voice; Awake is difficult and no one understands

[promiselisting]

[ Huh. Here is an unusual thing. Futaba is not usually one to use voice (or anything besides text) on the network. Maybe she wants to reassure other people with her voice and to hear theirs? Maybe it has something to do with the fact that her voice is still a bit muzzy with sleep. Maybe text requires more coordination than she has right now.

Either way, she's got an important post from her sort-of-brother to follow up on. ]

So.

[ There's a long, pregnant pause. ]

How many other memes are you all familiar with? Scientific curiosity.

[ She's been getting reputations up until now. The girl who gathers information. That one who really really mistrusts the Curti Center and is not afraid to be vocally critical of it. But it's past time she showed the world here who she truly is-

a shitposter. ]

Comments

[promiselisting]

We can probably break with tradition.

[ Nodding sagely. Her stomach adds its own opinion on top of that. It seems to be a positive one. ]

[balancingedge]

[Okay, he has to point this out:] It's not wrong if we really need to get rid of some of them...

[Most of them are soldiers, of which three of them are former cadets. Two of whom actually want to stay in their current physical condition? The scent of freshly baked goods hitting them as they work out in the basement gym has been hell.

You know what. He's talking to Shiro about it later and bringing half of them. Good. Luck.]

[masqueraid]

My stomach and I won't say no, of course.

( gorging after a battle won was something of a tradition, anyway— why not keep a good thing going? )

I think I know someone else that probably wouldn't, either. ( sorry futaba, he's calling your stomach out on that one, complete with ruffling some of that hair of yours, too. )

[promiselisting]

H-hey!

[ omg not the hairruffles! it probably already looks a mess enough as is!! ]

Don't ruin my dignity like that!

[ hypocrite thy name is Futaba Sakura ]

[balancingedge]

[I'm sorry, what was that? Because Keith's been doing his best not to smirk at Futaba's expense.]

Good to know. So, when should we meet up?

[...He may not have smirked, but that certainly is a faint smile.]

[masqueraid]

( ren grins throughout— obviously glad that things seem to be returning back to their new normal. plus seeing futaba forge so many bonds where she can feel comfortable enough to do things like this, well... that was cause for celebration on its own. )

How about next week? We'll need some time to gather supplies, since it sounds like its shaping up to be a feast fit for space heroes.

[promiselisting]

[ This is all very well and good buuuut ]

Iiiiiif we're gonna be able to get out powers back at the Curti Center, I'm gonna be heading there ASAP.

[ Just so we're all clear on that.

Although 'i'm going to the Curti Center ASAP' isn't exactly something she'd've expected herself to be saying anytime soon. Yet. Here they were. ]

[balancingedge]

Considering they started work on it today...

[Better get on that, Futaba.]

Next week sounds good. I'll make sure to bring some of the pastries with us to the Center, too.

[That way with whatever's left, they'll be able to likely discern what'll go better with the curry. ...That and he can dump most of it on the staff, because if they're anything like the engineers at the Garrison, they likely forget to eat unless told to.]

[masqueraid]

Okay. ( he has to chuckle at futaba's enthusiasm— glad that she's feeling excited about it. )

When everyone gets back, then. It's settled.

( and then, maybe an interesting mental image strikes him as he thinks to add— ) I'm not sure we have enough parking for several Lions though, I hope that's not a problem.

( it's a joke. probably. at least that's what his slight grin seems to suggest. it's the first time he's had space heroes over for dinner. )

[balancingedge]

[He blinks for a second, before it dawns on him and he smirks back.]

If they could fly, it would be. Still working on those systems for Black. [He won't mention Yellow; he has no bond with it and maaay be a sensitive subject right now.] Most of them haven't appeared here, yet. So we'll likely take the airships instead.

[He knows it's a joke; don't worry.]