The one where Serena yells and complains at Dex the entire time
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Returning to the ship after obtaining fuel, Dex wasn't sure who else had returned. Stepping up beside the outside access hatch with a little effort pulled the lever and the front hull door lowered slowly and kronking metal greeted her newly repaired ears. Pulling a face she walked up the ramp inside, the inner doors had been left open. In her right hand held the new hardware for the autopilot and targeting software upgrades. After explaining the state of the ship Roca threw it in as a sympathetic gesture. His words were pitying, "You will need more than a good autopilot to fly that."
Dex scoffed at the challenge, nothing was going to crash while she was at the helm. That was for damn sure.
Entering the hangar she glanced about calling out, "
Anybody here?"
Serena's head popped from behind a pile of parts as she worked on dismantling the wreckage of Del from the tunnels.
"Dex! Perfect! Give me a minute and I'll clear a chair." There was a bunch of various parts and tools in the way which she moved to the side via biotics and her own manpower, dragging the chair forward.
"Well, come on! You've got space now and I've got time."Approaching the chair she put her tech aside taking off her brown jacket to properly expose her arm. In full view now Dex did notice it was in pretty rough shape. Granted she hadn't seen it this bad for a long time. The lightly plated mechanical arm extended out from her shoulder. Plated in a similar manner, on closer inspection past the stenciled triple spirals that matched her facial tattoos, one could see the thick tendons of wires that moved much like muscles. Built by a pair of expert hands and designed specifically for Dex, in the latest iteration it was experimental.
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Thanks again, Serena. I really appreciate your help." Dex said getting situated in the chair. "
My arm doesn't see this much damage often if at all. Honest."
"Don't mention it!" Serena replied cheerfully, humming happily as she pulled up a stool to examine Dex's ruined arm closer.
"Uh. Sure. Vellios uses that excuse all the time too. Doesn't work for him either." She carefully peeled back the light plating, her omni-tool a screwdriver, tsking.
"You should really get better cover for this. I mean, just look at it. It's filthy in here!" Her Omni-tool turned into a pair of plyers..
"I'm afraid I'm just gonna have to yank everything out.""
If it's that bad here's the schematics." Her right talons bringing her own omnitool to life sending off the appropriate files to Serena. "
Always keep a copy of these on me in case I get in serious trouble."
"Oh. That's not fun." Serena sighed, disappointed at Dex's lack of reaction, switching her omni-tool back to normal.
"Give me a minute, I know where the disconnect switch is from Sarah's scan." In short order Serena had turned off Dex's nerves to the arm and detached it from the shoulder. She examined it, irritation crossing her face again.
"I swear to God Dex if you ever treat your arm like this again I'm revoking your privileges to it." She scooted away on her stool, grabbing a small end table and a clean pan to put the arm on, scooting back and placing the Turians arm next to her.
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Don't seem so disappointed. I'm used to seeing it being taken apart and put back together all in one sitting too. I'd like to see you try and keep up with all the trouble two prosthetic arms could get up to. We'll be sure to keep you busy." Dex chuckled leaning into the palm of her organic hand wiggling her brow plates at the mechanic.
Serena raised an eyebrow.
"Is that a challenge? Because after I'm done scolding Iosif for treating his like a battering ram too, I'll be sure to come back and find something you've done wrong." She talked as she began to take apart Dex's arm, cleaning it with the aid of Del and Sarah, her two drones flitting from place to place with rags and pieces.
"I bet I can make you flustered again though." Serena began, looking at the Turian slyly.
Dex stood up from the chair rolling her shoulders feeling the weird imbalance of the missing weight of her arm. "
Ha! You caught me off guard, I'm not easily flustered. Ask Haze."
"So. You want to fuck Vellios huh?" She was busily cleaning and putting a gear back into its shape as best she was able, smiling.
Dex's browplates shot up her then mandibles flickered rapidly, light flapping noises could be heard against her cheeks. "
N-nice try. Dropping sex like it would bother me."
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Even if I did, I have a strict policy against sleeping with crewmembers on the first week. I hold some standards." She said not a little defensively. Hardly shameful but Dex often drew a thick line in the dust when it came to her personal life in this case her sex life.
Serena sniggered at the stutter in Dex's voice.
"Of course. But unless you were having problems with me being in such close proximity to you, you want to have sex with Vellios after the week is up and you're sure he's not a terrible person....turian. He's not. It's not an act, believe me. He has...issues, but nothing that will affect you. Though, if you're waking him up, be careful. Talk loudly, then touch him when he shifts. Otherwise you'll get stabbed. He's a very cautious sleeper."She fixed the gear, moving onto the next piece.
"Other than that, he treats his lovers very well. Gifts, charm, so on so forth. That's all you really need to know. That and I refuse to upgrade your arm with pleasure devices. You're gonna have to go into Omega for that."Dex regarded Serena's quick work standing beside the work bench watching the drones while she spoke schooling her face neutrally. "
What an oddly specific warning. I'm going to safely assume that happened to you? Getting stabbed I mean, not sleeping with him. I get the vibe that you two are friends without benefits."
