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Fear for the storm,

Fear for the storm

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“They sing Whiskey in the Jar at least fifteen times, no exaggeration. Probably more.”

[image ID: A digital illustration of Sana Tripathi from Starship Iris. The scene is in the mess hall of the Rumor and the lighting is quite dark. She is sitting in a hammock made up of various harnesses and leisurely strumming on a red acoustic guitar. She is wearing a black t-shirt with rolled up sleeves, orange pants, and brown striped socks. Part of her face is out of frame, but her tattoo of golden gears on her left cheek is visible. In the background are three bar stools and a wall of cabinets. There is a table on the foreground with a half-full glass bottle of moonshine labelled ’#9’ and a small white cup. End ID]

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i'm late i'm late i'm late!!! but even so here's my take on krejjh/family. i know thasya isn't related to krejjh or isckrep, but they're the only dwarnians that krejjh has come across so far during the podcast so i felt that it was important to include them.

everytime i see someone post art i see them do a little ID guy but i don't understand how so here's a quick rundown.

top left: some perspective stuff i sketched out trying to figure out krejjh's nose and emotions. not important to the drawing but i thought they were funny so i kept em

next to top left: krejjh. their eyes are screwn shut and their eyebrows are drawn together. i tried to do my best to draw pursed lips but ಥ‿ಥ i'm not the greatest at art. the speech bubble next to them simply says, "yeah." i drew that based off of the vent talk krejjh shared with arkady.

top right: krejjh. they wear an expression of intense anger, drawing back their lips in a sneer and crinkling their nose harshly. teeth are gritted and brows are wrinkled to showcase how upset they ar3l the speech bubble to their right says, "MY. NAME. IS A REAL WORD." drawn based off of when E.L.A wouldn't accept krejjh's name into the system and arkady suggested "putting any real word" as a placeholder. arkady you're my favourite but sometimes i wonder why TWT

centre: isckrep. normally i spell it ishkjreb but also i haven't seen how it's spelled before?? as they are a dwarnian diplomat, their hair is drawn tight, the heart shape of their head more flat than krejjh's loose bun. they're looking off to the left with a nervous, very confused look, eyebrows raised in suprise. their speech bubble asks, "A-...are you returning to your studies?" and while their outfit isn't very clear, i did want to clarify that they do not wear robes, as thasya does, nor do they wear any jewelry.

bottom left: thasya. expression of agony, anger and immense sadness. or at least that's what i tried to go for. they're staring straight at the camera, saying, "Again that does count as a form of torture." tears are gathering in their eyes, one already rolling down their cheek and i imagine there's such a note of distain in their voice that it hurts. oh that's right since this was based off of the conversation everybody had, i can say with certainty that there was in fact such a note of distain in their voice that i flinched! as thasya is a holy wanderer, they wear what appear to be robes but would be a cloak or cape, with a necklace around their neck. for clarity it's floating there, held in place. the charm on the necklace is meant to be a planet, hence why it is floating. i don't know where the idea for hat came from, just thought it'd be cool if they had a charm that was special to them that also just happened to disregard the laws of human physics.

bottom right: krejjh+more quick sketches. as to the sketches, just some mindless (and i do mean mindless) doodling i had done, please disregard. their words, "HAH! That is allllllll Jeeter." seem to be amused, but their face looks uncomfortable and somewhat uncertain. as well as more than a little upset.

if you noticed, most of these drawings were sad or just weren't happy. while i do believe that jeeter and the crew of starship iris II are krejjh's family, i also recognized how important dwarnian family is to krejjh and how they halted at the idea of getting married without it meaning anything in the eyes of their family, regardless of the fact that it would mean something to the crew. as such i decided to focus on the dwarnian aspect of their family. from the conversations they held with crewmates and the way ishkjreb affected them, it's clear to me they haven't had good experiences with family. that's what i wanted to showcase. hope you enjoyed!!

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TSCOSI Week Day 3: Sana / Leadership

A/N: ssshhhhhhh yes I know it’s late but ssssshhhhh let’s just pretend I’m posting this 5/6 days ago

Here, finally, is my fic for Day 3 of TSCOSI Week, on the theme of Sana / Leadership! This takes place in an ambiguous point in Late Season 2. It does not have any bearing on the episode that was released today, which I haven’t even listened to yet, because I was busy trying to finish off this fic 😂😭 Energy and motivation have not been on my side lately. But here we are!

I had two ideas I could have gone with for this day’s prompt, and of course I chose the one I knew would lead to a longer fic, but it was worth it. This type of TSCOSI fic is my favourite to write - pure Rumor/Iris crew fluff and shenanigans. So enjoy!

