nothing polite about it, usually, but yeah, sometimes. when there's doubt, yeah
i'm leaving the kids on the ship, but that's because they can't hold their liquor, not because they can't be trusted hanging around on strange planets that have barely discovered space travel
[ "the kids", like they aren't trained rac agents -- but the truth is that dutch is their leader and responsible for them and anything she gets them into, she'll get them out of, but they're not team awesomeforce, they're not hers the way johnny and d'avin and the rest of them were.
hey, the planet might be strange as hell but they did discover spaceflight a whole like 60 years ago.
[ which probably pales in comparison to the rest of the universe, but he can't help but stick up for earth just a little, teasingly. ]
guessing that's a hint that you can hold your liquor? i'm not trying to be an obnoxious showoff about this, either, but fair warning i'm an expensive drunk. enhanced metabolism.
although the rounds are on me, since i'm guessing you don't have local currency.
[ not. impressed. not that dutch has any right to take pride in spaceflight when she barely knows how a ship even functions. but hey, that's what nerds are for. and ship ais. ]
intriguing. but i think i can hold my own, yeah.
and you'd be buying even if i had what passes for joy around here. but i don't, so you're definitely buying. [ joy, of course, being the currency in the quad. ]
fair point. it's not like i've even been to space, so not sure why i'm even trying to argue it. [ answer: because bucky is a little shit and being contrary is his way of being friendly. ]
you're dutch, right? was kind of hard to hear the names between all the yelling.
[ and even after all these years, there's still a ghost of the polite midcentury boy there, a metaphorical tip of the hat: yes, ma'am. but then, a second later, although he should really get started on finding that dive bar and sending her directions, the curiosity gets the better of him first: ]
depends whether you mean in actual space or if planets count because pree's bar in old town, hands down, but that's planetside
i don't really care about space all that much one way or the other guy i know, johnny, now he's ready to cream his pants every time there's an asteroid, but that's not me
planets totally count. i've never been to another planet.
which means i guess i might be more in your pal johnny's camp about asteroids, but if i'm ever out there, i'll try to maintain my dignity
what's good about pree's bar? maybe i can try to find somewhere similar here
[ he is, secretly, a nerd. he's trying to play it cool but of course he would lose it over spaceโ even normal commercial airflight had been a relative novelty in his day. ]
if you make it worth my while, maybe i'll let you tag along for a little joyride to the nearest asteroid field might even give you a moment of privacy, if you need it real bad
[ dignity, what dignity? ]
i drink for free at pree's and i know the joint
[ it used to be something akin to home, as close to the notion as dutch knew how to let herself come. ]
[ she is and isn't and this probably isn't fair, but dutch wasn't raised to be fair. (she was raised to be a weapon, a killer, the kind of person who'd survive the transition to hullen, but that's neither here nor there.) ]
[ had he stolen a moment, during the whole 'oh dear fucking god an alien is trying to eat my face' chaos, to still pause and admire how the newcomer handled herself in a fight? yep. sure did. ]
it's the name of a country here on this planet. the people from it are dutch. i keep thinking it means you're from there somehow, but obviously that makes literally no sense
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i'm leaving the kids on the ship, but that's because they can't hold their liquor, not because they can't be trusted hanging around on strange planets that have barely discovered space travel
[ "the kids", like they aren't trained rac agents -- but the truth is that dutch is their leader and responsible for them and anything she gets them into, she'll get them out of, but they're not team awesomeforce, they're not hers the way johnny and d'avin and the rest of them were.
and she really wants that drink. ]
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[ which probably pales in comparison to the rest of the universe, but he can't help but stick up for earth just a little, teasingly. ]
guessing that's a hint that you can hold your liquor?
i'm not trying to be an obnoxious showoff about this, either, but fair warning i'm an expensive drunk. enhanced metabolism.
although the rounds are on me, since i'm guessing you don't have local currency.
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[ not. impressed. not that dutch has any right to take pride in spaceflight when she barely knows how a ship even functions. but hey, that's what nerds are for. and ship ais. ]
intriguing. but i think i can hold my own, yeah.
and you'd be buying even if i had what passes for joy around here. but i don't, so you're definitely buying. [ joy, of course, being the currency in the quad. ]
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you're dutch, right? was kind of hard to hear the names between all the yelling.
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yeah, i'm dutch
some bits of space are cooler than others
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[ and even after all these years, there's still a ghost of the polite midcentury boy there, a metaphorical tip of the hat: yes, ma'am. but then, a second later, although he should really get started on finding that dive bar and sending her directions, the curiosity gets the better of him first: ]
you got a favorite place in space?
[ what a weird question. what a weird life. ]
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because pree's bar in old town, hands down, but that's planetside
i don't really care about space all that much one way or the other
guy i know, johnny, now he's ready to cream his pants every time there's an asteroid, but that's not me
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which means i guess i might be more in your pal johnny's camp about asteroids, but if i'm ever out there, i'll try to maintain my dignity
what's good about pree's bar? maybe i can try to find somewhere similar here
[ he is, secretly, a nerd. he's trying to play it cool but of course he would lose it over spaceโ even normal commercial airflight had been a relative novelty in his day. ]
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might even give you a moment of privacy, if you need it real bad
[ dignity, what dignity? ]
i drink for free at pree's
and i know the joint
[ it used to be something akin to home, as close to the notion as dutch knew how to let herself come. ]
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i'm easy
[ she is and isn't and this probably isn't fair, but dutch wasn't raised to be fair. (she was raised to be a weapon, a killer, the kind of person who'd survive the transition to hullen, but that's neither here nor there.) ]
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[ yep, that's 100% her take-away here ]
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[ had he stolen a moment, during the whole 'oh dear fucking god an alien is trying to eat my face' chaos, to still pause and admire how the newcomer handled herself in a fight? yep. sure did. ]
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you weren't too bad yourself, sugarpants
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i give you "badass", and you give me "sugarpants"
[ he acts affronted, but he's amused. ]
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trying to get used to it, honey...tits?
[ -- nevermind that sounds terrible ]
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where does 'dutch' come from, anyway? is it a nickname? i'm assuming you're not actually from the netherlands
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[ and then there's a brief pause, ... appearing and disappearing while dutch decides how much she wants to tell him. ]
what's the netherlands? [ and she could leave it at that, but - might as well. ] short for duchess.
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and wait, you're a space duchess?
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and no, i'm not a space duchess
[ is she going to say it? she's going to say it. ]
i'm actually a space queen
or i was
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are you shitting me
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[ he should feel honoured; she doesn't share bits of her past with just anyone ]
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