WEEK 2

[strangerpeople]

WEEK 2

[A week has passed. There's been no body, no investigation, no trial. No deaths. Congratulations!

Now the question is, will it last? At the moment, the Commander seems content with forcing people to do petty and mean-spirited errands in return for a mere shower. On the one hand, it's just for showers. On the other hand, what if the demands start to get more extreme? Would caving in encourage her? Is anyone willing to try and find out?

Honesty, with all the strange dates and information floating around from what's been uncovered, the only one in this place who's probably not worried as the time slips into its next movement is Sir Riprazor McRockfang. That's right, he's a sir. A grumpy sir, yes, but still a sir. No one's going to mess with him, regardless of what his true origins may be. And if they do, beware - he bites. Omnom. Good luck, everyone.


There are fifteen strangers - and one alligator - in this place.]

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Comments

[backuphero]

Yeah, I've heard that one before....

[He says it with a sigh that's more like two-thirds of a laugh, and looks away, still blushing.]

Been the one to say it, too, but... she's younger than I am, she doesn't know what she'd be getting into.

[illusionarymelody]

That sounds like something I should be saying to you. I do know what I'm getting into.

[backuphero]

Well, uh... you'd be right, though, I really don't know much of anything about... That.

[Well, this just went in a direction he wasn't expecting...]

[illusionarymelody]

Really? [She feigns shock, but she actually isn't too surprised.] And here I would have thought a man like you would have had many offers by now.

[backuphero]

Well, uh... aside from one persistent one back home, can't say I've really noticed any. Been told I'm pretty oblivious, though.

[illusionarymelody]

Are you? Well, that's easily remedied.

[And right now she's glad she's wearing heels so she can even do this because he's a decent bit taller than her. She'll just come in a bit closer and put her arms around him as she gives him a kiss. It's short because he's obviously an innocent and she doesn't want to completely blow his mind. She's still going to keep on holding him unless he pulls away.]

[backuphero]

[Vita is coming towards him, and then she's kissing him and Jonathan is pretty sure "trapped somewhere people have been told to kill each other, dressed up like a space crusader" wasn't on the list of places he'd ever expected this would happen for the first time -

The first real time, the first serious time, the first time not two kids behind the rose arbor laughing at how boring and not like the movies at all it had been pressing their closed stilled mouths together -

All in all, he'd never really wanted to be Sir Galahad. It had just sort of turned out that way. He doesn't mind, much, usually, but this is... this changes things. A lot.

More important than that - where are his hands supposed to be? Her waist? That works, right? Hips are definitely off limits, especially in a dress like that. He isn't sure when his eyes closed, but he lets them sort of flutter back open once her lips have left his. Her hands haven't left his body, so he leaves his where they are.]

So... that's why you asked?

[He barely recognizes his voice, it's dropped into a husky register that sounds like Marlene Dietrich as a man, or something. He might've forgotten to breathe for a moment there, that could've done it. He doesn't know.

Right now, there's so much he doesn't know, and even more than that, it's like all of a sudden he knows exactly how much he doesn't know.]

[illusionarymelody]

[She definitely can tell he's all nervous and it's just too cute to her. She may have done this sort of thing many times, but with someone experiencing it for the first time it feels new to her as well.

She definitely isn't nervous about this, okay maybe that's not completely true. She does want to make sure not to ruin the experience for him. If things go wrong, this also may be the only chance she gets.]

It is. No need to be so nervous, even just being held by you is comforting when I'm so scared about what could happen, but I'll admit that I would love more.

[backuphero]

I - you mean kissing? Here?

[There are other people around. Have to be, somewhere. But Jonathan can't make himself care, for some reason. Vita's right there in front of him, in his arms -

There's something almost rueful about the smile on his face as he starts to lean back down to meet her lips with his.]

Well, far be it from me to disappoint....

[He could get used to doing this. He really could. It's almost as though his hands know where to go to draw her close against him... is this what moving on instinct outside of a fight is like, then? It's wonderful.]

[illusionarymelody]

[Yeah, Vita doesn't care if others see. What is there to be embarrassed about being in an incredibly handsome man's arms? Even more so when he seems to be as interested in her as she is in him.

But then she also knows plenty of places where they could get some privacy if it becomes more than just kissing, but she doubts that will happen and that is fine. Even this much is enough for her to have no regrets, well besides not doing this sooner.]

You won't disappoint me. [She knows there is no way he can disappoint because she's been completely enthralled since the day they met. She says nothing more as he leans in and pulls her close. This time she's going to let him decide how long it will last. It's obvious to her that he just needed to overcome the initial shyness of the first time and she also doesn't want to push him further than he's comfortable with.]