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Post by Ellie on Nov 18, 2009 21:46:42 GMT -5
Finnick quickly headed to the front of the ship as the voice told them they had two minutes til the autopilot would shut off. He scanned the controls, they were pretty basic, nothing he couldn't handle. He leaned back in his seat and closed his eyes. Then, suddenly, he heard Etoile's voice.
"DON'T LET HER KILL ME!"
He instantly stood up, glancing around looking for who was trying to kill Etoile, and spotted Ynda, clearly very angry. He watched Etoile sputter out something that must of included a sorry, because, she seemed to back off and returned to Dengeki's lap. Good. Fighting was really the last thing they needed right now, and it seemed to keep coming back....
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Milo-Lee quietly watched Etoile and Ynda fighting once again. She was now feeling bad for Etoile, who didn't seem to be trying to cause harm, but trouble seemed to be following him. She knew the feeling. As she continued to observe him, now interacting with the twins, she became sure he could take care of himself. They had both hit the floor and few feet from her chair, and it was all that she could do to not laugh. After they'd talked to him again and left, she went to talk to him. She was already pretty fond of him, even though she hadn't known him long, she wanted to get off on the right foot.
She noticed he was looking at the map, so she silently walked up behind him and scanned the map. Quesera wasn't hard to find, bright blue sea and bright green fields, wreathed in pink and orange clouds. She was aware that to some it might seem beautiful, but to her, something had always seemed kind of fake-y about the beauty, too good to be true. She wasn't sure if he knew she was standing there yet, but she reached over his shoulder and pointed to it. "That's Quesera," she said quietly, "My little brothers are there, Larkin and Leaki," She didn't mention that, just as Finnick reminded her of Larkin, Etoile reminded her of Leaki. Her eyes went hollow for a second, then flicked over to Etoile's head. "Umm, I think you have something in your hair...." She pick up a curl, now colored a bright shade of green. She made an amused sound somewhere between a giggle and a purr. This was, no question, the twins' doing.
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Post by Renee on Nov 19, 2009 0:14:44 GMT -5
Niji heard the cheery voice of her luminarian friend Nebulos, and turned in her chair to smile down at him,
"Hey there Nebulos." She greeted him, leaning her forearms on the back of the chair and resting her head on them. After listening to Nebulos' sweet offer to help, she giggled lightly and gave him a thumbs up, "No problem, Nebby, you'll be the first I'll ask if I need assistance with anything." She finished with a wink. As she watched him walk off, she floated off of her own seat to stretch her legs a bit. She floated to the ceiling, and watched Ynda and Etolie squabble, she sighed and shook her head. "Oh, boy...Not five minutes into space, and already there's an argument..." She thought to herself. She generally felt sorry for Etolie as she knew that whatever he had done to Ynda, he did not mean any harm by it. Then she watched as Etolie used his telekinesis to pull a prank on the twins. Although she didn't know the details she surmised that the two pranksters probably had what was coming to them. She giggled with pure amusement. Yeah, you certainly couldn't pay for entertainment like this.
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Post by Vera9 on Nov 19, 2009 1:48:05 GMT -5
Ynda was left on Dengeki's seat when the twins walked off for a series of pranks with Etoile. Interestedly, she climbed on the back of the seat and watched every prank occur. She wondered why those three seemed to enjoy each other's company so much. Her only response to each prank was a raised eyebrow, although the other followed when the twins made clear to Etoile that he had made some sort of commitment.
Ynda couldn't help but think they were kinda cool, saying it like that, but it's not like she'd actually say that out loud. She could only shoot a weird look at the twins when they burst out laughter for apparently no reason, but when she realized the pranks were over, she turned the other side on the backseat and glanced around at other operatives. In thought, she hoped that the twins would resolve to pranking their new friend now, instead of her. Then she realized they might actually get him to prank her with them. She gritted her teeth for one moment at the thought and turned her head to shoot a glare at the twins.
"You better not try anything..." she muttered.
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Post by ChyukiPastukiSuzuki on Nov 19, 2009 2:28:39 GMT -5
Dengeki stopped laughing when he noticed that Ynda was staring at him. "Did you want to join in the fun?" He invited he with a smirk from across the room. His voice took on the accent of a man at a carnival. "Step right up, don't be shy, nothing to lose, but a lot to gain!" He and Unagi howled with laughter, somehow finding the accent funny. At this point, anything would make them laugh.
Unagi got up and helped his twin get up as well. They snuck past Etoile who's new dye job had been noticed, and back to Ynda. "Speaking of carnivals," Unagi asked, segueing into a totally different topic. He continued, as if to read Ynda's mind "Don't you think that this means we'll stop pranking you, now that we've gotten a new playmate." His dislike for the smaller green alien was obviously present in his voice.
