027 // Video; She's totally going to regret this.

[always_thewoman]

So - who's got a deep dark secret they're just dying to unburden themselves of? Come, now, I'm reasonably certain there must be at least one or two of you out there. There may never again be an opportunity for such perfect honesty. Speaking of -

Gabriel, dearest - how hard are you kicking yourself for accepting this job right about now?

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[Private.]

[you_run_i_chase]

Pretty much everyone aboard this fucking thing.

[Private.]

[always_thewoman]

I'd ask what yours was, but I suppose that would be rude.

[Private.]

[you_run_i_chase]

Only if you're not affected too.

[Private.]

[always_thewoman]

I'm... not entirely sure one way or another.

[Private.]

[you_run_i_chase]

Easy to fix.

Who do you want to have sex with on the barge?

[Private.]

[always_thewoman]

Damon, perhaps Stark or Dresden, although my warden would probably be more useful.

... Damn.

What about you?

[Private.]

[you_run_i_chase]

Jarod.

I've slept with the other people.

Why Damon?

[Private.] This girltalk is almost surreal.

[always_thewoman]

I haven't met Jarod. What's special about him?

Any you'd recommend?

He'd be fun, and we're like-minded enough that it would mean next to nothing.

[Private.] I know, right?

[you_run_i_chase]

I've know him my whole life, mostly. It's complicated.

Paddy is fantastic, Aleera if you've got a taste for violence with your sex and McCoy if he ever comes back.

If you want next to nothing, try Harper. I haven't, but it's just been a lack of timing.

Stark was good, though.

[Private.] I love it, though.

[always_thewoman]

Ah. I've had the dubious fortune of never having to face former acquaintances - at least on the Barge. I can imagine it would be... tricky.

Don't take this the wrong way, but you've certainly... explored what this place has to offer. I'm - well, impressed.

[Private.] Me too!

[you_run_i_chase]

There's nothing wrong with enjoying sex. And in a place this fucked up it's one of the few pleasures left open to us.

[Private.]

[always_thewoman]

I suppose I just... got out of the habit of sex for the sheer pleasure of it. A pity, really, when you think about it.

[Private.]

[you_run_i_chase]

It really is. You should get back into the habit. The warden would get messy though.

[Private.]

[always_thewoman]

It may sound quaint, but I would worry about my reputation - what little it counts for here, anyway. Then again, I've heard the later centuries are decidedly more liberal.

I don't want to sleep with him for his own merits. I just happen to think it would give me the edge in our relationship.

Has that ever happened? Wardens and their inmates?

[Private.]

[you_run_i_chase]

Yes. Kirk slept with Shego during a flood and there was apparently an outcry over it.

And yes, decidedly more liberal. Does that mean you think I'm a slut?

[Private.]

[always_thewoman]

[She rolls her eyes] They're awfully fond of their outcries around here.

No, it means I think we're from very different worlds, and I've yet to shake my own outdated sense of propriety.

After all, I'd have been considered an outright trollop by my day's standards, if I ever stayed in one place long enough for such a name to stick.