Session Start: Sun Feb 18 15:22:18 2007
Session Ident: #taw
* Logging #taw to 'logs\Espernet\#taw.20070218.log'
<DeathStar> STARDATE: 1 DAY AFTER LAST MINI
<DeathStar> LOCATION: the pax
<Chad`Winters> +
<DeathStar> -
<Chad`Winters> *
<Alicia> NRP AHHH THEY'RE MULTIPLYING
<DeathStar> 6* Chad jams his finger against something, as if the fates hate him
* Chad`Winters frowns slightly as he pulls his finger back.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias sits down in the flight simulator, practicing.
<DeathStar> 6* A hanger technician makes loud noises outside the simulator as he works on repair. Loud, annoying noises.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias sticks his head out, eyeing the annoying hanger tech.*
<DeathStar> 6* The technician pays him little mind, just running through his work
<DeathStar> 6* John stands on the bridge, going over reports on the explosion a week ago. He flips through them, seeing that they have no evidence who planted them.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Hey....HEY! 6He yells at the tech.
<DeathStar> <Technican> What? 6He snaps, glancing over
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Keep it down!
<DeathStar> 6* Warren sits on a park bench in the garden; face unshaven, clothes rumpled, zoned out, red eyed, sick.
<DeathStar> <Technican> I have work to do here, kid. Beat it. 6He revs his machine louder.
* Chad`Winters picks up Aya, nestling her in his arm. 1"Well princess, shall we take a walk?"
<DeathStar> 6* Aya ignores Chad. She's been in a bad mood lately.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> SCREW YOU DICKFACE!
<DeathStar> <Technician> Excuse me? 6He revs down. "Did you just say something to me?"
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I could've, maybe if you weren't making so much damn noise...You could'a heard it.
* Seraphna is in engineering, looking over some systems.
<DeathStar> <Technican> Listen, punkass, I'll haul your ass out of here. Civilians in our goddamn hanger.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis stands around in the civilian quarter, observing humans walking back and forth
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I got permission to be in here to train on this here simulator.
<DeathStar> <Technican> Only because the Commander likes you. 6He goes back to working
<Chad`Winters> ...You miss her then, eh? 6He looks down at Aya.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya gives him the stubborn baby look
<DeathStar> 6* Dr. Dominick steps into the engineering. "I'm amazed at how fast you've repaired this area, Serena."
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> ...6He looks at the guy. "Should kick your ass...." 6He goes back into the simulator and resumes.
<DeathStar> 6* The technician casually, while working, yanks out the power device for the simulator, then moves about like he did nothing
* Seraphna looks up, blushing, she smiles to Dom.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias steps out of the simulator, a rather annoyed look on his face.
* Seraphna signs, "It's no big thing..."
<Chad`Winters> So you don't miss Zephyr then?
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> I wouldn't say. You were severely injured a week ago, Serena. You must take it easier on yourself. I imagine this isn't an easy task
<DeathStar> 6* Aya holds her breath
<Chad`Winters> So you want to see Zephyr then?
<DeathStar> 6* The Technician hums as he works
* Seraphna signs, "I do my job, that's all."
<DeathStar> 6* Aya lets out the breath
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> Yes, but part of doing a job well is to make sure you're resting well. 6He examines her signs of fatigue. "Though I suppose an increased healing rate helps."
<Chad`Winters> Cute trick. 6He grabs a bag of her things and tosses it on his back as he leaves his room.
* Seraphna blushes and nods.
* Retrieving #taw modes...
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias walks over to a bench and grabs a small pipe and then moves over to the machine the tech's working, but trips on the way, sending the pipe into the machine.
<DeathStar> 6* The technician eyes the pipe hit the machine. "Oh, that's it, civy. YOU ARE OUT OF HERE."
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I tripped. Wasn't my fault. Maybe you should do a better job clearing this place up!
<DeathStar> <Technician> I SAID YOU'RE OUT OF HERE OR CAN YOU NOT FOLLOW ORDERS?
<DeathStar> 6* Dr. Dominick moves around, studying the runes that are on display here, and being studied.
<Alicia> <Terra> *sits on the observation deck, watching the stars*
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Fuck you...6He flips the guy off and turns, moving out of the hanger.
* Seraphna blushes and goes back to her work, a strange looking device built into the wall.
<DeathStar> 6* The technician looks proud of himself, then goes back to working
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> So, what's that strange looking device built into the wall?
* Seraphna smiles and signs, "Montana."
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> So you're building Betas into the wall?
<DeathStar> 6* John rounds the corner, flipping through reports, and nearly bumps right into Dias.
* Seraphna shakes her head.
<Seraphna> "Voice relay unit."
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias slides to a stop, looking up at John.
<DeathStar> 6* John glances down. "Oh. ... Hello."
<DeathStar> 6* Dr. Dominick nods once. "I see."
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias stares at him, as if not sure what to say.
<DeathStar> 6* John stares back. "Well, later." 6He steps around, burying his head back into the report.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> ...I...6He turns around, scratching the back of his head. 1"The tech in there screwed up the flight simulator..
<DeathStar> 6* John pauses, then eyes the hanger. "Really? Alright, I'll deal with him."
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Thanks...6He turns, walking away.
<DeathStar> 6* John nods, stepping into the hanger.
* Seraphna smiles softly, "Did you come for an interview or a date?"
* Chad`Winters stops infront of Zephyr's door and knocks on it.
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> Just following up. I was curious what was on your mind. You had to deal with a lot of stuff lately, since the Zephyr incident. He sits down casually.
<Chad`Winters> NRP: Oh great, Dom's starting to dialogue himself.
<DeathStar> 6* There's a long pause before the door opens up, and Zephyr stands there. Her skin pale, her hair not being treated well. And when she sees it's Chad, there's a visible stiffening.
* Alicia is now known as Michiru
* Michiru looks around for John.. or Erevis
<Chad`Winters> Aya missed you. 6He holds her out to her.
<DeathStar> 6* John is in the hanger, lecturing the technician about abusing positions.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> I'm not in the mood for games. Please leave. 6She says firmly.
* Michiru heads over, quietly. Perhaps too quietly
<Chad`Winters> I'm not here for games. You hate me, I used you to get what I wanted. But don't hate Chad or Aya for my actions.
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> That's not how it works, and you know it. You're in that child's life. And as long as that is the case, I'm not getting involved. Again. 6She steps back to close her door
<DeathStar> 6* JOhn sends the technician on his way, then sighs and plugs in the sim
<Michiru> *from behind John* "What are you doing?"
<Chad`Winters> So that's it then, huh? You'll turn your back on Aya because of me? Because I brought out what you feared the most in yourself?
* Seraphna smiles and thinks for a bit, "I honestly jsut hope for quiet."
<DeathStar> <Zephyr> That might bother me - if you were capable of caring. 6She shuts the door.
<DeathStar> <John> ... 6He turns. "You know, if they catch you on the hanger, they'll brig you. Well, if they're not afraid of me kicking their asses.
* Chad`Winters turns Aya around, looking at her.
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> Just quiet? 6He leans back in a chair.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya stares at him.
* Michiru sighs a bit. "I got lonely."
<DeathStar> <John> Did you ditch Em and Hotaru again? 6He smirks, putting an arm around her as he walks out of the hanger
* Seraphna shrugs, "Too much conflict lately."
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> Conflict usually results from unfinished business.
* Michiru giggles a bit. "Pretty much."
<DeathStar> <John> Tisk. Come on, lets head down to the civilian quarter. I'll buy you a beer. If anyone asks, you're 21.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias walks through the hallway, heading towards the civilian quarters
* Seraphna sighs a little, "Finished with me... not sure about others."
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> Fair enough. 6He stands up. "Well, I'll let you get back to work."
<Chad`Winters> Sorry princess. I tried.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya wiggles.
<Chad`Winters> I know, I know. Maybe you should try talking to her then? 6He tilts his head as he looks ath er.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya holds her beath
<Chad`Winters> Me?
<DeathStar> 6* Aya lets out her breath
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis, done with her people watching, turns to find the coffee shop that she was introduced to
<Michiru> "Do you think anyone would believe that?"
<DeathStar> <John> Maybe if you stuffed some toilet paper in your bra.
<Chad`Winters> You know I could just let you hold your breath until your body forces you to take in some air.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya stares at him lazily.
<Michiru> "Well, maybe."
<Chad`Winters> Fine, fine. 6He sets Aya ontop of his shoulders and knocks on Zephyr's door again.
<DeathStar> <John> Don't worry about it.
* Seraphna intercepts Dom.
<DeathStar> 6* The knock is ignored - completely.
* Seraphna signs, "Dinner?"
* Chad`Winters glances up at Aya.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias moves into the civilian quarters, walking through.
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> Not tonight. I have a lot of work I need to do. But dinner with someone is a fine idea. You should ask a friend to go out with you. Get a girl's night out going. It'll do you wonders.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis passes Dias, tilting her head a bit, as if picking up on his mood.
* Seraphna smiles and nods, giving him a peck on teh cheek then returning to work
<DeathStar> 6* Dr. Dominick steps out
<DeathStar> 6* John walks along, thinking. "So, what do you think about my proposal to Shiva?"
<DeathStar> 6* Aya holds her breath
* Michiru looks a bit surprised. "You've proposed already?"
<DeathStar> <John> I did.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias glances over at Erevis as he walks by, eyeing her. "How are you doing?"
<Chad`Winters> And people say I don't care. 6He knocks again
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I am doing quite well. 6She stops. "I never thanked you properly. Thank you."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You don't know when to give up, do you, Chad? 6She says, having come out of her room.
* Michiru still sounds surprised, and with a hint of uncertainly. "Well, I think it's a good thing."
<Chad`Winters> I didn't do anything I wouldn't have expected from someone else.
<DeathStar> <John> I thought so, too. 6He grins. "She's great."
<Chad`Winters> NRP: Dias
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Your expectations are very unique. I respect them.
* Chad`Winters glances back at Cheryl. "The angel on my shoulder won't let me do otherwise."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Then I suggest you be the adult. Scram.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> 6Studies her, obviously shocked at the difference in her. "Yeah...Most people tell me I'm dumb to think that way...I'm beginning to think their right.
<Chad`Winters> She'll hold her breathe. I'm worried about my daughters health.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Then knock her out so she breathes normally. 6She grins - with no warmth. "You always get what you want, Chad. Surely you can manage that much."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Humans have a tenacity for thinking in many different ways. Your thinking is no more wrong than someone else's.
<Chad`Winters> How kind of you to think that way. Don't you have a bottle of booze to chase your problems down with?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> It would be handy to have one to smash in your face.
<DeathStar> 6* John steps into the civilian quarter and makes his way into Terra's bar with Michiru. He takes a seat. "Two beers."
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Huh...
<Michiru> <Terra> "Isn't she a bit young for that?"
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias scratches the back of his head as he takes it in.
<DeathStar> <John> She turned 21 today.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis just maintains her perfectly neutral face.
<Chad`Winters> Why do you hate Chad so much?
<Michiru> <Terra> "... right." *pauses* "But.. I guess I can't argue with the XO.."
<DeathStar> <John> I'll give you an hour with the flight sim. 6He offers.
<Michiru> <Terra> *hands out the beers*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I just hate you. Period. 6She shrugs her shoulders, as if it were obvious
* Chad`Winters pulls Aya down from her shoulder and places her in his arms.
<Chad`Winters> So it's ok for you to just hate someone, without a reason?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I'm not playing these mind games with you, Chad. My idea of a mind game is breaking bones.
* Michiru drinks, a little cautiously at first
<DeathStar> 6* John sips his beer, an amused look on his face as he watches Michiru
<Chad`Winters> A guilty conscious does make it harder to live the way you do.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You're so good with words. Does that come from your evil genius side or your father?
<Chad`Winters> So you do what you want, without caring about who get's screwed over, who's money you take, who's feelings you hurt...
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And you keep it coming. Ho ho. You hear that, little one? I bet you grow up to be just as much of an asshole as your father here
* Seraphna finishes working, she steps out of engineering, tapping out a message for Erevis on her datapad.
<DeathStar> <John> So, how is it?
<Chad`Winters> Your really no better than me, Cheryl. Is that why you hate me? Because you can see some of me inside you?
<Michiru> "It's weird, but I think I like it."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> No. But you can think that if you want.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> You're not going to try breaking my bones are you?
<DeathStar> <John> A true McCormick.
* Michiru smiles
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Why would I break your bones?
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Cuz you used to be angry.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Is that so?
* Seraphna heads to her room, getting cleaned up.
<Chad`Winters> And to answer your questions. Well I barely spent time with my father and she'll grow upto be just like her mother.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Not with the examples you set, she won't. Humans have the amazing ability to mimic what they see.
<Chad`Winters> Good thing she only do my evil things when she's not around.
<Chad`Winters> NRP: I not she
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Naturally, they'll make her not learn of them and attempt them herself. Of course. Do what I say, not what I do, and all that. 6She gestures with her hand
<Chad`Winters> Or I could tell her every little evil detail in hopes that by teaching her the past, she won't repeat it.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Of course. 6She studies her nails.
<Chad`Winters> Why do you help Warren? 6He holds Aya up, sniffing her diaper.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Because, despite his horrific flaws, he's a good man.
* Seraphna steps out of the shower and gets dressed in some casual clothes, fixing her hair, she sighs as she looks at herself in the mirror.
<Chad`Winters> You do it to be good then and not to redeem yourself?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I do it because stopping insidious plots like yours is more important than redemption.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis studies the quiet Dias
<Chad`Winters> Altruism is for people who believe the world is just. We never do anything for free. You obviously made that device not only to, stop my nefarious scheme, but also in hopes that he'll start to forgive you.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> You were kind of scary, I don't know.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Of course. Because obviously I'm in need of forgiveness. Tell me, Chad, are you in need of forgiving?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Interesting.
<DeathStar> 6* She appears to consider this
<Chad`Winters> He always did things in hopes that he could atone for his sins in the past, every action he took from when he first woke up had been to redeem himself for what he did wrong.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Right, right. 6She waves her hand. "I meant you."
<Chad`Winters> Me? I never considered it.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> There you go. I never considered it.
<DeathStar> 6* John finishes his beer, then turns to see how Michiru is doing.
* Michiru finishes hers, pausing a moment. "I'm glad things have calmed down again."
<Chad`Winters> We really are two peas in a pod. 6He kneels down, beginning to change Aya in the hallway.
<DeathStar> <John> Just the eye of the storm, knowing our luck.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> What a horrific thought.
* Seraphna heads out for a bit, heading to the bars
* Michiru sighs a little, wishing it wasn't that way
<DeathStar> <John> So, do you have any boyfriends in the future?
<Michiru> "Ahh, not yet."
<DeathStar> <John> Hm, go for the girls? 6He squints at her
<Chad`Winters> Why did you come on this ship?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I'm just a fool for long, dangerous space voyages into the unknown.
* Michiru blinks, wondering where that came from
<Chad`Winters> You should learn to lie better.
<DeathStar> <John> You see that, Terra? She blinked.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Maybe I like letting people know I'm lying.
<Michiru> <Terra> "Does that mean anything?"
<DeathStar> <John> Nope. I just like teasing.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Have a good day. 6She nods, turning to go.
<Seraphna> *Erevis datapad is beeping
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> You too. 6He turns, walking away.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis glances, then sends a declining message after noting the location.
<DeathStar> 6* John orders himself another drink. "So, Terra, seen anyone interesting down here?"
<Michiru> <Terra> "Just the usuals, really. Creepy Psychic came in a while back though, which was new."
<DeathStar> <John> Which one?
* Chad`Winters finishes changing the diaper and picks Aya up. 1"Your a strong person, Cheryl. You've built a resilient wall around you, do you ever let anyone in?"
<Michiru> <Terra> "Kyouki. Does Erevis even drink?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Only if they offer flowers and chocolate.
<DeathStar> <John> I don't think she does. 6He shifts a bit at the name, as if steeling himself.
<Michiru> <Terra> "... sorry. Must be hard."
<Chad`Winters> So who hurt you then?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Obviously because I have a thick skin, I must have been hurt a kid. Were you beaten as a child, Chad?
<DeathStar> (as a)
<Chad`Winters> Well, you never were a kid. But thick skins don't appear overnight. And I was more pushed to my breaking point every single day until Cran took over the project.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> He's a real hero.
* Seraphna sighs and taps another message.
<DeathStar> <John> I'm fine.
* Michiru smiles a bit. "Glad to hear it."
<Michiru> <Terra> *does that*
<DeathStar> 6* John drowns his beer quickly.
<Chad`Winters> Your hatred for him run's deep. Even going as far as showing it on his illegitimit spawn. When Chad saved your life, did that hurt even worse?
* Seraphna sits back, sipping her drinks, hoping the McCormick's don't notice her around, oddly enough.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Naturally that's why I hate Serena and not for her own actions.
<Michiru> <Terra> "Why did you volunteer for ship duty in the first place, anyway?"
<DeathStar> <John> Me?
<Michiru> <Terra> "Yeah."
<DeathStar> <John> Because I knew this was a dangerous mission and I wanted to help
<Chad`Winters> She is an idiot.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And here I thought siblings stuck together
<Michiru> <Terra> "That's really selfless of you."
<DeathStar> <John> Hah. Sure. Tell that to the people I nearly got killed.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis glances at the message, wondering why someone would go to trouble over dinner
<Michiru> <Terra> "... people make mistakes."
<Chad`Winters> I'm about as close to my sibling as you are to her.