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Post by Vera9 on Nov 19, 2009 2:32:06 GMT -5
Ynda narrowed her eyes when Dengeki spoke to her, somehow feeling like he was trying to mock her for simply looking at them. She didn't feel much better when Unagi talked to her as well. She was aware that he didn't like her much, and it could easily be said that was vice versa.
Glaring from the one twin at the other, Ynda simply said, "No, I don't. But you better do stop if you know what's good for you."
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Post by ChyukiPastukiSuzuki on Nov 19, 2009 2:43:42 GMT -5
The acidic sarcasm dripped off of Unagi's next words. "Oh like you know what's good for us." He folded his arms and smirked. "By the way, what is your job on the mission? I haven't seen you do anything yet" Without waiting for an answer or sarcastic reply, Dengeki commented, "We've already memorized every aspect and mechanism on this rocket. What have you done?"
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Post by Vera9 on Nov 19, 2009 2:46:34 GMT -5
Ynda found it was a bit more difficult to glare at them once they said that. They had, perhaps knowingly, hit her on the point she wasn't comfortable with right now. She had realized earlier that she was being kind of idle, but she had no idea what to do. Technology wasn't at all something she was familiar with, or bothered becoming familiar with.
Awkwardly, she glanced away and replied in a soft tone: "Er... I'm sparing my energy until the actual mission starts."
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Post by ChyukiPastukiSuzuki on Nov 19, 2009 2:52:50 GMT -5
Unagi pressed on, not even considering Ynda's feelings. His usual 'nicer twin' personality was replaced by a "Mr. Hyde" attitude, as it usually did when he was around Ynda. "You still didn't say what your job here is." His tail had stopped waving back and forth and now hung over him in preparation to attack quickly if provoked.
Dengeki, on the other hand, knew that things had gone too far. He took Unagi's hand, about to lead him to the main engine room, where they should've been in the first place.
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Post by Vera9 on Nov 19, 2009 2:55:28 GMT -5
Ynda lowered her head when Unagi continued pushing, her glare eventually turning into a frown. She started to feel bad from what he said, as she didn't quite know what her job was herself. She felt pathetic, or even worse - useless.
"Shut up..." was all she said, not sure if the twins could actually hear her mutter from across the room. "It's none of your business..."
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Post by RohaHat on Nov 19, 2009 10:39:48 GMT -5
Vibe had watched the Pranking Saga play out, and now it was over, she grabbed Cyril as he flew over her head, and threw him in the direction of the thingypit, causing him to slam straight into the front window.
"Go pilot, fly-boy," she ordered, before turning on her heel to inspect the engine room. The yellow bird grumbled and stuck his tongue out at Vibe, but when he took a moment to glance at the controls, his displeasure turned to happiness. There was so many buttons! An abundance of shiny radars and levers; lights flashing on and off in a mechnical pulse; ...he was in heaven.
In the engine room, Vibe was rather happy herself. She had, at one point or another, retrieved the engine layouts and blueprints from the twins, and was just enjoying the fact that she was in a position where she could do something useful. Her memorisation of the engine's layouts and structure was just beginning, but she soaked up each and every drop of information eagerly, not disregarding any minor detail as unimportant, since anything could cause a problem in the long term.
Nalo had also been watching the interactions between the twins and her friend; she could only sigh and shake her head. Boys. At least she didn't detest the twins for their lighthearted teasing, much like torture for some. Since she still didn't have a job, she just drifted aimlessly between ports and positions in the huge spaceship, not recieving much attention due to her currently closed body language. It was beginning to dawn on her that she might be the one spending a lot of time in the bathroom on this flight; cleaning was her known strength. But in such a pristine vessel, it was unlikely that there's be anything for her to do in there, either.
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Post by Sadie on Nov 19, 2009 15:13:23 GMT -5
Etoile looked started as Milo-Lee began to speak to him, having been completely lost in the map in his attempt to find their destination. Shrugging, he listened to her speak, with his eyes on her planet. Her words made him think of his younger sister, and his stomach twisted. But she was in good hands with his overprotective parents, so he never worried about her, small though she may be.
At her words concerning his curls, his hand shot up into his hair and then pulled away, dripping with the substance. Eyes narrowing, he muttered, "Unagi," remembering the twin patting his hair upon leaving. He was going to have to get the twins back good for this, especially considering that it had gone unnoticed by him.
"I'll be right back." Skipping into the bathroom, he stuck his head until the faucet and turned the water on, washing out all of the mess before bounding back out like it hadn't bothered him at all. His curls dotted the floor with water, and he began to shake his head like a dog, splattering water on the walls nearby. But he was much too polite to leave that mess there, so he quickly lifted the water off of the walls and sent the droplets down the drain.
