considering ataraxion... eventually. if i ever get my act together etc.

[lilyliver]

Space?

How... unglamorous. Oh, it's exciting, certainly, very exciting indeed, but! [ raising a cautionary, manicured finger ] If you allow me to have one or two of my dresses, I'm going to look a right fool, waltzing around in all my sequins? Better than those jumpsuits, I suppose, though I won't say no to getting a good eyeful of everyone every month or so.

[ she grins, broadly, but a bit unpleasantly. ]

Can't say she'll be too pleased. From the looks of it, though, who even knows if she'll even be joining us?

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[sext]

Sequins. Sequins. [ wow no you are being judged SO PAINFULLY HARD ] 'Fool' doesn't begin to even cover how you will look, darling.

[grandtheftarto]

You sound ...pretty okay with the prospect of being trapped in space. [ IT SOUNDS HORRIFYING ] You been there before or something?

[lilyliver]

Oh, dear. Are you one of those fine ladies with a sartorial stick up your arse? "Sharp"- [ she makes air quotes with her fingers ] -suits and sleek black shoes that look like they might take someone's eye out?

[briefly]

So you're a... performer of sorts?

[lilyliver]

Good grief, no, never. Not unless you count a galactic themed party in Camden, but we all have times we'd rather forget, don't you think?

[lilyliver]

Give the girl a prize, [ she says, with warmth and enthusiasm ] Got it in one.

[grandtheftarto]

Ah, yeah, I get you. [ ... ] Somehow I don't reckon it's going to be like any galactic themed party, even one of them crazy Camden ones.

[eversohandsome]

Probably got more chance of your dresses than I've got of my car, know what I mean?

[briefly]

Oh-! [She looks impressed. Or relieved. Both?] So - you sing.

[lilyliver]

[ sharply, ]

Certainly not, I hardly think those puffy eyed shits that crawling around that area have either the scope or the money to put together something artfully realistic as opposed to a farcical, glittery gimmick. [ smiling, again ] It'll be an adventure, I'm sure.

[sext]

Depends. Are you one of those not-so-fine ladies who looks like they were violently ill at both ends in a primary school and had to raid the dressing up box for spares?

[lilyliver]

Oh, I really wouldn't hold my breath, darling, no. I feel that cars might be a bit redundant on a spaceship, no matter how big it might be.

[lilyliver]

Darling, you make the grave mistake of taking sequins to have the same meaning as tack. Now, I don't really imagine you're the sort of individual who'd be inclined to take note of a distinction even if it came over and smacked you on what I'm sure is a perfectly lovely behind, but- [ finally taking a breath ] -to answer your question? No, I'm not.

[lilyliver]

[ arching her brows, ]

You don't think I have the look of a dancer?

[grandtheftarto]

An adventure, yeah. [ Parroting your words back at you, nbd, but it's neither unpleasant nor unkind. Just agreeing. A pause, and then he grins quizzically, brows knitting as he tilts his head. ] 'Artfully realistic'?

[lilyliver]

Oh, I don't know! Throwing words around that sound better than glittery gimmick. [ flashing a brief, aggressive smile ] Something with a little less "escape from reality" and a little more "our cold dark future"! More Ridley Scott than Luc Besson.

[sext]

No, no. [ She raises a prim finger - in the manicure stakes these two are obviously cut from the same cloth. ] There's no mistake. Trust me.

[ ... ]

And it is lovely, yes. The stick does help.

[eversohandsome]

Yeah, yeah.

...you've never really driven before, nah?

[lilyliver]

Yes, there is. [ again, something unpleasant briefly appears in her expression, but it's quickly gone. ] I do hope there's a chance you and I might meet properly, sometime. I'd love to take you for a drink or six and show you how excellent the world of sequins could be. Dislodge that stick a bit, perhaps.

[lilyliver]

A time or two. Never really thought to learn, I'm quite happy in a taxi, myself.

[eversohandsome]

Nah, I mean... not just driving because you need to get somewhere.

[grandtheftarto]

Right, got you. [ a sage nod. ] So you're hoping that... space is going to be a Ridley Scott movie? Because that's okay but I'm pretty sure Scott movies have a bigger body count.

[lilyliver]

[ oh. ]

No. I've always something better to do with my time.

[sext]

The stick's staying where it is. This conversation just seems to be confirming that it's the only thing separating wardrobes like mine from tragedies like yours. [ all smiles! ] And you're too kind, but I'm afraid it will take a damn sight more than six drinks to convince me otherwise.

[ aaaaaaand she's just going to punctuate that with a little hair flick for emphasis. ]

I'm afraid this just isn't a challenge that you're at all up to.

[eversohandsome]

Not a 'try anything once' kind of girl then, nah? [ Definitely not the same class of bird Bob's used to. Not by a long fucking shot. ]