>>235405
Salute with your gun before putting it away. "I think we will be fast friends, captain." And then be dismissed.

You are going to love/hate this place :3

Salute, then beat feet.
Well... you know what I mean.

Ooh, this'll be fun.

"Happy blasting, captain."

Let's go find out where we get to live.

Hal 2010/09/28(Tue)20:19 No. 235476 ID: 4f6e37
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"Happy blasting, Captain," I say, saluting while backing out the door.
Anka follows me, and as the door slides closed behind her, she says, "I guess I'll show you your room. Just to let you know, if the Captain hadn't found you so endearing and had blamed me for letting you smuggle in weapons I would have made your life my bitch."
"Anka. Lovely Anka. Your very presence in it would ensure my life would be filled with naught but cute little animals and sunshine and such."
She laughs. "You are one of the most dangerous things in the world, Hal. A douchebag who is very difficult to hate. Speaking of which, hark at 12 o'clock."
I look ahead and catch sight of Talia, alone now, still futzing with the scanner. She quickly notices me, and stops frozen, much like what you humans do to your Earth rabbits when you shine headlights on them.
"I, uh." she says. "The thing's still broken, so I was going to fix it."
"I know," I say. "I remember you from two minutes ago. Talia, no?"
"No?" says Talia. "YES. I mean, yes. I...had to fix this scanner."
"Oh, I should go," says Anka, situating herself right next to us like a titanium-plated cockblocking machine.

good thing your words are like armor piercing bullets.

>>235476
Do Shirm even have... No. Nevermind. We'll assume the norm.

Continue your seduction unablated!

>>235476
"Yep. You should. Be there in a moment."

Man if only you could pull off a shit-eating grin.

its not often you get to combine [engineering] prowess with [charm], so lets do this Hal.

"no worries Talia, I'm sure I could give you some help with that scanner, among my specialties are engineering and what seems to be your favorite, xenobiology. Although I do have to say, I've never seen ones eyes quite flush so brilliantly, ill have to take you under very close examination sometime. Maybe we can play tit for tat, you get to see whats under my cloak, and ill get to see whats under that suit. Now, whats the problem with the scanner?"

>>235476
Charm. Charm everywhere.
"Anka dear, didn't you mention I wouldn't have a cabin just yet? The room with the tube isn't exactly good for comfort, let alone company. I suppose I could bunk up with someone, perhaps some lonesome lady might have room enough?"

Tell Anka that you need to perform some sedition and will catch up with her just as soon as you're finished doctoring the security tapes.

>>235566
I... can't tell if your apparent typo was intentional or not. Well played.

>>235504
Moving in with her is a going a little fast, we only met her 2 minutes ago!

Hmmmmm. Yes, let's use [engineering] to help her out a bit with the scanner, while giving her a light treatment of [charm]. We got a great start, let's not overdo it.

Also test the scanner after it's fixed by walking through it.

Suggestion 2010/09/29(Wed)05:15 No. 235852 ID: e38c07
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>>235476
>You are one of the most dangerous things in the world, Hal. A douchebag who is very difficult to hate.

Fuck yes this quest.

Our next course of action is clear.

>>235478
The norm for jellyfish-things is... different.

Also
>unablated
Presumably you mean unabated. Getting ablated, while definitely a negative, is not something we need to worry too heavily about at this point.

>>235852
No we are not raping everything. We make them want it before we start, not during or after.

Hal 2010/09/29(Wed)18:13 No. 236075 ID: 4f6e37
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((Due to his [charm]ing personality, Halaris has made two new Allies. These people can generally be counted as his entourage-within-the-entourage the Captain is dragging around, and they can be used as handlers, contacts, and teammates on any mission Hal's new trigger-happy boss sends him on.))

