I also find myself disappointed. [she reaches up to adjust the collar around her neck.] There must be some way to send us back without having to endure eight weeks of nonsense.
[there's the smallest scowl on her face at this. she takes a sip of wine and it's a little more aggressive than before.]
Stuck here as a delivery girl. [idly:] Do you think if the senior crew were to vanish mysteriously, we'd be able to promote some of our own to the position and redirect the ship?
I already told Encino that I'll side with whoever's the most efficient and annoys me the least. A reasonable company ought to do the same: follow what maximizes profit for them.
[he also sips his wine, shrugging lightly]
They've said enough about being able to earn our way to more information that's classified if we get promotions.
Complete our first tour with the company, and then our performance will be reviewed. If we perform well, we can rise the ranks.
[he yawns]
I've never had to work for someone else before, but if it gets me what I want and it's not entirely an annoyance, I'll consider it to pass the time while I work on my own projects.
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[he sighs, exhausted]
I didn't expect to get answers but I'm surprised I still find myself disappointed.
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I also find myself disappointed. [she reaches up to adjust the collar around her neck.] There must be some way to send us back without having to endure eight weeks of nonsense.
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[but
he finds his eyes drawn to her collar again and asks very straightforwardly - ]
If I ask after what you keep fiddling with, would you answer? It doesn't matter to me if you won't. But the tick is telling.
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and just shrugs. she doesn't seem to mind - it's not really a secret, so much.]
... It's a collar. If I take it off, it will flood my system with a fast acting, incurable poison, and I'll die.
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[sure that's a natural conclusion to draw]
What makes it difficult?
[besides fast acting incurable poison,,]
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[HELP THE WAY IT IS THOUGH]
It would take some measure of sawing to get through it. Not that it would matter. Anything sharp will set it off.
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Congratulations.
[and he does seem to mean it.... he hates being controlled]
Do you know what type of poison it is? Or how the system knows when to release it?
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... Thanks.
[as for the rest:] No. I'm not sure. Like I said. The top of the chain keeps the leash tight.
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Inconvenient.
If you ever want to be set free, let me know. I don't mind taking on thought puzzles now and again.
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Then I take it you're searching for leads within the criminal organization that placed it on you to dismantle it.
[just to put all the pieces together]
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... Yes. Which is why I need to go back to my world.
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[damn. sucks.
scien will refill both of their glasses of wine]
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Stuck here as a delivery girl. [idly:] Do you think if the senior crew were to vanish mysteriously, we'd be able to promote some of our own to the position and redirect the ship?
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[he also sips his wine, shrugging lightly]
They've said enough about being able to earn our way to more information that's classified if we get promotions.
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Did they say specifically how to get a promotion? [the idea makes her skin crawl because she hates capitalism but it's fine.]
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[he yawns]
I've never had to work for someone else before, but if it gets me what I want and it's not entirely an annoyance, I'll consider it to pass the time while I work on my own projects.
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she tries not to also yawn.]
Isn't a tour eight weeks? [she might be wrong about this, she was just listening to other people's conversations.]
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Two months must seem like a long time to people who have something to get back to.
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she takes another sip of wine.]
I won't be here for two months. [you will, it's a murder game]
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If they can send us back precisely at the moment that we left, it'll be fine, but I... would prefer to be there now.
[this is slightly pouty.]
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more wine....? scien has no idea how to help people emotionally process help me we're getting wfrench girl wasted on a saturday]
Timelines can diverge as well, in case you haven't experienced that. [thanks virches....]
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