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[baedalites]

Who: EVERYONE.
What: Swap meet.
Where: The Apache and surrounding environs.
When: Sukkardi the 14th of Haneden
Notes:

• Swap Meet Spreadsheet: Pre-chosen swaps are green. Assigned are blue. There were a few characters that were selected more than once, so objects were assigned on a first-come first-serve basis. If you have any issues or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the mod team.
• For objects that might not be immediately apparent as belonging to their owners, there may be a picture or name attached, or players are welcome to have their characters ~just know~ it's for them. Drr drr drr, bb.
• Party post nights are a great time to come join the chatroom.
• The topic threads are just suggestions; if you've got somewhere else that your characters simply must be, make your own thread.

Warnings: None yet. Please put warnings up on individual threads.

The Apache is much the same as it always is: dimly lit, with the jukebox playing in the background, and the bartender serving whatever's on tap.

Comments

[cmdreffingshepard]

Shep doesn't mind the odd handshake. She's definitely had weirder ones.

"Nice to meet you, Laura." Now what? Oh, right, the thing she's carrying. She shows it to her, the photo album with the Malfoy family crest on it, which of course Shepard knows nothing about. "I don't suppose you'd know who the owner of this is?"

[23rd]

"I do not," she says, and then there's another of her little pauses again. She should say something else, or this is going to get super awkward. She does try to socialise, she's just... bad at it. So after a moment, she adds, "May I see it?"

Okay no this is in fact about to get awkward.

[cmdreffingshepard]

"Sure." Well, it's not the most awkward conversation Shepard's ever had, at least. She hands over the album, with all the weirdly-moving family photos. "It looks like it could be important to someone," she says with a shrug. Thanks, Commander Obvious.

[23rd]

Here is where it gets awkward, because Laura, after taking the album, brings it closer to her face and sniffs it. Once, twice. She's glancing upwards as she does so, as if she's searching her memory.

Then she lowers it and raises her head, nostrils flaring as she breathes in the general scent of the room, like a dog. Smell is one of her best senses and she actually relies on it -- and her hearing -- more than her eyes. It's more telling, for one, and for another, people seldom think to disguise their scent.

She shakes her head and hands the album back. "I do not recognise it. Whoever it belongs to has not yet arrived."

Helpful, but weird. Welcome to Baedal!

[cmdreffingshepard]

That's... Huh. Yeah. Weird.

Fortunately, Shepard is used to dealing with all manner of weird aliens with weird habits and customs, so she has a damn good poker face. And hey, that...was actually helpful!

"Thanks. I appreciate it," she says, taking the photo album back. And she means it, too!

[23rd]

Laura nods, expression as serious as ever. "If they arrive, I will alert you," she adds as nearly an afterthought. Personally, she feels like she should get some kind of certificate today for successfully managing normal social interaction. Achievement unlocked.