Special Branch: Motherhood for Heroes
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OOC: Sounds great to me Safe
Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:
As Soul had stepped through the airlock door, Safe had stepped into the doorway, effectively blocking it as Soul made contact. Wisp was on notice at Safe or Soul’s signal to pull away at the sign of trouble, while Jack and Needy manned the inner airlock door...
"Looks int'resting" Jack tried to make small talk with the former companion as they looked on at the union of the two crews.
"That it does" Needy replied simply, trying to keep things simple, so that he could focus on the voice in his head.
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The Being spoke in words that Needy could not make out. It was not English. The language he spoke was old, very old.
"I'm sorry?" Needy asked.
"This ship will play a large role in you fulfilling your destiny. It is where you will take your first steps." The Being explained in words he could understand
"Is that right?"
"Yes. But there is more."
"More?" the reluctant hero asked
"Yes. There is one on this ship who doesn't belong. They are not to be trusted."
"Who?" Needy demanded.
"It is not time for you to know."
"But... if they are a danger to the others, I must warn someone. I have to stop them."
"No. That is not what you must do."
"Then... what?"
"You must be patient, and observe. This one will prove very useful"
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"Bernie" Kyra interrupted. "Are you... can I talk to you?"
"I don't think..." Needy started before Jack jumped in.
"It's ok. Go. Things seem fine here."
Needy looked through the small round window at Safe and Soul. The crew did seem friendly enough, and Safe seemed to be offering the help they required.
"Ok, thanks" he replied to Jack, before walking off with Kyra. "What is it?"
Once she was sure they were alone, she explained.
"Your pilot showed me the schematics of the ship we've just docked with."
"Yeah?" Needy asked.
"Well..." she started, a frown appearing on her face "I think I recognise the ship's code"
"What do you mean? How would you..."
"It's my job to know."
"Who..." he started to ask before redirecting, "Are they dangerous?"
"No, you misunderstand me." She leaned in close to Needy. "It's... it's a presidential ship."
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Safe walked quickly back through the Epsilon grabbing Needy, unceremoniously, by the arm as he passed and dragging him along in search of Seryn. A curt nod at Amy and she wordlessly fell in step with them.
Seryn looks up as the three enter the med centre. Catching the look on Safe’s face, Seryn becomes all business. “What’s going on Safe?”
As Needy retrieves his arm, Safe crouches and tickles Fin’s toes . “I need you and Needy to… chat up the crew of the other ship. Something ‘bout them doesn’t ring quite true and the woman, Ciran, has Soul spooked.” Safe let this sink in watching the annoyance melt off Needy’s face to be replaced with a mixture of shock and puzzlement mirroring Seryn’s look.
“Ya I didn’t think that was possible either, but if it spooks Soul, that make me more than a mite nervous.” Seryn and Needy nod in agreement.
“Soooo you’re hoping we can get them to loosen up and let something slip.’ Seryn says slowly, putting the pieces together in her head.
“Exactly. Way I figure it, Needy, with your background, you have a much better chance than a hard-assed military type like myself, at getting them to open up. Plus between the two of you, you can read the stuff they don’t say, know what I mean?”
“Where do I fit in Safe?" Amy pipes up.
“Sorry Amy, but someone needs to keep an eye on the little ones. Plus I want to keep some cards back. Not wise to show our hand all at once.”
“What are you going to do while we're ‘interrogating’ the crew, Safe?” Needy asks.
“I’ve asked Wisp and Versa to keep their eyes open while they are doing the repairs. I’m gonna help Wisp to free him up to check their computer log. You good with that?” Safe looked around at the three.
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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Wisp wandered towards Liam with a warm and confident hand which was accepted a little less than relaxed.
"So Im gonna need to get to the bridge to get an assay of the details."
"Well" He replied " its not too difficult really its just.."
"Its never just if a ships been drifting a spell. Your gonna tell me somethings blown, which from my guess is gonna be something in your burn not your engine cos ur still breathing, but therll be side effects and other stuff which i need to talk to your ship about"
Liam shifted a nervous muscle above his left eye for an infentesimal spasm before becoming composed. "Sure, shiny, your the expert"
"Good" Wisp walked past him already having worked out the way to the bridge. " Oh and one more thing" Wisp said without turning back "Safes coming over next and I need him in ur engine room if you could help"
A smirk spread over his face as he heard a stuttered afirmation from behind him.