"Yeah, you should probably go," I say. "Be with you in a moment. I need to do some seductive sedition then doctor the cameras so my plans are not abated and I am not ablated. I understand such things happen when you get shot out of airlocks."
"I don't get you, Halaris," says Anka.
"Neither do I, half the time. Will you excuse us?"
"Nah," says Anka, grinning and staying put. "The Captain has me assigned to keep an eye on you until further notice, and you did just try to kill him or something." So be it, adversary. I have seduced through worse. It'll be good to have some people on my side on this deathtrap, and if said people are also delicious digitigrade Delter with dainty digits, all the better.
"Fine," I say. "But if you're going to take me back to that little tube in that broom closet I will protest, I promise."
"We actually haven't gotten the bigger tube out of storage yet," says Anka. "You're going to come help me set it up."
"In that tiny cabin? Thank you but no thank you," I say. "It's not exactly good for comfort, let alone company. I suppose I could bunk up with someone. We could share spooky ghost stories and make smores. Perhaps some lonesome lady might have room enough?"
"Sveti Ilija," mutters Anka, as Talia blushes violently.
"I have room," the Delter says quickly. "Uh, well there's an empty room right next to me, I mean, not my room, because my room is too fucking small, uh, but there's no one in it because Jared got transferred, and I can help set your bed thing up since I'm good with technology besides this fucking scanner thing which I'm probably going to end up blowing up as catharsis anyway, sooo..."
"You know what, maybe I will leave you two alone before my armor gets stained by freaky alien pheromones or something," says Anka. "You got five minutes' flirting time, then come find me and tell me where you want to bunk or I'm setting your weird alien bed thing next to the garbage compactors, Halaris." She stomps off down the hall, muttering, "Gonna have to follow you around with a rolled-up newspaper and a spray bottle, keep you from humping everyone's legs."
Talia and I are left alone sans third wheel, and she seems torn between wanting to say something and making a mad dash for the door.

>>236075
You are the best damn Shirm ever.

Suggestion 2010/09/29(Wed)18:29 No. 236088 ID: a9a46d
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>>236084

tell her that you can feel the question hanging on the air, and if she wants anything then she just has to ask.

Let'er sweat it out for a bit.
Ask about the ship, and her job, chat'er up and get to know the place just a bit better.

>>236092
Yeah, it'd be nice to know more about what exactly we're getting into, here, and she's probably the best immediate source.

Plus you can keep charming her while asking the questions! :B

>>236075
Moar [engineering] on her problem! Lay off the charm, she can't take much more captain!

"The room besides yours sounds like the perfect place. Tell you what, come along and help me make my bed, I'm pretty good with machines myself so we'll make short work of it. And I'd love to help you fix this thing up when I have the time. Just keep from blowing it into too many pieces before we have the chance. Just knocking it around should be satisfying enough without breaking it, unless you really like to play rough."

>>236109
Oh god.

This is fantastic.

Hal 2010/09/29(Wed)20:45 No. 236174 ID: 4f6e37
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I stay behind for four minutes and forty seven seconds, trying to get a bead on what exactly is wrong with the scanner through [engineering] and on who exactly this Talia is.
Her full name, she says, is a sound not dissimilar to a hive of hornets being fed through a woodchipper. But I can just call her Talia, everyone does. As she talks she relaxes quite a bit, starts laughing instead of stuttering at my humor. She's been a crewmate on the ship ever since the Captain took command, about three years now. Major in Statistics from the Eulis Institute of Technology. Decided being an actuary was boring her to tears and joined the Alliance Naval Academy on Agrieb, there discovering the joys of combat engineering and beating people into submission. Two years later a transfer to the front landed her snug in the ATRF. Her job is to fix things and kill people, which has given her an interesting perspective on matters existential. Apparently she performs both functions with a very high frequency. Life around here is anything but boring. Usually.
"So what about you?" she asks.
"I got shot in the head," I explain. "This thing is busted all to hell but I think I may have done something for it."
She presses something. "Now it's booted up and everything but it's frozen on a no-signal screen," she says. "Fuck it. I was pretty sure it was beyond repair anyway. These things are a dime a dozen."
"Would you like my professional opinion?"
"What?"
"It probably needs a reformatting or something. The hardware just needs a little more work. I can help you out later but for now I don't have much time. Now would you like my highly unprofessional opinion?"
"Hm?"
"That outfit makes you look irresistible."
"What-" she says, startled.
"I wish there was something I could do, though," I say, as if nothing had happened. "Even if it's a cheap piece of plastic. If you knew it was broken and easy to replace why did you stay behind so long to fix it? It wasn't to give you an excuse to wait for me, was it?"
Her eyes start glowing again. "Uh."
"Shame on you, Talia, you wily seductress," I say. "I honestly have no idea what to do with you. Well." I look her up and down. "I can think of a few." Her blush is fiery red.
"I have to go talk to Miss Pribicevic now before she grinds me into more of a jelly than I already am," I say, turning to go. "I think the room besides yours sounds like the perfect place. Tell you what, come along later and help me make my bed, I'm pretty good with machines myself so we'll make short work of it. And I'd love to help you fix this thing up when I have the time. Just keep from blowing it into too many pieces before we have the chance. Just knocking it around should be satisfying enough without breaking it, unless you really like to play rough. See you around, Miss Talia."

