[20:26] <Dez_Visir> <Leans back in his seat, sitting at the front of his small MS carrier. He kicks his feet up onto the console and folds his arms behind his head. The carrier was on auto-pilot.>

[20:28] <Reve_Hunter> <makes her way from behind the back of the carrier, she picks up her phone and tries to com dez in the front>

[20:30] <Dez_Visir> <Yawns, stretching his arms> Well...this is going to be a long trip.

[20:32] <Dez_Visir> <And he doesn't hear the com device until he stops stretching> Huh? Probably DeMatin...<Answers> Hello, Silencer here.

[20:32] <Reve_Hunter> muffles up her voice> This is Tresdomo control. Before you took off an unknown persons was seen boarding your carrier, I believe you should check it out Mr. Visir.>

[20:32] <Reve_Hunter> <the com cuts off>

[20:32] <Dez_Visir> An unknown person? <Mutters> Quietus....must be.

[20:32] <Dez_Visir> <Slowly gets up from his seat and grabs a gun fron underneathe his seat.>

[20:33] <Reve_Hunter> <walks back into the small quarters in the back of the carrier and goes into the bathroom>

[20:33] <Dez_Visir> <He creeps away from the front of the carrier, on full alert.>

[20:33] <Reve_Hunter> <puts the shower on, letting the bathroom steam up>

[20:34] <Dez_Visir> <"Quietus, you bastard...sneaking onto my carrier....probably waiting for me to fall asleep so you can kill me...">

[20:34] <Dez_Visir> <Goes past the bathroom, and notices it's full of steam.>

[20:34] <Reve_Hunter> <once it's reached the desired temperature, she undresses and steps in, letting the hot water run over her, easing the nervousness she's feeling>

[20:37] <Dez_Visir> <He pushes the door to the bathroom open, slightly leaning in. The steam obscured his view of Reve....all he sees is a blur of some sort.>

[20:37] <Dez_Visir> Hold it right there...

[20:37] <Reve_Hunter> <she pauses then turns off the running water>

[20:38] <Reve_Hunter> <her well manicured hand reaches from behind the curtain> dez sweetheart, could you please pass me a towel? I'll catch my death from this cold if you don't close that door. You're bringing in a draft.

[20:38] <Dez_Visir> .....Reve?

[20:38] <Reve_Hunter> <peaks from behind the shower curtain, her hair falling in front of her face> hey.

[20:39] <Dez_Visir> ............. Why are you on my carrier?

[20:39] <Reve_Hunter> Oh, this is your carrier?

[20:40] <Dez_Visir> Yes, it is.

[20:40] <Reve_Hunter> I'm sorry, am I intruding then?

[20:40] <Reve_Hunter> Please, can you pass me a towel and we can discuss this outside?

[20:40] <Dez_Visir> <Grabs a towel from the rack and hands it to her, eyebrow raised.>

[20:41] <Reve_Hunter> <wraps the towel around her and pulls the curtain back>

[20:41] <Reve_Hunter> <reaches from behind dez and grabs another towel to dry and wrap around her hair>

[20:42] <Reve_Hunter> <walks past dez and then jumps on his bed>

[20:42] <Dez_Visir> <He shakes his head.> <"Maybe I just dozed off and I'm asleep now...that has to be it....I can see now logical, sane reason for her to be here, half naked, on my ship...">

[20:42] <Dez_Visir> <"And now on my bed.....">

[20:42] <Reve_Hunter> <sits crosslegged on his bed>

[20:43] <Dez_Visir> So....uh.................enjoy your shower?

[20:44] <Reve_Hunter> Definitely. Strange, I could have sworn this was a retrotech carrier <impish grin>

[20:44] <Dez_Visir> Well, it isn't...I guess I'll just have to take you home.

[20:46] <Reve_Hunter> That'll suit me fine.

[20:46] <Reve_Hunter> You can then meet my parents.

[20:47] <Dez_Visir> Meet your parents? Why would I want to meet your parents? Eh-heh...

[20:48] <Reve_Hunter> Well, because, I've decided that I'm going to call your bluff and take you up on that kiss that seemed to say "I do like you Rêve" from the other night.

[20:48] <Dez_Visir> You remember that?!

[20:48] <Reve_Hunter> <nods> of course I do.

[20:49] <Dez_Visir> So...here we are...alone...on my carrier...in my bedroom.....and you're wearing nothing but a towel.

[20:49] <Dez_Visir> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this might lead to something.

[20:49] <Reve_Hunter> Well, it might., It could, It depends...<now begins to get nervous as she didn't really plan this and it was all on impulse>

[20:50] <Dez_Visir> Oh come on, this all seems so...well planned.

[20:50] <Dez_Visir> <Sits down on the bed next to her.>

[20:51] <Reve_Hunter> <stares straight ahead> oh dear...you're making me nervous dez. I didn't plan anything after my little speech.

[20:51] <Dez_Visir> So you just decided to show up on my carrier half naked on a whim?

[20:51] <Reve_Hunter> <gulp> uh yeah.

[20:52] <Reve_Hunter> Well...

