goodweather: (who can see today)
Phil Connors ([personal profile] goodweather) wrote in [community profile] come_sailaway2023-11-13 04:43 pm

their wills were ever-bent on waiting [closed]

Who: Phil and select folks
When: November plots
Where: Various
Summary: A place for me to collect closed threads with people I've been needing to hit. I need to control my thread count so so badly, so no open this month. Message me if you want to plot!
Warnings: None for now





(( hi :) i wasn't sure what to put here but it felt weird leaving it empty ))
decrypter: (beckon.)

john's.

[personal profile] decrypter 2023-11-18 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
Phil occasionally has an audience when he plays, and Helena usually listens quietly, just letting the music wash over her while she either works on something or does something else. But she is attentive, and only when he's truly at rest will she applaud his performance. It's just what you do after a show, even if you've been quietly editing this entire time.

So it is that she smiles brightly, cheering for whatever he's decided to play this evening. That she might be the only one there doesn't diminish her enthusiasm.
decrypter: (early.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2023-11-19 10:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Well enough, Mr. Connors. I hope it's been the same for you - as well as things really can be in this place."

Just to offer them both that wiggle room of uncertainty in case anything disastrous happened.

"I wanted to say thank you, as well. I was told it was your doings that people got to make signs after their own hearts."

There's one in the bunch where large braille dots were pushed into plates of metal with care and the right tools. One where you can brush your hand over it, and read [ ⠕⠝⠺⠜⠙ ] there. Onward.
decrypter: (beckon.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2023-11-24 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think if people want to get mad over others trying to connect to where they came from, or something based in community, then that's their own problem to handle that none of us are required to deal with."

The tone is gentle, despite the words. She bears those people no ill will, but they don't have to speak to her.

"It's the same with the book of letters. Being able to speak to those who are not here..." She laughs a little. "I can only wonder what my father would make of me now."
decrypter: (Default)

[personal profile] decrypter 2023-11-25 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
When he mentions his wife, there's a soft, slightly sorrowful look in her eyes, shifting to careful surprise when Phil brings up something personal, when she knows that there are potentially only a few subjects that would warrant that. Something about Darcy, maybe? Something she has to know?

"No, please, it's fine. I've got no other engagements today, and you needn't carry it longer than you already have."
decrypter: (nightmare.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2023-11-25 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
Ah. This kind of personal. There's a subtle but notable change that comes across the more he talks. A tension that rises in her, a straightening of her posture. Removing herself from the ease and comfort of just editing, and putting herself into the place of someone who needs to protect herself, shutting the notebook before her.

"...If she's talked to you about where we were before, then she may have explained that she was compelled to be a hunter. And everything that such entails."

Why, why, why is it that when she finally thinks she has escaped being accosted about Grace, someone else appears to demand answers? A deep breath, before she carries on. She'd mentioned a touch of it after that room, that timeless place of suffering, in the broadest strokes. If Phil knows, it will make it easier to elaborate.

"I, Mr. Connors, was compelled to be hunted. Tracked down and murdered, more times than I can fathom. Grace was one of my adversaries, many times over."

One of her murderers. Immortal, untouchable, always bloodthirsty. That may illuminate things for Phil now. The hatred, the distance made. The redirection to Helena, with something that personal.

"You can imagine that it makes our history rather...fraught. When she arrived, I asked all of those I was close to that they treat her with civility, and if such was impossible, to give her distance. So that this place would allow her the second chance and freedom that it offers so many others." Her hands, folded on her lap, are perfectly still. "I am glad that she can count you among her friends, that she has friends. Such were difficult to come by in a place that was..."

Hell.

"Unkind."
decrypter: (sound.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2023-11-25 08:09 am (UTC)(link)
"That's a specific way to describe it. I've always thought of it as that there is a difference between choosing such actions, and being bound as much as myself."

And it was being bound. She has no doubt that Grace explained that much.

"It was...frightening, at first, I won't lie, to know she was here. But we've managed to talk in ways that we couldn't before. She knows the weight of what happened. And...I would call her my friend now, now that we understand each other."
decrypter: (yearn.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2023-11-30 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, no - we've managed to discuss and go over a great deal, and we understand that some things are more difficult than others to navigate, but she isn't giving me trouble." A tiny pause, as she calculates the right words to use in this situation. "It is strange, though, when people come to ask me about her. As if I had the monopoly on her behavior, or something - I hardly wish to abandon her to fend for herself, but I don't want to rob her of the chance to form her own connections."

She isn't her keeper. But she also believes that if Grace earns enemies, it should be on her actions here, not there.
broshaw: (08. let it whip)

a bespoke hot tub prompt for my man phil

[personal profile] broshaw 2023-11-23 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
It's time for Sharky's late-night communion with water, which is what he calls it in his head when he takes to the hot tub for some pantsless freedom. He's got his beer, he's got his random airport mystery novel (to keep his senses sharp, obvi), and he's got a boombox playing the BeeGee's greatest hits. For all the downer vibes going around lately, at least this is a time of night that he can totally enjoy.

Uh, well, up until "Stayin' Alive" starts. Ugh, he has to get up to switch it, doesn't he? That sucks. It's too bad there's not a convenient passerby to help a brother out, right?

Oh, look, who's that? A convenient passerby???? You don't say!! It doesn't matter where Phil is on the deck, because he's getting singled out for a little Good Samaritan action.

