theresalwayshope: (white} leaning back / feeling pretty)
[VIDEO; public]

[When the feed kicks in, Allison is in the corridor, clearly in the middle of walking. Duchess is on her shoulder, per the usual, but she's getting big enough that Allison has to keep her steady with one hand because she's afraid of the little rabbit falling off. She spent the night in Tig's cabin (and the night before in Duke's, she still can't face her own cabin at night by herself), so she's not looking as raw as she has been lately.

In fact...she actually looks like something resembling normal, if a little sedate.]


So, I just went out on deck...and I think we're in Europe. I only took a peek, but...yeah. My home planet and everything. [She pauses, allowing her to reach into her pocket for a few bills, which she brandishes at the camera.]

The cash the Admiral left is also a clue. Euros.

[Pocketing her money again, her hand returns to Duchess to steady her as she continues walking.]

Anyway, I have some shopping to do, but the rest of my time is totally free. Lydia, you're coming, the stuff on this list that the Admiral gave me versus cash in hand means we can do a little bit of shopping instead of just shopping. Duke? You can help me shop. Unless you wanna shop, I still owe you for the Devil Juice I stole from you.

Anyone that wants to hang can buzz me. After the last four weeks, all bets are off. I have one serious plan for this port: fun.

[Private to Tig Trager]

My stuff is everywhere, so I'm running around collecting Duchess's things, mostly...meet me in my cabin in twenty minutes if you want to go ashore. Give me five minutes to be warden-ly, and I'll make it worth your while.

[Private to Isaac Lahey]

We're spending at least three quarters of this trip together. No less than half. I don't care if we're just standing on a bridge somewhere, staring at the water, we're doing this.

[PORT SPAM]

[Allison's first day in Amsterdam consists of wandering, for the most part. She rents herself a bike, does a little shopping, and pokes her head into various corners to get a lay of the land. She also makes the decision not to stay aboard ship during the port, and with a little extra cash pilfered from the strongbox in the study, she gets herself a bed at a local hostel in Vondelpark for the next four days. It's noisy and jostling, but it's clean and bright and the park is perfect scenery.

She realizes quickly that the second day is a full moon, so she knows she probably won't see the boys from home. She sends messages to Lydia, Duke, Stiles, Kira, and Tig with invitations to shop and/or eat. That night, she doesn't return to the hostel...she spends it in Vondelpark proper, stretched out on the grass, watching the night sky...and listening.

She doesn't know where the boys are, exactly...it's been a long time since any of them have seen a full moon, for the most part...but she hopes for the sound of a wolf's distant howl to put her at ease.

On her third day and fourth day, along with wrapping up some shopping for the list the Admiral provided, Allison sets aside some time for museums. Most of her friends will receive a text invitation, and those that join her will be dragged to at least one art museum, maybe two. Among her plans, however, those that join her will visit the Rembrant House and the Museum of Bags & Purses. Later on, however, when she's alone very late on either the third or fourth day, she sends a text message to Isaac for a potential trip to the SexMuseum.]
theresalwayshope: (neckrub} studying / working)
[Three days ago, the Admiral had issued his edict: Allison, as a warden, had a permanent inmate. She has his file, she has responsibility for his welfare...

...and it's Tig. She doesn't understand, she's troubled...but once upon a time, she'd have been horrified. In the arena, however, he pledged his loyalty to Allison, and thus far he's held to it. Tig Trager is a member of the pack now, no matter how deeply he disturbs her with the intensity of his...attention.

She reads the file to understand...but it's not the man she knows. She takes a couple of days going over all of it, realizing early on that it's not the file of the man she knows. It's this ship's Tig Trager. She reads the history of a troubled man, but different in ways she's never seen in the man who seems obsessed in the possibility that she might yet graduate through a reversion to feral behavior.

The man in those pages is loyal, has a code of honor...he's depraved, vulgar, and violent, but he's not a civilian. She knows a little about her version of Trager, but not enough to judge.

Still...if he's anything like the people she's known, if some measure of this does live in her Tig Trager...

It drives Allison to start writing a letter for her counterpart, one that swiftly turns into a journal, filling a notebook she found in the office that's part of her cabin. She writes about her impressions, her thoughts on the Barge...her own life, and her version of Tig. She hopes it will help, hopes it will give her insight into the darker aspects of the man.

When she finishes jotting down her thoughts for the morning, Allison decides the time has come...and reaches for her comm.]


[VIDEO;Private to Tig Trager]

You, me...pub, twenty minutes? [It's a command spoken like a question, gentled with the promise of choice.] Being a warden, I have access...just promise me you won't overdo it right away? I do want to talk to you...I have something you should see.

[SPAM]

[After she's connected with Tig, later in the day Allison traverses the ship, checking her territory. It's compulsive, but she visits the people she's close to, friendly with...and those from her own ship who may not want to see her, but she's sworn to look after, to save, all the same. Out of respect for her counterpart, she also stops in to look after Duke, who was so important to her double that she moved herself into his cabin.

Satisfied he's still alive, Allison works a shift in the dining hall as well, helping out Riddick where she's needed before she takes Brownie the dog to the CES for a run, then heads back to her cabin to make sure that Johnny and Duchess are well exercised. Visitors are welcome to find her there, letting bunnies hop around the room and watching as Brownie supervises, either gently herding them away from trouble or occasionally picking them up in her mouth like puppies (with careful supervision from Allison), and keeping them in a carefully contained area in the living room.]
theresalwayshope: (down} pouty / no fair)
[Video]

This is a public service announcement: I'm hungry, and I may be sleeping in the corridor tonight. Anyone want to hook me up with dining hall rations and maybe a blanket?

[And, if anyone is intimately familiar with Mindy Macready, they will probably recognize the doorway that Allison is currently tucked into fairly comfortably at the moment, clearly dressed for a trip to the gym, but looking a little less haggard than the last time she was on the network.]

[TEXT; Private to Duke Crocker]

My friend/inmate is refusing to let me into her room. Wondering if you could produce foodstuffs with enough smell-good superpowers to coax her out?

[TEXT; Private to Steve Rogers]

I think Mindy may have gotten hurt during the flood and she won't let me into her room. I don't think it's serious, but I don't know. She seems okay, just being CRAZY STUBBORN OMG. But I can outlast her, so...any advice?

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