[20:52] <Reve_Hunter> I needed the shower.

[20:52] <Reve_Hunter> The speech was planned.

[20:52] <Reve_Hunter> The shower wasn't.

[20:52] <Reve_Hunter> That was impulse

[20:53] <Dez_Visir> <Sighs> Well....I guess we'll just have to be uncomfortably awkward then. Darn...

[20:53] <Dez_Visir> <Gets up from the bed, scratching the back of his neck.>

[20:54] <Reve_Hunter> <blushes> oh

[20:54] <Dez_Visir> I'll leave the room while you get dressed. I'm sure you want your privacy.

[20:55] <Reve_Hunter> <nods> alright.

[20:55] <Reve_Hunter> Well, no need...

[20:55] <Dez_Visir> <Exits his room and closes the door, leaning against it>

[20:55] <Dez_Visir> <Sighs>

[20:55] <Reve_Hunter> <turns and finds the room empty>

[20:56] <Reve_Hunter> Hmm..<walks to the closet and decides to put on one of Dez's own shirts.>

[20:56] <Reve_Hunter> <ties her hair into a pony-tail>

[20:56] <Reve_Hunter> <walks out wearing an oversized shirt that comes close to her knees, almost dresslike>

[20:57] <Dez_Visir> <Almost falls backwards when Reve opens the doors, but catches his balance and spins around> Oh, you're dressed. Uh...one of my shirts, I see.

[21:00] <Reve_Hunter> <nods> yes, It looked comfy. <smells the shirt> and it smells like your cologne.

[21:00] <Dez_Visir> I guess I don't wash my clothes enough.

[21:01] <Reve_Hunter> >_<

[21:01] <Reve_Hunter> Um...well, I guess I'll survive, I know a really good drycleaner in New York if you like.

[21:01] <Dez_Visir> I'm not going to New York.

[21:01] <Reve_Hunter> Where are you going?

[21:02] <Dez_Visir> Back to space, after I drop you off.

[21:02] <Reve_Hunter> Space?!

[21:02] <Dez_Visir> <Nods>

[21:02] <Reve_Hunter> But why?

[21:02] <Dez_Visir> Business to take care of.

[21:03] <Reve_Hunter> <goes to the front and sits in the co-pilot's chair, sits sideways, her legs over the armrest, her back arched and head looking at dez upside down>

[21:04] <Dez_Visir> <Sits down in the pilot's chair, leaning an arm on the arm rest(what a radical concept) and his chin onto his fist, staring straight ahead at the console.>

[21:04] <Reve_Hunter> <sits up right on the chair> well...what if I felt you had business to take care of here?

[21:04] <Reve_Hunter> <stares straight ahead as well>

[21:05] <Dez_Visir> <Looks at Reve through the corners of his eyes, one eyebrow raised> What sort of business did you have in mind?

[21:06] <Reve_Hunter> <stands up and heads towards a window>

[21:07] <Dez_Visir> <Watches her curiously, leaning away from his hand.>

[21:07] <Reve_Hunter> Well...I don't know...i guess...um. Damn, I...

[21:07] <Reve_Hunter> I got jealous.

[21:08] <Reve_Hunter> <turns to face him>

[21:08] <Dez_Visir> Jealous? Why?

[21:08] <Reve_Hunter> When I saw you and Catherine talking...well, I just felt a bit jealous.

[21:08] <Reve_Hunter> I guess I have been having a hard time forgetting you...and during the rave?

[21:09] <Reve_Hunter> <smiles> I was pretty with myself, I was just trying to act stoned...and used it as an excuse.

[21:09] <Dez_Visir> ........<"Damn.">

[21:09] <Dez_Visir> I guess I fell for it, then.

[21:09] <Reve_Hunter> I thought you looked really handsome that night, and figured If I told you in that state...you wouldn't take it so seriously.

[21:10] <Reve_Hunter> Then I would at least know that I told you, even if you never knew for sure.

[21:10] <Reve_Hunter> But when you took me to my room...and kissed me...i realized then that well, perhaps you may not really like me, but you weren't totally impervious to me as well...

[21:11] <Dez_Visir> <Sighs> I don't understand why people can't just be clear and honest....<"You're such a hypocrite."> All it does is complicate things, you know?

[21:12] <Reve_Hunter> <turns back towards the window> yeah...I guess.

[21:13] <Reve_Hunter> Well, why didn't you just say you were still interested?

[21:13] <Dez_Visir> <Gets up from his seat, and steps up behind her.> I tried, but then I saw you and Evan...you left me out there in the cold to go in with him, literally.

[21:14] <Reve_Hunter> You also stood there for 5 minutes, listening to my most private thoughts...

[21:14] <Reve_Hunter> It's not as if you didn't know.

[21:14] <Dez_Visir> I didn't want to take advantage or anything. If you weren't willing to tell me how you felt, then I had no place to act on what you admitted to yourself in private...

[21:18] <Reve_Hunter> <looks straight at dez> ok. Hypothetically speaking...what if I wanted you to hear what I said...what would you respond?