<DeathStar> <John> When you're in a position of authority, you can't afford to make mistakes.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> A shame. I'm sure you two would make a loving pair. 6She yawns, as if bored.
<Michiru> <Terra> *sighs a little* "You shouldn't hate yourself over something like that.. just learn from it and move on."
<DeathStar> <John> You don't dismiss mistakes like that. 6He notes stubbornly.
<Michiru> <Terra> "I didn't say anything about dismissing them."
<DeathStar> <John> Well, I'm not moving on. 6He tosses down the gil for the drinks. "I gotta get back on duty. Break's over."
<DeathStar> 6* John hops off the stool.
<Michiru> <Terra> "Take care."
* Michiru sighs. "I guess I have to go back to Hota and Em now?"
<Chad`Winters> Ooh, a low blow. 6He tickles Aya. "Did you know, that someone was hacking into the system when that explosion occured?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Funny you should mention it to me and not to a commanding officer.
<Chad`Winters> I just thought I'd let you know my intentions ahead of time, I plan on killing whoever it was.
* Seraphna walks right up next to Michiru and John and orders another drink silently.
<DeathStar> 6* John passes Sera and out the bar door, looking lost in thought
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You do that, dear. 6She turns to step back into her room
<Chad`Winters> Have you noticed anyone showing keen interest in John's daughter?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Nope. But then again, I spend all my time in bars. Oh well. 6She shuts the door.
<Chad`Winters> 6Shiva steps into the garden, moving through.
<DeathStar> 6* Warren sits there, not even noticing Shiva. He appears to be watching some sort of non-existant entity
* Seraphna smiles quietly to Michi
* Chad`Winters looks at Aya. 1"Sorry 'bout that dear. But I believe we'll have to call it quits for the day."
* Michiru looks over at Sera, uncertainly
<Michiru> <Terra> *hands Sera her drink*
* Seraphna notices her looks and tilts her head quizzically.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya wiggles.
<Michiru> "Umm.. hello?"
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis walks down the hallway to her room, to change out of her uniform.
<Chad`Winters> Sorry, princess. I'm sure Cherls trying to find a bottle to smah into my face.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya looks a him boredly.
* Seraphna nods to her and taps her throat, hoping the kid remembers her condition.
* Seraphna , testingly, signs, "How are you?"
<Michiru> "I'm fine."
* Seraphna blinks
* Seraphna signs, "You understand me?"
* Chad`Winters walks down the hallway with Aya.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis passes Chad
<Chad`Winters> 6Shiva moves over to Warrens side and waves his hand infront of his face.
<Michiru> "Yes?"
* Seraphna blushes a little, as if she didn't expect the kid to understand sign language.
* Seraphna signs, "Sorry, just a bit surprised.... enjoying time with your dad?"
<DeathStar> 6* Warren blinks, as if pulled away from something. His bloodshot eyes focus on Shiva, then he grimaces.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Wow, withdrawl must be a bitch.
* Michiru nods enthusiastically. "I just wish he didn't have to leave."
<DeathStar> 6* As if to respond, Warren pulls out some unmarked bottle and pops a pill.
* Seraphna signs, "Leave?"
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Or you're so high right now...
<Michiru> "Work."
<DeathStar> <Warren> And you're getting married.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Oh, how kind of you to notice between your bottles of pills.
<DeathStar> <Warren> How kind of you to point out a man's problems and rub his face in them.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> What can I say? I'm a bitch.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Yes.
* Chad`Winters glances over at Erevis. 1"Erevis."
<DeathStar> <Warren> You and John will be perfect for each other.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis pauses momentarily, glancing back at Chad blankly.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> The sex iis good.
<DeathStar> <Warren> A perfect ground for a relationship.
* Seraphna nods softly, "So what are you to do? Back to my sister's place?"
* Chad`Winters stops, turning around to face her.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Do you require something?
* Michiru nods. "I probably shouldn't have snuck out like that anyway, but I missed dad."
* Seraphna thinks, signing, "Wanna hang out?"
<Chad`Winters> Not really. Thought I'd try the non-evil approach and say hi.
<Michiru> "No thanks. I should be getting back."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Noted. 6She turns to go on.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Sure beats addiction.
* Seraphna looks a little dissapointed, but nods. Taking a sip of her drink.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Then strip and show me the error of my ways.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> You had your chance Warren, but you turned me down.
* Michiru heads back 'home'.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Obviously the pills had more benefits.
<Chad`Winters> I'd like to apologize for disabling you to the point that John took advantage of it.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You are not sorry for your actions. Pretending otherwise is dishonorable.
* Seraphna sips her drink and thinks to herself, some night out.
<Seraphna> <Hey Hota...?>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Hmm?>
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> You really are a bitter old man.
<Seraphna> <The kid is on her way back, pretend not to notice she left?>
<DeathStar> <Warren> At least I'm having more fun right now than you
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> There's nothing funner than picking on a cripple...Well unless he's an addict.
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Of course.>
<Chad`Winters> And what makes you believe that?
<DeathStar> <Warren> I might be hurt if I could comprehend your words.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Your actions. They say enough. 6She looks at Chad calmly.
<Chad`Winters> Even though I worked from my cell to try and find you?
<Seraphna> <Drinks tonight...?>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You manipulated those around you - including myself - with lies and deceit. That is enough.
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Sure.>
<Chad`Winters> Very true. It's what I'm best at. 6He tosses Aya up into the air and catches her.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis nods. "Then I hope you excell at it." 6She turns to go again.
<Chad`Winters> And how are you handling yourself now?
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> And here I thought all Captains had to be illiterate
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I do not wish to discuss myself and how I am with you.
<DeathStar> <Warren> You must be bored today, Shiva. Is John to busy to pleasure you?
* Seraphna smiles a little
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Cassandra's a real workhorse.
<Chad`Winters> Then discuss it with Aya. 6He holds her to face Erevis.
<DeathStar> <Warren> A shame.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis stares blankly at them both
* Chad`Winters glances at Aya. 1"She wants to know how you're doing.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis continues to stare, unamused.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya holds her breath
<Chad`Winters> Uh oh...She's holding her breath until she get's what she wants.
<DeathStar> 6* John steps onto the bridge, sitting down beside the science station
<DeathStar> <Erevis> An interesting, if utterly pointless, tactic.
<Chad`Winters> That's what I keep telling her, but she still does it.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I wish her the best of luck then. 6She moves to go for a third time.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *sits at the science station, glancing over at John*
<Chad`Winters> Hey Erevis...
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis pauses.
<Chad`Winters> Keep an eye out...tjere
<DeathStar> 6* John glances over at Kyouki.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> An eye out?
<Chad`Winters> There's someone else moving behind the scenes.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis just raises a brow.
<DeathStar> <John> So, what's on my mind?
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<DeathStar> NRP: Repost from Chad's "There's somene else..."
<DeathStar> <John> So, what's on my mind?
<DeathStar> <Warren> Do what?
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<DeathStar> 6* Erevis watches him go. "I will take this under consideration."
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> 6Motions to Warren.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Do myself?
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<DeathStar> <John> So, what's on my mind?
<Michiru> NRP: Damn comp crash x.x
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Well I'm sure you do since you push woman away so easily. No, I'm asking about the whole, addict thing.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Who says I'm still an addict?
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Because I'm going to need a bridesmaid and I have the perfect dress for you.
<DeathStar> <Warren> I don't attend weddings.
<Michiru> NRP: What did I miss anyway?
<DeathStar> NRP: What I posted for you just now
<Michiru> NRP: Ahh
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "The events of yesterday?"
<Michiru> NRP: It was yesterday, wasn't it?
<DeathStar> NRP: What was yesterday?
* Chad`Winters keeps walking down the hallways.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis turns and moves the opposite way.
<Michiru> NRP: The elevator incident
<DeathStar> NRP: That was over a week ago
<Chad`Winters> NRP: Yeah
<Michiru> NRP: Oh... shit, yeah. x.x
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> A shame...
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Elevators."
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> A cripple would really add to the flair of things.
<DeathStar> <John> You really suck at the mind thing.
<DeathStar> <Warren> A decent bride would make it memorable.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... not my fault you're blank."
<DeathStar> <John> I take offense at that.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Oh it'll be memorable, it just won't be top notch without a cripple.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Maybe John will sleep with a bride's maid then.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I didn't mean that you're stupid or anything.. you're just unreadable."
<DeathStar> <John> Maybe my mind is too advanced for you
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> I'll make sure to lace the frosting with morphine. And that's why I'm only having ugly girls as my bride's maids.
<DeathStar> <Warren> So you're inviting relatives?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Well.. I guess it's possible."
<DeathStar> 6* John nods once, then eyes the readings, which are boring .
* Seraphna sighs and lays down teh credits for her drinks, stepping out.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *idly practices levitating a pencil*
<DeathStar> <John> Are you constipated?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... no."
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> No silly, that's why I'm going to make you the maid of honor.
<DeathStar> <Warren> But I'm not going to your wedding.
<DeathStar> <John> You look like you're straining
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> 6sticks her lower lip out.
<DeathStar> <Warren> I don't even like you
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Fine, I'll just make the captain make it an order for you.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Well, a bit."
<DeathStar> <Warren> I'd rather detox in the brig.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> I'm sure it can be arranged.
<DeathStar> <John> I can cover for you if you need to shit.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Then do it.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "No, I'm just practising telekinesis."
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> We'll just hold the wedding in the brig then.
<DeathStar> <John> Telewhat?
* Chad`Winters makes his way into the civilian cafeteria and moves to get food.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Moving things with my mind. Erevis makes it look easy, but she's Erevis."
<DeathStar> 6* John glances away.
<DeathStar> <Warren> You must really love me, Shiva. But I'm not going to break up you wedding for Jonh
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "So, do you still not like her, or are you just feeling guilty?"
<DeathStar> <John> Read my mind.
* Seraphna sighs, seeing Chad heading her way.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... I wish I could."
<DeathStar> <John> One day.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Oh I do love you...love picking on you.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Maybe."
<DeathStar> <Warren> They say opposite, conflicting personalities attract.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> If this is your way of trying to steal my heart...you suck at it.
* Chad`Winters grabs his food and some extra for Aya and moves over to a table, sitting down
* Seraphna sits over by him, chewing on a sandwich.
* Chad`Winters glances up at Serena then sets Aya down on his lap moving some food she can eat close to her.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I guess I shouldn't have brought her up, though."
* Seraphna moves a bit closer, chewing.
<Chad`Winters> I'm not going to be your pilot. 6He munches on his food.
* Seraphna quickly signs, "Wouldn't want you to."
<Chad`Winters> Good, I dont' feel like dieing anytime soon.
* Chad`Winters hands Aya a piece of bread
<DeathStar> <Warren> You cannot deny our love. 6He says loudly, get several staes
<DeathStar> 6* Aya, lacking teeth, just kind of glomps it
* Seraphna grins a little, "I only take good, honest men for pilots."
<Chad`Winters> And Spade was the poster child for good, honest men.
* Chad`Winters continues munching on his food.
<DeathStar> <John> No. You shouldn't have. 6He notes.
* Seraphna nods as if matter of cfactly.
* Seraphna chews more.
* Seraphna looks him over, then shakes her head.
<Chad`Winters> You're an idiot if you believe that.
* Seraphna signs, "Only a fool falls back on thier own beliefs."
<Chad`Winters> Than you're an idiot and a fool.
* Seraphna signs, "I go by facts, not beleiving whatever I _desire_, Id."
<Chad`Winters> The man used me to try and kill Ariel. If that's what good, honest means, than I'm a god among men.
<Seraphna> "Sounds like someone else I know."
<Seraphna> "However, Spade was honest in that he did do it."
<Seraphna> "He spent a year in jail for his honesty, while you simply 'forgot' your own crimes."
<Chad`Winters> Hind sight's such a wonderful thing isn't it? It's so easy to justify someone's actions and make them look good.
* Seraphna looks at him as if he should be looking in a mirror, then nods.
<Chad`Winters> And Chad spend a several months in prison and had to work his way back upto where he was to prove to everyone he wasn't abad person.
<Seraphna> "And didn't that just go down the drain."
<Chad`Winters> He enjoys a challenge, it'll keep him focused and driven. Remind me Serena, how often did Spade try to kill Ariel?
* Seraphna thinks for a moment, "More times then you're aware of, that was his mission."
<Chad`Winters> So, if it's a mission, than that makes it ok. So...forget about what society teaches us as right or wrong....6He looks up at the cieling than back down at Serena. "Zera's mission was to kill and cause as much havoc as possible. So according to your logic, she wasn't evil, but good and honest.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> I like guys who don't need pills to have sex.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Love knows no boundaries.
<Chad`Winters> Which then means that, I'm not evil, but good and honest.
* Seraphna nods.
<Seraphna> "You and Zera have something in common."
<Chad`Winters> You'll find Serena, that I have much in common with a lot of people.
* Seraphna signs, "You both used Zephyr as a puppet."
<Chad`Winters> She only did what she desired, her hatred of you...You created that. I just made her grab what she wanted.
<Seraphna> "Deflections, I can tell you've done that a lot lately."
<Chad`Winters> But I must commend you tho Serena. You're very brave, by the way, throwing her out of the ship, instead of stopping her yourself. Very very brave.
* Seraphna shakes her head, smiling, apparently she's completely stopped caring aboutt hat fact.
<Seraphna> "Congratulations, you found an excuse for your own actions."
<Chad`Winters> What can I say, it was my mission.
<Seraphna> "Pathetic."
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> It does? Well...than start taking your clothes off and we'll do it right her.
<Seraphna> "I did wrong, and I deserve the remarks, but I do not think using them to escape your own blame is very admirable."
<DeathStar> <Warren> You show me yours and I'll show you mine.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Sorry, the guy always goes first in my relationships.
<Seraphna> "And I don't think she cares who did what, we both did her wrong."
<DeathStar> <Warren> I'm putting my cane down on this arguement.
<Chad`Winters> Whoever said I was using them to escape blame? Your in denial Serena, you'll tell yourself anything you have to, so you're guilt free.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> That's a good thing, since you don't have any good legs to stand on.
<DeathStar> <Warren> Zing.
<Chad`Winters> You make accusations and in return, I points out flaws in your beliefs.
* Seraphna sighs and shakes her head again. "I live in guilt, it's why I keep going."
<DeathStar> 6* As they bicker, they would notice someone standing there beside the table.
* Seraphna looks over.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis stands there, wearing a pink sweater and jeans. She appears to have her hands cupped behind her back.
<Chad`Winters> Then you quickly change the subject or say something foolish to justify your belief. You lack the resolve Serena, you always have.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya grabs at the sweater, ignoring the two herself.
* Seraphna smiles to Erevis.
* Seraphna appears to have drowned out Chad's whelpling remarks.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Do you two require more time?
* Seraphna shrugs, <You're looking good in that... where'd you get it?>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> In a clothing shop on Earth.
* Seraphna stands and stretches a bit.
* Chad`Winters stares at the two, watching them create an odd scene as Erevis talks to no one.
<Seraphna> <Had a good day?>
<DeathStar> 6* Warren winces a bit, closing his eyes as he sits there, looking pale.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> It has been adaquate so far. Do you still desire your dinner plans?
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> You ok? 6She looks over at him, showing concern for once.
* Seraphna nods and smiles, <Sure would.>
<DeathStar> <Warren> Radiation treatment.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> For?
<DeathStar> <Warren> Radiation. 6He shows his teeth.
<Chad`Winters> Dinner plans? I'd love to join you two.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis raises a brow.
* Seraphna also raises a brow.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya tries to mimic, but lacks the necessary brow power.
<Chad`Winters> I'm sorry...I thought it was normal to invite yourself to other people's meals. 6He looks over at Serena.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> You know...I never understood that. Why fight radiation with radiation.
* Seraphna signs, "Only when I feel like it... isn't that a Chad sort of thing to do?"
<DeathStar> <Warren> Why fight bitchiness with bitchiness?
<Chad`Winters> Oh you got me there..I'm not longer Id, I'm Chad.
<Seraphna> <Let's go... he wants to be childish.>
<Seraphna> "Same person, in a way."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Then lead the way.
* Seraphna steps out, not letting him respond.
<Chad`Winters> Tsk. Wouldn't it be rude Erevis, to not invite me along?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I opt for silence. 6She notes, turning to follow Sera
<Seraphna> <In a way, he and I are like any two siblings, constantly bickering over the most useless conversations...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Interesting. I didn't know siblings hated one another.
* Chad`Winters opens his bag and begins to get out food for Aya.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya tries to follow the female.s
<Chad`Winters> You wanna go after them, eh?
<DeathStar> 6* Aya holds her breath
<Seraphna> <It's normally a loving hatred, the sort of bond that can't be broken over words... I dunno how he really feels... I just wish he'd get off the high horse.>
<Chad`Winters> Ok, ok. 6He puts the stuff away and puts the bag on his back and picks her up, walking after them.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> The 'high horse'?
<Seraphna> <Expression for extreme self-righteousness.<
<DeathStar> <Erevis> And you feel he is extreme self-righteousness?
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Because it's ever so fun Warren.
<Seraphna> <Yeah... He's even open about the fact that every action is for himself and no one else... god it frustrates me.>
<Seraphna> <I looked up to him, at one point...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> At least he is honest with you. 6She syas softly
<DeathStar> <Warren> And so is fighting radiation with radiation. 6He pops back another unmarked pill
<Seraphna> <True...>
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> I know those aren't breathmints you've been popping, so what are they?
<DeathStar> 6* Warren offers her one.
