When Strange Worlds Collide, Day 86

Onboard the Wicked Sister:

Victor (to Yukiko): Hey. I brought you some tea and something for your headache. How are you feeling?

Yukiko (to Victor): Like, I went twelve rounds with an automaton... Thank you, watashi no ai.

Victor (to Yukiko): ..You're welcome. How're your hands doing? Heh. I hate to see the other guy. Lemme have a butchers at 'em.

Yukiko (to Victor): Heh. It wasn't just one... Actually, I lost count. Fiona was egging them on... I swore I saw her kick one bloke back at me when he was trying to make a runner.

Victor (to Yukiko): That would explain the state of your arms and hands, then. I've got them pretty well sorted... Feeling up to food?

Yukiko (to Victor): Food would actually be good, I think. Nothing too heavy, though. Heh. You're handling this pretty well, Victor, I'm surprised. I probably shouldn't be. But, if this had happened a year or so ago, you would have flipped at me.

Victor (to Yukiko): Heh. I would have, wouldn't I? I'm not gonna lie, I worry about you, but this is who you are, innit? You're a bit mad. :-p Soup sound alright? So. Uh... Crikey. I dunno how to ask this... Are you sure you wanna stay on board the Sister?

Yukiko (to Victor): Soup would be fine... And yeah, I wanna stay with you. I just might need to go blow off steam by getting into a bar brawl, on occasion... The tight spaces, engine troubles, stupid squirrel and close knit family was making me a bit cagey. You're stuck with me, watashi no ai... Unless, you want me off the ship? Heh. I'm just kidding. I know you don't.

Victor (to Yukiko): Heh. Of course I ruddy well don't! I love having you here with me. But, as much as I may love it. More than that I want you to be happy. Heh. And I can more than understand the need for some breathing room now and again.

Yukiko (to Victor): You are lovely, watashi no ai. I'm fine. Honest.

Victor (to Yukiko): Heh. Not as lovely as you.

Yukiko (to Victor): Heh. Yeah, especially with my arms all wrapped. :-P

When Strange Worlds Collide, Day 85

On the streets; New London, Britannia:

Fiona (to Yukiko): HERE'S where you've been hiding my wee, ickle ninja.

Yukiko (to Fiona): Thank the bloody gods you found me, Fi! I was about to be bored to death by the tossers.

Fiona (to Yukiko): Oh? Heh heh. Which tossers were those? There are so many to choose from. Come with me. I believe you owe me a drink. Or three. Or four.

Yukiko (to Fiona): I owe you a drink? What the hell for? Did you do something nice for me when I wasn't looking? :-P

Fiona (to Yukiko): Well, there was that time un Forfar, and that incident in Sicily where I stabbed that bloke in the thigh for you. 

Yukiko (to Fiona): Hmmmm, Sicily? ... Was that the bloke that said he bet I couldn't stab him in the thigh with a cocktail fork from twenty feet? You know, without using my hands... So, you did it? Cuz, that was funny. And, I'm fairly certain I bought you a bottle of Rye, afterwards.

Fiona (to Yukiko): Oh yes! And that ruddy time in Hong Kong I kept you from bleeding out, and you told me that the next time, the VERY next time, you'd be picking up my tab. And that bottle of rye was for O'Ryan.

Yukiko (to Fiona): Fine, fine... I didn't realize you were keeping track, Fi. I would have thought we were even by now. I've saved you just as much I'm sure.

Fiona (to Yukiko): Ha ha ha! Of course I'm keeping track. Come on with you, tiny bit. So... What on earth has gotten you so wound up?

Yukiko (to Fiona): I live on a floating deathtrap with my boyfriend, his sister, her boyfriend and her awful pet squirrel. What could possibly be wrong? ... I used to be a world class assassin and now I'm mucking with airship engines... I'm just fine... Actually, I really want to punch something... or someone.

Fiona (to Yukiko): Hmmm. Lucky for you I know just the place. So... Life on the airship not exactly what you're hoping for?

Yukiko (to Fiona): What are you kidding me? Everyday is an adventure... Just mostly the kind that involves crawling around an engine, making sure we stay afloat. I knew it was going to be different. I just didn't realize how different.

Fiona (to Yukiko): Here we are. If we can't get in a fight here, there's no hope for the empire. Come on. Let's get a drink and get some of that pent up aggression out of your system before you blow a gasket and run off to murder a head of state.