The Alien Wars 6: Da Capo

Session 579

Session Start: Mon Aug 15 14:16:16 2022
Session Ident: #TAW-Session579
* Now talking in #TAW-Session579
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<DeathStar> Date: 10-644.1.17
<DeathStar> Location: The Aquarius
<DeathStar> *Mireille hangs over the railing around her spirit chamber on the bridge, while Yuki sits in her chair next to the captain's seat, flipping through reports. Ben quietly studying the sensors of a strange massive space jelly fish before the Aquarius*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Can we go back to that Dark world and bomb it now?
<DeathStar> <Ben> No
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<DeathStar> <Mireille> But this is boring
<DeathStar> <Yuki> You don't like giant space jelly fish type creatures?
<DeathStar> *Ben turns from the sensors, finishing cateloging the creature*
<Alicia> <Celeste> "After everything we did, the last thing we want to do is bomb the Dark world."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Referring to the hybrid race?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Yeah they were nice. And they have great soap operas.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> We still have the Dark tribes out here.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> The deeper we go, the higher the chances we'll run into one
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Yeah. It'd kind of be saying 'Look at us, we're huge hypocrites, come attack us!'"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Alright.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Let us prepare the engines
<Seraphna> Cookie> We can always sic Noire on bad ones.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Set course for ... *She eyes the notes* This system
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Right."
<DeathStar> *Yuki leans back, letting everyone handle it.*
<DeathStar> *As the engines of the Aquarius starts up, the jelly fish creature begins to latch onto the ship*
<DeathStar> <Ben> That is ... hm
<ChadWinters> <Id> It seems something with the engines powering up attracts them
<Jackieness> <Airym> *steps on to the bridge* "Report."
<DeathStar> <Ben> We are being engulfed.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> It feels weird... *she suddenly falls off the railings, looking KOed as the power begins to drain*
<DeathStar> *lights flickering*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> That's not good.
<Jackieness> <Airym> *moves to take a seat in the captain's chair* "Do we have any space torpedoes or the like?"
<DeathStar> <Ben> We got missiles, yes.
<ChadWinters> <Id> Would it be wise to fire them this close?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Probably not
<Seraphna> **Cookie muses, then closes her eyes and reaches out with Telepathy, trying to ward off the creatures**
<Alicia> <Celeste> "There's no way to run silent, is there?"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> We could shut down everything
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Prep one for a high ield plasma discharge. Bring most ship systems to minimum power. I need shields up in the direction of the detonation."
<Seraphna> Cookie> Trying to tell them to flee.
<DeathStar> *The creature seems to have some sort of intelligence*
<Seraphna> Cookie> They definitely have enough of a mind to think.
<DeathStar> *Ben works on the missile problem while their power depletes*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "The intent is to give them something else that look bigger, while also riding the shockwave out while engines are down."
<Seraphna> **Cookie keeps trying, sending out empathic signals that they aren't food**
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Nice plan. I just hope they stop paying attention to us then."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We only need a big enough bang to make it look like something mure nutritious dropped in."
<ChadWinters> <Id> You could power everything down. Everyone here should be able to survive for a short bit before oxygen is depleted.
<DeathStar> *it's grip lessens a bit and Ben fires where the creature let go a bit*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Attempting to raise shields. ... shields are not responding
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Wait for it to let go. We are going to use the shields to catch the wave."
<DeathStar> *the creature, diven either by the light or Cookie begins to float off*
<Seraphna> **Cookie keeps it up just in case it's her**
<DeathStar> *Ben monitors the situation as power slowly begins to return*
<ChadWinters> <Id> We should start making distance on low power while we can
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Do you think the detonation will hurt the thing?
<ChadWinters> <Id> Most likely.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Aw.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "The detonation has already occurred. It will lose energy quickly."
<Alicia> <Celeste> "We don't really have a choice, and as long as it's not injured, it shouldn't be that big a deal."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We just needed a flash to act as a lure. Ben, what is our status?"
<DeathStar> <Ben> We're a sturdy ship. Shields weren't up when the shockwave hit. We'll probably need Mireille to take a look when she wakes up. Power is restoring. We're moving. We can move on our now under light power.
<Seraphna> **Cookie puts a pillow under Mire**
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Keep power usage at a minimum until we're clear."
<DeathStar> <Ben> I can also turn on functions in the ship when ready. *nods to Celeste*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Agred. Maneuvering thrusters only, keep us at minimum power."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We just need to get clear without attracting the life form's attention again."
<DeathStar> *Ben plots it and turns* Alright. This might take a bit
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Alright... what do we for now?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Cards?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Yuki, check on Mirelle's status."
<ChadWinters> <Id> They didn't seem to move fast so I imagine when we clear enough distance we can jump before they can get to us.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "That is the idea."
<DeathStar> *Yuki kneels by her* She usually responds to Erica better than me. *She talks to Mireille to help rouse her*
<DeathStar> <Ben> I have the next system logged in for when we're ready to jump
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Understood, but we need to be able to function without Erica."
<DeathStar> <Ben> MAybe I should get that accountant
<DeathStar> *He jokes*
<DeathStar> *Mireille soon sits up* <Mireille> Tired. Need Cookie brownies.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> ..... Cookie...
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Yuki, please inform Erica of this new development."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I will
<ChadWinters> <Id> I also do have hands, making cards a little difficult for me.
<DeathStar> *Mireille shifts to hang over her railing*
<ChadWinters> *do not*
<DeathStar> *helping to turn on the systems of the ship and prepare the warp drive, jumping them*
<Seraphna> **Cookie feeds Mirelle a super brownie**
<DeathStar> *Chews*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Return to your duty posts. We are now away."
<DeathStar> *Ben gets up and approaches Id, then places something around his round frame*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Here
<Seraphna> **Cookie smiles at Mire and pats her**
<DeathStar> *it looks to be a round object that attaches to it, with white gloves hands sticking out*
<DeathStar> *He sits back down*
<ChadWinters> <Id> I feel like one of those cheap bobble heads.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Hey it works
<DeathStar> <Ben> Try grabbing something
<Xanatos> 6* Pepper yawns, walking onto the bridge, looking out of it.
<Jackieness> <Airym> *tilts her head to the side*
<DeathStar> <Ben> *hands Airym information on the accountant that he and Cookie formally added to the crew - it seems Ben is interested in things like her math skills incase they came up for missions*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Hello, Pepper. You okay?
<ChadWinters> <Id> I will practice with it later. Thank you, Ben.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> ...my mood music died. Interrupted my hibernation.
<Seraphna> **Cookie hugs on Pepper** I think we had too much of the good stuff last night dear.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Who's making the perv bot even pervier?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Does this individual possess skills as a quartermaster as well?"
<DeathStar> <Ben> I'll check later.
<DeathStar> *the ship begins to slow down and Mireille lifts her head up* Approaching the next system
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Slow down and scan ahead."
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Lets see what this one's like."
<DeathStar> *they exit hyperspace and find two dark, crusted worlds going around each other ala Geyze/Kumen and a dark star in the distance. Ben leans back, staring a bit as Mireille slumps a bit again, but stays awake*
<Xanatos> 6* Pepper plops down at her console and squints doing scans.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> What in the world?
<ChadWinters> <Id> That is an interesting sight to see.
<DeathStar> *The scans begin to come back with data akin to Dark Ones, indicating a dark tribe might be here - or several*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Some kinda like... bizarro Geyze and Kumen? Or maybe our reality's version of it.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Or just another twinworld, they happen right?
<DeathStar> *The planets seem to be coated with dark energy, more than normal*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Regardless we should let Noire know we found her more snacks.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Hold station and scan. Yuki, monitor Mirielle's condition."
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Logicistically two celestials bodies getting stuck in each others orbit while then getting stuck in the orbit of a star? Very rare. But not impossible.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Right
<DeathStar> *She kneels by her*
<DeathStar> <Ben> With Dark Ones, I'd say the odds go up a bit
<DeathStar> <Ben> That star looks a little unusual
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Focus scans on the star."
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Is it even a star, I wonder...?"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I haven't seen a dark colored one yet
<ChadWinters> <Id> Scans will help us.
<Xanatos> 6* Peppers holds a thumbs up and scans the star.
<DeathStar> *The information that returns is unusual. It's a star but there's materials in it that does not a star make. There's Dark energy in it, there's other properties as well. Unknown properties according to the computer. And it seems to be tied to the two planets*
<DeathStar> *And the two planets definitely seem to have some life on it.*
<ChadWinters> <Id> Do the scans reveal Dark One's on the two planets?
<DeathStar> <Ben> I wonder why these planets did not join in with the Swarm
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Perhaps the star is related... or perhaps not."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "It is possible that these Dark Ones have developed a means to Dark Seed a star."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Dark Seed?
<ChadWinters> <Id> Maybe they were forgotten or abandoned. Preliminary scans are leading to what could've been an experiment.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Isn't that what they were doing to those planets, dropping dark things on them and then slowly taking them over.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> It might be
<DeathStar> *Ben strokes his beard*
<Seraphna> **Cookie tilts her head**
<Jackieness> <Airym> "At this point, it is all speculation. However, I do not have a good rationale to commit us to entering the system with all the potential risks."
<Seraphna> Cookie> That seems... weird though. I know they're Dark Ones and everything, but the light and heat suns give off it part of how the Galaxy works overall. Gravity, orbits, all that.
<ChadWinters> <Id> If this was a start converted over and it was well known, they would've used this method constantly in our sector of space.
<ChadWinters> *star*
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Perhaps it didn't work right."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "As Ben had suggested, this tribe did not join the Swarm invasion."
<DeathStar> <Ben> The swarm took a lot of the Dark Ones to our side, leaving this part of the universe ripe
<DeathStar> <Ben> And with the Templars falling apart...
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Maybe we call in Noire and see if she thinks we should do peaveful chats? Least till we figure out what they're doing here?
<DeathStar> <Ben> I imagine it'll only take one tribe to unite them all over here.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I think we have been noticed
<DeathStar> *She lifts her head*
<Seraphna> Cookie> I mean, as long as they don't decide to consume the whole universe again, do we leave them be?
<ChadWinters> <Id> Do you scan any Dark One Ships?
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Were we trying not to be?"
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Yes, we are not properly equipped to deal with Dark Ones." *looks up* "On screen."
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Something in the dark space is moving. *She puts it on screen and nothing appears, much like the Erusian/Dark One hybrids, but then a shimmer in the spaces between stars can briefly be seen*
<Seraphna> Cookie> And yeah, any Dark One might help us be diplomatic.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I can wind up the teleporter to the PAX but it will take time.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> And energy.
<ChadWinters> <Id> Odd's are they know we're here. May as well hail them and prepare to run if need be
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We have neither right now. Back us away from the system, prepare to raise shields. Keep weapons cold."
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Diplomacy before guns... but lets not look vulnerable."
<DeathStar> *Ben leaves the shields to Cookie/Pepper*
<DeathStar> *monitoring sensors*
<DeathStar> *Yuki carries Mireille to hre seat*
<Seraphna> **Cookie gets the shields set**
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Try to get a fix on those movements. Prepare diplomatic protocols."
<Xanatos> 6* Pepper powers up the shields.
<Xanatos> (Or waits, if that was the order, she's ready!)
<DeathStar> (Waits)
<DeathStar> (back away and wait)
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Hail?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben, how does it look out there?"
<Seraphna> Cookie> We're ready to hail I think. It's still all inky and black out there.
<DeathStar> <Ben> The shimmering is getting closer; I cannot tell if they plan to attack or not sadly
<DeathStar> <Ben> And it's hard to track due to it being so hard to follow
<DeathStar> <Ben> If there are more out there, we could be surrounded
<ChadWinters> <Id> Cookie should be able to figure that out, no?
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Yeah it's hard to tell what we're hailing but we could just do an open channel kind of thing.
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Open channel is good."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Transmit diplomatic protocols."
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Channel open.
<Seraphna> Cookie> <I could, but if they're anything like most Dark Ones they aren't going to react well to a telepath.> **she keeps it to their battlemind group**
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Any response yet?"
<DeathStar> *quietly* <Yuki> Can they see us or is this just verbal?
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Voice only, could turn on video if needed.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Hold off on any visuals."
<DeathStar> *soon a response, male, using older Dark One language that is being translated thanks to Andrea and Bobbi* What are you doing in our space, Vessel of the Other Galaxy?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We are on a mission of exploration."
<Alicia> <Celeste> "We apologise for any unwanted intrusion."
<DeathStar> *they seem unamused* Exploration. Vultures. Come to pick the bones of dead worlds left to rot
<Seraphna> Cookie> If you're living here are they dead though?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We are not here to remove any relics."
<Alicia> <Celeste> "We have no intention of taking from you."
<DeathStar> *shifting in their chair, one can imagine the Dark One captain eyeing the voice box and speaks an untranslated word. Ben begins to flip through his Dark One speech handbook* And what are you here for?
<ChadWinters> 6Id floats there, leaving the diplomacy to the captains
<Seraphna> Cookie> Exploration and peace like we said.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We learned of Dark One tribes and were curious. Your system is unusual, so we have being takign scans from afar."
<DeathStar> <Dark One> Stealing secrets from afar. Learning how we operate. For the next war.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Ah. *he nods but doesn't program in the word*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "If you wish us to withdraw, then we shall."
<Seraphna> Cookie> Why would we have another war?
<Alicia> <Celeste> "I would like to avoid violence, to be honest."
<Seraphna> Cookie> Those that fought on your side joined us. You can too. There is no need for a war.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> What war are they referring too? 6* She whispers to Cookie.
<Seraphna> Cookie> I was thinking the one we just fought but they could mean the one with the Progenitors. Still it's all just steps of the same dumb history.
<Jackieness> <Airym> *signals to mute*
<Xanatos> 6* Pepper mutes
<DeathStar> *Yuki glances over*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We are saying too much without context. Please be judicious before speaking."
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Okay. I'll shut up. You ready to unmute?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Unmute please."
<Xanatos> 6* Pepper unmutes.
<DeathStar> *while this was going on, the Dark One was going on about how he would normally take their ship and crew of *Word untranslated* but due to their connections and coming out of a war, he will allow them to go this one time, but to not return*
<DeathStar> *Yuki just has herh ead tilted*
<DeathStar> *Ben hands a paper over with words*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We shall withdraw. Thank you for your understanding. Helm, back us away from their space."
<Jackieness> <Airym> *glances at the paper*
<DeathStar> "Everything I have noted of the tribes, they respect strength and males. Being a female captain who just backed down, you might have given this tribe power of you in the future."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Understood. Future contact attempts, I reocmmend engaging Xanatos Durran as representative."
<ChadWinters> <Id> You go to Durran when Strong male is brought up?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "He is a male captain with Suisen fleet authority."
<DeathStar> *As they back off, no sneak attacks occur at least. Yuki leans back, arms crossed* Yout hink that tribe will be the one to try to unite the other tribes?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> They seem to be doing something
<ChadWinters> <Id> Possibly. They seemed like they wanted to just be left alone.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> I still don't understand how they made all this happen.
