Alex Hart
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The Former Skyguard 2nd Fleet,
In orbit of planet B7R 604.
Tim Aricson was on the bridge of the flagship of the 2nd fleet, renamed the Exodus, and had called Sienna Nelson up to the bridge to confer with him before he gave the order to move out.
The auburn-haired, headband-clad human wearing what appeared to be a two-sizes-too-small (read: skintight) uniform hop-skip-something'd her way onto the bridge - seemingly as if she'd just had a couple dozen too many energy drinks - and, with the skill of a lifelong addict, blew a bubblegum-pink bubble. Pop!
"Heyos, sir! You rang?"
Tim turned to look at Sienna and... tried to ignore her distracting choice of clothing. "Sienna, is everything ready to go?"
"Yep-wait, hmmm..." - another bubble and another pop as the curvaceous kid thought back to what Wally had said to her a few minutes prior - "yep, everythin's ready to go, sir! We ready to dance~?"
"Okay, stand by, I'm addressing the fleet."
Aricson tapped a button on the Intercom. "Men and Women of the USO 2nd fleet, I am aware of yoru dissatisfaction with the current state of our homeland. It has been ruined by a corrupt government which exists only to serve those in the upper class. Sky Warden Tasuki has failed to reign in the corrupt parts of the government, and left us with only one choice."
"We go now to seek a new home, far away from here. We will start new lives, and build a new home we can be proud of. To all off you who leave your homes and families behind, I'm sorry for your sacrifice, but you leave them to build a better tomorrow. And to those of you who have brought your families along with us, I promise we will keep them safe."
Aricson made a sort of dramatic gesture, pointing ahead as if to the future. "Today, we are no longer the USO 2nd Fleet. Today, we are the Exodus fleet!"
Sienna, standing slightly behind and to the right of Aricson, smiled, but if anyone had seen her expression at that exact moment, they would've been...confused, to say the least, for she was known to always be happy and upbeat, no matter how serious, dark, or depressing life was at that particular moment - and yet...
And yet Sienna Nelson's smile was, at that particular moment, anything but happy and upbeat. It was more...melancholic in nature, as if she'd witnessed this kind of scene before despite being far too young for such a thing to have occurred - and, more importantly, it was scared. Not of the unknown - she lived for the thrill of meeting new people and getting to know them - but of what lay hidden within its depths.
She was scared, and she knew that sooner or later it would happen again.
Aricson seemed to sense that there was something wrong. Sienna was never usually this quiet.
He turned to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Sienna... Is everything okay?"
The kid's expression changed almost instantaneously back into its normal self. "Yeah, sir, I was just wondering where I'd put the rest of my beloved bubblegum~" - her expression brightened as she fished another piece out her pocket - "oya, an' that was a rad speech you gave." A deft hand motion later, the gum was unwrapped and being consumed. "Yum~~~"
Aricson sighed. "Sienna, please don't bullshit me. I know you too well to be fooled that easily."
"No bull, sir, for realsies. You an' I both know I can't keep a secret to save my life." That much, at the very least, was true - Sienna was absolutely horrible at keeping things to herself, particularly if one bribed her with bubblegum or something similar. It was why she'd been the last to find out about the whole plan to begin with, and why she - despite her attempts to wheedle the information out of her usual sources - still hadn't the faintest idea as to where they were all going.
"Sienna, please. I won't press you on this now, but I will talk to you about this again later. I want to help you."
As the two were talking, a guard poked his head into the bridge. "Hey Aricson, someone's here to see you."
Dressed in her short cut black jacket and blue jeans, the blonde Horizon liaison had easily slipped on board the ship before it left, Kryss had strolled the length as many times as she could count on her fingers poking her head into various places to see what was going down. Eventually getting bored she made her way to the bridge and had spoken to the guard posted outside, stepping into the room with a serious expression she eyed up the two standing there.
"I presume you're Aricson?" She addressed the ship's captain casting a glance in the direction of the neko beside them. "Kryss Black, although I won't bore you with the formalities of business but I'm here for two main reasons, to assist your little exodus and to gather data for my own endeavours. Sound like a fair enough trade?"
Aricson turned to the woman. "I am, and to be honest, we don't really have the choice to turn your offer down. What will you be doing to help?"
