Because everyone dismissed it as something like her thinking a single touch on his hand would not be enough, and it was the only other 'safe' spot for skin-to-skin contact, especially since it is where she already had her left hand?Logannion wrote:Why hasn't anyone commented about her other hand that is touching Jardin right below his ear?
I think its important somehow.
WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
Moderator: Outsider Moderators
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
-
- Posts: 670
- Joined: Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:27 pm
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
"To my surprise, telepathy turned out to be quite easy when you're not chained up to a table with a 15-pound probe shoved up the old back-alley"Werra wrote:Alex is looking awfully surprised. Mayhabs Beryl did actually manage to get around the Lotai?
Alex is receiving that one pic, right?
-Alex Jardin, the auto-biography
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
Perhaps Or it could simply be that he now realizes that past the "touch barrier" Loroi seem to virtually have no inhibitions. That she had to inch closer to him for her left hand to reach around his neck? Suuure, all just incidential, no hidden intentions behind itWerra wrote:Alex is looking awfully surprised. Mayhabs Beryl did actually manage to get around the Lotai?
Alex is receiving that one pic, right?
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
Is it just me, or does Arioch have more fun (And therefore works quicker) drawing the recent story arc?Werra wrote:Alex is looking awfully surprised. Mayhabs Beryl did actually manage to get around the Lotai?
Alex is receiving that one pic, right?
I think she is touching her forehead against his.novius wrote:Perhaps Or it could simply be that he now realizes that past the "touch barrier" Loroi seem to virtually have no inhibitions. That she had to inch closer to him for her left hand to reach around his neck? Suuure, all just incidential, no hidden intentions behind itWerra wrote:Alex is looking awfully surprised. Mayhabs Beryl did actually manage to get around the Lotai?
Alex is receiving that one pic, right?
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
Why has no-one quoted the original post?
Thank You, Arioch!
Also, Beryl looks so relaxed. Deeply relaxed.
As if all stress levels are falling away.
As if she found *home*, and feeling safe.
And now Arioch is just trolling us.[color=red]Arioch[/color] wrote:
Thank You, Arioch!
Also, Beryl looks so relaxed. Deeply relaxed.
As if all stress levels are falling away.
As if she found *home*, and feeling safe.
The Ur-Quan Masters finally gets a continuation of the story! Late backing possible, more info soon.
-
- Posts: 339
- Joined: Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:53 am
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
"Sure, go on, I don't mind touching hands with you" and the next moment she's all over him
Alex looks like Beryl either caught him completely off guard or did he experience telepathy?
Btw, note how Alex himself is no longer holding Beryl by her waist but already almost by her butt.
Alex looks like Beryl either caught him completely off guard or did he experience telepathy?
Btw, note how Alex himself is no longer holding Beryl by her waist but already almost by her butt.
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
Not as she seem to mind.entity2636 wrote:Btw, note how Alex himself is no longer holding Beryl by her waist but already almost by her butt.
-
- Posts: 670
- Joined: Fri Jun 02, 2017 3:27 pm
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
"Touch hands? Oh sure, make yourself at hooooh-jeez, ok, that's my crotch"entity2636 wrote:"Sure, go on, I don't mind touching hands with you" and the next moment she's all over him
Alex looks like Beryl either caught him completely off guard or did he experience telepathy?
Btw, note how Alex himself is no longer holding Beryl by her waist but already almost by her butt.
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
Looks like Beryl's mind is going to sleep/Zen, and Jardin is seeing into infinity.Krulle wrote:Why has no-one quoted the original post?And now Arioch is just trolling us.[color=red]Arioch[/color] wrote:
Thank You, Arioch!
Also, Beryl looks so relaxed. Deeply relaxed.
As if all stress levels are falling away.
As if she found *home*, and feeling safe.
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
That made me think of the possibility, that Beryl's relaxed mind gets lotai'ed by Alexander's mind. And her total relaxation then results from the extended lotai, and her total quietness of mind...
The Ur-Quan Masters finally gets a continuation of the story! Late backing possible, more info soon.
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
She didn't seem to mind even on pg. 133. I was on the verge of commenting that his hand wandering southwards would already have earned him a slap to the face from a human woman.Sweforce wrote:Not as she seem to mind.entity2636 wrote:Btw, note how Alex himself is no longer holding Beryl by her waist but already almost by her butt.
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
The Ur-Quan Masters finally gets a continuation of the story! Late backing possible, more info soon.
-
- Posts: 135
- Joined: Tue May 17, 2011 9:51 pm
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
Heh. Looks like Humanity's contribution to the war might be acting as Therapy Aliens for Loroi with PTSD.
"We're medicinal."
"We're medicinal."
-
- Posts: 270
- Joined: Sun Nov 08, 2015 3:46 pm
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
"Embrace eternity, Alexander Jardin".
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
I can imagine the following:Krulle wrote:Also, Beryl looks so relaxed. Deeply relaxed.
As if all stress levels are falling away.
As if she found *home*, and feeling safe.
Tempo: And she touched you ... where? Right there, below your ear?
Alex: She did. I... uh... just assumed it would be reaching out with her hand, nothing more, nothing less, nothing like that....
Tempo: ....intimate?
Alex: If you wish to put it that, way, yes.
Tempo: Perhaps it should have been Tozet Beryl's place to explain, but it was very much that. Intimate. Since time immemorial, a touch at that particular spot is seen as an invitation and consent to further intimacy, because it was said to link two Loroi as one, even deeper than her simply placing her hand on a male's.
