The Sereni-Tree: Life, the Universe, and Everything
POSTED BY: TheRealMe
UPDATED: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 16:28
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'Kissies? Anyone? ...oh'
She looks around all of the beds, seeing all of the sleeping people. Sighing, she leaves the bag just inside the door, and writes a note on a paper towel warning of the contents, and telling all not to open it unprepared.
She leaves, thinking of heading back to the hold to help with whatever was going on there, but realises she really doesn't want to face SR so soon after her little 'display'. She also thinks about food, but realises more than anything else she wants to be clean.
Heading to the common room, she spots the large cat, and hunkers down infront of him. Tentatively she holds out a hand for him to smell, then gently rubs above his brow and his ears, waiting until a deep purr starts, and smiles.
'Anyone wants to know where I am, you point the way, ok guy?'
She heads back to the bay, retrieves her bag, and on a whim, the two suitcases. Deciding against her hammock in favor of a real bed, she heads for the nearest empty room to the common room. once inside she finds her music collection and sets it to play, feeds the rabbits, showers until she is wrinkly and falls into the bed along with much happy sighing.
In the infirmary, the kissies start to wriggle about. Their movements disloge the note, and it floats to the ground, lost amonst all the other disorganised equipment.
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Heading to the common room, she spots the large cat, and hunkers down infront of him. Tentatively she holds out a hand for him to smell, then gently rubs above his brow and his ears, waiting until a deep purr starts, and smiles.
*Shadow purrs deeply, rubbing his hand into her hand*
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'Anyone wants to know where I am, you point the way, ok guy?'
*The feline gives a shake of his head, and contents himself to cleaning while waiting for N0S*
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RAF Lakenheath
Security Deputy of the Sereni-Tree
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Ghost was having fun, The nice elf lady had given them lots of good food and ice cream, and was letting her bake cookies all by herself. She liked it in this place, it was way less scary than the shuttle or the room with the blood all over the place. Reaching out a little hand she dipped her finger in the batter she was stirring and scooped out some cookie dough bringing the now sticky finger to her mouth.
No one in the kitchen noticed the new person enter until she spoke.
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*She heads off to the kitchen. She walks in to find two little girls baking with Kelly.*
Kelly! Who are your new helpers?
Ghost was startled by the new lady running to hide behind Kelly and Shadow.
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"Serenity, these are the two best lembas bakers I've seen outside of Lothlorien! I'd like to introduce you to Shadow and Ghost. Girls, this is CallMeSerenity, and she is a gardener and a true angel at heart. You can trust her. Aren't her wings pretty?"
Peeking out from behind her sister and Ms. Luthien, Ghost got a good look at the lady, She did have pretty wings.
Shadow looked at the new lady cautiously, as much as she liked Ms. Luthien, she wasn’t ready to let her guard down completely. Adults could be nice then turn on you in a second. Like at second foster family they were sent to. They had seemed nice until she had accidentally broken a lamp then they weren’t nice anymore. Rubbing her arm and remembering the broken arm that had been the first result of that particular incident she turned her attention back to the new lady. “Hello Ms. Serenity.” She said quietly.
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Well, hello! Very nice to meet you Shadow and Ghost. How wonderful of you to help Kelly! She could certainly use some good helpers.
Say, do you girls like apples? I think I've got some in here somewhere...*she fumbles through a few pockets and produces two shiny red apples.* Here! One for each of you!
*As the girls take the apples, CMS and Kelly exchange a look over their heads. They can tell that these girls have been through hard times and need all the care they can get.*
Shadow grinned, ice cream and cookies might be a great way to get Ghost’s attention but apples were her favorite. Easy to get, and easy to hide, they also were healthy, and made decent weapons if needed. She was starting to think this place.
Ghost came out from behind Kelly to smile after seeing Shadow’s smile, and took the apple. After eating it she heard the buzz of the oven and tugged on Kelly’s arm, Pointing to the oven.
“Oh the cookies are done Ms. Luthien.” Shadow said looking at her sister.
And with that the quartet began baking and cooking once again.
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*Smelling the food from the kitchen, N0Skillz and his large feline compainion stroll into the kitchen to find Kelly, CMS and 2 young girls in there with some yummy smelling things in the oven*
"I seem to be at a little loss of what to do with myself. Maybe i'll start with helping y'all "move" some of this food around" N0Skillz emphizes the word 'move' with the quotation mark fingers.
"Oh and who are these two youngsters?" Looking at the two girls.
Ghost jumped when the new guy entered dropping the bowl she was holding, batter spilling all over the floor as the bowl shattered. Her eyes widened as she turned to look at the newcomer and saw the large cat in the doorway. Fear overtook her as she ran to the nearest safe person.
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*At the sight of the large cat, little Ghost tries to scramble into Serenity's lap. Unfortunately, there's not much room left on her lap, and Ghost ends up clinging to Serenity's leg instead.*
It's okay, sweetie! The cat won't hurt you. I promise.
Hey NOS, do you think maybe your friend could wait outside for now? The girls are still getting used to being here.
Shadow glanced nervously at the man and cat before running to her sister and wrapped her arms around her to protect and calm her.
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South Wing, 2nd floor, Just under the hanger bay:
*JadeHand stirs from his rest. He crawls out of bed and heads to the restroom. As he walks back into the bedroom he stops by the ice bucket, listens to the ice cube chime in his glass and pours a full glass of rum. He takes a seat on the other side of his bed and stares out into the blackness of space. The reflection of his still bare self on the window pane. He catches himself staring through his own eyes and searching the stars, his new sea. JadeHand has a long pull from his glass, and looks again. Searching for something to reveal itself to him like one of those old 3D pictures. He finds nothing. He finishes his glass and rolls over onto the bed, pulling a blanket over himself. Perhaps he'll feel something in the morning.*
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*Serenity leans over to Shadow and whispers to her.*
You'll never guess what that big cat's name is!