"Herro, Miss Black~," said Sienna with a twirl and another coral-hued pop, "and yep, the more friends the merrier. If there aren't any unoccupied bunks left..." - if memory served, and it always did, there wasn't anyone by the name of Kryss Black in the ship's official roster - "...there's plenty of room in mine. If, of course, you're into that kind of thing~." Pop!
Kryss ran a hand through her hair absently before responding, "Well im not sure how far you expected to get with such lack luster security when you boarded, but I already have some cargo in your hold which I think you will find quite useful."
Switching her attention back to the neko she gave her a slight smile, "I don't see an issue with that, a business woman has to be adventrous in life after all, otherwise how will she get where she needs to go?"
Aricson sighed. "Now's not the time to be worrying about sleeping arangements. What are you bringing to the table Miss Black?"
"Yay~~~," replied the second highest-ranking officer onboard the Exodus, brushing over her superior's comment but also knowing not to pursue the topic any further.
"Indeed, I may not be staying so long as to need a bed anyway. As for what I have managed to bring with me we figured you guys would need a little bit of self defence and we need the free marketing, don't take this wrong way but this isn't something we're doing purely out of the goodness of our hearts."
Kryss straightened up and stretched her arms, "I have an unmarked container with 30 SSR's within and enough Energy cores to last each weapon for a month. They're yours regardless of what happens as I don't intend to take them back with me, consider that the freebie in exchange for gathering some data to help our research. Of course Horizon is willing to provide you with more supplies in the form of weapons, personal vehicles and some survival equipment if you catch my drift..."
Aricson offered Kryss his hand. "Thank you Ms. Black, I'll be sure to take that offer in earnest. We'll need all the help we can get, wherever we're going."
"Interested in going to my room?~" Sienna knew better - seriously, she did - but Miss Black was so gorgeous, and besides, the important serious stuffs were all over now, unless the stinkers at S6 tried anything.
"Sienna, please don't try to sleep with someone while we're trying to escape from the star system."
------ Meanwhile, on planet 188604 ------
Long range sensor instalations in orbit of the planet relayed information to the skyguard fleet in the 188604 system. Alex looked up as an alarm flashed. "Shit..."
In orbit of planet B7R 604.
Tim Aricson was on the bridge of the flagship of the 2nd fleet, renamed the Exodus, and had called Sienna Nelson up to the bridge to confer with him before he gave the order to move out.
The auburn-haired, headband-clad human wearing what appeared to be a two-sizes-too-small (read: skintight) uniform hop-skip-something'd her way onto the bridge - seemingly as if she'd just had a couple dozen too many energy drinks - and, with the skill of a lifelong addict, blew a bubblegum-pink bubble. Pop!
"Heyos, sir! You rang?"
Tim turned to look at Sienna and... tried to ignore her distracting choice of clothing. "Sienna, is everything ready to go?"
"Yep-wait, hmmm..." - another bubble and another pop as the curvaceous kid thought back to what Wally had said to her a few minutes prior - "yep, everythin's ready to go, sir! We ready to dance~?"
"Okay, stand by, I'm addressing the fleet."
Aricson tapped a button on the Intercom. "Men and Women of the USO 2nd fleet, I am aware of yoru dissatisfaction with the current state of our homeland. It has been ruined by a corrupt government which exists only to serve those in the upper class. Sky Warden Tasuki has failed to reign in the corrupt parts of the government, and left us with only one choice."
"We go now to seek a new home, far away from here. We will start new lives, and build a new home we can be proud of. To all off you who leave your homes and families behind, I'm sorry for your sacrifice, but you leave them to build a better tomorrow. And to those of you who have brought your families along with us, I promise we will keep them safe."
Aricson made a sort of dramatic gesture, pointing ahead as if to the future. "Today, we are no longer the USO 2nd Fleet. Today, we are the Exodus fleet!"
Sienna, standing slightly behind and to the right of Aricson, smiled, but if anyone had seen her expression at that exact moment, they would've been...confused, to say the least, for she was known to always be happy and upbeat, no matter how serious, dark, or depressing life was at that particular moment - and yet...
