Subject: Dagger shrugged. "'s what I'm here for." (nm)
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Posted on: 2018-06-15 01:23:41 UTC
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Speed-Dating RP! by
on 2018-06-11 23:41:58 UTC
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Farah Tahar came into the room and started wandering around, looking for people to talk to. by
on 2018-06-13 02:53:54 UTC
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Dax entered the room, looking around. by
on 2018-06-12 13:02:23 UTC
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Dawn approached him, mainly drawn by how closely he resembled a Tolkien Elf. by
on 2018-06-13 20:09:27 UTC
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Well, more the movieverse sort, but Elves were Elves, to some extent...
"Hi," she said cheerfully. She'd worn the same thing she'd worn on a short, easy mission earlier that day, which was to say her skirt was colorful, her shirt was black and had a potted cactus flashpatch on the shoulder, and her hair was in its usual very long braid. She'd redone the latter for neatness and added a ribbon into the braiding as her sole concession to being at an event. "Do you mind if I sit? I thought I'd start with someone I don't know, and while I do think I've seen you around a few times, I'm pretty sure we've never actually met."
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Dax's face lit up at her approach. by
on 2018-06-13 20:17:03 UTC
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"No, please, do sit!" he said, hurriedly getting up from his seat to pull the other chair out for her. "You look familiar too, but I couldn't say where from..." He shook his head and held out a hand. "Dax, DIC. May I say it's lovely to meet you, miss...?"
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"Dawn. Oh, in DMS." by
on 2018-06-13 20:29:29 UTC
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She shook his hand, smiling. "You've probably seen me around, too--I've been an agent for ages, and there's only so long you can be here before half of HQ's passed you in the hallways."
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"Dawn... Dawn..." Dax snapped his fingers. by
on 2018-06-13 20:34:26 UTC
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"Dawn McKenna? I've heard a lot about you from Jacques Bonnefoy, if you're her. Either way—" He returned to his seat, steepling his fingers and smiling. "I look forward to getting to know you better."
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Dawn blinked. "You know Jacques?" by
on 2018-06-13 20:39:56 UTC
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"Wait...Dax." She frowned, eyeing him. "If that isn't your only face, and believe me, I don't mean to suggest you have a lot of them at once, but if it isn't, then I've heard about you too." Including some things I wish I hadn't, especially now I'm probably sitting across from you.
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"I mean, who doesn't know Jacques?" by
on 2018-06-13 20:47:48 UTC
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Dax's smile widened and his features morphed into Jacques' likeness. "Tall, handsome, with a jawline that could cut steel..." He smiled at Dawn. "And yes—you'd be very correct that I've got a lot of faces. Comes with being a shapeshifter." He leaned back as he returned to his first, elven body. "I find potential partners sometimes like to make requests, if that's your thing."
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To her annoyance, Dawn could feel her face going red. by
on 2018-06-13 21:13:31 UTC
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"Hang on, let me think..." by
on 2018-06-13 21:27:45 UTC
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Dax looked up at the ceiling, rubbing his chin. "Ah! Princess Eilonwy work for you?" she asked as she morphed. "Sorry, I haven't heard about that series since, oh, three years ago in Intelligence?" She brushed her hair over her shoulder, smiling.
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Dawn smiled. by
on 2018-06-13 21:33:07 UTC
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"Aw, lovely," she said. "I always liked Eilonwy. You should read--reread?--the series, if you don't mind a recommendation. It's really good, and it holds up really well."
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Dax grinned back at her. by
on 2018-06-13 21:49:37 UTC
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"I'll definitely keep that in mind," she said, shifting back. "These days, it's all the big stuff—Avengers, Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings—I actually kind of miss my smaller fandoms. Not that I like seeing badfic for them," he added hurriedly. "Though that does remind me, where are you from? I come from Dungeons and Dragons. Tabletop RPG, if you haven't heard of it."