<Chad`Winters> 6Shiva eyes it. "Sorry, I stay away from the unmarked kinds."
<DeathStar> 6* Warren shrugs and puts it up.
<Seraphna> <Guess I shoudl have said honorable... not honest...>
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> So after you get out of rehab, you going to take your job back?
<DeathStar> <Warren> Probably not.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> Did Chad's actions really hit a nerve that bad?
<DeathStar> <Warren> Sometimes a man has to know when to sotp.
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> That is true.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> ... 6She glances back behind her toward Chad and Aya.
* Chad`Winters waves Aya's hand at them.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> No. Not honorable.
<DeathStar> 6* She glances ahead again.
* Seraphna sighs silently.
<Seraphna> <Know a good restaurant?>
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "You do still dislike her, don't you?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> No.
<DeathStar> 6* John sighs, rubbing his eyes. "And if I said I did?"
* Chad`Winters closes the gap between them
<Seraphna> <I know a few, let's get down there and see what we can find...>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis nods once.
<DeathStar> <Warren> ... 6He zones out.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I'd just sigh and accept it, I guess. Even if I didn't like it."
<DeathStar> <John> Then you shouldn't ask.
* Chad`Winters steps up right behind them, matching their pace.
<Seraphna> <Should we deal with him or let him get bored?>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Let him get bored?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "How would you rather I react?"
<Chad`Winters> Bored? Hardly. I can count cieling tiles.
* Seraphna ignores him and hits the lift's call button.
<Seraphna> <I'm sorry, usually he wants to NOT see me.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Perhaps he enjoys your company more than he lets on
<Chad`Winters> My princess wanted to follow you guys, so I obeyed.
<DeathStar> <John> I'm just saying, you shouldn't ask people their opinions if you're going to huff and sigh about it.
<Seraphna> <Or my niece does...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Mmm
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<Chad`Winters> I told you she liked you Erevis.
* Seraphna steps into the lift as it opens.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis steps into the lift, turning to face Chad. "Noted."
<Seraphna> <Or maybe just you... *giggles*>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis glances toward Sera sharply.
* Chad`Winters moves to step in also.
* Seraphna turns, leaning against the wall.
<Seraphna> <Sorry...>
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "So now I'm not allowed to sigh about things either?"
<Chad`Winters> <Shiva> And I'm bored. 6She turns walking away, not even giving him a witty good by
<DeathStar> 6* Warren just stares blankly.
<Chad`Winters> She hit a nerve? 6He eyes Erevis.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis gives him the same look
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Are there any more rules against showing emotion?"
<DeathStar> <John> Yes. From now on, you will adopt this blank look, and answer only in Yes or No
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Fitting."
<DeathStar> <John> Do as your idol does.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "And that will make you happy?"
<DeathStar> <John> I don't know. Read my mind and tell me.
<Chad`Winters> Apparently so. 6He looks at Aya. "Now are you going to not hold your breathe?
<DeathStar> 6* Aya wiggles.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... what sort of person are you to not know your own thoughts?"
<Chad`Winters> Good.
<DeathStar> 6* John pauses, then laughs out loud. "Good one."
<Seraphna> <Relax a bit Ere... you're tense as a wire...>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis raises a brow, as if surprised.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I am glad you approve."
<DeathStar> 6* John pats Kyouki on the back. "There's hope for you."
<Seraphna> <Little better now...>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis stares at Chad silently.
* Chad`Winters is playing with Aya.
<DeathStar> 6* John leans back in his seat, propping his feet up on the science console.
<DeathStar> <John> So, why do you respect Erevis so much?
* Seraphna taps the floor button and lets the door close.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya stares at Erevis, like a wolf eyeing sheep.
<Chad`Winters> I think she wants you to hold her. 6He looks at her.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I don't hold children.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Why not? She's strong willed, dedicated, and recently, has even been friendly." *pauses* "... I think it's also because I sympathise. I'm afraid of losing myself sometimes."
<Chad`Winters> I thought lieing was beneath you.
* Seraphna sighs, as the doors open, she steps out hurriedly.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I--- I don't want to hold children. 6She corrects.
<DeathStar> <John> Then you should feel sorry for Katrina. She's the one who lost herself.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I feel sorry for her too."
* Chad`Winters tilts his head slightly then just nods. 1"Fine, but if she starts holding her breath again..."
<DeathStar> <John> What is it with you people, feeling sorry for two people.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> She'll pass out and breathe normally again. 6She steps out after Sera.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya holds her breath
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "What's wrong with that?"
* Chad`Winters steps out after them. 1"You'd let a child do that?"
<DeathStar> <John> Because you can't feel sorry for the person who beats the other person.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Yes.
<Chad`Winters> That's not very compassionate or honorable.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis stops, turning to face Chad now.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "That wasn't her choice anyway."
* Chad`Winters stops so as not to run into her
<DeathStar> <John> Yes, it was!
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis looks at him neutrally. "And are you compassionate and honorable, Id?"
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Oh, so Erevis activated the transporter, did she?"
<DeathStar> <John> I'm referring to the first death. THE FIRST DEATH
<DeathStar> 6* John slams down his fist . "She slaughtered Katrina."
* Seraphna sighs, she was so hoping for a quiet evening.
<Chad`Winters> I killed no one while I went for what I desired. All I merely did was play off what was already there.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "And regretted it."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I was unaware I was killing the child by not holding her.
* Jackieness is now known as Cassandra`
<Seraphna> <...Hate his word games too...>
<Chad`Winters> Lack of oxygen to the brain can kill off brain cells. And since she's ever so young..
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Lying and deceiving others can kill the heart. 6She counters.
<DeathStar> <John> Yeah. Regretted it. 6He says bitterly, leaning back.
<Chad`Winters> The heart can heal, brain cells don't.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> The human brain has enough. Especially when she has your DNA. The odds are she is a genius as it is.
* Cassandra` steps off the lift on to the bridge, wearing a captain's uniform, hat held in her hand which she then puts on as she steps into view.
<Chad`Winters> Or she could be a normal child, living a normal life not having to care about everything that goes on around her.
<DeathStar> <John> Captain on the bridge. 6She stands up
<DeathStar> (He)
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Aren't people allowed to make mistakes, or are they forever a blotch on your soul?" *stands up*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> What exactly is you desire from me? To spoil your child by giving into her whims?
<DeathStar> 6* John says nothing, since Cassandra is on duty and on the bridge.
<Cassandra`> As you were. *moves to the captain's chair, resting a hand upon the back of it*
<DeathStar> 6* John sits back down.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *does likewise*
<Cassandra`> Report.
<DeathStar> <John> All stations are functioning normally. Most damage from the battle last week has been repaired. Also, we have various reports. Chad Winters wants to know if he'll be reassigned back to studying the runes.
<Chad`Winters> I desire what best for Aya.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Can we trust him?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Then not giving into her wishes would be best . 6She notes, turning to walk back to Serena
<DeathStar> <John> No.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Something we agree on, then."
<Cassandra`> Check the crew manifest. Do we have nay other personnel qualified to study the runes?
<Chad`Winters> I prefer to believe that taking her where she is happy, is more important than letting her pass out from holding her breath.
<DeathStar> <John> ... No
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Discipline is more important than making sure she is given everything she desires.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Troublesome."
<Chad`Winters> So because you hate me for using you, you'll treat her as if she's on the same level as me?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *eyes John*
<Cassandra`> We may have little choice in the matter then. The fact is he is in the same situation that we are in...a bad situation.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> No. I simply will not baby her. 6She turns to face him. "I will not let my feelings of you change how I treat her."
<DeathStar> <John> You realize if he learns how to use them, he might just set us all on fire. Sir.
<Chad`Winters> And your feelings for Chad?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I agree with John there. Letting Chad near the runes is a bad idea."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Chad was a honorable man. However, the fact remains, you are the one in control of him. And his daughter. And as such, you must be the father.
<Cassandra`> Noted. *crosses her arms*
<Cassandra`> We need a strategy for dealing with the then.
<DeathStar> <John> Has anyone considered that maybe we can brainwash Id back into being Chad? It would be against his will, but who cares?
<Chad`Winters> Than you Chad enough that he would want the same thing for his daughter and that I'm only rasing him like he would.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Then he shouldn't spoil her either. 6She notes.
<Chad`Winters> You can never spoil a child with too much love or kindness.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I disagree.
<Cassandra`> Given our situation...it is certainly on the table. This qualifies as a crisis situation.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *half-stares at John*
<Chad`Winters> Explain.
<DeathStar> 6* John stares back at Kyouki. "Do you wish to say something against my idea, Lieutenant?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Wouldn't that be similar to killing Id?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Love and kindness are important, but giving a child everything they want when they want it leads to them developing unhealthy personalities. One must balance the two. You are not balancing the two.
<DeathStar> <John> I'm sorry. We care because Id kindly asked Chad to step aside?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I wonder how objective you're being here."
<DeathStar> <John> And I wonder how biased you are going to be. Are you going to treat everyone with an invading personality like Erevis?
<Chad`Winters> Noted. 6He looks at Aya. "Sorry kid, I gotta let you passout."
<DeathStar> 6* Aya stops holding her breath and does a baby glare.
<Seraphna> <Heh... Erevis 1, Id 0.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> 1 what?
<Chad`Winters> I know, I know. Heavan forbid someone just hold you for a second since meeting new people is healthy for you later on so you're not afraid of new people.
<Seraphna> <Points. It's a bit of a saying, making an arguement into a match.>
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Well.. I don't like the technique, but... sometimes you have to do distasteful things for the sake of the universe, right?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Why would someone make an arguement into a match? 6She looks at Sera.
<Seraphna> <Ask Chad.>
<DeathStar> <John> I don't see how this is distasteful.
* Chad`Winters glances over at Erevis, obviously talking to Serena again.
<Cassandra`> On Earth, thjis sort of thing is called treatment.
<DeathStar> 6 *Erevis looks at Chad, raising an eyebrow. "Exlain."
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Treatment? So Id is not actually a being itself, then?"
<Chad`Winters> Hold her.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Excuse me?
<Cassandra`> I wouldn't know.
<DeathStar> <John> Would it help to you tell you that Warren would sign off on the execution notice of Id to bring back Chad?
<Chad`Winters> Call it negotiating. You hold her and I'll tell you what Serena's trying to tell you.
<DeathStar> 6* John eyes Kyouki, waiting to see how she takes that
<DeathStar> * Erevis' eyes narrow.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "It would."
* Chad`Winters stares at her back, then holds Aya out towards her.
<DeathStar> <John> Then he would sign the dotted line and put a smiley face by his name. If Warren did smiley faces.
<Seraphna> <See, he's making it into a match, or a game, attempting to make you do what he wants.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I see.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I can't even imagine Warren doing smiley faces."
<DeathStar> <John> My point remains the same, though.
<Chad`Winters> It's a standard business transaction. To get something, you give something.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Is that how it works for you?
<Seraphna> <Let's go get dinner...>
<Chad`Winters> If need be, yes.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> So, when you plaed with my mind, what did I get out of it? 6She asks, not budging.
<DeathStar> 6* John turns to CAssandra. "I'm sure Dr. Dominick could use some sort of gizmo on Id to bring back Chad. With your permission."
<Chad`Winters> You gotta see who your true friends are.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Yes. I did. 6She turns to follow Sera.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "To be honest, I'd rather be rid of Id too."
<Chad`Winters> Sorry lil' one. Some people are just above holding you. 6He turns to walk away.
<Cassandra`> ...I want across the board psychological evaluations of the crew. Afterall, we're in a less than ideal situation. Dr. Domicinick would of course have to provide treatment.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Oh joy."
<DeathStar> <John> You mean you want everyone to see the shrink?
<Seraphna> <Sorry for him... you never get what he's playing at till it's too late...>
* Seraphna looks around as they get into the marketplace for a good place to eat.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Do not concern yourself. I am, as you would put it, a 'big girl'.
<Cassandra`> I think its a good idea anyway.
<Seraphna> <Heh... way older then me at any rate... oo... Pizza?>
<DeathStar> <John> Does that mean *I* have to talk to the shrink? I break out in hives, sir.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I could eat a pizza if you want one.
<Cassandra`> Even you.
<Seraphna> <This place has good stuff...> *she points at a Pizzeria named "Tony's".
<DeathStar> <John> Then who gets priority with the doctor. It would take weeks to do the entire crew properly.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Tony's. 6She tilts her head.
<Cassandra`> We'll start with command crew first and work our way down. That means I'm first. You're second...so on and so on.
<DeathStar> <John> Understood. And what shall we do about Id in the meantime?
<Cassandra`> I want him watched.
* Seraphna walks in, pointng out what she wants, ordering a slice.
<DeathStar> 6* John nods. "Understood. I shall let the doctor know right away." 6He steps out to get someone to watch Id, then to let the Doctor know his busy schedule, and who his first victim will be
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis pauses, then orders the same slice.
* Seraphna smiles to her, taking a seat.
<DeathStar> 6* John steps back in. "The Doctor is ready for you whenever you're ready."
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis sits down as well, glancing at the pizza thoughtfully. She has a lot on her mind.
<Cassandra`> ...what better way to hide a tree but in a forest? I'm on my way, you have the bridge. *stands and walks for the lift*
<DeathStar> 6* John stands there, then looks at Kyouki. "So, what am I thinking?"
<DeathStar> 6* Dr. Dominick sits in his office, reading reports on Cassandra.
<Seraphna> <Sometimes I wish I had your gift, I'd love to know what you're thinking about.>
* Cassandra` arrives at the counselor's office.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis glances up. "I was thinking about Id and Chad."
<Cassandra`> I hope this has not been too much, doctor.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *sighs, and tries to read John's mind, despite the constant failures*
<Seraphna> <He does seem to get on people's minds.>
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> Ah, Captain. 6He rises to greet her. "Not at all. I've been wanting to meeting with the entire crew for some time. This is a good excuse."
<DeathStar> 6* John's mind is a blank.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Still not strong enough."
<DeathStar> <John> Don't feel bad. No psionic can read my mind.
<DeathStar> <John> Or feel my emotionsl.
<Cassandra`> Given our situation, I think it will be a necessity.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Is he on your mind, then?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... you're serious about that last one?"
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> I couldn't agreee more.
<DeathStar> <John> Yes.
<DeathStar> 6* Dr. Dominick sits down.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... I see."
* Cassandra` sits as well.
<DeathStar> <John> What's with that "I see."
<Seraphna> <I try not to think about it, but yes, he's in here.>
<DeathStar> <Dominick> How does it feel to be Captain? 6He asks her, cupping his hands together.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Out of curiosity, what would it take to do so?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I see. And what do you think?
<DeathStar> <John> To do what?
<Cassandra`> Well, I never expected such a dramatic promotion.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "For someone to feel your emotions."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I imagine not. But here you are as the Captain.
<DeathStar> <John> An impossibility. I have a chip in my brain that nulls all psionics.
<Seraphna> <It worries me... I don't like Id, for all I know he's lying about Chad.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Truths mixed with lies are more potent than just lies.
<DeathStar> 6* Dominick studies her. "Do you feel you can perform the duties of Captain?"
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... please, do not request for me to read your mind again."
<DeathStar> 6* John laughs
<Cassandra`> Whether I feel that I can or not is inconsequential. The point is that I have to.
* Seraphna nods softly.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Your belief in yourself is far from inconsequential, Cassandra. It'll be an anchor for you when all else fails.
<Seraphna> <So... tell me a bit more about yourself.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> What do you wish to know about me?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I envy Erevis her calm at this moment."
<DeathStar> 6* John stops laughing
<Cassandra`> I have some butterflies in my stomach, but I can do this. I've been waiting all this time for this.
<Seraphna> <Well... before the whole us finding you thing...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Ah. I am uncomfortable discussing that.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Well, that's good. Butterflies, along with a sense of desire, is an important mix. Means you want what's before you, but you're not arrogant enough to be overly confident.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "What are the chances of the chip somehow malfunctioning?"
<DeathStar> <John> I don't know. Depends on if it got damaged, I guess.
<Cassandra`> Well, that's good to hear.
<Seraphna> <Oh... okay... well... hmmm... I dunno, I'd just liek to know you better...>
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I'm curious: If Warren felt he was ready for command back, would you give it back?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I am pretty much what you see before you.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Maybe you should have it checked out..."
<DeathStar> 6* John waves his hand dismissively. "Maybe when you can actually read my mind."
<Cassandra`> NRP: I need to reboot...
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "So, your emotions isn't enough?"
<DeathStar> NRP: <Dominick> Leaving a counseling session early is bad.
<DeathStar> <John> Oh? You can read my emotions? 6He eyes her.
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<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Well, I felt something." *tries reading John's emotions again*
<Seraphna> <Interesting... that kinda makes you unique on this ship.>
<DeathStar> 6* Nothing
<DeathStar> <Erevis> How so?
<Seraphna> <Everyone has something to hide on this ship.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Even you?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Nothing right now..."
<DeathStar> <John> I think you're getting tired, dear Kyouki
* Seraphna thinks
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... I hope it's just that."
<Seraphna> <I think so... no one's ever really asked why I make Betas.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Why do you make Betas?
<Seraphna> <Children.>
<DeathStar> <John> I would offer you a massage, but my girl might kick my ass.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> So you build them because you cannot have children?
<Seraphna> <In a way... I want to learn more about Dragoons... because... I'd like to have chidlren.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I see. Why do you desire...children?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "You were really angry a while back, weren't you?"
<Seraphna> <Many reasons... I think one true reason being that I can't... least I think I can't.>
<DeathStar> <John> Nonsense. I'm never angry. I'm too cool.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> So you desire what you cannot havE?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... you're lying."
