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[deshabille]

Who: Mal and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide!
Action: The Marsiva
When: Right meow (November 8)

Is everyone having fun?

[You know . . . if her expression were any different, that would sound absolutely sarcastic and pretty condescending. But she's positively beaming. Gleeful. Mal is having a great few weeks.]

It's more fun on the ships, I have to admit, but everyone's minds are so interesting. People can look almost exactly the same on the outside and be absolutely distinctive on the inside. [And she thinks that's beautiful.]

Also, a question - most of these videos and things are from Earth, yes? Well, I'm not, so someone ought to tell me where to start. My requirements thus far are: no folk music, no Taylor Swift.

[A beat. She frowns.]

No romance unless there's also a lot of punching. [Or you're Cassandra. The only exception.]

Comments

[nextlineis]

Is that what we're calling it now?

[deshabille]

That is exactly what we are calling it, and what we have always called it.

[nextlineis]

That's news to me.

[Okay, but Joseph. Joseph. You just figured out she's a vampire not too long ago because she told you. Maybe that's not the best comeback.]

[deshabille]

That's because you're not perceptive.

Give me your music, now, come on.

[nextlineis]

Hey, what do you mean I'm not...

[Joseph makes an aggravated little huff. He's not going to win that fight and he knows it.]

Fine then. So far from beyond my time, I've got Chuck Berry, the Beatles, Queen, Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, Duran Duran, Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Beyonce, and Carly Rae Jepsen. [Joseph has been busy, as she can likely see.] There's a couple others in there, but those are the highlights. And you can just skip the Taylor Swift, but I think you're missing out.

[Get some taste, Mal, jeez.]

You should be sure to listen to Beyonce though. If you listen to no one else, listen to her. And you should listen to Weird Al, too. He does parodies of popular songs. But you know, if you want some music from closer to my time, you should listen to Billie Holiday, Ethel Waters, Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, and Robert Johnson.

[deshabille]

[OKAY BUT YOU'RE NOT THO]

[She squints at all of this.]

Is he actually a duke?

[Dukes are terrible.]

[nextlineis]

[Oh ho ho, something Joseph knows that she doesn't. Finally. He can't help but laugh and look entirely full of himself.]

No, he's not. But he's called The Duke sometimes.

[deshabille]

That's false advertising.

[SQUINTS MORE!!!!!]

[nextlineis]

It's not like he named himself, you know.

[Joseph rolls his eyes. Why are you so weird, Mal?]