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[cautionarytale]

[Elle looks soggy and annoyed and a little bit frazzled. Folks on level 5 may have recently heard a shriek because wheeee electrocution.]

Okay, seriously? Not. Funny. Whoever's behind this, I'll find you and I am totally gonna kick your ass!


[private separately to Adam and Howie, added after she calmed down and talked with T'Pol]

Why do guys like it when a girl jumps out of a cake?

Comments

private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

Are you alright?

I think Sam and Martha got the same, so at least it's not directed at you personally.

I also... what context is that being asked in?

private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

I'm fine.

I just wanna know, that's all.

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

You sure? I don't want you treating this as a personal affront and going after revenge or something.

I'll give you an answer in a minute. Talk to me about this first.

private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

I electrocuted myself and this blouse isn't in great shape, but I'll live.

The bucket of water? There's nothing to talk about.

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

So... you're not going to go kick anyone's ass, right? That'd be the sensible thing to do.

Re: private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

No.

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

Good. I trusted that you'd come to that decision. I just needed to make sure; the last thing this place needs is escalation, and you've probably got more right to take offence than most.

Re: private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

I'm totally escalation-free, sarge.

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

That's what I like to know.

Re: private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

Are you gonna answer my question?

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

Aye, alright. I agreed.

Well, I presume that jumping out of a cake would involve a certain state of undress, right? So it's an element of surprise and... the same reason some men like strippers or something similar. Men like looking at something close to naked women - it's nothing more complicated than temptation to sin.

Re: private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

So the surprise makes it sexier?

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

I guess so. And most people like surprises.

Going to tell me why you're asking?

Re: private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

I saw it done a lot on TV, but I guess I never really got the whole cake part of it.

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see. I imagine it's the whole illusion thing. Because most men, I guess, would rather have a naked woman than cake.

Re: private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

Would you rather have a naked woman than cake?

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

...oh, that's not a fair question.

If I happened to be married to that naked woman, yes. Otherwise, I'll take the cake.

Re: private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

So you would rather have a naked woman than a cake.

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

...provided I was married to her, absolutely.

private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

What if you were in an alternate universe where marriage didn't exist?

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

You mean like this one?

I'd still look to swear my love before God and whatever law there was avaliable first.

Re: private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

So the whole marriage thing is really just an excuse to bang without having to go to hell after.

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

...no. It's about making an oath before God to love someone for the rest of your life, and to serve them, and cherish them and to be bound to them in the eyes of God.

It's not just an excuse.

Re: private

[cautionarystory.livejournal.com]

You won't be getting a naked woman in a cake any time soon, and isn't that kinda sad?

Re: private

[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

I could have had one and I just turned it down.

It is a little, yes. But I'll die at peace with my own morality.