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A Shot in the Dark

Summary:

Pioneer 9 is a good ~16,000 years old, and she has... feelings. Feelings for Juice, specifically. She doesn't really know how to deal with them, either. She could ask, but when Juice's power supply dwindles, there's only so much she can do.

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.I have a weird question.

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.Juice?

.You there?

.sorry was watching the game

.washingtons going for it rn

.got past the defensive line

.oh hold on

.OH HOLD ON

.SOME GUY WENT FOR HIS LEG AND MISSED

.OH ARE THEY

 

.Hold on, I’m tuning in.

.There he goes!

 

.HE’S SO CLOSE COME ON BABY

.JUST A FEW MORE YARDS UP

.COME ON

.NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

.FUCK

.GOD DMAMIT

.SHIT

 

.Oh, man. So close, too. What even happened?

.Did he just lose his footing?

.I blame Beeftank.

 

.YOU CANT BLAME BEEFTANK HES HALF A CONTINENT AWAY

.HE HASNT PLAYED IN THIS GAME FOR LIKE 3000 YEARS

.anyways whats up

 

.Oh. .Er… nothing.

.It was nothing.

 

.so ur just gonna waste ur charge on nothing

.classic nine maneuver

 

.What is love?

 

.baby dont hurt me

 

.Juice, I’m serious.

 

.ok sorry sorry

.what do u mean by that though

.cuz there are a lot of different answers

 

.I dunno. Like…

.There’s a few love stories in my memory banks.

.Most of them involve the people falling in love overcoming something.

.Like, adventuring together, or bonding over something they’ve lost.

 

.well.

.it can mean a lot of different things i think

.you dont necessarily need to lose something to fall in love

.but it might make it easier

.idk ive never been in love

 

.You haven’t?

 

.nope

.i mean ive loved people but thats platonic shit

 

…I see.

 

.whyd you ask



.No reason.

.Just thinking.

 

.took u long enough to come up with something on ur own

 

.Hahahaha. Fuck you.

 

.and now ur back to copying me huh? fuck u too sister

 

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.I just asked because…

 

.because?

.you cant just leave it like that

.fill in the blank

 

.I might be in love, I guess.

 

.ooooOOOOOOOOOOH 9S GETTING A BOYFRIEND!!

.OR GIRLFRIEND

.OR PARTNER

.IM AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY THIRD WHEEL

.its not hubble is it

.No, it’s not Hubble.

.It’s

 

.is it ten

 

.What?

.No!

.We’re sisters!

.Gross.

 

.hey ur not like biological sisters or anything. i wont judge

.jk yes i will

.but ill be quiet about it

.no i wont

 

.It’s not Ten.

.It’s kind of hard to talk about

 

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.awwww maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan

.guess that means i gotta charge up

.if anything happens in the next 6 months lmk

 

.Okay.

.I don’t think anything will, but I’ll… give you “live” updates, I guess?

 

.ur the best

.talk to you in a few months

 

.Okay.

.

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.Juice?

.You there?

.You're not gone yet, are you?

.

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.Fourth down. Looks like Washington’s gonna give it to New Mexico.

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.Goodnight.

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.I love you.