04th landing . video, locked from felix gaeta

[landfall]

So.

What do you guys do when you're really mad at someone?

Productive and unproductive tactics welcome. I also enjoy colorful stories.

[ Private to Felix Gaeta, later ]

[ Okay, it's time to confront this. She's calm. She's good. She's going to say something elegant, and Felix is going to respect her, and they will be friends.

Here goes! ]

You're stupid.

[ wow not as planned ]

Comments

[deadly_ned]

Who are you even mad at?

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

A guy who got me convinced it was the right thing to mutiny and led us to a resounding defeat and died, and then I found out later that he might have only done it because he was feeling guilty over other crappy stuff he did that wasn't even all his fault.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[deadly_ned]

Oh.


I think if you died, it might be, in this rare case, appropriate to hit him.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

I died later. After being in prison for a while.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[deadly_ned]

I'm sorry. I've been to prison too. Twice.

It's, um. It's not a fun place.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

It was actually a temporary prisoner transport full of men, made into a prison because there wasn't anything else after.

So it was extra-bad.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[deadly_ned]

Ah.


That.


That is...absolutely horrifying.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

There were five girls.

And like five thousand guys.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[deadly_ned]

Those are some fantastically terrible odds.

Who would DO that to people?

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

The ones who got mutinied against?

And we didn't mutiny for no reason, be sure of that.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[deadly_ned]

I am...completely out of my depth on how to feel about this egregious violation of human rights. Human? People-rights.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

Yeah, humans.

I think human rights stopped being so important to them, at some point.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[deadly_ned]

Please don't take this offensively.

But I don't ever want to go to your universe.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

It's okay.

I'm not ever going back.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[routemistress]

People are stupid, my love. Is this who I suspect it might be?

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

[ she's gone facefirst into a pillow, so this is somewhat muffled. ]

Prob'ly.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[routemistress]

Don't 'it 'im too 'ard, then. Good luck, pet.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

What if he just gets that wounded look on his face?

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[routemistress]

...That's always when I want to nut 'em the 'ardest.

[This is a lie; that look would make Iris into instant marshmallow and she knows it.]

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

He's pretty good at being a victim.

[ And she is pretty good at unexpectedly turning into marshmallows too. ]

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[routemistress]

Want me and Mal to 'ide in your wardrobe in case you need backup?

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

I think that would be really awkward.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[routemistress]

[The wickedest grin.]

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[landfall]

Look at Felix. Think about awkward.

Now decide if he needs any more of that in his life.

[reluctantly private to Iris/Mal/Ned]

[routemistress]

...Good point. Plus, 'e'd probably shoot us.

All right. This is what I want you to do: pretend we're both there. Listening to every word. I want you to imagine Mal's expression. My less than appropriate interruptions.

If that doesn't carry you through any awkward that arises, we're not the women I think we all are. And I'm pretty sure we are.