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[jedimindkink]

[ Oh dear. That's rather a grumpy face on the other end of the feed. It's the face of a telepath with a pounding headache - not nearly as bad as he would have imagined, given the circumstances, but still rather bothersome, all the same. There is a great deal of exasperation in his voice as he speaks, as if he's a parent reprimanding an errant child

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[zouichi]

I hope you're not planning on waltzing around in your underwear.

[jedimindkink]

I most certainly am if this- [ he points to something nearby, presumably the jumpsuit ] -is the only other option I have.

[zouichi]

Is it really that awful? I mean, it's just a jumpsuit. At least it's not alive.

[Because that happened. The living clothes thing.]

[jedimindkink]

Oh, I wouldn't put it past this place to attempt a mass murder via jumpsuit strangulation. This entire situation isn't nearly strange enough as it is.

[zouichi]

Homicide by jumpsuit? That's a new one. Have you considered that everything else might be trying to kill you, and your jumpsuit is your only friend?

[jedimindkink]

[ Oxford almost seems to give this some thought, but nope. ]

I'm quite alright with trusting nothing but my own instincts, for the time being.

[zouichi]

[Did Oxford really just consider that idea]

Well, now I'm curious. Have you decided on a quarantine period for the suit?

[jedimindkink]

[ only very ironically ]

Indefinite, until it gives me a solid reason for giving it the benefit of the doubt.

[zouichi]

It's going to be hard for a piece of clothing to prove its trustworthiness to you.

[jedimindkink]

Not if it's alive.

[ He's being difficult just for the sake of it. ]

[zouichi]

That's a pretty big 'if'. Well, I guess if your jumpsuit ever gives birth, you'll have your answer.

[jedimindkink]

You suggested the possibility. [ He raises a brow. ] If there are little jumpsuit children, though, I will assume someone has been spiking the water here with some imaginative form of space hallucinogens.

[zouichi]

Well, on my last ship, the suits were alive. But you could tell they were. Because they breathed.

[jedimindkink]

[ ... ]

I beg your pardon?

[zouichi]

They were living organisms.

[Was there something wrong with the connection?]

[jedimindkink]

[ Well. ]

I didn't think you were being serious about the whole "alive" matter.