I head out before the speechless Talia can say anything. So I botched repairing the gate for her. So what. Now all I need to do is find Anka in thirteen seconds or I'll be sleeping next to the garbage wait she never told me where exactly she was going oh poo.

>>236174
Eh, you pulled it off with the speech, I think, even if you didn't get the thing fixed.

Where is Pribicevic? I guess you could just go to where your weird bed thing is.

>>236174
Now, now, there's no cause for concern. She explicitly mentioned five full minutes of flirting time, followed by finding her. Meaning that we are, if anything, far ahead of schedule.

yeah, where cramped tube is as good a place as any to check.

>>236174
"ANKA! I'm done and it hasn't been five minutes so no compactors please and I'm coming but where are you~!"

Use your [logic] to determine where she is most likely to be.

Seven01a19!!EyA2IwLwVl 2010/09/29(Wed)22:43 No. 236256 ID: 701a19
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>>236174
Head for the tube, since that's where she said they want to shove you.
If that's wrong, then you can get an advantage from TUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBES!

She said she was going to get our tube out of storage, so let's find someone and ask if they can point us in the right direction.

Hal 2010/09/30(Thu)18:34 No. 236590 ID: 4f6e37
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"Oh Aaaanka," I call, retracing my steps back to the room I woke up in (the room I [logic]ally assume she'll be). "I'm done and it hasn't been five minutes so no compactors please and I'm coming but where are yoooouuu."

"Over here," comes a voice echoing from a side hallway. I turn to find Anka dragging a heavy wooden crate up the hall. "Six minutes five," she says. "I hope you like cubes of refuse."
"Sgt. Pribicevic, I cannot entertain gentlewoman callers next to garbage. Next to garbage is no place for a bachelor pad, swingin' or not."
"Learn to take a joke," she says. "Where is this going?"
"The room next to Miss Talia's, of course."
"Oh really," she says, arching an eyebrow. "Fine. Whatever." She alters course. "So what are you planning, Halaris?"
"Well, I was going to keep my head from getting too many more holes in it and slowly adjust to new life on board a bizarre black-ops frigate helmed by a sociopath, why?"
"I was talking about that delter you've trapped in your weird nymphomaniacal web. So you're just going to bang her real quick and move on, huh?"
"So quick to judge, Sergeant. I am profoundly hurt."
"I know a ladykiller when I see one, tentacleface," she says. "We humans had this movie series back on Earth with this gunslinger-slash-gigolo called Bond in it. He reminds me a little too much of you."
"Sounds like a suave motherfucker."
"He was, but that's not the point. I think I approve of you in general terms, Halaris, but I don't think I will ever trust you around anything female, and that includes household pets. Are you going to hit it and quit it or are you less of a sleazeball than you look?" It appears she has stopped lugging. I liked it when she lugged for me.

you may not be a marriage kind of guy but you don't just drop a lady when you are done like a used tissue. you will still be there and be a good friend.

You're a [CHARM]ing guy not a sleazeball. [SUAVE] operatives like you look to become close with those around them over time, not "hit it and quit it."

>>236590
SRS FACE time. We have no intention of hurting her. If she wants to get to know us better before doing anything, fine. It's all fun and games right now, because there is no real relationship. If she wants more than a fling, we'll give it a shot.

>>236590
Now that wouldn't be polite would it? No, you stay and play. But you will still flirt with anything around you regardless because its fun watching the women blush.

You're very appreciative of women, that's all.

>>236590
"That's not why I flirt. First off, I enjoy doing it. I'm making the lady feel special, and it seems like she needs it. Banging her and being done with it doesn't serve that purpose. If a lady wants likes to flirt and have some fun, well that's no crime... unless that would hurt someone else of course. With someone who likes to play the same game but not give any leeway it is a delightful dance. In your case... well at least you're entertained. I'm a nice guy, really.

