Sereni-Tree: Boros cliffhanger, engaging paramours
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UPDATED: Monday, March 6, 2006 11:36
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Originally posted by seryn:
She falls, for a few seconds she sits, thinking about nothing much but the pain in her skull, then stares groggly at someone who has come to crouch infront of her. Kind of like her grandfather, but sharper, he smiles at her. Then turns to the Commander. He clasps his hands together infront of him, and she begins to get very scared.
'No, don't fire at them, I have a better idea...'
On the bridge of the Tripoli:
"Gentlemen," the man says, looking at the soldiers guarding Seryn, "please take Miss Seryn to my room. I will be having a....personal conversation with her. Commander Guerrin, you're in charge."
*When they get to the man's room, the soldiers deposit Seryn into a chair and leave. The man sits down opposite her and smiles.*
"How have you been, Miss Seryn? We have been most concerned about you. We wondered, what have you been up to since you left? And how did you get on that ship?
"Oh, I know what you're thinking. You're not going to tell us anything. But Miss Seryn, you've been wrong an awful lot today. You thought you'd scared us. You thought your former rank would mean something. And you thought that this," he says, pulling out a tool that Seryn knew well, "only kills. It has different settings, you know."
*The man hits a button on it, and Seryn immediately begins screaming in pain. It only lasts a minute, but to Seryn it seems a lifetime.*
"Do you see what I mean? And that was just the beginning."
*The man hits the button again, and again Seryn screams. This time it only lasts a few seconds, as the man is interrupted by a hail from the bridge.*
"This had better be good, Commander."
"Sir, the Kilgore is attacking the Sereni-Tree."
"Really? Hmmm....."
"Sir? What are your orders?"
"Hold your position, Commander."
"Sir? Aren't you worried that the target will be lost?"
"No Commander. For now, this suits my purposes. Keep me updated on the conditions of both ships, however."
"Yes, sir."
"Now, Miss Seryn," says the man, turning back to her, "where were we?"
"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"
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Originally posted by KellyofLuthien:
*KOL runs up to the last turret and settles in, thinking how odd it must be to see a Vala manning a huge gun.*
"Ok Ath, I'm ready when you are. What're my orders?"
"Fire at will, Kelly. You can shoot the fighters all you want, but it's the cruiser we need to worry about. Aim for the engines, the bridge, and the weapons. Stay cool and you should be just fine."
*KOL grips the trigger and takes a deep breath.
"Okay."
"Oh, and Kelly? I'm glad you're with me on this."
"Haryalyë melmenya, Ath. We will make it through."
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Co-written by KellyofLuthien.
"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"
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Originally posted by Jadehand:
*Back on the Bonaparte :
So, TRM, What happens if one was to leave the shrunken Bonaparte before if resumes normal size? Do they stay small, or grow back to normal size? And can we risk radio contact with the Tree to find out what's going on?
"Don't broadcast for now. My whole ruse depends on them thinking that they destroyed us, remember? They could still send fighters to intercept us. As far as the shrinking? Well, Rat assured us that we would die instantly, but both Needleseye and myself have jumped off with no ill effects. And we grew to normal size. I must say, though that it hurt like a sonofa..."
TheRealMe looks around the cabin at Jadehand, Quincey, and himself.
"Say, didn't we have LightMeDark and Mai aboard just a few moments ago, or was that my imagination?"
TheRealMe takes another look, and does a double take when he notices Monkeytail. "Hello, Monkeytail! Glad you could join us!" TheRealMe frowns, takes his glasses off, and cleans them.
Quincey clears her throat. "Re-entry starting."
Soon, blazing plasma envelops the Bonaparte.
TheRealMe, First Officer of the Sereni-Tree
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Originally posted by CallMeAth:Quote:
Originally posted by TheRealMe:
One of them smiles, revealing sharp fangs, and addresses Ath (as Ath is the one with the most colorful shirt). It pounds its chest. "Assan help. Yeti help." The other Yeti growl in agreement. "You say how!".
*Ath considers the yeti situation for a few moments.*
"Nice to have you with us Assan! Some bad people are trying to get on our ship and hurt us. If you wouldn't mind, could you go down to the common room and give them a nice suprise if they show up? Just attack anyone with a uniform.*
*Assan nods his head and howls. The other yeti take off at a run, eager to help.*
"Well, now that they're out of the way..."