<Seraphna> <Pretty much... I'd also like to not be the last of my family.>
<DeathStar> <John> That's a bold accussation
<DeathStar> <Erevis> How will you be the last of your family?
<Seraphna> <Chad may be my brother, but I doubt he cares about the Cran name.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Blood is blood, is it not?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "You seriously didn't feel even the slightest twinge of even annoyance at me singing the praise of Erevis earlier?"
<DeathStar> <John> Well, since I know you're a bit crazy, I try to overlook such praises.
<Seraphna> <I guess... but blood's nothing if you deny it.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I see.
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* ChanServ sets mode: +o Jackieness
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I really should see the counselor. I'm starting to worry that I'm losing it." *swallows one of her pills*
<DeathStar> <John> You know, you might be an addict.
<DeathStar> 6* Dominick sits there, waiting for Cassandra to take her time.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... don't joke about that, either."
<DeathStar> <John> What can I joke about?
* Seraphna sighs a little and smiles. <I guess, I just want children, I was built to be a mother, and that part of my nature has been denied.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I am sorry.
* Jackieness is now known as Cassandra`
<DeathStar> NRP: <Erevis> I'll offer you John's first born.
<Seraphna> <Don't be sorry, you had nothing to do with it.>
<Cassandra`> Of that...I am uncertain...
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I... haven't been able to handle it without the pills from the beginning..."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I am still sorry for your loss.
<DeathStar> <John> Maybe you just need sex. I find it helps me focus.
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> Go on. 6He encourages her gently.
<Cassandra`> Well...he's...not who he was when I first joined up.
* Seraphna smiles softly, <Thanks...>
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> I suppose not. 6He nods his head. "Tell me, Cassandra, how far are you willing to go to finish this mission?"
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis takes a bite of her pizza.
<Cassandra`> I don't know...
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> It's something you have to decide for the crew. Your word and actions will now decide the life of 10,000 people.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... I'd be flattered if I thought you were actually interested and if I thought I was actually the first."
<DeathStar> <John> I didn't mean me. 6He glances up.
<Cassandra`> Then I'll decide when the time comes and based upon the specific situation.
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> Good.
* Seraphna does likewise.
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> Tell me, Cassandra, do you have any personal relationships? Romantic interests?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I'm sure I'm very popular, too."
<Cassandra`> No, I do not.
<DeathStar> <John> You're young. Cute. Have red hair. I'm sure you could be if you tried.
<Michiru> NRP: Kyouki has red hair?
<DeathStar> NRP: Er.
<DeathStar> NRP: Maybe.
<DeathStar> NRP: IT'S MY CHARACTER
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Do you ever feel that you need someone?
<Michiru> NRP: *laughs* Funny, actually, over half my characters DO have red hair
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Red hair? ... apparently I turned into Erevis while I wasn't looking."
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis finishes chewing the pizza. She seems to be thinking about the need for children.
<DeathStar> <John> Sorry. What color is your hair? 6He asks without glancing up from his reports.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... oh god, no. I do NOT want Xan chasing me."
<DeathStar> <John> Why not. He would love you and only you until you get a double.
<Cassandra`> Who doesn't?
* Seraphna puts her crust down and sighs a bit. <So, hows your hair feel after that little treatment we gave it last night?>
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... but I have to read his mind. And my hair is black."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You'd be surprised at how some people feel that cutting themselves off from others maeks them stronger. But as Captain, you might want to consider having a special someone to come to rely on. Someone you can turn to. The crew will give you various opinions, but a special partner can help you - the part of you that isn't Captain.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Are you feeling tired too?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> It feels like hair.
<DeathStar> <John> Hmm? No. 6He glances up, squinting at her hair.
<Cassandra`> I'll consider it.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> So, tell me. 6He leans back. "How do you feel about the crew and the mission?"
* Seraphna giggles, <I meant the look, I like it.>
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "We're not passing through any strange nebulas, are we?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Oh? Then I shall take your opinion it. It appears to be hair to me.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *quickly checks*
<DeathStar> 6* John smirks a bit as Kyouki looks. "You're paranoid."
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "First I 'read' your emotions, which is impossible, then you forget my hair colour while talking to me."
<DeathStar> <John> Oh My God. You're right. Quickly, go to tell Cassandra the ship is in danger.
<Cassandra`> The crew needs to clean up their act...that little disaster a few days ago...
<Seraphna> <Told you, you're cute.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I will also take your word on that.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> It was a breaking point that has been building for some time. The crew.. is lost. It needs guidance and each other. But they don't know how.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Well, we should be fine, as long as we don't have to investigate any distress calls."
<Cassandra`> Well, I *AM* the captain.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *grins a bit*
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Yes, you are. But as captain, do you know how to fix their pain?
<DeathStar> <John> You mean the distress call we're getting right now? 6He points at the monitor behind her
<Cassandra`> Either I do or this mission fails.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You'll find it hard to predict how to fix pain and problems. Human beings are complicated. They cannot be solved quickly or easily.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "The non-existant distress call?" *eyes the monitor*
<DeathStar> 6* The monitor is empty
<DeathStar> <John >That would be the one.
<Cassandra`> Tell me about it..
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Oh no, we're in terrible non-existant danger!"
<DeathStar> <John> All because your hair is red.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *laughs*
<DeathStar> <Dominick> My suggestion? Work on each crew member one on one. Give your time to them. Listen to them. Talk to them. Be their friend, and their commanding officer in one. You try to do a group solution, and you will fail.
* Cassandra` nods.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Tell me - what would you say your problems are in life, Cassandra? If you were to review yourself.
<DeathStar> 6* John wiggles his eyebrows, glancing down at the datapad.
<Cassandra`> Well...to be frank...I...tend to overcompensate.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> How so?
<Michiru> NRP: <Dom> What are your breasts overcompensating for?
<Seraphna> <So, up for doing anything else hun?>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Such as what?
<Cassandra`> Well...as you know...I'm the only full conversion cyborg in the crew.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Indeed you are - do you feel this makes you try harder?
* Retrieving #taw modes...
<Michiru> NRP: Now I'm picturing Cass as Major Kusanagi
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl steps into the bar and sits down, tilting back her cowboy hat. She orders herself the strongest, most potent alcohol.
<Cassandra`> It makes me...need to feel alive.
<Michiru> <Terra> "One Rocket Fuel coming up."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> And why do you feel the need to express you are alive, Cassandra?
<Michiru> <Terra> *hands one over after a moment*
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl takes it. "Thanks, Terra."
<Michiru> <Terra> "No problem."
<Cassandra`> Well...for one...I've never seen my own brain...so only my paperwork says I'm still human...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I'm sure the doctor could give you a brainwave scan if you need to see it. 6He notes with a fatherly smile.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws it back.
<Seraphna> <Hmmm, watch a movie? You could show me some of that art of yours... ummm...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I do not watch movies. 6She notes. "However, if you wish to see my drawings, I can manage that."
<Cassandra`> Its just...well...you know...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> It's what?
<Cassandra`> I need to feel it.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Cassandra, you'd be surprised at how many people need to feel alive, and they aren't all in bio-engineering bodies. Beings come from all over the universe in many shapes and forms, but their fundamental question is: Why am I here? They question their own existence and their part in things. Some people have children to feel alive. Some dive out of planes. Others have sex. And others seek drugs and addictions.
<Cassandra`> For me, I think therefore I am is not enough.
* Seraphna smiles softly, <I'd like to.>
<DeathStar> <Dominick> The problem is that, fundamentally, you might never prove your are alive. But you are here. You do exist. And you are curious enough to question yourself.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias steps into the bar, moving over to the counter. He holds up a finger for a beer.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis rises. "Then follow me."
<Cassandra`> To quote Nietzsche, the mind is the body's plaything. That is the fundamental problem.
<DeathStar> 6* John snores.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Some philosophers have even gone as far as to question existence. After all, how do you know I am real? That I am alive?
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl holds up a finger for more fuel.
<Michiru> <Terra> *hands another over*
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws it back,
* Seraphna gets up and follows her.
<Cassandra`> Then I have to ask if I am dreaming. However, if its a dream, then existence is pointless. I cnanot accept that.
<DeathStar> 6* Dominick smiles a bit. "Do you dream?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And another.
<Cassandra`> I do.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> And what do you dream?
<Cassandra`> The usual...a few nightmares after watching the wrong holovid...a few dreams of a...personal nature. Others are just plain weird.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Between you and me, I have the same sort of dreams.
* Cassandra` nods.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I think you'll be fine, Cassandra. You need to believe in yourself that you are alive. Only you can make yourself feel that way.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias glances over at Cheryl then at Terra. "Do I have to have a pair of tits to get served?"
<Michiru> <Terra> *hands Dias a beer* "No?"
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> 6Grabs the beer taking a swig. "You sound unsure of yourself."
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis arrives at the door and unlocks it, stepping in and turning the light. Perfectly tidy and order, Sera can see a section of the room covered in pictures. Very, very good pictures - of the crew, places, etc. One thing that Katrina never did was draw.
<Cassandra`> I know...
<Michiru> <Terra> "I just didn't notice you at first."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I think, also, you'd be surprised at how much easier than will be to do if you have someone to share it with.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl takes her third drink. "I can't help it that I stand out better."
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Cold, so cold.
<Cassandra`> But who...? Most of the guys I know are headcases.
<Michiru> NRP: <Dom> I hear that Hotaru likes girls.
<DeathStar> NRP: LOL
<DeathStar> NRP: <Dom> She kissed her own sister
<DeathStar> <Dominick> That could be a problem. I think I talked to a male ensign over in the food service who seemed rather normal
<Michiru> NRP: BOB!
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I am indeed. An ice bitch. 6She throws back her third drink, then taps for a fourth
<Cassandra`> I'll have to think about it...there are rules about fraternization in the ranks.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I was referrign to our lovely bartender
<DeathStar> <Dominick> True. Well, it was a pleasure talking to you Captain. Please stop by again any time.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Terra? Terra's fine. She just knows who to serve first.
<Cassandra`> Alright. I'll send John McCormick in...you cna write a book on that one. *stands up*
<DeathStar> <Dominick> He is a fascinating man of contradictions.
<Cassandra`> Tell me about it. *steps out*
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> She is fine, that's for sure. 6He wiggles his eyebrows.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Ungh.
<Michiru> NRP: <Cass> Then Kyouki. <Dom> That'll take a few hours.
<DeathStar> 6* John snores on the bridge, drooling.
* Cassandra` steps on to the lift and rides it to the bridge.
<Michiru> <Terra> "Flattery won't get you free drinks."
<DeathStar> 6* JOhn jerks to his feet when Cassandra gets there. "Captain on the bridge."
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis stands there calmly, glancing at Sera.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *snaps to attention, having been paying attention to a pencil until then*
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> You'd be surprised what that can get you...6He looks over at Cheryl. "What proof is that shit?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Um. 6She looks at the bottle. "200%."
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Is that even possible?!
<Michiru> <Terra> "Sure is."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Apparantly.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Do you just bleed alcohol?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Cut me and find out.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws back the fourth bottle, then motions for a fifth
<DeathStar> 6* John stands perfectly at attention, then wipes the dried drool from his face.
<Cassandra`> ...as you were...John McCormick, report to the counselor's office.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> 6Tilts his head oddly then looks at Terra. "Gotta knife?
<DeathStar> <John> Sir, but stomach is cramping. Shouldn't we send Kyouki firsT?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "You're next up."
<DeathStar> <John> Gah. 6He marches off, grumbling.
<Cassandra`> Mmm-hmmm...
<Michiru> <Terra> "It was rhetorical." *hands the bottle to Cheryl*
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws it back, making a hissing sound. "Damn, Terra, I think you made me blind."
<Michiru> <Terra> "Hey, this is good quality stuff!"
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> No, I'm pretty sure she wants us to cut her open.
<DeathStar> 6* The crew stares at Cassandra and Kyouki
* Cassandra` takes her seat on the bridge.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *sits down too*
<DeathStar> 6* A man lumbers over and leans over Cheryl, grabbing her butt. "Hey, babe. Want to go dancing?" 6* Cheryl reaches over and a snapping sound is heard, before the man collapses
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And for that, another drink, Terrta.
<Michiru> <Terra> "Sure thing." *hands another over*
<Chad`Winters> NRP: *Cass leaves the bridge then comes back in again, making everyone salute her. She begins to do this for the rest of the day.
<DeathStar> NRP: LOL
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias looks at the injured man, then at Terra. "Shouldn't you call medbay?
<Michiru> <Terra> "Guess so." *does so*
<DeathStar> 6* John and Dominick begin an interesting battle of wills in the counseling chambers.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias moves over to the guy and leans over him, checking him over.
<DeathStar> 6* He appears to be in great pain, and left conscious to feel it
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws back her new bottle.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias stands up right and movers back over to the counter again.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Wow Cheryl.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> What?
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I'm surprised there a man left dumb enough to do that.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> So am I. Care to grab my ass?
<Michiru> <Terra> "Even Xan isn't that stupid, and he's braindamaged."
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias turns to do so then stops. "Now, because you invited me to do so, does that mean I don't get a broken arm?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You'll have to find out.
* Seraphna is lead to Erevis room?>
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And I didn't break his arm.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Than I rephrase. So if I grab your ass, are you going to break something.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Maybe. Guess you'll have to find out.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl looks innocent.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias moves his hand to grab then pulls it back. "Yeah, I'm not that drunk."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Smart kid. 6She notes to Terra.
* Seraphna finishes looking them over in amazement.
<Seraphna> <These are... wow damnit you're good...>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis plays with a stand of her hair as she waits.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> They are?
* Seraphna nods, the emotion of amazement is clear.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl turns in her stool, smiling at the remaining men in the bar. They uneasily begin to depart.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Well atleast now it's easier for me to find the woman.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Thank you.
<DeathStar> 6* She stops playing with her strand of hair.
<Michiru> <Terra> "Which one?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Aw, where are you all going? 6She asks sadly as the men leave, then shrugs.
* Seraphna smiles softly, <You've got real talent here...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I merely draw what I see.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> You know Cheryl....How are you ever going to get a man?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> *blinks* Who says I want a man? Maybe I have the hots for Terra.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Don't forget about Hotaru.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> That was in the interest of money.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Oh but I saw sparks, love was in the air.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I'll show you sparks if you keep talking. 6She says in a sickly sweet tone.
<Michiru> <Terra> *glances at Cheryl, then Dias, then Cheryl*
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias holds his hands together as if pretending he's in awestruck love. "You two would make the cutest couple"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Alright. I guess I should set you straight.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl rises from her stool
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias rises from his stool.
<Seraphna> <Still good... hey you have any of me?>
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Where you going, Dias?
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> 6Looks at her. "No where, you just stood, so I thought I'd stand too..
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis moves and flips through a note book, then hands it over. Indeed, there is a picture of Sera, working on some machine
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl smiles, putting an arm around Dias, like they were friends.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> So, we make the cutest couple, do we? Me and Hota?
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias looks over at Terra, mouthing, Call Help.
* Seraphna blushes, smiling, "This is really nice...>
<Seraphna> <
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Damn right you two do.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl makes a slight movement, and Dias is introduced to a world of pain.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You may have it if you like.
<DeathStar> 6* John is still gone as Cassandra and Kyouki sit there. Poor John. Or dom.
<Michiru> <Terra> "... I guess I should call for a medic."
<Michiru> <Terra> *does so, sighing*
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias face scrunches up in pain as he stands there. "Such...a...beautiful....Gahhh..pair.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl notches up the pain levels, keeping a pleasant face. "That's good. Tell me more about it."
<Michiru> <Terra> "... are you LOOKING for pain?"
<Michiru> <Terra> *gives up on the call*
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Ayye.....Can't say...Too...Beautiful!
<Michiru> <Terra> "What am I supposed to say? Some idiot started hitting on Cheryl?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Really? 6She ratches it up again, aiming to make cry for mercy.
<DeathStar> (him)
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias's hand ball upto fists as he tries to endure the pain. "YES!"
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl lets go, just staring at him.
<DeathStar> 6* John steps back onto the bridge, whistling a tune.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias steps forward, using the counter as support. "So worth it..."
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl shakes her head, then tosses down the gil for her drinks.
<Cassandra`> Well, how did it go?
<Michiru> <Terra> "... you really are crazy."
<DeathStar> <John> I left him crying and begging for mercy.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> No...I'm just lucky. My wires are crossed and pain equals pleasure for me.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl walks off in disgust.
<Michiru> <Terra> "Masochist, huh?"
<Seraphna> <Really...?>
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias looks at her like she's crazy. "No, I'll have a beer tho...and I was lieing. That hurt like a son of a bitch"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Yes.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl steps onto the streets, clearly in a bad mood now. She glares at people.
<DeathStar> <John> So, who's next?
<Michiru> <Terra> *hands Dias a beer*
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *looks around for someone to pass the buck to*
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias grabs the beer and presses it against the spot where she was injuring. "Ohhh that feels sooo good.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "So, whos turn is it?"
<DeathStar> <John> Well, unless you like to pass the buck to someone not on the bridge - you.
<Seraphna> <Thank you... ummm... wow...> *looks over a few more*
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... I guess. I'll see you later."
<DeathStar> 6* There's various crew members: All of them, in fact, including Xan and John. And one of Michiru.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *heads off to see Dom*
<DeathStar> 6 Dominick sits in his seay
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *sits down, a little nervously*
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Hello, Kyouki. Are you well?