And uh... I'm not all THAT xenophilic, to be honest. I'd do anything for that Delter lass, but it'd be harder to get physical with you more squishy types. But you are all equal as ladies in my eyes."

Charm, Bullshit, whatever you need to use here.

>>236590
Dearest Anka, if you really think I am so foolish as to abandon a lovely and exceedingly dangerous lady to her discontent, particularly when we will doubtless be in close proximity for some time, then I am rather hurt by your lack of regard.

>>236633
Seriously!

>>236602 and >>236633

>>236624
>>236633

I wish to support both of these.

>>236624
>>236633

>>236624
>>236633
>>236602
Because why choose just two?!

Hal 2010/10/01(Fri)14:29 No. 236957 ID: 4f6e37
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"Dearest Anka, if you think I'd ever think of hurting such a lovely and exceedingly dangerous woman as Talia I am both hurt and confused," I say, putting on a serious face and applying some [diplomacy] to the situation. "I am hurtfused. The, ahem, finish line is not the only reason for the race. It's the joy of the run. I'm making the lady feel special, and it seems like she needs it. Banging her and being done with it doesn't serve that purpose. If I want to treat something like a disposable tissue, well, that's what tissues are for. Unless there's some sort of infidelity involved or something, I see no crime being committed. With someone who likes to play the same game but not give any leeway it is a delightful dance. In your case... well at least you're entertained. I'm a nice guy, I promise."
"You're a nice horndog," she says.
"Is it my fault women are all so damn beautiful?" I ask. "I'm not all that xenophilic, promise. I'd do anything for (or with or to, depending on the situation) that Delter lass, but it'd be harder to get physical with you more squishy types. But you are all equal as ladies in my eye/eyespots."
"Whatever," she says, getting a move on again after a moment's consideration. "Help me out with this thing."
"I did not get all my veggies when I was young like you did. And I have three appendages."
"You can spare one. Come on."

Anka guides us to my new room, and we run into Talia and a human I don't know talking in the hallway. She sees me coming and promptly looks happy to see me while trying to make herself as small as possible.
"Hey, Anka," says the human. "Hey, guy I don't know yet."
"This is Paul Killian," says Anka. "He's the bosun-cum-sniper."
"Howdy," says Killian, chewing on what appears to be a toothpick wedged into his mouth. "What's your name?"
"Halaris. Pleased to meet you."
"Welcome to the Unflagging, Halaris. I'd give you a tour or whatever, but Talia's volunteered to do it for me so I can go board the pirate ship and pop some heads."
"I think I might join you," says Anka. "The Captain gave me shit last time because I was de-shitting up Shield Bank 2 instead of shooting mans. I' probably just be distracing people here." She nudges Halaris under the box."
"Right," says Killian. "So we'll just let her take over here and go ahead and scoot down to outfitting unless you have some questions about our fine vessel, New Squidfriend."

>>236950
"Ah yes, I do have one question. Are all the ladies as beautiful as these two, or is this just a fluke?"

>>236957
The general history of the vessel, perhaps? How does he like working with the Captain?

>>236957
Remember, [charm] isn't just for the ladies. Though they are admittedly more fun. Make sure that this man leaves this conversation certain that you are a total bro.

"Yes. The bathrooms. It would be ever so unfortunate if I lacked that bit of information at a critical moment."

>>236958
Also if you say this, prepare for her to drop the box on you.

Ask when you get to raid the armory, you deserve some badass armor and a bigger gun. Also, wish em luck in pirate bashing.