And yet Sienna Nelson's smile was, at that particular moment, anything but happy and upbeat. It was more...melancholic in nature, as if she'd witnessed this kind of scene before despite being far too young for such a thing to have occurred - and, more importantly, it was scared. Not of the unknown - she lived for the thrill of meeting new people and getting to know them - but of what lay hidden within its depths.
She was scared, and she knew that sooner or later it would happen again.
Aricson seemed to sense that there was something wrong. Sienna was never usually this quiet.
He turned to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Sienna... Is everything okay?"
The kid's expression changed almost instantaneously back into its normal self. "Yeah, sir, I was just wondering where I'd put the rest of my beloved bubblegum~" - her expression brightened as she fished another piece out her pocket - "oya, an' that was a rad speech you gave." A deft hand motion later, the gum was unwrapped and being consumed. "Yum~~~"
Aricson sighed. "Sienna, please don't bullshit me. I know you too well to be fooled that easily."
"No bull, sir, for realsies. You an' I both know I can't keep a secret to save my life." That much, at the very least, was true - Sienna was absolutely horrible at keeping things to herself, particularly if one bribed her with bubblegum or something similar. It was why she'd been the last to find out about the whole plan to begin with, and why she - despite her attempts to wheedle the information out of her usual sources - still hadn't the faintest idea as to where they were all going.
"Sienna, please. I won't press you on this now, but I will talk to you about this again later. I want to help you."
As the two were talking, a guard poked his head into the bridge. "Hey Aricson, someone's here to see you."
Dressed in her short cut black jacket and blue jeans, the blonde Horizon liaison had easily slipped on board the ship before it left, Kryss had strolled the length as many times as she could count on her fingers poking her head into various places to see what was going down. Eventually getting bored she made her way to the bridge and had spoken to the guard posted outside, stepping into the room with a serious expression she eyed up the two standing there.
"I presume you're Aricson?" She addressed the ship's captain casting a glance in the direction of the neko beside them. "Kryss Black, although I won't bore you with the formalities of business but I'm here for two main reasons, to assist your little exodus and to gather data for my own endeavours. Sound like a fair enough trade?"
Aricson turned to the woman. "I am, and to be honest, we don't really have the choice to turn your offer down. What will you be doing to help?"
"Herro, Miss Black~," said Sienna with a twirl and another coral-hued pop, "and yep, the more friends the merrier. If there aren't any unoccupied bunks left..." - if memory served, and it always did, there wasn't anyone by the name of Kryss Black in the ship's official roster - "...there's plenty of room in mine. If, of course, you're into that kind of thing~." Pop!
Kryss ran a hand through her hair absently before responding, "Well im not sure how far you expected to get with such lack luster security when you boarded, but I already have some cargo in your hold which I think you will find quite useful."
Switching her attention back to the neko she gave her a slight smile, "I don't see an issue with that, a business woman has to be adventrous in life after all, otherwise how will she get where she needs to go?"
Aricson sighed. "Now's not the time to be worrying about sleeping arangements. What are you bringing to the table Miss Black?"
"Yay~~~," replied the second highest-ranking officer onboard the Exodus, brushing over her superior's comment but also knowing not to pursue the topic any further.
"Indeed, I may not be staying so long as to need a bed anyway. As for what I have managed to bring with me we figured you guys would need a little bit of self defence and we need the free marketing, don't take this wrong way but this isn't something we're doing purely out of the goodness of our hearts."
Kryss straightened up and stretched her arms, "I have an unmarked container with 30 SSR's within and enough Energy cores to last each weapon for a month. They're yours regardless of what happens as I don't intend to take them back with me, consider that the freebie in exchange for gathering some data to help our research. Of course Horizon is willing to provide you with more supplies in the form of weapons, personal vehicles and some survival equipment if you catch my drift..."
Aricson offered Kryss his hand. "Thank you Ms. Black, I'll be sure to take that offer in earnest. We'll need all the help we can get, wherever we're going."
"Interested in going to my room?~" Sienna knew better - seriously, she did - but Miss Black was so gorgeous, and besides, the important serious stuffs were all over now, unless the stinkers at S6 tried anything.
"Sienna, please don't try to sleep with someone while we're trying to escape from the star system."
------ Meanwhile, on planet 188604 ------
Long range sensor instalations in orbit of the planet relayed information to the skyguard fleet in the 188604 system. Alex looked up as an alarm flashed. "Shit..."