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Vixen sat by the airlock cradelling a sullen expression. What was she doing here?? She was a criminal, a Gunhand at best. She wasnt good with people, or machines, or being told what to do. Yet suddenly she was playing third wheel to the Waltons family space ship while being distrusted by over half the crew and disliked by most.
She wanted to offer to help but knew theyd say know. So she had taken it upon herself to guard the door, even though she wasnt allowed a weapon.
Fun Times.
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Upon entering the bridge Liam was close behind Wisp and was very helpful in pointing him towards the engineering console.
"I dont need the console just and upload point to the ships hard drive" Wisp instructed him trying to sound apologetic rather than patronising.
"No we operate independant servers. You'll need that console"
Thats very odd. Independant servers require a bigger memory core and are only found on top of the line cruisers. They were designed to keep encrypted data secure and prevent hacking or viruses. There was absolute no need, point or use in having one on a ship this size.
It also meant he'd have to access the memory section if he wanted any information.
The memory section which was located at the desk at the opposite side of the bridge.
The memory section that had a nervous and slightly stubbornly informed crew memeber between him and it.
Gosa.
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Quote:
Originally posted by safeat2nd:
“What are you going to do while we're ‘interrogating’ the crew, Safe?” Needy asks.
“I’ve asked Wisp and Versa to keep their eyes open while they are doing the repairs. I’m gonna help Wisp to free him up to check their computer log. You good with that?” Safe looked around at the three.
"That's fine by me" Needy replies, whilst glancing over Safe's shoulder and spotting Kyra in the background looking over at them curiously
"I'll get right on that, just... give me a sec." Leaving the group for a moment, he heads back over to Kyra, who's facial expression was a combination of curiosity, worry and confusion.
"What's going on?" she asked
"It seems you're not the only one to have doubts about our new friends."
"That is a presidential code, I'm certain of it" she confidently replied.
"Yeah, well, whatever they're up to, Safe wants to know. Seems like there's definitely something... something about them. It's got Soul spooked and he's not the type to get that way"
"So what are you gonna do?" she asks
"Just check 'em out. Get whatever information from them I can. See if we can ascertain if they pose any sort of threat, or even if they're just gonna be a lot of hassle."
"I see" Kyra says, her voice softening, "I guess I'll let you get to it then. I'll check back with Milton see how he's doing."
"What? Why?" Needy responds surprised.
"What? You've got work to do right?"
"Yeah," he says almost laughing "but that doesn't mean you have to go away."
"You want my assistance?"
"Of course. Why wouldn't I? Finding out things is your specialty"
For a brief moment, Needy's words hit her hard. Was he referring to what she had done to him?
Was he being cruel in bringing that up?
No. He didn't mean anything by it, she soon realised, reading the innocent expression on his face.
It was just her reading into it too much.
"I guess, I could find some stuff out" she admits reluctantly
Needy smiles at her warmly before instructing "C'mon then girl. Let's dig up some information"
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Satisfied that everyone was on the same page, at least he hoped, Safe headed back to the other ship.
As he approached the airlock, Safe noticed a sullen Vixen watching the doorway. He paused and watched what she was looking at. On the other side of the door, Jack was mugging and joking, doing his best to make S.R. crack a smile, and even with his considerable talent at being a goofball, he was failing miserably. To his credit though, he wasn’t letting that dissuade him from trying.
Vixen, on the other hand, wasn’t as adept at being stoic as S.R. was and did break into a small smile at one of Jack’s raunchier jokes.
Safe smiled as well and placed a friendly hand on Vixen’s shoulder only to have her flinch away and glare at him.
Safe shook his head and continued through the hatch, smacking Jack in the side of the head as he passed. This, had anyone been paying attention, did cause S.R. to smile ever so slightly but Jack was too busy rubbing his head and Safe was already entering the other ship.
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Safe entered the bridge to find Liam hovering over Wisp.
“Liam, lets go see what we can find out in your engine room.” Safe smiled what he hoped came across as a genuinely warm smile.
“It’s, ummm… back down that corridor.” Liam waved vaguely back down the corridor as he glanced back and forth at Wisp and Safe, clearly torn. He didn’t want Wisp to dig too deep but at the same time, didn’t want strangers poking around unaccompanied.
