[Event] Its Lonely Out In Space

[alwayssomethingtolearn]

WHO: Ami and open to everyone else on the Twin Roses
WHERE:The Twin Roses
WHAT: Space, the final frontier. These are the anxieties of the schoolgirl, Ami Mizuno.
WHEN: Start of event


1. Now boarding Flight 14 to Eorzea
As everyone assembles to board the Twin Roses, they may notice the newest member of the crew. An emphasis on 'may' as the blue haired teen in an oversized sweater is trying her hardest to not be noticed by anyone. Hiding in shadows at the furthest fringes of the crowd, she is also trying her hardest not to break down into a full blown anxiety attack.

Its a simple equation: Ami minus friends minus time to adjust minus Sailor Mercury plus total strangers plus alien planet equals NOPE.

She can be brave. She can make friends. She could do this, given time. Time she wasn't given. It doesn't help that she doesn't know anyone on her ship, or that most of them are older than her. One of them is even obviously an alien! They're all 'he rows', right? Hopefully? With Ami now the most reluctant astronaut this side of Don Knotts, she'll continue to stay at a distance while all curled up with herself.

She could use a friend. Or a few.

2. Have fun storming the castle!
The trip over will see her finding a nice seat on the Twin Roses that's far away from everyone while she can still peek out through the giant window into space. Here, her fears momentarily subsided, a genuine look of awe from wide blue eyes as they enter into orbit. There were other bigger things on her mind during her trip to the Moon, here even her anxiety couldn't beat the actual view of a planet from orbit. "Its incredible..." The girl's fascination abruptly ends with the message from Ga Re, and the repeated mentions of 'safe' are not helping at all.

She's the last to enter the hold, and doesn't even bother opening her box once she spies what's in everyone else's. "That's... it? They want us to go down with only that?"

Again, Ami is brave. Ami is also fully aware she's just a teenage girl completely out of her element. And, Ami is anything but reckless. "I'll stay up here and be helpful, somehow. Stay safe, everyone."

She could also use some encouragement. Or a phaser.

3. Star Trekkin' across the universe
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[tsundullahan]

Perhaps it's a bad sign that the pilot-apparent is almost as reluctant as the young schoolgirl. The strangely silent woman in the black full-body riding suit and the yellow cat-eared helmet had been tense ever since taking her seat at the cockpit, her hands tight upon the steering yoke. Had the shipped prepped and moved on its own? Had she? She really has no idea. Her memory's a fog- nothing she much likes either, considering she already has problems with memories as it is.

We're in space. Her fingers move across the panel of buttons and switches, flicking and tapping at them seemingly at random, but she somehow knows what she was doing.

We're in space and that was an alien ship back there- or maybe this is a simulation? No...Aaagh no, don't think about it, don't think about it..!

It feels like they're hardly moving. It's unsettling. This is nothing like riding a motorcycle. Panic wells in her at the reminder that she'd left Shooter behind. But she'd had to. She hadn't even brought her communicator. How is she going to talk to anyone?

She still hasn't budged well after the shuttle's been put into orbit, but she's finally managed to pry her fingers from the steering yoke, sagging back against the rigid pilot's seat.

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[alwayssomethingtolearn]

Soft tentative steps approach the pilot's seat. Celty had caught Ami's attention right off the bat with the kitty-eared helmet, and there had been a thought that someone who also likes cats can't really be bad. Her body language also read of someone also rather apprehensive of what was to come, and it lingered in Ami's head even as she was watching the stars.

It still took her some time to quietly summon up her social courage and slide by everyone else, but she did reach the front of the ship. "Hello?" she asked softly, smiling politely with hands firmly in her lap.

[tsundullahan]

The woman lifts her helmeted head at the quiet voice that sounds nearby, and she sits up a little to look over. Ah, the...schoolgirl? I'm not familiar with the uniform though, she thinks.

Without much ability to greet the girl any other way, Celty offers a polite bow, or as much as she can while sitting. She's still not entirely sure she trusts that the ship won't suddenly drift off course to stand just yet.

