[ Your first makes Jim's heart stutter for a moment. He has a second of being so indescribably happy that all he can do is smile and bump their foreheads together, because what else can he say?
It all comes crashing down a second later; Zell's question is like a bucket of ice water. ]
[ Already missing the contact, but not going to try to regain it. Reaching up to brush his knuckles against Jim's cheek. ]
The first mate? [ Tracing along his jawline ]
There was a lot happening with the black hole. You were doing your best, Stars. [ Being put in charge of the crews lives and securing their lines. He knows Jim wouldn't slack off on such a task. ]
[ Jim doesn't mind being surrounded by humans - it let him find Zell, and he doesn't know that he ever would've had something like this back home - but he likes meeting people so different he doesn't even know what they are. ]
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[ Jim pulls back Zell's hair to consider it and decides that yeah, that would be acceptable. ]
Looks pretty good. Not as cool as your spikes, but I can play with it this way.
[ The hair gel is inconvenient like that.
Jim blinks back at Zell, feeling himself be studied, and then looks away. ]
-I promise, nobody's ever told me my anything is pretty.
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[ Beaming with pride over that for a moment, and then brushing his lips against Jim's. ]
I can tell you what else I find nice.
[ Might be obvious from how he can't seem to manage longer than a minute without going for a kiss. ]
Is there anything you regret?
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It all comes crashing down a second later; Zell's question is like a bucket of ice water. ]
-About this?
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No, not this. I mean your adventure before here. Before us.
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I... don't really know. I regret getting fooled. Regret Mister Arrow dying, not that I could've stopped it.
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The first mate? [ Tracing along his jawline ]
There was a lot happening with the black hole. You were doing your best, Stars. [ Being put in charge of the crews lives and securing their lines. He knows Jim wouldn't slack off on such a task. ]
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[ Jim knows he did his best, now. It had been Scroop that ruined everything. ]
He was a good man.
they never sleep
going to die without kissing him for long. Combing his fingers through his hair. ]Yeah? Any stories there?
Re: they never sleep
In fact, he's reaching back to capture it in his hand and hold it there, because it belongs to him now. ]
-Nah. Not any fun ones. He was kind of a hard-ass, too. Don't think he liked me much.
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Yeah, I know the type. [ Still can't imagine anyone not liking Jim though. Moving his free arm to hook around Jim's back. ]
What was the crew like? Besides being blood thirsty and back stabbing.
i am giving you the fart alien because i love you
Like, I grew up my whole life around spacers, but these guys were weird. There was a guy who spoke in farts.
[ Jim pauses. ]
It was hilarious until he had the berth above mine.
he is five
Really? In farts? From his butt?!
[ Dropping his forehead to Jim's shoulder as he laughs. ]
That must have sucked when people tried talking to him.
[ He can't. He can't even imagine the smell and being in a confined space. ]
they're both five
[ Jim can't help but laugh too, though he tries to cover for it. ]
He had these... tubes on his back that he could blow through to make noises. The part that really sucked was that he snored.
yes :3
[ Laughing. Oh my god, that's terrible. ]
Is it worst or better than the snoring from the others here?
[ Zack's snoring and Mochi's morning breath can be bad. ]
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[ Really, it's more terrible than anything Zell could imagine. ]
They all smelled though. The whole... cabin. It was bad.
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[ How did you keep clean? ]
Guess it's good you like sleeping with me, huh.
[ He means it innocently cause they aren't there yet. But he does keep himself decently cleaned. ]
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[ Most of the time, anyway; sometimes things get a little gross between being able to do laundry.
Right now, he smells good. ]
There were baths, they were just... pirates.
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You smell good, too. [ Even if he does snore and drool. Reaching over to hook his hands in Jim's belt to pull him close. ]
So smelly and gross? Were they all alies?
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[ Which is what people around here seem to mean by alien. ]
None of 'em were even the same species as each other.
alies aliens same difference
I guess it's different when everyone is from different worlds, huh?
[ Even Jim. Leaning forward to press a kiss against the tip of his nose. ]
Must have been something to see. I'm used to just seeing... [ Gestures between them. ] Humans.
[ Brushing the back of his knuckles against Jim's cheek. ]
don't lie zell we know you've got a little blue buddy
[ Jim doesn't mind being surrounded by humans - it let him find Zell, and he doesn't know that he ever would've had something like this back home - but he likes meeting people so different he doesn't even know what they are. ]
Everyone looking and sounding the same?
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dats racist jim]I don't think we all look the same. [ Reaching up to try to spike his own hair. ]
Do I look like Zack or Kunsel?
[ And then he thinks of something! ]
We have Shumi people up north. Also Moombas but they might be related to Shumi.
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[ Not... that Zell would know what any of them look like. ]
the Shumi are the mushroom guys, right?
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He's already thinking of the cyborg. He looked... human-ish? There were some odd things. ]
What does Doppler look like?
[ And then thinking about it. ]
They do look a little like them. Do you know what a mole is?
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[ Yes, this is a relevant question. ]
And yeah, we've got moles. They're mole people?
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