| A Hope for a Ship | ||
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| Summary: Alexa and Violet make plans for the future. Of course they're going to try to get their own ship later!     |
Violet slowly sits back upright. "Heya, hon..." She proceeds to lean her side into Alexa's, flopping her head on the other woman's shoulder in the process. "Good news and bad news. Good news is they took me off that paperwork. Bad news is it's because I screwed something up, and now I'm on a monitoring station." Alexa smiles a little, kissing Violet on the top of the head. "I'd rather do that than paperwork anyday, darlin'." Violet says, "...It's ensign-grade work. They're doing to me as punishment. I know it, they know I know it. I'm sick of being on the ground." She sighs, rubbing her head slightly on Alexa's shoulder before sitting back upright. "Screwing up ain't gonna help me." Alexa thinks a moment, then hops off the barstool, slipping her arms around Violet and kissing her cheek. "Y'know, they're idiots. You got passion, drive, an' too much damned talent, they can't handle it, I bet." She smiles a little. "Maybe, instead a' me joinin with you, I'll get me a ship an' you can ride with me anytime you want." Violet laughs lightly at the kiss to her cheek. That nervous laughter shows up at random times, really. "I appreciate it, but I'm not just gonna abandon the fleet over a few weeks of stumbling. I mean, it's not like they can just pull a ship out of their ass to throw at me." She shrugs at that. "I'm gonna have to be patient and... try not to screw up again." Alexa smirks, spinning the bar stool so Violet is facing her and puts her arms around her waist, kissing her softly on the lips. "I ain't sayin' leave the fleet, beautiful. I'm sayin' we have adventures of our own. Go into the black whenever we want, well.. on your days off." Violet says, "Mmm!" in a bit of surprise at the kiss, but recovers soon enough, returning the kiss with another quick one. "That... actually sounds fun..." She then frowns a slight. "...Assuming I can get that much free time, that is. I've got two people also trying to train my unarmed skills back up to where they used to be, one of them also wanting me to help her find stuff out in the badlands... Huh. I might have a full plate coming up..." Alexa blushes a little at the return kiss, and smiles. "I'd help, but I'm a better shot than a hand ta hand combatter. I can hold my own in a bar brawl." She still holds Violet close. "So, I'll go out and find a ship. Somehow. An' when you're on it, you're in charge of it with me, darlin'." Violet says, "Well, you never know what we might find out in the badlands. Might just find a little freighter to call our own. Might just find a battlecruiser." She pauses, tilting her head with a frown. "I mean, it's a really, really long shot to actually find what you want out there, but it can happen." Alexa grins. "Call our own, huh? I love the sound of that." She leans in for another kiss, letting this one linger a moment before pulling back. "I don't care if we get a little two person vessel. S'long as I share it with you." Violet finally puts her arms around Alexa's waist as this latest kiss lingers on for a moment. "Hell, I think I'd prefer a two person crew for this than a whole mess of people." She turns slightly towards the doorway, her arm moving from Alexa's waist motion out to the world beyond. "Just the two of us against the galaxy! No need for third or fourth wheels, right?" She laughs slightly. Alexa chuckles. "It'd be a dream darlin', explorin' the 'Verse with you." She leans her head on Violet's shoulder. "You'd have the most devoted pilot ever." Violet looks down at Alexa's head on her shoulder, a look of bliss on her face. "Don't I know it. Hey, I'm liking this idea more and more! Even when I do get a real assignment-" Sounds like Violet's getting a bit optimistic about this. "-I say we should go get ourselves a little thirty meter or so ship for the two of us!" Alexa just smiles and sighs happily, snuggling close. "We'll figure out the perfect one for us, darlin'. Somethin' we can explore with when you're off duty. Maybe live on permanent like." Violet says, "Oh, totally! We can convert a cargo hold into a proper apartment, keep another for any loot we might find out there! Outfit it with guns, shields, hype up the engines!" She giggle slightly, planning way too much for not even having anything to work from yet." Violet and Alexa are seated at the bar, facing the doorway. Violet has one arm around Alexa's waist and is motioning fairly wildly with the other. Alexa laughs. "Calm down darlin'... ship first, plans after. And you can configure it any way you want." She smiles at Violet. "And there's that passion again." Skeeve appears, with Ari in tow, in that patented burst of purple smoke. "I'm telling you. Like fifty percent, at the most." Ari shakes her head. "65 at least." Violet laughs again. "Right, right, right. Ship first, and that's a bit of a ways off, too... Ari! Skeeve! Oh my god, I've not seen the two of you in like, a week!" Alexa smiles at Violet, kissing her on the cheek before turning to the new arrivals, nodding politely. "Evenin' folks." Skeeve rolls his eyes a little bit at Ari's assertion, even as he leads her up to the bar. He offers a wave to Violet and Alexa. "Well, hey there, you two lovebirds. We've been a little out of touch the past week or so." Leaning against the bar, he asks, "We're not interrupting anything, are we?" Ari grins at Violet. "To be fair, I was stuck in a vat of goo for a week and why are you two so close OH MY GOD ARE YOU OFFICIALLY DATING I DIDN'T GET TO HEAR ANY DETAILS!!!" Violet seems to take the kiss to her cheek in stride, though she can't help but grin at the other two. "Not really, no. Just talking about something we'd wanna do in the future." Already talking about the future, at that! "Yup!" she says to Ari, but the she frowns. "Why were you stuck in a vat of goo?" Alexa grins at Violet, then winces at Ari's... enthusiasm. She looks at Skeeve. "Is your lady always like that?" Ari wrinkles her nose. "I'm happy for my friend. Nothing wrong with that." She smiles "As long as I get an invite to the wedding. Never been to one." she winks. Skeeve chuckles a little bit at that, snatching up a menu. He doesn't know why, he always gets the same damn thing, but it's part of the process. Laughing, he says, "Yeah, she pretty much is. Part of her charm. How's it going, Alexa?" Violet wrinkles her nose slightly at the mention of weddings. The last one she was involved in she was miserable at. "Well, that'd be a while yet, we've barely known each other more than a week." She then glances over at a clock on the wall and sighs, extracting herself from Alexa's hold as she stands up. "Well, they've got me on monitoring duty pretty early tomorrow... so I'd better head home to sleep now." Alexa nods at Violet, kissing her cheek. "Sleep well, darlin'. Dream of small ships." she grins, then turns to Ari. "Tell ya what, when I propose to her, you'll be first to know. But it will be a while, so I wouldn't reckon on holdin' your breath. Skeeve likewise wrinkles his nose a little. Every wedding he's ever been involved in has been a gigantic gongshow for one reason or another. He waves a little bit at Violet. "Get some rest, Vi. Glad to hear everything's going well." Ari pouts. "I'm never gonna get to go to a wedding." She waves at Violet. "Have a good night! Still want details!" | |
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