Hal 2010/10/01(Fri)21:23 No. 237054 ID: 4f6e37
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"Here's one. Is the entire female population of the crew drop dead sexy or is this just a lucky fluke?" I ask, deftly avoiding the kick Anka aims at me. Killian raises his orange eyebrows. "Just kidding, folks, I promise. Pribicevic will attest that I'd probably hit on a radiator, given half the chance."
That gets a half-smile. "Heh. Well, welcome again. You met the Captain yet?"
"I pulled a gun on him."
"No kidding? Me too. He shot me in the head."
"Me too. Did he complement your gutsiness?"
"No, I just told you. He shot me in the head."
"Oh."
"Yeah," he says. "the Captain and me don't exactly see eye-to-eye. You noticed he's a psycho a-hole em-effer yet?"
"Oh, here we go," says Anka.
"Don't you have to go kill some pirates?" an antsy Talia asks.
"Yeah, I do," says Killian. "Don't get me wrong, I'd follow the guy into combat, but he's a complete invalid at everything else. You seem like an okay enough guy...squid...thing, though, Halaris, but I'd stay the heck away if I were you. I'll see about getting you some new gear and stuff after the battle, yah?"
"Call me Hal," I say.
"Whatever, Hal," says Killian, walking past us. "See you." Anka follows him out.

Talia and I are alone again. "So I'm just going to, uh, go and change out of my combat armor now," she says, "since I'm not in combat or anything right now. And then I can give you the whole initiation welcome spiel that Paul always tells the newbies. You don't need any help setting up your bed, do you?"

>>237054
Do you?

I mean, if you do, then she can (correctly) feel like she's doing something for you, which she seems to want to do, y'know?

rolled 13 + 3 = 16

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>>237054
Rolling to resist making use of that straight line.
If not, "Depends. Did you WANT to help me set it up?" then do the equivalent of waggling eyebrows suggestively.

>>237054
Oh god, I want so badly to say that we'll ready our bed while she slips into something more comfortable. Must... resist...

>>237054
You're gonna at least need some help putting it in place. The technical fiddly bits you should be fine with but heavy lifting is not your bag, baby. She can go and get comfortable after that while you set up. Go easy on the Charm for now, lest she only change into another suit of armor to fend you off.

>>237061
>Go easy on the Charm for now
Impossible. Our charm must always be fully armed and operational. We might shift focus from exaggerated flirting to a more casually amicable style, but charm everyone and everything at all times. That is our "make friends" ability, after all.

"You should be very careful asking questions like that around me, I can hardly resist already..."

>>237069
I completely and fully agree with this.

Charm is not something you turn on or off for this individual.

It is what he IS.

Lay off it a little. Do mention that she just gave you a line that is an incredibly tempting target though.

Also yes say you will need help from her.

Hal 2010/10/01(Fri)22:46 No. 237080 ID: 4f6e37
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"Careful," I say. "Please don't feed the lecherous libertine lushly loaded questions like that."
"Do you need help, or don't you?" she says.
"Surefine," I say.

We set the bed up, then she heads off to change into something less metallic while I survey the room. It's a bit bare for now, but I guess I can get some stuff for it later, somehow. I wonder if they sell disco balls on this ship. Bringing the groove back, Halaris? Someone has to, these days.
I amble around, waste some time, practice my sexy walk, which isn't easy to do for a tripod, check the closet, leaf through the Unflagging's primer, and some other book someone left that I can't really make much sense of at the moment (I'll have to come back to this Song of Solomon, though), because at that moment Someone, I would presume Talia, knocks on the door.

>>237080
Answer it with your most [charm]ing Helllloooooo? But have a hand on your pistol and be ready to Cloak Draw if it's a hostile (which I doubt)

>>237080
Well, let's see who's at the door. Don't make the greeting person-specific, on the off chance that this is Pribicevic or somebody and not Talia.

>>237086
Oh, and if you're having trouble making sense of that book, try the second half first; you might find it a little more accessible. Just a thought.

>>237084 and >>237086

Hal 2010/10/02(Sat)20:01 No. 237565 ID: 4f6e37
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"Come iiiin," I call. "The door, she is open."

Enter Talia, in human-style shorts, t-shirt, scarf (that's a Delter thing), and flip-flops. Some Delter are fine with walking around naked, but to my disappointment she does not appear to be one of them.
"Uh, hi again," she says.
"What is up?"
"So we have rules around here about stuff," she says. "And since you're new here normally Paul would tell you but that's what I'm supposed to do."
"Fascinating," I say, ogling her claws out of the corner of my eye.
"You were sort of breaking a lot of them," she says. "Like when you pulled a gun on the captain. Why did you do that, anyway? That could have gotten me in a lot of trouble." She's getting indignant. "I could have gotten shitcanned, you know that? Just because I let some damn squid pervert smooth-talk his way past me like a stupid bimbo in a human action movie. The Captain may like you, but not all of us are so lucky, okay? So I figured I'd confront you about it. Which is what I'm doing. So don't do that again. Uh."

hehehe, she want's to be mad at you but can't do it right cause she can't stop thinking about what you said. assure her that you will try to redirect any and all blame the captain would give her on to yourself.