[alwayssomethingtolearn]

The silent type? Ami returns with a bow in kind, believing this one must be more old-fashioned. Even with the helmet. She smiles and gestures towards said ears, "I saw your helmet. I'm quite fond of cats as well!" Celty is fond of cats, right? This is how normal people icebreak? It works for Usagi!

[tsundullahan]

At least the girl looks a little more at ease. Celty wishes she could smile in return, almost shyly reaching up to touch the formed ears of her helmet. A nod- what else could she offer?

She isn't really sure she was fond of cats. Shinra had got it for her. But then she supposes she doesn't dislike cats either, and she's certainly gotten attached to the helmet. Part of her mysterious trademark.

[alwayssomethingtolearn]

Definitely the silent type. "Its alright, I'm not the best around new people as well," said with a shy toe of the ground. "My name is Ami, I'm new here too."

[tsundullahan]

There's a moment that the woman looks a bit flustered. Shy isn't exactly what she'd meant to portray but she can see how that mistake can be made.

Celty looks around at the console before her. Surely there must be some way she can use something to communicate through? It was exasperating that the Agrii had told them to bring nothing. Would they have made an exception for her?

She pokes at a few buttons by a small screen. There's supposed to be a way to communicate between ships, so perhaps there's the option to use text? Ah, this is so annoying! A thought crosses her mind then, and she looks at Ami, hoping that her actions haven't been concerning. Rude, certainly, and she must apologize.

I hope I don't scare her...

Looking towards the floor between them, Celty holds her hands up, a gesture of reassurance- which probably doesn't make sense right then. She points at the floor, tracing in the air. Blackness seems to coalesce from her shadow, forming neat lines of words on the metal paneling.

𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏❜𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑰❜𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝑰❜𝒎 𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏❜𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒚𝒑𝒆 𝒆𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.

𝑰𝒕❜𝒔 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑨𝒎𝒊-𝒔𝒂𝒏❓ 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑱𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒆-𝒔𝒕𝒚𝒍𝒆. 𝑰❜𝒎 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑰𝒌𝒆𝒃𝒖𝒌𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑴𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒕𝒚.

[alwayssomethingtolearn]

Ami is rather taken aback at first, a hand to her chest with a soft gasp. Its not every day you see magic such as this. Still, perhaps oddly, there's no fear in her eyes, and she calms after her thoughts have been gathered. A youma of some sort? Though she's never met one that couldn't shout battle cries. Nor be this outwardly friendly. And such magic would come in handy if Celty ever wanted to become a teacher!

A chance is taken. "Its alright, being here has been a lesson in many new things," the girl offered with a small re-assuring smile. "I'm from Juuban, I'm in the middle school there."

[tsundullahan]

A teaching occupation is something that has never come to mind. Celty's just glad that she's found another way to communicate, so long as her powers aren't cut off.

Her shoulders relax a little in obvious relief at the girl's words. She nods her agreement.

Ah, Juuban... I think I may have gone through there a few times, she thinks. The distance isn't too far from Ikebukurou if she remembers correctly.

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒏. 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆. 𝑩𝒂𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒕. 𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝑰❜𝒎 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒊𝒍𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑.

[alwayssomethingtolearn]

"It- It is," as her current predicament comes crashing back down on her. "Its- My head's still swirling from everything." A deep breath, "But I'll have to make the most of it, I don't have much choice." Her blue eyes open again for Celty, a curious brow lifted. "You're the pilot? Do you have experience in flying?" A bit odd for, well, whatever she is, but then again there's been a lot of strangeness since she arrived.

[tsundullahan]

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕...

It's still difficult to believe she's looking at something in realtime and not someone's recording or a computer-generated rendition.

𝑰 𝒂𝒎, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆- 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔❓ 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕. 𝑰❜𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚. 𝑰 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆.

[alwayssomethingtolearn]

Alright, she definitely can't be a youma if she can both form complete sentences and drive a bike. Ami's smile grows, its actually fairly cool to think about: A magic user on a motorcycle! If only she could see inside that helmet! On second thought, maybe not right now.