Alex: *now very flustered* Wait, you mean... uh...
Tempo: That if you were a Loroi rather than a Human, she would have grossly overstepped her bounds and initiated an unsanctioned male encounter. But since you are not a Loroi, there could be ... mitigating circumstances.
In a nutshell, yes.raistlin34 wrote:"Embrace eternity, Alexander Jardin".
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
Tempo: That if you were a Loroi rather than a Human, she would have grossly overstepped customs of seniority and initiated an unsanctioned male encounter. Since you are not a Loroi, let me assure you I am the oldest on this shuttle.
In all seriousness though, do you guys expect Beryl to have broken through to Alex or not? He looks a bit too shocked for just a weird touch.
In all seriousness though, do you guys expect Beryl to have broken through to Alex or not? He looks a bit too shocked for just a weird touch.
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
I started my first posting to this with a " " - and that describes it very well. Beryl spoke about simple "hand holding" when she referred to Alex and Talon. Nothing could have prepared him (and us) for Beryl going far beyond that. So yes, Alex being quite flustered is totally understandable, even if there's no telepathic component involved.Werra wrote:In all seriousness though, do you guys expect Beryl to have broken through to Alex or not? He looks a bit too shocked for just a weird touch.
- dragoongfa
- Posts: 1920
- Joined: Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:26 pm
- Location: Athens, Greece
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
I think that he is actually confused in more ways than one, if any attractive woman was touching a man like that it would be for one reason only and he would have to give up his man-card if he didn't go through with it (with the usual caveats of course). In fact Beryl's body language towards Alex so far has been very 'seductive', all men have instincts which instantly translate such behavior from a woman into her being interested in having sex with him.
In this case however Alex is CERTAIN that Beryl isn't pursuing him that way (as certain as a man can be with an alien and all that) and even if he wasn't he knows nearly nothing of Loroi cultural norms and as an ambassador he knows that he will have to abide by certain rules of behavior. For all he knew when he agreed Beryl would just be happy of just shaking his hand but instead he may have consented into a basic mental probe that involves physical contact that is borderline sexual from a human perceptive. His instincts are screaming to just get the dirty deed done while his mind is screaming that this is NOT what his instincts believe it is and even if it is what it looks like he must NOT act on it and must put a stop to it without making too much of a scene.
In this case however Alex is CERTAIN that Beryl isn't pursuing him that way (as certain as a man can be with an alien and all that) and even if he wasn't he knows nearly nothing of Loroi cultural norms and as an ambassador he knows that he will have to abide by certain rules of behavior. For all he knew when he agreed Beryl would just be happy of just shaking his hand but instead he may have consented into a basic mental probe that involves physical contact that is borderline sexual from a human perceptive. His instincts are screaming to just get the dirty deed done while his mind is screaming that this is NOT what his instincts believe it is and even if it is what it looks like he must NOT act on it and must put a stop to it without making too much of a scene.
- sunphoenix
- Posts: 1165
- Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:46 pm
- Location: Indianapolis, IN
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
^ Yeah, fun as it would 'seem'... this is the most sane and professional approach...dragoongfa wrote:I think that he is actually confused in more ways than one, if any attractive woman was touching a man like that it would be for one reason only and he would have to give up his man-card if he didn't go through with it (with the usual caveats of course). In fact Beryl's body language towards Alex so far has been very 'seductive', all men have instincts which instantly translate such behavior from a woman into her being interested in having sex with him.
In this case however Alex is CERTAIN that Beryl isn't pursuing him that way (as certain as a man can be with an alien and all that) and even if he wasn't he knows nearly nothing of Loroi cultural norms and as an ambassador he knows that he will have to abide by certain rules of behavior. For all he knew when he agreed Beryl would just be happy of just shaking his hand but instead he may have consented into a basic mental probe that involves physical contact that is borderline sexual from a human perceptive. His instincts are screaming to just get the dirty deed done while his mind is screaming that this is NOT what his instincts believe it is and even if it is what it looks like he must NOT act on it and must put a stop to it without making too much of a scene.
PbP:
[IC] Deep Strike 'Lt' Kamielle Lynn
[IC] Cydonia Rising/Tempest Sonnidezi Stormrage
[IC] Incursion Maiannon Golden Hair
[IC] TdSmR Athen Rourke
"...you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is Kill him."
[IC] Deep Strike 'Lt' Kamielle Lynn
[IC] Cydonia Rising/Tempest Sonnidezi Stormrage
[IC] Incursion Maiannon Golden Hair
[IC] TdSmR Athen Rourke
"...you can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is Kill him."
Re: WIP Discussion (Part 1!)
Who knows. For all Alex knows, Loroi could have a wierd tradition to 'offer' their women to rivaling/neighboring clans to foster good relations. And Beryl volunteered for this position. For science, of course.^ Yeah, fun as it would 'seem'... this is the most sane and professional approach...sunphoenix wrote:His instincts are screaming to just get the dirty deed done while his mind is screaming that this is NOT what his instincts believe it is and even if it is what it looks like he must NOT act on it and must put a stop to it without making too much of a scene.
In essence, he cannot know if him rebuffing her would be even more disastrous or not. All he can do is quietly say that this is quite an intimate situation by human standards as well.
As for "professional"... Alex does have the reputation of being quite a maverick, with some demerits to his name. So if it helps the long term goal - fostering understanding and perhaps an alliance between Loroi and Humans - he might go for a bit of less-than-professional behavior. After all, while the Scout Corps may have its rules and regulations, every human on board is trained for and required to make snap decisions when there is need 'out there'.