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[sugarbear]

[ Did someone say don't put on the masks? Casey doesn't remember hearing anyone say that. Maybe suggesting caution but not outright saying 'kid don't touch that it might bite your face off'. Besides, his looked pretty cool. What's the harm in trying it out? What's the harm in doing anything just because he wants to?

Whoever said compulsion was such a bad thing?

So here is Casey on the network chilling away his off-time with a video feed to the network. His unreasonable sense of humor is still very much intact despite the difficult few days. He puts on his very best robot voice. ]

Attention passengers.

Your deaths are imminent. Resistance is futile. You will be exterminated.

[ A second to let that sink in, and then Casey's face is back on the network, sans-mask, not quite smirking but still distinctly amused at his own reindeer games. ] Nothing strange here, just a guy in a cheap mask. It hasn't even got a voice-changer.

[ He holds it up in front of his face again, but just for a moment to demonstrate that it isn't about to come alive all on its own, then tosses it carelessly aside. ]

And I thought I was the one taking everything way too seriously.

[ How he got through this message without uttering the words 'I'll be back' is beyond him, but there you go. ]

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[suddenlycaptain]

[ Carolyn can pilot a ship, can crash land it well enough not to kill everyone on board (despite trying) while having a shouting match with her navigator. She can talk and work at the same time. But this is Casey's field and as much as she tries not to let it show, his speaking is a bit distracting. ]

I'm not afraid.

[ He goes to grab her again and this time it works, but Carolyn's first instinct is to lash out at his throat with her hand whether she's going over his back or not. Oops. ]

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[sugarbear]

[ It's a damn good shot, and even if Casey has a vast neck he's straining as he throws her, and the jab to the throat is painful. Still, he makes the pin then backs off, raising a hand to his throat to rub at it. ]

Not exactly Judo. You consider karate? Reckon you could do some damage with that if you tried.

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[suddenlycaptain]

[ On the ground again. It takes her a moment to recover but then she's back up, shaking her head. ]

Judo was the only thing being offered aboard the ship.

[ She holds up one hand though -- wait, I have something to do -- and, after a moment, goes to remove the top half of her own jumpsuit. The bras provided by the ship aren't exactly skimpy, after all, and with everything Casey saw with her in the desert...

...well, the scars on her torso, the exit from a predator's tools in front and the larger, nastier entrance in back could be worse. She doesn't mention them, looks up at him with something hard in her eyes, daring him to say something. ]

We might as well be on a little more of an even footing.

[ And maybe the extra skin will distract him, too. ]