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[a_shadow]

Does anyone on the ship have experience tattooing?

[ A second text goes out moments later. ]

We have a tattoo gun now, by the way.

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[that_cost]

A tattoo gun?


[ Guess who sounds incredibly interested in that. ]

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[a_shadow]

Yeah, it caught my eye.

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[that_cost]

Let me know if you find anyone with experience.

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[a_shadow]

Sure. I may end up teaching myself about it over the next while, depending on whether I find someone.

Re: text;

[that_cost]

There might be books in the library that'll help you out.

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[a_shadow]

I bought an interactive video lesson plan about it for the school tablets that I also purchased.

[ Tex has been spending a lot of money... ]

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[that_cost]

I bought textbooks for the library, and then went nuts getting stuff for me. The quadcopter was one of my personal purchases.

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[heelys]

tattoo gun??

wat kinda ammo does it use?

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[a_shadow]

Ink.

Sounds crazy but a tattoo gun uses a needle to force ink under the skin.

text;

[a_shadow]

I'm actually surprised by all the real paper books this library has in it. Where I'm from paper is a pretty sparse commodity.

text;

[hatesimprovising]

Looking for creative new ways to kill people?

Or is this out of actual interest in the art form?

[ This is about as close as Wash will ever come to shitposting. Why he's decided to do it to Tex...? We just don't know. ]

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[saveyourserpent]

No experience in giving them, but a little in getting them. Let me know if you find someone. Maybe I should get something new.

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[a_shadow]

I've got a blank canvas myself.

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[a_shadow]

[ And why Tex chooses to be vulnerable with Wash in return, she doesn't know. But he'll know what this means. ]

The star

[beautifulspaceraptor]

Unfortunately, I only now how to do it for us carapaced and scaly folks. I'd need something to practice on with similar texture to human skin and then... maybe?

text;

[hatesimprovising]

[ It takes a couple seconds of staring at the two word answer and some wondering how that's remotely an answer, but he gets it. He does know what it means. Though why she's telling him is a mystery. He's pretty damn sure she hates that he knows so much.

Maybe it's because Church isn't here. Although, Tex has never been one all that interested in sharing personal things with anyone. Yeah, he's confused. ]

Oh. That.

[ There's the span of maybe a minute or two before he sends another text. ]

Why?

[a_shadow]

They had some synthetic skin for learning on. Apparently the main thing you have to be worried about is injecting too deeply, because it will cause the lines to look blurry.

text;

[a_shadow]

[ She stares at that response, angry with herself for being so open with him. Of course he didn't get it, why would he? Why would she even expect him to care? ]

Fucking forget it.

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[hatesimprovising]

[ Uh. Wow. That's a change of heart and a half. ]

What? Jesus, it was one question.

I understand the significance. But why now?

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[a_shadow]

Say what you mean next time then.

text;

[hatesimprovising]

Give me a little more to work with next time.

Should I bother asking again, or did I lose my shot at any heart to heart here?

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[a_shadow]

When did you expect me to deal with it before now, at the prison?

[ Carefully ignoring that bit about them having a heart to heart, because that is not what's going on here. ]

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[hatesimprovising]

Obviously not. I don't know. The timing is weird.

[ Or convenient. He's not sure which of the two. ]

Is it because of Church?

[ Oh, he knows this is no heart to heart. Just some dry sarcasm that doesn't necessarily come through in text form. ]

whoops, audio!

[beautifulspaceraptor]

I actually have a bit of free time between the fabricator working through some updates. Bring the materials to the cargo bay and I can give it a try?

text;

[a_shadow]

No. It's not my fault he decided to disappear right before my first chance at doing this.