IC Contact (II)

[candothat]

You have contacted the device of Ensign Pavel Andreievich Chekov.
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[sleepingstar]

Are you afraid to tell me?

[candothat]

This depends. [He doesn't want to be dismembered, Pai. How is this confusing.]

[sleepingstar]

On what? [Not confusing. Amusing.]

[candothat]

Do you understand that this question is a standard way to open a flirtatious conversation?

[sleepingstar]

Yes.

[candothat]

Then yes, okay, I am afraid to have this conversation with you.

[sleepingstar]

Why? [She is actually grinning with mischief -- a rare sight, but unfortunately for Chekov, he's missing it. Ah, audio calls.]

[candothat]

Why do you want to know?

[Now he's just curious. Pai isn't stupid; she knows that Hei likely won't take it kindly if anyone flirts with her. Is she trying to get him killed?]

[sleepingstar]

[Please. Hei wouldn't kill you, Chekov -- not when he knows full well that Pai is the evil mastermind behind all of this. But of course, Chekov doesn't know that, and Pai knows he doesn't know that. That's what makes it fun.]

I'm curious.

[candothat]

[If Pavel believed in God, he would be asking Him why these things happen to him.]

I am wearing jeans and a shirt.

Are you happy with that?

[sleepingstar]

Maybe.

[A pause, and then she finally has mercy on him.]

You don't have to worry about my brother.

[candothat]

I think that worrying is reasonable. He tolerates me; I am not always certain that he likes me enough to not murder me.

[sleepingstar]

[Her brow furrows a little in confusion.]

But you can't die here. [At least, not in a meaningful fashion. Why be scared of death?]

[candothat]

That does not make dying more pleasant.

[sleepingstar]

[If this were video, she would be staring at him. Living, dying, neither are particularly pleasant.

Humans.]

He wouldn't kill you. [Particularly since Hei is the one to challenge her to flirt.]

[candothat]

[Many humans have hang ups about dying. It's a thing.]

I hope not. That would strain our friendship.

[sleepingstar]

[Well, a hang up about dying makes sense when it actually has consequence. But here? Not so much.]

So don't worry.

[candothat]

[It has consequences! Psychological ones! And, if one dies on days where it really counts, going home becomes impossible! These are important things.]

Maybe I will worry because you are too young to be flirted with instead.

[sleepingstar]

Why would that worry you? [If you don't want to flirt, don't flirt. It really doesn't have to be complicated.]

[candothat]

It is a moral dif-- [This... isn't something he's going to be able to explain to Pai, is it.] --never mind. I don't want to inadvertently corrupt you.

[sleepingstar]

[Oh Chekov. Chekov Chekov Chekov. Pai actually smiles.]

You won't corrupt me. [That happened a long time ago.]

[candothat]

Maybe not, but it is a chance I am unwilling to take.

[sleepingstar]

You should be more afraid that I'd corrupt you.

[candothat]

How so?

[He's pretty sure she's a killer, but.]

[sleepingstar]

Do you really want to know?