Second floor common room, Monday afternoon

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Aeryn likes to be left alone when she's in a bad mood, but at times like this she's slightly annoyed by the quiet. Even she can only spend so much time in the gym when she's bored, so Aeryn camps out in front of the television, watching the occasional court show and lowering her opinion of the human race in general.

At one point, she goes back to her room to retrieve the Nerf gun. Shooting at stupid people on TV actually helps.


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"Maybe they can take out the missiletoe," she grins.

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"I'm sensing a lot of negative feelings towards the mistletoe. Did someone bad try to kiss you?" Cameron asks and motions for her to pick a flyer.

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"I think everyone knows better. I just find it ridiculous," she answers, picking up one of the planes and looking over the controls.

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Cameron considers explaining the controls, but it's really all that simple so
he figures she can figure it out herself.

"I don't know," he says as he gets his own plane in the air. "Imagine that you're shy and you can't work up the courage to kiss the person you like, it could be a nice excuse." He glances at Aeryn for a moment. "I suppose you wouldn't have that problem."

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"I don't," she says, though she's not sure which part of that she's answering. She's not shy, but she's had issues.

Aeryn aims the plane just high enough to knock a sprig of mistletoe to the ground. It's better when she's got an actual feel for the ship, but this is easy.

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Cameron is distracted for a moment as he remembers exactly how he got over his own issues with Vala.

"Nice," he says as Aeryn hits the mistletoe. "Who the hell hung these up anyway? And why so much? I've have to kiss the entire room here... which I won't." He sends his plane higher as well, knocking down another sprig.

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"I have no idea," she answers, making the plane twist in the air before going for another one of the ugly plants. "At least they're not hung well."

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"Normally the point is that you hang it where no one really notices or expects it, so people get caught by surprise when they stand under it. Which they really failed to do here."

His plane wings one of the plants and loses balance, Cameron manages to get it straightened again, but by now it's in collision course with Aeryn's.

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Aeryn works the controls, sending her plane flying on its side in order to avoid a crash.

Barely noticing this, she says, "I don't think half the people who have been in here noticed it, so maybe there was a point to it. It just failed miserably."

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Cameron might be a bit impressed by Aeryn's flying.

"I guess we might as well get rid of it all, then." He aligns his plane with a row of mistletoe and cuts them off with his wing. "Tiiiiiiimber!"

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"That's effective," she says, though she prefers to go for them one at a time, just so she can try different moves.

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"Maximum damage, baby." He belatedly realises what he just said, clears his throat and goes for a faraway sprig.

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Aeryn hears but doesn't acknowledge the comment. She sends the plane after every second sprig in a row. "I need a Prowler," she decides.

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"Do they have those in mini format that you can fly around?" Cameron asks. "I wouldn't mind seeing one of your prowlers."

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"I doubt it," she answers. "They definitely don't have anything like it here, as far as I've been able to find. If I can find anything, you'll see it."

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"Cool," Cameron grins and makes some somersaults with his plane. "You already flew a prowler?"

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Aeryn nods. "About a third of a cycle in flight school, plus some time in combat," she answers. "I didn't get to do much before coming here."

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"It's still a whole lot more than I've done," Cameron replies. "Does it fly solely in space or in the atmosphere too?"

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"It can fly in atmosphere. It's meant for space, though, and I definitely prefer that," she says. "I can fly in either."

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"Cool," Cameron sighs. "I wish we had something like that on Earth. I don't suppose they'd need candidates?" He might be just a little bit serious.

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"Peacekeepers? No," she says. "It isn't exactly volunteer work."

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"Conscription or draft?" Cameron frowns and brings his plane in a level course as he considers what Aeryn just told him.

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"Most of us are born into it," she answers. "Occasionally there are conscriptions, but they tend to be children and always Sebacean."

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"Children?" Cameron's attention is now fully on Aeryn. "So you don't get a choice in this? What if you don't want to be in the military?"

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She shrugs, bringing the plane in for a landing on a table. "You deal with it," she replies. "Whether you want to is not up for questioning."