CAW 2020 - Day 1: Spare Time
Smoke Squad:
It's an open secret that Smokies have holodrama nights. They all know the plotlines are stupid and ridiculous and tangled, but they are a fun distraction and they help everyone relax. They never really discuss it outside of their ship, because it is a Special Them Thing, but Dogma, Shrapnel, and later Tup get essentially inducted and Max gives them the high-speed rundown on where the drama is currently at so they're caught up enough. If you miss Holo Night for whatever reason, you will be excitedly caught up on what happened the next day by whichever vod catches you first.
Individually, they all have different hobbies. The most notable ones are ARC trooper Qet, who cooks and starts learning to draw and gets quite good at it, and Sie, who learns tailoring and embroidery and is very excited in his way when Ilar, Qet's son, shows interest, and he teaches the little Twi'lek a lot. He's very proud of Ilar's tailoring skills, and helps him embroider his first big project (a lightweight jacket for his mother).
Panther Squad:
Most of Panther Squad have interesting hobbies. Bard, as his name suggests, writes music and poetry and practices with his bes'bev, and collects tea. Careen claims that curating caf varieties counts as a hobby, while his best friend, Xhona, says it's simply the physical manifestation of his caffeine addiction, but she'll still bring him new ones if she finds them. Recoil wrestles with anyone willing including Allesh the giant gal-panther, and when he isn't, he actually really enjoys reading plays and trying out the parts in his room (if he wasn't a soldier, he'd be an actor). Nuhur likes to paint, usually with acrylics or tempera, but sometimes watercolour. No one is quite sure what Blink does for a while when he disappears, until someone (who shouldn't have been there either) finds him lying in a ceiling vent with a datapad and disecting the phonetic structure of Gree: he does online university courses on linguistics and xenoanthropology. He finds it difficult to study in his room. Jaig keeps to himself for a while, and it's Fives who finally finds out that he likes to tinker with things. He got good with figuring out where things go with the Force, and he did build his own lightsaber and a number of different types of non-lethal explosives (specifically miniature smoke bombs which could be used for a quick getaway).
Pel'verd Company:
Cody would insist that Feedback's favourite hobby is annoying him. (It isn't, that's just because Cody is his older brother and he can.) Actually, it's writing. Pulse, Rahn, and Blackout have a habit of getting into mischief, which most people wouldn't expect from Blackout until they remember he is both a tactician and Pulse's best friend. Pyr's is biochemistry, especially trying to figure out ways of making things more efficient or effective, and keeping track of his brother to make sure Ink doesn't do anything stupid (he's a bit harsh, but Ink did also forget to eat for four days once so...). Kohs likes cooking when he can. Ink does... Whatever his current hyperfixation is. Dawnwatch likes nature documentaries, and Milo will watch them with him when he gets the chance. Totem practices swordwork, often with Feedback, Tak, or Rahn. He finds the repetition soothing. Morpheus is... Well, it seems to be people watching, which is fair, but even Dawnwatch, who becomes closest to him, doesn't quite know.
Wolfpack boys:
Plasma enjoys doing makeup, especially eye makeup. He's got his bright orange tattoos, so he likes experimenting with them. Parsec runs, especially at night when he can't sleep. Eclipse spends an inordinate amount of time in the sparring room and is the best hand-to-hand fighter they've got. Orbit watches anything he can get his hands on, and does essentially parkour (get down from there kid holy shit).