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The first clue Sana had that something was amiss was when she woke up.

Rather than waking to the vibration of her comm against her ear (yes, her comm had an alarm function and yes, she slept with it in in case of emergencies. She would not be taking questions at this time), she came to naturally, which she hadn’t done in months. Sana smiled to herself, stretching – and then froze.

She never woke up naturally, and the few times that she did wake during the night she didn’t feel this pleasantly well-rested. What time was it?

“Computer?” Sana spoke aloud to ELLA. “Current on-ship time?”

“The current on-ship time – is – nine – forty-three AM,” ELLA’s voice intoned. Sana sat bolt upright in her bed.

That wasn’t right. There was no way she’d slept through her alarm, and she had it set to recur at the same time every morning. Which meant…

“Sana Tripathi to all crew,” Sana said, opening up a comm line to all of her crewmates’ devices. “Hey, guys. Would someone mind telling me why my alarm didn’t go off this morning?”

“It didn’t go off because I deprogrammed it when I poured you into bed last night at some ungodly hour,” came the reply in Arkady’s deadpan tones, and Sana cringed slightly, regretting opening up a line to the whole crew. “Also, I’ve said this before, but sleeping with your comm in your ear? Pretty unhealthy, and that’s coming from me.”

“Thank you for that feedback, Arkady,” said Sana, with all the dry sarcasm she could muster.

“Prolonged comm usage, even when the comm is idle, has also been known to lead to hearing damage in a small percentage of cases,” put in RJ, and Sana’s eyebrows rose. “Something to do with a low level of uh, high-frequency feedback? So as a best practice, you should really take it out before bed.”

“RJ, are you lecturing me right now?” Sana asked, halfway between deeply amused and indignant.

“Uhhhh- n-no Ma’am! I mean, uh- no, Captain.”

“They’re right, you know,” Violet put in next. “I mean, it really is a small percentage of cases, but as your medic I have to advise you not to leave your comm device in for prolonged periods. Also, that sounds – uncomfortable? For sleeping?”

Sana sighed, resigning herself to being ganged up on by her entire crew. “Duly noted, Violet. Getting back to the subject at hand-”

“Wow, human ears are so fragile!” This, of course, was Krejjh. “They can really be damaged by comm feedback?”

“For a prolonged enough period-” RJ began to explain.

“We don’t all have your ‘superior alien senses’, dude,” put in Brian, laughing. Sana put a hand to her head.

“Guys-”

“I deprogrammed your alarm because you need a break, Captain,” Arkady cut in, almost gently. “Don’t think we didn’t notice that you’ve been pulling extra shifts so that the rest of us could take breaks, while not taking any yourself.”

“The human body is at its best when given time to rest and recover,” Violet added, also gently. “And you’re human too, Captain.”

Sana could feel her face flaming, but she was also extremely touched by the concern the crew were showing her – even though they’d apparently ganged up on her in the process.

“All right, I can admit that the lie-in was appreciated,” she said. “Thank you for the thought, everyone. Krejjh, I’m coming to relieve you in-”

“Oh, no need, Cap’n,” Krejjh interrupted cheerfully. “Crewman Park is taking your shift! He’s relieving me in ten minutes, and then Crewman Jeeter and I are going to play cards.”

“That’s really not necessary,” Sana said, beginning to feel slightly alarmed. “Park, I’m coming up to the cockpit in-”

“Sorry, Captain, but I think you’ve been outnumbered,” Park said, as mildly as ever. “Also, Krejjh promised me fruit jerky in exchange for taking the next shift, and I’m not about to give that up.”

Sana stared at the wall, running a hand over her face. “Park, you hate fruit jerky.”

“This is special fruit jerky,” Park replied, deadly serious. “The really good kind. Enjoy your time off.”

“There must be something I can do,” said Sana, realising she sounded slightly desperate.

“Uh, you can join me and Krejjh for a game of cards in ten minutes?” Brian suggested.

“Or you can relax, Captain,” Violet said, still in that gently amused tone. “It’s for one day. We promise you’ll be back to keeping us all in line tomorrow.”

The whole day?! Sana exclaimed internally. And okay, maybe the way that she balked at the idea of a day of enforced rest said something about the habits she’d fallen into.

She could at least give it a try. The crew had obviously put some thought into this – and it didn’t seem like they were backing down any time soon.

“Maybe I could use a breather,” she admitted aloud, and pretended not to hear someone’s sigh of relief over the comms. “But if any of you need anything…”

“We’ll let you know, Captain,” Arkady promised her, sounding not in the slightest bit sincere. Sana sighed.

