#nerowisteria

[emeritusna]

Quidnunc

One who always has to know what is going on.

     “Why are they doing that?” the android asked over Na’s shoulder. She swiped away at the screen she’d had projecting in front of her, shifting her focus from the datastream she was monitoring to the ruckus going on in the mess – Nila and Katya, standing on opposite sides of the dining table, each with an arrangement of half-full cups in front of them.

One threw the ball, bouncing it across the table until it landed in a cup on the other side, and the captain behind them cheered. Ah, she thought, leaning back in her seat with half a smile. Some things never changed, no matter where you were in the galaxy, and drinking games were one of them. 

     “Well,” she started, a slow and measured reply, trying to figure out how to phrase the human ritual of getting wasted in a way her new android friend would be able to comprehend. Nero was close enough to human that it was almost easy to forget that they still struggled with simple things sometimes; it was hard to imagine anyone who would ask for a glass of wine after dinner just to fit in with the crew wouldn’t understand the appeal of a drinking game, but you never knew with them. “Best guess? To get drunk.”

 Nero was quiet for a second, and Na could practically hear the processors whir gently in their head. Taking in information, turning it into something usable, such an elegant near-perfect recreation of human thought.

     “And why do they throw balls around instead of just drinking? Would it not be more efficient to keep drinking? Alcohol takes effect more quickly if consumed rapidly, so taking breaks to throw a ball would–”

Na laughed; she couldn’t help it. Not at Nero, no– because Nero was exactly right. Logically it wasn’t the best way to get drunk. But it was the most fun. 

     “Is my assumption incorrect? Have I misunderstood the object of the activity, somehow, or perhaps there is an aspect of adrenaline making the alcohol take effect more quickly?”

     “Just enjoy it, Nero,” she answered, gently, patting the seat on the bench next to her for them to take a seat. “Here: think of it as…. a sociological study. A sociological study of human stupidity. Watch and learn.”

[quino-thecaptain-blog]

Aldebaran & comet!

Aldebaran: What’s something you care desperately about?

Answered! 

Comet: What’s your big dream? 

“Retirement… I’m just kidding. Not that a small island to myself to drink and smoke and fuck as much as I pleased wouldn’t be nice but where’s the fun in that? Hm. Maybe just getting enough money to live easily, to give out to people who need it. I can’t honestly say I’ll ever find a way out of this life so maybe just make it big, get the crew settled when this is over and continue on my own. Find Anubis eventually, Have a little chat… That’s up there on the list, too.”

[katyabrightonfinch]

Laura Dern!

Penelope Finch. Mother. Drinks and movies on tuesday nights ever since she was 16. Chemistry chats and long winding rides on the back of her motorcycle on Sunday afternoons. She doesn’t know if she’ll ever see her again, and she doesn’t know what caused her parents to disappear at the government’s say so, if there are any gods out there Katya hopes and prays that she’ll see them one day again. 

[luxlev]

astroid, pulsar, sombrero galaxy 👀

Asteroid: What does your dream life look like?

answered.

Pulsar: What do you hope to do in the next 10 years?

I don’t know, I don’t really keep a lot of goals. I’d like to keep doing what I’m doing now, more or less. Play and innovate with code. Study androids...and humans. Be close to plants and cats. Get a cat. Convince Quinoa to let me have a cat. Read more poetry. Maybe write some of my own. Or at least figure out a way to understand what they’re all writing about. Maybe... Maybe find out who my parents are.

Sombrero Galaxy: Do you have a crush right now?

answered.

[ryeclemons-blog]

Betelgeuse & wormhole!

Betelgeuse: What’s something you can never forget about?

Two things immediately come to mind, but only one is more relevant to my current situation: how it felt to kill someone for the first time. Stepping up behind that informant on Hemera, pulling the trigger. Feeling the spray of blood splatter across my face, seeing the shock in the officer’s eyes, hearing the thud of his body going down like a slaughtered animal. It was. It was….. so easy. And that’s what really scared me. Taking a life shouldn’t be so easy to do, you know? That. That’ll never leave me.

