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Who: Mal
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: SS Caprine
When: After the shuffle!

[The first thing she did once she got a good handle on exactly what was going on - which, for the record, she did not need help with, she is a perfectly capable and independent adult vampire, it's fine - was dive into the engine room and begin to pull things apart. There is knowledge brimming out of her mind that she has no origin for or control over, it's chaotic and it's mad and she loves it.]

[She broadcasts from the engine room, looking at a wrench admiringly. She's messy and a little greasy, but it's a suave sort of messy and greasy. Gods only know how she manages this.]

I'd be interested to know how many people are actually upset about this. Being here. Because I know all sorts of things now that I never could have known before, and that's worth something, I think.

Also, have there ever been any riots here? I think I could do with a good riot sometime soon.

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[She laughs at that.]

They should have given us extra socks, then, Mal.

[...But okay, so they're sort of famous, at least among the right people. Or maybe infamous is more right.]

They don't seem to care if you're a woman here, though.

You should have packed extra.

[Infamous is a good thing to be, in Mal's opinion. She goes a little distant and distracted after a moment, shrugging at Polly's next words.]

Do you think you're going to go back to dresses and things?

They didn't let me keep my pack.

[She hadn't been carrying it at the time, which is probably the problem. Although she doesn't really need a tent here, or most of the other things, even if it'd be comforting in case of an emergency.

She considers that question for a moment. She likes dresses well enough, but--]

Trousers are easier to walk in. Skirts just get caught on things, so those uniforms were always a bad idea.

They were. They were very impractical.

[Which is a damn crime, a soldier who's impractical. Too bad all the higher-ups and the ruperts didn't seem to understand that. Or maybe they did, and that was part of why they did it: to prove that the Ins-and-Outs weren't really soldiers after all, just look at them.]

[It's too much to think about right now, so Mal chooses, after a moment, not to.]

Maybe we can find different kinds of trousers. I heard something about "jeans".

Jeans? What are those?

[Because yes, different kinds of trousers are definitely to be preferred to being angry about ruperts that are not even here.]

I could do with some more clothes. At least another shirt.

[And underclothes, which she's not mentioning to Mal.]

A type of trousers. [Like, duh.] I think they're extra-durable? Not sure. I still haven't seen one. [So they could be mythical for all she knows.]

Maybe we'll get to stop somewhere and get things. But to do that, we have to play along and get money, and that seems . . .

[Icky? Icky.]

We don't have a choice about playing along, do we? [what with them potentially always being watched] Might as well get extra-durable trousers out of it.

[still icky, but why not be practical about it? It's what Polly does best.]

Fair enough point. Maybe if we get the trousers and manage to escape somehow, we can bring new trouser technology home to Borogravia.

[Blouse would probably be thrilled.]

Just as long as no one tries to name any special trousers pollies.

Oh, no, you've foiled my clever plan.

[8(]

You're not going to get something named after you? You can probably have your pick if we're bringing stuff back.

What would you name after me, Polly?

[oh. uh. give her a moment.]

Maybe a fancy suit or something. You could say someone's all malled up.

All malled up.

[Oh, no, she kind of likes it.]

That almost sounded like a compliment.

[she's not even sure if she meant that as a compliment-- oh well.]

It might mean they're being too fancy and they stand out.

No, I think it means they're being exactly the appropriate amount of fancy.

[It was definitely a compliment.]

If you want to stand out, I guess.

[absolutely a compliment]

Don't you want to stand out?

[She wants to stand out.]

It can be useful sometimes.

[But sometimes it's better to blend in, because you can learn more that way.]

Mm.

[She eyes Polly for a moment, then seems to come to a decision.]

Why don't you blend in, and I'll stand out, and we'll cover everything that way.

[She smiles.]

That's not a bad idea, corp.

Sometimes I have good ones.

[It's why they make a good team.]

Sometimes.

[It's true. She really does feel better knowing she's got Mal on her side.]

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