<ChadWinters> <Id> But I do believe we can walk away knowing that whatever they did to that star, they want to keep it a secret.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Well. We can ask Andrea for her perspective. She came from this region of space originally.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Maybe that was her dad. 6* She jokes
<Seraphna> Cookie> Yeah... still hope we can avoid them being the next enemy of the week.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I believe her "dad" was killed by her
<DeathStar> <Ben> Hence starting the mostly female leaders in our quadrant
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Affirmative. We should consult with Aliied Dark Ones. Helm, plot a course to a neutral port."
<Alicia> <Celeste> "They absolutely said 'secrets'."
<DeathStar> <Ben> Also, I am not sure if you want me to put the word in the Dark One dictionary, but they were not calling you flattering stuff
<DeathStar> <Yuki> ... oh?
<ChadWinters> <Id> I would put all of it in there.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> How unflattering are we talking?
<Seraphna> Cookie> They probably took offense that our captain was female.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Let's go fucking blow them up.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Essentially, they were equating to their Dark One female breeders. Outside Airym.
<Seraphna> **Cookie giggles**
<DeathStar> <Ben> I think Cookie was getting their ire
<Alicia> <Celeste> "I think we should introduce them to Noire."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Technically, I am a self-aware synthetic intelligence that just happens to hve a female physical chassis."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Maybe that's why you got spared the worse of it. *She jokes*
<Seraphna> Cookie> So I guess next time we run into one, we pretend Ben is captain.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Ah?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Hm.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Pfft, that's not believable.
<Seraphna> Cookie> I knew boys had a use past opening pickle jars.
<DeathStar> *She muses, feeling better past as they leave*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben is not comfortable in such a position. Further, they may become enraged if they later uncover our deception."
<Seraphna> Cookie> Ironic.
<DeathStar> *Mireille muses, then taps into the computer*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> *using her light step functions, she makes herself look like a teen boy, then turns* Male Captain? I can try it on any one of us on the bridge
<Jackieness> <Airym> *tilts her head to the side*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Oh my, are boys allowed to look cute?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> .. the I Failed
<DeathStar> *hangs head*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Try it on Id.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Not if they are, I only have one brother and I suppose he's kinda cute too.
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Boys are indeed allowed to look cute."
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Yeah that's what we need, ID doing our diplomacy.
<DeathStar> *Mireille tries the light ship function and Id and a floating half boy floats around now*
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Id, convince me not to use your chassis for target practice. Show your diplomacy.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Regardless, get us to port and we will sort this out later. We will need to revice diplomatic protocols to accoutn for these independent Dark Ones."
<DeathStar> <Ben> I have just the port in mind
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Plot a course."
<ChadWinters> <Id> ....If you attempt to harm my shell, I will make sure to black list you and Cookie from every known and unknown drug dealer in our galaxy.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Hey! That's not very diplomatic!
<Xanatos> <Pepper> That's just blackmail
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I'm not touching the shell. It's the ship's sensors making a fake covering around you and follows you around. Hence if you leave the bridge it stops
<DeathStar> *She turns it off on both of them*
<ChadWinters> <Id> Diplomacy is nothing but finding an amicable outcome.
<Seraphna> Cookie> No no, Mire, you've found a genius thing! Make Id look more pleasent on the eyes.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> ... okay
<DeathStar> *they spend the rest of the trip dressing up Id*
<DeathStar> -TIME JUMP-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-644.1.22
<DeathStar> Location: Aquarius
<DeathStar> *The group arrives at the Insect World they visited a while back in the Unknown Region, stopping to get supplies*
<DeathStar> <Insect Merchant> You look tasty today.
<DeathStar> *As they load stuff in*
<Xanatos> <Pepper> That's just because my scent glands are acting up.
<DeathStar> *Yuki avoids the insects lest they want a union of relationships*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Nonsense, you always look tasty.
<DeathStar> *The Aquarius also gets some repair work while there*
<ChadWinters> 6Id makes cricket noises to one of the Insect merchants then turns to the others. 1"It would appear they are still willing to form a union of relationships with someone here.
<DeathStar> *the insect nods to Id and Celeste is lifted up*
<DeathStar> <Insect Merchant> Will take to leader
<DeathStar> *Carries off*
<DeathStar> <Ben> I--what?
<Alicia> <Celeste> "What are you doing?"
<Xanatos> <Pepper> HEY. I'll shoot your ass!
<Jackieness> <Airym> *comm* "Please be sure to decline."
<DeathStar> <Insect MErchant> Furthering relationships. It was agreed upon just now
<ChadWinters> <Id> Hmmm. It would appear I was off on my tone. My apologies Celeste.
<Alicia> <Celeste> "It was not."
<ChadWinters> 6Id crickets again, having a lengthy conversation with them
<DeathStar> <Merchant> I heard it is a wild night of pleasure, food, and other carnal actions ... before head removal
<DeathStar> *the merchant nods to ID and sets Celeste down, then they go about working on the Aquarius and boxes*
<DeathStar> *Yuki slowly pulls Celeste into the Aquarius*
<ChadWinters> <Id> They're language is rather tricky to master. I apologize.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> I think it did that on purpose.
<DeathStar> <Ben> The merchant or Id?
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Diplomacy can be hard."
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Both.
<DeathStar> *The merchant looks shady the rest of the time*
<DeathStar> *Rubbing it's little pencers*
<ChadWinters> <Id> I would never sell anyone here off without their prior consent.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Celeste, please remain on board for your own safety."
<Seraphna> Cookie> Maybe if it didn't have the head removal it'd be better.
<ChadWinters> <Id> Oh? I could negotiate that I believe.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I think it's something to do with the insect sex thing. Anyway, I think we got everyhting. Lets meet with Airym and plan our next course of action. I also got some Dark news.
<DeathStar> *he moves to the bridge with Yuki and Celeste*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Is Dark News Bad News or Dark One News?
<ChadWinters> <Id> When you say Dark news, do you mean like..."Dark" news or Dark One news?
<Seraphna> Cookie> ...Id I'm the telepath here.
<DeathStar> *The merchant gives Id some stuff as they shake it's micky mouse hands*
<DeathStar> <Ben> I don't even
<ChadWinters> 6Id floats to Ben. "It would appear that these hands actually do serve a purpose.
<DeathStar> *Ben turns to look around* So. IT seems that what few Dark Tribes remain have been going after each other
<DeathStar> <Ben> And trying to pull each other into their tribes
<DeathStar> <Ben> Growing and becoming stronger
<Xanatos> <Pepper> That makes sense. Absorbing each other to mass strength.
<DeathStar> <Ben> While the Church is still a threat and Thomas' Templars are slowly becoming a new force of good, these tribes are doing thier ow nthing
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Everything is changing."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "revealing more about the Allied Dark Ones could have consequences."
<ChadWinters> <Id> So it's a strong possiblity that they could become a threat.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "If a hostile tribe becomes strong enough, yes."
<DeathStar> <Ben> I imagine the Templars will want to try to deal with the Dark Ones if they become too much of a threat.
<DeathStar> <Ben> But is there a good tribe out here?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Andrea will be here soon. The portal is charged.
<ChadWinters> <Id> Depends. But you would have to hope they'd be strong enough to force all the other 'tribes' to their will.
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Oh, absolutely... as for good Dark Ones... it's not unlikely, but finding them will probably be hard."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Then we will wait and consult with Andrea."
<DeathStar> *after a few, Andrea walks in, looking to be about early 20ish, likely keeping around that age for her power reasons. Wearing a suit that looks out of place for her and gloves, she takes a seat, keeping her hair in a ponytail* I really should keep Marcus on retainer. You know how many people bother you when they think you're defenseless?
<Alicia> <Celeste> "I can imagine."
<Seraphna> Cookie> Too many.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Were you assaulted?"
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Did someone touch you? We can go bomb their asses.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Not keeping any foxes in your shadows today?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> I was making myself look even younger for a bit and all these Tokyo came out of the wood works. *Sighs* So I'll just settle on this. *she plays with a dark flame* Kaelan and company if that's what you're talking about are busy right now. Lorelei says hi Celeste.
<DeathStar> *Tokyo creeps
<Alicia> <Celeste> "I'll have to check up with her soon."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We have some data that we would like you to see."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> The twin planets and dark star. *she pulls out some paperwork and puts on glasses*
<ChadWinters> <Id> Yes.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "The inhabitants were highly suspicious."
<ChadWinters> <Id> With what we could learn from it, I made sure to present possible outcomes or reasons
<Alicia> <Celeste> "The way they were talking about secrets, they absolutely have plenty."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> If I had tager a guess. They were altering their star. There's definitely something in it. This tribe is either preparing for the other tribes, or preparing to go on the offensive. I imagine they're waiting right now to let the other tribes slowly weaken themselves absorbing others, then will move in
<ChadWinters> <Id> That doesn't come as a surprise, Celeste.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> This Dark Star weakened Mireille, so it has somthing in it that will affect your ship
<DeathStar> <Andrea> And the Dark Ones in this area of space know dark magic.
<ChadWinters> <Id> Something that knowingly affects Spirit based tech?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> IT could be a byproduct
<ChadWinters> <Id> That is a possiblity, yes.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Yeah gonna guess unknowingly.
<Alicia> <Celeste> "We should not mention that around them."
<ChadWinters> <Id> Interesting.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> *looks at a relic on one of the Dead Dark One world that the team found with relics and a statue of a large tall Dark One like figure, partially female* That concerns me. There is no such Dark One that looks like that. Almost like a God like figure. I know it's not related to the Dark Tribe you found. But if this is a religious figure in this area of space, we might find more statues of this figure around. Maybe even on this tribe's world
<DeathStar> <Andrea> But....
<DeathStar> *she eyes it* I think I have an idea of what it is
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Tell us."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> It's no Dark One. It's a being that should not exist on this region of space. And it might be using the Dark Ones. Using their likeness and similarity to them. It is something if you do encounter it, run. Get away. Hopefully it is not around anymore
<DeathStar> <Andrea> However if it gave them tools, consider them tainted
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Anyone your friends have encountered before?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Hopefully not or they might go mad soon
<Seraphna> Cookie> Something odd to me, this statue seems female.
<DeathStar> *she murmurs*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "They settlement that we found this statue in appeared abandoned, but not inactive."
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Is that all you can tell us?"
<ChadWinters> <Id> Another "god".
<Seraphna> Cookie> But don't the local dark ones look down on females?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> That is true. But I Think this figure really has no gender. It's just .... flesh.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> So
<DeathStar> *She leans back, tapping the Dark Tribe*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> You could continue exploring and checking out things, but I think this sector of space will heat up. If you want to nip this in the bud though
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Get a tribe to work with you. The runt of the tribes or the strongest
<DeathStar> <Andrea> And have them get all the others in line
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Otherwise you'll have a warlord rise up and use the Dark arts
<ChadWinters> <Id> Why not use your branch of Dark One's to put them in their place?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "How would we find a tribe that will cooperate?"
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Would you prefer that? Outside Dark Ones coming in to deal with it?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Especially ones under me. They know what I am
<ChadWinters> <Id> I'm for whatever ends it with the least amount of deaths around me.
<Alicia> <Celeste> "We are in total agreement there."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> I could probably easily go in and make a tribe kneel before me
<DeathStar> <Andrea> But they would resent
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Could runt it up...
<Seraphna> Cookie> I'm in favor of bringing up an underdog tribe. The strong ones will likely be anti-female douchebags like that other guy.
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Even amongst Dark Ones that mindset exists, then."
<DeathStar> <Andrea> You have to understand, my master made me as a tool
<DeathStar> <Andrea> That is their mindset
<DeathStar> <Andrea> If Dias wasn't so stupid, the current Dark Ones would not exist
<Jackieness> <Airym> *tilts her head* "How is the Earth President responsible?"
<ChadWinters> <Id> Are you not alive because of his actions?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Exactly. I was meant to be a walking time bomb to destroy everyone
<DeathStar> <Andrea> A cute little child homonculus.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> But I grew fond of him and Marcus
<Seraphna> Cookie> Well we're glad you are.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> So I tried to go off and not take everyone down with me.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Wait were you also the runt?
<DeathStar> <Andrea> But that's the world and dark arts that the tribes have worked with for ages. *She turns to Pepper* I can decrease my age by quite a lot if that's what you mean
<DeathStar> <Andrea> It helps build up dark energy.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Yeah me too.
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Was it really a stupid act if it led to this?"
<Seraphna> Cookie> I can only get this cute.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> I suppose not; I wil lgo back to Earth and give him a gold star
<DeathStar> *Andrea studies the notes* So, some of you are in favor of the weakest and some of you want me to help take down a tribe. Captain?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We shall take your advice and try to sort this out with local assistance."
<ChadWinters> <Id> If we ally with a weak tribe and help them take over, etc. Won't the other tribes resent them?
<Alicia> <Celeste> "I suggest a tribe that doesn't follow that Not-Dark-One."
<DeathStar> *Andrea nods and turns to Id* I would say not. Because they were defeated by the tribe even if it was your help. Strongest prevails. I think with me, it's because of what I am. A homonculus. It's made me stronger. I'm not fully a Dark One if you consider my origins
<DeathStar> <Ben> Explain
<DeathStar> <Andrea> I was created - Dark One body, blah blah. And dark arts.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> But I Was tied to the master Dark One of the tribe for life and orders.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> My young age was to lure in the team to spare me.
<ChadWinters> <Id> Well worse case, we can send the Templars after them to wipe them out if things go south.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> When the master Dark One died, I Was able to consume him and gain his power due to my connection and being his creation. I was not born naturally. And from there, when the entire tribe died. I consumed them
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Metal
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Growing even more powerful. Homonculus apparently, if they are tied to a bunch of Dark Ones, can consume their power
<DeathStar> <Andrea> Being half Dark One/Homonculus, Noire has gained that power
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Last time I consumed something huge I had a tummy ache for days.
<DeathStar> <Andrea> So I think if I approached a tribe and went to beat them
<DeathStar> <Andrea> They would not be appreciative as I would be "Tied" to them
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Understandable."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> And could consume them
<DeathStar> *Andrea leaves various notes and some pages from a magic book related to Dark Ones*
<DeathStar> <Andrea> You might not be able to do these without someone tied to the Dark elements, but they might can point you the right way when dealing with a tribe
<DeathStar> *Andrea turns to Celeste* Can you make me a gold star?
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Who's tied to the dark elements that we'll pull in? We keep saying Noire. Is there anyone else?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Water.
<ChadWinters> 6Id begins listing those with Dark One genetics/abilities
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I'm element ship control.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Does that mean I can do it?
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Why me? I'm sure I could make something, though."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Only during your emo phase, Mireille."
<DeathStar> *Andrea nods to Celeste*
<DeathStar> *Mireille gasps* I will work to be super emo then to cast spells for us
<Seraphna> Cookie> I'm Fire, I got told a while back.