Wormhole: What’s something you wish would happen, but know won’t?

Something I wish would happen? That I could go back to being a simple farmer. Wake up at dawn, stand in the field and feel the frost crackle under my feet. Have the smell of fresh hay in my nose, the dust and dirt on my hands. But I know, deep down, that’ll never be. I’ll probably die before that could happen again. That or see my siblings once more, but—that would be foolish.

[emeritusna]

Aldebaran, Meteor, Supernova

What’s something you care desperately about? 

“You know, after all this time I still want to see my home succeed. I want to see them free. What we did was a step in the right direction, but it all went wrong, and I can’t help but feel like it’s still my fault. So... if I can’t save them, I at least want to provide the resources they might need to save themselves.”

What’s something you wish you could tell, but can’t? 

“There’s this group of kids online -- kids, I mean, I don’t know how old they all are, but they feel like my students sometimes, and I... I want to tell them who I am, tell them what I did, tell them what really happened on Rhea and not just the state-sanctioned story the court released when I was arrested, but maybe some things are better left unsaid.”

What’s one thing you want to do before you die? 

“I want to set foot on a planet humanity hasn’t tainted yet.”

[ryeclemons-blog]

Katheryn Winnick!

Wren Larousse — Rebel & Provocateur from Demeter, now of Gotho

Rye’s first memories of who would become the Silent Ghost of Demeter was her as an infant wrapped tight to her mother’s back while they gleaned fields with their neighbors. Later, Wren was one of the kids that always seemed to trail around the older kids, tugging on sleeves and getting underfoot. Rye has the distinct memory of braiding her golden hair with their sister. 

During the Withering, Wren became an orphan, like so many others, becoming a quiet shell of a child who hardly spoke around the barrel fire where they gathered to suffer through their growling stomachs. Eventually, she just faded into the background and Rye lost track of her. It was only years later, while watching the news on a grimy bartop screen in a noodle stand on Hemera, did Rye finally see her again. 

This time, she was wielding two guns and a blade, shooting and slicing her way through CGB agents as they tried to quell an uprising on Demeter. Even from the grainy security camera feeds, they could still recognize those golden locks they helped braid, now dripping with blood. The stories went that wherever she went, the Silent Ghost brought down judgement on those who tried to crush the common workers without uttering one word or sound, her hands dancing in some signed language to her crew. 

Rye followed her though distant contacts, and the last he heard, she was the leader on a small moon colony named Gotho. Rye still wonders how she’s doing, and wonders if they would have an ally in her should they ever see her again.

[fxmxxn-blog]

Trevante Rhodes!

COLTON MEAD | a rancher that hid Nila & Fox from authorities on Demeter after a particularly large heist

Despite the stolen uniform & one of Nila’s most legendary performances to date involving an elaborate story about a crashed ship (which was at least half true), Colt knew Fox wasn’t a police officer the second he looked at the two of them. But that didn’t stop him from smiling wide & warm at them and welcoming them inside anyway. More than that, after he dragged the truth out of them with the best home-cooked food either of them had seen in years & some abundant moonshine, the rancher agreed to help them cover their tracks. Colt hid them in his own house and diverted the authorities’ attention away when agents came to search the property. Afterwards, he invited them to stay and lay low on Mead Farm (which was more or less large enough to be its own town) while CGB officials were still in the area. 

Fox & Nila both became particularly close to Colton in the following weeks & the three of them even fell into bed together on more than one occasion. As Fox doesn’t necessarily bond to people easily, it became a bit hard for them to consider leaving after that. But, their time on Demeter abruptly came to an end after a discovery made by Nila: that Colt was a major grower & supplier of Kane. Since then, the contact they have had with him has been little & brief, although it seems Colton is still interested in being allies. Fox has been largely avoiding the subject with Nila, which is uncharacteristic of their friendship, but it’s due mostly to the fact that they have some other feelings they aren’t totally comfortable bringing up right now...