A Listless Feeling... [Open]

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

For once, things just seemed peaceful for Sasami. Nothing awkward or dangerous or outwardly crazy going on and...

...it made her bored. She enjoyed the craziness of home, the arguments, the yelling, the fighting, the random explosions due to the fighting. The ship didn't give that wonder to her - if it wasn't the laws that the crew voted on long ago, it was Stacy herself keeping everyone in order. She had a feeling that, if they were here, Ryoko and Ayeka would have either been given punishments or just gone bonkers from not fighting over Tenchi. Or at least, that's what she thought.

Her listless wandering lead her over to Awesome World, the theme park Rock designed before his repodding. Though a lot of the rides were active and being maintained, there were other areas around that were left untouched. Curiosity got the better of her and she ran over to the incomplete roller coaster, bypassing the robotic guards still standing there. It seemed to be a basic coaster of sorts, so there were no loops or sharp turns that would get in her way of just walking along the tracks.

Maybe that's all she needed - just to do something a bit dangerous...

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[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

She figured she had nothing better to do: and honestly, she didn't, so she had wandered over to this Awesome World herself. If Sasami was bored by how things were lately, that was nothing compared to Hit Girl: she thrived on action, and New York had always been a busy metropolis, rife with crime and in general a lot of things to do. So what the hell could you get up to when you were a kid on this ship and essentially handicapped when it came to the activities? It made her glad that she wasn't a typical kid, but it sucked in other ways too: now she had no idea what to do when she wasn't fighting or training or with Ruffnut at the Druken Dragon.

So she wandered over to Awesome World, currently on the roof on on of the confection shops. It reminded her a little of Coney Island, which was fine when you weren't constantly worrying about a war in the back of your head. What she did notice was that there was one other very noticeable figure around: it looked as if Sasami was taking a walk on the wild side. She jumped off the shop and walked over.

"Craving something a little different?" She remarked. "I figured you might still be in that cafeteria or whatever, trying to prepare foods."

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Sasami turned to noticed the young vigilante, a little surprised to see her. At the same time, though, she was a bit glad to see her. At least she wasn't alone.

"A little, yeah. Things have been a bit... slow, so..." she said, shrugging.

She might notice here that she was also wearing that outfit she had picked up on that planet awhile back. She really was trying to loosen up just a bit there.

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Hit Girl in turn was pleased to see that Sasami had decided to say in the clothes she picked on that world. She had also worn the clothes Sasami had picked out, and had paid the price from Overlord Zetta and Ruffnut laughing about how cute she looked.

"Tell me about it," Hit Girl said. "If we were in New York we could have gone downtown, or a restaurant or something. And even so, I'm not exactly going to go partying down when there's a war looming overhead, you know?"

She'd opted for her regular Hit Girl clothes though, which meant purple bulletproof outfit, cape and all. The barrier jacket version she'd

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"Oh, I understand..." Sasami said, nodding. "It's... kinda hard to really get in the mood to enjoy things you like when something big's happening."

Reaching a spot that was incomplete, she brought herself to the edge and stood there. Quite a distance of a fall, but she wasn't going to fall over. She wasn't that stupid... or desperate.

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Hit Girl shrugged. "It isn't just that. I mean, if I get lost in something, I at least have that time to enjoy it. But it happens to often, that's what bugs me, and then some fucked up epidemic or random occurrence will pop up out of the blue. That's what I hate most about this ship: yeah, there's a certain excitement in the unpredictable, but it can be so ridiculous."

Hit Girl walked over to where Sasami was perched, then estimated a distance to where they were relative to the distance of falling. She pulled out her grappling hook and shot near one of the farther away poles, making a crooked line from where they were all the way down.

"Well I say, if there's nothing exciting to do, create it. Care to join, Sasami?"

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Sasami blinked as she watched Hit Girl launch the grappling line and invite her to join her. That was a bit more dangerous than she was anticipating, but at the same time? Might be a bit more fun.

With a nod, she moved over and held on to Hit Girl tightly.

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"Cool", she said, glad that Sasami was taking initiative. They were in the City, so something bad could happen to them, but that didn't mean that Hit Girl would let it, especially concerning Sasami. She nodded, taking hold of the string and then sliding down with Sasami around her. She was lucky to be wearing gloves: anyone else would have cut up their hands pretty badly.

They charged down at top speed, but this was how Hit Girl worked anyway: this was still safer than jumping roof tops, after all.

[zouichi.livejournal.com]

Well, this was an area of the ship he didn't recognize. Zouichi spotted the defunct amusement park ride and was wandering towards it, curious, when he spotted the young girl, looking a little out of sorts.

She wasn't planning to jump off the tracks, was she?

