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?

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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