<DeathStar> *Yuki points at Cookie* I can put you out then
<Jackieness> <Airym> *tilts her head* "It doesn't work if you're trying to be emo. You are just a poseur then."
<DeathStar> *Ben touches Yuki and being thunder element shocks Yuki to the floor*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Oh.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I will try to find us the weakest tribe. *He moves to the controls. Outside, one of the insect merchants scapes his claws lovingly on the hull, thinking of Celeste*
<DeathStar> -TIME JUMP-
<DeathStar> Date: 10-644.1.25
<DeathStar> Location: The Aquarius
<DeathStar> *the ship exits hyperspace and before them is a crummy looking system with a lot of floating giant asteroids and a planet emits dark energy but looks dead*
<DeathStar> *Mireille hangs over her railing*
<ChadWinters> <Id> If this 'tribe' proves to be troublesome, we could use these asteroids and fling them at their planet.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> These dark ones wiping you out too Mire?
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben, what do we have on sensors?"
<DeathStar> <Ben> We got lifesigns on the planet. I Think ships, but they are unusual and are on the planet not moving
<DeathStar> <Mireille> This one isn't draining me thankfully. Just bored. Can I bomb the planet?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> W-What is with you and bombing planets lately/
<DeathStar> <Mireille> We got a large bomb.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> We never use it
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We will only use it for emergencies."
<Seraphna> Cookie> **hands Mirei the third Bomb Game**
<Alicia> <Celeste> "If it's a bomb, surely you can only use it once anyway?"
<DeathStar> <Mireille> True. *She plays the game*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Should we approach the planet?
<Xanatos> <Pepper> That's right Mire, when people touch us or treat us like shit what do we do? Bomb their asses!
<DeathStar> *Mireille thumbs up*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Please refrain from teaching Mireille such things."
<ChadWinters> <Id> How will you all decide that this is the 'tribe' you want to put all your money on?
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Let's move in and hail them, see how they react to us.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> WE'll see if they want to eat Celest's head
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Yes. We can deci.. excuse me?"
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben, scan ahead for anything else out of the ordinary."
<DeathStar> *Ben does so as Pepper gets close to the planet; so far nothing even seemsto react to them. No shimmering ships, nothing. It seems all the Dark Ones and their ships remain grounded*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Curious."
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Maybe they're so weak they don't have space flight.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I'd normally want to send a probe down
<ChadWinters> <Id> Well, if passive is waht we're looking for. You may have found it in spades
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Ben loves to probe things.
<DeathStar> <Ben> You and Cookie...
<DeathStar> <Ben> Are so alike...
<Seraphna> Cookie> Can we stop by Uranus on our way back?
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Almost like they're close, somehow."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Begin transmitting diploatic protocols on open channels."
<DeathStar> *as they open the transmission, the ships take off and head up for the Aquarius; it seems to be more than they thought, as they seem to divide, but they seem so old and weak, they're unlikely to do much damage as the ship is surrounded*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Ah. Bomb them?
<Alicia> <Celeste> "No, we talk first."
<ChadWinters> <Id> I do not think they pose much of a challenge to this ship
<DeathStar> <Dark One Ship 3> Give us your ship or we will destroy it
<Jackieness> <Airym> "My answer to you is no. You are outgunned."
<DeathStar> <Dark Ship 5> We have you outnumbered 10 to 1. We are mighty and you are weak.
<Xanatos> 6* Pepper glances over their weapon and shield systems to do a double check.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Can't we all just get along and chant cool spells naked in the woods?
<DeathStar> *they do a test shot that barely weakens their shields*
<DeathStar> <Ben> ....
<ChadWinters> <Id> Perhaps they will want a union of relationships.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> I can blow one of them up in one shot. Prove our strength.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "My statement of outgunning you was in reference to your entire fleet."
<DeathStar> *The Dark Ones go silent at that*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "However, today you arev fortunate as we have need of you."
<DeathStar> <Dark One 2> And what use do we have for you? We the most powerful Dark Ones to walk
<DeathStar> <Yuki> ...
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Mutual need. We need strong Dark Ones to tame the other tribes."
<Xanatos> 6* Pepper covers her mouth at that, holding back a giggle.
<DeathStar> *They seem to go silent, probably conferring with each other, then tap back* You are wise. We will allow you to land and will confer with you
<DeathStar> *They fly back to the planet*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> They totally want our ship
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Absolutely."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> And Celeste.
<DeathStar> *She teases*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Yes, but we also need them for our strategy."
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Who wouldn't want Celeste. Look at those cheeks.
<ChadWinters> 6Id waiting til the comm is closed. 1"If I had smell sensors, I would say I could smell the desperation from them."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Pepper, if you wish to file a complaint, please submit it to me."
<Jackieness> Celeste that is
<DeathStar> <Ben> I imagine Airym's complaint box is getting full lately
<ChadWinters> <Id> Does she even look at it?
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Just because you complain about me Ben doesn't mean everyone else does. I'm watching you buddy boy.
<Xanatos> 6* Pepper points to her eyes and then points to Ben.
<DeathStar> <Ben> *slowly retracts a paper*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Yes. Unfortunately, I am not in a position to intiiate crew transfers in response at this time."
<Seraphna> Cookie> I would like to commend Pepper for being awesome.
<DeathStar> *along with Cookie's*
<Alicia> <Celeste> "..."
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Helm, take us in."
<DeathStar> *Mireille waves Pepper flags*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> *has Pepper sit by her to make up for her teasing since the co-captain is comfy*
<Xanatos> 6* Pepper winks at Mireille.
<DeathStar> *As they land on the surface, it is rather barren outside the ships and there seems to be cave entrances leading deeper inside. The Dark Ones, wearing little outside some armor and all male mostly outside some strong female warriors, stand about, eyeing their ship*
<Xanatos> <Pepper> So who defends the ship?
<DeathStar> <Ben> I can remain
<ChadWinters> <Id> Ben's strong.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Ben is familiar with the internal defenses."
<Seraphna> Cookie> When he gets really mad he gets a Warren face.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Alright, let's go puff out our chests. 6* She hops up and moves for the hanger.
<Jackieness> <Airym> *rises and goes to disembark*
<DeathStar> *Ben suggests to Yuki to quit teasing Celeste as they leave. She pauses, then lets Celeste walk out first*
<Alicia> * Celeste nods to Ben, then heads out
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Sure. Sorry Celeste~
<ChadWinters> 6Id floats out after the heads, having gotten rid of the hand accy
<Seraphna> **Cookie raises a brow for a moment for some reason, but then heads down after Pepper**
<Jackieness> <Airym> "I am Airym, captain of this vessel. Know that any attempt to seize my vessel by force will result in the bombing of your settlement."
<DeathStar> *as they walk out, the Dark Ones eye the group. The leader, a rather medium sized male Dark One - who looks to be about the size of Andrea in her massive form, which isn't a lot for a male Dark One, looks down at them. Normally male Dark Ones are suppose to be massively tall, bulky, and muscular*
<DeathStar> <Dark One Leader> You do not look very strong, Captain Airym. Strength means everything. What say you to a battle to see who will be leader of this "alliance" of tribes.
<ChadWinters> 6Id floats up a bit, looking around and taking things in
<DeathStar> *Yuki leans back, watching all the Dark Ones gathered*
<Xanatos> <Pepper> He wants to fight
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Very well." *deploys a gun and fires to kneecap the leader*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Huh, which of us should--- wow.
<DeathStar> *The Dark One winces, kneeling a bit*
<Xanatos> 6* Pepper makes an OOooooohhhh shit face.
<DeathStar> *The Dark Ones eye the group, eyes narrowing at the group, tendrils appearing*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Battle concluded. Pecking order has been established."
<Seraphna> **Cookie tilts her head, her eyes glow blue for a moment**
<DeathStar> <Dark One Leader> ..raaaaagh. Y-You think that is enough to stop me? *He limps toward her, a massive tendril appearing to grab at her*
<Jackieness> <Airym> *deploys a second gun and fires at the other kneecap* "This is a waste of energy."
<DeathStar> *the Dark One collapses a bit, the tendril swishing wildly trying to grab her* <Yuki> I think he wants to be leader so he can have the ship
<DeathStar> <Dark One Leader....raaagh.
<DeathStar> <Dark One Co-Leader?> And what will you do as leader of this ... alliance?
<ChadWinters> <Id> Probably.
<DeathStar> *he asks*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Correct. I do not wish to surrender my vessel. I wish to set to set your tribe as supreme among the Dark warrior Tribes."
<Alicia> <Celeste> "Understand that this alliance will be mutually beneficial... as long as you cease trying to seize our vessel."
<DeathStar> <Dark One Co-Leader> And how will this work? We do not mind fighting the other tribes, but they are many and strong. We have not had many chances to strengthen ourselves outside a few relics and books.
<DeathStar> *He uses a tendril to smash a ship to prove his point*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "We can provide information that can be useful. Technical to bring you back on par with your peers. Arcane to master your dark energies."
<DeathStar> *They glance at each other* And what do you get out of this?
<ChadWinters> <Id> I would assume power and strength again.
<ChadWinters> <Id> Oh us. Stability in this region.
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Eliminating a threat from those of your peers who would rather burn down the galaxy."
<DeathStar> *They move off to talk, even the female warriors, leaving the bleeding leader behind*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I think they might do it.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Curious what is in the caves but after we make our alliance maybe we can properly explore.
<ChadWinters> 6Id floats over to Yuki and gets close to her ear.
<DeathStar> *Yuki muses* That matches other worlds we've across too. Something about the material then
<DeathStar> *she kneels, taking a bit of a sample*
<DeathStar> *holding it out to Id to scan*
<ChadWinters> 6Id begins scanning it to see if it's indeed the surface material that's blocking the scan or if it's something else.
<Xanatos> <Pepper> Airym, that was a fun side of you.
<DeathStar> *it seems there's traces of an unknown dark elemnent, probably baked in for thousands of years*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "After our last encounter, I adjusted my protocols to match the parameters that Ben had provided."
<DeathStar> *and other stuff that is unknown*
<DeathStar> *They return*
<DeathStar> <Dark One New Leader?> We will accept your offer of alliance.
<DeathStar> *they cut a hand and put some blood on Airym*
<Jackieness> <Airym> "Excellent. We should begin at once."
<ChadWinters> <Id> I believe we should work on sourcing this material for trade, Yuki. It could provide for numerous applications.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Airym, why are we not hanging out on the gun range more?
<DeathStar> *Yuki nods* Yes, we'll see if we can get access to more. This is definitely unique to this area of space
<ChadWinters> <Id> The applications could be endless.
<DeathStar> *as they return to the ship, minis can be done in #TAW-Session579-Minis for more stuff for Aquarius or other teams*
<DeathStar> -END-
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<DeathStar> *Mireille plays the latst bomber game*
<DeathStar> *while Yuki eyes all the stuff Yuki and Id are getting from the caves*
<DeathStar> *Ben
<DeathStar> <Ben> I-Is all that ...necessary?
<ChadWinters> <Id> Yes.
<ChadWinters> <Id> Protocol has decided that. Also the more we have the better we can understand it for testing.
<DeathStar> *Ben opens the storage rooms to put it in*
<DeathStar> *Yuki puts it in* I'll open the portal to the PAX later when we're ready to send the stuff out after learning more about how to use it more efficently
<ChadWinters> <Id> Perhaps this is partly why some of their ships are able to stay hidden so well
<Wisp> 6Rashmi peers around an empty room and slips down to her knees, looking overwhelmed
<DeathStar> <Yuki> You know, I wouldn't be surprised. The tribe I am most interested in is that dark star one. Either they have magic relics and tomes that can do stuff, or they're usig that star to do it. But we found a dead dark one world, swarm most likely, that was full of those caves. I might send a probe back to extract the materials now that we know what it can do.
<DeathStar> *Mireille wiggles a camera at Rashmi*
<ChadWinters> <Id> That would be an excellent idea. And perhaps the star is what's helping power their spells. They produce a tremendous amount of energy.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Yes, I think you're right. *Rubs her head* Ahhh, I should have done more engineering and stuff like Mom and Ren. But this trip has been giving me time to study
<ChadWinters> <Id> It's possible the Dark One's here know what it is and it's purpose.
<ChadWinters> <Id> I would like to send the material to Winters along with Taiga when we can report back to the others.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Yeah I can send the data to mom as well. She might have ideas. I Think she sent a note about one reality being off limits
<DeathStar> *Mireille appears behind RAshmi and boo tackles her*
<ChadWinters> <Id> And that is relevant to what we've discovered?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> The DArk Ones won in that reality. So there must be tricks and secrets they could have deployed.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> *Taps what they mining*
<ChadWinters> <Id> Ah. Perhaps they found a way to utilize it more than...Hmmm. That may be related to that dark star.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> The computer has the coordinates listed so we can monitor them. I've told Erica too. If they grow too large in the upcoming months or years, we might need to absorb them and then study that place.
Session Close: Mon Aug 15 23:16:03 2022

Session Start: Mon Aug 15 23:16:03 2022
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<DeathStar> <Yuki> The computer has the coordinates listed so we can monitor them. I've told Erica too. If they grow too large in the upcoming months or years, we might need to absorb them and then study that place. < -last line
<Kasha> Rashmi literally screams, keeling over
<DeathStar> <Mireille> ... oops
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I did it again
<DeathStar> *Mireille props RAshami up*
<DeathStar> *Ben sneaks around the ship*
<Seraphna> **Cookie runs by Ben in a cat suit**
<DeathStar> <Ben> ...
<DeathStar> <Ben> Should I take you to meet Rashmi in that?
<Seraphna> **Cookie pauses and poses** Why you like it?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Well last time it was a bear suit
<Seraphna> Cookie> They’re fun!
<DeathStar> <Ben> How so?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Aren’t bears and cats cute?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Bears eat people
<DeathStar> <Ben> Cats are okay I suppose
<DeathStar> *Mireille drags Rashami past the two to medical*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Just okay? **looks aghast** Don’t let Thena hear that.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Catgirls are not "cats"
Session Close: Tue Aug 16 00:00:00 2022

Session Start: Mon Aug 15 02:10:13 2022
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<DeathStar> *Mireille stalks people on the ship*
<DeathStar> *creeps after Cookie and water baloons her*
<Sara> * One of the consoles kind of sparks from a little water
<DeathStar> <Mireille> ...
<DeathStar> *pauses, then creeps away less Erica find out*
<DeathStar> *she moves and hands the rest of the water ammo to Yurica*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Here
<Seraphna> Cookie> Whoa… did it rain in here?
<Sara> * Yurica throws one at Mireille almost immediately and unabashedly
<DeathStar> *Mireille sputters, eyeing herself*
<Sara> <Yurica> Hah! I got ya!
