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"Stanford Pines. Leave a message."

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[tetractys]

I KNOW. AND I WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO WARDEN ME, WE DON'T NEED THIS TO BE ANY MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT IS ALREADY.

BUT I'VE SEEN THE SKILLS FOR IT YOU HAVE, KID. YOU'RE A GOOD FRIEND, AND YOU'RE A KIND PERSON. YOU KNOW HOW TO SET BOUNDARIES. AND LEARN FROM MISTAKES!

[mothmansplaining]

...thank you.

[The people who've expressed that they want him to stay, and that they feel he's doing good here, have surprised him. It's surprised him that it's happened at all! He's somehow gone from "heartless bastard" to this, and...even if he leaves eventually it's nice to know that's how some people feel about him.]

It's nice to hear that, even if being thanked by the Admiral for my "hard work" was galling.

[u g h.]

[tetractys]

[Bill rolls his eye.]

FORGET HIM. YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED, HE CAN HAVE WHATEVER KIND OF ATTITUDE HE LIKES ABOUT IT. HEH!

[mothmansplaining]

I still feel like I'm playing the Authority's game by cooperating, [he admits.] I don't like feeling that way -- like what I'm doing is helping them, even if it's also helping someone I care about.

[He feels used and complicit at the same time.]

[tetractys]

IT'S THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN. FOR NOW.

[When Bill graduates, that'll change.]

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, FORDSY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS.

[mothmansplaining]

Ah, that's okay. It's a question I've got to live with. You just worry about getting out of here.

[tetractys]

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO IF HE ASSIGNS YOU AGAIN BEFORE YOU FINISH THE SHIP?

[mothmansplaining]

....making sure my family's safe comes first.

[He's not the only warden on board the ship. If he chooses to leave, the inmate'll be reassigned.]

[tetractys]

I GETCHA.

HEY, THIS IS GREAT, THOUGH! WE SHOULD CELEBRATE!

[mothmansplaining]

[Rose hadn't. He...he kind of wishes he'd been able to celebrate with her more, but he understood that she wasn't in the mood for it, not after what had happened -- not that soon. But maybe he can party for Rose? She deserves it.]

What did you have in mind?

[tetractys]

I DON'T KNOW! MAYBE WITH ROSE? SHE SEEMS KINDA, UHH, DOUR... IF SHE'S NOT IN THE MOOD WE CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT!

[... sigh]

MAYBE WITH STAN.

[If it is with Stan, Bill's secret plan is to sneak out the back.]

[mothmansplaining]

I can ask her, but....I'm not sure she's in a partying mood.

...

...

[Does he want to do something with Bill and Stan? Ford feels a bit of apprehension at the thought. Even if Stan agrees, that'll be tense, and Ford's not sure he's up for brother-exboyfriend mediation.

Means something that Bill suggested it, though.]

Thank you for offering to do that. But it's okay. I can do something else with Stan later, if he wants to.

[Bill suggested celebrating. What Bill will want to do will likely be different from what Stan wants to do, and that's OK.]

[tetractys]

[OPENLY RELIEVED.] YEAH, OKAY!

WHATEVER SOUNDS FUN TO YOU. YOU'RE GONNA GET THE KIDS, FORD. YOU DID IT. YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR WHOLE FUTURE AHEAD OF YOU!

cw moon truthing

[mothmansplaining]

....have you ever been to the moon?

I mean the real one. Not the set in Area 51.

oh god do i need to warn for that i do it constantly

[tetractys]

YEAH! APOLLO TWELVE WAS ACTUALLY LEGIT, GO FIGURE. THEY FELL ASLEEP UP THERE AND I GOT TO SEE THE MOON MINDSCAPE!

WANT TO GO?

i have no idea i just saw someone on plurk upset about it

[mothmansplaining]

Think you can program it into the Enclosure?

[tetractys]

YES!

I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE MOON BEFORE!

DID YOU FINISH THOSE JETPACKS WE WERE WORKING ON?

[mothmansplaining]

[A nod. He sure did.]

I'll meet you there in half an hour.

[tetractys]

[Half an hour later, Bill is in the sky above the entrance to the Enclosure with his usual communicator bag and a thermos full of a cocktail called Blue Moon.]

HI, MISTER GRADUATION GENIUS~

[mothmansplaining]

[Ford's got his jetpack slung jauntily over one shoulder, and when Bill greets him, he breaks into a doofy grin. He can't help it, he's. he's stupidly charmed.]

Hello, Bill.

[clearly this is a great idea for two people who are not dating to do]

Is everything ready?

[tetractys]

CAN'T GET IN WITHOUT YOU, KID! LEMME IN WITH YOUR KEY AND I'LL GET IT GOING.

[mothmansplaining]

Ugh, right. Inmate restrictions.

[He'd almost forgotten, since the lounge is such fair game.]

Just a sec.

[He pulls a monocle out of his pocket and holds it up to the door. Keycard accepted!]

You know, considering how easy it is to access a bar full of free alcohol, you'd think the matter-creation machine wouldn't be so restricted.

[tetractys]

HEY, MY READING GLASSES!

[Bill has definitely seen Ford's item before, this is just a dumb eyeball joke.]

YEAH, YOU'D THINK WE'D BE TRUSTED WITH OUR OWN BATHROOMS, TOO.

[Bill swooces on in and chatters to the panel about "Earth's moon, not the fake one from Peru or the fake one from New Mexico or the fake one from L.A. or secret one that humans can't go to because it's a hollow shell full of moon criminals," specifies atmospheric content and amount of werewolves and moon crabs (few).]

[mothmansplaining]

Moon criminals! I knew it.

[tetractys]

[Lifts the lever, opens the door to the gray, cratered surface. It looks just like the footage! Because they did their research, duh.

The airlock, notably, doesn't depressurize. It's breathable out there, hooray! Bill holds the door and mock-bows, then says, as if he's offering a tray of snacks:]

SMALL STEP FOR MAN, FORDSY?