Once she bowed and left the Captain's room Freyja started to shake. there was to many thing working through her head. namely the fact that she had to deal with the new Saint operative. Oh the crushing emotions about Eli were there but her brain was still in professional mode.
After stopping in her bunk to retrieving her pistol and giving Mr. Waffles a tight squeeze, she left for the new cabin of Itto Nagato, now that she had spoken to the Taisa, she no longer wanted to just shoot the person, but she still didn't trust them, it was rare to see another operative since she had left Vicky.
Maki was still in her cabin. She sorted out the last of her things, put them away and made sure her uniform was still properly adjusted. She then went to the door about to exit. that is when she paused, her keen hearing told her someone was outside.
The SAINT operative rest a hand on the comforting weight of the NSP strapped to her belt and spoke through the door. "What can I do for you?" she asked, as usual her voice was pleasant and calm.
"umm... Well.... I just... wanted to talk to someone..." Her voice was filled with the emotions that she had been holding tight since she was told of the transfer.
Making raised a blue eyebrow. The emotions this one was giving off was like she needed a personal confident, rather that some form of official talk. She opened the door and stepped back."Please, come in. What would you like to talk about?"
Stepping in she mentally sealed the door behind her, so that no one other then she or the Taisa. Freyja frowned as she thought of a way to have this conversation. It was then she realized she had locked herself up in a room with someone with her hand on their gun. All that she could think of to do was, to tackle the Itto and start to sob as she pinned her arms down.
That was not what the operative had been expecting the other to do, but her own training had kicked in right away and as the pilot advanced, sobbing or not, Maki sidestepped with speed and grace, watching with some amusement as she face planted on the deck.
"Are you alright?" Maki asked.
Freyja was sure this was going to be a lot easier if she could have just shot the lady by now. Curling up into a ball she continued to sob, muttering things like he left and hurting. Her brain raced 'this was so not going right in any way, what the hell am I doing...'
Maki frowned, just a little. "I think this may be something better suited for you to ask a friend or counselor?" she suggested.
"I... I... can't trust anyone else aboard the ship..." Her voice was weak but at least the words were getting easier to understand. freyja worked up to a seated position as she looked up at Maki tears still working our of her eyes.
"And so you go to the SAINT Operative just assigned to the ship?" Making smiled, it was hard to tell if it was a happy smile or something else. "Well that is a first, usually a knife between the ribbs or a bullet between the eyes is the more standard greeting, not a counseling session" she said.
"I... I thought about it at first... but... then again that would have been rude..." Freyja's hand slipped back and she drew her dark colored NSP, tossing it up at the confused agent.
She was in fact not confused at all. She had already seen the matte black SAINT issue sidearm on the pilot's hip and snatched it out of the air deftly as it was tossed. Thumbing a switch in the same motion as she caught the weapon she ejected the power cell into her other hand.
"I though it was interesting, though foolish that your handler missed this detail and did not issue you a standard fleet issue NSP while you are under cover" Maki said, all pretense aside now. They knew what the other was. "This could get you killed in some corners of the galaxy"
Maki then returned the disarmed weapon to the pilot, her own gun still secured in its holster, the safety strap in place and a constant gap of several feet maintained between the operatives.
"Don't have a handler... one day I was working in the clear with a fighter squadron, next orders to report here, with no permission to work in the clear. I try not to wear that, unless I'm on an operation, then I have always just thought to say I got it as a gift or something." Freyja was sure the higher ranked Saint personnel was going to try to take over here, but she was here first and her mission was to observe, so that is what she did.
Mski smiled, this was defiantly not a friendly smile. "Mm that's a nice story, but nobody gets those as gifts" she said. "Don't bring it out again" she warned. "Especially since you're orders are not to operate in the open"
With a bit of a huff she put the pistol back into working status then stuffed it into her holster, "then high and mighty what do I carry on duty... I can't be flying with out it..." She stood up slowly and still stared up at the taller Maki, "I came here only because the Taisa told me to, and I only told you who I was because I thought it might be helpful for both of us working together, but if you are going to become some kind of bossy jerk then I don't have to play nice either." She wasn't sure at all where the back bone was coming from, it was like when she snapped at Eli.
Maki smiled dispassionately, "First, requisition one from ship's supply. I say this because I do not want to do the paperwork when your cover gets blown and you get your brains splattered across a wall somewhere" she said, her voice constantly and unwaveringly maintained the same calm, pleasant tone. "Second, I am not here to boss you around or take over your mission, we are both here for different reasons and as far as the crew knows, you are still a simple pilot" she went on. "And I see no reason why we can not peacefully work along side each other" she finished. "Unless you want an enemy?" she added with just a hint of a flash to her acid yellow eyes.
