🅧 Please explain to me the scientific nature of 'the whammy'

[faithfulskeptic]

[ n a m e ; ]	Dana Katherine Scully
[ c a n o n ; ]	The X-Files
[ g a m e ; ]	spicy times in noctiumrp

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[bigfootfetish]

"Sounds interesting." Hard to picture, for that matter - bananas are so bland that he can't quite marry the tastes. Maybe it just curves the same way.

Scully's looking at him, and they might as well be touching, with the way her gaze penetrates. For a moment, he's tempted to reach for her hand, or bump his foot against hers under the table. He doesn't, but he thinks about it for a moment while her blue eyes weigh and measure him for reasons unknown.

"It might be." With a shrug, he adds, "I get the feeling I don't qualify for top-secret clearance here, if they're confining you to the tedious stuff."

[faithfulskeptic]

This is going to be the problem for them: not achieving synchrony, but staying in control of it. She's not sure whether it's possible without touching, but when they do it feels so natural, so normal; easy to slip into without meaning to.

It'll be good for their bank accounts at least, but maybe less so for their boundaries.

She shrugs.

"It takes a while to earn their trust. It's not like they could call my references when I applied."

[bigfootfetish]

Mulder's sense of the borders between Do This and Don't Do That is well-developed, if something he ignores frequently. More and more, it might end up feeling like the opposite, though: a desire to keep those lines intact with no idea where they've gone.

For the moment, at least, he's blissfully unaware of just how complicated life is going to get.

"At least a lab tech can borrow the equipment after-hours." He's more amused than annoyed. Scully having an in at the labs benefits them both, and the fact that she's found something worthy of her time is a good thing. If anything, he's jealous. "If the options are police dispatch or beat cop, I might as well pick up juggling and join the circus."

[faithfulskeptic]

Working with Mulder is at least one third keeping him out of trouble, and keeping Mulder out of trouble is a variable mixture of reverse psychology, regular psychology, out-stubborning him, and knowing him well enough to give the vague impression of precognition.

"You could be a sideshow act here," she remarks, sipping her coffee. The heat and the spice make her lips tingle a little.

[bigfootfetish]

"Well, find me some nails, and I'll let you be my geek." Simply existing wouldn't be enough here, not after so many humans have come through. "On second thought, I don't know if I love the idea of clearing out my sinuses with a hammer. Maybe I can join the lab."

They're equally (un)serious possibilities to him, delivered with a smile.

[faithfulskeptic]

"Well, keep your nose clean a while-- preferably without hitting the hardware store-- and maybe the Noctian government will find a use for your talents."

Really, whatever he ends up doing-- if he does anything-- it's going to be for his own sanity and amusement, she's not worried about his paying the bills. Even if he doesn't end up embracing the local culture, which she definitely isn't going to think about or wonder about or secretly agonize about when they're apart. It's Fine.

"Come on, let's find your frying pan."