for ZEX, it's time to par-tay

[bornsnarky]

[standing at the bar, yanking on the collar of this damn dress uniform]

[reeeeeeally hoping these Thraddash people don't approach me, surely there're enough interesting people around here that I can just get convivially drunk with Scotty and ZEX and Uhura]

[I can see Jim in the corner being all charming and shit, and there're a couple more being entertained by Chekov and Gaila, excellent, maybe I can get out of this formal reception with my sanity relatively intact]

[then a gravelly voice behind me says he'll buy me a drink]

[...turning]

Ah. Um. Thanks, I guess. I'm Leonard McCoy.


[he says he knows]

Comments

[bornsnarky]

[laughs]

Have you, now.

[zexyandiknowit]

[Gyah of all the things you notice]

Certainly.

[bornsnarky]

[still mostly convinced you're teasing but hey I'm teasing back]

[even if it sounds like flirting]

I bet you tell all the boys they'd look good a a nun.

[zexyandiknowit]

If I did, I would not be very popular with the boys, I'm afraid.

I could see you in the collar, as well. Not for very long, obviously.

[bornsnarky]

[laughs] In that voice, just about anything sounds like a compliment.

...not for long?

[zexyandiknowit]

Goodness, you are complimentary, this evening.

Well, the collar must be removed for debauchery. I do not understand exactly what it is for, but I understand this.

[bornsnarky]

[blinking] Am I? Good Lord.

[SPLUTTER]

Really?

[zexyandiknowit]

[Giggles and resumes the pettin']

[Coy silence seems like a good move, here]

[bornsnarky]

I, uh...

[relaxing back against you]

I don't know that that's quite what it's meant for, y'know.

[zexyandiknowit]

I understand approximately zero Earth religions, but I do admire the aesthetic.

[Which is not an answer to your statement but nevermind]

[bornsnarky]

The worship of a higher power aesthetic, or the bondage aesthetic?

[genuinely curious/amused]

[zexyandiknowit]

Both. Either? It is interesting to consider, at least.

[Hearing those words in McCoy's voice has caused ZEX to cross his legs, hilariously]

[bornsnarky]

Sure is.

[observing, wondering a little, but not too much, no clues here]

Do your people have nuns?

[zexyandiknowit]

Hee! We have an equivalent, but they are not so stylish.

[bornsnarky]

What're they like?

[zexyandiknowit]

Mmmmm... boring, really. Speak mostly in religious quotes, and the like. Highly judgmental.

[Head tentacles swirling absentmindedly with McCoy's hair: things that are hyper-intimate for VUX that humans probably haven't figured out]

[bornsnarky]

Ah. Sounds like certain mothers in law.

[...mm, that feels good, and yeah I have no idea it means anything]

[zexyandiknowit]

Goodness, yes, that is exactly right.

[Lean ♥] What are nuns like, in person?

[bornsnarky]

[beaming congenially]

Ah, I was taught by a few when I was a little 'un, for a while. Scary as anything. But good people. I can't say I've had much to do with nuns as a whole since then.

[zexyandiknowit]

Hmmm... intimidating? Dramatically dressed, surely.

[bornsnarky]

Yeah, definitely. And some of 'em can make those faces at you...

[a small shudder, remembering childhood transgressions]

[zexyandiknowit]

[Soft giggle]

It sounds difficult.

[bornsnarky]

I'm sure you would've managed. You could charm anyone.

[zexyandiknowit]

[More of a laugh at that]

You--no. This just isn't true, I'm afraid.

[bornsnarky]

[flopping against you more, you're cooomfortable]

Bull. When you put your mind to it, you're unstoppable.