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RP: Pisces Episode 01 - 'Under A Blind God'

Marina went to the ready room without a word, trying to cover her chest...meanwhile, Dastravi blabbed on about Anri, most notably mentioning that he had slept with her several times at Kessaku.

Whether this was a death wish, a distraction attempt, or simply the actions of a madman, the world may never know.
 
"You!" Irim hissed. She couldn't stand the thought of anyone else touching her sister's most private places. She wasn't sure whether to be angry with him, or Anri, or both. She went into a bathroom nearby and dismounted. In a minute, she was in the ready room in her uniform.

"You're pretty," she smiled at Marina.

Meanwhile, the medic gave Nozomi a powerful muscle relaxant and moved her onto a stretcher for transport to the medical bay. She also put a mask on Nozomi and began pumping her lung with a high-oxygen air mix.
 
The suppressant restored enough control to let Nozomi focus her eyes and look at the medic, and speak just a little bit. "You! You were...at the Purge...when I finally fell victim, weren't you?"

Small universe. Quadrillions of beings and she thought she knew the one putting her on a stretcher.
 
"...well, I hoped that worked," Dastravi muttered, as he put down his communicator and started making arrangements for a new Soul Backup.

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Meanwhile, Marina blushed profusely for a moment as she was complimented, but soon remembered herself. "...you sent the fleet here due to a brief communications outage caused by my staff requiring their attentions elsewhere. In my opinion, that's a gross overreaction." Marina stared directly into Irim's face, knowing that her reaction to looking at anything else would be disasterous.

"I will be blunt. There is a serial killer on the station, who is playing a game with us. With me. I didn't want to risk any chance of his escape so I had the station quarantined, I didn't want to risk the chance of collaboration so I had all communications monitored, and I didn't want to risk the Fleet's reputation so I did not inform command or my enlisted crew."

"And if I may say so, we are severely undermanned and lack the resources to even run a murder investigation right, let alone finish construction on a star fortress. The SMX are advancing. Soon enough, this station will be on the front lines. We can't afford to waste any time, and your foolish commandeering attempt has done exactly that!"

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As the small group of disgruntled 5th Fleet officers proceeded down the corridors an audible sound began to be emanating from the walls, a slow creaking sound. The sound of pressure being built up to dangerous capacity. With a final mighty creak a panel flew off the wall followed by a fountain of Hemosynthetic fluid. In quick unison other panels began to explode in streams of the corrosive fluid, quickly dissolving every creature it came in contact with.
 
"Not unless you mean the Xyainbor Offensive," the medic answered. "Don't worry, you're going to be alright."

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"Billions of KS worth of materials are flowing through here to Elysia and Nepleslia. We cannot quarantine this station."

To Dastravi, she demanded to know why the station computer system wasn't yet online.
 
"Because the parts haven't been shipped! And there aren't enough men! Do you know how many manhours it takes to install a KAMI system? We just barely got the sensory network installed today!" Evidently, despite his foppish demeanor most of the time, Dastravi was quite serious about this.

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As for Marina, she almost growled before remembering herself. "So you would leave me to see a murderer manipulate this station? Or worse, allow them to go free on whatever planet of their choosing? We're under a blind god here, and there's only so much we can do."
 
"From what I've heard, you are the key to this," Irim suggested.
 
"The man is...targeting me," Marina admitted. "I don't know why. I'm just a communications officer turned commander of a half-completed, undermanned station orbiting a ball of water. I'm...unimportant."
 
"No, I mean the Purge of Albini. The biological terrorism that wiped out most of the population. I almost survived it...and now to top it all off the ship I contracted to bring vital parts to the station isn't reporting, neither is my liaison. As a matter of fact...no signals at all are coming from the waypoint."
 
"Marina, at this point you must realize you are the main suspect. After all, you were at every crime scene and the evidence was all 'contaminated' by you. It is supicious, especially since, as you say, you're unimportant. Tell me...how have your sleep habits been lately? Have you ever found yourself missing time during your days?"
 
Marina didn't even bother hiding her anger. "...I'm the commanding officer on a military vessel, Taisho. 'Sleep' is not part of my vocabulary. I resent the accusation! Interrogate me if you must, I am not a killer!"
 
Irim slammed a fist in her hand. "You cannot dismiss the possibility! As a safeguard, I want you to have guards on you at all times. Not only will it eliminate you as a possible suspect, but it will ensure your safety." The Taisho thought for a moment before speaking again. "If it isn't you, it it likely someone that knows you, and probably knows you well. That is where your investigation should focus. The killer will likely stay on the station until caught, or he kills you. Make sure it is the first."
 
