Drone Commander

Brian's real problem - he doesn't want to say no

Added 2025-08-31 19:00:50 +0000 UTC

Assuming you are not wandering on your own at night, a stern rejection (especially in public) will usually be respected by Sekarri women. Most will take it for what it is. The more persistent girls will be cowed, they might switch to a charm based approach, bide their time or get sneaky.

They generally wont be forceful, unless they think you are leading them on.

Sekarri men often play the women off each other, "err sorry, I'm waiting for my dates."

But Brian... oh Brian.

For one, he is not amongst the 400 abducted on the Vanguard.
This is the blackfleet.
Truth be told, this is the first time in his life people have noticed him - and Brian doesn't want to blow it (pun not intended).

Before letting him out into the wild, Vess told him that he was on probation, though she wasn't forthcoming with any more information. In fact, after being satisfied by him, she just wanted to sleep....

So again, given that yesterday Brian was cleaning toilets and serving dinner to snotty nosed IT workers, Brian was eager to hold onto whatever opportunity this was.

Unfortunately for him, the Sekarri girls see his lack of push-back an extreme turn on, In Freigel's words "he's basically asking for it."