considering poly_chromatic

[phonetical]

I can say the word 'crazy' and all its synonyms in six different languages and I'll still never be close to describing the insanity of where you're thinking of throwing me.

And I use 'throw' literally. Do not put me in that fountain.

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[milagros]

Go big or go home.

[logistical]

I was fortunate to avoid the fountain.

[phonetical]

I prefer to go home on this one.

[milagros]

Maybe it's a little more 'jump or be pushed' in this case.

[phonetical]

There's a rumor going around that I should be the first of our crew to get dunked, if it hasn't happened already. Apparently, it's not fair that the other officers have all the fun.

[Hi honey. She brings you sarcasm.]

[phonetical]

I'm still going with the side that chooses neither of those. If I have to go there, [and she wants to only because her crew is there and they need to be together], dry ground would be great. Fantastic, even. No need for a towel or a change of clothes.

[tough_love]

There are worse things to be thrown into than a mere fountain, human.

[She can list them! Because she's probably thrown people into them. Or thrown them into people.]

What is so dreadful about it? Do you dislike water?

[...she may need further explanation though]

[milagros]

It loses a little something in the inevitable retelling.

[phonetical]

[There might be worse things, but it doesn't mean she has to accept it!]

Would you like to fall from the sky into a public fountain? While still dressed? And remember, it's a public fountain in a place that's not your home.

[phonetical]

Sounds like you need better stories if fountains are that exciting.

[hischair]

Yeaaah, try to avoid getting your hair washed in that thing, someone might have thrown up in it a while back. Maybe.

[tough_love]

Are you worried you will be injured?

I was aware humans were frail, weak creatures, but that does not seem like any extraordinary concern.

[milagros]

[ laughing, amiable-- ] I'm just working with what you're giving me.

[phonetical]

No, I just dislike being wet out of my own will. I like a say in things sometimes. Forgive me.

[Frail, weak creatures. She's not ruffled by that. Lots of other lifeforms say that all the time. Sometimes, it's practically a motto.]

[phonetical]

Maybe?

[Kirk, you need to give some details here.]

[logistical]

[ngl, he missed that.]

You will indeed be boldly going where no man in our crew has gone before.

[A hint of a smile, and a pause.]

However, the Captain will no doubt get there before us.

[phonetical]

Sorry, but that's as much as I know about the place. A fountain that I'll end up in sooner or later, ridiculous events called curses, and the fact that nothing makes sense there.

Create a story from that. I'll bring the campfire.

[phonetical]

Well, I have always wanted to be in the Academy textbooks. Thank you for showing me there's a bright side to this.

In the fountain or in general?

[tough_love]

[In Looma's case, it's meant quite literally. And not actually intended to be insulting, and there's little venom in the words. She just has all the tact and subtlety of a rampaging bull.]

Strange. It is just water, after all.

[HUMANS! They just keep getting stranger!]

But these mundanes are stubborn foes indeed! And they rarely appear to change their mind once it has been made up.

[logistical]

In the fountain. If my information is correct, he first regurgitated, and then fell into it.

[phonetical]

It's the principal of the matter, really. I don't want it, so I shouldn't be subjected to it.

[That's fine. This linguist can tell when words are meant to be swords.]

Even though somebody is anxious about it, they still accept the peer pressure easily enough.

[phonetical]

And he said someone might have thrown up in it. Why am I not surprised?

[logistical]

Inaccurate. It was him.

[One of these days his reports are going to get Jim in trou - wait.]

[hischair]

In his defense, it wasn't his fault.

[ Hands up, shields down, don't fire! ]

[phonetical]

Like I said, not surprised at all.

[TOO LATE.]

How are you doing there?