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Zaria laughed softly, a little sad. "Yeah, togetherrr," she said quietly, turning back to glance at the tablet to see if the fruity drink was still available. She probably didn't need any more booze, but it would definitely make her feel better. "Do you wannnnna go sit back down? I'm. Not sstanding well," she looked back up at Zulo and offered him a small smile.
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Sylvester now understood but still grumbled and rolled his eyes. It sure would make space life easier, but he didn't like the idea of the weird man messing with a chip in his head. "If you insist. Just make it quick."
"Yes, let's." Zulo supported Zaria as they walked back to the table. He once again called over to Daniel like the man was his servant. "Water for the lady, please."Comment
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Daniel nodded, relieved that he now had a method of communication, however limited. He returned the slate to its holster on his side and gestured to himself. "My name's Daniel." While he was used to no one caring about his name, he hoped it would prompt the Earthling to offer his own. He was accustomed to those he was working with being particular about how he addressed them, and while he doubted his mistress would have allowed a passenger who lorded his superior position, Daniel still preferred to have something by which to address the other.
Before a response could be made, however, the Ritos returned from their brief foray in the ship. Zulo called over, requesting water for Zaria. Daniel hid a frown at the tone behind the request, recognizing it as one of a superior talking down to a servant. Still, it was spoken politely enough, and while he was technically the equal to any except Dragon while aboard the Sionnach, he was in the habit of obedience. Quietly he returned to the kitchen and rummaged through the storage. His mistress usually had a variety of water canisters, although most of these were used primarily for hygiene purposes. He suspected the ship had filtered enough of this to produce a palpable glass to drink, but he disliked trusting the water could be returned to the reservoir. Instead he located a canteen that came from Èirinn and poured some of it into a glass, which he brought over. He offered it to Zaria with a warning, "Th-this is from D-dragon's homeworld, s-so it's not... not as salty as y-you're used to, m-more bitter instead."Phillipians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
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"Sylvester Stewart," Sylv said after Daniel offered his name, and was cut off by the return of the drunk Ritos. Then he remembered the name Daniel, as Xiomara had told him about the man on the day they met. He didn't even feel jealousy as he now saw the man stuttering and stooping to Zulo's every command like a wimp. He remembered she said Daniel was a tinker, and he had an idea after the man was done serving the Ritos. "So you're Xio's tinker, huh? You taken a look at my car?"Comment
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Daniel returned his attention to Sylvester, considering. Tinker wasn't a word he heard very often, but he liked the sound of it. Had his mistress been talking about him? What had she said? Any thoughts like this were instantly thrown out the window when asked about the car. He pulled out his slate, typing away on the translator in a hurry. "Car? Is that what the vehicle is called? Yes I did, it's absolutely fascinating. I'd like a closer look at some point so I can see how it runs. We can't turn it on while aboard the ship, Dragon will have a fit about her life support system, but even just seeing how the different parts connect would be fascinating. Are those lights on the corners, the white and red shields? There must not be much light on your world if you need such things. And what material is that roof made of? It seems rather fragile if something were to land on it. And the rubber wheels. Are those how it moves? I haven't seen a wheel-pulled vehicle in awhile. I've gotten used to hovercraft."
Luckily for Sylvester, the program had an auto correct, so any typos or missing punctuation were corrected from Daniel's frantic key strokes. Machines of any sort were his passion, and he tended to forget himself when discussing them. He handed the slate to Sylvester so the Earthling could read while also guiding him out of the galley and towards the med bay.Last edited by HyrulianBlackcat; 08-08-2020, 12:58 AM.Phillipians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
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"Yes. On Earth, we drive on paved roads," Sylvester explained, ignoring the rest of Daniel's flurry of questions. His guesses were all correct, anyways. The med bay made him queasy. "Can we get this over with as quickly as possible?"Comment
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Daniel retrieved his slate and was about to ask more questions when he caught the hint of impatience from Sylvester. He hesitated, then typed out a few phrases. "I'll go as quick as I can, but it'll take me a bit to completely reprogram the nano. I just need Medy to remove it from you so I can interact with it easier." He was tempted to explain the intricacies of such a programming, but had the feeling the Earthling wouldn't be impressed by it. Instead he summoned the medical droid, who quickly and easily extracted the nano from where it had been injected. "I'll call over the intercom when I've got it figured out. (:," Daniel typed out, then sent Sylvester on his way.
