Chapter 6: Pheromones


"What the frell is going on? That's what I need to figure out." Aeryn contemplated out loud, sitting in the dining area, eating crackers. "Dargo was first, in the hanger, with those ridiculas come on's...he must have learned them from Crichton....then it was John..."

*flash*

"Thanks." he said, watching her closely.

"No problem." she replied, propping herself up, as some hair came loose and fell in John's face. He chuckled and inhaled...

*end flash*

((He smelled something...)) here, Aeryn discreetly sniffed the air around her. Nope. Wasn't her.

"Then Rygel. After Jo-Crichton...kissed me. That disgusting little blob actually touched my hair!"

*flash*

"...It's your hair..."

*end flash*

"My hair? The only thing wrong with my hair is that Rygel touched it!" Aeryn suddenly remembered something...At the commerce planet several solar days ago...

*flash*

"Do you have anything for hair? You know, to wash it with?" Aeryn asked the vendor, scanning the booth as she did so.

"Yesss. In fact I do." the snake like creature had hissed. "Jussst the thing for a Peaccce Keeper in her prime." He said, pulling a large bottle of a shelf.

"Good." Aeryn replied. ((What has my being a peace keeping in my prime have to do with it? And I'm not anymore, anyway...))

"Assss a warning. Don't use more then a pinch. A little goes a long way."

"Fine, whatever." Aeryn told him, paying for it and hurrying disgustedly off after the creature winked at her suggestively.

*end flash*

"...a little goes a long way..."

In fact, Aeryn had paid no heed to the creatures warning. Like she usally did, she had poured out a handful of the powder to wash her hair. Her hair....

"My hair! That's it! It's my hair! I've heard of this powder before...it sends out pheromones, acts as an aphrodisiac...I need to take a shower."

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End chapter 6