/takes the huntress out back and buries it (jan mingle pt. II)

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Who: Anyone on the SS Huntress! Crew and visitors.
Broadcast: N/A
Action: SS Huntress
When: More of January! We got three new crew mates and it will be messy.

IT'S ANOTHER MINGLE FOR OUR EVER-EXPANDING SHIP.

Also, we need an update on how well Koala is doing at pinball.

God, help this ship.

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[She swallows hard, turning slowly toward him with shoulders squared.

They want her to be honest... but...

After a moment, she clenches her fists at her sides.]

I would like to avoid my fears, it's true, sir.

And i-if I am... honest, if you can't trust me to not poison your tea, I cannot trust you to n-not be a liar as well. I-it is hard to understand and believe in such things from someone who is just as guarded in their own way, sir.

[By the time she says it, her fists are white-knuckled.

She looks down, breathing out quietly.]

I apologize for speaking out of line, sir.

[It's not like she can't see the broken pieces in other people, too, obscure though they are.]

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[ There's a pause before he snorts faintly, finally a show of some amusement. ]

Better.

You're right, it's possible that I'm lying to you, but that would offer me no benefits. If I want to hurt you then I can without deceiving you first, but I don't. I haven't lied to you whereas you've been putting up a false front because that's the place that you're used to and that feels comfortable for you, making you the one that's less trustworthy.

Besides, people have tried to poison me before. It's not personal.

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[Says the fella that pulled a knife on her immediately in their meeting.]

Oh, I understand, sir. But I have met many people who deceive before they hurt, without benefits!

And I don't really know you.

[She beams, the smile some strange concoction that is harder to read.]

But I hope you're not one of them. Please let me know if you need anything else, in case you are!

[Spoken with all the genuineness in the world, because the last thing she wants is to assume he's decent and get burned in the end. Maybe literally. And with that, she does a slight bow and starts out of the room, because she'd really like to be able to breathe again without feeling like she's about to get her head lopped off; really, it's not personal, but well. You know, Sasuke. Old habits die very hard. She hopes he's not one to force her to stay with words; she can't refuse such demands.

Not yet, anyway.]

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[ He is that type because he's that demanding, but in this particular instance he allows her to go. Largely because his nap is still unattended to after the interruption, which incidentally is why he pulled the knife.

At least he didn't spitefully blow up the entire room because that's known to happen. So Sasuke instead gets up to examine the clothes she's brought him before sinking back into bed, wondering if she's going to try to avoid him now. That's also known to happen. ]

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[Sasuke you really gotta learn to find some chill, naps are already mandatory here anyway.]