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honestly, the sort of dumb nerdy shit that johnny's be trying ]

how's that working out for you?

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[ What is THAT oh god the peripheral vision interference before he adjusts is wild.

But hey: progress, a response. ]

It's great, actually, I'm collecting so much data it's coming out of my eyes.

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[ it's something to get used to. hey, at least the first text he got didn't contain the words "anal astronaut" because that is definitely something that happened to dutch. ]

that sounds like a problem
unless you're the nerd type who likes that sort of thing

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[ She doesn't know his life, maybe he did. ]

I'm a nerd aficionado. Why, you're just not curious about anything? Or did I connect to a local?

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[ she knows her strengths. if she can punch it or kick it, it's her problem to solve. if it's sciency, it's a nerd's problem. ]

sure i am
and no such luck

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Guess we're in the same boat. Ship.

Hi.

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definitely ship
hi back
who're you?

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Jim Kirk. I work for Starfleet. You?

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never heard of it
dutch
i work for the rac

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Never heard of that, either. Guess we're all out of a job now anyway.

Nice to meet you via text in my brain, Dutch.

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[ johnny's told her more than once that they don't have to stay in the quad, that they can run away and never look back. she's told him the same.

they've never run. she doesn't like that now she's somewhere else, that she didn't get a say in it.

(it's fine. johnny'll figure something out on his end. some nerd will figure something out here. all dutch has to do is stay alive and keep the nerds alive until then, probably. totally fine.) ]

guess we are
what was yours with starfleet, anyway

yeah, that's still weird

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I captain a starship, we're primarily about exploration and humanitarian aid, and we function as the Federation's military in emergencies. What's The Rac? Why did my brain type it like that

[ He should probably reel it in with mentioning Starfleet to everyone, but on the other hand, he's supposed to identify himself, as a senior officer. And while he might say he's out of a job - this is still exploration. ]

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how big a ship?
rac's short for reclamation apprehension coalition
somewhere between law enforcement, bounty hunters and mercenaries
rac agents operate in almost all star systems of the j cluster, but my ship docks in the quad

but if i've never heard of your federation and you've never heard of the rac
i'm guessing that tells you shit all

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We usually run light at around 400 crew. She's meant for long hauls in unexplored space.

It tells me space is still big, at least.

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so this one's small to you?
it's a lot bigger than lucy. the danaë, not space. space is obviously bigger

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It's killing me not to make a size joke

But not really, the Danaë is plenty impressive and probably manages to be the average size of a good research vessel where I'm from. There aren't many cruising small towns like I was running.

Lucy's your ship?

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don't let me stop you, starfleet

yeah, she is

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- Most phallic objects hurtling through space at unfathomable speeds are small to me
- Yes, my ship is absolutely the biggest
- In truth I'm only used to my own enormous proportions
- No actually I couldn't fit any of these spacecraft into my pants
- Is the AI compensating for something
- You should see my dick

Mine's the Enterprise. I think I like Lucy better. I didn't mean to send that last one, that was extremely rude of me, my brain is typing?

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[ well, she laughed ]

to all of the above: i've seen bigger
probably
won't know for sure until i actually see your dick

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I gotta stop finding those jokes so funny, I'm setting myself up to be one.

But hey, time and place.

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there are worse things you could be

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What's worse than a joke dick making dick jokes?

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you could just be a dick

[ . . . you could be an assassin. you could be a bad person. a killer. those things are all worse.

but she doesn't want to ruin the mood that summarily ]

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I dunno, most of my best friends are dicks.

I guess death is worse, technically.

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the jerk kind of dick?

yeah
guess it would be