>>237565
>Why did you do that, anyway?
Because if you couldn't get concealed weapons where you're not supposed to, you wouldn't be on the team.

And you're damn cranky when you get out the wrong side of the regeneration tube after being shot in the head.

>>237565
Well, We only did it becasue he shot us first. Well that and he obviously expects more from us than mere 'diplomacy' otherwise he would had shot and rezzed a 'real diplomat' as opposed to a retired spy.

>>237568
Yep.

>>237567
Also yep.

And I guess you could throw in one of those cheesy lines about being cute when mad, if you felt like it. Dunno if it'll sound right though.

Apologize [CHARM]ingly, you wouldn't have wanted to get her pretty little head in trouble... well trouble with the captain that is.

Hal 2010/10/02(Sat)21:02 No. 237587 ID: 4f6e37
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"I used to be a spy, it's sort of what we do," I say, [diplomatically]. "I'm pretty sure that's why he recruited me instead of a real diplomat. Oh, and the way he recruited me was by shooting me in the head, so you can understand I was a bit cranky at the time."

She shakes her head. "That doesn't mean you had to get me involved, Halaris."
"Look, I'll take the blame if the Captain gives you any shit," I say, [charmingly]. "I wouldn't want to get that pretty head of yours in trouble."
"No, I mean," she says, stumbling a little. "Just... was that all it was? The schmoozing I mean, you used me. Was it just flirting with me to get me to let you by without a patdown? Or do you expect me to toss you a quick fuck for your efforts, too?"

oh no, we would never be quick about it. :3c

>>237587
Let's try a no and also a no. Both options are wrong! I mean, realistically, you probably want to get to know Talia better because you're going to be working with her, y'know, for the forseeable future.

(Not that she's totally off-base, but.)

... Y'know, didn't Pribicevic ask us this same question not all that long ago? You didn't lie to her, I don't think, so I can't imagine you'd lie to Talia either.

Or something like that. I ain't great at feedin' you lines, here.

>>237593
Also, hey, y'know, you could apologize for the whole "potentially getting her in trouble with the captain who doesn't seem like the most stable guy" thing. Might help.

>>237587
"Oh, no, I meant every word I said ... aaaand I'd have gotten the gun past you either way. Remember, I'm retired from a field where scant few get to use the retirement plan."

[charm]ingly tell her "Well, it certainly was fun to get you all flustered, and it certainly was to my benefit at the time. However, make no mistake, I'm pleased to see you out of that suit of armor, and your certainly now free to pat me down anytime you want. Thats a lovely set of claws you have going... [diplomacy] but I digress, I honestly couldn't have a more lovely hostess to show me around, and I sincerely apologize if I made you feel so conflicted."

>>237587
[diplomatically] explain that getting the gun through was something you wanted to do, to show off to the captain that you could do it, and to make sure you wouldn't be taken advantage of. We manipulated her feelings by flirting a lot. More than normal.

[charmingly] say that you would make it up to her in ANY way she wanted. ...perhaps a date some time?

>>237587
No, none of that. Sure you were planning to bs your way through somehow, but whenever and wherever you ended up meeting her wouldn't have changed how you acted towards her. And the way you acted was to make a lady feel special, who maybe wasn't used to it and maaaaybe just might really need it. You are now her coworker, ally, neighbor and even friend, if she wants to be. A quick fuck doesn't enter into any of that.

>>237587
"Oh, no, I meant every word I said ... aaaand I'd have gotten the gun past you either way. Remember, I'm retired from a field where scant few get to use the retirement plan."

>>237587
Okay, Halaris. Your objective here is to tell her the complete truth, and yet have her do whatever you want in spite of being told straight-up that you're relentlessly charming and ruthlessly manipulative, and will continue to exploit those properties to get whatever you want done. And also that you want to sleep with her.

Go go shirm suaveness!

