Gear maintenance with Barracuda and Rhian.

"No I'm telling you man; laser is so much better than bullets. You don't have to worry about ammo as much, it's lighter than a pistol, no recoil and it burns on impact. Hands down... laser all the way."
"Kid, I've heard people talk some shit in my time, but that takes the award for biggest shit ever and gives a tearful speech while accepting it. Hit someone with a las shot and it doesn't just burn. It cauterizes. So any damage you do pretty much patches itself up. This baby..." You hold up your pistol "Will put a bullet in a man and take most of the internal organs with it on the way. Along with most of the spine if you shoot in the center of the stomach. In the meantime, if you've got the money, you can make it just as light and accurate as the best laser gun. Which is so easy to beat anyway! Plus easier to clean and keep working as well."
You grin and eject the clip from your pistol, pulling back the slide to check if it still has a live round in the chamber (It doesn't) and then removing the slide, followed by the barrel and then the spring. You grab a cotton swab and gently run it around the inside of the barrel, making sure to poke it in deep and clean everything within reach. Sure that its completely free of any dust or grime, you grab the oily rag off the counter and begin to wipe it over the gun pieces in front of you.
"Will you two quit arguing? Gehenna can turn both of you pussies into chunks from a mile away and still keep going to hit something else. Your arguments are both invalid."
Rhian (who is sitting on the floor behind you and 'Cuda for whatever reason) returns her attention to the disassembled scope in from of her, checking the glass lenses for chips, cracks or fractures. Her personal mod kit lies unfurled next to her, with a case of modified lenses spread out around her. From what you can gather, she's trying to find a lens combination that will reduce reflection so she can aim for longer periods of time without worrying about anyone seeing light reflecting from her scope.
'Cuda grabs the rag from your hand and throws it over his shoulder at Rhian, catching her by surprise and making her shriek as it hits her in the face. Luckily she doesn't drop the lens combo in her hands.
"You get no say in this Rhian! We're talking room to room here, not building to building!"
"You asshole, I could have dropped these! You know how much these lens cost?!"
"No! And neither do you! You stole them when we tore through that gun shop getting away from the IPF!"
Rhian opened her mouth to retort and then stopped. Instantly 'Cuda turned around to look at her in shock.
"Are you-? Oh my dear god you are!"
Rhian's mouth snapped shut and she just started glaring at the kid angrily. 'Cuda just continued, his voice rising in excitement.
"You have no actual comeback! I did it! I won! I finally won an argument with you!" He grabs the radio next to him and sends a message out to everyone on the ship "I finally won an argument with Rhian! We need to celebrate! We need ****! Everybody to the common room!"
Scrambling up, he turns to you and gives a mildly mocking salute before rushing to the spiral staircase and vanishing from sight. You try to return your focus to cleaning your gun, when you see Rhian's shoulders sag and she lets out a sigh. You almost echo it, because you know what's about to happen-
"That guy pisses me off so much."
Aaand here it is. Why is it that whenever a guy is alone with a girl, he magically seems to become her new therapist? Still the majority of women aren't as hot as Rhian is. You pause just long enough to roll your eyes, put down the gun piece you're in the middle of cleaning, then reluctantly swivel your seat around and lean forward to look at her.
"You wanna talk about it?"
Rhian ran a hand through her choppy blue hair and nodded "Mind if we talk in the shuttle though? I don't trust anyone beyond Sirona not to be listening in."
You get up and walk over to the shuttle, lifting the tarp cover up and opening the shuttle door. Rhian walks past you and steps into the shuttle and you hop in to join her. You shut the door and turn to face Rhian "Okay; what's-?"
You stumble over your words as you see she's pulled her shirt over her head and is letting the oil crusted piece of clothing slide out of her hands "So... you wanna fuck me?"
You blink and swallow hard, your eyes moving to glance at her breasts on instinct "Is that a trick question?"
She grins and shimmies her leggings down to her ankles and steps out of them "I thought I'd actually have to knock 'Cuda out before I'd get some alone time with you" She stands in front of you wearing just her panties and a wicked smile now and raises an eyebrow "So... curious to see if my hair is the same colour everywhere?"
Okay, apparently you didn't know what was about to happen! But onto the more important point. Why the fuck are you still dressed?!