There you go. He's not ghosting you, he's halfway through Appendix D. Maybe even looking for a second opinion before signing away his booty rights to a tiger like you, huh?
I can't fault caution. Better than signing without reading. Maybe he'll come back to me for a fierce negotiation. Not going to lie, I'd enjoy that.
You know what's strange? The part most guys have trouble with is the 'no romance' section. Like they think if they say the right thing I'll suddenly come over all soft and feminine and want all that shit. Gross.
I mean that might qualify. Not that I'd have an overnight with someone on my own ship anyway, that's just asking for complications.
Let's see, problems I've had: asking me to give up my career, acting like I need some idiot civilian type to *protect* me or decide things for me, trying to give me presents like I'm some charity case.
Tradeliners from other ships are easier. They get that it's just occasional fun, no feelings. [Lust doesn't count as a feeling, okay?] You have that trouble? Easier to find a partner in the same line of work?
Bad enough asking you to quit your career, but trying to give you presents of all things? Heinous.
[Rico's read up on the Tradeline texts and can look between the lines - he knows Tayrey's hangups about it are all about fair contract and exchanging things of equal value or whatever. But still, reading this is objectively hilarious.]
You're asking the wrong guy about that. Judges don't have "partners".
I know! It's so controlling. The idea is to put you far enough in their debt that when they want something, you can't really refuse.
[She will not ever see the hilarity!]
Alright. I hear you. You're a good virtuous Judge, never had an overnight in your life and don't know what you're missing. But hypothetically. Talking overnight partners only. Outsider who won't understand how it has to work, or another Judge, where it'd be - trust based on mutually assured destruction if it went wrong?
Hypothetically speaking... [Rico snorts. Alright, Tayrey. You got him.] Itβd have to be a cit. If youβre a real romantic at heart, itβs a different story. But weβre not talking about romance, are we?
Thereβs no trust with another Judge. Somebody has to take the first step to ask, and nobody wants to. It's like looking for a grenade in a haystack. One wrong move if you read the signals wrong and your ass is grass. Could be undercover, too. And even if you got a good thing started, the guilt could still make them confess. Mutually assured destruction doesnβt mean much in that case.
Youβd have to hook up with another Judge who you know already has worse going on - drug issues, bribery, corruption. And not only is that more complications to deal with, they tend to be real pricks.
[He pauses, gives it a little more thought.]
Actually, the ones hooked on zziz might not be so bad. Side effects include delusional overconfidence and revving up your sex drive like crazy. You could bang them like a drum for a few weeks and theyβd probably die in a shootout.
That makes a lot of sense. With other Judges. It's like everything two Tradeliners having an illicit relationship would have to worry about, only exponentially worse, on account of the policy differences. [Policy differences. Tayrey at her diplomatic best, because 'absolutely ludicrous treatment of their own people' won't go down well, even if she suspects he agrees.] On our side, worst you'd have to worry about is a fine. Maybe heavy encouragement to move to another ship. And the higher-ranked person would get most of the blame for sure.
Civilians are actually less complicated for Judges then. In that respect, at least.
I've got to say, this zziz doesn't sound half bad in small doses.
Yeah. Just in that respect. Citizens get slapped with unlawful carnal contact with a Judge, too. But their sentence is shorter. Just six months.
[βPolicy differencesβ makes Rico almost laugh himself sick.]
You know, Zziz isnβt half-bad in small doses until one day youβre streaking through your starship corridors to demand a raise from your superior and some poor bastard has to tackle you. Youβve got some interesting ideas of what makes a fun time, Tayrey.
Just six months. That's a trip to the frontier and back again for me!
Sounds more like you've got some interesting ideas of what counts as a small dose. That sort of thing isn't fun unless it's happening to someone else. Who deserves it.
If it's really that strong we could probably modify it in the lab. So it gives a small boost. Nothing crazy.
I like nova. You feel amazing, you can be up all night and keep going, and it's not even addictive. It came out of some lab near the old frontier. Some people think taking hallucinogenics prevents space sickness, but it doesn't.
So are there any fun substances that aren't forbidden out your way?
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You know what's strange? The part most guys have trouble with is the 'no romance' section.
Like they think if they say the right thing I'll suddenly come over all soft and feminine and want all that shit.
Gross.
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So what does that look like? βGrounds for termination of a contract: Making kissy faces at me after-hours?β
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Let's see, problems I've had: asking me to give up my career, acting like I need some idiot civilian type to *protect* me or decide things for me, trying to give me presents like I'm some charity case.
Tradeliners from other ships are easier. They get that it's just occasional fun, no feelings. [Lust doesn't count as a feeling, okay?] You have that trouble? Easier to find a partner in the same line of work?
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[Rico's read up on the Tradeline texts and can look between the lines - he knows Tayrey's hangups about it are all about fair contract and exchanging things of equal value or whatever. But still, reading this is objectively hilarious.]
You're asking the wrong guy about that. Judges don't have "partners".
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[She will not ever see the hilarity!]
Alright. I hear you. You're a good virtuous Judge, never had an overnight in your life and don't know what you're missing. But hypothetically. Talking overnight partners only. Outsider who won't understand how it has to work, or another Judge, where it'd be - trust based on mutually assured destruction if it went wrong?
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Thereβs no trust with another Judge. Somebody has to take the first step to ask, and nobody wants to. It's like looking for a grenade in a haystack. One wrong move if you read the signals wrong and your ass is grass. Could be undercover, too. And even if you got a good thing started, the guilt could still make them confess. Mutually assured destruction doesnβt mean much in that case.
Youβd have to hook up with another Judge who you know already has worse going on - drug issues, bribery, corruption. And not only is that more complications to deal with, they tend to be real pricks.
[He pauses, gives it a little more thought.]
Actually, the ones hooked on zziz might not be so bad. Side effects include delusional overconfidence and revving up your sex drive like crazy. You could bang them like a drum for a few weeks and theyβd probably die in a shootout.
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That makes a lot of sense. With other Judges. It's like everything two Tradeliners having an illicit relationship would have to worry about, only exponentially worse, on account of the policy differences. [Policy differences. Tayrey at her diplomatic best, because 'absolutely ludicrous treatment of their own people' won't go down well, even if she suspects he agrees.] On our side, worst you'd have to worry about is a fine. Maybe heavy encouragement to move to another ship. And the higher-ranked person would get most of the blame for sure.
Civilians are actually less complicated for Judges then. In that respect, at least.
I've got to say, this zziz doesn't sound half bad in small doses.
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[βPolicy differencesβ makes Rico almost laugh himself sick.]
You know, Zziz isnβt half-bad in small doses until one day youβre streaking through your starship corridors to demand a raise from your superior and some poor bastard has to tackle you. Youβve got some interesting ideas of what makes a fun time, Tayrey.
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Sounds more like you've got some interesting ideas of what counts as a small dose. That sort of thing isn't fun unless it's happening to someone else. Who deserves it.
If it's really that strong we could probably modify it in the lab. So it gives a small boost. Nothing crazy.
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I didnβt know you ever let your hair down from that bun. So what kind of βnothing crazyβ drugs do spacers like to take?
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I like nova. You feel amazing, you can be up all night and keep going, and it's not even addictive. It came out of some lab near the old frontier. Some people think taking hallucinogenics prevents space sickness, but it doesn't.
So are there any fun substances that aren't forbidden out your way?