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I...I think I gotta go take a hot shower...6He opens up a wallet and pulls out credits for his two beers and tosses them down. He then tosses the wallet back down to the broken man
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias begins limping out of the bar
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I feel fine, at least."
<DeathStar> 6* As Dias exits, she would find Cheryl engaged in arguing to some poor fool about something. The man looks positively terrified.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Really? You seem a little, I don't know - on edge.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Just nerves."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Well, that's good, that's good. How have things been going?
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias glances over at Cheryl, scaring the crap out of the man and just shakes his head as he begins limping by her
<DeathStar> 6* Warren sits on the garden park bench, his eyes closed. He looks like a ghost.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Scram. 6She tells the man who runs off screaming.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Most of the week's been quite relaxed."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> That's good. So, anything on your mind?
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<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Well, apart from an argument with John, nothing much."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> What was the arguement about?
<DeathStar> 6* John glances at Cassandra. "So, Captain, what did you discuss with Dr. Mind?"
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> What was that about?"
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Oh, he doesn't like my taste in role models."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> He had the gall to ask if I was a stripper over at that strip joint that John had installed.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> And who is your role model?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "... Erevis."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I see. Why did you choose her to be a role model?
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> There's a new strip club?!
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Apparantly.
* Seraphna smiles and sits down a bit, looking up at her, <So...>
<Cassandra`> That's confidential.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis turns from her pictures. "Yes?"
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Wanna go check it out? You could go beat up a bunch of pigs.
<DeathStar> <John> But you're going to read our reports. As your XO, shouldn't I read yours?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I have no desire to watch a bunch of woman dance naked.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "She seems strong minded, honest and dedicated."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> And you admire these qualities?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Well, yes."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Admirable qualities to admire. Do you try to do the same things?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Sometimes."
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> A shame.
<Cassandra`> Hmmm...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> It's very hard to always maintain honesty. By nature, we want to shield people from everything we feel and think.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> But, if you need to go indulge your penis, run along.
<DeathStar> 6* John gives her his award winning, heart melting smile.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Nah, the pain coursing through my back right now kind of makes it hard for me to get it up.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Did you hurt yourself? 6She looks surprised.
<Seraphna> <Dunno... grasping here... jsut wanna enjoy your company a little more.>
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> No, some tall blonde did.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Very well. 6She sits down.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Terrible. And here I thought pain and pleasure was mixed up for you
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I guess.."
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Yeah, that was a lie.
<Cassandra`> I'll consider your request.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You would lie?
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Is there any other reasons you admire Erevis?
<DeathStar> <John> Thanks, Captain.
<DeathStar> <John> And might I add your choice in hair color and style today really suits you
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I guess in part, I can see myself in her... but a better version."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Please, explain what you mean by that
<Cassandra`> What?
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I am a con-artist.
<DeathStar> <John> You know what I mean. Wink wink, nudge nudge, and all that
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Ah, it's because I'm psychic."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I'm shocked and appauled.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You connect to her because you're both psychic.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis sits there, apparantly content to enjoy the silence with Serena.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *nods* "Is that a bad thing?"
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Not at all. We all looks for traits we can share and experience with others.
<Cassandra`> ...what?
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I doubt it.
<DeathStar> <John> I have no idea, sir, I was merely trying to kiss your ass.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Mmm
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Glad to hear it."
<Cassandra`> Riiiiiight.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You know, real heroes aren't con-artists. 6She notes, studying her nails.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> The entire time that I've known you, you've never been shocked and or appualed.
<DeathStar> <John> I am gathering I failed.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Real heroes don't exist...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> How do you feel that John does not respect Erevis?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Is that right?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I try not to let it bother me, but sometimes it does anyway."
<Cassandra`> Fraid so.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> How does it bother you?
<Seraphna> <So just hang out? I can do that...>
<DeathStar> <John> It's so hard connecting to a female commanding officer.
<Cassandra`> Oh?
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I confess that I do not know what to do while hanging out.
<DeathStar> <John> Yeah. I can't tell all my best jokes.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias places his hands behind his head as he looks up at the cieling. "Fraid not. Comic books and cartoons lie."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Well, at least we have people like you to live dull and predictable lives to that there aren't heroes.
<DeathStar> *so thta
<Seraphna> <Meh, read, work, basically just do the usual, only with company.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> So I should work? 6She raises a brow.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Are you trying to egg me on to have a change in the way I live my life?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I feel like she should get some respect for what she does."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I wouldn't waste the breath.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I mean, if you're happy doing what you do. 6She waves her hand
<Cassandra`> What...type of jokes...?
<DeathStar> <John> Well.. 6He tells a typical joke that picks on females, then waits for her reaction.
* Seraphna smiles, <Draw, read... I dunno.>
<Cassandra`> Right...
<DeathStar> <John> Man, Warren responded the same way, only I got mopping duty.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Don't you think that should be between Erevis and John to deal with? If you interefere, neither will appreciate it.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Very well. 6She grabs her datapad and begins to go over her reports.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Your so non-chalant...
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And you're such a criminal.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Maybe, but I don't think they will."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Still, it's something only they can do. Other people can't change their feelings for each other.
<Cassandra`> I need you on the bridge...but...we'll have a talk about your attitude toward women later.
<DeathStar> <John> I love women.
* Seraphna pulls out a datapad too and smiles, putting up a leg.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Least I don't beat up people who look at me wrong.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Well, I'm not a hero.
<Cassandra`> Do you respect them?
<DeathStar> <John> Actually, I do. 6He glances up. "A man is just a half of a whole without a woman."
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> And apparently either am I.
<DeathStar> <John> Women are strange, fascinating creatures, and they're all unique. IT's why I wanted to be with so many. But I'm ready to settle for one now.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Says the person who jumps into radioactive decaying metal to save a dying woman.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "So, just try to accept John's distaste for Erevis. Right."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You can let him know you feel it's wrong, but tell me: Does John strike you as the man who will listen? He takes different methods to change.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Well I didn't see you around to do it.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I'm guessing your assessment of him didn't go as smoothly as it could've?"
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I can't discuss that, but John's a man who strongly believes in family, and protecting one's family.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Who says I'd be crazy enough to do such a thing?
<Cassandra`> There may be hope for you yet...
<DeathStar> <John> Thanks, Captain.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I figured as much there."
<DeathStar> <John> So, you plan to marry me and Shiva?
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I'm sure you would...unless it was Sera, than I'm sure you'd let her die.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And what makes you think I'd do such a thing? I'm a far cry from a hero.
* Seraphna watches her, blushing a little.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Tell me, how do you feel about the command change?
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis pauses, glancing up. "Problem? Your cheeks appear red."
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I admire Warren, but.. if he feels unfit to command, it's best that he hands the reins to someone else."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Why do you admire Warren?
<Cassandra`> You and Shiva?
<DeathStar> <John> I asked her to marry me last week. 6He eyes his datapad reports.
<Cassandra`> Why?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Again, dedication. He's probably even more determined than Erevis."
<DeathStar> <John> I love her. 6He glances up, squinting.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> 6Puts his hands in his pockets. "Because you saved me from that dragoon hunter."
* Seraphna blushes more and looks down, <N-No I'm fine...>
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And John saved you from lots of dangerous people, but I don't see you hanging with him anymore.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> ... Hm. 6She glances back at her report, not going to press it.
<Cassandra`> That's news to me...
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> It's complicated...6He looks over at her. "You like to avoid personal questions don't you?
<DeathStar> <John> We've known each for years. She's always there for me. She knows me. She puts up with me. She challenges me both mentally and sexually. And I want her to have my daughter.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Depends on the question.
<Cassandra`> Well...is that is how you feel...
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> 6He scratches the back of his head. "Do you ever let your guard down?
<DeathStar> <John> You don't like her, do you? 6He seems amsused.
<DeathStar> 6* Dominick studies her. "Is there any other reasons you admire Warren?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Nope.
* Seraphna looks back up, blushing more soon as she thinks Ere isn't watching.
<Cassandra`> Does my opinion matter here? I am on duty, afterall.
<DeathStar> <John> Eh. I'm not going to let it affect my job.
<DeathStar> <John> Hit me with your best.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "He was the first person who really seemed to trust and respect me."
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis files her reports and sends them to Cassandra for inspection lately.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> How do I get to be as cool as you?
<DeathStar> <Dominick> During the crisis on New Year's Eve.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I'm not cool. I'm a rigid ice bitch.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Right."
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias lets out a light laugh
<DeathStar> <Dominick> It's good to have someone you respect and admire. It's always good to let them know how you feel, too. People need, sometimes, to be told.
<Cassandra`> She's a touch too stuck up for my tastes.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "You think that'll help him too?"
<DeathStar> <John> Oh, she loves to put you in your place, doesn't she? But that's sort of what I like - she jabs at you, but she really has a heart of gold.
<Cassandra`> So did Goldfinger...but it was cold...
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Well I think I'm going to hit up the Sauna, care to join in?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Right. Nice try
<DeathStar> <John> I tell you what. Spend 10 mins alone with her talking about something that has nothing to do with duty, and see if she surprises you
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You can never tell what effect you will have on someone until you try it
<Cassandra`> Fair enough.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Just trying to be nice.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Then I'll do that."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You go enjoy yourself. I think I'll hit up a club for something descent to get plastered with
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Well, I think you can go. It was a pleasure, Kyouki
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Thanks." *gets up to leave*
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Huh...Alright, but you wouldn't believe how relaxed you'd feel after it
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *heads back to the bridge*
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias begins walking away from her
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl watches him go, then heads for the club
<DeathStar> 6* John glances up as Kyouki returns. "Did you read his mind?"
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Actually, I refrained."
<DeathStar> <John> Disappointing
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Maybe I should next time."
<DeathStar> <John> I'm going to use the bathroom. 6He steps out real quick
<Cassandra`> ...ok...
<Chad`Winters> 6Chad steps onto the bridge, Aya asleep in his arms.
<Cassandra`> Not to be mean, but there is a protocol regarding who can and cannot be on the bridge.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *eyes Chad*
<Chad`Winters> I'm well aware of the protocol. I'm here to get my job back.
<Cassandra`> And the infant...?
<Chad`Winters> I wanted to leave her home alone, but I'm worried she'll invited other babies over and have a party.
<Cassandra`> Right...anyway...the crew is undergoing psychological evaluations. If you wish to be recommissioned, then you must submit yourself to evaluation.
<Chad`Winters> Do I get my old job back working on the runes?
<Cassandra`> We shall see.
<Chad`Winters> Or do I get my original job back, you know the one that Serena stole from me?
<Cassandra`> we will see.
<Chad`Winters> You planned on making me take one irregardless anyways, eh?
<Cassandra`> Everyone is. I already had mine.
<Chad`Winters> Must've been run for...Domick isn't it?
<Chad`Winters> NRP: Fun
<Cassandra`> Its his job.
<Chad`Winters> By the way Captain. I have some information on the explosion a week ago.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis sends another file and finishes logging up her various assignments.
<Cassandra`> Let's hear it.
<Chad`Winters> While we we're trying to find our elusive XO, I found someone hacking into the system. He was apparently quite good too.
<Cassandra`> Go on...
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<Chad`Winters> Not sure if it was he.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "A good point, but doesn't answer the question."
<Chad`Winters> You make it sound like I knew what he was doing.
<Cassandra`> I need to know everything that you know.
<Chad`Winters> And you do.
* Chad`Winters turns to leave
* Cassandra` nods.
* Chad`Winters steps off the bridge.
<DeathStar> Episode Ends
Session Close: Sun Feb 18 22:56:50 2007

Session Start: Sun Feb 18 23:21:21 2007
Session Ident: #taw
* Logging #taw to 'logs\EsperNet\#taw.20070218.log'
<DeathStar> 6* Hotaru and Sera are having drinks
<Alicia> NRP: Agh, uncomfortable silence!
<Alicia> <Hotaru> *drinks her whiskey*
<DeathStar> 6* People stare at the two silent sisters.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis is in the training room, working on attacking a training droid. She weaves in and out of it's attacks.
<Alicia> <Michiru> *heads in, watching quietly for now, smiling*
* Alicia is now known as Michiru
<Michiru> <Hotaru> "So..."
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis tags the training dummy, who tags her back. Right in the gut. She orders it paused a moment as she sucks in her pain and breath
<Michiru> "You were doing really well until then."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> My form was sloppy. 6She critiques honestly, turning to face John's daughter
<Michiru> "Something bothering you?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> No, there is nothing on my mind. 6She studies Michiru.
* Michiru seems a little worried about something, but is trying not to think about it
<DeathStar> <Erevis> What is on your mind? 6She notes.
-> [DeathStar] PING
<Michiru> "I.. I guess I just wish you and dad were closer. We're all supposed to be family, aren't we?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> No. We are not family. 6She notes, glancing away back at the deactivated droid.
* Seraphna throws back on and smiles to Hotaru
* Michiru sighs a little. "Alright.."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> The moment you came back in time, you began a series of changes. These changes cannot be stopped now. You must forget your original timeline. Or go back to it, when the chance comes.
<Michiru> "Sometimes I wish I could."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Time has a way of returning objects to their proper places.
<Michiru> "Am I that much of a bother...?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You are a concern for me.
<Michiru> "Why is that?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I cannot forsee what changes you'll have on how things should be. How many people act differently now because they know about you? 6She looks at Michiru.
* Michiru stares at the floor a little. "It's too late to really do anything about that, though."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> We are in agreement.
<Michiru> "I feel a little guilty... I'm glad I came, but I messed things up just by coming.."
* Seraphna looks at the quiet Hotaru
<Michiru> <Hotaru> "Hmm?"
<Seraphna> <What's on your mind?>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Just.. I hope things get back to normal soon. I guess they're starting to, but there's still too much tension.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You cannot allow yourself the luxury of guilt. You came for a reason, did you not?
<Seraphna> <I wish that could be true...>
* Michiru nods. "I shouldn't let myself get too worried about things to do that."
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl enters the bar and sits down at the counter. "Rocket fuel."
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis nods once. She seems to be quietly studying Michiru
<Michiru> <Terra> *hands some over*
<Michiru> "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Session Close: Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 2007

Session Start: Mon Feb 19 00:00:00 2007
Session Ident: #taw
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I was merely pondering who you were.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws it back, making a satisfied sound
* Michiru looks a little confused at that
<Michiru> "I'm Michiru McCormick. Who else would I be?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Who else would you be indeed.
* Seraphna looks over at Cheryl
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl taps the counter. "Keep them coming and don't stop until I pass out."
<Michiru> <Terra> "Sure. Bad day?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Not at all.
<Michiru> <Terra> "Glad to hear it."
<Seraphna> <Sigh...>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <What's wrong?>
<Seraphna> <Do you guys really see me as some kind of leper?>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis goes back to training, since Michiru appears to be quiet now
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <No, just immature.>
<Seraphna> <How about Cheryl?>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Ask h... oh right, you can't.>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <I'm not sure I should ask while she's drinking.>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis tags the training drone in the jaw.
* Michiru watches a few more moments, then starts training herself
* Seraphna sighs and goes to order something stronger.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws back her fifth pure alcohol drink.
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <If you REALLY think I should, I could.>
<Michiru> "What do you think of dad, anyway?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> That is a complicated question.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis hits the droid harder than she intents, knocking it away.
<Seraphna> <...Dunno... one day she and I wre gonna have to talk...>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Okay...> *to Cheryl* <Serena wants to know what you think of her.>
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl doesn't respond, probably not open with the other dragoons like Hota and Sera enjoy being.
<Michiru> <Hotaru> *pauses a moment, then uses the normal channel* "Cheryl? What do you think of Serena?"
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl pauses in mid drink. "Lets not get into annoying topics tonight, shall we, Hotaru?"
* Seraphna looks down
<Michiru> <Hotaru> "That's a good enough answer for now."
<Seraphna> <Yep... hates me...>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <I don't think it's hate... but you can be annoying at times.>
<Michiru> NRP: <Hotaru> Isn't tact wonderful?
<Seraphna> <You know she lead the team to kill me when they thought I was the heart of the Virus...>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <That's different. You were considered a threat then.>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis flexes her hand as she considers her thoughts
<Michiru> "You don't consider him family, but there's still something?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Why do you have need for there to be something?
<Michiru> "I guess I should forget it, but... it's hard."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> What is hard? 6She asks softly, regarding the girl one more time.
<Michiru> "Forgetting. You're still Aunt Kat to me.."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> If that is what you need me to be, then so it shall be.
* Michiru blinks. "Really?"
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Yes. 6She turns and nails the droid again as it tries to sneak attack her
* Michiru smiles happily, continuing to train, seeming a lot less worried now
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Anyway, the best thing you can do is to consider their feelings.>
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl finishes her eight straight alcohol drink and is clearly plastered now, even for her dragoon metabolism
<Seraphna> <I should have considered Zephyr more.... I...>
* Seraphna looks down teh quaffs the drink in one go
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Yes, you should.>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis deactivates the drone and grabs a towel, wiping her wet face and hair
<DeathStar> NRP: *smacks you all* RP!
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <I'm not sure what to tell you other than that though.>
<DeathStar> 6* Finishing, Erevis throws the towel over her shoulder and heads for the exit.