"Fine..." she growled at first before her mind reverted back to her normal though processes, "What.. what are your orders?" Freyja recalled that the Taisa had said that Maki was suppose to be helping with ground recon, so she figured the orders where close to hers.
"Officially to assist with the mission at hand" Maki said. "Beyond that I am not at liberty to say just as much as you will not be telling me the details of yours" the spy responded smoothly. She was completely unphased by the others rapidly changing demeanor.
"I was meaning, what are you suppose to be doing... I'm not trying to get your official orders, I'm just trying to figure out how we are to work together." Frejya was starting to swing back to the idea of just air locking the agent, it would have been easier
"As I said, I am here to assist with the Aeon's mission" Maki replied, leaning back against the bulkhead casually.
"Oh... ok... well here are my reports so far on Kata'nova... but you be nice to her, she is nice and I would hate to have to fight you cause you hurt her in some way." Freyja transfers a few documents from her glasses to the desk station, with just a few quick thoughts.
"I had no intention of being otherwise" Maki replied truthfully. She had no reason to be unkind to Kata'nova and it would do nothing to further her mission to be so anyways. "Thank you" she added once the files compleated downloading onto the desktop terminal. "And don't worry, I have no intention of telling the crew or anyone else your true status as a SAINT Operative or shooting you in the back" she said reassuringly, though not adding the obvious unless ordered to do so.
"Thank you..." she fought to smile a little, maybe she wasn't going to be an enemy and the Taisa was right. She would just have to keep an eye on the Saint agent, just to make sure. "Ummm... She's a combat pilot like me..."
Maki nodded. She had read up on the available information on the Aeon's alien passenger on her way over. "Yes, I would like to interview her at some point soon, but not right now, maybe after the away mission" she said.
Freyja was sure she didn't want Maki alone with Kata' the girl might do something that would upset Kata, who would in turn draw her knife or her pistol. That would not end well at all. "Please inform me before hand, so I can be there, I was the one who rescued her, and she is most comfortable with me."
"If you wish, though your being present is not necessary" Maki replied. "I will not upset your friend" she let her eyes drift half closed as she stored away mental notes about this Operative. She was a strange one if she truly was presenting herself forwardly, if she was not, the personal she was presenting was still strange and an unusual choice for a cover.
"You better not, also don't touch what is her's. She doesn't like that." she frowned maybe the Taisa would help her keep Maki from interviewing Kata alone.
"Nitô Hei Freyja Oinari, there is no need to speak to me in such manner. I am quite capable in doing my job efficiently and without upsetting the subject" Maki said, pushing away from the wall and standing back up to her full height. The look in her yellow eyes changed, showing a hint of her darker side behind them as her eyes bored into the other operative. "Also, I would suggest severing whatever personal or emotional attachments you have made with this person, they are clouding your objectiveness and the mannerism in which you speak to a fellow operative, let alone a higher rating member of the fleet." she said, very matter of factually.
Freyja was not frightened or startled in the least, her teachers where far scarier, "I handle her how i like, the fact that you have shown up and started even speaking of our guest like that makes me speak to you as such. My feeling towards Kata'nova are not part over this what so ever." She spoke softly but stressing certain words did slip out, with out her meaning to.
"You need to consider there are others who will work with this person and you can not always be there, Nitô Hei. The Taisa asked me to work with the guest. If that is a problem or you think the Taisa is in error in this order I believe you should take that up with here and stop giving me flack for following the orders given to me by my new commanding officer" Maki replied flatly.
"there shouldn't be a problem as long as you don't touch her things. Think if you were trapped on one of their ships, would you want some intelligence agent touching your stuff." Freyja wasn't going to back down.
"I never had any intention of touching her stuff" Maki replied. "I just want to talk to her. That is all." she crossed her arms. "You are just going to have to trust me" she went on. She looked the other in the eyes. "But I will warn you now, if you continue to press this hostile attitude when I am just trying to do my job, I will have to do something about it"
The threat hit her square between the eyes. Freyja calmly smiled, "I haven't been hostile, at this point I still hope to have some one I can talk to... I'm still dealing with a few other things, but tell you the truth. I rather stick my hand into an Aether Generator, then talk to you anymore." She pushed past her towards the door.
"Well thats nice" Maki replied. "I'm sure you can find the engine room easy enough, all these gunships are so easy to get around" she said and smiled pleasantly. "I hope you have a nice time"
Freyja unlocked the door and walked out waiting for it to shut behind her, if she would have been thinking she would have locked it again. She stormed off to her cabin and curled up with Mr. Waffles, thinking of ways to deal with this new member.
Maki waited for a moment after Freyja left and shook her head. She made a few more mental notes, then departed from her cabin.
