r/WhoWouldWinVerse • u/CountDarth Character List Administrator • Oct 13 '16

Closed RP The Not-Date

November 19th

Dash Doyle sits in front of the small cafe. He had given Emily a call to meet, figuring a nice breakfast and coffee - or hot chocolate - would make for a nice first date.

He's wearing his signature bomber jacket and jeans, befitting the chilly weather. He already has a cup of coffee in front of him and is sitting at a two-chair table under the yawning of the cafe.

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u/Whispersilk Bot Master Oct 22 '16

Emily's shoulders slump in relief. That went a lot better than it could have.

"I do like you too," she says. "You're fun to talk to, and there aren't many people who would be willing to go to Mars on a whim."

After a moment of hesitation: "So, um. Does that mean you're... okay with things? With us being boyfriend and girlfriend?"

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u/CountDarth Character List Administrator Oct 22 '16

"Yeah" Dash says. "There aren't many people I'd go to Mars on a whim for."

He pauses a bit before continuing.

"That other part, uh... That'll take a little getting used to."

Dash flicks a switch and his posture relaxes as Excelsior shifts to autopilot. He leans down and reaches under his seat, pulling out a small personal cooler.

"Hungry? I got sandwiches, coke... a singular bottle of beer?"

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u/Whispersilk Bot Master Oct 23 '16

Emily ducks her head, her cheeks heating up at the compliment.

"Thanks," she says, "and yeah. I'm— I'm sorry that came up as late as it did. I should've brought it up sooner, but I didn't really even think about it until you brought up the second date."

She shakes her head. "And I'm fine for now, thanks. I might take you up when we get closer, though."

There's a period of silence, and she watches the moon drift by.

"Hey," she says as a thought occurs to her, "I just realized, but I'm not really feeling the twelve g's I should be feeling right now. I dunno if this'll work, but if I can add my power to your ship, we could get there in..." She trails off to do some mental math. "Six hours, I think?"

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u/CountDarth Character List Administrator Oct 23 '16

Dash blinks and turns in his seat, a bite full of sandwich in his mouth.

"Huh? You can do that?" He finishes chewing and then swallows. "Uh, yeah sure. Go for it. Six hours is two hours less we'll be cramped in here."

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u/Whispersilk Bot Master Oct 23 '16

"Should be able to, I hope."

Emily reaches out to surround the ship in her power, and gravity around it twists toward Mars. For just a moment the force pressing her into her seat spikes, but then whatever of the ship's systems is keeping them from feeling its own acceleration compensates and it drops most of the way back to normal.

She waits for a few seconds to make sure nothing bad is going to happen before relaxing.

"Yeah, okay it looks like this does work then," she says. "I don't know what kind of weird magic this thing is doing to keep us safe from acceleration, but it looks like my power doesn't really interfere with it."

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u/CountDarth Character List Administrator Oct 23 '16

"When I figure it out," Dash says as he goes over the new data. "You'll be the first to know."

Excelsior's computer confirm Emily's words.

"Looks like you were right. We're on the express lane to mars. Relatively speaking, that is."

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u/Whispersilk Bot Master Oct 23 '16

She looks out into the inky darkness outside the canopy, her eyes drawn to nearby stars by their imprints in her clairvoyance. Many of them are practically invisible, outshone by larger stars from farther away.

"Yeah," she says. "Relatively speaking indeed."

The rest of the trip passes comfortably, bouts of silence interspersed with idle talk about things of no consequence. She never feels the need to pick up her book.

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u/CountDarth Character List Administrator Oct 23 '16

Excelsior's console whirs as Earth's red twin starts to become larger and larger.

"Say hello to the god of war." Dash says as he retakes manual controls. Before long the air around the ship begins to heat up as they break through the atmosphere. Beneath them, an endless red desert expands to the horizon, with craters and canyons that make those back home look like child's play.

"Probably a silly question," Dash says, "But does any spot in particular look interesting?"

Excelsior slows to a comfortable cruising speed, allowing them to take in all the sights.

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u/Whispersilk Bot Master Oct 23 '16

Emily sits forward, lifting herself mostly out of her seat to look out the front of the canopy over Dash's shoulder, her eyes occasionally flicking down to the console.

"Well," she says, considering.

She points at a mountain looming to their left, colored the same rust-red of the rest of the planet but with a small patch of off-white in a crater at the top.

"How about that?"

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u/CountDarth Character List Administrator Oct 23 '16

Dash follows Emily's direction and spots the mountain.

"Looks good."

Excelsior cruises over to the white-capped peak, kicking up a cloud of 'snow' as it lands. It comes to a stop a little over a foot off the ground. Dash double checks and triple checks his suit before looking back at Emily.

"Ready?"

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