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[astraymoon]

 

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[atowncalledtreffy]

No, you really don't. In fact, no one does. I've known people who didn't work at this post for goddamn years and didn't get in any trouble.

You're not getting paid. You didn't accept this, you were goddamn kidnapped. This is slave labor. Sure, it's nice not to wallow in filth, but there's no stick to this carrot. If I trash the ship, they're not going to kick me off it.

CW: death mention

[astraymoon]

Technically it's corpse stealing.

Because I died. I died, in pain, terrified, having betrayed someone who was finally, finally giving me some grace. Some kindness. It was an accident, how I died.

But he saw. It was- I think? I think it was quick.

A little scrubbing here and there won't kill me. Getting rejected again and getting no resources? Would.

Re: CW: death mention

[atowncalledtreffy]

Okay. That I get.

But he's not going to reject you for not washing the floors every two days. Don't go freaking yourself out over that.

[astraymoon]

I don't wash the floors every two days.

I rotate, thank you very much. Plus I clean other parts of the ship.

Like the bookshelves. And I try wiping down the Greenhouse windows. And wipe down the dining hall tables...

[atowncalledtreffy]

I’m going to sit on you if you don’t knock it off.

[astraymoon]

Y'know, normally it wouldn't be a problem for me to keep cleaning and carry you one handed.

Like a baby.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Oh, you want to try? I’ve got about fifty pounds of muscle on you and that’s not even counting the weaponry.

[astraymoon]

More like sixty, even seventy these days.

What the hell weapons do you carry anyways? I just remember the sword.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Do you want a full inventory or just what I have on me on a regular day?

[astraymoon]

Regular. I want to know what I'm dealing with for this big bad Trevor pushup.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Leather armor - bracers, back and front, boots, and around my groin to protect the femoral artery. And the cape, which is a full ten pounds by itself. Used to be Dracula’s, it’s a beast to haul around but it repels knives and swords.

Two whips, one of them a solid chain. It actually acts more like a flail.

I’ve got about a dozen throwing knives. My lighter, came from a friend. A short sword, and my little light sword.

[astraymoon]

Light sword...

Wait. Wait a fucking mintue.

Don't tell me you got yourself a real light saber.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Yeah, I think that’s what it’s called. Sorry, saber. Light saber.

Why, is it rare?

[astraymoon]

Kinda, yeah! Especially if it's like- a Jedi light saber!

What color is it, when you get it to do its thing?

[atowncalledtreffy]

Like a purple, pinkish thing, why?

[astraymoon]

Because it's cool.

Can I hold it?

[atowncalledtreffy]

Yeah, you can hold it.

[astraymoon]

Fuck yeah!

This isn't gonna stop me from cleaning but cool stuff is still cool!

[atowncalledtreffy]

Ohhhh. Shouldn’t have said that.

All right. I’ll make a deal with you. You take a weekend off every five days and I’ll let you hold the light sword whenever you want.

[astraymoon]

Dude, come on.

At least call it a saber? Say-ber.

[atowncalledtreffy]

I know what a saber is! For fuck’s sake.

In fact, I know the difference between a sword and a saber and I’m betting you don’t. So don’t tell me what this is.

[astraymoon]

A sword...well that there is something that could be used with stone, metal or even shark teeth, usually tried to be made straight, all over Earth. Generally the make is one side is sharp. But can be be double edged, in various sizes.

Now a saber, that is a calvary sword, typically curved, and called that because it was suited for fighting on horseback.

Smart-ass.

[atowncalledtreffy]

Okay, you do know what a saber is.

But do you know where it comes from?

[astraymoon]

Which kind, and what decades? Oh, and country.

American sabers are different from the French. Or you mean like grand daddy saber?

[atowncalledtreffy]

Who the fuck are you, a furrier version of me?