“Okay. Sana Tripathi out.”

Or maybe by the afternoon her crewmates would let up, and she could go back to doing something useful.

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Day 7. McCabe

[Image ID: Mostly monochrome lineart and flat color drawing of RJ McCabe done in a shade of red with gold accents. McCabe is shown from knees up. They are thin, of petite stature. They have a very short bob haircut and short straight bangs. They wear a dark business suit with a white shirt and a gold tie. They are adjusting their jacket. They look to the side but their gaze is unfocused. A poster of circle picture of night sky with gold stars is behind them. The background is a stripy pattern of wallpaper in pinkish color. End ID]

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TSCOSI Week 2021 - Day 7 - McCabe

Eventually, the Rumor Crew will figure out that McCabe likes to receive small touches and absolutely preens under compliments but will mostly show their love in acts of service.

After S2E2, I’m in love with the idea that McCabe hasn’t been allowed to have opinions, especially on trivial things, for a very long time, so I’m very much looking forward to them coming out as a total nerd and having some really unusual preferences. Like maybe they put mayo on absolutely everything or they start composing space shanties.

The Rumor Crew starts smuggling testosterone for them.

I think that despite their very rocky and tense start, they will eventually become closest to Arkady out of all the crew. Both of them are soldiers at heart, after all, and both of them clearly have a lot of work to deal with around that.

Colors and fabrics: comfort zone is greys, but they will eventually embrace more color though I don’t have enough of a read on them to say what yet; I’m kind of getting a blue jeans vibe from them too after S2 E2, but I’m not sold on that yet

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I am awfully late but here is for day 1 and 2 of TSCOSI Week!

Violet tried to show off her new crew jacket, but Arkady just blue screened because of too much cute. Luckily, it did not last too long.

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Day 6. Park

[Image ID: Image 1: Mostly monochrome lineart drawing of agent Park done in a shade of red with gold accents. Only his head, shoulders and arms are shown as he leans on a table. Park has slightly messy short dark hair and a eyepatch on his right eye that is highlighted in gold. He wears a white collar shirt. One of his arms lies on the table and his head rests on it. The other arm is setting in motion Newton’s pendulum that stands on the table. The background consists of a big monstera plant, a poster of circle picture of night sky with gold stars and a wall mount clock.

Image 2: The same drawing but shown from a slightly different angle accentuating the shine of gold paint. End ID]

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Day 5. Brian

[Image ID: Image 1: Mostly monochrome lineart drawing of Brian Jeeter done in a shade of red with gold accents. Brian has a long thin face with freckles and half shaved dark curly hair. He wears a knitted sweater and dark pants and does not have any shoos. He sits on a bed next to two pillows and a blanket that is partly on the floor. One of his arms props up his chin while the other rests on his knee. There is a walky-talky on one of the pillows. Lighting bolt shapes are coming out of it alluding to loud sound it produces. Brian looks to the side where the walky-talky is with a smirk. On the background are two shelves with books, a clock and a plant. Next to them - abstract picture of fibre-like lines in red, pink and gold and a porthole with gold stars on a pink background.

Image 2: The same drawing but shown from a slightly different angle accentuating the shine of gold paint. End ID]

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today I bring y'all a goofy doodle of rj and arkady...... tomorrow?? who knows.....

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ID-- A digital drawing of rj mccabe and arkady patel from starship iris. rj has red hair and green eyes and arkady has blonde hair that's been shaved on one side and an eye patch covering her left eye. the two of them are stuck together wearing one big shirt that reads "This is our Get Along™ shirt." they both have irritated looks on their faces.

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TSCOSI WEEK 2021 - Day 6 - Park

I definitely have fewer headcanons for Park and McCabe as we really haven’t seen as much of them yet, but I’m looking forward to seeing them open up in Season 2!

Park and Violet end up bonding over their mutual inability to contact their families, often over late night cups of tea in the new mess.

In terms of love languages, I think Park is a quality time guy through and through. 

I’ve always headcanonned that Park will adopt the nickname Lenny.

Colors and fabrics: black and white, but also with little elements of true blues and reds; typical polyester synthetics, like suit material

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fic: throw, bounce, catch

On the way to Telemachus, Park engages in an unassigned exercise.

Written for TSCOSI Week Day 6: Park/Betrayal

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There’s no more work for Park to do.

Krejjh is flying the ship towards Telemachus. McCabe isn’t likely to make any particularly unwise choices while they sleep. The remaining tension among the crew is another reason to retreat to the strange solitude of his room.