He then proceeded to reprogram the nano, happily losing himself in the world of technology. Now and then he'd make a comment to Medy, who cheerfully beeped back responses, or occasionally critiques. Hours passed as he unpaired the nanos and made the one able to translate independent of the thought connection. He suspected there might be a few glitches, where the word translated wouldn't be the exact thought intended, but there was little he could do about that. Finally he came back to the realm of reality and opened the intercom. He started to speak, hesitated, then turned it off again and turned to Medy. "He can't understand me yet. Can you call?" The droid beeped and opened its channel. "Sylvester, please report to med bay. Sylvester, please report to med bay."
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The hunter groaned as the final words broke through her cloud of sleep. Blearily she grabbed her tablet, then groaned again as she saw her alarm hadn't gone off yet, but there were only perhaps fifteen more minutes. "Gach à m," she muttered, then turned off the alarm and tossed the tablet aside. Shaking out her mane, she quickly combed it out before yanking on clean clothes, this time a scale shirt in vibrant green matched with black pants. The blaster was returned to her hip, as was the knife to her boot. Once more she considered equipping her rifle; once more she decided against, but only until they properly landed.
She grabbed her tablet and typed a quick message to Daniel as she made her way to the cockpit. Claiming her seat, she checked over the instruments, pleased to see the ship had run smoothly while in light speed. She checked over the sensors, nodding to herself at the information. She opened the intercom. "Attention on deck. We're approaching Delphina. Prepare to leave light speed." Not that there was much preparing to do, the inertial dampeners would reduce most of the effects caused by the sharp deceleration.Phillipians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
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Sylvester had been sitting in the copilots chair, eagerly awaiting the new planet and not daring touch any buttons. He had headphones in and was listening to some starry songs of Beach House from his phone, which was running on its last bit of life. He had also gotten his charger, but unfortunately couldn't find any compatible outlets, not realizing that the outlets he knew weren't literally "universal". He thought he heard something in the intercom and took an earbud out. He was being called to the med bay. He paused his music and wrapped the cords up, putting the electronic mess in his pocket as he reached the med bay.
"Uhhh," Zulo woke as an announcement rang through the intercom. He was slumped over where they had been sitting and drinking, picking his face up off where it had been resting on Zaria. He couldn't remember the night before, but if his stomach ache was any indication, he had been drinking too much with his old friend. He gave her leg a little shake. "Hey, we're landing." Suddenly he got to his feet and clumsily rushed to the nearest bathroom to relieve himself.Comment
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Zaria lazily picked up her head and looked around, bleary eyed. "Huh?" She watched Zulo scurry off towards the bathroom and snickered, knowing he couldn't handle his liquor as well as she could. She took a drink of the now warm water Daniel had left for them - it was bitter, but not so much so that it put her off from drinking greedily. She saved enough for her friend and sat up as best she could with the headache that was beginning to pound in her head. Standing from the table, she hobbled over to the bathroom and leaned on the wall outside the door, listening for Zulo. "You good in therre?" she asked, still slurring her words slightly.Old Age of War stuff here:
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Daniel chuckled as he read the message from his mistress, a plea for him to cook before she wasted away. Despite her smaller stature, she had a ravenous appetite to rival even the most feral of xenothropes. However, her skill for cooking was woefully lacking, and only limited to the simplest of meat based dishes; consequently, eating had been a chore for her, a necessity of life. It had been while travelling with Daniel that she had learned to enjoy the challenge of sating her hunger, and while he was convinced this was in no small part due to her no longer needing to do the cooking, he also knew that it was because he'd introduced her to a vast sphere of the culinary arts she'd been unaware of.
