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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:48 am
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Thinking that Aria was planning to refill their glasses or had decided that the both of them were plenty drunk for the night, Jas handed over her glass fairly easily. What Aria did next was unexpected. Pleasant, but unexpected and a conflicted Jas hesitated for a second before kissing back. On one hand, she liked Aria quite a lot and had been attracted to her for a long time. On the other, Jas was of the opinion that it was one of her many responsibilities to her crew not to be too involved with Aria. There were so many things that could go wrong if she got as involved with Aria as she would have liked. In the end, Aria's soft lips on hers tipped the balance and Jas found her fingers trailing down the curve of the Companion's jaw as she kissed her friend.
"Since I don't play strip poker, we'll never find out, will we, doc?" Jaden grinned again before taking another drink and slipping the cards into hir hand. "But if you do play strip poker with Cap, make sure that you're also playing with Aria. Cap's not so good at bluffing to start with when you get to know her, but when Aria's around she's even worse."
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:58 am
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:08 am
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:22 am
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Aria smiled and shifted, sliding into Jas' lap for the second time that day. This time she was facing Jas, legs on either side of her hips. At least it wasn't immediate refusal. The companion wasn't used to being refused and she didn't want to know what would happen if she had been. She caught up Jas' hands and placed them on her own hips, then took a deep breath.
"Jaswinder, I think I want to just be your first mate. If my sister gets married... I can't be what they want me to be, same as you can't be what your father wants you to be. But I want more than that, I want this."
She reached up, carefully cupping Jas' face in her hands. Was she saying it all right? Aria wasn't sure, she wasn't usually this nervous or scared when she was speaking her mind.
"Wait. What?" So, when she wasn't drunk, Fayra sometimes had a hard time following the trails of thought Jaden went down. She wasn't sure if it was because ze tried to confuse her of if ze was just abnormal. Drunk, Jaden just seemed to make connections she wasn't getting.
She accepted her cards and put them in her hand, not quite having enough for a full set.
"But... um... I don't really want to play strip poker with the captain."
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:35 am
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:44 am
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 1:55 am
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:14 am
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This time Aria flushed, trying to remind herself that Jas was drunk and that she didn't mean to actually imply that she was trying to charge her for a date. She bit off a sarcastic retort before it could make it past her lips.
"I'm not moving until we get this figure out you know. I had originally intended to get you drunk and then take advantage of you," Aria admitted as she lifted a hand to brush a pale blonde strand of hair from Jas' face.
She didn't want to think about if they didn't work out. From Aria's point of view, this was something that would explode eventually.
"I want to stay, more than... than anything. Jaswinder, I want to be here, I have to be able to fly to that next star. So... if we don't work... As long as you would let me stay, I'll fly this wreck."
Flipping through her cards, Fayra was still trying to work out how that worked and her blush wasn't going away. With a little clear of her throat, she gave the cards in her hand a firm, serious stare. What was she supposed to ask for? Jaden had taken her aces (but didn't they need... to have...) so she should as for (was Jas the "man" or the "woman"?) threes. Didn't she have threes?
"Seven!" Fayra blurted out, surprising herself. "Um... do you have a seven?"
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:25 am
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:40 am
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Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 2:49 am
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 1:40 am
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Aria looked rather like a weight had been lifted off her. It was one thing to make things complicated for Jas, but she didn't know what she would do if Jas had drawn the line at this. She was right, even if Aria didn't really want to admit it (especially out loud), that if things didn't work out... it would make things awkward. Right now, drunk and rather... distracted by Jas, she wanted to think she would stay.
She shifted her weight and sat so her legs were across Jas' lap instead of her butt, and reached for the bottle of brandy. Her training as a companion was screaming at her to no longer ignore the captain's desire for more alcohol. She poured a generous glass, placing it in Jas' hand. True, she wasn't ON Jas' lap anymore, but her skirt was half-way up her legs due to gravity.
Fayra glared at her cards, trying to figure out just how that would work. Medically. She could see how Jas would be attracted to Aria or other girls. Jas reminded her more of the gentlemen she'd grown up around than the ladies. But medically... neither of them had the right parts.
"Go Fish." She announced suddenly.
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Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:10 am
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Aria's nose. That was a nice, safe, not completely distracting thing to keep her eyes on Jas decided as Aria shifted to reach for the bottle of brandy. Right now, even her own lap was horribly distracting and could possibly be taken the wrong way given the way Aria's skirt was riding up her legs, revealing toned legs and soft, creamy touchabl--Nose. Aria's nose was a good place to keep her eyes and Jas kept her gaze on it as she accepted the glass of brandy from Aria.
On one hand, the brandy was excellent and the company wonderful. On the other, perhaps this last glass of brandy was not the best of ideas since she was already fairly drunk. Jas took a sip and savored the flavor while thinking. Perhaps, not the whole glass. Surely Aria would share it with her instead of needing to pour another.
"Share this with me?" The tall blonde asked, gesturing carefully with the glass.
Jaden reached for the pile of cards in the middle of the table and shoved hir new card into hir hand. Ze tossed a set onto the table and took another drink. The doctor seemed rather intent on the game and was even glaring at her cards, which Jaden found odd. They were playing a game of Go Fish with no stakes just to pass the time. Perhaps the doctor was a very competitive person? It hadn't seemed like it before.
"Doc, glaring at your cards ain't going to make the ones you need pop up any faster." Jaden pointed out.
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:39 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:00 am
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If it was at all possible, the tall blonde flushed an even brighter red as Aria's fingers wrapped around her hand and the glass before meeting her eyes. There was something about that smile and Aria's eyes that drove all but the most inane conversation topics she had learned long ago out of her head. And her hands...No, it was her touch. Reaching out with the hand not holding the glass, Jas caught Aria's hand in her own. Then, as if astonished by her own actions, she stared at their hands and for a moment panic showed in her eyes. However, instead of letting go, the captain simply took another sip from her glass.
"How wouldn't it, doc?" Jaden asked as ze hunted through hir hand of cards for the twos. Had there been twos in hir hand? "Far as my understanding of things go, romantic relationships might have gender roles, but they're not only doable by one sex. And these days sex ain't just about having babies. Hell, if some folk are to be believed, it's mostly about having fun and if you can have that kinda fun by yourself, you can have that kinda fun with someone you're attracted to, no matter what bits they've got. And they make things to fix that missing bits problem, anyway."
There was a pause and Jaden looked up from hir cards. "What, doc, you lookin' for a demo or something?"
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