trans_9 | What is Love? [Valentine's Date Event]

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What is Love? [Valentine's Date Event]

It's shaping up to be another average day on the Transmigration 9. Crew members are going about their business as usual and all is (to most appearances, at least) about as "well" as things ever are on the ship.

Some crew members are going to be stopped out of the blue by impact with a force field.

"Attention Crewmen: You have been chosen to participate in an experiment!" GLaDOS's voice informs. They're not alone, someone else that was nearby is also caught within the same narrow radius. "Participation is mandatory. Please try to relax and enjoy the experience, as this will improve the quality of the test results."

Clearly this is going to be a wonderful day for science.

"You and your new scientific partner are now on a date," GLaDOS goes on. "As it would be detrimental to our study of the date experience if you were to be separated, you must remain close to your partner for the duration of the experiment. This will be enforced with the Transmigration 9 Crewman Containment Field. Prolonged exposure to the Transmigration 9 Crewman Containment Field may have unexpected side-effects. While any side-effects encountered will be documented and your desire to offer yourself to science is commendable, it is not a necessary part of this experiment."

"You will be informed when the test has been completed. We would like to thank you in advance for your full cooperation in the experiment and failure to attempt to foil it in any way."

"The experiment has begun, so you may begin dating."

[OOC: The exact details of your characters' confinement are up to players' discretion. Being trapped in a sensorium or other stationary place is a possibility, as is being stuck in a sort of roving invisible force field hamster ball that only affects the two of you. How far partners can move apart is probably subject to whatever's fun but they ideally shouldn't be able to sit on opposite sides of a room ignoring one another the whole time.

ICly the "test" lasts for a few hours and you are free to godmode GLaDOS telling them the experiment is finished.

If you would like a few tags from GLaDOS herself in your thread, ping me on this account or plurk or AIM or whatever is most convenient for you. :)]

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"I blame you and your luck." Diana sighed, sitting on the bed. "It must rub off on him."

Pro flapped and squirmed about until Jinx had cleaned his head then he promptly hopped up onto the bed and bounced over to Diana.

She tried to wave him away but he quickly saw it as a game and copied each wave of her hand with a flap of his wings.

"So dumb. I thought crows were supposed to be smart."

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"Maybe that means you're getting all the good luck." She mused continuing her dressing procedures, unable to resist a giggle at Pro's little game.

"He's still young. By the time he's full grown who knows, maybe he'll be carrying messages for you and bringing you shiny things as gifts." She finished dressing and struck a pose for approval.

“You’re the one who likes ‘shiny things’. Maybe that’s why you two get along so well, you’re like a magpie.”

Diana shook her head in exasperation before looking Jinx over. Provisions copying her head movements perfectly.

She gave a smile and nodded, beckoning the teen over with a finger.

Jinx purred at the approval savoring it like a gourmet chocolate and sauntered over, hips swaying enticingly, curious if this was leading to delight, or more teasing. She was happy with either because Diana had a way of making teasing not so much frustrating as encouraging.

Diana continued to gesture for her to come closer and closer until Jinx's face was close to hers.

Then she reached up and began running her fingers through the soft pink hair. Seemingly ignoring the fact their lips are less than an inch apart.

"Your hair's a state, let me fix it otherwise you'll embarrass me."

"I wouldn't want that." Jinx mumbled in that far away tone of voice that indicated she was swept up in the moment and more focused on Diana's touch and how she looked up close then anything else. It was hard not to get carried away when Diana's lips were so close she couldn't stop remembering how they felt.

Yep...she had a it bad. And just acknowledging that in her head set forth a new swirl of emotions she wasn't sure she was ready to deal with yet. So she stuffed them back down and resumed swooning.

It occurred to Diana that she might be having too much fun with this and that perhaps she might grow too attached if it continued but she brushed off these concerns. Why stop? It's not like she had any real reason to. At least, not yet in her eyes. She could do what she wanted on this ship. And she wanted to have fun. And aparently, so did Jinx.

As if to shut up the irritating voice in the back of her head that had brought all this up anyway, the hands in Jinx's hair suddenly found a grip and pulled Jinx that last inch, bringing their lips together.

Jinx made a grateful noise and kissed back soft and tender. Was this a lovers kiss? Did she even dare consider the L word? No. Not with Diana not yet anyway. It was just...fun. And nice. So very nice and so much fun that it was getting hard not to let her thoughts wander to it when Diana wasn't around.

She pressed into the kiss with a fevered delight as her legs melted back to jelly.

There was a chuckle from Diana and she pulled Jinx to sit with her on the bed, hands exploring and getting lost in the soft pink hair as they kissed deeply.

Diana was glad she'd picked one of the better kissers to pass her time with.

Jinx slid into place comfortably next to Diana, her own hand with long clever fingers stroking her back, tracing lines through the shirt while she deepened the kiss smoothly. Her mind was racing trying to muse up an inspired idea for what to treat Diana to on their date, but unfortunatly nothing was coming other then thoughts about just how beautiful Diana was or how wonderful kissing felt.

Then, as suddenly as she'd initiated the kiss, she ended it just as abruptly. Pressing her hands to Jinx's chest and pushing her back with a shove.

"That's enough, I think." She said, smirk dancing on her lips.