Sylvester appeared in the med bay entrance while Daniel was typing a teasing response to the hunter, a grin still in place. Message sent, he looked up, allowing the grin to fade, although its glow was still obvious. He picked up the syringe holding the nano and offered it to the Earthling. "Medy, translate to Terarn: you can inject it the same way you'd done the first time, or I can have Medy implant it. It might be a little more uncomfortable this time around as the nano creates the connection to your brain that lets it translate for you, but it shouldn't be anything more than a brief pressure that will fade quickly." The medical droid whirred briefly, processing the request, then delivered the translation in its typical beeping tone.Phillipians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
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Sylvester held the syringe and contemplated injecting it himself until the thought made him too queasy to continue. "Medy can do it," he said. He handed the syringe to Medy.
When Zulo was finished taking a piss, he stood there a moment and put his hand on the wall to support himself. He felt quite nauseous, but there didn't seem to be much feeling of motion in the ship that would cause it. He focused to keep from puking and regretted drinking the strange drink the previous night. Zaria's voice rang into his aching head. "I'll be out in a minute," he managed.Comment
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The medical droid took the syringe and casually injected its contents in Sylvester's arm. It promptly cleaned the injection site, then beeped its way to the other end of the med bay to sanitize the syringe. Daniel kept his gaze on the droid as he started talking, almost as if he was talking to the machine. "I'm not sure how long it'll take before it starts translating. It should make the connections immediately after being injected, but it might take a moment or two before your cerebrum adjusts to something helping it understands words it's never processed before. Once it does, though, it should be able to translate anything you hear except maybe some of the more obscure languages that aren't in its databanks, but I think I could give it an update if that becomes an issue." He finally trailed off and turned a sheepish grin to Sylvester. "C-congrats on being m-my first cyborg."Phillipians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
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Zaria nodded although Zulo wouldn't be able to tell, and went back to table they had passed out at. She sat back down and laid her head on her arms, yawning widely. She couldn't remember where the entrance to the ship was, so she decided to stay put where she could be easily found and wait on Xio to retrieve her. As much as she would have wanted to cause trouble, she was a guest and far from home - it would be wise of her to be on her best behavior.Old Age of War stuff here:
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Sylvester didn't return the grin, simply raising an eyebrow at Daniel. The fact that he was Daniel's "first cyborg" was only made him uneasy, as he felt like a guinea pig and hadn't been informed of it. For all he knew, Daniel could have poisoned him. If something went wrong with him, he would be sure to report Daniel to the captain.
"Whatever," he said trying to maintain nonchalance, and left the room to be with the Ritos once more. He liked the Ritos, their lives back on Terarn fascinated him. Daniel on the other hand, was just unnerving. He found Zaria sitting at the table they had been chatting at the night before.
"Hey, Zaria," he said.
Zulo remained standing over the toilet, not nauseous enough to puke, yet not comfortable enough to step out just yet. His head was throbbing so much he didn't hear Sylvester's arrival.Comment
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Daniel felt a twinge of disappointment that his joke was ignored. Not that it surprised him; neither male knew each other very well, and the xenothrope had never been the best at making humor anyways. Still, he hoped to form at least some kind of friendship with his mistress' new pet. He followed the other back to the mess hall, and began to set about cooking again. This time he focused more on something filling, with a portion extra meaty for Xio.
The sudden sharp deceleration of leaving light speed was hardly felt by the ship's passengers, little more than a subtle jerk as they returned to normal engine speed. The hunter continued to handle the controls until she felt the ship was sufficiently outside of orbit that they'd be ignored by any interplanetary patrols. Some planets had some form of airspace control inside their atmosphere that extended to watch the orbit above as well, as a precaution against accidents, but also to observe any entering and leaving the planet. While she doubted a planet as corrupt as this one was reputed would have such a watchful presence, she'd rather avoid dealing with it until they were getting clearance for landing. And she wanted to eat before that happened.
Setting the system to maintain position, she sauntered through the corridors towards the mess hall, following her nose as she recognized Daniel's cooking. She was pleased to note Zaria and Sylvester were already there, also waiting for the food to be served. She wondered where Zulo was, but decided he must be still sleeping in one of the ship's crews quarters. She frowned. Had she assigned them crews quarters? Then shrugged; Daniel would have addressed the issue if it had come to his attention. And he was not side-tracked by some project or another. She flopped herself in one of the seats and grinned around the table. "Everyone behave themselves?"Last edited by HyrulianBlackcat; 09-05-2020, 01:24 AM.Phillipians 4:13 - I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
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