<Sara> * She takes off running
<DeathStar> *Mireille makes more water balloons and chases* Yuuuuuriiiiicaaaaa~
<DeathStar> *she lobs them after her*
<DeathStar> *Mireille hunts, using cameras*
<DeathStar> *Cookie also would soon find water balloons in her shirt*
<Seraphna> **Cookie blinks** I might be too high.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> High?
<Seraphna> Cookie> I’m spawning water balloons.
<Sara> <Erica> You know she never, ever stops doing drugs anymore, right?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> That is true. But she seems to be frying herself
<Sara> <Erica> They call that being baked
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Ah. *She eyes one of the brownies* ...
<DeathStar> <Yuki> We're on duty.
<DeathStar> *She hands it back, doing rounds with Erica* Also a console is sparking
<Wisp> 6At the cafe, a disgruntled woman in her mid twenties lets out a defeated exhale and plants her face in the keys of a dated laptop, dropping a bundled section of the paper on the floor next her. Technically she knocks over a cup, but little happens since th eplastic was already empty save a solitary ice cube. She had been seated near a window for nearly two hours with little to
<Wisp> 6report prior.
<Sara> <Erica> A console is sparking? That's a major fire risk!
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Normally we have Mireille or the computer reporting it
<Seraphna> **Cookie decides to prepare dinner for Yuki and Erica using her special recipe**
<DeathStar> *Yuki leans over to try to shut it off*
<DeathStar> *the cafe's tender, a certain Larry, tends to the cafe stoicly*
<Wisp> 6The cup slowly rolls off and hits the floor. The woman shows no signs of moving, possibly dead.
<DeathStar> *Larry moves over to check, pulse checking*
<DeathStar> *Yuki shocks herself but turns it off*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Shit
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Where is Mire.
<DeathStar> *while sucking on her fingers, Yuki looks around*
<Wisp> 6The woman suddenly sits up with a startled yelp, flinging the laptop off the far end of the tap and crunching out of sight. She peers at her wrist with wide eyes where Larry is checking her pulse, heaving. "G-geh?"
<DeathStar> <Larry> Are you alright madame? Do you require assistance from the medical bay?
<Wisp> 6She winces, the patterned outline of keys from the kayboard across her face, but then realizes and groans. "No, but I think my laptop might..."
<Wisp> <Woman> Ugh, sorry... it's just... b-been a day.
<DeathStar> *he nods and goes to refill*
<DeathStar> *Yuki puts her arm around Erica's waist and goes to resume walking*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> So. I've been thinking
<Wisp> 6After checking on the machine, she sets it back on the table-- now in three major pieces, screen cracked. She puts some of the keys back in place, taps them, but no longer receiving power, groans again. Retrieving the paper and cup off the ground, she winces at the paper, classifieds, every listing that had been previously highlighted or circled now stricken out with lines.
<Wisp> 6She feels the lines indenting healing and itches her nose, decides she should wash her hands, maybe tidy up, but slips on the ice cube from early and sends one of her shoes flying past the counter and taking out some of the hanging glasses.
<Sara> <Erica> Mm?
<Wisp> <Woman> ...
<DeathStar> <Larry> Looking to get off the ship madame?
<Wisp> 6Staring upward from the floor. "... Maybe. If that's what it takes. Short, or long? Most people want the short story, if they want it at all.."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Even though we're sending Yurica through the portal to the Academy so she can be with people her own age, we're still out here in the Unknown Region. Exploring the galaxy on the ship with few children her age. I was wondering if we should consider looking into as she gets older finding out what her interests are and send her to a proper school
<DeathStar> <Larry> It is tough being on the Aquarius these days. Few would blame you. *he eyes his cafe's stock sadly*
<Wisp> <Woman> ... Sorry.
<DeathStar> <LArry> But I do not mind hearing long stories
<Sara> <Erica> Who knows. She seems like she's been getting kind of...
<Wisp> 6She rights herself and crawls back into the chair, slumping on her arms. "Well... I was dumped, basically."
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Kind of?
<DeathStar> <Larry> Ah. And being on the ship with them is rough?
<Sara> <Erica> She seems to be bullying Mireille
<DeathStar> *Mireille walks past them, soaked*
<DeathStar> *Yuki stares*
<Wisp> <Woman> Until recently I was engaged, finishing up an accounting degree. I thought things were going well. They got a position here, I figured I'd find something here, we'd move in together. I'd been helping them fill the gaps between their last job, it was really taking advantgae of them and rough so... it was supposed to get better once we were settled and finished the engagement.
<DeathStar> *Mireille haphazardly tosses the last water balloon at an unexpecting Yulindhe, who runs off to find a certain sword*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I see the pecking order
<Seraphna> **Cookie spins by in a bear costume**
<Wisp> <Woman> But right after we found a place, he went on ahead to sign for it and start the new job-- Once I got here, none of the accounts or passwords we set up worked, our comm line was deleted. I uh... maybe he... err... well....
<DeathStar> <Yuki> ... *just pulls Erica on ahead from the madness*
<DeathStar> *Larry hmmmm's, listening* Being ghosted on this type of job is rough. He should know better than to bring in someone under the guide of a relationship and then leave them high and dry. We have many families due to the long nature of the mission of exploration. Oh we do sometimes get called back to the PAX, but it can be months. I would hate for it to take that long for this to be cleared up. *he taps the bar*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Is it me or being on deep exploration missions driving the crew mad sometimes?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Or at least Cookie
<Wisp> <Woman> Never mind the relationship, we were going to make do on his income--" She catches herself and slumps, burying her face. "I was going to make do on it until I could secure my own job but now I have no idea what to do... Like you said, it isn't so easy to just hop off now but I can't find anything. Who needs an accountant out here?!"
<Sara> <Erica> Cookie's just on drugs.
<DeathStar> <Larry> Ah. Hm. I do not think they are needed on this type of mission unless a certain passanger needs one.
<Wisp> <Woman> Right! I'm so stupid, this always happenssss.... ahhh....
<DeathStar> <Yuki> So we met an interesting race. It looks like the Erusians and the Dark Ones banged. *She shows pictures* The ship has more information. And we came across a dead world. Airym had to handle it while you were doing Yurica school stuff.
<Sara> <Erica> *Do* you think they banged? They might've.
<DeathStar> <Larry> Do not fret. We'll talk to those in charge after you calm down. We can secure a room for you - there are spare rooms that are free. And then one of the captains or the vice captain can speak with you
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Well, it seems that happened. They were stranded during the ancient Erusian and Dark One war and one of the Dark One tribes banged some of the Erusians of that time
<DeathStar> <Yuki> And a new race was born
<Wisp> <Woman> H-Huh? Am I being arrested!? Oh god, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to break anything!
<DeathStar> <Larry> You are quite fine. Do not worry. I meant speak to them about what you can do for the next few months. One moment.
<DeathStar> *he grabs a comm and talks to someone*
<Wisp> <Woman> O-Oh. Sorry. I didn't mean... you don't have to do anything like that, I'll figure something out..
<DeathStar> <Larry> You are part of crew, do not worry.
<DeathStar> *he seems to talk to a male voice* Yes, Mister Ben. Mmmhm. Mmmhm. Ah, yes. Right. *he hangs up* One moment.
<DeathStar> *Erica's comm rings*
<Wisp> 6She looks somewhat confused but nods. "But really, I mean, I'm always falling for things... I should sort it out myself."
<DeathStar> <Larry> Here. *he gives the woman a fresh drink* So what got you into accounting?
<Wisp> <Woman> ... ... .. You know, I'm not... sure. I was seeing someone at the time and they were ... not so good with their finances. I've always been pretty good with numbers and trends, so I guess I figured if I took a role in finance I could help them with their investment company. But after I made some observations on the current engineering and R&D trends they broke it off with
<Wisp> me the next day. Honestly, I think I just felt like I couldn't give up without finishing.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Erica. WE have a minor situation. Passenger - accountant - came in with a boyfriend, dumped. Would you like me to see to it with Cookie or do you want to personally handle it?
<DeathStar> <Larry> *nods* Well you are doing stuff I personally couldn't do. I just listen and serve drinks. You seem like an impressive lady, coming this far *referring to the accounting*
<Wisp> <Woman> Did you know there's a strangely linear relationship between the major disasters of the last few decades and the technological innovations of host of companies under the Gravicat umbrella?
<DeathStar> <Larry> I did not
<Sara> <Erica> Oh boy. I am nooot a therapist. That would be... oh god you're right it would be Cookie.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Heaven help that woman.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> What would we even do with a therapist?
<DeathStar> *er accountant
<Wisp> <Woman> Usually within with a four to six week period following newsbreaks involving galactic politics or conflicted borders in which the PAX is involved, typically an R&D or energy-related advancement will be made by a Gravicat subcompany and thier stocks will see at least a 5.7% rise in the index. It's never in large increments, but if you're watching you can always make
<Wisp> consistent gains. Well... that's the advice I gave the ex anyway...
<DeathStar> <Ben> I will go in with Cookie immediately and keep you informed. As well as find a room
<DeathStar> *Ben grabs the dancing Cookie Bear and heads to the cafe*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> ... *glances at Erica*
<Sara> * Erica does the Picard facepalm
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I would ask if you'd like to swim naked or something, but I fear we'll be interrupted soon
<DeathStar> <Yuki> So lets just keep walking
<Sara> <Erica> Y-Yeah...
<DeathStar> *Yuki patrols the ship, head on Erica's shoulder*
<DeathStar> *Ben arrives in the cafe with a bear*
<DeathStar> <Larry> Ah, they're here.
<DeathStar> <Larry> Please tell me more about this Gravicat afterward
<Seraphna> Cookie> **dances and takes out a tray of brownies**
<DeathStar> <Ben> ... Cookie?
<Wisp> <Woman> But before I got into accounting, I was actually a hobbyist programmer. I was working on this platform for recognizing sliding scales in outreach, but before this submission deadline I had one too many coffees I think and passed out and when I woke up my backups were missing. That ex submitted them as his own work and the resultant start-up company-- oh, sorry.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Yes Ben~?
<Wisp> <Woman> ... Are these friends of yours?
<DeathStar> <Larry> This is Commander Ben, a high ranking officer under Captain Erica. And uh.... Navigator Cookie. Bridge Crew.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Someone stole your work?
<Wisp> 6Her jaw drops. "C-Commander...?!" She hops off the chair, attempting some half-hearted civilian's idea of a salute before... slipping on the last bit of that same ice cube.
<Wisp> <Woman> ... ow.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Try a Brownie~ it will calm you down.
<DeathStar> *Ben helps her up*
<Wisp> <Woman> U-Um, thanks and uh.. no thanks. I'm allergic to cacao...
<DeathStar> <Ben> .oO (I wonder if mom has ever had people trip over her while she's been in command)
<DeathStar> <Ben> Smart woman
<Seraphna> Cookie> It’s mostly pot anyway.
<Wisp> <Woman> What! Is this a sting?! Were you baiting me!?
<Wisp> 6She panics.
<Seraphna> Cookie> A what?
<DeathStar> <Ben> No, she is always high
<Seraphna> Cookie> It makes the voices quiet.
<DeathStar> <Ben> *he sits down, ordering a drink that Larry*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> *pauses with Erica* Somewhere ... I feel Cookie is making us look bad
<Seraphna> Cookie> Yuki is worried I’m too high again.
<Wisp> <Woman> Is... Is that legal? Can someone on duty.. with duty be.. high? Always?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Oh I’m a telepath. It normalizes me.
<Wisp> <Woman> You know, from my minor in legal, I'm pretty sure I remember that not bein--" 6She pauses, waving her hands. "A-Anyway! How can I help, Commander..?"
<DeathStar> <Ben> So I've heard you are somewhat stranded on the ship and your job description is being an accountant. Naturally, the Aquarius' finaces are handled by the Suisen Empire, which you know is run by the PAX. We can offer you free room and board like any other crew member of the Aquarius since you were going to be under the family plan of ... *He glances at the boyfriend's name* Until we return to port at the PAX.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I'm also going to have to speak with this man for allowing this to happen and you being off on your own in the cafe for so long without a room. Disgrace.
<Wisp> <Woman> Is that... really okay? I mean, we weren't officially married and I'm just... a civilian. I was only allowed on because of the expectation that the licensing would be through by the time we...
<Wisp> <Woman> Wait, speak to him!? You don't have to do that.. I mean, what would it change at this point, aha...
<Seraphna> Cookie> **takes off the bear costume and sets it down on the bar** we need a proper Yeoman, Ben.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Well. *He folds his hand, peering at Cookie*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Go on
<Seraphna> Cookie> You know, someone who catches this stuff.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Sees to crew needs.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I'm not exactly sure she is cut out for such a thing. Ironically these days Lenneth might be up for hiring her. *he heh's to himself* But if she wants to do that I won't deny her. I was going to suggest she could go around and see if there are crew that could use her services. Maybe do both
<Seraphna> Cookie> It’ll do for a try out. Yeoman need to be organized and pretty smart. Math geeks are good at that. **she grins**
<Wisp> 6She glances at the smashed laptop and the thoroughly lined-out paper on the table.
<Wisp> <Woman> Say, have either of you ever won the lottery?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Just the biology one.
<DeathStar> <Ben> No. We've been coasting on what family money remains that my mother has not spent yet.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Isn’t that like billions?
<DeathStar> <Ben> ... Cheryl Mizukaze isn't that rich
<DeathStar> <Ben> And she has funded several military bases over the years
<Wisp> <Woman> That sounds... so sa-- wait, Mizukaze?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Make Angela pay.
<Wisp> <Woman> *That* Mizukaze..?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Yes. I am her son.
<Wisp> 6She recoils like she was punched. Not literally, of course.
<DeathStar> <Ben> IS that a problem?
<DeathStar> *Yuki meanwhile looks hungry*
<Seraphna> Cookie> I’m a Hajukaze, just so we break that ice too. Doubt my Moms are famous.
<Seraphna> **Cookie has her magic noodle dish delivered to Yuki**
<Wisp> <Woman> Not exactly just kind of...
<Seraphna> Cookie> If Momma L is Cheryl’s sister… wait Ben are we cousins?
<Seraphna> Cookie> I think I knew that…
<DeathStar> *Yuki eyes the dish* ... is it .... safe?
<DeathStar> <Ben> *pats Cookie* There there
<Seraphna> **It smells divine**
<DeathStar> *Yuki devours it*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Anyway, you were saying, Miss?
<Wisp> <Woman> Sorry for an odd question but... You're related to the Starr family, aren't you?
<Seraphna> **And definitely had a small dose of THC**
<Seraphna> **Cookie pulls a chart and stand out of subspace and checks** Let’s see…
<DeathStar> <Ben> I'm related to Warren. He's kind of a semi nemesis of the Starr family.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Did Darien and A
<Seraphna> Cookie> Ariel ever tie the knot?
<Wisp> <Woman> No
<DeathStar> <Ben> Warren Carmichael
<Seraphna> Cookie> Then technically no.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Uh, I believe the two are living together but not married.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I can never figure out their relationship to be honest
<Wisp> <Woman> It was probably complicated by the Gemini.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Though I guess Momma Tabby is kinda like a sister to Curali and Eluere if we use Dragoon logic.