There's a moment of awe as widening eyes turn towards the view outside. "I know, this is also my first time seeing space from up here," said completely lying, though her emotions are genuine. For once she can appreciate the view. "The pictures we see in school don't even give it justice! Isn't it amazing?"

[tsundullahan]

Celty's helmet turns towards the expanse before them, her shoulders lifting and dropping in an unheard sigh. She sweeps a hand towards the floor again, scattering her earlier words to reform new ones.

𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔. 𝑰𝒕❜𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆❜𝒔....𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒊𝒕❜𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆❜𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝑰 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆. 𝑨𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈- 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕 𝒊𝒕❜𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒕❜𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔. 𝑰 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈.

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[doubled_speed]

Perks of being a speedster? First one to the hold, first one changed. Given the fact that the ships give him massive claustrophobia, it's definitely a good thing for Tommy because he's already eager to be off. Still, with the girl coming in and making that comment, well, he's got to say something as he adjusts his hat, right? So he gestures toward the hydroponics units installed here in the hold.

"You know anything about taking care of plants?

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[alwayssomethingtolearn]

With that, she turns to discover the hydroponics, peering over the various plants curiously. After a moment or two of thought, she nods and pretty much recites, "Plants require water and sunlight. I'm guessing the ship would provide both, though not automatically." Now her curiousity turns to the area about her, "Is there a control panel to monitor? It would not take me long to learn how."

[doubled_speed]

Well, at least she gets the basics.

"Yeah, there's a monitor. Here, let me show you. I can probably even write up some details on how it all works. What the different plants need."

Because without Agriculture, that isn't something she'll inherently know.

[alwayssomethingtolearn]

She didn't even have any time to discover there were things such as data points. Regardless, Ami is quite the brilliant girl and even more eager to learn. It doesn't hurt that Tommy doesn't seem to be that much older either and is rather friendly as well. And he knows things. Her hands remain firmly close to her though there's the start of a small smile, "That would be wonderful, thank you. How complicated is the procedure?"

[doubled_speed]

"It's not going to be too bad," Tommy answered after a moment before going back to his chest and taking out his datapad to start typing instructions onto it.

Does the hydroponics unit need watching? No. Is he used to newbies feeling uncomfortable? Yep. Work sometimes helps.

[alwayssomethingtolearn]

Incoming knowledge can test the curiosity of even the most patient of Sailor Guardians. Ami slowly peeks over at the datapad, doing her best not to invade Tommy's personal space while trying to get a step ahead on whatever he wants her to be doing up here. "No, it won't," said a little less softer now and noticeably more confident.

[doubled_speed]

Yeah, she's peeking. And he senses it. And just like that Tommy's two feet away, because yeah, personal space please.

"I care about these plants, so be careful with them."

And still he's typing.

[alwayssomethingtolearn]

Oops. Ami blushes faintly at that, and takes a step back herself. "I have helped my mother with caring for plants around the house, I will care after yours like I have them." She's not sure how reassuring that sounds, hopefully he'll be assured that no plant has ever died on her watch!

[doubled_speed]

Well, that would be a good enough argument for him. What was more, so he just sent the message to her communicator with the instructions. But then he looks up at her.

"Hey... you going to be okay up here? You'll probably be alone a lot."

[alwayssomethingtolearn]

At that, Ami glances aside with a shade drawn across her face. "Don't worry, I'm used to it." Working mom, no friends, there was a lot of alone time for her. At least she had her studies. On that note, she does ask, "Are there things to read, manuals and such up here?"

[doubled_speed]

Well, now Tommy's resolved to pop on back up to the ship more regularly than originally planned. Kid shouldn't be alone.

"There's only what you've got from the communicators. Most of us on Twin Roses don't actually live on the ship, so we don't keep a lot of stuff here, sorry."

[alwayssomethingtolearn]

So no studies? No books? Nothing?

Ami tries not to let the growing apprehension show, but she's not the world's greatest actor. "I see," said with a soft tremor. "So it would just be me and the plants." Oh no. "Do you know how long we will be up here?"