[ During Time Ripples ]

[hallaifyouherd]

[ Someone's been noticing a pattern. Maybe not necessarily connected to the age fluctuations, but one never knows. Instead, she wrinkles her nose slightly. ]

Is it just me, or have people here become a good deal more...amorous, lately?

It's something in the water, isn't it.

Comments

[whyarewehere]

Tucker, yeah. Rich is not usually like that, though. We've only had to confiscate his comm one time before.

[ ...And by "we" he means I, which was just because he was embarrassing Grif and not himself, but details. ]

[hallaifyouherd]

I see.

Hopefully you don't plan on being too cruel to them.

[whyarewehere]

That depends on what I can get out of it.

[ Grif may be wearing a helmet, but there is the brightest of mischievous grins in his voice. ]

[hallaifyouherd]

What would you hope to get out of it?

[whyarewehere]

Favors and stuff? Monitor duty off-shifts? Dibs on good snacks?

[ The possibilities are endless here, Marjara. ]

[hallaifyouherd]

Why not just ask for those things?

[whyarewehere]

I know I wouldn't go for it. You gotta have some leverage!

[hallaifyouherd]

Have you ever tried?

[whyarewehere]

...Do you want my saturday night monitor duty shift?

[hallaifyouherd]

What does it involve?

[whyarewehere]

Sit in a chair. Direct distress calls to the right people. Try not to fall asleep because you're so bored.

[ Basically the worst job. ]

[hallaifyouherd]

So a bit like taking a shift on watch while camping.

Shouldn't be too hard. I don't sleep as much anymore as it is.

[whyarewehere]

[ ...Well holy shit. ]

...You're not joking?

[ Wait, never mind, he doesn't even care. He is so excited. ]

Cause if you are? Too late. A deal's a deal.

[hallaifyouherd]

No, I'm not joking. It'll be nice to have something to do.

[whyarewehere]

Cool. I'll uh... keep you posted on things to do.

[ He is gonna go make saturday night plans and oh man what if this keeps working? Amazing. ]

[hallaifyouherd]

You weren't expecting it to work, were you?

Have you honestly never switched duties with someone, or asked if you could?

[whyarewehere]

No!

Wait, is this some kind of fantasyland thing where you don't understand the concept of saturdays or something?

[hallaifyouherd]

That depends. Are you going to condescendingly explain it to me if I say yes?

[whyarewehere]

Well I don't have to be condescending, but it's easier.

[ Okay, he may be playing around a bit. ]

[hallaifyouherd]

[ Luckily she can tell. ]

Well, go on then.

[whyarewehere]

I don't know what you guys do, but us? We work five days a week. You have Sunday to make up for it so Saturday? Party hard.

[ ...Or just sleep, because you're Grif, but he likes having the option. ]

[hallaifyouherd]

You only work five days a week?

[ Other than holidays or days of worship? That seems a little odd. But different have different rules, this she knows. ]

[whyarewehere]

It was some religious thing, now there's a standardized 40 hour work week cause enough people used to think God would be mad at them for working all the time. Which... God and I have our differences, but I'm on board with that part.

So it kinda works that way unless you have a shitty job. Then anything goes and nobody cares.

[hallaifyouherd]

I see.

So because you're accustomed to having those days to yourself, it's more inconvenient.

[whyarewehere]

And the rest of the galaxy seems to do that too, so that's when all the fun stuff is happening.

...I'm shooting myself in the foot here for trading more saturday shifts, aren't I?