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[suoxi]

[ Inara comes into view with a smile, as always. She’s very confident sitting there in her suite, hands in her lap and a few candles burning behind her for ambience. She is the picture of calm and poise and looks entirely at ease.

Inside, though – Inara is boiling. Inara is Not Happy about several things, but there are…certain experiences best not ‘advertised’ on a public network.

But boy is she pissed about being fired, then threatened on the way home.

ANYWAY. ]

I have decided to open the Companion House that is located in the Fire Sector earlier than I originally planned. [ read: Inara got fired, and needs another source of income. ]

If you are interested or require more information as to what a Companion is and does, please let me know and I will forward you directions and information. [ Inara learned a valuable lesson: make a pamphlet. Repeating herself explaining the intricacies of Companionship was quite taxing. ]

I am also taking applications for those that would like to enroll in Companion training as well. [ Inara smiles, but her eyes are decidedly sharper here. ] This is not an endeavor lightly chosen. It is a life choice – a career, and the training is intense and not limited to intimacy. I will personally speak [ interrogate ] to any interested party.

[ inara out ]

Comments

[suoxi]

...A space ship. Serenity. [ Inara clarifies that, though judging by Pepper's face, it doesn't make much difference. ]

...I am from the year 2518. I...assume that is far past your current point of reference?

Damn you MCU and your vagueness as to what Asguardians really are

[the_other_eight]

[Pepper takes a moment to let it all sink in. She hadn't even thought to entertain the idea that Inara had been from the distant future. After a few moments she's finally able to bring her thoughts into clearer view.]

Tha-that's quite a bit further from my time. It's only 2012 in my time. Manned space exploration outside of our galaxy is still only in theoretical form.

[That's only partially true. Space flight outside of the Milkey Way was barely in theoretical form. It was the stuff of science fiction books and shows - if one didn't count Thor as an entirely out of this solar system alien. (Thor is an anomaly alright. No one really thought to ask him what his solar system was and since no one has gone there yet it's still mostly true.)]

oh god ikr

[suoxi]

I thought as much. It seems that most have a surprised reaction when I mention the year. It's equally surprising for me to hear that you are from Earth.

[ She smiles wryly. ]

Where I am from, Earth is no more. It is just a dried up rock, floating in another system.

Re: oh god ikr

[the_other_eight]

[Pepper hides her shock in her drink. It's incredibly hard to digest, the idea that in the distant future the Earth becomes just another piece of space rock. To her it's home. It's a world teeming with life, sound and progress.

Then she thinks about that progress. The advances in space exploration and the more recent idea that Buzz Aldrin had been proposing about Mars. Man has been trying to get off the Earth since they first sent shuttles to space. Maybe the complete abandonment of the Earth wasn't so strange after all.]

It's hard to imagine, but I guess it makes sense. You could say it's the next logical step.