I make small talk while getting some water. Snowman's alone, for the moment, watching the door.
Ali: "Having fun on guard duty?"
Snowman: "Eh, not really but I guess I should try to enjoy it; it's my least shift."
Ali: "So would you say that this is your last shift before retirement?"
Snowman: *eyes widen* "No! No, it's nothing like that at all!"
Evie takes a cucumber with cream cheese and promptly drops it on the floor. She takes a second one, and drops the cream cheese on the floor. This look of defeat comes across her face until I mention I have two more cucumbers...lesson learned, never mention you have two cucumbers in front of the 16 year old granddaughter of the Ondreaj delegation...or that your husband is a cybernetist who can make devices that run off batteries...
Dr Black who has an unshakable belief that life is a tragedy of suffering and pain, leans in around the door corner, and sees a purple tentacle beast the size of a buick. Unfazed in the slightest and unsurprised "Yup, that was just a matter of time."
While in the back room, preparing to take down a statement from the person who tried to assassinate Johnny Fagan.
Mak: "Do you want to write this down?"
Frank: "Why do I have to do it?"
Mak: "Because... you have better handwriting than I do?"
Frank: "Aw @#$%&. Fine."
Basil Williams
Doctor
Hopeless Idealist
Marshal Service Forensics Expert/Senior Deputy Marshal
Exploracorps Field Member
Eternal Optimist
Ondrej officer: "This is only the second time I've ever gotten drunk." (He's holding baiju)
Ali: "How did the first time go?"
Ondrej officer: *suddenly dejected* "It was awful! I missed my shift!"
Ali: "Ooh, that bad, huh? That's no fun. How long were you out?"
Ondrej officer: "A couple of days, apparently. It took almost three years for me to get my reputation back!" (He starts walking away, determined to get plastered)
Ali: "...Well, I hope this time goes better for you..."
Also, Marlin's face when I told him that we might have an inter-colonial incident over disputed piata ownership rights. It wasn't surprise as much as *sigh* same insanity, different day.