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Free Hugs, anyone~?

Too much doom and gloom on the ship? Easily fixed, if you ask this mechanic.

There is a table in the mess hall, carefully set up just inside one of the doors, with a small sign on top reading, "Free Hugs!" Next to the sign, looking as smiley as she possibly can, sits Kaylee, ready to hug anyone and everyone who walks through the door.

Non-huggers beware, even you are in danger of some cheering up today.

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On the outside, not terribly big. Having someone that knows nooks and crannies would be very helpful. Besides, it's Kaylee. Who could possibly say no to that? He says, a little softly, "I'd really like that as well, Kaylee."

He looks thoughtful, then. "Ye know, the Doctor did say to contact the people I've told about the TARDIS to help. So I would think that would mean ye get to come along, aye?"

A lot of people could say no to that. Mal, for example, or Zoe...Simon...

"I guess I'd have to help, in that case. And since Stacy's so big, it'd be kinda silly for just the two--three--of ya to be tryin' to look through without a bit of help..."

She's just glowing at this point.

Jamie can't say no to Kaylee, so therefore everyone else should act exactly the same. Simple logic, right?

"Well, the Doctor said he and the Doctor..." He breaks off a for a moment and shakes his head. "Och, that's odd. Anyway, he said they would do some scouting first, so we may not have to go all over Stacy."

He knows perfectly well that's it's probably less in the way of actual scouting and more in the way of poking their nose into various areas of the ship. Still, there may be some actual scouting involved. You never know.

"But I'll still need ye. Will ye come?"

Very simple logic, Jamie...

"Well, that'll help eliminate some places from the agenda to look. Make it easier to narrow down where she might be hidin' out in the cargo bay or wherever Stacy might've shoved her."

There's always the idea of just asking Stacy, but that'd take half the fun out of the search. In any case, it's hard to tell if Stacy would be of any help. Got bigger things to do, this ship.

Oh, well, when he puts it like that, Kaylee starts beaming even more. "For you, Jamie, I'd be more'n happy to."

Oh, now you've got him beaming, Kaylee. Good job. "Good."

Now that's settled, he flicks a glance back down to the sign, and all of a sudden remembers that there had been a plan in there somewhere. Something about distracting Kaylee, and...he's forgotten what it was, exactly.

He can still ask about the situation, though. "So why do ye have a sign up saying 'Free Hugs', anyway?"

Hey, it's in the job description. A daily goal to get Jamie to grin like nothing else.

Of course, if that makes him forget what he's doing, well, that's Jamie for you anyhow.

"Givin' 'em out, that's why," she replies proudly. "Figured the ship needed a bit more cheer, and what better way to hand it out than a hug, right?"

"Well," he says dryly, "Ye could tickle them or something."

He realizes about three seconds too late that it's probably not the best plan to go and give Kaylee more ideas on how to spread cheer. Just because he doesn't mind it (and may very well actually like it, shh) doesn't mean the rest of the crew will too.

"Er. I mean, if ye are giving out hugs, then I think ye need to be given one of your own. For doing such a good job, aye?"

Oh, there's more grinning than there should be now. "Tickle 'em, hm?"

Watch out, Jamie, you're giving her ideas now, and she might just test them out on you.

"If that's you askin' for one, Jamie, I'd be more'n happy to give you one, or ten, or however many you might be wantin'."

This would be Jamie not mentioning the word tickling again. With any luck, Kaylee will forget all about it before too long. He makes a mental note to tell the Doctors to hurry up with the scouting so there can be a distraction with the TARDIS. That should take care of it.

"Och, no, that won't work. I have to give ye one. Otherwise, what kind of a reward is it?"

Subtle, thy name is not Jamie McCrimmon.

Not everybody's so easily distracted as Jamie here, though in Kaylee's case it can be done with the simple mentioning of a ship. Yeah, that'll be distraction enough.

"Well, won't that mean you won't be gettin' one?" She sighs, heavy and overly-dramatic like. "Guess that means there'll have to be two hugs."

Oh darn.

"Aye, I guess there'll have to be." Jamie's all broken up about that, too.

Now that he's managed to finagle an extra hug out of the deal, he offers his arms out to Kaylee by way of invitation. There's a hug there for whenever she wants to take advantage of it.

Finagled, huh? Is that what that was?

Kaylee gives a tiny bounce as she steps forward into Jamie's arms, and she wraps her own arms tight around him.

Hey, Jamie believes he finagled it. Whether or not that's actually the case, he's still quite happy to give the hug, and he wraps his arms just as tightly around her. There's quite a bit of happy-the-Doctor-is-awake-spillover that goes into the hug on top of everything else.

He may not let go for a minute or so, Kaylee. Hope you don't mind too much.

As far as Kaylee's concerned, the hug can go on all day. It makes her happy that she can make others happy through her own hugs, and happier still that someone else is willing to try and make her happy. Then again, it is Jamie...

Who is happy when Kaylee is happy, and...well, it all gets a bit circular after awhile.

Eventually he does release Kaylee from the hug, but not before adding an extra squeeze for good measure. He looks rather pleased with himself.

"Now, do ye not think that was a good idea?"

And what a happy circle it is!

Kaylee feels ten times better herself after the hug. They really do a lot for a person, those small moments of reassuring and holding.

"Best idea I've heard all day," she promises. "Best hug, too."

"Och," mutters Jamie, although he's not looking one jot less pleased. That somewhat crooked smile he has sometimes is threatening to break through as well. The only reason it doesn't is because he knows he probably should let some other people get their hugs as well.

"I should let ye get back to giving those out, I guess," he says reluctantly. "It'd not be fair for me to take up all your time."

And that crooked smile is the very reason Kaylee does what she does. "Alright, but I still owe you one for later," she promises. "Let you save it for a rainy day, yeah?"

"Aye." Just watch, now Jamie'll go set up Scotland in the Sensoriums and make it rain so he can get that hug. Well, okay, maybe not - but he won't likely forget about the hug anytime soon. "I'll see ye later, Kaylee."

Lifting his hand in a wave, he smiles briefly and heads out of the mess hall. If one cares to listen, a few moments later the faint sound of whistling travels back down the corridor.

Jamie is in a very, very good mood now.

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Free Hugs, anyone~?

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I need more hug icons. :P

Everyone does 8D

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