"Hey, help me out and hit skip on that song for me!"
broshaw: (18. take your time (do it right))

[personal profile] broshaw 2023-12-02 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
Oh my god it's a real-life furry. PLAY IT COOL, MAN. Like, seriously, dude, be as cool and chill as a cucumber because these shapeshifting motherfuckers know you think animals are cool but they do not understand the intricacies of anthropomorphic fascination.

"Uhhhhh," oh yeah that's real cool motherfucker, grade A chill response. "Nnno, no, well, yeah to the music, but the boombox is from, ummmm..." Visibly doing and then giving up on mental math, "A while ago. My bro Aiden and I lifted it from one of the excursions. He's AWOL RN so I've got custody until he comes back." He seems pretty confident that it's gonna happen, too!!
broshaw: (66.)

[personal profile] broshaw 2023-12-03 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
"He's super cool. Def in the top five of my bro list." With Pratt taking the first spot, obviously. But that's not the problem right now -- the problem is that he's about to be in close proximity to a foxy wet foxman!!!

(He briefly looks around to see if said best bro is around so he can be like "YO WHAT THE FUCK MAN" at him. It's not even Christmas!!)

"YYyyes, totally cool, absolutely," double thumbs up like a very normal and not flustered man would give. Thank christ the water's warm enough to explain his dumb red face! "Yyyouuu don't care that I'm freeballin' it, though, right?" (Even with a full-fledged furry in his sights, he refuses to compromise on his freedom!!)
broshaw: (13. you make me feel mighty real)

[personal profile] broshaw 2023-12-06 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
He's in the middle of debating whether or not it would be offensive to mention the fact that he dabbles in occasionally wearing a fursuit in public and also private when he sees the ring.



OK OK OK he can handle this. Disappointment is part of the Boshaw lifestyle. (Hitting on married men is also part of it, but that's mostly on his mom's side.) Besides, he's dating a hot goth catboy so like, basically already living the dream.

(He's being so brave and so strong right now.)

"Soooooooo, uhhh, who's the lucky vixen?" He grins. "Get it? Because foxes?"
broshaw: (19. rock the boat)

[personal profile] broshaw 2023-12-12 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Oohh NOOOO he's making it worse!! (But also does this mean he has a shot -- NO, focus on being a good dude man!!!)

All that is telegraphed only in the way his eyes widen in sympathy. "Oh, man, uhhh, sorry to hear that, dude. That must fuckin' suck." Now he's wondering how many other passengers were married before they got here. "Aaaand it's probably better she isn't, I guess, right?" Since everyone tends to be very anti-ship, YK?
broshaw: (18. take your time (do it right))

[personal profile] broshaw 2024-01-10 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
He's glad he called the Anti-Ship Brigade right, since the last thing a guy mourning the involuntary separation of his marriage needs is a dude extolling the virtues of a never-ending pleasure cruise. (Not that it's been very pleasurable these days. Kinda blows lately, actually, and not in the fun sexy way he's used to.)

"Oh, uhhhh, back home, you mean?" Man, it feels weird to think about it sometimes. He's been able to pretty much completely adjust to living somewhere else, to the point where his family back home has become a passing thought. He used to cry thinking about missing Blade growing up. Now it's just something he remembers fondly every so often.

"Just, y'know, some family. Most of my friends died in the whole nuclear apocalypse thing I got dealt with, so it was just me, my cousin Hurk, our kid and a ragtag buncha survivors... Honestly, I got more people here than back there at this point." (And maybe that's exactly why he doesn't hurt so much thinking about family back home. He has new priorities, and they're ones that even his family back home would approve of.)

(...And maybe he shouldn't call Blade his cousin and his kid, but, like??? It's true, sooooo???)
broshaw: (08. let it whip)

[personal profile] broshaw 2024-01-13 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hope County, Montana. Y'know, Earth?" Because he has to make sure of that, which is just life on the ship. "But I wouldn't worry about it. There's lots of Earths out there, and plenty of 'em made it past 2018 without any Collapse or World War III or whatever you wanna call it."

He thinks, anyway?? Oh well.

"Oh, yeah, I'm -- doin' pretty good. Ummm, TBH, kinda like it here better than back home, up to but not includin' the random acts of violence we gotta pull to charge things up." Look at him, turning down the enthusiasm on his "this ship is amazing and y'all are dumb for not seeing it" opinion. "So, IDK if you know 'em, but like -- Pratt, for one, he and I used to be antagonistic as fuck back home, but then he died and I showed up here then he showed up here and it's really put shit in perspective. So he's like my best bro. And then Giles... and obviously Ossie, hahaha, you don't get one without the other. Then there are all the hotties -- Marc, Max, Flan, Ava, not so much allowed to say that one now that she's happily wedded but man she is a smokeshow right???"

Time to take a breath. "Y'know, so like, a lot of people. Marc's not here anymore. Neither's Clarke..." :( "But so long as I got Giles and Pratt, I think I'm gonna be okay. What about you? How long have you been here, anyway? I don't think I've seen you around before, believe me, I'd remember you."
broshaw: (02. love hangover)

[personal profile] broshaw 2024-01-26 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Ooooh. Shapeshifter?" He nods like that explains everything. "Damn, you've been here like..." He does a quick calculation on his fingers and is visibly staggered by the results, "Like as long as me??? Whaaaaaat? I totally know who you are then, just like -- not like this."

He squints as he actively attempts to translate furry features into human ones. He's pretty good at this after years of playing "name that fursona" in the drunk tank with Pratt...