12th Frontier [audio // common]

[ecopiracy]

As if things weren't already complicated enough...

[The irritable muttering trails off, then Phoenix speaks up.]

Right. if anyone has seen a pair of goggles - amber lenses, steel trim, leather straps - I'd appreciate their return. I... don't entirely remember when I took them off.

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[nottheaveragekg]

[Before she replies, there's the sound of a running engine. She draws her comm in close, thinking before replying.]

Negative, Captain.

[She doesn't sound nearly as pissed as she did before.]

[ecopiracy]

[Which is more than he had any right to expect, but still. She's referring to him by his title and not by his name. Bad sign, Phoenix.]

...thank you.

[The pause after that is awkward. What else does he say?]

[nottheaveragekg]

If you feel like you need another pair because I'm sure lacking them renders you naked, Deck 12 probably has some. That's where I got mine.

[Oh, look at that. She's being helpful!]

[ecopiracy]

[Helpful with a sharp dash of a reminder that she knows what happened that night. Phoenix is grateful she can't see his flush.]

Ashelin, it wasn't-

[But it was. Damn it, he's notoriously bad about handling situations like these.]

I- Never mind. Thank you, I'll look into it.

[nottheaveragekg]

[That part was totally not intentional, she says. It really was, though.]

I was thinking about getting some bracers for myself.

[Want to go with her?]

[ecopiracy]

[There's a pause, during which he responds to Razer, then he lets out an exasperated sigh.]

It won't be necessary to find another pair. Razer has my goggles, as it turns out.

[Too late, it occurs to him that mentioning Razer's name to Ashelin probably isn't the smartest thing.]

[nottheaveragekg]

[She'll ignore that information for your sake, Phoenix.]

Then you can help me.

[ecopiracy]

{Wait. He'd just slept with someone else, with Razer, in fact, and she was still inviting him to go with her to deck 12? It seems too good to be true that she'd forgive and forget as soon as that. It probably is too good to be true. He's waiting for the other show to drop.]

...when did you want to go?

[nottheaveragekg]

[Don't tempt her, Phoenix.]

When you're free.

[Meaning, when you're not bending under Razer.]

[ecopiracy]

I'll send you a message after I've retrieved my goggles, then.

[This is where Phoenix should be glad that he can't hear Ashelin's thoughts.]

[nottheaveragekg]

That's doable.

[Like Razer, obviously.]

[ecopiracy]

[Phoenix nods.]

Very well, then.

Phoenix out.