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"No, I've heard of it," Dawn said. by
on 2018-06-13 21:53:06 UTC
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"I'm just from World One, though--Canada, if you have any idea where that is. My family's still living there--well, my biological family. I've definitely got a few people here who couldn't be anything but family by now."
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"That's the one in the north that isn't Russia, right?" by
on 2018-06-13 22:12:24 UTC
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Dax grinned. "I kid, I kid—I know my World One geography. Now, me, I was raised in an orc tribe in the northern wilds of Faerûn. Cross my heart, that's the truth."
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Dawn raised her eyebrows. by
on 2018-06-13 22:18:05 UTC
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"Are you sure that's not just an excuse?" she said. "Like, if someone asks 'were you raised by orcs', as an equivalent of 'were you raised in a barn'--and then you say that actually, you were, and you find that offensive? Or, like, they just go 'oh, you poor dear', and excuse whatever manners they thought were bad to begin with because they think you actually were raised by orcs?"
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"Excuuuuse me." by
on 2018-06-13 22:38:00 UTC
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"I can belch and hunt with my bare hands as well as the rest of them," Dax said, holding up a sassy finger, "but I like to think my manners can be quite nice, when I want them to be." He leaned forward and conspiratorially whispered, "You haven't seen me eating with my hands, have you?"
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Dawn laughed. by
on 2018-06-13 22:45:24 UTC
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"I haven't seen you eating at all. You can really hunt with your bare hands, though? Because if you can, that's pretty impressive."
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Dax made a face. by
on 2018-06-13 22:52:36 UTC
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"Alright, I might have embellished the truth a little bit," he confessed. "I know how to do that in theory, but in practice? Give me a longbow any day, please. I've got the strength score of a mealworm." He gave Dawn an easy smile. "Now, doing a backflip off a dragon and onto the skyship below? Been there, done that."
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Dawn's mouth fell open. by
on 2018-06-13 22:56:19 UTC
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"You what? Off a dragon? On a skyship?"
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"Mmm-hmm." by
on 2018-06-13 23:00:15 UTC
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Dax spread his hands. "What can I say? I was an adventurer. Crazy stunts like that happened every day for me."
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"That's amazing," Dawn said. by
on 2018-06-13 23:04:00 UTC
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"No wonder Jacques likes you. Well," she added, "I know it's not the only reason, but an adventurer? That's really cool."
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Dax grinned. "You bet." by
on 2018-06-13 23:09:09 UTC
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Dawn opened her mouth to reply, and then closed it when her brain caught up to the implications. by
on 2018-06-13 23:32:02 UTC
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Dax shrugged. by
on 2018-06-13 23:41:04 UTC
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"Fling or friends, it doesn't matter to me," he said. "So long as the food is good and the company better. And so far, you've been excellent company, Dawn." He smiled at her. "I wouldn't mind getting to know you better, no strings attached."
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Dawn smiled back. by
on 2018-06-13 23:46:26 UTC
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Dax somehow managed to keep a straight face as he responded. by
on 2018-06-13 23:52:01 UTC
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Dawn snickered. "I love olives." by
on 2018-06-13 23:54:57 UTC
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"Green olives it is!" by
on 2018-06-14 00:05:06 UTC
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Dawn smiled. by
on 2018-06-14 00:10:07 UTC
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"I think ICEP." by
on 2018-06-14 00:19:08 UTC
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Dawn bit her lip, trying not to laugh at the RC number. by
on 2018-06-14 00:26:18 UTC
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"Excellent." by
on 2018-06-14 00:43:14 UTC
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Dawn smiled. by
on 2018-06-19 12:32:37 UTC
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Not one, but three agents entered the room. by
on 2018-06-12 01:50:15 UTC
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Farah came over to the bipedal reptilian fellow in the group. by
on 2018-06-13 02:57:21 UTC
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"Hi!" she said to them excitedly.
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Dagger gave her a suspicious look. by
on 2018-06-13 17:44:44 UTC
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"What'cha want?"