<Wisp> 6Her eyes slowly peer over at Cookie after the solid twenty minutes of avoiding looking at her comically.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I think after Dariel was injured a few years back, that was when she moved in with him
<Seraphna> Cookie> They were in the same final batch.
<DeathStar> *Ben is eyeing his datapad, probably of information like Warren*
<DeathStar> *Ben puts it to sleep*
<Wisp> <Woman> The .. Gemini were able to reproduce?
<Wisp> 6Her eyes almost glower, shine, sparkle, then she draws back like a frightened dormouse.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Huh? Oh maybe? I thought one married that Steel kid. Momma Tabby married Alpha Leira and had me.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Curali and Eluere? Yes. Vesta. And Necia
<Seraphna> Cookie> Right those two. Man I took way too much this morning.
<DeathStar> <Ben> These days they work for Mom. Vesta though would claim she works Darien. Necia we don't see often since she works the computer side of things
<Wisp> 6She tilts her head slightly, looking puzzled, mouthing the word 'Tabby'
<Seraphna> Cookie> My Momma is NGD Tabetha, her donors were Nathan Hale and… another person.
<Wisp> <Woman> Oh! A next gen. I was wondering how a Gemini wouldn't have a counterpart.
<DeathStar> *Ben finishes his drink*
<Wisp> <Woman> But I wouldn't have thought was possible. Mom's work purposely split almost all of the biological assets down the middle. Though the basis was largely an Alpha embryo, the genetic make up would be less than 25% stable, which wouldn't leave enough material to metacicize through the standard means and take.
<DeathStar> <Ben> So you have knowledge of the gemini project then?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Oh they were always assigned in batches of three but the Gemini got redirected and Ben’s Mom took in my Mom because of her defect.
<DeathStar> *Ben studies her file*
<DeathStar> <Ben> The gemini were unusual to begin with back in the day
<Wisp> <Woman> Nooot... officially. That's why I was making a conjecture on those results. I've never worked on such things, but my mother was one of the contributors to the concept. It must have changed a lot if they could have their own offspring.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Oh Dragoon Biology. These days the only experts around seem to be Ms. Bennet and Ben’s sister.
<Wisp> <Woman> I don't... know what happened to her after the project though. I'm told she's dead, but she kind of... disappeared after the lunar station.
<DeathStar> <Ben> If you are interested and become part of the crew offically
<DeathStar> <Ben> We can unlock files
<Wisp> <Woman> You... are you saying there's files to be had..?
<Wisp> 6She studies him, still offbalance, but like one checking out a pokerface.
<DeathStar> <Ben> There's a lot to go through - you might not find everything. But I'm pretty sure there is gemini files. *Ben goes through it* I know mother back in the day dealt with NGD fall out and other materials for a bit
<DeathStar> <Ben> Mother at least always tried to retieve anything Dragoon related
<Seraphna> Cookie> Mom might know a bit too. She keeps tabs on NGDs and DKs.
<Seraphna> Cookie> They really need a better name since they never actually got used to kill Dragoons come to think of it.
<Wisp> 6She tilts her head
<DeathStar> *Yuki begins to trip out through the ship*
<Wisp> <Woman> I'm sorry, you lost me. I only know about the Gemini because mother helped create the concept, it's not like i know much else...
<DeathStar> <Ben> Dragoon Killers. They were made recently.
<DeathStar> <Ben> To wipe out Dragoons
<Wisp> <Woman> That sounds awful!
<Seraphna> Cookie> Then Mom befriended them.
<DeathStar> <Ben> We keep tabs on them to make sure eveything is okay, but yes.
<Wisp> <Woman> I'm... not sure what exactly I can do, but the prospect of learning anything about my mother's research and its results isn't something I could ignore. Obviously the project succeeded in some way because Eluere Steele and Curali Starr exist, but, I've never been able to learn anything more than that.
<Wisp> <Woman> Computers... if I had to posit a guess, one of the Gemini is the equivalent of a living supercomputer and one possesses more physical, kinetic applications, then?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Since you can probaly learn it pretty easily. Eluere nd Curali were fire and water based. I believe the closer to each other, the more they powered up each other. I think Curali was the fighter and Eluere the more tech savy and that passed on to the children. Vesta is the fire based attacker and Necia is the holonet hacker.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I would dare one to say her name, but we're not in our galaxy right now so she cannot hear you
<DeathStar> *Ben types away*
<DeathStar> <Ben> *looks at Cookie* Let us go with Cookie's idea for now
<DeathStar> <Ben> If you find the job too burdensome, we can find something else.
<Wisp> <Woman> That was... always kind of a joke, you know. The yin and yang aspect, it was essential that you didn't place all the eggs in one basket. Supposedly it became mathematically unstable. I say mathematically, because while biological creatures, they were also systemic creations, vulnerable to unstable load bearing. If you placed such performance into a single vessel, it would
<Wisp> burst at the seams. Mother suggested a more moebius approach. Like an ouroboros. One could cover the other's shortcomings, both physically and metaphysically. If you were pull someone in with a single hand, is it not easier when they're also holding on?
<DeathStar> ,Ben> That is true
<Wisp> <Woman> It was a concept that already existed in dragoons, the link between a pilot and their partner. Or like Ariel. So what if you turned that concept onto itself, higher functioning but co-dependent. Not only could you minimize the load bearing, but also form a strength and resilience that strengthens its own support like the arch dues for a structure.
<Wisp> 6She freezes, rewinding.
<Wisp> <Woman> Wait, what idea?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Working with the crew, yeoman, and maybe if currency issues come up with new races that we meet, you could help out. Being in the Unknown Regions, we are meeting races that we never met before. This is the region of space the PAX was discovered in long ago. The Dark Ones lurk here. All is fairly new. We have been discovering a lot. After we return to the PAX you can either keep working with us or leave.
<DeathStar> <Ben> You'll have a standard pay rate during this. And access to files.
<DeathStar> <Ben> And I'm sure in time when we do return, mother might be interested in what you know.
<Wisp> <Woman> Wha! I don't want to ruin anything! I'm extraordinary at ruining things! I fall for all kinds of deceptions.. I--
<Wisp> <Woman> Mother...?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Yes, Cheryl.
<DeathStar> *Ben jots notes* Mireille.
<DeathStar> *a spirit rises up from the floor*
<DeathStar> *with two twin-tails, blonde, and looking to be 16ish, she studies the woman with red eyes, wearing drier clothing now. After a scan for Yurica to make sure she isn't lurking, Mireille bows to her, bringing up her crew personel and reads her name* Hello, Miss.
<Wisp> 6She jumps, half-screaming. "Ghost!!"
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I-I am not a ghost. I am this ship's spirit.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I help control all it's functions
<Wisp> <Woman> Wha... spirit? Is a spirit not a ghost..?
<DeathStar> *Mireille sniffles at Cookie, then turns back* I am made with spirit technology from Geyze and modern technology of the Suisen and Taiga Mizukaze's engineering
<DeathStar> <Mireille> That makes the Aquarius
<DeathStar> <Ben> Spirits are from Geyze. They protect the world. Taiga's clone used spirit tech to make ship spirits.
<Wisp> <Woman> Fascinating..! So like... an engineered techno-soul!
<Wisp> <Woman> You're... really good at calculation as necessary for navigation, aren't you?
<DeathStar> <Ben> *pauses, thinking* I suppose so. The spirits of Geyze recently have proven they can have children and the spirit energy will pass onto them as well. So it looks as if spirit energy on that planet will move onward, but the spirit-tech of the ship does not have that problem.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Yes. And I power the spirit-tech of the ship.
<Wisp> 6She seems to be pondering something, then grins. "Eucliedean distance between Earth and Neptune in lightyears with an altered gravitic factor of 1.2 given a solar expansion. Go!"
<DeathStar> *Mireille pauses, tapping into the ship, and within a few seconds gives the answer, then blinks* Um, are we returning to the Sol System?
<Wisp> 6The woman starts reciting at the same time as Mireille but bites her tongue and flubs on the last two thousandths of the decimal.
<Wisp> <Woman> O-owww...
<DeathStar> <Mireille> ... amazing
<DeathStar> *Ben pauses, looking at her*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Yes. I Think we definitely have stuff you can do. I called Mireille here to work with you as you adjust
<DeathStar> <Ben> She's tapped into the ship at all times, unless she's drained or an emergency cuts her off.
<Wisp> <Woman> That sounds kind of inconvenient... do you get proper rest? Oh! I'm sorry, Mireille, was it..? My name's Rashmi."
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Vijnana, that is. Nice to meet you, Mireille!
<DeathStar> <Mireille> IT is nice to meet you, Miss Rashmi. I usually make sure to hm. How is it, "quiet" the computer connection unless it's important, when I want rest.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> O-Oh, don't call me miss... I'm not that much older looking than you am I? I suppose I've had a dozen exes already... ungh...
<Wisp> 6She faceplants on the table, sulking.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> You've had dates. That's cool
<DeathStar> *She beams*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Momma Erica won't tell me anything
<Wisp> 6Rashmi whimpers on the table. "Sure have..."
<DeathStar> *Mireille walks with Rashmi out of the cafe, arm around her arm, leading her somewhere*
<DeathStar> *while Erica is hunted by a fox*
<DeathStar> -P-
<DeathStar> Since session tomorrow
<DeathStar> I'll likely close this out
<DeathStar> For 580
<DeathStar> And if we do minis later in the week it'll become 580-minis
<DeathStar> Huh, I should have named this 578 minis, derp. OH well, I'll keep this mini room
<DeathStar> Then
<DeathStar> *will grab the first part of the minis and move it to 578*
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<DeathStar> *Mireille plays the latst bomber game*
<DeathStar> *while Yuki eyes all the stuff Yuki and Id are getting from the caves*
<DeathStar> *Ben
<DeathStar> <Ben> I-Is all that ...necessary?
<ChadWinters> <Id> Yes.
<ChadWinters> <Id> Protocol has decided that. Also the more we have the better we can understand it for testing.
<DeathStar> *Ben opens the storage rooms to put it in*
<DeathStar> *Yuki puts it in* I'll open the portal to the PAX later when we're ready to send the stuff out after learning more about how to use it more efficently
<ChadWinters> <Id> Perhaps this is partly why some of their ships are able to stay hidden so well
<Wisp> 6Rashmi peers around an empty room and slips down to her knees, looking overwhelmed
<DeathStar> <Yuki> You know, I wouldn't be surprised. The tribe I am most interested in is that dark star one. Either they have magic relics and tomes that can do stuff, or they're usig that star to do it. But we found a dead dark one world, swarm most likely, that was full of those caves. I might send a probe back to extract the materials now that we know what it can do.
<DeathStar> *Mireille wiggles a camera at Rashmi*
<ChadWinters> <Id> That would be an excellent idea. And perhaps the star is what's helping power their spells. They produce a tremendous amount of energy.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Yes, I think you're right. *Rubs her head* Ahhh, I should have done more engineering and stuff like Mom and Ren. But this trip has been giving me time to study
<ChadWinters> <Id> It's possible the Dark One's here know what it is and it's purpose.
<ChadWinters> <Id> I would like to send the material to Winters along with Taiga when we can report back to the others.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Yeah I can send the data to mom as well. She might have ideas. I Think she sent a note about one reality being off limits
<DeathStar> *Mireille appears behind RAshmi and boo tackles her*
<ChadWinters> <Id> And that is relevant to what we've discovered?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> The DArk Ones won in that reality. So there must be tricks and secrets they could have deployed.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> *Taps what they mining*
<ChadWinters> <Id> Ah. Perhaps they found a way to utilize it more than...Hmmm. That may be related to that dark star.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> The computer has the coordinates listed so we can monitor them. I've told Erica too. If they grow too large in the upcoming months or years, we might need to absorb them and then study that place.
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<DeathStar> <Yuki> The computer has the coordinates listed so we can monitor them. I've told Erica too. If they grow too large in the upcoming months or years, we might need to absorb them and then study that place. < -last line
<Kasha> Rashmi literally screams, keeling over
<DeathStar> <Mireille> ... oops
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I did it again
<DeathStar> *Mireille props RAshami up*
<DeathStar> *Ben sneaks around the ship*
<Seraphna> **Cookie runs by Ben in a cat suit**
<DeathStar> <Ben> ...
<DeathStar> <Ben> Should I take you to meet Rashmi in that?
<Seraphna> **Cookie pauses and poses** Why you like it?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Well last time it was a bear suit
<Seraphna> Cookie> They’re fun!
<DeathStar> <Ben> How so?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Aren’t bears and cats cute?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Bears eat people
<DeathStar> <Ben> Cats are okay I suppose
<DeathStar> *Mireille drags Rashami past the two to medical*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Just okay? **looks aghast** Don’t let Thena hear that.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Catgirls are not "cats"
Session Close: Tue Aug 16 00:00:00 2022

Session Start: Tue Aug 16 00:00:00 2022
Session Ident: #TAW-Session579-Minis
<Seraphna> Cookie> Oh, you like cat girls better?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Yes, you can talk to them
<DeathStar> <Ben> By the way I have a question
<Seraphna> Cookie> Mmm?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Do we even have a doctor on the Aquarius?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Mostly just me. I have field nurse training from your sister.
<DeathStar> *Ben nods* Does Mireille?
<DeathStar> *she asks as Mireille has put on a nurse oufit*
<DeathStar> *he
<Seraphna> Cookie> I haven’t trained her but I could.
<DeathStar> <Ben> You should. *Mireille studies all the computer's medical files*
<DeathStar> *in medical bay*
<DeathStar> *Yuki pokes her head in* Cooks
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I'm going to travel to the PAX. You're in charge
<DeathStar> *she heads to a massive teleporation gate on the ship that Taiga has designed and seems to draw massive amounts of power and spirit tech energy*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Okay.
<DeathStar> *Mireille has turned the Aquarius medial into some sort of labatory*
<DeathStar> *Yuki runs the gate and steps over to the PAX with some samples of the cave, moving through the hallways to meet with Erevis and company*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Assistant Nurse Mire, please report to Temporary Captain Cookie.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Oh lord
<DeathStar> *Mireille pauses, then hurries to Cookie*
<Seraphna> Cookie> I see we're in uniform already. Very adorable.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> It gives me bonus stats. OR I've been told
<Seraphna> Regardless cute uniforms put patients at ease.
<Seraphna> Cookie>
<DeathStar> *She writes that down*
<Seraphna> **Cookie nods** Now I'll give you basic training, you can combine that with the archives until we can have someone like Ben's sister train you in advanced stuff. Then you will be... **dramatic pause** Dr. Mireille.
<DeathStar> *Mireille gasps*
<DeathStar> <Ben> The portal is open. S-Should I go get one of them? Lore? Taiga?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Well, I bet your sister wouldn't mind you visiting her.
