pointofhonoria: (season 3; thinking)
Honoria Crabb ([personal profile] pointofhonoria) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2022-06-02 05:37 pm

[open] not that kind of crab

Who: Honoria Crabb, Murderbot, Ginko and You?
When: Early June
Where: Various locations
Summary: Settling, exercise routines, distrust of the excursion, finally talking to some folks
Warnings: Nothing major right now, will be some talk of the murder game tho


1. infinite tommy bahamas? infinite tommy bahamas

She's been here long enough now that Johnny's won: she does, in fact, have to admit that she needs some new clothes. Washing and reusing what she's already comfortable with is not going to cut it forever. So, here she is. In the seemingly infinite Tommy Bahamas. Looking rather boggled by some of the styles available. Is it the patterns? The cuts? Yes. Just— yes.

She has found some button-ups that aren't too offensive to her, but finding some good trousers seems to be another story. The women's pants are all either too loose or too tight for her liking and she doesn't seem to have cottoned on that she can just wander over to the men's section yet.

2. hitting the gym

Crabb's used to living a very active life. Running around the city chasing after cases, trying to stop bad people doing bad things, getting into fist fights on the regular... sitting around so much here on the ship is enough to make a woman restless, so she tries not to do that so much. So, she can often be found either in Calgona's or on the sports deck.

A punching bag isn't the same as fighting against another person, but it's something, and all things considered it's pretty satisfying to get to hit something as hard as she wants. The running track's more artificial than running around the city, but it's good enough and keeps the blood flowing, gives her time to let thoughts churn under the surface. No matter what she's doing, she occasionally has to take breaks—chug some water, wipe the sweat off her face, catch her breath—when it's easier to grab her attention.

Occasionally, you might even find her in the shallow end of the pool in a Tommy Bahama swimsuit and some trunks, not exactly swimming but getting more acclimatised to the water with the basics Undine was teaching. Crabb's always been the type to keep at something, after all.

3. don't trust like that

There's a war going on in Crabb's head, from the second the 'new' sign-up sheet goes up. On one hand, it feels wrong to stay behind, to not go and see what the hell the catch is this time, on the other... well, last time she let that instinct drive her, she spent two days injured, scared and in hiding, and died.

Apparently that's what it takes to finally give Honoria Crabb at least some pause. So, rather than signing herself up, right now, she's watching people come and go from a spot in the lounge, sat backwards over a chair, a suspicious crease in her brow.

4. confrontation or conversation, hard to say [closed to Murderbot]

So, Crabb's talked to Ava. Not on her own initiative, exactly, considering Ava tried to drop a giant Pez through her door and essentially confused Crabb into finally saying something, but apparently, it's finally knocked her out of idle. Because she's come to find Rin, and without waiting for it to acknowledge her, she opens with:

"Alright, elephant in the room, let's get this over with, yeah?"

5. roommate time [closed to Ginko]

That she'd finally been assigned a roommate hasn't totally avoided Crabb's notice. Somehow, she just hasn't caught whoever it is, yet, between her own daily routine and whatever this stranger is up to. So it actually catches her by surprise when she finally does see the guy, when she comes back to grab something one day.

"So—you're the new roommate, huh?"

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iattractmushi: (Satisfied with the way things are)

Roommates!

[personal profile] iattractmushi 2022-06-02 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Ginko has been busy himself. He doesn't actually like sleeping indoors much, and he's been very preoccupied with exploring this place. It's not too surprising they've missed each other.

He's back here actually trying to draw his own map of the ship with what he's seen so far. It's private (mostly) and it has great light, so it was the natural choice.

Looking up from his self-appointed task, he raises his visible eyebrow. "Yep, that's me." He stands up to give her a little bow, feeling that this situation requires at least a bit of politeness. "Ginko. I'm... something of a wanderer, where I'm from."
iattractmushi: (Not what I was expecting)

Whoops sorry about the lateness

[personal profile] iattractmushi 2022-06-11 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Er... well. My job, more or less. And because I have to."

She's the first one he's met on this ship to probe deeper, and it's not like he's opposed to explaining, it's just... difficult, here.

"I'm... what's known as a mushishi. And I help people, where I can." He rubs the back of his neck, feeling a little awkward. "But I can't stay in one place for long."
Edited 2022-06-11 21:29 (UTC)
iattractmushi: (Might want to give this one a miss)

[personal profile] iattractmushi 2022-06-13 02:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"More like I attract trouble. Literally." He has to grin at that, a little helplessly. "I guess I should explain, it's just... more difficult here. There aren't any bugs." He frowns at that for a second. "I meant to say... mushi."

It's harder to force out than it has any right to be, the familiar word feeling strange and foreign against his tongue. More weirdness about this place, no doubt.

"Where I'm from, they're everywhere, and they often cause problems. I'm one of the few who can see them, and people like me are in the business of going around and helping those troubled by the creatures. But if I hang around anywhere too long, I attract them and cause more trouble."
iattractmushi: (But it is useless to ask why)

[personal profile] iattractmushi 2022-06-14 08:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah..." Convenient is one word for it. "It's... strange. Especially with how I'm now reading things backwards." Compared to back home, anyway.

He shrugs, adjusting the map. Crabb can see it's clearly the start of an attempt to map the ship they're on, if only by the places he's labeled stuff like 'shops' and 'food'. "It's not that immediate, I can usually linger in places for a week or two--longer, in winter. Long enough to help, and usually long enough to fix whatever's wrong." He draws another line, frowns at it, then erases it and draws it again in a slightly different place. "Only the unethical ones pull that kind of crap."
iattractmushi: (String of light)

[personal profile] iattractmushi 2022-06-20 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
It's just the most public areas so far, he hasn't gotten around to exploring anywhere else. But you've got to start somewhere, don't you.

"Mmm, it does seem that way. Anyway, the mushishi are largely wanderers without a lot of oversight, so... but there are some decent ones in the bunch. It's not a profession people tend to do unless they have little choice."
iattractmushi: (We're part of a story; part of a tale)

[personal profile] iattractmushi 2022-06-30 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Basically. Also, I was found pretty early and trained to be one from when I was a kid, so..." he shrugs. "You've got to eat, right?"

Well, it's a little more complicated than simply 'found' but he's not going to talk about that with someone he just met, so. Close enough.

"But yeah that's how most of us end up in the business, so to speak. I'm sure there are plenty who might not need to do it for the same reasons I do, but... well. Villagers tend to be pretty superstitious about these things, and people who claim to see the invisible or seemingly attract trouble tend to get actively kicked out of their villages."