soul_sister: (Happening things happening?)
ACTUAL HONEY BADGER ROSETTE CHRISTOPHER ([personal profile] soul_sister) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-10-05 06:08 pm

A bit of whimsy

Date & Time: October 5th, Evening
Location: The cafeteria
Characters: OPEN TO ALL
Summary: MOONWALKING!!/The gravity breaks for an hour
Warnings: NONE

[Perhaps the refrigerator cycled at the exact same moment that someone started reheating some of that sorry excuse we have for moon food. Maybe at that exact moment, the power grid strained from bringing another section of the base into life supporting function. Maybe at that exact moment ALL OF THOSE THINGS HAPPENED AT ONCE.


Whatever actually happened, the lights flicker and go dark, leaving only the hallway illumination, and your stomach twists as gravity loses a bit of a grip on you.

You're not FLOATING, but neither are you quite as heavy as you used to be.]


What on Earth?
maddeninghatter: (you don't say)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-07 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)

Even? Even how?

[ The tea continues to dribble off the table in large, spherical, lazily falling droplets. Some of it might be heading for Rosette's feet. ]

maddeninghatter: (pffft!)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-07 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)

Don't know what you're fretting about.

[ Force of habit: he reaches in his pockets for candy, but comes up empty. He makes a pitiful face and bounces on his heels in irritation. This sends him up and down several feet until he finally stops. ]

Unless of course, this business--

[ A vague gesture about all the floatiness. ]

--means this moon base is about to break down, or something.

maddeninghatter: Find shelter and catnip (Total wave of highness just hit)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-08 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Are there?

[ He'll take your word for it. ]

Well - at least if we float away into space and freeze our deaths, we'll all be brightly lit~!

[ His manner is cheerful; but he feels that cold too, and can't suppress a shudder. ]
maddeninghatter: (Bow before your new god)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-08 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hands tucked behind his back, he bends down to her level-- ]

Why, d'you mean to make me wait here and miss out on all the fun?

[ --and bounces up again, falling into step beside her. ]

Maybe a moon man is trying to get in~!
maddeninghatter: I meant to do that (smile ♘ don't mind me)

1/2

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-09 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Abruptly, his next bouncing lope turns into a hard step! ]

Ugh!

[ He actually goes down to one knee. He grimaces for an instant (ow), before he pops up, smiling brightly once more. ]

A hunter monster? Dear me, I think you're being awfully dramatic and--
maddeninghatter: (MWA HA HA HA)

2/2

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-09 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ He flings out his arms, making wiggly fingers of doom, and screeching: ]

EEEERRRRRGHHHHH~!

Come here, my pretty~! ♥

[ Who knows what a terrible hunter monster is, but he's going to give it his best shot. ]
maddeninghatter: (NOT THE FAN)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-09 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Xerxes Break is well-equipped to completely dodge competent warriors.


Indignant ladies delivering much-deserved smackdowns are another matter. ]


Aaaah!

[ That was a shriek. Down he goes! ]
maddeninghatter: (no idea!)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-10 05:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ He doesn't seem to notice her hand, as he picks himself up (amid several theatrical groaaaans. ]

Miss Rosette, really, I--

[ As he stands, one foot goes back into the moon-gravity zone. He teeters a little, and finds his balance - and then steps with his other foot into the earth-gravity hallway. ]

Ah--

[ Back and forth he steps and hops, from one zone to the other. It's a little dance. ]

Haha~!
maddeninghatter: Find shelter and catnip (Total wave of highness just hit)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-10 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He twirls on his tiptoes and lopes back the way they'd come from, and then turns back and walks towards her, crossing the gravity boundary once more. This time, he manages the transition so smoothly, you'd hardly know it was there. ]

Mad as a hatter!

However - given that we're all living on the moon, anybody who claims to be completely sane is telling a story~!
maddeninghatter: (come to the cabaret)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-11 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Easy now~!

[ He hears that stumble, and actually puts out his hand for her to take. ]

So this bounciness ends right here, hm? And you say the lights are on...

That suggests it's not the whole moon base that's having problems, but just this part.
maddeninghatter: I'm going to kill you (if I wait that long) (smile ♘ when this is all over...)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-11 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
But we should tell somebody technical-minded about it. There's all sorts of fellows advertising their ability to fix things...

[ A pause; he can hear the change in her tone, and sense her movements. He squeezes her hand. ]

My, myyy~! You're smarter than you look!
Edited 2013-10-11 16:33 (UTC)
maddeninghatter: (don't mind if I do)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-13 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Three days, he'd told Reim. Three days and he'd be back to normal, the same as he ever was. He wasn't, and still isn't. Hiding his blindness has been disastrous on more than one occasion, so-- ]

Outside? Outside the moonbase? How on earth? Haha--how on the moon, I mean~!

[ He still can't quite face the prospect of telling people, however. But he has resolved, at least, to stop hiding it. ]
maddeninghatter: (barking mad glee)

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2013-10-14 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Oooh~! Hahahaha!

[ He flails and giggles at being poked, just like a creeper. You're welcome. ]

And clockwork men, so I understand. [ This would be the extent of his knowledge of robotics. ] Although I imagine their gears would freeze up or something. I hear it's terribly cold outside.

[ It isn't lost on him, the way she has taken this revelation about him in stride. This is the way most people have reacted, he realizes wryly.

Well - except for Kevin. He'd been a bit dramatic - but when is the man not dramatic, honestly? ]