*Ath gets on the com-link and contacts Jake7.*
"Jake? Looks like we have trouble coming our way. Lock and loud. I'll be sending some more people up there to help."
*Ath switches his com-link over to his sister.*
"Now you know I believe that women are just as capable as men, sometimes more so, so when I tell you that I don't want you in the fight, it's only because you're pregnant. And when you go ahead and do so despite my wishes, I get to yell at you.
Now I need some people to man the turrets. We already have Jake7 in one, so we have three empty spots. Anyone there that can help?"
*Once Ath clicks off his com-link, Jazaf rounds on him.*
"You are not trying to tell me that you're planning on attacking the cruiser that has Soul, TWG and Seryn on it, do you?"
"No," responds Ath. "I'm going to attack the other one that's bearing down on us right now."
"What?"
*Jazaf looks down at the monitor to see that the second cruiser is indeed heading directly towards the Sereni-Tree, launching fighters as it comes.*
"You didn't think that explosion was enough to destroy the whole thing did you? Now if you don't mind, I've got some flying to do. Unless you and Duece feel like manning a turret?"
"Invader's blood marches through my veins like giant radioactive rubber pants. The pants command me! Do not ignore my veins!"
'Well, this should be interesting.' Jazaf says. He turns to Duece, 'Ready to try something new?'
Ever eager, Duece nods and the two head for the Turrets. Not long after they strap in KOL takes command of the last turret.
'Allright guys, Since I'm the only veteran with these babies,' Jazke7 starts, 'I'll send you some images of what we should aim for.'
Within moments pictures of Communication Arrays, Fighters, turrets on the opposing cruiser, and other vulnerable points appear.
'These are our targets Ladies and Gent. Hit'em, and Hit'em hard.'
Jazaf looks at the controls in his turret.
Huh, looks easy enough to use.
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Mystery Man on the Sereni-Tree
Navigator on Destiny
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OOC: well we never actually boarded... just went to find out what was going on and decide what to do next.
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A little bit earlier~
*standing at the hangar bay*
This just doesn't feel right.
To LMD: You do what you think is best. I'm going with the girls to do what I can to protect the 'tree.
*walks up to the animal park with KOL and Serenity*
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changesmindalot.
Mai, Secretary of Unmentionables.
http://iammai2.livejournal.com
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Originally posted by CallMeAth:
On the bridge of the Tripoli:
"How have you been, Miss Seryn? We have been most concerned about you. We wondered, what have you been up to since you left? And how did you get on that ship?
"Oh, I know what you're thinking. You're not going to tell us anything. But Miss Seryn, you've been wrong an awful lot today. You thought you'd scared us. You thought your former rank would mean something. And you thought that this," he says, pulling out a tool that Seryn knew well, "only kills. It has different settings, you know."
*The man hits a button on it, and Seryn immediately begins screaming in pain. It only lasts a minute, but to Seryn it seems a lifetime.*
"Do you see what I mean? And that was just the beginning."
*The man hits the button again, and again Seryn screams. This time it only lasts a few seconds, as the man is interrupted by a hail from the bridge.*
"This had better be good, Commander."
"Sir, the Kilgore is attacking the Sereni-Tree."
"Really? Hmmm....."
"Sir? What are your orders?"
"Hold your position, Commander."
"Sir? Aren't you worried that the target will be lost?"
"No Commander. For now, this suits my purposes. Keep me updated on the conditions of both ships, however."
"Yes, sir."
"Now, Miss Seryn," says the man, turning back to her, "where were we?"
gasping, but proud of the irritated tone she manages to lace her voice with she replys,
'well, you were being all scary-ass and very not nice. And I believe I was screaming, really can't remember what about...
*he activates the device again, and after 30 seconds of screaming lights and magma hot pains through seemingly every nerve, he stops*
'does that help?'
'yes, thank you' something warm runs down the side of her neck, and weekly she raises her fingers to brush it away. looking, she see red smeared accross her hands. She gulps, then summons up her last reserves of bravado, 'mate, you'd better go easy with that thing, i'd say my brains are only about five minutes behind all that blood'
'we could test that out? now Miss Seryn, tell me what you have been doing with yourself?'
