(ship mingle) your mom's chest hair!!

[nextlineis]

Who: the crew of the caprine + you
Broadcast: optional; check out the top-levels
Action: on the caprine (& the yuck moon below)
When: throughout the month of april

[next you'll say, "a caprine mingle log!? just what i was waiting for!"]

Comments

[ragazzina]

[It is a Herculean effort not to laugh at him, or more specifically not at him but at least in his general vicinity. In fairness to him, she hadn't seriously expected that he'd interrupt her in her daily life just for something like that — or rather, only for something like that — but when the implications are there, who is she to not take the opportunity to make good use of them?

Eventually she'll have to take pity on him and let him actually explain whatever it was he had in mind. For the time being, their masks coming off means she's got an easy shot at his throat, and she makes quick use of it by ducking in to place a kiss against his Adam's apple.

After all, she's got to have her fun too, doesn't she?]

Oh, well. What did you have in mind, then?

[It is a perfectly innocent question that is probably not implying anything about knocking boots in the pilot's seat. It is but a simple question.]

I'm always happy to help out, Jojo...

[nextlineis]

[This woman is an unholy terror. Joseph was not prepared for this. Mostly because he didn't really take the time to think through how he was going to approach her in the first place because he really only got as far as get Suzie, so his awareness on what exactly he was inviting or implying is more or less an exemplar of the cliché that hindsight is 20/20. But he's still honestly never all that prepared for Suzie and is of the opinion that no one possibly could be. Which may or may not have anything or everything to do with why he like-liked her in the first place.]

[(Yes, that's right. Like-liked. He is an adult and adults can like-like each other. Heck off.)]

[But a simple question, his ass...]

[...What were they talking about again? Oh! Right! He's just gonna focus on...you know. Stuff. Like getting the shuttle up off the ground. Yeah, that's it! Responsible Jojo Mode Activated!! Or close to it. He does take a moment, however, to fix a few loose strands of Suzie's hair.]

You remember how I taught you some of the basics piloting these things?

[ragazzina]

[Ah, yes, the hair-fixing and subsequent semi-petting is highly well-received; she really gets tired of these stupid masks, and having the band sit on her head and the airtight seal against her face all day is a tedium made easier by the little things like this, the moments when she's free of them and there are fingers in her hair instead.]

Mmhmm! I remember. Oh, were you thinking of another lesson? Haha, you should've said something! I don't know when I'll ever have to use something like that, but it's better to know it and not need it than the other way around, sure!

[And she smiles up at him, eagerly.]

[nextlineis]

Not quite, [Joseph says with a crooked grin, and he starts to wonder if it's even occurred to her that she can teach others things, too. He kisses her temple and decides to see by not telling her directly just yet. He's also mysteriously not done with fixing her hair.] You know, the Caprine's out of engineers, right?

[ragazzina]

They are? Oh, that's too bad! Haha, you'll have to be a lot more careful, then, if you won't have somebody on board to help keep an eye on things like that!

[Give her a second, though — actually, maybe five seconds, since four will get eaten up with this hair-playing — while the wheels start turning. Suzie, I need you, and the Caprine doesn't have an engineer, and now the discussion of fixing things...

Hmmm.]

Jojo...

[H M M M M...]

...Did you break something and you want me to show you how to fix it before anybody else finds out?

[nextlineis]

What!?

[With the way he jolts at the question, you'd almost think he'd been caught red-handed doing exactly that and now he needs to come up with a quick cover story or consider coming clean, but with a twist. Like saying he was getting there and it's not such a big deal! Except that's not what's actually happened at all.]

Suzie, I would never do something like that! [Speaking of things that aren't true. Joseph shakes his head furtively.] I just think it might not be such a bad idea for me to know more than I do just in case!

[ragazzina]

Well, if you're sure!

[She smiles at him, though, in an attempt at reassurance.]

I can absolutely do that, though! I think that's very responsible, Jojo...

[And responsible captains deserve kisses. As do boyfriends.]

[nextlineis]

[And ladies and gentlemen, we're back to being a slight road hazard. Space hazard. The point is, he's still technically piloting and kissing at the same time, which is probably a bad idea, but it's fine. He's got this.]

Well, you know, being a captain now means I've got a lot of responsibilities. [So more kisses, right? He's gonna go for it either way.] Which means I gotta take care of my crew and the ship.