From Dust to Dust - Plot Point 2

[piper90npcs]

Who: Everyone on the Dust to Dust Mission
What: The hires and their daemons attend a fancy party and follow up on some mysteries.
Where: A ballroom on the mission.
When: After From Dust to Dust - Plot Point One
Warnings/Notes: None yet.

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[drladysounds]

"The key is to not care at all what other people think. So what if they give you weird looks? If you focus on enjoying yourself somehow then what other people care doesn't matter at all"

Shelley certainly wouldn't do not even half of the bullshit she has been known for if she was self-conscious about what other people thought of her.

[ownperson]

South actually chuckles at that. "Not giving a shit about what people think is pretty much my whole thing, so, yeah, that's the plan."

If she cared, she'd probably just wear the damn dress to avoid it, but nah. Fuck that. It might actually be kind of funny to see the looks on the faces of the most traditional of the people here.

"There's gotta be a way to at least make this shit bearable." Maybe she and Brand can prop up a wall somewhere and just talk shit about the pompous fuckheads that are probably going to make up the party goers. "You the socialising type?"

[drladysounds]

"Usually yes, especially if there's some drinks involved. When they say alcohol is liquid courage they mean it"

And thankfully, she has enough selfcontrol to not embarrass herself even when totally wasted. Now that she has Lepakko, though...she gives her bat the good ol' fingerguns. Took no time at all for her to grow attached to that daemon.

"But now that this guy is in the equation I don't think how that's going to go. He's like a me with zero inhibitions. At least you probably won't have to worry about yours causing havoc the moment you're not looking"

[ownperson]

South looks at the bat, then looks down at Anja, whose long body is wrapped and draped comfortably around South's shoulders. "Probably not havoc, no."

Get weirdly friendly with people she likes but won't necessarily admit she likes, or likes that much? That's another problem entirely. Anja knows exactly what she's thinking, and responds only by looking about as smug as a snake can.

"Guess you better not look away," Anja jokes. South's not sure if its directed entirely at Shelley, or partially at her.

She shakes her head. "...that actually makes me wonder how these guys act if we do drink and get drunk."

[drladysounds]

That's a good question, question she's sure the guides would know more about. There's no way an answer doesn't exist, is it too late to contact them? The thought of things leading to Lepakko getting so drunk he divebombs the buffet table and ruins the party is a little too likely for her comfort.

"...on second thought a night without cocktails doesn't sound so bad anymore. Jorgmund will kill me if all they get from this important trip is a lawsuit"

[ownperson]

South gives an amused snort, "Fuckin' imagine us messing up the objective because of a drunk daemon. That'd be one of the more hilarious fuckin' ways to piss Jorg off if nothing else."

Which reminds her that Jorg is still expecting her to help 'ensure Jorgmund's interests' are prioritised, aka that no one goes off-script and fucks this up. Ugh, faking working for the corp sucks. At least it's probably hard for even this group to fuck up this one, so she won't have to interfere or, y'know, not interfere anyway and have to come up with something to tell Jorg to cover her ass.

(That is, if this really is as simple as just going to a party.)

[drladysounds]

"Even if I'm not here because I want to be I'm kind of looking forward to how this mission will go. Not because it's a party, it just is some sort of sense of adventure I have"

Shelley is easily influenced. As long as you treat her okay-ish she cooperates with you, although she refuses to partake in anything morally wrong. Fortunately, Jorgmund is lousy in their interactions with the New Hires, meaning she had no reason to side with Jorgmund, but still...

Her willingness to play along makes her look forward to the party. This is going to be a fun time.

[ownperson]

"Guess it does beat being stuck on the fuckin' rig. We come out here, we get weird soul animals, mill around this other world and shit, can't call it boring that's for sure."

It's one thing to know the multiverse is a thing now, another to walk into a strange world like this. The world back there, with all the Stuff and the remnants of war and Jorgmund itself, isn't so foreign to South that it feels fully detached from what she knows. But this place? Oh, this place is weird.