Jinx made a whine in protest but didn't push back allowing herself to rise to her feet once more. "Anything worth having is worth working for." She mused closing her eyes to try and hold onto the feeling on her lips as long as she could.

"You just loooove calling the shots." She teased opening her eyes halfway and offering Diana a hand to help her to her feet.

Diana twirled her hair around her finger and rolled her eyes. "Are we done with the cheesy lines now?"

She took Jinx's hand and gracefully pulled herself up. "Don't act like you don't enjoy every second."

"Not until I've had enough enough time to get five years of dime store romance novels out of my system." She countered. It had been SO long since she'd read one. It had been a purposeful effort on Stacy not to go looking for them in the library. But someday she was sure she'd get the itch back.

"Only because you're so damn good at it." she smiled a vipers smile and wehn Diana was on her feet stole a quick peck on the lips.

"Sentences like that make start re-evaluating this whole 'staying at your place', thing." Though, truthfully, it wouldn't be the 'start' of her assessment of her current situation with Jinx, but Diana rarely told the truth, or at least, the whole truth.

Diana let her have that kiss but strolled out of the bedroom door. "I know."

Pro hopped after and there was silence of a minute before Diana's form reappeared in the doorway, hands on her hips, looking unimpressed. "I can't get out the front door."

Jinx's face fell at the announcement and she cast her eyes upward "Really? This is your idea of a date?" She sighed and shook her head dismissively. "Alright...alright I can make this work." closing her eyes as her mind ran quick inventory over what she had to work with.

"Oh." Diana's lip curled up in amusement, moving her hands to cross her arms over her chest. "This should be interesting."

Provisions hopped back into the room and looked back and forth betwee the two of them.

"Come on, then. Impress me."

Jinx's eyes opened again and gracefully she slid across the room digging out a sealed can of fruit juice and bringing it back to Diana.

"Here, go a head and sit back for a minute, enjoy this lovely sparkling beverage of...some kind of fruit. I think it's a berry. And give me a few minutes." Then she stole a peck on Diana's lips and a confident smile.

Diana rolled her eyes and took the can, settling herself to perch on the edge of the bed, watching Jinx as she sipped the sweet drink.

Pro hopped up next to her and managed to get his beak into the opening of the can for a taste before Diana swatted him away. He gave a crow and flapped, gliding down to land on Jinx’s foot and staring up at her with the same expectant gaze Diana was now casting in her direction.

Jinx gently gave her boot a flick giving Pro some momentum to flap from before she zipped from the room the last thing Di would see is a wink and grin.

It only took about five minutes, and from the sounds of it some re-construction and moving.

Finally after another moment of silence where Diana could imagine Jinx smoothing out her outfit the door opened and Jinx stuck a hand in, curling her long finger in a "Come hither" motion.

The living room had been transformed, the hardwood floor hidden under a thick layer of clean white sand. A light blue inflatable pool had been set up by the kitchen area full of water, and a dark blue cloth had been hung up on the ceiling with little white pin pricks of light imitating stars.

"I'd been saving this for a day when I felt like I wanted another tropical getaway. And I'm more then happy to share it with you."

Diana walked in and took in the room with a look of genuine surprise.

“Well, this is different.” Something she certainly hadn’t expected.

Turning her head down, she slipped her feet from her shoes and stepped on the sand. “Where did you even find a place to hide this much sand?”

curiously enough, the sand was even warm.

"There's a crawl space behind the space heater." She pointed a long finger in it's direction before sauntering over to a audio player on the kitchen counter and flicking to some recordings of ocean waves lapping on the shore.

"I used to take walks on the beach back home at night. Less chance of being bothered by the tourists." She mused slipping behind the counter and fussing about in the cupboards producing some more alien fruits and drinks. Despite how calm she was trying to appear Diana was a sharp girl. She would be able to tell Jinx's mind was running a mile a minute trying to figure out ay last minute details she could use to make the transformation complete.

"Goodness, you did go all out, didn't you?" Diana chuckled as she watched Jinx try and remain calm.

She was a little flattered though, and the sand felt nice on her feet. But Jinx didn't need to know that.

"I'm afraid I don't have a swim suit with me though." That smirk was back, and she waited until Jinx was busy with mixing and shaking a drink before speaking again. "Should I just skinny dip?"

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Apparently the thought hadn't crossed Jinx's mind until that moment because the drink mixer slipped from her hands and flew into the air. With the lightning speed of years of training Jinx bounded over the counter and caught it without spilling a drop. Her pale face was red with embarrassment and she managed to remember the question in general. "W-whatever you want. Tonight is about you and me." She promised in a voice that lied about composure.

Why did THAT happen? It's not like I haven't seen... Her heart was pitter pattering away. What was it about the word "date" that made it all seem more...involved. Like they were abandoning pretenses of being in this selfish relationship for personal reasons.

She was looking too much into it. She had to be. Either way she was calming again as she presented Diana with a cool blue drink with a few slices of fruit.

“What happened there?” Came Diana’s teasing voice. “A bad case of ‘butter fingers’? You should be more careful. We wouldn’t want the sand to get sticky.”

She walked over to dip her feet into the water and took the glass from Jinx with a nod of thanks, bringing it to her lips for a sip. “Nice.”

The swirling blue liquid reflected in Diana’s eyes as she watching Jinx from over the rim of her glass, bringing up another question to the girl’s earlier reply. “But what do you want?”

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