* Michiru watches for a moment, then resumes training
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis steps into the hallway, moving down it and for her room
<Seraphna> <Me either... I guess more time... thanks sis...>
<DeathStar> 6* The drunk Cheryl tries to convince Terra to sing an Irish jig
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis stops outside her room, entering her number.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *wanders past, pausing a moment*
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *seems lost for words, but manages to say at least a "... thankyou."*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Thank you? 6She pauses, turning from the door confused
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I don't know what else to say, but I feel I should say something, and at least thank you for the training."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You ... are welcome. 6She says, still not comprehendnig what is going on.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I'm sorry if I'm making you uncomfortable with this level of respect. Well, it's bordering on hero worship."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> It is not that --- I am just unsure where this is coming from. I was unaware I did anything special.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "Maybe it's just me, but.. I feel honoured just to be able to talk with you."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I... 6She looks like she's having trouble grappling that idea. "I am not more special than anyone else, including yourself."
<Michiru> NRP: <Erevis> You have... what is the word? Ah. Issues.
<DeathStar> NRP: <Erevis> Your counterpart was the same way. She killed a man just to watch him bleed.
<Michiru> NRP: *laughs*
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "It's still difficult for me to accept, though."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> What is difficult to accept?
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *seems embarrassed* "The idea of being your equal in any way."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> ... 6She steps forward firmly. "Putting oneself beneath another is not befitting. Each being has abilities and talents another does not. Deferring will to another takes away from your own self."
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *nods, firmly yet uncertainly, as if the idea is very new, but readily accepted* "I'll do my best to remember that."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Good. 6She notes, keeping her tone firm.
* Seraphna stands unsteadily and looks at Hota a little blearly. <Th-Thanks...>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <No problem..>
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "I'll do my best. That's the only way I can feel worthy of that."
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis nods, then turns and enters her code, the door unlocking. "Good."
* Seraphna leans down and kisses her cheek softly.
<Michiru> <Kyouki> "See you later."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Good night. 6She steps in and closes the door, then promptly lays down
<Michiru> <Kyouki> *heads off*
<Michiru> <Hotaru> *blinks*
* Seraphna blushes a little and smiles, standing
<Michiru> <Hotaru> *looks stunned for a moment*
<Michiru> NRP: <Hotaru> Does this mean you're interested in me?
<DeathStar> NRP: LOL
* Seraphna blushes more, <What...?>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Oh, it took me by surprise, that's all.>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Why are you so embarrassed, anyway?>
<Seraphna> <Dunno... hehe.... why?>
* Seraphna grins a little, clearly intoxicated.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl sips her drink and watches the scene
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <It just seems.. strange.>
<Seraphna> <To give my sister a kiss...?>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <And then start blushing because of it?>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> *drinks her whiskey*
<Seraphna> <I guess...>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Are you sure you're not thinking any strange thoughts about me?>
* Seraphna blushes heavily, <L-Like what?>
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl rolls her eyes, only imaginging what is being said
<Michiru> <Hotaru> *starts looking embarrassed now too* <Thinking of me as... umm... more than just a sister..?>
<Seraphna> <W-Well you are... you're my best friend and ummm... well...> *blushes even more*
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Maybe you've had too much to drink?>
* Seraphna blushes and blinks, <D-Do you think of me as more... then a sister...?>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Not really.>
* Seraphna giggles mentally, <Kay... hehe... wonder where those thoughts were coming from is all... yeah I'm smashed...>
<Michiru> NRP: <Hotaru> *deftly evades the possibility of lesbian sex*
<DeathStar> NRP: TAW: First, it was lesbians. Then it was the topic of rape. Now: Incest. Tomorrow: We'll burn little orphans.
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Are you sure you can even get home safely on your own?>
<DeathStar> 6* Seems several guys debating helping a mute home, since she can't scream
<Seraphna> <Ummm... I uhhh... think so...?>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> *eyes the guys* "Damn, guess I'll walk you back."
<Michiru> NRP: The line is still to Sera, of course :P
* Seraphna blinks and looks around in confusion, hiccuping a little.
<DeathStar> 6* The guys are busy drinking, and apparantly never looked at Sera
<Michiru> <Hotaru> *finishes her whiskey* "Ready to go?"
<Michiru> NRP: I love the way this looks so wrong
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl keeps watching, sipping her death drink
* Seraphna nods and blushes
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Does your family ever creep you out, Terra? 6She asks only to the bartender
<Michiru> <Terra> "Not really..."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Lucky you
<Michiru> <Hotaru> *stands up to leave*
<Michiru> <Terra> "Are they...?"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I really don't want to know.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws back her drink
<Michiru> <Terra> "I'm not sure I do now, either."
<Michiru> NRP: <Terra> Does my family creep me out? My counterpart was attracted to goo, what do you think?
<DeathStar> NRP: I still love how you kept her in a jar. You're really screwed up sometimes. ;)
<Michiru> NRP: I know
<DeathStar> 6* And so, Hotaru and Sera left the bar and returned to Sera's room. SPINNING TAW SYMBOL
<Seraphna> NRP: He so wants random lesbian sex.
<DeathStar> NRP: It's why I RP. You never know when it'll happen
* Seraphna smiles and fumbles with her door panel, <Thanks shis...>
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <No problem... well, except I probably got a reputation from that.>
<Seraphna> <Good, it'll help us land more boys.> *grins devilishly*
<Michiru> <Hotaru> <Well, there's that.>
<DeathStar> 6* Sera's door unlocks after much fumbling
* Seraphna steps back into it, stumbling and falling next to her bed, giggling mentally
<Michiru> <Hotaru> *heads off, needing to get some rest herself, and wondering how much of that was the drink talking*
<DeathStar> END MINI
Session Close: Mon Feb 19 02:08:42 2007

Session Start: Mon Feb 19 18:58:33 2007
Session Ident: #taw
* Logging #taw to 'logs\EsperNet\#taw.20070219.log'
<DeathStar> Stardate: Hours Of Last Mini
<DeathStar> Location: THE PAX
<DeathStar> 6* Dr. Dominick goes over Chad's file as he waits
* Chad`Winters steps inside his office, Aya nestled on his shoulder.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Welcome. Please, have a seat
* Chad`Winters eyes the man and sits down, leaving Aya atop his shoulders.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Before we begin, what would you like to be called? 6He adjusts his glasses, leaning back in his seat.
<Chad`Winters> God, it'll feed my ego. 6He reaches into his bag and pulls out a small toy for Aya.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> And do you feel you need your ego fed, or are you merely attempting to be witty?
<Chad`Winters> Witty.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> So, what would you honestly prefer to be claled?
<Chad`Winters> Call me whatever, I'll answer to either.
<DeathStar> <Domnick> But which name do you prefer? Chad's, or the name bestowed upon you. 6He glances at a paper, them back up. "Id."
<Chad`Winters> Call me Id, it's less letters for you to right down.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> And what do you think of the name - Id?
<Chad`Winters> It's a name designated to me, nothing more.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> But your father named you Chad. However, people refer to your other personality by that name, not you. How does that make you feel?
<Chad`Winters> It doesn't.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Do you feel that Chad ever stole from you what was yours? After all, you came first.
<Chad`Winters> Why should I feel that way?
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Why shouldn't you?
<Chad`Winters> Never thought about it. Wasn't on the top of my concerns.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> So, what did you think about Chad living his life, while you were in the background?
<Chad`Winters> As long as he fulfilled my desires for power, I was content
<DeathStar> <Dominick> So you have a desire for power?
<Chad`Winters> Everyone has it.
<Chad`Winters> I'm just more ambitious than others.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> So you feel everyone seeks power? Did Eve Summers have a desire for power?
<Chad`Winters> Wether it's the power to save or the power to destroy, people desire it
<DeathStar> <Dominick> So, did Eve seek the power to save? Or destroy?
<Chad`Winters> Our time together was ever so short.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Time isn't a matter of understanding someone. After all, you were able, in a few short weeks, to hit everyone's buttons perfectly. And, as an observer in Chad's mind, that ability of yours to read people would extend to Eve Summers herself. So, which did she seek?
<Chad`Winters> Hitting buttons is simple when they leave their lives exposed ever so well.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> And Eve Summers did not expose her life to Chad?
<Chad`Winters> Are you secretly hoping I'll say she seeked the power to destroy? Will that make things more interesting to you than?
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I'm more interested in your thoughts.
* Chad`Winters waves his hand in dismissal. 1"The power to save of course."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Do you respect one "power" over another?
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis studies various paint brushes and ink brushes in a store.
<Chad`Winters> Wether it can be used to my advantage or not is all the interest me.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I see. What about Aya? When she grows up, which would you rather her seek out?
<Chad`Winters> It doesn't matter to me, as long as I can use it to my advantage.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> So you desire to use your own daughter?
<Chad`Winters> If a situation arises where I need to.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Do you love her?
<Chad`Winters> Ahh, this question again. Can a person who only desires truely love something...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Is not love a desire?
<Chad`Winters> Do you desire love?
<DeathStar> <Dominick> One day, more than likely. The question for today, though, is do you love Aya? As a manifest of desires, do you feel love for the child?
<Chad`Winters> Do I know understand love? Yes, I've felt it through Chad and I'm familiar with it. I care enough about Aya to keep her alive and safe, couldn't hurt Chad like that
<DeathStar> 6* Dominick holds up a hand. "You say you are a manifest of Chad's desires, correct?"
<Chad`Winters> Correct. 6He moves Aya into his lap now
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Then it is not Chad who loves Aya. It is you who loves Aya. As Chad's desires, you are the emotions. You are the thoughts and desires of the man named Chad. It is you who loves the child, not Chad. It is you who does not wish to harm the child. You are the emotions, Id. Chad may stunt or ignore you - the emotions and desires - but, in reality, by your own definition - you are everything that is Chad's psyche. Love to hate.
<Chad`Winters> Possibly, or maybe I'm what the scientist that created me desired. What if in reality...I'm more than just desires.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> If you are more than desires, then you are not desires at all, Id. But another personality, separate from Chad. A psychological break in his mind. And if that is the case, then you are not Chad's desires, but a whole new entity, and what you've done so far, is in accordance to your will, and never was Chad's desires. Which are you, then, Id? A personality of it's own right, or the desires and unconscious mind of the man named Chad?
<Chad`Winters> You're trying to define what I am. To either humanize me or turn me into a monster.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I'm asking you to define yourself, Id.
<Chad`Winters> I see myself as a coin, when one sides up, the other is down.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Then you see yourself as a separate entity, a new being. You are like Katrina and Erevis.
<Chad`Winters> If that's what you want to believe.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> That is what you believe, Id.
<Chad`Winters> Are you sure it's not what Chad believes?
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You've effectively discounted yourself from Chad's desires. The fact is you have been acting on your own desires. You might see Chad's desires, know them, but you are following your own way, your own path, and then shift your actions to fulfilling his desires. In reality, you are serving your own desires.
<Chad`Winters> And along the way, I'm fullfilling his. I'm a regular saint.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Chad's desires are his to fulfill, not yours. So, let us review your actions so far, Id, in a new light. 6He glances at the reports. "Why do you want Chad's old job? That was his desire, not yours. What do you want from it?" 6He glances up
<Chad`Winters> I wanted it merely because it was Chad's.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> So you do resent Chad. By taking what was his, you make it your own. You take his life, and make do with it. I thought you did not resent him, Id?
<Chad`Winters> It was his, he wouldn't have taken the job back even if it was given to him by Warren.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> But it was his. Not yours. You are not him. So, you covet what was his and take it as your own. The fact is you are not following your own path in life, but taking what was Chad's identity.
<Chad`Winters> So I should create my own life and forge my own destiny....6He waves his hand in sheer boredom at the thought.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Are you afraid to be your own man, Id? Is that why you cling to Chad?
* Seraphna is now known as Aiko
<Chad`Winters> I only choose this because it's more convenient.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You choose it because it was his. The fact is getting the job has been anything but convenient. You were an assassin, Id, not an engineering. Chad made himself an engineer after he took over the body. But I do not see you apply for Chief of Security.
<Chad`Winters> So this body is rightfully mine since I was first and Chad is the thief. Interesting.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Perhaps so. But the fact is, what is not rightfully yours, is the life and identity Chad built. The job. The family. The friends.
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<Chad`Winters> Than dump the child and start my own road? 6He holds Aya towards Dominick. "I don't know if she'ld be pleased with that theory."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You were dumped and started a road. Chad was dumped and started his own road. The child, too, could manage. The fact, Id, is that Chad took the body, but he did not take your life and identity. Yet you, on the otherhand, see something in his life to covet. And your actions have all been centered around that since the moment you returned.
* Chad`Winters turns Aya around looking at her. 1"So you think you can handle living on your own already? I mean, it's what the doc says."
Session Close: Mon Feb 19 20:08:42 2007

Session Start: Mon Feb 19 20:08:56 2007
Session Ident: #taw
* Logging #taw to 'logs\EsperNet\#taw.20070219.log'
<DeathStar> <Dominick> She survived 4 months with Zephyr. 6He seems to wait to see if Chad will offer the child again.
* Chad`Winters stares at Aya as if waiting for her answer.
<DeathStar> 6* Aya, oddly enough, doesn't hold her breath in protest.
<Chad`Winters> And who will watch her? 6He eyes Dominick
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I'm sure Zephyr would. After all, from my reports, she's avoiding you.
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<Chad`Winters> Is that what you'd like Aya? To spend time with Zephyr again?
<DeathStar> 6* Aya wiggles
<Chad`Winters> Than so be it. Get Zephyr to take her then.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Of course. 6He holds out his arms to take Aya and make the arrangements
* Chad`Winters doesn't move to give Aya to him.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Problem?
<Chad`Winters> I simply don't trust you.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Oh?
<DeathStar> 6* Dominick shrugs, then taps his datapad, having his assistant inform Zephyr.
<Chad`Winters> The most dangerous men aren't the one's who are physically stronger.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Then what does that make you, Id?
<Chad`Winters> Apparently one step below you.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Hm. So, tell me - do you still seek Chad's job, or shall I inform the Captain you have other ambitions now?
<Chad`Winters> I my resolve stands at having one of my two job requests.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I understand. 6The assistant pages back saying that Zephyr agrees, as long as she doesn't have to see Id. Dominick glances at Chad to see if that is fine
<Chad`Winters> Sure.
<DeathStar> 6* Dominick nods. "I'm curious about one other thing: During this recent crisis, you avoided actually killing anyone. Why change?
* Chad`Winters leans forward, giving an odd smile. 1"Tell me why you think so, and I'll tell you if you're right or not."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Makes getting your job back harder. 6He notes.
<Chad`Winters> You been studying me this entire time and that's the best you can come up with?
<DeathStar> <Dominick> But, judging by your responses, killing them means you can no longer use them.
<Chad`Winters> Close, but still wrong.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Then why, Id?
<Chad`Winters> You fail to look at the grander picture Dominick.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> And what is the grand picture, Id?
<Chad`Winters> It increases my chances of survival.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> A good point. 6The door opens and the assistant arrives for Aya.
* Chad`Winters stands up with Aya, giving her a slight squeeze before he hands her to the assistant. He then hands her the bag of her stuff.
<DeathStar> 6* The assistant takes it, giving Chad a look over, as if admiring his body, then steps out. Dr. Dominick adjusts his glasses.
* Chad`Winters turns to face Dominick. 1"So how does it feel to finally get peak in something like me? Is it everything you expected?
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You are a fascinating person, Id.
<Chad`Winters> You treat me as a real person, while the rest of the crew see's my differently. They view me as if I was like Erevis, tell me something, why is that you look at me differently?
<DeathStar> <Dominick> The human mind is complicated, Id. 6He leans back. "The fact is you are your own personality. You are not Chad. The fact then becomes morale: Who deserves the body more? You or Chad? John attempted to take that into his own hands with Erevis and Katrina. The fact is, by all documented facts, you came first. You are entitled to make your own identity. And maybe, if you move away from Chad, you'll figure out who and what you are.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I am curious about something, though.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Off the record.
* Chad`Winters eyes Dominick now, studying him carefully
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Do you and Chad ever talk? The mind and personalities usually don't converge at any point, but at several points, it would seem to indicate you two have met each other on a mental playing field. Have you discussed with him about you having the body? The entitlement you both share? In most causes, split personalities shift - a few hours - days as one, then another.
<Chad`Winters> And what makes you think we've talked? 6His eye's narrowing slightly
<DeathStar> <Dominick> There was a moment.. 6He flips through the files. "Where Chad was injected with something that was suppose to bring you out."
<DeathStar> 6* Warren leans against a hallway wall, looking zoned out, and detoxed out.
<Chad`Winters> He's got quite the determination.
<DeathStar> 6* Dominick pushes up his glasses. "There's one thing the human mind is notorious about doing. When we don't want to think of something, it haves a way with playing with the subsconscious. As a doctor, I would recommend that if it is possible, confront Chad. You both have lives. It's time you settled your affairs. Especially if you want to become your own person again.
<Chad`Winters> And what makes you think I'd play fair like that?
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Because if you don't settle your affairs, a blow to the head might. Or a shot to the chest. Or a generator shocking you.
<Chad`Winters> I could snuff him out if I felt like it. 6He looks down at his finger nails. "He could already be gone, lost..."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> But he's not, is he?
<Chad`Winters> I'm sure he's doing fine right now, oblivious to the world until I let him see something.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Alright. I'll send my report to Cassandra. Feel free to stop by any time you wish to speak with me.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl is propped up in the bar, drinking her beer. There's a width berth of people, as if her rep has gotten around.
<Chad`Winters> I'll be sure to do that. 6He turns away, moving towards the exit
<DeathStar> 6* Dominick transmits his report to Cass, then waits for whoever she assigns next.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis wanders the civilian quarter with her supplies.
<DeathStar> 6* Warren holds up his hand, staring at it blankly.