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<Wisp> <Rashmi> ... Ms. Mireille, what are you doing?
<DeathStar> *Mireille glances* Oh, I was going to use my medical knowledge I just read on you because you keep falling over when I appear!
<DeathStar> <Mirille> I think you have a medical condition!!
<DeathStar> <Ben> ... oh dear
<DeathStar> *Ben slowly trots to go through the portal to go to the PAX*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> You keep appearing unannounced like a ghost! Of course I freak out!
<Wisp> <Rashmi> ... And where'd you get all this? Are you a manifester?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Clothes I can manifest. The rest I got from medical
<Wisp> <Rashmi> From medical?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Mmmhm. *she opens up her spirit teleportation power, pulling Cookie, Rashmi and so on into the Aquarius' medical room. It's not overly large compared to the PAX's*
<Wisp> 6She squints. "But this looks more like a military laboratory..."
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Well
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I kind of....
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Ah! What just happened..!?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Was playing around before I operated!
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I can use the ship's power to teleport. *She makes a disc that floats there*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> ... Fascinating..
<Seraphna> Cookie> It's one ofher 101 amazing abilities.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> If you think I'm neat you should meet the other spirit on the ship
<Wisp> <Rashmi> There's another? I thought Ben said it was one per ship..
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Speaking of, where is Ben? I haven't thanked him for the room..
<DeathStar> <Mireille> She's not really a ship spirit
<Wisp> 6Rashmi pauses, then nods slowly. "Non-ship spirit.."
<Wisp> <Rashmi> So a ghost!
<Seraphna> Cookie> Well there's elemental spirits, ship spirits, and I suppose other kinds too.
<DeathStar> *Mireille ports and soon has a short haired blonde spirit with an umbrella. Who looks annoyed*
<DeathStar> <Spirit> ... I was practicing with Saorise
<DeathStar> *she looks the same age as Mireille*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> ..Eh? This adorable little one's a spirit also?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> This is YUlindhe. Her power is combination
<Wisp> <Rashmi> A combination of what?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> She's rather unique since I do not think another spirit does that. <Yulindhe> ... Neekito could copy it
<DeathStar> <Mireille> She basically could step into you and combine with you, adding her power to your own. Making you stronger
<Seraphna> Cookie> I've seen some of the Elemental Spirits do that, but only with someone they're very closely bonded to.
<DeathStar> <Yulindhe> Well, I can do it with anyone. *Touches Rashmi and seems to enter her, boosting her overall power*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> A-AH! Ahhh! I've been possessed!" She flails around.
<Seraphna> Cookie> That's neat! You're like a Dragoon but you can transform with anyone!
<Wisp> 6Rashmi blinks and starts to calm after a moment, peering at Yulindhe's umbrella being in her hands somehow.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> ... huh..
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Okay? Need nurse?
<DeathStar> *Waves needle*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> A needle won't exorcise a ghost!
<Wisp> 6She twirls the umbrella in her palm a couple times then folds it under her arm, turning and performing a series of high, overhead kicks, holding her heel over her head after the second, studying her enhanced balance. "... That's, rather intriguing."
<DeathStar> <Mireille? Nice Just ask her to step out when bored
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Combination. Hm, it's armatization.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Spirits can do all kinds of things that defy traditional science, it seems.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> We are creatd spirits too. Amazing yes yes
<DeathStar> *Yul finally splits and twirls*
<Wisp> 6Rashmi pats Ylindhe on the head gently. "Thank you, friendly ghost."
<DeathStar> <Mireille> The non created ones have elemental powers oftheir world
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Pivotal anchors of a spiritual ecosystem
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Yes
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I'll have to study spirits more, I think. Hm." 6She nods to herself, then circles back to her earlier thought, trying to contact Ben to thank him.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> He's not in this galaxy right now. But I can take you to him
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Wait, what
<DeathStar> *she motions to follow*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Wha... wh... wh...
<DeathStar> *a giant portal ring is open, drawing massive power from the Aquarius* It is a gate to the PAX. We usually only do it for small time periods to take things and deliver messages
<Wisp> <Rashmi> WH...what!
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I could go back to the PAX now without... being stranded then why... wha...
<DeathStar> *Ben steps through with packages*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> AH!
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I would hurry then before it shuts off. *Yuki steps through* Erevis always worries me. *jots notes on who all she gave it to*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Oh it's... But... I just wonder why he didn't mention it before. I agreed to work so.. I can find out what happened to mother after the Lunar base disappeared at the conclusion of the Gemini project.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> If things like this could be opened, there would have been no need to be stuck with me here, though." 6She seems to ponder the issue.
<DeathStar> *The gate closes and power seems to dim*
<DeathStar> <Ben> That's because we usually only open it in emergencies
<DeathStar> <Ben> It drains the ship rather greatly. *Mireille looks tired*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Yuki though went to the PAX for somthing
<Wisp> <Rashmi> And you, it seems..?" 6She examines Mireille, patting her shoulder gently.
<DeathStar> *She nods*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Next time we do a shipment if you want to step through you can. Did you need something?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I was... just going to thank you for the room. Then witnessed even more affronts to logic.
<DeathStar> <Ben> You get used to. But you're welcome
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Do you need a hand?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Why thank you. *He hands her some of the lighter ones*
<DeathStar> *then eyes Cookie to see if she has been behaving properly*
<Wisp> 6She nods, smiling as she stacks them to accompany.
<DeathStar> *Ben leads her to a location on the Aquarius where the packages are neatly placed to hand out to crew members later who miss stuff from home*
<DeathStar> <Ben> So, anything I Can do to help you adjust easier on the ship?
<DeathStar> *Mireille floats over them on a light panel*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> It seems like Mireille has been trying. Other than that, I'd say you've done plenty so far. I'm just trying to understand better what my role is.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Well, I know Captain Airym metion you could try being quarter master if you're interested.
<DeathStar> <Ben> If not, your calculations are on par with Mireille almost.
<Seraphna> **Cookie has so far behaved**
<Wisp> <Rashmi> What? No way, if she's anything like a dragoon, I just had a headstart!
<DeathStar> *Ben raises an eyebrow* Perhaps. Anyway, you can decide what interests you the most. Mireille usually needs the computer to do complex maths. She is tied into it, but if we're not near the ship she cannot do it. I imagine we will be returning to our quadrant soon due to the discovery we made. If not, by summer. And the portal will probably used more often when this type of thing happens. My sister will want to check it out as well. So chances to leave the ship will be high soon if things do not work out.
<Wisp> 6She nods, rubbing at her neck abashedly.
<DeathStar> *Ben walks her to the kitchens where he uses the materials there to prepare a meal for himself and her, as well as anyone else who might wander in* Have you begun to go through all the Suisen files?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Huh? Me?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I-- broke my laptop, remember? I haven't looked into anything yet
<DeathStar> <Ben> Yes. You have been given low access for the time being. Just use a ship terminal in your room. *pauses* That's true. Hm. We'll give you a datapad. Much lighter than what you were using.
<Wisp> 6She laughs. "Well, you use what you got.. ha..."
<DeathStar> *Ben nods as he chops up ingredients and adds it to a stew like dish* You are correct.
<DeathStar> *an ensign enters and a datapad is handed to Rashmi*
<Wisp> 6She juggles it, almost dropping it before hugging it to her. ".. Err-- th-thanks."
<DeathStar> *Ben nods before the young man nods to Ben and steps out to go about his duties on the ship* <Ben> It is no problem. You'll find we have quite a bit of downtime while exploring the Unknown Regions then moments of a lot of activity when we find something. A system with a new creature or element, a new race, then we could spend weeks looking for something of interest. Airym is all about the science portion and Erica is all about the diplomacy and new races, though I think they both enjoy the new worlds aspect.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> They'd have to in order to take on prolonged isolation assignments
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Though you know, I'm not feeling the urgency to leave.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I'm glad.
<Wisp> 6She gives rather relaxed and warm smile, setting the datapad down and leaning on her hands. "This place feels surprisingly... pleasant."
<DeathStar> <Ben> The Aquarius has a few areas on it to relax. A pool, gym, theater. To help wind down. Science lab to do experiments. A few, due to the nature of the mission. Two different engineer rooms. Though it is not an overly large ship, it is packed in. Tora and Taiga designed it
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Oh! I bet. That's not really what I meant though..
<DeathStar> <Ben> Oh? *he puts a lid on his dish*
<Wisp> 6She squints slightly, then gestures Ben to get closer
<DeathStar> *He leans in*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> You feel a lot more than you showwww... oooo..." 6She waves her hands around as if jokingly performing mysticism.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> You're related to the Mizukaze. You know about the Gemini. Warren Carmichael, your acquaintances... You're so inundated by the turn of this century's flood of advancements and evolutionary leaps. Are you aware of the concept of newtypes?
<DeathStar> *Ben pauses, then chuckles* I believe I've heard the term. There was a point in my sorrid past when I was more of a hot head, believe it or not. *he says it like he's older than he looks, but doesn't appear to be much older than 30.*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> No way, can't picture it. Then again, my character judgment leaves something to be desired!
<Wisp> <Rasham> But um... the concept of newtypes is that the advent of space travel and habitation would trigger a necessary evolution in species to accomodate their needs in a universal scale. My mother always suspected that she had the signs of one, but having been born on Earth it wasn't pronounced enough to prove. You could say that it was part of what sparked her involvement in
<Wisp> the Gemini development.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> She always thought that the linked consciousness, the collective unconscious bond, that Ariel's race had and was incorporated into the dragoons had the ability to awaken those with the latent evolution. When you talk about newtypes, people always picture superheroes and crazy things, but evolutions is rarely that dramatic and sudden. It's not as if the arrival of newtypes
<Wisp> would herald an instant wave of half of humanity reading minds and throwing boulders and stuff.
<Wisp> 6She chuckles, blissfully, perhaps, unaware of Id, Dawn, Aya, numerous beings over the years like Erevis-possessed Katrina and such.
<DeathStar> *Ben muses* Well, we are spending more and more time in space and meeting more and more fantastical races. Some think these days Dragoons and Weapons are not as powerful as they used to be. I disagree. Once Dragoons could only take one bond partner, for example. And they would have a parasatic bond, until mother helped fix that. Progenitors and Dark Ones, Maka, Spirits might be herald as the next step for some. But I do not know. I think there are exciting ways for us to keep growing. Famfrits. And as humans and these other races intermingle. I believe we will keep pushing our bounds
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I'm sure some of the others would hate to hear it, but the truth is they might just be accessories to the change. Consider: Humanity encountered the Erusians, the Famfrit... Progenitors, Dark Ones. Developed the Dragoons-- all as steps in its own growth.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I do wonder what direction humanity will grow in the future. There's a group out here in the Unknown Region that fears unnatural growth. Talking about beings like the Magical Girls and Spirits and other beings choking out stuff like Dragoons and other things and it being too much. But I think it'll all work out
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Here, let me show you..."
<Wisp> 6She takes the datapad and cracks her fingers, then goes to type but accidentally flings it across the table by poking it too hard.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Ah! NO! I just got itttt!
<DeathStar> *Ben takes note of that*
<DeathStar> <Ben> They can usually take bit of punishmen
<DeathStar> <Ben> Mom can attest
<Wisp> 6She slumps on the table, faux sobbing
<DeathStar> *Ben goes to pick it up for her; he seems unusually zen*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Well... long story short. I was born on the lunar base. I was too young to really remember anything about it, and the incident and mom passed before I...
<Wisp> 6She shrugs slightly. "Well, before I could show her that she was right. I'm a newtype."
<DeathStar> <Ben> That would explain quite a lot
<DeathStar> *He retrieves the datapad and sets it down beside her instead of in her hands*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I'm not gonna go all Bug Rangers on you or anything, but when I said this place.. feels nice. I meant it.
<Wisp> 6She smiles in thanks, kicking her feet back and forth behind her chair.
<Wisp> <Rashmi>I can't read minds, but people's feelings, moods. They have an impression on me. I've always had better spatial awareness than most. I don't really get lost easy, basically. I could close my eyes and tell you the basic layout of every part of the ship we've walked through together and generally tell you where every door, vent and the aproximate height of each room and
<Wisp> width of the halls.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Well, you'll probably fine working here maybe not newtypes, but quite a few enhanced type humans and personnel. Maybe not as many as say the PAX, but we have a person who turns into a sword, Captain Erica - well, we'll leave that as a surprise. A kisune co-captain. Cookie is a telepath and dragoon.
<DeathStar> *kitsune dragoon
<DeathStar> <Ben> The co-captain is also a relative of mine
<Wisp> <Rashmi> What you're trying to say is there's plenty of weirdos that make a half hearted evo like myself obsolete.
<Wisp> 6She grins impishly.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I'd put it more like fitting in as well. * turning to his soup. Despite being related to the Mizukaze family, he seems to take after Warren and comes off as a normal human. Or at least wants to come off that way*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> You're too nice.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Hm. Well, *taking a seat and offering her a bowl of the stew if she wants, he begins to eat* I got my father's sense of taking everything in and analyzing it. He can't help himself, he has to gather information and I sort of picked that up from him. But due to life he kind of let it ... shape him. I know lately he's trying to loosen up with his family growing. And mother herself is doing the same, but she also came from a hard place until momma Chii came along. Growing up in that environment, I sort of was walking that path too a little. They're fighters, protectors, but we have a lot of that in the family. More than enough to be honest. And at a time I was one of them. But I did something that caused .. .some consequences, let's say
<DeathStar> <Ben> And using my time afterward I decided I rather put my efforts into other projects and helping in other areas. Doesn't mean I can't fight like my family, but why not ... step back and see what else I could do for others. So here I am right now. Exploring a new quadrant of the galaxy. And helping this way
<Seraphna> **A bush moves near the two, which is odd because there should be no bushes**
<DeathStar> *Ben sets out stew for it too*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Sounds nice. Starting over
<Wisp> 6She studies the bush with an eyebrow raised.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> What a cheerful plant.
<DeathStar> <Ben> You'd be surprised
<DeathStar> *Mireille carefully walks into the room like a normal person and then flops over the table*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Uh, hello there, Mireille
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Hi!
<Seraphna> **The bush consumes the stew, and sets the empty bowl down**
<DeathStar> *Mireille sets down drawings of the other spirits for Rashmi that she made - quite detailed ones* Here you go. *she pauses* Oh you two are on a date. I should go. The bush is a nice touch, Mister Ben. *she seems not realize it's not a real bush as she slides off the table to go*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Thank you, Mireille.
<Wisp> 6The drawings fly up into a cloud.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Date!?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> When two people are alone in a room eating together
<DeathStar> <Mireille> That's what I read - having a date
<DeathStar> *Ben has also begun to choke*
<DeathStar> *Mireille gathers her drawings as best she can, even those that have fallen into the bush*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> And then after the date is over, a kid appears a few months later
<DeathStar> *Ben swallows a drink to help clear his throat, wondering how Mireille is "this old" without knowing much or if Erica purposely doesn't want her to know anything*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> This isn't a date, I was just helping unload some of the boxes and chatting. I was just engaaaaged
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Oh. I guess I should update my files on dates
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Let me go to the master computer
<DeathStar> *She hands Rashmi the pictures and prepares to lightport to the bridge*
<Wisp> 6Rashmi sets them under her new datapad, watching her.
