<div class="floatleft">(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg142/ElectricBadger/SlimSuzie.jpg)   <br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: andale mono;"><em><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;">Suzie Lao</span></em></span></div> </div>Suzie ran a hand lightly over Alex's back as she moved past, teasing her pet on the way to cockpit.  "I'll take the stick, fast craft are a guilty pleasure.  And you're probably better on the guns anyways.  Not that I expect anything to happen."  She scrambled up the ladder and began to run through the pre-flight without looking back, eagerly entranced with a second fun new toy in just a few hours.  Violence and sex; a potent mix, and one that had her more than a little distracted.  The reason she gave Alex for piloting was true enough, but it also provided a distraction from the toy in the back just begging to be played with despite a firm intent to the contrary.<br/><br/>"He's actually giving us a fighter," Suzie chuckled.  "I mean, when I asked for the dreadnaught I just meant for it to do some fetch and carry for me...not to own it.  What the fuck would I do with a dreadnaught?  Can you imagine the docking fees on something that large?"  A trademark upturned palm in lieu of a shrug, displaying a delicate wrist finely lined with small scars.<br/><br/>She turned in her seat to watch appreciatively as Alex got into the craft behind her, eyes following the stretches and bends necessary to maneuver into a small cockpit.  "As for the compromise, I won't send you into battle naked, no.  Sexy is required, though.  Not just for me.  We do have viewers, pet, and expectations.  Nobody wants to see you save the galaxy in a knitted afghan.  For the rest...."  Her eyebrows danced teasingly.  "You'll wear what I tell you and do as your told.  It's what you were hired for, after all."  The flip of a switch and the canopy descended to seal tightly.