By the time he was back in his seat, he was dripping, shivering, and smiling as big as all get out, fully showing two rows of yellow teeth like he was the happiest alien on the earth. "Fixed it!" His finger moved to point out his planet. "That's mine, D'thlany. My little sister and parents are there."
Speaking of planets. . .
"You'll have to excuse me." He gave her a quick bow. "I've got to figure out where we're going so that we can get started." With an apologetic smile, he turned away from her and back to his map, where he continued his search for the headquarters on the large, extremely-filled surface.
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Post by RohaHat on Nov 19, 2009 15:18:39 GMT -5
"Hey fuzzy-head! Where are we going?" Cyril's voice carried through the body of the ship, aimed at their navigator, whose name he couldn't remember. Right now he was just keeping the ship afloat - with his feet. Leaning over the back of the chair and using his taloned toes to steer, he called again. "I can't pilot unless I know where I'm goiiiing!"
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Post by Sadie on Nov 19, 2009 15:32:08 GMT -5
"O-oh! Right!" Etoile became more and more frantic as he scanned the map, trying to find their destination. What kind of navigator was he if he couldn't figure out where they were even going? Slowly deflating, he tried to grasp around for some sort of excuse, when suddenly he heard the White Lady's voice inside his head, as though she was talking to him, and chills ran up and down his spine.
Little alien who has no confidence in himself. . . look where you wouldn't expect a planet to be.
And then the voice was gone, as quickly as it had come. Etoile's head snapped around, trying to see if anyone else had heard it, but no, it was only in his head. Another chill ran up his spine and he turned back to the map with the words echoing back into his mind.
Where wouldn't he expect a planet to be? Err. . .
In an asteroid belt.
Suddenly excited, Etoile leaned closer to the map as his eyes caught the shape of a planet that was hidden inside the markings of an asteroid belt. His voice called back, sounding excited that he had been able to locate it with just a little bit of help. "Head for the Ethrerian Asteroid Belt, coordinates 724-C by 2901-W!"
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Post by RohaHat on Nov 19, 2009 15:45:30 GMT -5
"Head for the what to the who by the what now?" Came Cyril's less that reassuring response. After a few moments he figured it out, and after pushing a few levers and pressing some buttons, half of which at random, he reset the ship's coordinate targets so they were on track for the enemy headquarters. "Ooh I wonder if I can find out how long our journey is gonna be from this thing..." he pondered aloud, continuing to meddle with the controls.
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Post by Jas on Nov 19, 2009 15:49:27 GMT -5
*runs* I'm comin'!
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As he'd been in a small conversation with Niji earlier, Nebulos hadn't been very aware of a few of the pranks Etoile and the twins sent back and forth. Still looking for his destination, the litle boy had become distracted by a loud thud, which -as he turned his head around- turned to be Dengeki and Unagi falling onto the floor. A little surprised, Nebulos titled his head as he looked at them. The twins didn't really have the tendency to be very clumsy, so seeing them crash without no apparant reason, was a little odd. It turned out to be, though, that Etoile had been the cause of their fall and Nebulos couldn't help but chuckle. Though the yellow alien had come off witha rocky start, he seemed to be getting along with the aquatic brothers, even if they were only pulling jokes on each other. He put a little hand in front of his mouth to stifle a laugh, noticing the green goop Unagi had left behind in Etoile's hair. Nebulos wouldn't have been smiling if it had been a cruel prank, but he knew about the twins's playful side. And he was quite certain Etoile wouldn't mind too much either, but would be happy to recieve another chance to get back at them.
His smile faltered however, as he watched the brothers converse with Ynda. His antennea flickered a bit, observing. He was used to the heated discussions the three green aliens had with one another, but that didn't mean he enjoyed them very much. He chose to let them pass by them, as things usually resolved themselves after five minutes or so. When their argument was over and they parted ways, the twins leaving for the engine room, Nebulos could see Ynda's scowling face. It was a pretty basic face for her, but the little boy had learnt to see through the exterior. Despite the anger and agressiveness on her face, he could tell she was a litle upset, even if it was just a little bit.
And Nebulos wouldn't be Nebulos if he could let such a thing go by unnoticed.
"Hey Ynda!"
He called over, smiling broadly and warmly, his antennea flickering and his hand waving.
"You can help me if you want, two eyes see more than one!"
He chuckled happily, eyes squinting joyfully. He then pointed over at something.
"It's right over there, see?"
And indeed it was. Nebulos was gesturing towards a small flight of stairs, which seemed to lead to a circular area covered with a glass dome on the ship's rooftop. He'd caught sight of the indication arrow labelled "Observation Area" right before the twins had fallen on the floor.
Antennea still shedding a gentle light and his smile never fading, he waited on that spot, one foot already set in the direction of the stairs, waiting for hs friend to accept or decline.
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