* Jackieness is now known as Myria
* Myria walks into the counselor's office!
<DeathStar> 6* Dr. Dominick glances up. "Ah, Lt. Myria. Please have a seat."
* Myria nods and sits down.
<DeathStar> <Dr. Dominick> So, how are you feeling/
<Myria> I'm alright.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> So, 6he cups his hands together on the desk, "What do you think of the military life?"
<Myria> Ummm...its kind of boring.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Really? Why is that?
<Myria> I just run the teleporter.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> What do you think of all the trouble that's occurred lately among the crew?
<Myria> Ummm...I don't know...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You have no opinions on what's happened?
<Myria> I...was busy..trying to find the new captain and the other lost person...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Right. 6He cups his hands together. "Do you have many friends, Myria? Among the crew?"
<Myria> Ummm...well...there's John...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You're friends with John. Tell me a bit about that.
<Myria> Ummm...I think...I...ummm...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Yes? 6He answers gently, offering a smile.
<Myria> We...had a physical relationship...when I was udnergoing my...mating cycle...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> I see. And how do you feel about that?
<Myria> I...don't know.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Surely you have some thoughts about having a physical relationship with John.
<Myria> Erusians...and humans...have different points of vieew about this...its left me confused...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> How did you feel confused?
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias steps into the bar, wearing a bathrobe wrapped around his waist and his entire body flush red and his hair wet. He moves over to the counter and motions for a beer.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl tips back her hat, staring at Dias.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias looks over at Cheryl. "Yes?"
<Alicia> <Terra> *hands a beer to Dias*
<Myria> I don't understand how he feels about me...or how anyone else who knows feels about me...
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Don't they have dress codes here?
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Have you ever asked them?
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias grabs the beer taking a drink. "Apparently not."
<Myria> Ummm...no...
<Alicia> <Terra> "I figured he was just retarded or something."
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You should. It never hurts to ask people what they think of you. You should never be afraid to interact with people and learn from them. People are, by nature, social creatures. You should establish your own social network. And in a healthy network, getting feedback from others is importnat.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> No arguements.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I've got no problems showing off my well defined body. And apparently...6He looks Cheryl over. "Either do you."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Pardon?
<Myria> Oh...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Do you find it hard being around people?
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias quickly downs his beer and motions for another.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl eyes him in the face. "Mind explaining what you meant by that?"
* Myria nod nods.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> That I'm confident in my looks and so are you.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And what makes you say that?
<Alicia> <Terra> *doesn't say anything*
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Believe it or not, there's a lot of people like you. Not everyone knows how to approach someone and strike up a conversation. It's hard. The thing is you never know what will happen until you try. Or who you'll click with. You gotta be willing to put yourself out there.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I am the one wearing a towel.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And that makes you confident in your looks. Certainly.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Bingo. 6He takes another sip.
<Myria> Well...Erusians tend to be more...stoic then humans are...
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Not much to be confident about.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> 6Suddenly hangs his head, sniffling slightly as he turns to face his beer now.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Not everyone fits a defined pattern. Just because most Erusians are stoic, doesn't mean you have to be that way, also. Establishing your own identity is important.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl sips her beer, unphased.
<Myria> Oh...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Tell me. 6He cups his hands together. "Do you prefer being stoic?"
<Myria> I'm not sure...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Then experiment. Find what does work for you. Nothing says you have to be a certain way forever. I mean, if you've studied humans, you'll see they're constantly changing things about themselves. It's how we express ourselves.
<Myria> Ok!
<DeathStar> <Dominick> What sort of hobbies do you have, Myria?
<Myria> Ummm...I just...work with gadgets...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> You know, Serena likes gadgets. Maybe you should talk to her. You might find some common ground.
<Myria> Serena is...weird...
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias grabs his beer and takes a sip, apparently no longer sobbing. "Hah, you may have broke my body before Cheryl, but you'll never brake my confidence.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> How so?
<Myria> She just is!
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Fair enough.
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Is weird a bad thing?
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias motions for another beer and a drink for Cheryl.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl raises a brow. "Now what game are you playing?"
<Myria> Well...I guess not...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Don't be quick to judge people. At least not until you give them a chance. Wouldn't it hurt your feelings if someone judged you before actually getting a chance to talk to you?
<Alicia> <Terra> *hands out the drinks* "You know, you shouldn't wander around in just a towel."
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I just noticed that there's a buffer around you, so by buying you a drink and being next to in only a towel, I'm looking totatlly cool to everyone else.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Well, I'm insulted.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> No, you're beautiful. I can see where you one can confuse those two.
<Myria> Ok...
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Is there anything you want to discuss? Anything bothering you?
<Alicia> <Terra> *eyes Dias with disbelief*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You hear that? Beautiful. 6She snorts into her newly bought drink, rolling her eyes at Terra, as if sharing some joke.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> So you don't think I'm confident?
<Myria> Ummm...not really...
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Arrogant would be the word I would use. What about you, Terra?
<DeathStar> 6* Dominick smiles. "Well, then I'll let you go. You've done exceptional work, Myria. Just try to get out there and talk to people. Find ways to express yourself. Okay?"
<Alicia> <Terra> "Pretty much."
<Myria> Thank you!
<DeathStar> <Dominick> Please stop by here if you want to just talk.
* Myria nod nods.
<DeathStar> 6* Dominick smiles and sees her out
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Some might describe you as a bully, but I wouldn't./
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> And what would you describe me as?
* Myria leaves and goes in search of John.
<DeathStar> 6* John stands around on the bridge, reading a report on the women's showers.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I said I wouldn't, mainly because I don't feel like feeling pain right now.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Oh, he's a witty one. 6She finishes her drink
* Myria peers in on the bridge...
<DeathStar> 6* John pauses, as if sensing something. He looks left, then right.
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias finishes his drink and motions for two more, one for him and one for Cheryl.
* Myria sneak sneak sneak
<DeathStar> 6* John pauses, then turns around slowly.
<Myria> Hi!
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I think one of these days I'm going to beat you.
<DeathStar> <John> AAH! 6He jerks back
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl coughs on her drink
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> What/
<Myria> Is something wrong?
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> I'm getting much stronger now.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You wish
<DeathStar> <John> N-No. You just...startled me.
<DeathStar> 6* John takes a breath, letting it out.
<DeathStar> <John> What's up?
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Well I do owe you for all those times you threw me out windows.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I don't beat up on kids. Unless I'm in the mood.
<Chad`Winters> <Dias> Sounds like someones afraid of losing.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Alright, lets go. 6She gets up
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias stands up, setting his beer down.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl tosses Terra her hat, then steps outside, running a hand through her long, blonde hair
<Myria> Ohhh...I wanted to talk to you.
<DeathStar> <John> About what? 6He takes a seat, tossing his datapad onto Kyouki's head.
<Myria> Ummm...what do you think of me...?
<Chad`Winters> 6Dias claps his hands together and follows out behind her, his body no longer red.
<DeathStar> <John> What do I think of you? Um, well.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You can still back out.
<Alicia> <Terra> This is going to be interesting.
<DeathStar> <John> I'm not sure. You're a interesting person. I can never really tell what you're thinking.
<DeathStar> 6* Everyone in the bar looks out the window.
<Myria> Ohhhh...
* Chad`Winters is now known as Dias
<Alicia> <Terra> *heads out to watch*
<DeathStar> <John> I like you. You're a good person, and you never cause anyone trouble. And that makes you okay in my books.
<Dias> If were going to have a fight, we should make it worth it. How bout a friendy little wager?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> What sort of wager?
<Myria> Ok!
<DeathStar> 6* John grins, patting her on the head, then turns to grab his datapad from Kyouki's head.
<Dias> If I win, you get to be my slave for a day.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl snorts. "Right. And what do I get?"
<Dias> What do you want? 6He leans back, apparently he's already loose from being in the sauna
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> You have to give up your criminal ways. Forever.
* Myria pads out...
<Dias> ....
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *looks over at John*
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl puts a hand on her hip, staring at him with a look.
<Dias> If you're going to play it that way, you can't use your whip.
<DeathStar> <John> What?
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> I won't need it to beat you. 6She says, a grin curling on her lips.
<Dias> I accept your terms. 6He slides into his fighting stance, a low crouch with his feet spread out wide sideways
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl just stands there, as if patiently waiting. "You can go first."
* Dias dashes forward in low then flips over sideways, cartwheel kicking into Cheryl
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl is hit by the kick, grunting as she steps back. People in the bar begin to take bets.
* Dias lands on his feet and spins on his heel kicking outwards towards Cheryl's gut
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl reaches out, and attempts to grab his leg, then attempts to spin him face first into the bar wall,
* Dias reaches his hand down to his towel as she grabs his leg and he undoes it snapping it towards her face and pulling it back quickly.
<DeathStar> 6* Warren leans on his cane, watching the fight from a distance. The bar seems unsafe now.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl is hit in the face, and stands there.
* Dias quickly wraps the towel back around his waist and slides back into his stance.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *just sighs a little*
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Now. I'm pissed off. 6She suddenly goes for a sucker punch in his jaw.
<DeathStar> <John> WHAT?
* Dias 's sucker punched and he rolls backwards from the punch.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl rushes forward and attempts to follow up with a kick up at his chin
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Am I your personal shelf?"
<DeathStar> <John> Yes.
* Dias plants his hands as she kicks, launching himself above the kick, he quickly undoes the towel again, snapping it towards her face hand this time.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Do I get extra?"
<Dias> NRP: Hand
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl grabs the towel and yanks him toward herself, and her waiting fist.
<DeathStar> <John> I pay only in sex.
* Dias smiles as the towel goes taught and pulls himself back with it kicking hard for her neck as he lets the punch find it's mark
<DeathStar> 6* Everyone and Terra can see Dias naked. Ew.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl is hit in the neck and steps away, shaking her neck from side to side.
* Dias twist onto the ground, still holding onto the towel, he rubs his face with his free hand.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl suddenly yanks hard on the towel, aiming to throw Dias off balance.
* Dias is pulled forward, stumbling slightly
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl brings up her knee for his exposed groin
* Myria has left #taw
* Dias twists his body at the lost moment and slams his elbow against her knee to block it
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl yanks her hand up to try to knock him off balance again, her grip on the towel deathly.
* Dias let's go of the towel then plants his feet, thrusting both his palms towards her gut
<DeathStar> 6* Hit in the stomach, where she's been storing enough liqour to kill 5 Ridariusm, Cheryl steps back with a grunt
* Dias plants his weight and shoves off the road, spin kicking towards Cheryl's shoulder
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl grabs his leg, then attempts to throw a punch where Dias' confidence is.
* Dias swings his other leg out to hit Cheryl's punching fist
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl tosses him away.
* Dias hits the road, rolling.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl stands there impassively, opening and closing her hand.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Wouldn't Shiva be angry?"
* Dias pushes himself up and rolls his shoulders.
<DeathStar> <John> Nope. Because you'll never accept it.
<Dias> You're getting slower Cheryl...I'm going to beat you.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Hmph.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> At least I'm not the one's that naked.
<DeathStar> 6* She says, never lowering her gaze from Dias' face.
<Dias> Are you sure I'm naked? 6He motions to his crotch.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Nice try.
* Dias crouches and begins stretching his legs out.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl closes her eyes, then dashes in, throwing out a kick for his gut.
* Dias leaps backwards and presses against her kick, flipping himself over her.
<DeathStar> 6* Keeping her eyes closed, Cheryl swishes out behind Dias, as if predicting his movements now.
* Dias is hit and send spinning into the road again.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl flips up and comes landing in front of Dias, as if intercepting him.
* Dias presses against the road and launches backwards towards Cheryl. He looks up to see her not there and turns around slowly
<DeathStar> 6* John pauses, eyeing a report. "Seems we have some sort of bar brawl. Man and a woman."
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl spin kicks for his face, aiming to knock him out this time. She doesn't appear to want to play.
* Dias is nailed and sent spinnig into the road again, this time rolling along it hard.
<DeathStar> <John> Go break it up, would you, Kyouki?
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl opens her hands, dusting them off. "There."
<DeathStar> (eyes)
<DeathStar> (Dusting hands)
* Dias pushes himself up slowly, red marks all over his body.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl narrows her eyes.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... sure." *heads off to do so*
<Dias> God this is going to hurt in an hour....6He begins rubbing the back of his neck
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Staying down would be more advantageous for you, Dias.
<Dias> But getting up is far more beneficial to me.
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> ....
<Dias> Plus...I'm having fun. 6He tenses up, sliding into a half crouched over stance.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl shoots her gaze away, refusing to look at him.
* Dias dashes forward towards her again.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl, without looking, throws an intercepting punch for his got.
<DeathStar> (gut)
* Dias tucks under the punch and plants his feet, horse kicking up towards her chest.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl is hit and knocked onto the ground
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *heads to the bar*
* Dias lands on the ground on the other side of her and flips up and backwards, twisting his body as he comes down to drive his leg towards her chest again
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl is hit, wincing in actual pain. She grabs the leg and twists it.
* Dias twists his body with her twist to less the damage
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl rolls, and as if predicting he were going to do that, spins out and kicks at him.
* Dias is kicked and he's slides back from it
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl shakes her arm, looking slightly less human by the moment
* Dias takes several deep breathes as he tries to regain his breathe
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl takes deep calming breaths, and relaxes again,
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *finally arrives, watching*
* Dias dashes forward again. 1"Rising Moon." He kicks off the ground and flips backwards as he kicks outwards towards her jaw hard.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl changes her body stance to shift her entire body to the right.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... another brawl? Dias, don't you have anything better to do than start fights?"
* Dias flips around fully and lands in a crouch
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Anyway, this fight is over."
<Dias> This isn't a fight! It's a friendly sparring match.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl spins around and kicks at his back.
* Dias is sent stumbling forward and hits the ground.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... doesn't look friendly to me. Oh, and I've been sent to break it up anyway." *moves forward to do so*
<DeathStar> 6* Flipping up, she attempts to come down on his back.
* Dias plants his hands against the ground and twists, kicking direclty towards Cheryl's side as she comes down
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *tries to redirect Dias*
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws out a punch at Kyouki without looking, aiming to drive her back.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *dodges the punch without looking* "Damn it, don't attack me!"
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Stay out of it.
* Dias flips onto his feet. 1"I call foul!"
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Since the executive officer told me to break this up, no way."
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl spins around, throwing a kick at Dias' legs.
<Dias> Screw you crazy lad- 6He is kicked in the leg's causing him to flip.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... this is going to be a long day..."
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl watches him, her mind calculating the motion and range, then leaps up to intercept with a punch
* Dias throws his hands up infront of him as he's hit causing him to fly backwards and onto the road again, rolling once more.
<DeathStar> 6* Warren watches Cheryl quietly, one of a crowd.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl lands, crouched.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *tries to trip Cheryl as she lands* "I'm not giving up!"
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl blocks the trip, intercepting Kyouki before she moved.
* Dias looks over at the bar. 1"SOMEONE TOSS ME TWO BEERS NOW!"
<DeathStar> 6* Two beers are tossed out
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl turns her head to face Kyouki, her eyes looking at her oddly.
* Dias grabs the two beers and shakes them up, causing them to spray. He then begins soaking his body with beer.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *watches Cheryl* "Well, that works.."
* Dias suddenly darts in towards Cheryl again
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws a kick to get Kyouki to back off, then hops to the side and throws out her other leg at Dias.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *moves to intercept Dias* "I SAID BREAK IT OFF!"
<DeathStar> NRP: To intercept him, you get kicked by Cheryl
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *backs off, uneasily*
* Dias thrusts punches Cheryl's foot as she kicks at him
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl winces, then drops her foot and throws a punch at Dias, aiming to see how reacts.
* Dias twists his body slightly, letting the punch slide off his wet body. He plants his feet and twists his upper body, slamming his shoulder towards her chest.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... you know what? Screw that. I can't fight them both at once."
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl grunts, then headbutts Dias.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *glances to Warren* "You can vouch for that, right?"
* Dias 's head snaps down from the snap. His entire body falls and as he goes down he throws his elbow towards the side of her knee cap.
<DeathStar> <Warren> ... Yes. 6He never removes his gaze from the batle.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl howls once, sharply, stepping away.
<Dias> Ready to admit your defeat? 6He pushes himself up, stumbling slightly as he shakes his head
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws out a backhand for his jaw, not even looking ta him
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *moves to just watch*
* Dias entire body spins from the backjaw, his left leg spinning out towards her side.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl is hit. She grabs a trashcan from the ground and throws it at him.
* Dias falls backwards from the trashcan as he bounces off him.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl reaches out to grab his foot.
* Dias lies there, breathing heavily as he stares up at the cieling
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl picks him up and slams him down toward the ground again
* Dias 's body twists enough that his side slams against the ground
<DeathStar> 6* Warren pulls out his gun, checking the stun setting.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl goes to repeat the move.
<Dias> You...win. 6He lets out a huge sigh.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl pauses, as if she doesn't comprehend his words.
<DeathStar> 6* Then she lets go and moves into the bar
<DeathStar> 6* Warren watches then puts up his gun
* Dias groans as he pushes himself into a sitting position
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl sits down and grabs her hat, putting it back on. Everyone eyes her. "Refill." 6She tells Terra.
* Dias finally stands up, moving back into the bar.
<Alicia> <Terra> "... sure."
<Alicia> <Terra> *gives Cheryl a drink, then glances to Dias* "PUT SOMETHING ON!"
<DeathStar> 6* Warren stands there beside Kyouki, then grunts and moves off
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl throws it back.
