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[no_comb_shep]

Sheppard has had a long, stressful, man-sized, man-eating bug-filled day. Which would be why, after stepping into Milliways and being mildly surprised at the fact that he's in Milliways yet again, he heads over to the bar and orders a beer

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[captainryan]

Sheppard may notice the man that is now hacking and coughing, both hands pressed over his nose and mouth.

Somebody just caught a face full of bug repellent.

[no_comb_shep]

Sheppard looks up at the hacking a coughing, raising an eyebrow. "...Yeah, you probably don't want to breathe too deeply around this stuff. Not when it's just been sprayed, anyway."

[captainryan]

"Why didn't you do that outside?" Ryan snarls angrily. Or he would if he could, you know, breathe. Instead it comes out all gasped and wheezy. Thoughtfully, Bar provides a handkerchief, which he gratefully snatches up and presses over his nose and mouth.

[no_comb_shep]

"I was kinda going with the whole 'be prepared' train of thought." If he's learned anything today, it's that giant bugs can be found inside a hell of a lot more often than outside. "Had a problem with some bugs today."

[captainryan]

Dammit, he can't get the scent out of his nose. It's clogging up everything and he's having a difficult time getting Sheppard's scent.

Possibly, this is a very good thing for Sheppard.

"And that requires you to subject the entire bar to death by insect repellent?" That rumbling is totally a side effect of his speech being muffled due to the handkerchief.

[no_comb_shep]

"Well, seeing how I know the creator of the bugs we had to deal with today likes to show up here...I figure if he brought any of them here, the fumes'll keep 'em away from everybody in general."

He's an altruist. Really.

[captainryan]

Ryan glares at him, showing teeth. Not that Sheppard can tell, since he still has his mouth covered.

"Did it not occur to you to simply inform Security?" he asks the incompetent moron of an American.

[no_comb_shep]

"I probably should, now that you mention it," Sheppard says, frowning and glancing around. It hadn't occured to him-he's too used to just jumping in and dealing with problems of the man-eating sort on his own or with his team.

[captainryan]

Ryan is completely and utterly unimpressed by Sheppard, as demonstrated by the flat look he's receiving.

"Charming. Once you've completed that, you can step outside." Huh. That kind of sounds like an order.

[no_comb_shep]

Sheppard raises an eyebrow a bit at the look. "Would it help if I sprayed some air freshner?"

Just what everybody needs to breathe in-chemical floral reek mixed with insect repellent reek.

[captainryan]

Ryan arches an eyebrow of his own. "No," he says sternly, annunciating each syllable. "More chemical smells would not mask the repellent, there would simply be more chemical smells."

[no_comb_shep]

"Not big on better living through chemistry, huh?"

[captainryan]

"I have a highly developed sense of smell, Colonel," he answers stiffly. He may not be in uniform, but he still recognizes one. "Naturally occurring scents are preferred, and nether insect repellent nor air freshener are natural."

[no_comb_shep]

"Can't argue that logic," he admits. But then he raises an eyebrow. "So, are you human and just got kinda lucky with the nose thing, or...?"

Even without the influence Milliways, Sheppard has come to figure out that somebody that looks human-ish might not in fact be completely (or at all) human.

[captainryan]

"Werewolf," Ryan says flatly, arching an eyebrow.

[no_comb_shep]

"The 'gets a little hairier around the full moon' type, or the type that actually turns into a wolf?"