[D1, EN, mess, closed] First Sergeants Club

[Dorgan Bruun]

"So she's like you, but different?" Bruun does not follow the metaphor. At all. "Have another drink, it may help the right words come out." He pours her a bit more.

"With the tail, so... Maybe if she doesn't like talking about it, maybe it's a bad thing?" Bruun should probably not be speculating late at night, after being shot, and with all the other stress of the day piled up. But he filled his cup back to the half-way point -- there are rules -- and then pushed the bottle to the other side of the table. It's a strange behavior in anyone's mind.

"Maybe somehow the tail is like a scar, or has bad memories to it," Bruun thinks out loud. "Oh my god, what if..." He lowers his voice, which had gotten rather loud as it dawned on him. "What if it's a real tail? Like somehow," he swishes his hand vaguely like a tail might move. "Somehow she has a tail, and it's not just a good luck charm." Bruun looks befuddled and curious at the same time.

[Maja Eklund]

"So she's like you, but different?" Bruun does not follow the metaphor. At all. "Have another drink, it may help the right words come out." He pours her a bit more.

"With the tail, so... Maybe if she doesn't like talking about it, maybe it's a bad thing?" Bruun should probably not be speculating late at night, after being shot, and with all the other stress of the day piled up. But he filled his cup back to the half-way point -- there are rules -- and then pushed the bottle to the other side of the table. It's a strange behavior in anyone's mind.

"Maybe somehow the tail is like a scar, or has bad memories to it," Bruun thinks out loud. "Oh my god, what if..." He lowers his voice, which had gotten rather loud as it dawned on him. "What if it's a real tail? Like somehow," he swishes his hand vaguely like a tail might move. "Somehow she has a tail, and it's not just a good luck charm." Bruun looks befuddled and curious at the same time.

Maja does not turn down any offer of alcohol and smiles before sipping a little more of the strong stuff.

"You mean....like she is a cat...girl? Half...or sort of, one tenth cat nine tenths girl? I do not think they exist outside of the videos some of the pilots would watch when they thought nobody was looking. Is it done to ask about tails? Or is it rude, like pointing to an ugly scar and asking for the story?"

[Dorgan Bruun]

Bruun looks confused. "Videos of... Oh. Ok, I guess... Ok." He puts that idea aside.

"I mean, at least for Felicity it must be bad to ask about?" He remembered Snorri's total non-reaction and it seemed to click. "Hmm. My mom used to say, 'If somebody wants you to know their business, they'll tell ya.' I mean, she said it nicer, but that was the point. So maybe... I guess we gotta not talk about it? Unless she wants to talk about it?"

This was one of the most thought-provoking discussions Bruun had ever had as a mechwarrior. His tired, doped up brain was doing remarkably well under the circumstances.

[Maja Eklund]

Bruun looks confused. "Videos of... Oh. Ok, I guess... Ok." He puts that idea aside.

"I mean, at least for Felicity it must be bad to ask about?" He remembered Snorri's total non-reaction and it seemed to click. "Hmm. My mom used to say, 'If somebody wants you to know their business, they'll tell ya.' I mean, she said it nicer, but that was the point. So maybe... I guess we gotta not talk about it? Unless she wants to talk about it?"

This was one of the most thought-provoking discussions Bruun had ever had as a mechwarrior. His tired, doped up brain was doing remarkably well under the circumstances.

Maja nods pensively, still holding her cup

"This is making much sense. As a first sergeant I need to be open to tail talk, but it is not the talk I should seek? After all, it is just done, very cute but not relevant to the whole pilotmekaniker. So long as it is not affecting the lance then it is not the business of me. I will try not to even look at it, maybe this will make her more comfortable on me."

[Dorgan Bruun]

Bruun starts to snicker at "tail talk," fights it off, and is listening very respectfully until "make her more comfortable on me."

To say that he snorted with laughter would undersell the full body guffaw at the phrasing. Which he knew wasn't intentional, but it was just too much at that point in Bruun's day.

So the veteran mechwarrior, having exploded in laughter, tried to pull himself back together. He almost spilled his cup --twice -- as he coughed and flailed. Which put a hard tug on his plastiflesh patch, that made he gasp and quiet down quickly after that.

Still panting, Bruun grimaced, but managed to say, "You've got... the right... idea, I think..." He coughed a little, but it was the mildest thing he'd done in the last two minutes.

[Maja Eklund]

Bruun starts to snicker at "tail talk," fights it off, and is listening very respectfully until "make her more comfortable on me."

To say that he snorted with laughter would undersell the full body guffaw at the phrasing. Which he knew wasn't intentional, but it was just too much at that point in Bruun's day.

So the veteran mechwarrior, having exploded in laughter, tried to pull himself back together. He almost spilled his cup --twice -- as he coughed and flailed. Which put a hard tug on his plastiflesh patch, that made he gasp and quiet down quickly after that.

Still panting, Bruun grimaced, but managed to say, "You've got... the right... idea, I think..." He coughed a little, but it was the mildest thing he'd done in the last two minutes.

Maja blinks for a few moments before snorting quietly, still not quite sure of the joke but glad it was apparently funny.
"Ah, this is good. Tomorrow will be a new day and I will apply the learning we have done here. And you I think need to be lying down now Bruun. What if I am saying something unintentionally hilarious and you do yourself harm?"

[Dorgan Bruun]

"Yes," Bruun says, looking pained but composed. "That would be sad." He snickers one more time.

"Wouldn't want to need stitches from laughing... Oh, haha, stitches. It's a pun. Because medical stitches, but also to laugh a lot is 'to be in stitches.'" Bruun explains the serendipitous pun, both because he's tired and unfiltered, and he assumes that Maja will need it explained.

[Maja Eklund]

"Yes," Bruun says, looking pained but composed. "That would be sad." He snickers one more time.

"Wouldn't want to need stitches from laughing... Oh, haha, stitches. It's a pun. Because medical stitches, but also to laugh a lot is 'to be in stitches.'" Bruun explains the serendipitous pun, both because he's tired and unfiltered, and he assumes that Maja will need it explained.

Bruun is correct.

“Ja! It would be not be a ‘laughing matter’ as they say? But it is good to hear you laugh. It means that the day ends well.”

[Dorgan Bruun]

"Yeah. Thanks, Stitches," he jokes. "You're just what I needed."

[Maja Eklund]

"Yeah. Thanks, Stitches," he jokes. "You're just what I needed."

“Ha! It is good to finally be of use to someone today.”
Maja actually gives Bruun a full smile, although not making eye contact while she does.

“Now I shall be going to bed to be leading you by example. I am sure we will be sharing words again. Although remember that Fire Support Lance is best lance.”