Yaichiro's path was blocked by a large puddle of HSCS-2, the fluid spewing from a line in the wall in several places...he then saw rapidly emptying uniforms and rapidly dissolving chunks of flesh. Two Nekos, crying from the pain, were on the edge of the blast, and had varying levels of injuries, from minor HSCS-2 sprayed skin to loss of limbs. One young Shoi cried, slowly crawling away, everything below her torso dissolved.

After getting the survivors clear as best he could, he quickly checked his datapad...and found that HSCS-2 pressure was dropping rapidly in this area. He then tried to cut off the HSCS-2 pressure to this line, but the pressure was too high...cutting off the line at a normal valve would blow it. He'd need to get to the command station and use several valves in unison, something he couldn't manage with the datapad. The fact that the civilians were lumped together was either a miracle or a curse depending on where they were. Immediately he contacted every officer he could get a hold of, including Taisho Irim, noting that Camellia and Caine were apparently nowhere to be found by the simple Pisces internal relay network.

"TAISA! It's just as I feared earlier! HSCS-2 pressure is plummeting, and I've encountered a major series of leaks en route. There are dissolved crew everywhere, some with only uniforms left, some missing limbs. I recommend everyone don Power Armors or haz-mat suits if they go into these areas! I recommend immediate evacuation of the civilians...and Taisa...this was done AFTER I limited HSCS control to those my rank or higher. Whoever did this...is probably an officer or a hacker...also, Camella-Chui and Caine-Shoi are nowhere on the station...I don't know if they've departed or if they've been killed."
 
Camellia's shuttle was welcomed into the Seijin no Umi's shuttle bay, a group of soldiers awaited her on the deck, and directed her that the Taisho wanted her on the bridge.

The Ayame cruiser with Yuka, Caine and Steel docked with the flagship; Yuka and Caine were also requested to appear before the Taisho and were escorted to the bridge.

Mayumi then opened a secured channel to Irim. "Taisho Kessaku...â€
 
An idea came to Yaichiro's mind. Vent the HCSC-2 into space, where it could do practically zero damage. Like a wounded animal, better to bleed on the surface than flood its internals.
 
Yaichiro considered the thought, and decided it would be prudent...he opened the affected section to space, the anti-organic fluid sucking rapidly from the section. It was important to time this just right...he'd cut the internal valve as soon as it was within tolerances, and then the external valve immediately after.

Doing so in the opposite order would blow the internal valve even more quickly, and waiting too long would mean the HSCS-2 would all suck out of this line, and be replaced with air...the section he was in could explosively decompress...

When tolerances were within limits, he cut the internal line as quickly as possible, to minimize HSCS-2 loss, and then the external line in rapid succession...he and the surviving 5th XF officers felt a very brief, but strong, suction of air; then the valve was closed...a few popped their ears, the displacement and rapid replacement of the atmosphere causing them mild discomfort...Yaichiro sighed as the job was completed successfully...

"...I've managed to decrease pressure and close the line. We've vented maybe 12% of our HSCS-2 into space...we'll need it replenished to sustain all these refugees comfortably, though. I need medics down here...I have wounded and dead."
 
"Ma'am," Camellia said with a bow when she entered the bridge, "I formally request a transfer of station, off station."

Camellia's expression was serious, she never wanted to step foot on that station again. "I would also like to know if Inou and Sasaki could accompany me. They were helpful."
 
The Taisho regarded Camellia. "I have no problems with that request; you are needed on the Yugumo anyway. Caine is on his way up, once I get a response from Irim we can get underway. I am late for a meeting at Hotaru anyway.â€
 
Yuichi poked his head into the ready room...he saw the Taisa and Taisho...

Marina's nudity confused the six-year-old boy as he timidly stepped into the room, visibly shaken, on the verge of tears...

"Um...Miss Taisa Lady? Miss Kitty was taking me someplace safe when we got seperated...what's happening? ...are we gonna die?"
 
Caine walked with Yuka to the Seijn and once he reached the bridge of it and was thus in the presence of the Taisho he gave her a nice respectful bow. "Hello Koyanagi-Taisho." he offered her a smile and his gaze shifted to Cam afterward. The blonde let out a sigh of relief at seeing she was safe, he'd been concerned for her safety. I'm glad to see you're ok Cam....
 
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