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I'd like to believe you, Serena. I've been crawling through the galaxy's underbelly for too long to take what you say at face value." Dex said quietly scratching idly at some old paint on the workbench. "
I'll take what you've said into consideration but I haven't made up my mind on anyone as of right now. It's also assuming his issues would be compatible with my own. Beyond that I'm no stranger to appreciating someone to be..." She hummed trying to find the right word. "
Aesthetically pleasing? Yeah. I'm a sucker for bright eyes."
"Yeah. It happened early into our partnership. I tried to wake him up when I couldn't remember where he put something. Seven or so inches of Omni-tool blade slammed into my stomach. Still got the scar. He felt bad about it and made sure I didn't die, medi-gelling me and getting me to a hospital, to give him credit, but it's still hard to not flinch whenever he plays with his knives."She snorted at the idea of sleeping with him.
"He's not my type. He flirted once, maybe more than once I'm completely naive of flirting and what it leads too, and I made it clear I wasn't interested. He's respected my decision ever since. Besides. We're better as friends, or unrelated siblings if you prefer. Spats or no."She nodded.
"I'd be surprised if you did Dex. You're too smart for something like that." She smiled.
"Bright eyes aren't my taste, but I can understand appreciating aesthetics."Dex's eyes blinked at the image Serena described of being stabbed, "
Must of been quite the shock... to put it mildly." Dex tried to sympathize. "
I know I promised not to go digging through anyone's personal histories but I can't help but be curious."
Fuck, I'm not going to last the week at this rate. Between Drono and Vellios I'm done for. It's been way too long and this itch needs to be scratched."It was shocking for a moment, then it was just fucking painful. I'm not sure how long I screamed before passing out. I assume long enough to make Vellios wish he had new eardrums. Odd or terrible or whathaveyou thing was, he didn't even acknowledge what he'd done until that point. He was still at least half-asleep." Serena shrugged.
"Nothing we've not got past, after profuse and continuous apologizing from him. He even bought me Del. Well, a blank drone I could work on that became Del."
Know all about that as you can imagine, pain that is." Dex replied poking at the mechanical talon. "
I'm kind of relieved to hear that it was an involuntary."
She chuckled, putting down a newly cleaned part.
"Don't worry. Tanya's already had me analyze the entire crew, including the ones who ran away with the Twin Star.Dex was a little taken aback at that note, "
Analyze as in observational notes?" Her tone turning rather serious. Dex wasn't a fan of being spied on, hypocritical in the extreme.
Serena looked up at the tone.
"Of course. Don't worry, I didn't have a VI go searching through your dirty secrets. Ask Sarah if you want to hear it. She has it all recorded.""
Wouldn't find a single shred of anything if you did. Though I'll be honest, I do not like being observed. Call me paranoid but it raises my hackles pretty quick."
"I'll add that to my observations." Serena grinned, winking at the Turian.
Dex gave Serena a face then said lightly, "
Cheeky."
Taking a deep breath in to clear her imagination switching tact to something she picked up when Serena was talking about Vellios. "
You said you were naive? As in..."
She paused for effect then a big ole grin broke open her mandibles. "
Virgin?" Expertly knocking the ball back to Serena, two could play at the flustering game.
She subtly tensed as Dex began to speak, practically hearing the grin in her voice.
Shit. I made a mistake...Try as she might Serena couldn't keep the blush from creeping on her cheeks. Still she tried, and failed, to force calm into her voice.
"W-what? N-n-no!"Slamming her hand down on the workbench, "
Liar."
Serena jumped, biotics stabilizing all the parts that Dex had sent flying when she smacked the table. She glared accusingly at the turian.
Hooting with triumph then cradling her chin in the palm of her hand again, "
You've never slept with anyone before. Now isn't that interesting. Someone who fucks too much then onto someone who has never fucked anyone. I can go into detail for you. I'm rather shameless. Though I can't promise it'll be similar to how humans do it."
Serena's eyes popped wide.
"No! No thank you! Vellios has already gone into far too much detail already!" She could feel her blush climbing all the way to her ears, knowing she was as red as a tomato.
"I'm perfectly fine without having any more details, tips, or hints being given to me. Especially turian specific!""
Oh darn, he beat me to it." She joked. "
You are actually going several shades of red. Your little secret is safe with me. Now, premarital sex is perfectly accept-"
Serena opened her mouth to retort, when suddenly...
Another call came in on Dex's omnitool lighting up around her arm and in big notice of it being Galentos Lorthan calling. "
Oh for the love of, fuck off Gal."
Leaning over Serena to ignore the call. "
Sorry about that. He's been calling non-stop all day. He can't take a hint."
Latching onto the nearest opportunity to change the subject, Serena spoke immediately.
"I could help you? I have a VI that automatically blocks calls....and leaves slightly rude messages in reply if they don't stop."Dex perked at that then said delightfully amused, "
Would that cost me another game of chess?"
"Game? Oh no, our deal was for consistent playing and teaching. This is on the house." Serena smiled.
"Speaking of...we should begin now..."
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