'well, this one time... at band camp...' she screaches, no other word for it, as he jabs at the button. It takes her a while this time, to work up any kind of sense of humor at all. 'Listen, this is a very expensive jacket, my father... remember him? Would kill me if I got blood all over it... ...can I have my bag? I think I've got a slave girl costume in there somewhere, you might find that more to you sick little ta...'
He presses the button again, briefly, to shut her up.
'why are you wanting this bag? What else is in there?'
'oh, weapons, lots of them, some grenades even! But mostly my clothing, my supply of alcohol, and my pet rabbits'
He raises one eyebrow at her.
'Of course, i'm not expecting the weapons to be in there when I get it, nor the alcohol for that matter, but I'm serious about this jacket, not even dry cleaning would get this crap off..'
He activates the device again, and time seems to stop, nothing more than endless muscle convulsions and blinding pains in her head.
When it eventually stop, and she can open her eyes again, she is staring at the ceiling, and realises she must have fallen off the chair.
Refusing to cry, even though she know it would be really really good right now, she manages to get her numb mouth and tongue to work, her voice quiet and broken,
'please, let me speak to my father, before...'
The door shuts, and she can tell he's no longer in the room.
For a while she manages to loose conciousness, then she is roused by something hitting her head. Reaching up she feels the rough cloth of her bag, and slowly claws her way around the bags interiour, looking for the carrier, fumbling it open, she rasps out brief instructions to the two rabbits inside...
Hide, stay hidden, don't come out until I call you.
She watches them until they are out of sight, smiles slightly, and bl
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Quote:
Originally posted by KellyofLuthien:
*Kelly bows quickly and leaves the animal park. As she closes the door, an idea strikes her. She gets on her com-link again.*
"Sparky, I need you to come to the animal park and rig the door so it won't open from the outside without a code. Do it quickly, please."
"But Miss Kelly--"
"Now would be great, Sparky. We are running out of time."
"As you wish, Miss Kelly."
"...however, I am afraid that you must wait a short time. In this situation, First Law overrides Second Law. I have a man here in the Infirmary who is bleeding to death. Doctor SimonWho seems to be absent, so I have decided to operate. I have seen the Doctor perform an operation, before. It didn't look difficult, and the autodoc here assures me that it can coach me past the tricky parts."
Sparky the Robot
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"...however, I am afraid that you must wait a short time. In this situation, First Law overrides Second Law. I have a man here in the Infirmary who is bleeding to death. Doctor SimonWho seems to be absent, so I have decided to operate. I have seen the Doctor perform an operation, before. It didn't look difficult, and the autodoc here assures me that it can coach me past the tricky parts."
"OOOOOWWWWWWW! OOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!! Anasthesia!!!!!"
Scorpion Regent
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"Sorry, sir!"
Sheepishly, Sparky turns on the gas while the autodoc scolds him.
Then, Sparky realizes that he has just harmed a human in violation of First Law, and his brain shuts down.
Sparky the Robot
The autodoc rolls its monitoring devices and takes over.
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*PR wanders down a corridor until he comes to a corner. He hears voices and pokes his head round the side and sees two of the feds talking outside of a door. One walks away, and the other one goes into the room and closes the door. PR walks up to the door, looks around, then opens it and steps inside. He closes the door. A thud can be heard.*
A few minutes later...
*PR emerges from the room, wearing A fed uniform, complete with cap. He looks around and closes the door, then continues down the corridor. He passes a fed on the way to whom he nods and smiles.*
Quote:*There are two guards outside the room. PR hides round a corner and concentrates. One of the guards hat's rises off his head and floats around in front of him. It isn't long before both of them run off, spooked.*
Originally posted by seryn:
The door shuts, and she can tell he's no longer in the room.
For a while she manages to loose conciousness, then she is roused by something hitting her head. Reaching up she feels the rough cloth of her bag, and slowly claws her way around the bags interiour, looking for the carrier, fumbling it open, she rasps out brief instructions to the two rabbits inside...
Hide, stay hidden, don't come out until I call you.
She watches them until they are out of sight, smiles slightly, and blacks out again.
*PR looks around the corner and grins before running up to the door, and entering.* Oh my. Seryn.
*PR goes to her on the floor and attemps to wake her.*
PsychicRiver
"Two by two, hands of blue."
"We'll take care of each other. I'll knit!"
"I swallowed a bug."
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