anyway do you and Kota wanna play out B getting him and/or pounding on the door, or just handwave? I'm good w either, though I will be a tad slower than usual cuz of power issues
Kota
y'know, i debated back and fourth on if those fake maker powers really were fake, cuz this fucking canon and its Rules...then decided, fuck it, its way more fun that way :>
Yunlan is going to be checking up on him the week after (they do have an Enclosure meeting planned, after all) but this may be after other interventions!
I want to throw Norton at this even though Norton may not be actually helpful. On the one hand, he's good at pestering shut-ins and would try to get Steve to eat. On the other hand, no one should ever take relationship advice from him.
I can just picture Steve and Norton sitting against the door on either side chatting relationship advice like its the most natural thing. Steve likely wouldn't open the door for him.
i'm honestly surprised that Norton hasn't been grievously injured or died on the barge yet, since he's very cavalier about his own safety. (he complains about needed to defend himself, but really just wants a weapon). he was a bit of an adrenaline junky before the barge and with death toll being thing he has very little concern for his safety.
Can I handwave/assume that Norton has tried talking to Steve via communicator for a few days prior telling him to come out and eat before Norton resorts to parking himself in front of Steve's door?
the first couple nights he feigned the usual bs 'no i swear i'm fine just... want to read tonight' etc then 'B... please go away' pleading then finally silence
with other Steve and B: no you're too good and pure for my bullshit, fuck off. same for Yunlan (with unfair added bonus of 'you like Pagan, sooo. go away') and then there's Norton and he's just 'fuck you and your accent and your exquisite oral skills'
OKAY FRIENDS. Godric and B are going to be up at the room in a fair bit. Were they going to catch this Norton scheme during or after? Up to y'all. If after, I'll wait a bit on my reply.
writing the tag to Norton now. steve's gonna drink deeply and not focus on anything else, so i've left it open-ended enough for B+Godric to get there in the nick of time
He tries to stay out of his personal business. He tries to stay out of most people's personal business unless it becomes his business. WHICH IT NOW HAS
Definitely - Nadja is the more permissible, "I'll let you eat humans if you want" kinda person and Godric is all "no I keep TELLING YOU humans are PEOPLE TOO"
Norton probably would agree to be Steve's rebound and also new boyfriend, but then Steve couldn't parade Norton around and make Pagan jealous if Norton's also sleeping with Pagan still.
pharadyne
see, clearly the sleeping-with-Pagan thing has to stop, says Steve. screw the rest of the ship, literally, just not former kings who think hot pink is the best color ever invented.
he's kinda been there, buddyidk