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[The phone is only turned on when it is dropped on the floor, giving an odd view of Tyrion from the bottom up, where he is fastening expensive looking boots onto his feet. They are oddly made as well, almost as if they are to be made to work as braces instead of just fancy looking footwear.

Which, to the medically astute, they are. Yes, Tyrion had boots made to help support his rather crooked legs. That should tell you that the variety of odd jobs he's working is profitable indeed.

A small hand reaches down to pick up the phone, seeing the freshly shaven face of Tyrion, who eyes the device with a sigh.]

... Right, well, I am going down to the planet, if anyone is interested in joining me. Shuttle leaves in fifteen minutes. I hope no one took the time to look up my skirts.

[The faintest of smirks, before he shuts down the thing.]

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Will you be disappointed if I said I was actually checking out your boots instead? I might have to step up my space fashion game. [She's still slumming it in jumpsuits because it had been pretty low on her priority list and it's only been two months with the fleet.]

[He grinned at that, before he showed off his boots again.]

Custom made, as all things should be. I found a very nice cobbler at our last stop who was very kind. Of course this is after all the coin I dropped in his pocket so...

So you bought boots and kindness? Impressive. [She looks amused at the implication.] Usually just my weapons are custom made.

Well dear lady, you seem to be free of the ... many physical ailments I myself have. In fact you seem to have an abundance of virtues - so you would not need fancy boots to walk straight, I imagine.

I feel like I should be apologetic, but then I have a feeling you're checking out an abundance of virtue south of my eyes and so I'm torn about it. [There's a smirk here.]

I'll settle on agreeing. I've been lucky. [Hated and feared for what she is, but lucky too.] Do they help?

Edited 2016-04-01 18:24 (UTC)

There are an abundance of virtues south, I grant you, but your eyes are among them, so no worries on that end. [He smirked in turn.] I also like your hair if you find that shocking enough.

They do. I tend to hobble otherwise, and it pains me to walk up stairs.

Flatterer.

Glad you were able to find a solution out here. [Resourceful. She appreciates that.]

I'm Kitty Pryde. I haven't seen you around. Not on the network much? [She's only been here two months, but she pays attention to the network as much as she can, trying to learn about this fleet and its people.]

[He sketched a bow.]

One should always be able to find a solution to a problem, if one thinks it through first.

[Another bow.] Tyrion Lannister, and alas, no. I tend to keep to the shadows ... or I'm rather too busy working on perfecting my engineering expertise.

[Engineering is not the augment she got, but technology has always been a passion of hers and she would follow up on that if she wasn't so distracted.]

You're bowing. [This is helpful because you might not realize it.] Are you a king or something? [So, she relates it to royalty but isn't thinking through so much who a king would be bowing to and it's better than aiming too low and throwing out Duke if he's a whatever is higher than a duke.]

Yes, yes I am ... and by the Seven, no. Why would I ever want to be one of those? [Tyrion's lips curved into an evil little smile.] Where I come from, they are dropping like mayflies. I'd much rather be the voice behind the throne.

Edited 2016-04-04 02:47 (UTC)

I had no idea being a king was such dangerous work. I guess I'll cross it off my to do list.

You're a king's advisor then? We don't have a lot of royalty back home anymore. [Or systems of government or much in the way of civilization anymore.]

Yes, please do. You are much too pretty to have your head adorning a pike.

[He tipped his chin.] A Queen's advisor, currently. I have advised ... several kings at this point.

Thanks. That's something I never get tired of hearing. [Though it's definitely the first time it's ever been said to her.]

Did you think to advise any of them to avoid pikes?

Do many people say you're too pretty to be dismembered? [An amused glint flashes through his eyes.] You have interesting men and women who court you, my lady.

[He snorted softly.] All the time. Only one so far has followed such good advice. That might be why she is still Queen.

[Does that mean she's being courted now?]

You caught me. This was a first. [Pause.] I think. Live a dangerous and strange enough life and things have a way of coming up. But I think I usually end up doing the courting if you want to call it that.

Wise queen. Or lucky.

[Only if she wants to be.]

Really. [Now this he was going to find hard to believe, and his eyebrow says so.] Are men so blind on your world?

She is ... a little bit of both, I think. Or fated, which might be the more dangerous option.

[So easy going.]

You are relentless. [She sounds amused, not exasperated.] You know I do have non-physical attributes too.

Besides, maybe I'm just better at knowing what I want and going for it. [Of course she has terrible taste so this usually turns out tragically, but the point stands!]

[Well, he has learned that flirting is a lot easier here.]

I do have my moments ... and I have noticed at least one of those. You are quite witty, which I enjoy immensely. Further acquaintance would have to be had for me to assess your other non-physical attributes. After all, one can only learn so much from one of these conversations, yes?

[Amusement flashes through his mismatched eyes.] See, now I know that you are determined, and you are your own woman.

[That gets a smile.] You know, as luck would have it, I'm trapped with this fleet, so I'll be around.

Which ship do you engineer? [It may sound more forward than intended with the context. She's still trying to put faces with ship names since she's only been around a couple of months.]

Well isn't that fortunate? So am I.

[He smiles in turn, before he gestures about him.]

I am currently the single engineer on the Good Ship First Breath. I do, however, make ship calls if someone needs a competent engineer.

[That gets a soft laugh.] I think the Vision has us covered. Androids tend to be pretty good with tech. I'm not bad myself, but they decided I should be a pilot. [And it seems being augment-less is a disadvantage even for the technically inclined.]

I don't think I know anyone on First Breath. Not well at least. Until now of course.

The Vision ... that is the gentleman with the painted red face, correct? [He has seen him on the videos.] How are you as a pilot?

There you have it. You now know me.

[There's something of a laugh.] I don't think paint is actually involved, but yes, that's the guy.

And I'm a perfectly decent pilot. I've only ever flown into something on purpose and that wasn't with the fleet. [So there was some pre-augment experience even if she was never exactly a pilot. No certification of any kind. Civilization was kind of over that by then.]

I'll start the book on your life's story soon.

[Tyrion's eyes widened a touch, as he tipped his head to one side.] Are you saying that his face is ... naturally that hue? [Well by the Seven.]

Very good. I have had none of this heavy engineering experience -- but I find I enjoy it immensely.

[Now he's smiling.] I insist that you leave in all the horrible parts. Otherwise no one will believe it's about me.

[She whispers this part like it's a secret.] People do come in different colors. [And if you're from her world this means the entire crayon box even if she's perfectly aware it's still rare to be red or blue or green.]

I'm guessing you're from a world where blacksmiths are still a thing like Jon Snow? [She's not even really suggesting they're from the same world. She just remembers how he asked her about blacksmiths when he arrived.]

I might even add in a few extra ones. [Fear her prose!]

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