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astraymoon

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astraymoon

There were a lot of babies around too. Little kids. And I don't think anyone would, really.

[He shrugs.]

It's fine. And guess it does. World goes on.

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anashthetic

Well, I wasn't talking about those infants, now was I? It's too late to know now irregardless.

From:

astraymoon

Meh.

They would have freaked out about me going down on them any way.

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anashthetic

[Before her ill-used, overworked, very fatigued common sense can kick in and stop her from saying it:] Normally that only happens if you're bad at it.

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astraymoon

I've practiced enough that I'm good at it.

[He sniffs.]

Porn stars wish they had my stamina.

From:

anashthetic

[Ash laughs, bright and amused.]

Shame that you can't put that on your resume, then.

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astraymoon

Too bad I have no idea how to become a porn star.

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anashthetic

Step one: don't live within an almost entirely closed community on an interdimensional ship where everyone knows who's fucking each other and we only get proper fresh air four times a year. A step which we've both already failed, incidentally.

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astraymoon

Well, good thing the only thing I want is drugs, booze, and an exit.

Nothing too extreme. The drugs, still working on.

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anashthetic

Good luck on that. I'd give you an actual hookup if I had one, except the whole 'dead' thing does mean substances only affect me through someone else, so no point.

Have you checked with Hanna Cross? Strange little man, but he should have magical equivalents. [Beat.] And if anyone on this ship might know someone on it with actual non-magical drugs, I suspect it'd be him.

As far as an exit goes... that took me about thirteen months from when I was paired? You'll get there. Just not for a while.

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astraymoon

The best hookup you likely have is your bite. No, I haven't met him, or his wondrous non magical drugs.

[Well, at least he doesn't sound as bad as Malcolm. A werewolf and a therapist. Ick.]

...wait. You're a warden now? I thought they were just, I don't know. Kicking you out or something.

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anashthetic

My bite's not an option, puppy. You ever been bitten, properly bitten, by a vampire before?

...and you don't have to sound so disbelieving.

Edited Date: 2026-04-04 02:24 am (UTC)

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astraymoon

Noooo? I've never met a vampire before you, walking biohazard.

And it's not disbelief. Just...I dunno. Feel like...things changed fast, is all.

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anashthetic

As best you know, you haven't met any. A great deal of us care more about passing for human than I do and are better at it, besides.

[Yeah, he could put his fangs away and simulate the blush of life, but why would he do that?]

If you'd known me when I first arrived here, you'd get it. It's not about redemption, it's about getting me in a position where I'm not liable to burn down my own life at any imagined provocation anymore.

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astraymoon

You mean not everyone wants to be a walking blond gothic?

Well. Makes sense. But if they're also limited to cities and nighttime...I dunno.

And...I mean. It's. It's great. You're. You're...able to leave. Be the bartender you wanted.

So...um. Good for you.

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anashthetic

...I'm not planning on going anywhere permanently for quite some time. Certainly not until Sokie graduates her inmate.

So you're stuck having to tolerate my presence, puppy~

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astraymoon

...oh. Um.

I guess...you would stick around for your girlfriend. You uh...plan to marry her?

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anashthetic

Probably not? I'm not exactly a 'marriage' sort of person, and she and John are already married, besides.

[Has this stopped Ash from wearing a unique ring on each ring finger and no other visible jewelry? No. No it has not. Is one of those sorta-kinda an engagement ring? Depends how you look at it.]

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astraymoon

Soooo...you're not wearing a marriage or engagement ring? I thought you were, baby cakes.

[Aaaaand back to the usual.]

Though I did forget for a second John is married. She's uh. Nice not to come around when I visit.

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anashthetic

What my rings are meant to be is for me to know and for you to wonder.

She's learned to give strays some space. Which is a new development, actually, so good for her.

From:

astraymoon

...your girlfriend a smothering kind of person, I take it?

[Another person to avoid!]

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anashthetic

Not particularly, but back when I almost killed her she's the one who hunted me down to have a talk weeks after the fact by literally grabbing me?

She just gets in her head about things too much; if you tell her to back off, she typically will. There's a reason she graduated months before I did.

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astraymoon

That sounds stupid even to an idiot like me.

[He hums quietly.]

But it sounds like she...kinda knows her limits? Or something? Is she like the...steady rock between you two?