<DeathStar> *After Mireille teleports out, Ben speaks up* I apologize. Mireille can be naive.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> It's alright. We all were, once
<DeathStar> <Ben> *as he finishes his bowl of soup and gets up to wash the dish as well as the mystery dish the bush left behind* The next time the gate is used, I'll take you over to the PAX by the way
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Oh, sure. What for?
<DeathStar> <Ben> I can arrange a meeting with mother and maybe some of her unit, which includes a lot of the dragoons, including the Gemini's children. As for the Gemini themselves, Eluere I think these days might be with fleet due to her husband. Not sure what Curali does.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Ack! You don't have to do anything like that... it's not as if I'd mean anything to any of them or like I know them or anything..
<DeathStar> <Ben> Well even if not there is a lot to see on the ship
<Seraphna> **The bush scribbles notes**
<Seraphna> **Thena appears on Ben's shoulder in a chibi form**
<DeathStar> *Ben jerks and makes a noise*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Gragh?!
<DeathStar> *tipping bck in his chair he almost falls backwards* When did you get on here?~!
<Seraphna> Thena> Last time portal opened. Came to inspect Pirate Scout's work.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Well I can count on you being the real deal since the portal closed and a fake you would have vanished
<DeathStar> <Ben> You know you just got yourself stranded here until we re-open it
<Seraphna> Thena> Not gonna be too long if you want your precious Yuki back. Muwhahahaha!
<DeathStar> *Ben taps his comms* Yuki? Did she tie you up on the ship?
<Seraphna> Thena> She went over to get some people and stuff, it's why I hopped over here.
<DeathStar> (pretty sure I had her return)
<Seraphna> Thena> Thought you was gonna visit Momma though.
<DeathStar> <Ben> I decided to confer with sister Taiga and get packages
<DeathStar> <Ben> How have you been, Thena?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> ...
<Wisp> 6She peers between Ben, the midget, Ben, the bush, Ben.
<DeathStar> <Ben> Ah, apologizes. *He hefts Thena up and sets her befor Rashmi*
<DeathStar> <Ben> This is Thena. The daughter of Athena, the idol
<DeathStar> <Ben> Why she chooses to look like a chibi, I have no idea
<Seraphna> **Thena takes her adult form** It’s cute!
<Seraphna> Thena> I’m also Ben’s amazing niece!
<Wisp> 6Rashmi jerks back when she suddenly changes literal age categories
<Wisp> <Rasha> Wha... h-hello
<DeathStar> *Ben sets out brownies and eats one* Do you ever drive your poor mother wild?
<Seraphna> Thena> Which one? **she nibbles**
<DeathStar> <Ben> Athena. *Teases*
<Seraphna> Thena> Momma knows how handle this package~ **she poses**
<DeathStar> *Ben turns back to Rashmi> She's also an idol
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Sounds like a lot of work-- on all sides
<Seraphna> Thena> Perfection isn’t easy. **she nods** Especially for a Dread Pirate.
<Wisp> 6Rashmi mouths the words, looking lost. "... I'm feeling sleepy all of a sudden.."
<DeathStar> <Ben> Thena gets that reaction. Want me to lead you to your room?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I'm okay. Just feels... lazy
<Wisp> 6She ends up feeling like she has around Mireille so far and... pats Thena.
<DeathStar> *Mireille meanwhile is on the bridge, wondering who pranked her as she reads about dates - one can almost hear her embarassed raaaah*
<DeathStar> *As she learns*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Hm *looks up*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Hm?
<Seraphna> Thena> Hmmm. I sense a great disturbance in the Rack.
<DeathStar> *Mireille soon crawls into the room and lays on the floor*
<Seraphna> **Cookie crawls on her and lays**
<DeathStar> <Mireile> The bush was Cookie!
<DeathStar> *She looks mind blown*
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<DeathStar> <Mireille> Did you change the date enties, Cookie
<DeathStar> *she pokes her while Ben eyes the two in the dining hall area*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Got it all taken care of Mire.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> H-Hmph. I learn fast
<DeathStar> *Yuki returns through the portal gate as it powers up*
<DeathStar> *carrying a fox shaped droned that floats*
<DeathStar> *the fox drone floats around the bridge*
<Seraphna> **Thena pounces by her and spanks her bottom as she goes** Hi!
<DeathStar> *Yuki jerks and spins* Eh?!
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Thena?
<DeathStar> *the drone turns* <Taiga> Hello Thena. *it turns around and goes back to work*
<Seraphna> Thena> Hihi!
<Seraphna> Thena> Heading back or Rio will get grumpy. **she winks**
<DeathStar> <Taiga drone> Becareful then.
<Seraphna> Thena> Be good!
<DeathStar> *Thena returns to the PAX where she is kidnapped by this Rio; the portal closes before her fate is revealed and Yuki goes to relax as the fox drone floats about the ship*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Is this really a military ship?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Thena is unusual
<DeathStar> <Ben> Try not to take too much stock. <Mireille> *is eating on Ben's brownies*
<DeathStar> *looking more quiet when she spies the fox drone float in and scanning stuff*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Well, besides Thena there are... ghosts who wander freely, flying objects, the always-high officer..
<DeathStar> <Fox Drone> I'm just here to do certain scans
<DeathStar> <Fox Drone> For possible upgrades with the materials given me
<DeathStar> <Mireille> H-Hey, I'm part of the ship. I'm allowed to wander. R-Right? I'm not going to be locked up
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I wasn't saying that.. it's just a bit... chaotic compared to what one would think of a military-endorsed environment
<DeathStar> <Ben> I cannot argue that.
<DeathStar> *The fox shaped droned muses to itself, having a teenage voice* Hrn. Let me check the engines.
<DeathStar> <Drone> The properties of this stuff could do a lot for the ship and cloaking materials
<DeathStar> <Fox Drone> *it begins to float off*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> ... Is your boss a drone?
<DeathStar> <Ben> My sister Taiga is using it to check the ship out. Out of all my siblings, she's probably the closest to mom. Tora made the ship, but Taiga has been helping her upgrade it and knows a lot about it. She's probably tapping into the ship's power to power the drone while not here.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> How... does it get signal in real time?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Good question with this massive distance she has to have a lot of power running
<Wisp> 6She frowns, thinking about it. "Not so much the power I was wondering, but the distance means that any light or transmission based signal would fail to receive or send without considerable delays."
<DeathStar> <Ben> You could ask her. I admit I am unsure. *he opens his datapad, perhaps sending a message to her to try to learn*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> In theory you could use gravity-originated anomalies like wormholes and such to circumvent 4D space, but ... the amount of anomaly required to fold a layer over to meet two points would have such a residual effect that it would consume anything near the two points.
<DeathStar> *Taiga responds with a beep* <Taiga> The drone is connected to the Aquarius' systems at this time and over here, there's a mini Aquarius system. As for how the distance, I'm using the PAX' super systems to help with the delays and *she begins to post up formulas and complicated math formulas*
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<Wisp> <Rashmi> But what is the routing method...
<Wisp> 6She pauses, peering over the diagrams
<DeathStar> <Ben> You understand it? *Rashmi probably could follow all of it. It seems Taiga is a greater engineer than even Cheryl*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I see the math, but I'm still not sure what the mechanical basis is
<DeathStar> <Ben> I cannot tell you. She'd have to walk you through her inventions
Session Close: Wed Aug 17 00:00:00 2022
Session Start: Wed Aug 17 00:00:00 2022
Session Ident: #TAW-Session579-Minis
<Seraphna> **Somewhere on the other end bunny noises can be heard as Si hunts down Taiga**
<DeathStar> *Taiga jerks and ends coinnection*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> ... I guess I'll never learn
<DeathStar> <Ben> The rabbits are fiercesome
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I'm afraid to ask...
<DeathStar> <Ben> Anyway, when the probe comes back on we'll talk o her then I guess. Brownie?
<Wisp> 6She glances around, whispering. "Yuliiiindhe?"
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Yes, please!
<Wisp> 6She smiles and holds out her hands.
<DeathStar> *he hands her one as Yulindhe slowly walks through the door* Yes? Can I Help? *she is holding a sword*
<Wisp> 6Rashmi looks over and pulls the brownie into halves, offering one toward Yulindhe.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> So it's true, you are always listening.
<DeathStar> <Yulindhe> Well. Hearing my name helps. And Mireille is nearby. *The other spirit is sleeping* Is you tried on another floor and she wasn't, and I was further away on the ship, it might give me trouble
<Wisp> <Rashmi> It's comforting in a way. I had a request for you.
<Wisp> 6She wriggles the brownie half at her
<DeathStar> *She takes it slowly and nibbles* Yes?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> If I join the crew here, could I borrow your strength sometimes? I'm not exactly ... well.. brave or strong.
<DeathStar> <Yulindhe> I do not mind. *she talks to the sword* She does not either
<DeathStar> *Sword says nothing outloud
<Seraphna> **Another nearby bush totally different from the previous bush takes notes**
<DeathStar> *Ben eyes it*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Thank you. I'd feel much safer in your care, Yulindhe. Your 'connection,' I could feel it, would awaken some of the latency in me.
<Wisp> 6She also eyes the nonsensical plantlife.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I'll try not to endanger you if it comes to it by being dead weigh--- what's with these shrubs?
<DeathStar> *Yulindhe nods and puts her number into Rashmi's datapad* You can also just call me on the ship's intercomm if the name thing doesn't work
<DeathStar> <Yulindhe> I think people are playing in them. Hiding. I have no idea why
<Seraphna> **It fades away to nothing and Cookie sits up** Practicing.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Practicing... what?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Illusions?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> If the idea isn't to be seen, shouldn't something more sensible be used?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Especially on a ship
<Seraphna> Cookie> We're not in a forest right now?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> No.
<Wisp> 6She saves the number Yulindhe gave her, setting an umbrella icon next to it.
<DeathStar> <Yulindhe> I have not seen a forest in some time
<Seraphna> Cookie> You sure? **she smiles, the area around them now a forest**
<DeathStar> <Yulindhe> This is a forest?
<DeathStar> *Mireille glances around, but doesn't seem to be seeing anything*
<DeathStar> *Yulindhe pokes the forest* Hm.
<Seraphna> Cookie> I'm basing it on one in the PAX Gardens.
<DeathStar> <Yulindhe> Pretty
<DeathStar> <Ben> It is nice
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I see nothing
<Seraphna> Cookie> Hmm, you might have a natural resistance to psionic illusions Mire.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> It might be because we are on the ship
<DeathStar> *she eyes the sensors using what theo thers are seeing* Gasp a forest is here
<Seraphna> Cookie> Ooo, that's neat! **she looks proud, then vanishes**
<Seraphna> **A bush wiggles near Ben**
<DeathStar> <Yulindhe> I'm ging back to training.
<DeathStar> *she takes the sword*
<DeathStar> *Mireille grabs the Bush*
<DeathStar> *Yuki does stretches*
<DeathStar> *her tail suddenly attacks her face, making her sneeze*
<Seraphna> **Cookie is grabbed by Mire** Eeep!
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Hi
<Seraphna> Cookie> Hello cutie.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> This training?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Yep! Though it won't really work with you.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Bush girl
<Seraphna> **Cookie whispers to Mireille about a prank they can pull together**
<Wisp> 6Rashmi slowly looks back to Ben. "Though umm..."
<DeathStar> *Mire listens* <Ben> Yes?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I only asked that of Yulinhe if you occasionally made me go with you guys off ship or something. She was surprisingly unconcerned by it.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Do people usually ask her to armatize like that?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Not usually. She typically serves the bridge family. Saorise is who she has the most compability with then she hangs around Yuki and Erica
<DeathStar> <Ben> But is there to help crewmembers if needed.
<DeathStar> *Mireille considers the prank*
<DeathStar> <Ben> The sword she was talking to is Saorise
<Wisp> (Saoirse XD)
<DeathStar> (I always do that. MAaao)
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I wonder why she agreed so easily, then... h-huh? The sword was.. someone?
<DeathStar> <Ben> Yes. The captain's other wife
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Wha
<DeathStar> <Ben> Hm?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I know this is the age of manifesting races, magic and dragoons but... a sword is.. sentient-- and married?!
<DeathStar> <Ben> Maybe you'll see her human form
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Session Close: Thu Aug 18 00:00:00 2022
Session Start: Thu Aug 18 00:00:00 2022
Session Ident: #TAW-Session579-Minis
<Wisp> 6Rashmi sits in her basically empty room, the datapad off to the side. Her eyes closed and palms together in front of her face, legs crossed-- some form of meditation.
<DeathStar> *Mireille resists the urge to pop in - through the floor*
<Wisp> 6The faint outline of what looks like a koi wriggles past Mireille's face, disappearing into the floor she's hidden by.
<DeathStar> *Mireille blinks*
<Wisp> 6Dozens of them, moving in different directions, popping bubbles-- but no sound, no actual substance. Colorless, like phantoms-- once she's noticed them, it's obvious they're around Rashmi in a spherical radius.
<DeathStar> *Mireille observes, sitting nearby*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Did you need something, Mireille?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Pretty. Wanted to watch
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Hm? What's pretty?
<Wisp> 6She opens her eyes, unclasping her hands. The scene is gone. Or whatever it was.
<DeathStar> *Mireille hmmm's and uses what she saw to show her*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> What's this?
<DeathStar> Mireille> Pretty stuff in room
<Wisp> (How is she showing her?)
<DeathStar> (Ah, using sensors on cameras from what she saw through her eyes)
<Wisp> 6If she's playing a recording, it's blank~?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Strange, it should be playing from my memory
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Unless it's an illusion
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I'm not really sure what you mean, sorry.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> What are you doing about, hm?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Bored. *she yawns*
<Seraphna> **Cookie marches by in the hall wearing armor**
<Wisp> <Rashmi> If you're bored, you should work on something.
<Wisp> 6She pats her head. "I was feeling anxious, so I was meditating."
<DeathStar> *Mireille glances at Cookie, leaningcloser* I guess I could check out the spirit chamber
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Spirit chamber?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> It makes the ship more powerful
<Wisp> <Rashmi> How does it do that?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> follow me
<DeathStar> *She heads for the bridge*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Huh..? Alright...
<Wisp> 6She gets to her feet and moves to follow her.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> In the older model, I had to float in the center of the room naked, but now I don't. Thankfully. *As they arrive at the bridge, there's a circular area (The whole bridge is circularly designed and she moves tothe center. It glows and she sinks into the center, as if eaten, and the ship's power seems to leap up by 200% as the spirit engines goes up, weapons, and more, drawing from Mireille*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Interesting... is this fun for you?
