Jack looked up from across the room at the sound of Traynor's frustrated cry. "What's the matter?" she laughed. "Your calculator stop putting out?"
"You!" said Traynor. "This is all your fault! You explain what 69 is to these poor aliens before I die of awkwardness."
Samara and Tali looked over to Jack expectantly.
Jack tilted her head thoughtfully. "It's...23 times 3 isn't it?" Traynor attempted an intimidating glower and Jack snickered, then held up her hands. "See this?" She held her fingers straight up then bent her thumb and first finger into a circle. "This is a person. Looks kind of like a six, right?"
"Yes. Although it doesn't look much like a human," said Samara "Perhaps a volus..."
"Yeah, whatever, I didn't make it up. Anyway, here's another little 6." She held up her other hand, then banged the two together. "Now look, they're kissing, aww! And now they're having sex!" She stuck out her tongue in enthusiasm, as the two finger people rubbed up against each other. "And then...." she tilted one hand upside down, "Sixty nine!"
"Ohhhh," said Tali and Samara simultaneously.
"...thanks," said Traynor.
"It's cool," said Jack. "It's the looks on their little faces that make teaching worth while."
She stretched out her arms and fingers, then yawned. "Anyway, I gotta go home and sleep. Getting too old to stay up explaining maths all night."
"I might go as well," said Samara. "But thank you for the conversation, it was most illuminating."
"What, you asari don't have a name for it? I thought you guys invented weird sex like a million years ago."
"Oh, it has a name," said Samara. "But not, as far as I am aware, a number. Anyway, this is a discussion for another time."
"Sure, whatever," said Jack.
Tali and Traynor sat in silence for a little while once the others had gone. Shepard was down on the ground floor somewhere cleaning up. It really was time to go, but Tali couldn't quite bring herself to leave.
"I'm...sorry if I embarrassed you before," said Tali. "I shouldn't have kept bugging you once I realised you were feeling uncomfortable."
"Nooooo, it's fine," said Traynor, her head lolling backwards and her eyes closed. "Probably should have just offered to show you."
Tali coughed in surprise.
"I mean...with my fingers!" said Traynor.
Tali giggled. "Sounds good to me," she said, feeling bold.
Traynor lifted her head and stared at her but of course Tali's helmet gave away nothing.
"Waaaaaiiiit....are you...flirting with me?" asked Traynor. "Sorry to ask, but I'm not very good at judging at the best of times, and right now you're drunk and I'm an alien so...I mean...um. Yeah."
"...yeah," said Tali, barely managing not to squeak. "Um. Maybe. If you don't mind." Traynor really was lovely, and this was probably the best chance Tali would get. And if she was shot down in flames, well, Traynor might not even remember in the morning.
Traynor sat up and gave her an adorable smile. "Mind? Why do you think I started the element guessing game in the first place? That's, like...classic nerd flirtation. Next step I offer to play chess in your quarters, and then I, uh...I hadn't figured out the step after that. But it was going to be really sexy."
"I like the sound of that," said Tali, looking at her fingers self consciously. "And after chess...uh...maybe you could show me more about numbers."
Traynor laughed, and grinned. "It would be my pleasure. Like Jack said, teaching is it's own reward."
"You!" said Traynor. "This is all your fault! You explain what 69 is to these poor aliens before I die of awkwardness."
Samara and Tali looked over to Jack expectantly.
Jack tilted her head thoughtfully. "It's...23 times 3 isn't it?" Traynor attempted an intimidating glower and Jack snickered, then held up her hands. "See this?" She held her fingers straight up then bent her thumb and first finger into a circle. "This is a person. Looks kind of like a six, right?"
"Yes. Although it doesn't look much like a human," said Samara "Perhaps a volus..."
"Yeah, whatever, I didn't make it up. Anyway, here's another little 6." She held up her other hand, then banged the two together. "Now look, they're kissing, aww! And now they're having sex!" She stuck out her tongue in enthusiasm, as the two finger people rubbed up against each other. "And then...." she tilted one hand upside down, "Sixty nine!"
"Ohhhh," said Tali and Samara simultaneously.
"...thanks," said Traynor.
"It's cool," said Jack. "It's the looks on their little faces that make teaching worth while."
She stretched out her arms and fingers, then yawned. "Anyway, I gotta go home and sleep. Getting too old to stay up explaining maths all night."
"I might go as well," said Samara. "But thank you for the conversation, it was most illuminating."
"What, you asari don't have a name for it? I thought you guys invented weird sex like a million years ago."
"Oh, it has a name," said Samara. "But not, as far as I am aware, a number. Anyway, this is a discussion for another time."
"Sure, whatever," said Jack.
Tali and Traynor sat in silence for a little while once the others had gone. Shepard was down on the ground floor somewhere cleaning up. It really was time to go, but Tali couldn't quite bring herself to leave.
"I'm...sorry if I embarrassed you before," said Tali. "I shouldn't have kept bugging you once I realised you were feeling uncomfortable."
"Nooooo, it's fine," said Traynor, her head lolling backwards and her eyes closed. "Probably should have just offered to show you."
Tali coughed in surprise.
"I mean...with my fingers!" said Traynor.
Tali giggled. "Sounds good to me," she said, feeling bold.
Traynor lifted her head and stared at her but of course Tali's helmet gave away nothing.
"Waaaaaiiiit....are you...flirting with me?" asked Traynor. "Sorry to ask, but I'm not very good at judging at the best of times, and right now you're drunk and I'm an alien so...I mean...um. Yeah."
"...yeah," said Tali, barely managing not to squeak. "Um. Maybe. If you don't mind." Traynor really was lovely, and this was probably the best chance Tali would get. And if she was shot down in flames, well, Traynor might not even remember in the morning.
Traynor sat up and gave her an adorable smile. "Mind? Why do you think I started the element guessing game in the first place? That's, like...classic nerd flirtation. Next step I offer to play chess in your quarters, and then I, uh...I hadn't figured out the step after that. But it was going to be really sexy."
"I like the sound of that," said Tali, looking at her fingers self consciously. "And after chess...uh...maybe you could show me more about numbers."
Traynor laughed, and grinned. "It would be my pleasure. Like Jack said, teaching is it's own reward."
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"It's cool," said Jack. "It's the looks on their little faces that make teaching worth while."
Thanks so much, anon!
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