<Dias> I lost my towel.
<Alicia> <Terra> "Then find some CLOTHES."
* Dias reaches over and grabs some guys hat putting it on. He then moves over to his barstool again and sits down. "There I put something on. Now beer me."
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl refuses to look at Dias.
<Alicia> <Terra> "Something more than just a hat!"
* Dias looks back at some guy. "Give me your pants.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl grabs a bottle of alcohol while Terra fusses at Dias, and begins to drink it all.
<DeathStar> 6* The guy ignores the loser who lost.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *wanders off to report*
* Dias grabs an empty bottle of beer and hurls it at the guys head.
<DeathStar> 6* The guy is hit and howls in agony
<Dias> I said give me your pants!
<DeathStar> 6* The man gushes blood and falls over.
<DeathStar> 6* Cheryl works on her bottle quietly, brooding something awful.
<Dias> Better call medbay...6He growls and hops off the stool moving to leave the bar.
<DeathStar> 6* Other patrons stare at Terra for not arresting Dias or something.
<Alicia> <Terra> "Just get the hell out!"
<Alicia> <Terra> *puts in a call*
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis stares as the naked man walks by. She raises a brow.
* Dias begins walking through the civilian sector naked as he makes his way back to his room
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis files that under a deleted memory, and continues
<Alicia> <Terra> *tells the police what happened* "Just deal with it as soon as you can?"
<DeathStar> <John> *Eyes the police report* Hey, Kyouki, go arrest this punk kid who hit some man with a beer bottle.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> ".. right. If Cheryl gets involved, though, I'm bowing out."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *heads out to find and arrest Dias*
* Dias heads into his room and shuts the door behind him. He then moves over to his shower and get's inside.
<Aiko> *Serena sighs and sits back, rubbing her temples as she finishes going over reports.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *heads to Dias' place, starting to search it*
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Dias! You're under arrest!"
<Dias> 6The shower stall can be heard running.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *waits just outside, readying her gun*
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis goes to get some coffee, and read her datapad.
* Aiko sips some coffee and sighs.
<Aiko> *Sera
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis sips some coffee, and does not sigh
<Alicia> <Terra> "I should ban that git from my bar permanently."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Hm? 6She looks up, clearly having been lost in thought
<Dias> 6The shower still continues to run
<Alicia> <Terra> "Dias."
<DeathStar> <Cheryl> Oh. If you want.
<DeathStar> 6* She shrugs.
* Aiko taps a message for Erevis on her datapad.
* Aiko is now known as Seraphna
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Do I have to burst in?"
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis sips her coffee, then sends a message about doing reports.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Dias! Stop moping, put some clothes on, then get out here!"
* Seraphna smiles and taps away, saying she is too and would like some company.
* Dias steps out of the shower and out of the bathroom, still naked, he looks over at Kyouki. 1"I don't remember calling for a hooker..."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "I'm here to arrest you."
* Dias quirks his eyebrows. 1"Rough is rough, but I don't like coughs."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "I'm NOT a hooker." *resists the urge to just deck the guy*
<Dias> NRP: Cuffs.
* Dias glances over at the door than her. 1"Don't you need a warrant to break into my room."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "After what you've done... I don't think it matters much."
<Alicia> NRP: Don't I have one anyway?
<DeathStar> NRP: You're good
<Dias> For getting into a sparring match with Cheryl outside a bar?! Bull shit.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis sends her location to Sera.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "And streaking. And hitting a random civilian with a bottle."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "So PUT SOME CLOTHES ON."
<Dias> IT'S MY QUARTERS! I CAN BE NAKED!
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Not when you're being arrested, you can't."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "I won't look if it bothers you that much, but don't even think of running."
* Dias plops down indian style and crosses his arms. "No, the guy started it."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "The guy?"
<Dias> The one I threw the bottle at.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *is not looking at Dias* "... really. By NOT giving you his pants?"
<Dias> Excellent, we understand.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "That's not enough reason to brain the guy."
<Dias> I barely hit him.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "You can fight with Cheryl and actually have a ghost of a chance of winning. I think you underestimate your own strength."
<Seraphna> *Sera falls in step with Erevis a short while later, smiling. <Hey there.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Good evening.
<Dias> You think I can beat her?! 6He stands upto leave.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "No."
<Dias> But you just said I had a chance.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "A very VERY slight one."
<Dias> Which is still a chance. I need to go for a rematch, now.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Mine is probably better, and that's saying something. And no. You're getting arrested now."
<Dias> You couldn't last 5 minutes with Cheryl.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Put some clothes on. Now. I don't want to have to dress you myself."
<DeathStar> 6* As they walk along, several people gawk at Sera and wonder if she had sex with that hot Hotaru
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Neither would you."
<Dias> On the contrary, I lasted 13 minutes.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... clothes."
<Dias> I'll make you a deal. You beat Cheryl in a fight and I'll goto jail willingly.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Or I could beat you, and just MAKE you go to jail."
<Dias> Beat me?
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Yes. I have a much better chance than you than her, squirt."
<Alicia> NRP: Against you than her
<Dias> I'll take that challenge. 6He moves to go put some clothes on.
<Dias> But if I win, you goto jail.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Haha. No."
<Dias> Than no. 6He plops back down.
<Dias> Apparently you're all talk.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "You're going anyway."
<Dias> Haha. No.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "I have a gun."
<Dias> You're going to shoot a civilian?
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis glances at the men, then at Sera, then at the men.
<Dias> A kid none the less?
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Maybe. Do you feel lucky, punk?"
<Dias> Yes.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *aims the gun at Dias's head*
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Still want to test me? I will hit you."
<Dias> You're going to hit me or shoot me? Which is it?
* Seraphna shrugs to Erevis.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... you can hit people with bullets you know."
Session Close: Tue Feb 20 00:00:00 2007

Session Start: Tue Feb 20 00:00:00 2007
Session Ident: #taw
<Dias> Than yes, I feel lucky.
* Seraphna ties her long hair back, fixing it into a large tail.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Apparantly you are the center of people's thoughts.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *steps forward, readying the gun to fire... then punches at Dias' guts*
* Dias hand intercepts the punch, stopping it from reaching his gut.
<Seraphna> <Wierd... what'd I do...?>
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *kicks at Dias as her hand's stopped*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> It would be rude to repeat their thoughts. However loud and strong they are.
* Seraphna blinks and stares, <Wha?>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis just maintains her neutral expression
* Dias throws his other hand up and catches her foot.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "..." *kicks at Dias's shin with her other foot, hoping to at least trip him*
<Dias> 6Since he's sitting indian style she just hits his knee cap. 1"OWW!"
* Seraphna blushes a little, playing with her hair.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Stop trying to resist arrest then!"
<Dias> *waves her off and gets up to put clothes on*
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *lets Dias put clothes on*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Did you have anything you desired t odo?
* Dias turns around to see Kyouki still there. "What the hell?"
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "I'm not giving up on arresting you."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Thanks for actually getting dressed though."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *is still not looking at Dias*
* Dias suddenly flops down to the ground.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *moves to cuff Dias*
* Dias is apparently not breathing
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *cuffs Dias anyway*
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *drags Dias off*
* Dias is dragged off, still apparently not breathing
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Anyone would think you wanted a kiss."
* Dias is either not breathing or very resilient
<Seraphna> <Hmmm... a bit hungry...>
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *is reading Dias' mind*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Where shall we eat then?
<Dias> 6Continues to not breathe apparently
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... if I kiss you, will you stop pretending to be dead, and actually walk there?"
* Dias still doesn't appear to be breathing on his own
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... I'm taking you to the brig either way, so decide now."
* Dias pops his head up. 1"Sure."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... fine then." *kisses Dias, somewhere out of sight*
* Dias suddenly passes out from sheer joy.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "..." *shakes Dias until he wakes up*
* Dias is shook and shook, might be easier to just carry him.
<Seraphna> <Let's find something simple and quiet...>
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "..." *just carries Dias, then, obviously annoyed*
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I see. What is ... simple and quiet, then, in regards to food?'
<DeathStar> 6* The guard takes Dias off Kyouki's hands and puts him in a cell with Juan
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Thanks.." *goes off to report to John, seeming tired somehow*
<DeathStar> 6* John is eating a pickle when Kyouki returns
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "I caught him... Dias again."
<DeathStar> <John> That was Dias? 6He blinks
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "How did you ever put up with him?"
<DeathStar> <John> He's not that bad. ... sometimes.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Must be a bad day."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "He tried the not-breathing trick on me."
<DeathStar> 6* John laughs. "Did you do CPR?"
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Hell no."
<DeathStar> <John> That's good. I'd be afraid if you kissed him or something
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... I actually said I would if he'd actually WALK instead of me having to DRAG him..."
<DeathStar> <John> ... 6He looks at her slowly. "And did you kiss him?"
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... I don't want to talk about it..."
<DeathStar> 6* John grins. "You did. You totally kissed him."
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... and he just fainted. Or pretended to. Either way, I had to carry him after all."
<DeathStar> 6* John roars with laughter.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *looks away, ashamed*
<DeathStar> <John> Oh, don't be ashamed. He's harmless. You probably gave him a nice ego boost. You're pretty hot, after all.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Thanks.. but I probably just encouraged him."
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis studies the various resturants, playing with a strand of her hair, as if unable to decide what fits Sera's description
<DeathStar> <John> Probably.
<DeathStar> <John> Besides, he needs a good girl like you to make him settle down.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Are you trying to hook me up with just anyone? First Xanatos, then Dias?"
<DeathStar> <John> It's a sin against God for you to not be with a man
<Alicia> NRP: <Kyouki> But I'm saving myself for Dea- I mean Darien!
<DeathStar> NRP: I thought you really said that and I was about to go, "WTF?"
<Alicia> NRP: LOL!
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "I'll keep looking.. but I'm not really interested in those two."
<DeathStar> <John> Who's your type?
* Seraphna points out a chinese place and leads her in.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Well, if Xan wasn't such an idiot, I'd consider him, but... I'll end up reading that mind sooner or later."
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis blinks, then steps in, glancing around as she tries to take it all in
<DeathStar> <John> Ha ha ha. So you like pilots.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "A good place to start."
<Alicia> NRP: Wasn't DS a pilot? *inno*
<DeathStar> <John> Dias is a pilot.
<DeathStar> NRP: Yes.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... really? I didn't think he was military."
<DeathStar> <John> He's not. But he can fly.
<Seraphna> <Don't be overwhlemed.> *she takes a paper menu and circles what she wants* <Start with the meals that mention food you're familiar with.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I am...unfamiliar with all of this. 6She says slowly.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Well, that's something."
<DeathStar> <John> I can fly, too. You sure you want a pilot? 6He grins,
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Aren't you taken?"
<DeathStar> <John> I am. But some people say me, Xan, and Dias are the most annoying people on the ship
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "At least you have brains."
<Alicia> NRP: Is that a double burn or triple?
<DeathStar> 6* John beams. "Thanks, Kyouki."
* Seraphna smiles and circles something off, <Chicken and Broccolli for you then.>
<Alicia> NRP: Just double ^^
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "No problem."
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis nods once, as if accepting that. She appears to be very unpicky.
* Seraphna smiles, collecting thier plates and taking them to a table, sitting. <Thanks for spending so much time with me Ere...>
<DeathStar> <John> So, should I give you a list of our pilots. We have like 30.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> It is no problem. 6She sits down, studying the layout of the chinese resturant
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Sure, I guess I can check them out."
<DeathStar> 6* John brings up the list of the various fighter pilots they have.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *looks over the list, looking for any familiar names first*
<DeathStar> 6* They all appear to be NPCs.
<DeathStar> 6* 'cept Xan.
<Seraphna> *It's a fairly standard chinese restaurant witha big kitchena and little eating area.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Why is it called Chinese?
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "I'll look them over, anyway."
<DeathStar> <John> Glad I could help. 6He grabs another pickle and chews.
<DeathStar> <John> You know, Warren's single.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "You think he'd be interested?"
<DeathStar> <John> Only if you get him high when he kisses you
<Alicia> NRP: <Ariel> Damn it, Kyouki! Stop going after my boyfriends!
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "If I can do that, I'd be amazed if he wasn't."
<DeathStar> <John> He did have a sexual relationship with Arhn Arhnya once.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> *blinks* "How long did that last?"
<DeathStar> <John> Half a year, I think.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Maybe I do have a chance.."
<DeathStar> <John> There's always a chance. Break up the stares between him and Ariel, too
<Seraphna> <Not sure, it was made by Canadians...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Ca-na-dians. 6She repeats.
<Seraphna> <People from teh Northern Parts of the American Continent.>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis stares blankly, not remembering such a place.
<Seraphna> <I'll point it out on a map sometime.>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis nods once. "Very well."
<Seraphna> <Though, they call it Chinese because it mimics the Chinese culture's food.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Ah. You must be talking of older countries before the unification procress.
* Seraphna nods, <A lot of them are still referred to by region.>
<Seraphna> <Keeping the culture, I guess.>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis nods thoughtfully.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... well.. if Ariel does make a move, I'll back off."
<DeathStar> <John> She won't. She loves Darien Starr.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "I feel like I know that name." *pauses* "Oh well."
<DeathStar> <John> Previous General, lost in a special rift.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "... that does sound familiar."
<DeathStar> <John> We have reports on it. Read over them some time.
<Alicia> <Kyouki> "Sure."
<DeathStar> <Erevis> What is your favorite food? 6She asks Sera.
<Seraphna> <Hmmm... dunno, Pizza the most I guess.>
<Seraphna> <You?>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I liked Xanatos' breakfast. 6She plays with her string of hair, glancing down
<DeathStar> 6* John chews noisely on his pickle.
* Seraphna blushes, <Ah...>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis glances up as the food arrives, tentatively trying it.
* Seraphna takes a bite too.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> This green stuff has an interesting taste
* Seraphna smiles, <Broccolli.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I like it.
* Seraphna smiles encouragingly, <Try the chicken.>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis complies, eating it. "Different than the chicken served in other places."
<Seraphna> <It's cooked in Duck Sauce, fried, pretty good huh?>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Yes. People find so many ways to prepare food.
* Seraphna giggles mentally, <Yes they do... I'm not that good a cook myself...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Really? I was taught how to ... prepare some dishes.
<Seraphna> <Oh? Wanna cook dinner sometime?>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I'm not that good.. 6She adds quickly.
<Seraphna> <*giggles* I'd like to try anyways...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Very well. If you are not pleased with it, you do not have to eat it
* Seraphna smiles softly
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis eyes the fortune cookies that came with the food. She picks up one.
<DeathStar> 6* And then promptly eats it.
<DeathStar> 6* She makes a face at the fortune paper inside is now inside her
* Seraphna giggles, reading her own. <Shoulda warned you about the fortune.>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis follows, refusing to show weakness in eating paper. "Fortune?"
<DeathStar> (swallows)
<Seraphna> <...Nevermind.>
<DeathStar> NRP: Sera's Fortune: You are blessed with robotic friends.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis glances down to see what Sera is readingh
* Seraphna smiles, showing her the fortune.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Your lucky numbers are 12..45..34...3..17..and 33. 6She repeats, eyeing it.
<Seraphna> <Gotta love that 33.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Why 33?
<Seraphna> <Dunno.> *smiles and grins*
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis blinks.
<DeathStar> 6* John snores, having fallen asleep
* Seraphna puts a hand on Erevis' for a second.
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis raises a brow. "Is there something wrong?"
* Seraphna withdraws it, blushing and looking down.
<Seraphna> <N-No... I ummm... I...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Is there something on your mind?
<Seraphna> <Y-Yeah....>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> What is it?
<Seraphna> <F-Feelings... i-it's nothing... I...>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis raises a brow. "What about your feelings?"
<Seraphna> <I... ummm.. I like you...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Thank you. I find your company enjoyable as well.
* Seraphna blushes and looks away shyly, <T-Thanks...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Are you well? Your cheeks are flushing. Are you running a fever?
<Seraphna> <N-No... I... I... I'm sorry...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You are sorry for what?
<Seraphna> <I don't know...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I ... see.
<Seraphna> <I don't know how to explain it to you...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Explain what? 6She seems to be studying Sera hard now, as if trying to figure out what's up
<Seraphna> <I ummm... I like you a lot... a whole lot... I haven
<Seraphna> <I ummm... I like you a lot... a whole lot... I haven't felt this way since... welll...>
<DeathStar> 6* Erevis listens quietly, shifting a bit in the seat. After having only hung out with Sera for 3 days, she finds it hard to believe she's rose to the top of Sera's friends list so easily.
<Seraphna> NRP: Yep, over Hota... she's got a big friends list after all. :P
<DeathStar> NRP: LOL
<DeathStar> NRP: Everyone's your friend, Sera.
<DeathStar> NRP: Except Bob
* Seraphna sighs and shakes her head, smiling, <Sorry... I'm moving too fast... I've got a bad habit of doing that.>
<Seraphna> NRP: Fuck Bob.
<DeathStar> <Erevis> You position is that one of sitting. 6She notes, cocking an eyebrow. A joke, or seriousness, it's hard to tell
<DeathStar> of one*
* Seraphna studies her for a moment.
<Seraphna> <I have... deep feelings... I need to explore... but... just don't worry about it for now...>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> Very well. If you resolve your feelings, I will be glad to hear about it.
* Seraphna smiles, <Just keep spending time with me... is all I ask, you're a good friend.>
<DeathStar> <Erevis> I can do that if you wish.
<DeathStar> -End-
Session Close: Tue Feb 20 02:16:13 2007