following the footsteps of a rag doll dance, we are entranced ...

[seeingyou]

WHO: OPEN to all passengers.
WHAT: General mingle log for the first part of the month, including new partner pairing stuff.
WHERE: Navi, all over.
WHEN: Now until the next event (Oct. 3-17).
WARNINGS: If things get messy and/or upsetting, please put warnings in your comment subject lines! And if you absolutely can't keep from strangling your new partner, please report it on the death page.

Hello, passengers! Today begins just like normal, but it’s far from an ordinary day. On this fine point in space-time, passengers will notice a little something different when it comes to the glyphs marked on the backs of their hands.

They're glowing. The light is a deep shade of blue, and it's slowly blinking on and off. Maybe it's searching for something? It's entirely possible, because affected passengers will also feel a gentle tugging sensation that stops once they've come face to face with their partners. The glyph will switch to glowing a steady blue once partners are synced with each other, and they'll be able to communicate telepathically with each other, too.

Have fun getting to know each other a little better! Or, you know. Yelling at each other. Just try to keep the murder to a minimum, OK?

Comments

[fuckregularpeople]

The tattoo on Jane's hand hasn't disappared regardless of who's fronting. Hammerhead took over immediately upon seeing it, Penny took over and panicked upon realizing she couldn't identify the flashing marking, and Lucy Fugue steps forward to figure out exactly what's causing this. She's level-headed but effective, if frightening; a safe choice for gauging intentions.

Dᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴇᴀɴs? she asks as she holds her hand up, her voice metallic as blue electricity crackles under the skin of her throat. Wʜᴀᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴀʀɴᴇᴅ?

[sisterswitch]

There isn't much that truly frightens Jack; she herself is the stuff of nightmares, literally, and when you're on the giving end of fears, it's a little harder to end up on the receiving side. Still, the electricity is unexpected, and she takes a step back when Lucy approaches her. Not because she's scared of her, of course - just because she'd like to avoid an electrocution. She can't imagine that would be fun.

"It's the partnering thing," she answers, because she paid attention to what the kid on the video screen told people that first day, after the crash. "It's like Bluetooth pairing - once you connect with your partner you'll stop flashing." She holds up her own hand, and what do you know - it stops blinking and glows a nice solid blue.

[fuckregularpeople]

At least Lucy Fugue's not one who attempts to intimidate, unlike some of the others. Not if there's no calculated reason to fight, at least, and as of now there isn't. She doesn't share Jane's strong opinions about Jack yet. She needs more information to analyze before drawing any conclusions.

Wʜᴇʀᴇ ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴛʜɪs? It seems Jane either hadn't taken careful notice of the orientation or hadn't passed the information on. Both were equally likely, Lucy figures. She observes the change in the glyphs with interest. Wʜᴀᴛ ᴅᴏᴇs ᴛʜɪs ᴘᴀʀᴛɴᴇʀsʜɪᴘ ᴇɴᴛᴀɪʟ?

[sisterswitch]

"I paid attention," Jack answers, flatly, then decides to be a little more helpful with her answer, adding: "That first day, after we crash-landed, there was a kid on the screen in Navi's room. I listened to what he told the others. He said he'd been here a while."

Jack hasn't had a need for controlling her thoughts until now, so she isn't very good at it, and it's likely Lucy will be able to hear her sarcastic inner monologue: Apparently it entails getting stuck with all of you.

"You get a fun new brain roommate," is what she says aloud, with a tight-lipped smile. Jack is not thrilled about this in the least, especially since she knows it's only a matter of time before Jane returns.

[unnecessaryflourishes]

Even for Emet-Selch, the sight of lightning crackling under someone's skin is a new sight. Not enough to have him display anything more than mild surprise, perhaps, but that may very well be on account of him being distinctly unhappy about the situation as it stands.

"Rather less than I would have liked."

Mostly, that it's annoying, and he can't find a way to stop either the flashing (hidden though it is by his customary gloves) or the mental tugging that seems to come with it.

[fuckregularpeople]

Mild surprise isn't an unusual reaction to any of Jane's personalities, and by this point none of them are offended by it. Well, Hammerhead might be, but she's offended by everything. Not so with level-headed Lucy Fugue, who never starts a fight.

Aɴʏ ɪɴғᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴠᴀʟᴜᴀʙʟᴇ, Lucy replies, the lighting fluctuating with the movement of her vocal cords. Iᴛ's ɪᴍᴘᴏssɪʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀsᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴀ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜᴏᴜᴛ ᴀᴅᴇᴏ̨ᴜᴀᴛᴇ ᴅᴀᴛᴀ. Hᴀᴠᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴄᴏɴɴᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ʏᴇᴛ?

[unnecessaryflourishes]

"I have not. Assuming that to be what this is meant to be."

Though the idea of paired objects isn't terribly new to him - linkpearls work that way, to say nothing of the various other methods of long-distance communications Garlemald employs - the idea of the objects to be paired blinking during the process is something he isn't familiar with. And if the tugging he's been feeling is meant to lead him somewhere, he has yet to find where that somewhere is.

[secreteary]

Martin's dealt with a lot of...horrible, horrible things, and yet it still isn't terribly difficult to unsettle him. He backs away from this person by a step or two, holding up his hands in surrender, feeling cold sweat begin to percolate on his lower back under his ragged sweater.

"No idea! It just. Showed up."

He flips his left hand to show the glyph in its rhythmic blinking.

"It seems to react like a. I dunno. A radar? So I'm just trying to figure out where it takes me."

[fuckregularpeople]

Lucy Fugue looks at Martin, mildly surprised to see him inching away from her. While she may look a little alarming, she's hardly dangerous. In fact, she feels a little bad for the intimidated guy.

His glyph shows that he has no answers for her and she pulls back a little.

Wʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏ?