- hesitating. She’d been in town for a little over a week, not long before the cover, dome, thing came crashing down around everyone. Things had been getting strange in her life and Wildemount seemed to accelerate that. 

Her father didn’t know she was here. Maybe because Ava didn’t yet know why she was here and couldn’t think of an excuse to face him after all the silence. But finally, with enough courage summoned (and not enough money to keep paying for a motel) Ava made it back to Robin’s house. She inhales through her nose, exhales though her mouth and knocks. 

Not for the first time in the last few weeks, Skylar felt like his life had been turned on its head overnight. That feeling wasn’t exactly uncommon in his life, but what was unusual was that for once, the sudden change that had come about was one he actually wanted, and as far as he could tell there weren’t any downsides.

For the most part, he wasn’t all that concerned with how the crew of the Prosperity found out that he and Ali had gotten (back) together last night. He figured it would be exceedingly obvious to everyone very soon anyway, but there were a few people he would like to tell personally - and beyond that, a few people who he felt like he really owed an explanation to. If nothing else, he at least needed to make sure the twins were the first to know, and that they got the full story. He knew he’d probably been worrying them lately, just like he’d worried them twelve years ago when he’d come back from earth brokenhearted. He hadn’t explained it back then - the twins had still been kids at the time, for one thing. More than that though, talking about it was painful - it had been easier to just keep that part of himself closed off, like it had been a chapter out of someone else’s life.

He probably should have explained things to them when Ali suddenly walked back into his life. But even though he knew he’d likely been worrying the twins, he just couldn’t find the words to talk to them about it - the situation had been so confusing that Sky hadn’t even known how to explain what was going on to himself, much less anybody else. Now that he finally had some clarity though, letting them know was a top priority. He decided to start with Robin - last night had been great for Sky personally, but he was definitely keenly aware of the fact that it had been very much the opposite for Ryder. He was still going to tell them today, of course - but it seemed like a good idea to give them a little space first to recuperate from their likely hangover before sharing his poorly timed news, at the very least.

"Hey,” Sky greeted, knocking on the door frame to alert the First Mate to his presence. “Got a few minutes? There’s some personal stuff I want to talk to you about. It’s important - but not urgent.” This probably would have been a more concerning statement if it weren’t for the smile on Sky’s face. He looked happier than he had in a while - more relaxed too, if one could simultaneously look relaxed and like they were about ready to bounce off the walls with positive energy. Sky got the affirmative, so he headed on in and closed the door behind him. He didn’t really know where to start here, so he went with the obvious. “So - I know we haven’t really been talking all that much these last couple weeks,” he began, smile fading into something more apologetic. It wasn’t like they hadn’t been talking at all, but there had been a notable decline in conversations on deeper topics. He wasn’t entirely sure what that was about on Robin’s end, but he hadn’t questioned it since it made it easier for him to go on not talking about what was going on with him. “Sorry for not checking in sooner. I had some stuff I was kind of avoiding talking about. I’m not avoiding it anymore, but - before we get into it, how’re you doing? Everything okay?“ Outside of select topics, he’d kind of dropped the ball when it came to checking in on Robin beyond the surface level recently - so doing that now took priority over getting into his own news.

“Move.” Adding any further explanation is of bad taste in her opinion, Akira’s sentences always seeming rude but not quite enough to consider them derogatory.