[21:19] <Dez_Visir> I would probably with something like this....<Leans forward while pulling Reve towards him, gently placing a kiss on her lips for what in reality was only 20 seconds seemed to last an eternity...>

[21:20] <Reve_Hunter> <walks towards him> What If...I wanted you to know that I've not been able to get you out of my.....OH @_@

[21:21] <Reve_Hunter> <opens her eyes>

[21:22] <Reve_Hunter> Um...that was nice.

[21:22] <Reve_Hunter> <blushes> but...

[21:22] <Dez_Visir> ...But...?

[21:23] <Reve_Hunter> This is better. <takes his face into her hands and plants a long deep kiss, her other hand bringing his head even closer, running her slender fingers through his hair, then her other hand, moves down lower down his chest, and then around to his back, bringing his body length to length across hers>

[21:24] <Dez_Visir> <Once again, Dez is caught off guard by a kiss. You'd figure if he was psychic, he could see these sort of things coming...>

[21:26] <Dez_Visir> <Somewhere, fireworks are going off. Literally, a town underneathe the carrier's flight path is having some sort of celebration. The fireworks illuminate the carrier, but don't reach up high enough to touch it with its flourescent red and blue sparks.>

[21:26] <Reve_Hunter> Mmm...i wish I could just stand here forever.

[21:27] <Reve_Hunter> But...it can't can it...you're still going to Space aren't you...

[21:27] <Dez_Visir> ....I can ask for that vacation time I sort of got cheated out of...

[21:29] <Reve_Hunter> A vacation?

[21:29] <Reve_Hunter> I know a nice vineyard...

[21:29] <Reve_Hunter> <smiles>

[21:30] <Reve_Hunter> Good wine, lots of sunshine...

[21:30] <Dez_Visir> <Grins, catching on...> I wish I could just forget about my job completely....if only life were that simple.

[21:30] <Reve_Hunter> Well, it's not, and if it were we'd both get bored.

[21:31] <Dez_Visir> I guess so. One day I'll be able to quit that job and go on my own path. <"Yeah, maybe in 40 years...">

[21:33] <Reve_Hunter> <smiles> I won't believe in empty promises or build my life on false hopes or empty dreams...I know that this could be the beginning of something wonderful, or it could be but a special moment that never repeats itself...but I'd like to take this day by day, and perhaps, in the end still end up holding your hand through it all...<smiles>

[21:37] <Dez_Visir> No matter what happens, Reve.......if I've ever had a chance at what could be a beautiful life, it must be with you....everything else right now is caustic and demanding...as long as there is the hope of a beautiful life, none of that matters. But I guess I'm just being idealistic now...

[21:38] <Reve_Hunter> <nods> we can allow ourselves idealism for a few days?

[21:38] <Dez_Visir> I guess we can. All dreamers must awaken eventually.

[21:41] <Reve_Hunter> <draws Dez close> alright. A day of idealism and then reality. It's a fair price to pay. Because we still have a chance to make reality, into what we want it to be. And then, when you go and fight your battles, I'll be waiting...just come back so I can have someone to put up with my quirks and unbearable personality.

[21:43] <Dez_Visir> <Runs a hand through Reve's hand, staring into her eyes with those blue eyes of his, those that were like Summer skies in lieu of parted clouds....> Oh, I don't know...your personality isn't so unbearable to me.

[21:44] <Reve_Hunter> <laughs> I think you're probably the only one that thinks that Dez.

[21:45] <Reve_Hunter> Now why don't you set the coordinates to that L1 colony vineyard, I'll make reservations to stay at their villa...and you call your boss and take that well earned vacation?

[21:46] <Dez_Visir> <Nods> Sounds like a plan...this is better than what I would have spent my vacation doing anyway.

[21:48] <Reve_Hunter> And what would you have done on your vacation if I didn't walk into well, your shower? <laughs>

[21:49] <Dez_Visir> Probably sat around and moped about how terrible it is being a handsome and mysterious ace pilot without a girlfriend.

[21:50] <Reve_Hunter> Handsome and mysterious ace pilot...if I didn't like you so much I'd hate you because of that ego of yours <giggles>

[21:50] <Dez_Visir> Between you and I, the ego's just an act...but keep that to yourself.

[21:52] <Reve_Hunter> An act?

[21:53] <Dez_Visir> <Nods> ...... I've got to be somewhat confident as "The Silencer", and that requires having an inflated ego.

[21:53] <Dez_Visir> Otherwise, I'm just some second rate pilot with white hair.

[21:54] <Reve_Hunter> Hmm...<draws dez close> now, if I keep that a secret....what will you reward me with?

[21:54] <Dez_Visir> Whatever your heart desires...

[21:59] <Reve_Hunter> Well...I didn't exactly finish my shower....

[22:00] <Reve_Hunter> And...well, no one can take too many showers...

[22:00] <Reve_Hunter> <grins>

[22:01] <Dez_Visir> Well, then by all means...<He slides an arm behind her knees, and one under her back. He then scoops her off of the ground and walks over towards the door to his quarters.> I think I'm feeling a bit dirty too....<He carriers her in, then reaches back with his foot and closes the door>