There is only the standard grey wall facing him, the single bunk he sits on, and the rubber ball he holds. A simple toy, discovered when taking inventory of the Iris’s supplies, easily slipped into a pocket when the crew was distracted as they often were. It isn’t that he thinks they’d object.

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“OMG!” - Jeeter, probably.

TSCOSI Week Day 4: Krejjh / Family

[image ID: Digital illustration of Krejjh from Starship Iris. Various photos of Krejjh are taped to a sign with the words “Do it for them”. Image 1: A series of three images of a baby Krejjh with a yellow pacifier in their mouth where they are showing different expressions. From the top: sleepy, surprised, & angry. Image 2: The back view of baby Krejjh wearing a pink onesie as they crawl away. Their hair is a big, dark purple poof. Image 3: A slumped, sleeping baby Krejjh wearing a blue onesie holding an orange candy on a stick. Image 4: A wide-eyed, toddler Krejjh, staring at something above them. Image 5: A toddler Krejjh who is the absolute image of innocence. They are standing, wearing a pink & red overall with one pair of their arms clasped together in front of them, their other pair of arms are hidden on their back. There are smears of what seems to be bright green dessert on their cheeks and clothes. End ID]

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Brian Jeeter

“When you have a linguistics-shaped hammer, every problem looks like a communication-shaped nail.”

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Day 4. Krejjh

[Image ID: Image 1: Mostly monochrome lineart drawing of Krejjh done in a shade of red with gold accents. They are a humanoid alien with four arms, diamond-shape face, big dark eyes and little heart-shape eyebrows. They have curly white hair and are wearing a sweater with star print on the chest and mismatched patterns on all sleeves, striped pants and dark slippers with alien-like antennas and eyes. One of their hands is holding a walkie-talkie they are speaking into, another one is resting on their knee. Other two hands are thrown into the air as Krejjh is emotionally gesticulating. The background is the control panel of the ship and a big window that is showing gold stars on a pinkish background.

Image 2: The same drawing but shown from a slightly different angle accentuating the shine of gold paint. End ID]

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Day 5 Brian/stars

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(15/01/21 - 21/01/21, 2-4hrs)

[ID: Two figures are framed from the side in the image: on the left a short stocky white man with brown crew cut hair is caught mid-step as he sprints towards the figure on the right, eye bulging in shock and face tilted upwards having been hit on the chin. He is an IGR Agent. On the right is Brian, stepping forward, right arm swinging an uppercut with a pot in his right hand. His left arm hangs loosely behind him with a frying pan in his hand and his pinky extended. Brian is a slim (almost elongated) pale (but healthy) white man with short ginger hair. He wears a bright orange G1 military flight jacket, a purple shirt, loose orange joggers, and white trainers. The IGR agent by contrast wears a grey uniform with a large belt above the hips, slim trousers, white military boots, and goggles with a green tinged lens. Small sparkles collect about Brian’s pot, pan, and the IGR agent’s smacked head; they shine. Two wonky stars hover above the stunned IGR agent’s head.

The second image shows the same scene as line art. Brian and the IGR agent are coloured a light grey whilst an empty grey-filled rectangle frames the scene behind them upon a black background]

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TSCOSI Week 2021 - Day 4 & 5 - Krejjh & Brian

So here’s Day 4 + an early Day 5, because most of my headcanons for these two either involve both of them or play off each other, so I didn’t want to split them up.

Krejjh and Brian are both words of affirmation and physical touch people, but they get most of the physical affection they need from each other, so Sana usually focuses on telling them when they’ve done a good job.

But also, conventions for touch are a bit different with Dwarnians. I don’t have any alternate rules worked out, but I used the idea in a fic that Krejjh always gets high fives from Sana instead of the shoulder pats she gives their other crewmates because shoulders are a vulnerable spot for Dwarnians.

I’m not quite sure why but I always picture Brian as tall-ish, very skinny, pale and freckled, with curly brown or red hair.

Krejjh is still taller than Brian though. Most Dwarnians just are. They average somewhere in the low to mid 6-foot range.

Brian definitely included some ancient Dwarnian glyphs into the design of the mural he and Park painted in the lounge of the Good Ship TBD.

I’m a huge fan of Krejjh in crop tops. Perfect gender-nonconforming jock energy for them.

Brian’s colors and fabrics: light blue and pink (yes, like the trans flag), but also just wears a lot of faded t-shirts so generally colors that were once bright but are now faded; also blue jeans, but like super soft and faded

Krejjh’s colors and fabrics: purple (of  course), lime green; would probably adore spandex tbh