Luna smiled up at Trix even as the other dryadi swiped a few blueberries from her plate. She sympathised with the sentiment, but she’d also been<i>really</i>hungry. Having had a good serving of berries, she was ready for pretty much anything. Fairies weren’t usually very good about being indoors, let alone for weeks at a time. Trix seemed especially energetic, so the trip had been especially hard on her. Luna had thought of a few ways to try to cheer her up, but hadn’t even seen the other fey enough to put any of them into practice. Seeing her this excited made Luna happy.<br/><br/>It wasn’t like Luna’d had it easy, either. It’d taken a week or two to stop seeing the ship as a big metal cage. She’d seen people trap fairies in glass jars or in cages so that they couldn’t even change size without getting hurt. She would<i>never</i>let that happen to her. But slowly, she’d grown to see the ship as kind of fun, especially since Evy seemed to see it that way. Luna liked Evy a lot. A few times, she’d forgotten Evy wasn’t physically<i>there.</i>She was<i>real</i>, but only Speaker could<i>feel</i>her. That wasn’t fair. She’d have to ask him how he did that.<br/><br/>And of course, learning about all the people on the ship had been a fun distraction, too. She liked all of them. Well, that wasn’t true. They were all<i>interesting</i>, and she liked<i>interesting</i>things. Even Eld, though he was grouchy sometimes… most of the time. Sometimes, she’d just listened to people, or watched them, or tried to see what they looked like naked. Normal things. As it turned out, a lot of them went around half-naked anyway, which helped a lot.<br/><br/>Speaking of half-naked, Luna only managed a half-reply to Maia’s quiet “Dr Luna,” partly distracted by being called doctor and partly by how<i>gorgeous</i>she looked. She hadn’t known about naga for long compared to humans, and… they were a bit frightening. Frightening and<i>very</i>interesting. On the surface, Maia seemed a bit less scary than Issy, but… apparently water naga were very, very poisonous. Staying alive was<i>probably</i>better than touching that soft-looking blue skin, but she’d figure out a way. Probably. Somehow.<br/><br/>As for Issy, Luna had mostly been intimidated by her breasts. The naga was a more sexual creature than a lot of dryadi she knew, and that was saying something. Eventually, curiosity and weeks of tension had beaten out her intimidation and spacesickness. At first, having the large naga coiled around her small, naked body had been scary. But there was something comforting about it, too. And Issy was<i>good.</i>She’d tried to be quiet, but that hadn’t lasted very long. She’d been a writhing, moaning mess before long, and that<i>thing</i>she could do with her tail was -<br/><br/>A glass shattered on the floor, foul-smelling liquor soaking into the once-pristine tiles. Her bright eyes watched Zero leave and she frowned. She probably understood him the<i>least</i>. She’d known humans who drank odd drinks that smelled just like that, but they’d usually been happy, some even getting a fairy-like urge to frolic. He had a scary charm to him, but she couldn’t understand humans who got caught up in sorrow or rage. Why not be happy over such a short life? She’d wanted to ask him for a while, but he always seemed a bit… unapproachable.<br/><br/><i>Where was I? Oh right.</i>The others. She didn’t really understand any of the men, really. They were mysterious and disturbing and awful and attractive. All of them. Except Talky. He was just mysterious and disturbing and attractive. She was using a bit of a watch-and-wait strategy with all them. A lot of the time, was subtly provocative just to see if they were noticing. Like Trix, she was a dryadi who didn’t understand underwear. Even at the perfect angle, it was hard to catch more than a glimpse of the lower curve of her butt in any of her outfits, but she liked that. It meant she could see if people were watching, sometimes, but they had to work if they wanted more. But so far, her prodding hadn’t really helped her learn anything, and on Speaker least of all.<br/><br/>She could use limited telekinesis, but the scope of Orator’s abilities was beyond her. She’d heard he could do some pretty incredible things. But he was so hard to read! She’d heard Entirassi didn’t lie, but that didn’t mean they were easy to understand. He was always so calm!<br/><br/>Then there was Alicia. She liked Alicia mostly because she made sure the ship was working, and she knew nothing about ships. That, and she had made Evy, which meant she was awesome. There was something odd about her, though. Something primal, like some of the other crew members. She’d have to figure that one out somehow.<br/><br/>And the oozes. What was the UUN name for them again? Slimes? Jellies? No? They were the hardest to learn about, because their physical forms didn’t have to tell her anything at all if they didn’t want to. She wondered if it was weird to want to just burrow into one of them and see what it felt like. Probably.<br/><br/>She half-attentively followed Evy to the viewing room, still contemplating her plans. A screen was talking, apparently about Speaker being leader or something. That made sense. If she had to listen to anyone, it might as well be him. And, apparently, when bad things were happening, they had to listen to Zero. Luna spun happily in midair as she watched the ensuing outburst of emotion. The easiest solution would just be not to get into any real trouble, and then not have to listen to anyone but Talkerby. Simple!<br/><br/><span style="color: #006666">“I have an idea~! Let’s go <i>outside</i> please~!”</span>she spun around again, her little slip shimmering in the light. She was almost as tired of the ship as Trix, but really, she just wanted to stop everyone from arguing. Just<i>going</i>solved both problems, so...<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>