<DeathStar> <Mireille on comms> It is draining, but I am more intouch with the computer like this
<Seraphna> **Cookie tickles a console**
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Yes, but did you not say you were bored?
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<DeathStar> *Mireille rises up* Yep.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I meant you should find something you want to work on or study
<DeathStar> <Mireille> H. I will try to find something stimulating
<DeathStar> *She muses*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Admittedly I'm bad about studying many things... but.. if focus is an issue, that's why I like meditation. I also practice martial arts to a certain degree... you just have to find something that grabs your attention and research!
<Seraphna> Cuddles> Mire! Come watch stories with me.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I-I ... *she looks distracted, perhaps part of her problem - Cookie*
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<DeathStar> <Mireille> I think Cookie wants me to watch stuff with her
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Wouldn't that be fun for you?
<DeathStar> <Mirille> Hm. *she thinks*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> It depends on what she shows. Sometimes it's strange. When she's really high I don't understand the story
<Wisp> <Rashmi> You can always ask
<DeathStar> *Mireille asks Cookie through the ship comms*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Cartoon night!
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Okay. Rashmi cartoon?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> You want me to come?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Do you not want to?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I don't have a strong opinion having no idea what you will watch, but I'm not opposed to providing company if you want.
<DeathStar> *Mireille nods* So what do you think you'll do on the ship. Defeat aliens?
<DeathStar> *She walks toward Cookie's room on the ship*
<Seraphna> **The door is open and sounds of cartoons are playing**
<DeathStar> *Mireille slips in*
<Seraphna> **Cookie is relaxing on the bed with a pillow Fort Worth of pillows, snacks laid out**
<Wisp> <Rashmi> H-Huh? Nothing like that.. they want me to be an analyst of sorts. Lots of clerical things, I'm sure, but given I have kind of a colorful background, maybe more. That's why I asked Yulindhe if she would mind lending me her strength if it came to anything field-related
<DeathStar> *Mireille eyes all the pillows*
<DeathStar> <Mireille> W-Where does one go in?
<DeathStar> *she tries to climb it*
<Seraphna> Cookie> **pulls Mire in**
<DeathStar> *she makes a cry as she vanishes*
<Wisp> 6Rashmi chuckles behind her hand, sitting on the edge of the bed. "So what is it you're wanting to share?"
Session Close: Thu Aug 18 21:52:20 2022

<DeathStar> <Mireille> Hmmmm what carton
<DeathStar> *while Cookie is high, back at the mansion of Cheryl*
<DeathStar> ,Cheryl> I have a brilliant idea to make money. Selling the children to the highest bidder for arranged marriage
<DeathStar> *Cheryl nods*
<Wisp> <Chii> The fuck?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You don't like the idea? Sigh. I'll try to think idea. Tours of the mansion then
<Wisp> <Chii> What are you on about?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I need money for more zoo animals
<Wisp> <Chii> Zoo animals!?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Yes. *She picks Chii up and shows Chii how massive the backyard zoo has grown over the years*
<DeathStar> *with all sorts of creatures*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I want to add even more exotic animals
<Wisp> <Chii> ... By selling children?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Joking. *she eyes her Chii's 1 year old they had during her break at the PAX* Joking about arranged marriage money for billions.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Saw it a cartoon
<Wisp> <Chii> Funny. I used to be the anime junkie.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> *turns on some anime with Chii* I watched a lot during my vacation before I Resumed the job
Session Close: Fri Aug 19 00:00:00 2022

Session Start: Fri Aug 19 00:00:00 2022
Session Ident: #TAW-Session579-Minis
<DeathStar> *Cheryl watches anime with super girls*
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<Seraphna> **Angela flops down with them, fuuuing**
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> *hands Angela snack as they watch* Give me money idea for a larger zoo
<Seraphna> Angela> You could open it to select people who pay to visit it.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I like it
<DeathStar> *returning to the Aquarius, Mireille is peering at Cookie*
<Seraphna> **Cookie peers back**
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Hmmmm what carton?
<Seraphna> **Cookie points, it's none other than Samurai Pizza Catgirls**
<DeathStar> <Mireille> ?
<Seraphna> Cookie> They fight crime and eat pizza. And are cute.
<DeathStar> *Mireille ooohs and sits*
<DeathStar> <Mirelle> Want pizza
<Seraphna> **Cookie nods and opens a box of it among the snacks**
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Do we have catgirls like PAX?
<Seraphna> **Cookie muses** Well Pepper can become one, but we mostly have Fox girls. I think there's a few Famfrit in the support crew too.
<Seraphna> Cookie> Plus there's Thena when she's here.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> We must capture one for our ship. *She nods - serious? Or joking*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> We could always make pizza.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> You can make it?
<Wisp> 6She muses. "Aren't Famfrit more like elves, despite their habits? Aurafell would be the feline, right?"
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Hm. *she looks at the information*
<Seraphna> Cookie> Yeah, but a lot of people still liken both kinds to felines. And the fact that it's possible for them to electively switch seems to confirm it for most.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I could be wrong! But I remember articles on the Suisen family years back having a story about a talekeeper named Nuea.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Yes, there are two types
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I think there were even two types of Famfrit, another sect came from a different moon, right? Their pigmentation was different, less pale.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> And a sun and moon type - the moon types are paler
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Did I gte it backwards?
<DeathStar> *She squints*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> No, I think I understand what you mean. The Zhenmei family is prominent with the Famfrit from a moon near a collapsed star, so they lacked light and developed with pale appearances.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> The second variety didn't have such an environment and had more colorful, pastel-like pigmentations.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I want to have them all make the cutest Famfrit.
<DeathStar> *she mails the PAX to have it done*
<DeathStar> *Then looks up how to make pizza*
<DeathStar> *Leyeah gets a mail to have the sun, moon, Aurafell, etc to combine to make the cutest Famfrit*
<Seraphna> **Cookie muses** I think that already exists.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> ?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Well, Dr. Carmichael used Leyaeh's DNA to graft herself into a Famfrit, and Athena is an Aurafell now. So one of their more recent kids should be a full hybrid.
<Wisp> 6Rashmi looks lost in thought. "I can't... remember the other planetary Famfrit's homeland. But I know the Cridhe family originates from it."
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I cannot find the data files
<DeathStar> <Mireille> I am sorry
<DeathStar> *She has brought a giant oven down from the kitchens*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Well, could always ask one of the Cridhe.
<DeathStar> <Mireille> We should!
<DeathStar> *she tries to do dough*
<Wisp> 6Rashmi tilts her head, then guides Mireille into kneading motions and stretching rather than beating it like crazy.
<DeathStar> Mireille> Ah! Thank you
<DeathStar> *she goes to try to add all sorts of things*
<DeathStar> *soon the pizza cooks with every topping imaginable*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> It might be a little soggy having added all that, you should probably get a fork
<DeathStar> *Yuki eyes the room, pauses, then keeps going - to teach Yurica how to cook properly*
<DeathStar> *she learns to make sandwiches as the pizza comes out gooy but cooked*
<DeathStar> *gives slice to Cookie*
<DeathStar> *she takes the first bite and falls over, marshmellows bubbling*
Session Close: Sat Aug 20 00:00:00 2022
Session Start: Sat Aug 20 00:00:00 2022
Session Ident: #TAW-Session579-Minis
<Seraphna> Cookie> Whoa.
<DeathStar> *jelly beans litter it and other weird things*
<Seraphna> **Cookie wolfs it down** Mmm... could use salted caramel.
<DeathStar> *Cookieowuld be hit by hotsauce in there too*
<DeathStar> *Yuki trains in the gym, doing various things*
<Wisp> 6Rashmi finds herself there, stretching
<DeathStar> *Yuki seems to be balancing on a beam, eyes closed, stretching, then doing flips and leaping to the next bar, balancing as she forms foxfire around her*
<Wisp> 6The woman seems to jerk, then settles, watching
<DeathStar> *Yuki purposely dodges her own foxfire, training on the balances as she uses them to practice "attacks". Keeping her eyes closed to keep her awareness of the situation*
<Wisp> 6Rashmi smiles a bit, then puts on an earpiece, paging Ben.
<DeathStar> <Ben comm> Hello?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Salutations. I hope I'm not interrupting, I was just going through the records. For landing missions, do you have any equipment of note besides personnel? Vehicles, etc?
<DeathStar> <Ben on comms> IT depends on the type of mission. Sometimes we use shuttles, land vehicles, *he begins to list various weapons, space suits, etc*
<DeathStar> *Yuki's foxfire circles Rashmi*
<Wisp> 6Rashmi looks surprised. "Oh! There's more than I thoug-- AHH!"
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Hello.
<DeathStar> *she has opened her eyes, hunched over*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> H-Hi! What's up?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> *has the foxfire vanish, listening to the two* Please continue*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> ... Ah, B-Ben, there's a fox-earred girl watching me.
<DeathStar> *A sword is propped up on the wall, as if watching Yuki work out*
<DeathStar> <Ben> Ah, that is the co-captain of the ship. Yuki Mizukaze.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> ... Oh. Hello, Ms. Mizukaze. I'm Rashmi Vijnyana
<DeathStar> <Yuki> You're the woman that Ben has been seeing to. *nods* Settling in?
<DeathStar> *the sword somehow seems closer now, propped up closer to Rashmi*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> For the most part, I think. I've been given a lot of freedom; mostly meeting lots of people and seeing what I can do
<DeathStar> <Yuki> *nods* Well, if you need anything, let me know
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Sure... everyone's been so hospitable.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> That's good. I'd have to tease my Uncle if he was
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<Wisp> <Rashmi> Since you're the co-captain, are there any Gears aboard?
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<DeathStar> <Yuki> Yeah, my sister brought some Animas onboard.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Anima?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> A stronger type of gear. It's based off of a future where Dragoons gave their lives to give birth to me. A kind of bonding with machine process.
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<Wisp> <Rashmi> That sounds... sad
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I think the 2.0's are designed not with that of course
<DeathStar> *she leads Rashmi to the ore animas* But they still bond with the user and the more you use it, the stronger both pilot and anima gets
<Wisp> 6She nods, taking interest in studying them, but seems a little taken aback.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> We don't have many Gear/Anima pilots I admit
<Wisp> <Rashmi> What do you mean?
<Seraphna> Cookie> Which is funny since we have the most active Dragoons on any team outside the Earth. **pops up behind Yuki**
<Wisp> <Rashmi> AH!?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Yes, Erica and I don't do Gear form that often
<Seraphna> Cookie> Team Delicious practices though.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Maybe one day I'll get a second bond partner. It has been discovered since the Geyze dragoons it is possible
<Seraphna> Cookie> Mmm, had a similar plan.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> But then I'll have a white streak in my hair
<Seraphna> Cookie> Streak are cool!
<Seraphna> **Cookie sports a blue one in her long dark hair**
<DeathStar> <Yuki> MMmm. *She turns to Rashmi* You interested in gears? *She pulls Cookie's ear*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Something like that... I thought I might experiment with with a downed or damaged unit that wasn't in service, but..
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Feel free to use one. Not like we're using all of them
<DeathStar> <Yuki> *She motions at the fox drone that is on power mode* You can talk to my sister if you have questions
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Sister?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Ren. She's at home with mom. Sometimes she answers the fox drone, other times it's mom. They work together.
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Strikers or something
Session Close: Sun Aug 21 00:00:00 2022
Session Start: Sun Aug 21 00:00:00 2022
Session Ident: #TAW-Session579-Minis
<Wisp> 6Rashmi peers at the drone.
<DeathStar> *the fox drone sits there, as if daring someone to touch it*
<Seraphna> **Cookie puts a cowboy hat on it**
<DeathStar> *The drone looks offended somehow*
<DeathStar> *And wakes up* <Ren> Who dares?!
<Wisp> 6Rashmi gestures at Cookie
<DeathStar> *the drone turns and after a lag* <Ren> Cookiiiiee. *it floats after her*
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<Wisp> <Rashmi> This place is quite strange... often
<Wisp> 6Rashmi looks over the data and muses on a gear, or pieces to various machines, not related to anima.
<DeathStar> *there seems to be older gear before the anima came in that looks much more low tech that one can practice with*
<DeathStar> *Yuki props her arms on Rashmi* You can always take me for a spin. *she jokes*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I'm... not sure what that means
<DeathStar> <Yuki> A joke since I Can turn into a gear with a bond partner.
<Wisp> 6She rapidly uses the datapad to pull up historic blueprints and conversion schematics from the holonet. She's no Dawn or Aya, but definitely a quick operator.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Oh, you mean to say that you're a dragoon
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Mmmmhm. All us Mizukazes are practically
<DeathStar> <Yuki> But unlike say my mother or grandmother, I rely on my kitsune more
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I appreciate that, but I think you would find me a liability to your safety in that case and I couldn't accept that. Are you related to Yulindhe?
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Adopted daughter yes.
<Wisp> <Rashmi> I was introduced to her and asked for her assistance if necessary, but... I was hoping to avoid that if I could manage it.
<DeathStar> *the sword is against the wall across from them now*
<DeathStar> <Yuki> We'll try to find ways to not put you in combat and if so, make sure you're safe then so it isn't necessary
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<Wisp> <Rashmi> Yes... I appreciate that." 6She smiles at Yuki.
<DeathStar> *Yuki nods and stretches* Going to the pool. *she scoops up the sword*
<Wisp> <Rashmi> The pool? With a sword..?
<Wisp> 5She blinks
<DeathStar> <Yuki> I thought Sao might would enjoy swimming with me. IT's house we got close in the first place
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Sehr..?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Hmmm...
<DeathStar> <Yuki> Do you want to swim as well?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> O-Oh, no. I'm good for now
<DeathStar> *Yuki nods and walks off as the fox drone bumps into the wall* <Ren> Aaaah
<Seraphna> **Cookie adds a poncho to the drone**
<DeathStar> <Ren> Fiend
<Seraphna> Cookie> Cowgirl Drone.
<DeathStar> *it floats comically around*
<DeathStar> <Ren> Halp
<Seraphna> **Cookie adds a mustachio**
<DeathStar> <Ren> We are losing power
<Seraphna> Cooike> Why?
<DeathStar> <Ren> Too much grandma deorations on it
<Seraphna> Cookie> Hmm... **she starts taking them off before putting something on the shell**
<Wisp> 6Rashmi sits in the cafe with the datapad on projection mode, having separated the views into breakdowns of the dated gear's layers and structures. Frame, shell, actuation, drive, 'nervous' system.
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<DeathStar> *Mireille watches her work*
<Seraphna> **Cookie sets out a tray of cookies**
<Wisp> <Rashmi> Ahh!? You two followed me?
<DeathStar> <Mireille> Should go
<DeathStar> ?
<Wisp> <Rashmi> W-Well, no, I just wasn't expecting
<DeathStar> *she sits to watch then*
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<DeathStar> -End for Main Session-
Session Close: Sun Aug 21 17:40:11 2022