Hal 2010/10/02(Sat)22:42 No. 237620 ID: 4f6e37
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"Getting the gun through was something I felt I had to do," I say, trying [charm] and diplomacy] in equal measure. "I needed to show the Captain day one what I could do and that I wasn't someone he could just push around. I've been in espionage for years, Talia. I actually managed to retire from it, which isn't exactly how most folks exit the field. I could have gotten that gun through, one way or another. I could have talked you out of it, or bullshitted my way to making you think I had some rare disease with symptoms including a gun-shaped tumor and a tendency to set off metal alarms. I'm that good, and I am just enough of an egomaniac enough to know it. But I ended up flirting with you, because my job description had to manipulate you in some way and you are one of the most beautiful women I have laid my four (by my last count) eyes on and it seemed like no one had told you that in a criminally long time. You are very cute when you're flustered, you know that? There is nothing that I have said to you that is not one hundred percent true. I am deeply sorry if you were ever convinced otherwise, and if there's something I can do to make up for it I need you to tell me. If you want to pat me down right now to make up for it I would be more than cooperative."

There's a silence for a couple seconds, then she says, in an unnatural voice, "Here are the other rules Paul always says. One, if you're going out or you want private time, you can just modify the terminal outside with a voice command to show your status and that's what you're supposed to do. Two, there's a bathroom at the end of this hall. Three, even though we have janitors you are supposed to make an effort to make minimal mess. There's a sort of thing the Navy has about janitors, they're like a good luck charm. Maybe I'll tell you the story later. Four, breakfast starts at 5 and ends at 8, you wake up any later and you miss it. Is that all clear to you, Halaris?"

haha, i think if you make her glow any harder she is going to pop.

>>237620
I think you might've overheated her brain, there. Getting a distinct "error processing data" vibe from her.

So, Iunno, I guess ask her what she's going to do now? I mean, you don't really have a specific assignment just yet, after all.

You can only charm so much before you burn her out, lay off her for a bit and treat her normally.

>>237620
"Clear as hard vacuum. Is there anything you need to add, or shall I wish you goodnight now?"

Hal 2010/10/02(Sat)23:08 No. 237634 ID: 4f6e37
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"Clear as hard vacuum," I say. "Is there anything you want to add or shall I wish you good night?"

"Yeah," she says. "Just one addition to the rules. A personal addendum."

And suddenly she springs across the room at me, grabbing hold of me like a tiger

"Rule five if you want to have sex with me could you please stop teasing me and just do it already because I haven't had any since I got on this fucking boat three years ago and I think if I wait much longer there are going to be cobwebs up there okay Halaris"
oh my where did her clothing go gameface GAMEFACE HAL

>>237634
GAMEFACE.

YOU GOT THIS, HAL.

>>237634
Good god woman calm down and get on the bed, you'll tear off my face!

>>237634
I hope she marked both of us out a couple hours on that terminal...

"Teasing or sex, hmm... ...Both." And then you start with the touching and the pinching or whatever you non squishy types do for foreplay. Don't deny her anything, just satisfy her in a lengthy drawn out manner. Because if you fall short or get tired it is going to be bad.

>>237634
Wait, Delters glow, uhm... woahkay.

"My dear lady, you've managed to surprise me! That deserves everything I've got, consider it done!"

Wait, wait, they glow... ok then.

Hal 2010/10/03(Sun)00:08 No. 237662 ID: 4f6e37
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>>237644
If there's one thing I don't need help on, it's how to make the woman enjoy it. I think I can take over from here, given a bit of privacy, please.

"Teasing or sex. Hmmm," I say. "What about both?"
"Nope," she says, gleefully, and tackles me.

Hal 2010/10/03(Sun)00:08 No. 237663 ID: 4f6e37
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"Woman please let me up could we relocate this to the bed before you tear my face off"
"You're not getting away that easy, Squid boy!"
"Okay yes could you just let me how do you work this thing"
"Just tell it your name and that you're occupied and get back here"
"Okay uh Recruit Halaris Status: Busy"
"Damn right"
"Just get on the bed and let me get my hat off first Talia please"

>>237664
After you're done, be sure to thank her for the tour of the ship.

>>237664
Thank her for a tour of her facilities.

>>237663
Good lord do they actually glow?

awesome, self-provided mood lighting