Voice; un: mai

[maipokerface]

Is it just me or are things starting to get a little unpleasant around here?

[She sighs out some. Not that she hadn't expected Olympia and Wyver to start not getting along again of course but it's still pretty annoying.]

I've been outright ignored in a few places in Olympia. Don't ask me exactly what I did to get that kind of treatment because I don't have a clue.

[Now to the meat of why she's drifted onto the network after having not touched it for this long. Her tone actually sounds pretty curious.]

Have any of the rest of you run into anything? Olympia, Wyver, wherever.

Comments

[braidedwonder]

Fair point. Not sure how they'd react to a new place, though. Hell, never know, might draw native people from both nations too if someone did. Always a black sheep around and all.

Either way, I like Wyver enough. Not going anywhere as of yet.

[maipokerface]

Wyver's pretty nice. I'm enjoying the dragons anyhow.

[braidedwonder]

They’re a little rough around the edges but I like ‘em. Reminds me of the people from home. A little rough around the edges but good once they get used to you and vice versa.

Guess that’s why it feels so like home anyways.

[maipokerface]

Yeah? You must have hung out with a tough crowd then.

[braidedwonder]

Guess you could say that - definitely came from a rough part of my speck of space.

But I turned out alright enough. Or I think so at least!

[maipokerface]

I'm going to guess you did anyhow.

[Since Mai isn't quite sure who this is. The network still confuses her somewhat and telling who's who without a voice or face is odd.]

[braidedwonder]

This is Duo... we met over those noodles I thought weren't going to be spicy but I choked?

[ Well at least he admits it. ]

[maipokerface]

[Oh, this guy. Thank goodness for voice because this is one time Mai may actually fluster.]

Oh... yeah. Right. I remember.

[...]

I'm not usually that friendly. Sorry.

[braidedwonder]

Don't worry, I'm not either..

That night got a little wild/weird on a few aspects so I'm just gonna chalk it up to 'weird alien planet' and move along.

[maipokerface]

At least you're the forgiving type then.

[Not that she did anything heinous but being that relaxed isn't very common for her. It's nearly akin to nudity in some ways.]

[braidedwonder]

Eh. I try not to be the type who places all my bets on a night where..

Well, everyone was kinda off.

[maipokerface]

No kidding. Still it wasn't bad exactly.

[At least everyone was in a good mood? Unlike now anyhow.]

[braidedwonder]

A lot better than choosing sides and stuff? Yeah.

Not my proudest moments but.. hey. Isn't like I can't make an ass out of myself without some weird side effect anyways.

[maipokerface]

[She can't help the amused snort.]

At least you admit to it.

[braidedwonder]

I mean what's the point in pretending when you know I did it?

[maipokerface]

There's that but there's plenty of people who would deny that sort of thing anyhow. Or at least deny the idea that they can make an ass of themselves now and then.

[braidedwonder]

Yeah, guess so.

Oh well, juice doesn't seem worth the squeeze for me to pretend to be suave about it.

[maipokerface]

... Juice?

[Is that a saying of some kind?]

[braidedwonder]

It's a saying.. people at home used it a lot because fruit was expensive...

Kinda like... 'does the reward outweigh the punishment/work it would take' or something like that.

Make more sense now?

[maipokerface]

I think I get it. I don't think I've ever been somewhere where fruit was pricey though.

[braidedwonder]

Never lived in space then. Shipping things and keeping them fresh is pricey.

[maipokerface]

I can imagine. The closest I've come to space is the Natha. ... And those ships when the last batch of people woke up.

[She sounds slightly displeased because she is. Shoved into a ship, expected to pilot it. Hnnnngh.]

[braidedwonder]

Man I would've loved those things if it wasn't for having to share piloting. Like.. there's a few people around here who can pilot worth a damn but then I had to take down people who would rather scream and make a big deal and I just thought about how much I liked being alone in a cockpit instead of having people along.

[maipokerface]

You're used to flying things like those ships then?

[braidedwonder]

Yeah! Used to fly space cruisers all the time where I'm from!