[D4 EN ] That Drink (Winters, Aerospace Hanger)

[Snorri Tycho]

Snorri grins. "Well, thank you for the warning about your sister. It does seem that we're going to be plenty busy lately, so I can't say that was going to be terribly hard to spend time with HR. If the rumor is that you are distant, your sister's reputation is..."HR Department from Hell" I think were the words. It makes sense with your family I assume."

"But yes. I think you are a dramatic hair tug and glasses removal from "leading movie actress" look. You can practice on me if you like. After all, we do have a surprisingly rare commodity here: privacy"

[Lucretzia Winters]

His comment about her sister brought a faint shake of her head, "Oh, she's worse than that...

Then his following comment brought a snort of laughter. "I assure you, I'm not a movie actress - but I appreciate the vote of confidence... I wouldn't even know how to begin."

[Snorri Tycho]

"Oh come on, you sell yourself short" Snorri scoots over closer to Lucretzia, bringing his cup of wine with him. "It is a cute laugh though. I think I'm lucky to see it"

"May I?" Snorri reaches up to the corners of her spectacles

[Lucretzia Winters]

She stiffened slightly, but didn't recoil. "Yes?"

[Snorri Tycho]

Snorri gently lifts the frames of her glasses off of her face. "Now, this is the part where the ingenue shakes out her hair. Or gets kissed by the leading man"

[Lucretzia Winters]

She smirked, pulling out the hair tie, letting her dark hair spill down her shoulders.

"We'll start there, eh? Not too hasty, Mr. Tycho."

Taking another snip, she added, "You certainly do seize the moment, don't you?"

[Snorri Tycho]

"He who dares, wins, Ms. Winters." Snorri stays close, but doesn't push it, returning the glasses to the bridge of her nose. "You look good with your hair down. I kind of like the glasses though"

He back away a fraction, sipping his own wine. "How long has it been? Since you really relaxed around someone else? I'm guessing...a while, not that you don't have your reasons"

[Lucretzia Winters]

"How long?"

She thought about that.

"Probably since Dad died when I was four."

A soft sigh, and she slid slightly away, so she could see his face more clearly. "And you, Mr. Tycho - what sort of path did you take to become a man of the world?"

[Snorri Tycho]

"Well, you have my background check. I think you probably know the answer. But the details..."

Snorri drains his glass. "I think...it was six or seven when I can remember the first time that my mother cried because she couldn't feed us, and I wouldn't shut up about it. Ten, I think, when my Dad decided to teach me to play a "funny game" of making a lot of noise if a lawman came around while he was inside on business. Took me years to realize that I was being used to a lookout. I think I was fifteen when I decided that my choices were a life of insignificance, crime or the military. From there, I joined the academy, became a Mechwarrior and got thrown into a war my side was badly losing. I think you know the rest from there."

He lets his words hang. "I think I need more wine. Do you need more wine?"

[Lucretzia Winters]

She held out the glass, and said, simply, "A background check is different than hearing what a man chooses to highlight about himself."

Tilting her head, she added, softly, "Do you have dreams for the future? A goal you want to achieve, or do you truly embody that spirit of living in the moment, tomorrow be damned?"