open | all I want is the moon upon a stick

[vaccination]

Date & Time: October 10th onwards.
Location: Around the base.
Characters: Ellie and you.
Summary: Ellie's hangin' around, totally over this moon business.
Warnings: Swearing.



a. the cafeteria
[Ellie sits at one of the tables in the cafeteria, a pyramid of upside-down cups stacked in front of her. It's certainly not the sturdiest of structures, but she's spent some time on it, and she's vaguely proud of her accomplishment. They only clattered to the floor once or twice.

Now that she's done, she leans back and slides down a few inches in her seat. Well. That killed twenty minutes.

She reaches out a hand to slowly nudge one of the cups at the bottom corner of her pyramid. That might be loud if she keeps going.]

b. the observatory
[Space is cool. It kind of makes her feel like she's falling when she looks out the window or through any screens, but she keeps coming back to the observatory to do just that. She's not sure if she likes that feeling or not. The wasteland where Exsilium once was is still visible, but Ellie doesn't seem to pay it much mind right now. She's lying on her back on the floor, sneakers propped up against a wall, comic book held over her face.

Every now and then she makes some sort of noise. This comic is so intense.]

Comments

[muskets]

[ Mami actually jumps a little at that, her shoulders bunching in surprise, before she moves to start helping her pick up the cups. ]

That's usually how it goes, isn't it? My name is Mami, by the way.

[vaccination]

[She slides off her chair to start stacking. Do these need to be washed again? Whatevs.]

Ellie.

[Mami seems alright.]

The moon treating you alright?

[muskets]

[ Yes. Yes, Ellie, they most definitely do. :') ]

Better than I thought the moon ever could, actually. [ She glances at her with a smile. ] This is all especially surreal.

[vaccination]

You don't have stuff like this at home? Space travel, I mean.

[muskets]

People have been to space, mmh, but nothing like this. No one has stayed on the moon.

[vaccination]

Yeah, same here. This is like a science-fiction novel or something.

[muskets]

[ Oh! A common interest. Maybe not sci-fi in particular, but - ]

Do you enjoy reading?

[vaccination]

Yeah. I do it all the time... when I can.

[muskets]

That's something I enjoy very much, too. You should let me know if you find anything interesting here.

[ h.. ow does one friendship ]

[vaccination]

There was a library back on Exsilium, but I didn't get a chance to check it out.

[muskets]

Is there nothing like that here? [ She should probably do some more investigating. ]

[vaccination]

On the moon base? Not that I've found. This place is tiny as fuck.

[muskets]

[ HOLD ON Mami will answer when she's finished looking startled about Ellie's language. :') ]

Ah - that's one way to put it, yes.

[vaccination]

[That can't be because of her...]

It's making me go a little nuts.

[muskets]

Have you done any missions? I hear they're a change of scenery, at least.

[vaccination]

Not yet. [Joel's kept her busy with his injuries, and she's not too sure she wants to go without him.] Been thinking about it, though.