“See, I’m a pilot by trade, and a fair hand at mechanical work, but I find some of these old ships layouts to be too confusing for me.” Safe shrugged, apparently embarrassed at his own short comings.
“Besides, Wisp here is not all that sociable. Troubled childhood and all…” Safe whispered conspiratorially behind his hand to Liam.
Wisp rolled his eyes. Safe was putting it on too thick, but it seemed to be working. Catching Safe’s eye, Wisp glances over at the crew member standing near the other computer station.
“Who’s this then?” Safe asks steering Liam towards the other crew member.
“Well, umm… Colm. This is Colm.” Liam says, trying desperately to slow things down.
“Colm eh? Well Colm, I have a friend…. Versa. She’s got so much book learnin’ that she makes an encyclopedia look like a kiddies comic book. She’ll need a hand while Liam here helps me out.” Safe smile warmly at Colm, but he seems less than impressed. “Did I mention that she’s lovely?” Colm still didn’t bite.
Safe, not waiting for an answer, throws an arm over each man’s shoulders, like they were long loss buddies, and heads out of the bridge. “Today’s your lucky day, gentlemen. It’s not every day you come across a ship of SO many good natured, warm hearted, talented people. I did say good natured right?”
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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Wisp didnt need to turn around to know Liams eyes were burning into the back of his skull just before the door closed. Unfortunatley for him He'd just left a Genius in charge of his precious bridge.
Party Time.
In one fluid motion Wisp floated across the room like a curtain on the breeze and was accessing the Memory bank. First layer personal logs, co-ordinates travel details, second layer sensor data cargo manifest etc. Third technical details. And then the road dried up. Efficent but predictable. You dont leave the file marked
Top secret underhand dealings
On your desktop. Wisp moved his fingers like a demon entering lines and lines of code and request to which the computer continued to respond with "INVALID" till one letter and wush.
The Firewall disappeared and a collection of files appeared in an encrypted format. Without stopping to actually read them he began to upload them on a carrier to the ship. Wisp wiped a bead of sweat from his forehead as the pipe crashed down into the back of his head. Surging forward he received a second blow from the counter on his nonstop trip to the floor.
The figure behind didnt follow his body down just leaned in and canceled all the actions Wisp had achieved before disappearing into the shadows.
And Wisp lay on the floor being quickly joined by a pool of his own blood as Safe was unknowingly keeping everyone from finding him.
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Soul walked slowly past Vixen into the other ship. He had to do something, anything other than hiding. While he was the kind of person who prefered to stay in the shadows, he was more than willing to face things head-on when the situation called for it. So he made his way towards the sounds of voices.
"You remind me of someone."
Soul froze at the voice. It was the same voice that echoed through his mind at all hours of the night, the same voice that he had spent the last half of a century longing to hear again.
For the first time in a long time, Soul was actually nervous. He turned slowly, and sure enough, Ciaran stood behind him.
"You remind me of someone, too. But the Ciaran I remember has been dead a long time."
Ciaran lowered her head, her shimmering dark hair hiding her expression.
"The Marshall I remember would have never let my death stop him from living."
Marshall. No one, not even the people closest to him knew Soul's real name.
"Ciaran? But...how?"
Finally, her face lifted, and there were tears in her eyes, but a smile on her lips.
"Because, Marshall Rowe, like I said fifty years ago, whn you held me in your arms as I was dying, I'm exactly like you."
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Soul, Security Chief of the Sereni-Tree, Captain of Destiny.
Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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Bored by the tedium of watching a door SR takes a bit of cord from one of his many pockets and practices his knotwork. He had considered cleaning his fingernails with his knife, but had discarded the idea due to its potentailly menacing under tones. He wondered if the strangers had any beer and by some unlikely chance if that beer might be good beer and if they might be hospitable and share. He realized it was unlikely hope at best and that any refreshment given by strangers to a guard at a door is beyond suspect. Yet a man can dream, but dreaming seemed too boring, no challenge. As a mental exercise he then began to put into words a way of explaining his problems to Seryn.
Scorpion Regent
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OOC: Somebody do something! I'm stuck leaning against a door.
Scorpion Regent
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OOC: I'm in the middle of writing a post, will try to finish it tomorrow (and give you something to do 
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