He walked over to her a little more quickly than usual, making sure he made enough noise to attract her attention. As he approached, he held up the screen of the small device in his hand, which read:

Hello, are you feeling all right? I don't believe this area of the park is finished.

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Sasami blinked as she heard the someone getting her attention. Turning around, she saw Zouichi with the device. She chuckled and smiled a bit.

"I'm fine. A little bored, if anything..." she said, chuckling. It was then she realized something. "Did you think I was going to do something?"

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Maybe, he admitted.

Probably not, but then, I don't see a lot of people hovering around unfinished roller coaster rides, and you looked like you had something on your mind.

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Sasami let out a hum as she sat down on a rail.

"I guess I'm not used to the quietness here. Back home, there was always something exciting going on - usually between my sister and another roommate." she said. "Here, it's not so much. Stacy usually stops us before we do something crazy, so it's... boring, I guess?"

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Zouichi leaned against the rail, looking over at her. Stops you from doing something crazy?

He paused for a moment. Oh, the prohibition against fighting other crew members. Uh, do you usually fight with your sister often?

It is very quiet compared to my world, as well. There are usually more... explosions.

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Sasami couldn't help but giggle at Zouichi's assumptions.

"No, I never really did. We were pretty close, actually." she admitted. "However, she usually argued with others, but... that's how she is. I guess it's an ego thing..."

She laid back, her pigtails slipping between the rails as she did. "I wish Stacy wasn't so restrictive, though. We can't always been nice to each other all the time."

[starbolts]

Starfire floated over to the familiar area, remembering the fun day she'd had here when it was active. On this day, it was fairly quiet. Flying around the park with only robots for company was just slightly creepy.

She drifted alongside the abandoned roller coaster, fairly startled to see a familiar figure walking the track. It was high, wasn't it? She floated within arms' reach.

"Sasami!" There was definitely a note of alarm in her voice.

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Sasami jumped a bit, grabbing a railing as she nearly lost her balance, only to find Starfire nearby.

"Star-chan...!" Sasami called out, surprised. She noticed the note of alarm in her voice. "I-I'm okay... really...!"

[starbolts]

Oh no! Starfire gasped, moving to wrap her arm around Sasami's shoulders for extra stability. It wouldn't do to have her fall and risk not being able to catch her in time.

"I am glad to hear it," she commented with a mix of relief and disbelief, "but I wonder what is here. Are you searching for something?"

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Sasami let out a relieved sigh as Starfire held on to her. At least she wouldn't fall now.

"Here? Nothing really. I... just got bored." Sasami admitted. She looked down a bit. "I haven't seen you in awhile, Star-chan. Is everything alright?"

[starbolts]

Starfire twisted herself over the railing to join Sasami on the abandoned track, looking up and down it with wide eyes. "Danger alleviates boredom," she whispered quietly, wondering if there was really something to it.

"I have been...contemplating our situation," Starfire started to explain. "It is not as easy for me to brush off our worries as it once was, and I did not wish to burden you."

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"I see..." Sasami said, nodding. "Though... I would have listened." She turned to face her fellow alien princess, taking her hand and giving it a squeeze in reassurance.

"I can still listen now..."

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"You know that thing is incomplete for a reason," remarked Reimi as she walked up behind Sasami, having followed her to Awesome World. She had come back just in time to see Sasami wandering towards the area and was kind of worried. Wasn't this unfinished for a reason?

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"Huh?" Sasami turned around to see Reimi there. "Reimi-neesan...!"

She was worried about her, wasn't she? Oh, good going...! "Ah... I-I know, but..."

Reason? No good ones, really.

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Shaking her head, Reimi sighed as she reached out to ruffle Sasami's hair. "Going stir crazy huh? I can relate. I just got out of GlaDOS's clutches and I'm going a bit active-crazy too."

"Still, this is incomplete. Look over there, part of the track's missing."

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Sasami had let out a chuckle as Reimi ruffled her hair, turning when she pointed out the missing track. She couldn't help but blink at it.

"Oh...! Ah..." she stammered, scratching her head. "I guess I didn't see it. Like you said, I was getting a little... stir crazy, right?"

Would she have wandered off it? Of course not! Not with so many people she cared about here!

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Reimi gave her a look: it was the same one that she focused on Edge when he was being dumb. "Sasami...." she said with a light sigh and shake of her head.

"If you're going stir crazy, then why don't you try something a little safer? Not that an adrenaline-based ride isn't fun but still..."

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Sasami hung her head, a bit embarrassed. "I'm sorry, Reimi-neesan." she said, looking away and kicking the ride a bit.

Of course, there was always...

With a giggle, Sasami started to turn and continue on.