Serenity, First Officer of Destiny
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McQ wrote:
"Sir," he started speaking to TRM, "My inner program attempted to shut me down a short while ago. Apparently 'Directive 7' went into effect. This happens when I or other cyborgs turn against or cause damage/harm to other Alliance troops. If they were able to activate it remotely, then they must be tracking me - knowing I still function. I am unaware of any tracking devices or beacons installed within my metallic frame, yet if there is one to be found, the Alliance will know where to find me and would lead them directly to you all. If this 'Directive 7' should fail I may be equipped with self-destruct devices that may also harm your crew." McQ speaks with a steady yet low, slightly mechanical voice. Despite what he's telling TRM, McQ's voice remains calm.
"Knowing how they failed the previous battle, they'd come with more force until they've wiped every one of us out. The whole crew could be in grave danger as long as I'm on this ship."
McQ pauses a moment as TRM tries to take all this in. He's got enough on his mind already so the added drama is really not what TRM needs to hear.
"Sir," McQ starts again, "if you have a technical engineer aboard this ship, I suggest you have them scan me for tracking beacons or other devices that may be of harm to your crew. If I am going to stay aboard I don't want to be a threat, but rather an ally as I have my own personal agenda against the Alliance as well. I'm told you're in charge so I needed to inform you immediately."
TRM ponders for a moment before giving McQ his response...
TheRealMe considers the situation. “Well, McQ, if you request sanctuary on this ship from the Alliance, then you shall have it. However, I am also intent on preventing damage or injury to this ship or its crew. For now, I suggest that you unload any ammunition, explosives, or other weapons of which you are aware, which we shall keep safe for you. That will lessen your ability to do us harm if you become controlled. Next, we must find you a Faraday cage so that radio signals cannot reach you. Two of our three regular engineers seem to be missing, and the third is conducting critical repairs to the ship. However, I have some experience in robotics, and I have a well-equipped lab. Perhaps I can perform the internal scans you requested.
"Oh, and you don't have to call me 'Sir'."
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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*Serenity leans over to Shadow and whispers to her.*
You'll never guess what that big cat's name is!
"Um...big scary cat? That'd be a good name for it." Shadow said without thinking as she reached across the counter to grab another apple.
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In the infirmary, the kissies start to wriggle about. Their movements disloge the note, and it floats to the ground, lost amonst all the other disorganised equipment.
*Ath wakes a mere half hour after he fell asleep.*
"Never was any good at taking naps, "he says to himself.
*Ath decides to get up and see how the ship and the crew are. After a brief but painful struggle, he manages to get to his feet. Walking rather crookedly out the door, he bumps into the bag of kissies that Seryn left out. At least a half dozen kissies jump out of the bag and latch onto Ath's heavily bandaged middle.
Ath feels a strange tingling sensation for a few seconds, then the kissies jump off to find someone else to help. He carefully unwraps the bandages to find that his wound has closed, and most of the pain is gone. While he's not going to be running in a marathon any time soon, it doesn't hurt to breath anymore.
Also, with the pain out of the way, Ath realizes he's hungry. He decides that since there are no alarms going off, the ship can wait for a bit. He heads off instead to the kitchen, where he sees Kelly, NoSkillz, Serenity, and a pair of young girls who look like sisters making cookies.*
"Mmm, that smells great! Are they ready yet?"
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Quincey sits expectantly on the Bridge of the Sereni-Tree, in a control console configured for both piloting and sensors. Her feet are flat on the deck. Her hands hover over the controls. At a moment’s notice, she is ready to initiate the hyperspace jump to Garrison (she rolled a ‘3’ to randomly select a destination from TheRealMe’s set of plots). The holographic view around her is of open space, as if she and her console were floating alone in the void. The world of Boros fills the view below her. There are small specks here and there in her vision, and each is computer-identified in bright red letters as a passing satellite, or a sub-orbital transport, or the floating scrap of derelict fighter from the Tripoli or the Killgore, or part of the cloud of remains of the Tripoli itself.
She is startled at a bright flash of light over to her left, accompanied by alarms. Only a moment passes before the bright red letters identify the new speck.
Alliance Battleship Richard Wilkins.
Quincey keys Main Engineering. “Jet, we got trouble! We got it bad! How is that stardrive?”
”Ummm…. Not quite ready, yet, Quin. I need a little more time.”
With her left hand, Quincey sweeps the hyperdrive controls and displays to one side, and with her right, she brings up maneuver drive controls and displays. She taps the console in a few different spots and the Sereni-Tree’s main engines flare to life. She starts with 50% thrust, then eases up to the maximum that the inertial compensators can handle. After all, she wouldn’t want to squash the crew under too many gees.
That accomplished, she hits the ship-wide com. “Attention! We have an Alliance BATTLESHIP that just appeared off our port quarter!”
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*twg watches as her exhausted doctor curls up on a bed*
I’m kinda tired too.
*she pulls up a chair and decides to rest for a bit near her future lover. He’s still so foreign to her*
*As she begins to rest her head, she ‘accidentally’ overhears the com chatter about RFIDs (radio signals). She knows a thing or two about them and how to deactivate them, she makes a note to let TRM know she can help after she wakes from her nap*
Sweet dreams, my doctor.
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Attention! We have an Alliance BATTLESHIP that just appeared off our port quarter!
...Bollocks!
*twg leaves the infirmary, tucking a blanket around his form before she goes, to join Quincy on the bridge*
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