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"I'm pretty new," Farah said. by
on 2018-06-13 18:49:25 UTC
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"and the message said this was a place to get to know people, so here I am."
She looked around the room. "Uh, this is the speed dating event, right?"
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"Something like that." by
on 2018-06-13 22:42:46 UTC
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Dagger gave a noncomittal shrug. "And to what great personage do I owe the pleasure?"
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"I would be Farah Tahar." she said, nodding her head slightly. by
on 2018-06-13 23:29:20 UTC
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"Who are you?" she asked. "And is there some title or greeting gesture or something you use I should know about? I don't think I've met anyone from your species before."
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"Dagger." by
on 2018-06-14 00:19:30 UTC
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"That's what everyone calls me anyways. Can't be bothered to change that."
He shrugged. "If there are cutural traditions of my people, I wouldn't know. Most Dragonborn don't go to college. Or get recruited to play tech support in an interdimensional conflict with the forces of darkness, where darkness is represented by some of the most eye-gouging writing I have ever read, and given the imbeciles that I have met over the years, believe me, that is saying something."
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"Most hani don't fall through plotholes while their ship's exploding either," Farah said. by
on 2018-06-14 01:59:59 UTC
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"but here I am, and here you are."
"I'm think I'm going to be in one of the action departments, but I'm still in training, which apparently involves reading books and watching movies a bunch."
"What'd you study in college, Dagger?"
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"EE" by
on 2018-06-14 02:09:56 UTC
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"And thus, it is my eternal destiny to deal with problems caused by the kind of dolts who live in a magical dreamworld where the laws of physics don't apply. Like my partner." He grimaced. "Programmers, the lot of them..."
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"I don't know much aobut programmers." by
on 2018-06-14 02:28:38 UTC
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"I did run the radios back on the Ambition, though, so I know a little bit about engineering. Got pretty good at dealing with aliens, bureaucrats, and alien bureaucrats." Farah sighed. "It was good practice for here, turns out."
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"Hell yes." by
on 2018-06-14 02:41:09 UTC
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"And here I thought humanity was bad. The flowers are even worse... Still beats my home, though."
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"Humans don't seem that bad." Farah said, noncomitally waving a paw. by
on 2018-06-14 03:34:00 UTC
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"Then again, maybe I just haven't met the sort of humans who'd be running station offices yet." she added. "But, uh, what happened back home, if you don't mind sharing?"
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Dagger's eyes narrowed. by
on 2018-06-14 11:54:49 UTC
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"That would be none of your business, Farah," he spat. "Believe me, I don't need your help digging up painful memories."
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Farah's ears lowered. by
on 2018-06-14 15:35:05 UTC
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"Sorry." she said.
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"Think nothing of it," he muttered. by
on 2018-06-14 18:11:14 UTC
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"Most people certainly don't. And 's nothing personal against you."
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Farah nodded and her ears moved closer to their usual position. by
on 2018-06-15 01:07:35 UTC
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"Want to go grab some food?" she offered, hoping to change the subject. "I'm a bit hungry."
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Dagger shrugged. "'s what I'm here for." (nm) by
on 2018-06-15 01:23:41 UTC
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Jacques sat at one of the tables, scanning the room. by
on 2018-06-12 00:17:05 UTC
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A while in to the event, Farah came up to Jacques's table. by
on 2018-06-16 21:55:04 UTC
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She was carrying a rather fruity drink.
"Mind if I join you?" she asked.
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Jacques smiled warmly. by
on 2018-06-19 12:30:05 UTC
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"Pull up a chair," he said, and offered his hand. "Jacques Bonnefoy, ESAS, and may I say, you look lovely?"
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"Farah Tahar, I don't know yet." she said, lightly grasping and shaking Jacques's hand. by
on 2018-06-19 14:34:50 UTC
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"And thanks." Farah continued, pulling out a chair to sit down in. "You look pretty good too."