I will survive

[echoofaperson]

He still was unsure of this place. Unsure of the odd suit he wore, unsure of the breathing walls or the ship itself.

But space, itself, remained unchanged. It had been a few years since he’d stared into the black of deep space. It had been through a Gedd’s unreliable eyes, then, and not nearly as clear.

< Beautiful. > The human muttered, awe

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[visserbasher]

Loren didn't know Tom and she definitely didn't know about the Yeerk. She didn't even know he was from her universe. When she looked at him, she just saw a new crew member, ripped away from home and stuck here. And she knew how scared and confused she had been the first time that happened to her.

"It's pretty amazing isn't it?" She said, speaking of the view. "I still can't get used to it."

[echoofaperson]

"Utterly." He startled only a little at the appearance of another human, smile dropping a tiny bit before returning somewhat sheepishly. "I didn't realize anyone else was here. It's beautiful, isn't it? So much space... I've never seen anything like it. It's...huge, but so much easier to handle than this ship and everything that's gone on, you know what I mean? Heh, every kid dreams about going into space right? Didn't go like I dreamed it at all

[visserbasher]

"Loren." She shook his hand. "And really I don't know. I mean, it does get repetitive, all the stars going by but it's still awesome. Beats the Star Trek props. What's really awesome though is seeing Earth from space." Though... now they didn't have that option.

[echoofaperson]

He almost agreed. It almost slid out, Tom's thoughts mingling freely with his own as he pulled the words away from the host for the conversation.

< It is, it's amazing. You would think looking down at it, you would feel huge, but I've never felt smaller, like looking at something perfect, far enough away that I couldn't see its faults anymore. >

He made his brow furrow, tilting his head. "You've seen Earth from space? Wow, that must have been amazing! Were you awake when you were brought on board...or...how?

[thethirdhalfa]

"It's pretty stunning, isn't it? One upside to getting kidnapped by a living spaceship I think everyone can agree on. You don't get to see views like this no matter where you are on Earth," Dani said. She'd noticed Tom standing here, staring at the stars and made an assumption.

Not really thinking of how she might be a sight. Dani didn't like the creepy feeling of the plantsuit, so she didn't often chose to 'wear' it, preferring to stay in ghost mode and the weird hazmat suit.

Oh god let me know if this is not ok

[echoofaperson]

"Very. I've never seen anything like it. It really makes you feel tiny." A lie, though not terribly so. He'd never see this view, or a view with this clarity. But the other person didn't need to know that.

He turned very slightly, preparing to introduce himself and froze.

< Is she wearing a hazmat suit? > It was so shocking, so completely out of the blue, that he really could only stare for a moment, eyes wide

Tom very nearly started laughing at him. < Sure seems like she is. >

< Don't get smug. >

< I can't help it, it's so hilarious to see you speechless. >

"Uhhhh...hi...what...why are you wearing that?" < Please explain what you are and what you are doing this instant. >

It's totally okay. Not like the Fenton's sense of style is normal~.

[thethirdhalfa]

"Huh, does it? It just seems amazing," Dani said, tilting her head thoughtfully.

She looked at Tom and blinked. He might notice that there was a bit of a glow to her eyes too. "What am I...oh!" She said and looked down. "It's a hazmat suit. If...you know, weirdly designed. It just came out like that," she said and shrugged. "It comes with my ghost form and it doesn't have the creepy pulsating that the plantsuits have."

OK

[echoofaperson]

< What?! >

There was a moment of complete synergy between the host and his rightful overlord. "...what?"

< Ghost form?! >

< Don't look at me! I don't have all of the answers either! >

< This creature gives every appearance of being a human! >

< Apparently a different kind of human! Don't ask me, no one's eyes glow or sprout weird hazmat suits where I come from! >

He paused, trying to work through all of the possible reactions a human might have. "...Aren't those for chemical spills...What...what are you? How did you even get that on the ship?"

[bonnypiperlad]

There's a faint shuffling from elsewhere in the room - the sounds of someone entering and settling in on one of the squishy meatcouches fairly close to where Tom is standing. A few minutes later, there is a little bit of music to go along with the view.

The source of the music appears to be a young man, wearing a kilt over his plantsuit and playing a long wooden pipe of some sort with a bell-shaped end. While most of it is skinny, there is an oblong section wider than the rest of the pipe, starting near the top and ending just above the mid-section of the instrument.

Jamie plays for a few moments, then frowns and stops to work out some fingering. It's when he's doing that that he realizes that Tom's nearby and he's suddenly rather chagrined. He really needs to pay better attention to where he sits when he practices.

"Och, I'm sorry. I didn't see ye there," he says apologetically. "I hope I didn't disturb ye too much."

[echoofaperson]

At first Iniss hadn't really noticed the music, he had been so focused on his own thoughts. Or more specifically, he had noticed the music, but not registered the person.

Human music was often oddly realxing and he thought perhaps the ship had simply divided of its own volition to play something.

It was only when the human spoke up.

It took him a moment and a brief consultation of Tom's memories before he understood that the boy had an accent, which was why his voice sound a little diffrent. "Not at all. It was pleasant. I didn't hear you come in, am I distracting you?"

[bonnypiperlad]

"Thank ye," Jamie replies - although privately he wonders if the other boy would think it as pleasant if he was practicing with the full set of bagpipes.

There's a brief shake of his head, then. "No, ye weren't. I was just going through a wee tune or two while I had a few minutes free." It's not really a big deal to him. If he had wanted to be free of distractions, he would have stayed in his quarters.

"It's strange, aye? Coming here, being able to look out and see that." He gestures at the Bleed visible through the window. "Ye can almost forget ye are traveling until ye do so." Dryly, he adds, "That is, once ye get used to the plantsuits and the rest of it."

[echoofaperson]

The answer was of course, no. Not really, not at all, stop murdering the earth feline and get out. But that was neither here nor there and they really weren't there to discuss the Yeerk's musical preferences. Which ran along the lines of 'quiet' and 'non-existent'

"I suppose that's reasonable enough. Do you come here often? I really like the view. It's almost...I dunno, comforting, I guess." He smiled faintly. "I like it, always wanted to be able to go into space. Be careful what you wish for, right?"