YE 44.5.12
Bridge
Aoba read over the contents of the data pad and just kind of grunted, "Mmm," in a Yamataian accent and stroked his goatee. "Hmm," he added.
Mochi slowly slid his gaze from Aoba to Koyama and offered her a blank expression. No doubt it was meant as humor that reflected Aoba's noncommittal response. He stared blankly, like a fish might out of its tank, hoping to illicit a response.
Koyama just stared, from the Captain, to the Elysian, and back at the grunt. She raised a finger, her lips parting as if to explain, then closed her mouth. Lowering it. "...sir? Anything you would like to add?" emphasizing the last word.
"It's worth trying," Aoba simply said. He slowly moved over to a large kettle and poured a new glass of hot green tea into cup, then looked over to the main viewscreen with a quiet stare, as it displayed the sights of Sood Zadra. There was something peaceful about falling snow.
Mochi gave Koyama a slow lopsided blink, one eye then the other, as Aoba looked at the viewscreen. After a moment, he decided that the bit wasn't working on her. "Well- If there's nothing else, I'll head out after the others, sir." With that, the Elysian would throw up a salute and head out of the Bridge.
"Captain, I just got a transmission from Kawa-Shōi. It seems like there are... Nekovalkyrja here?" She paused, "I mean, not our Nekovalkyrja."
Koyama stood silent a moment longer, almost drawing the conclusion he'd have just grunted again in response. And cause her to storm off the bridge. Use words she'd only ever heard her teacher use, a large ID-SOL who had once worn an 'I <3 Catgirls' shirt on an elevator on Leo Station. And return in a calm, composed fashion. A small breath passed between slightly parted lips than before following his gaze. A visible shudder passed through her.
Snow. Snow... a love-hate relationship of her past. Nearly being crushed and frozen to death by it as a Youngling. To relish in it as an older girl in the Ice Queen Mountains. Where the Yuki-Ona myths of old resurfaced at her passing. It was enough to almost make her miss the look her Elysian peer had given.
'You looked like a Nexim City Pug doing that.' she transmitted, establishing a telepathic link with him. Mentioning the Kennewesian city and their famous four-legged companions. Who, despite appearances were quite intelligent, able to float, and lived for decades longer than a normal canine.
"Nekovalkyrja? And what do you mean by 'our' as in our ground team, or...?" leaving it open ended enough.
"I mean, Nekovalkyrja other than our team, Ketsurui-Taii. They're driving a hover-sled, trying to get Kawa-Shoi and Lulie-Hei to ride with them."
"Odd," Koyama stated from the command pulpit, looking directly down toward Tachiko, and her station. "I understand some members of the older models of our species could still floating around outside of the Empire. But, they should be far and few between. Is there any chance of a visual? Perhaps we can run their faces through image recognition via PANTHEON?"
"Hai. Running the search on Kawa-Shōi's telemetry now, Commander." It only took a few moments, and a hit came back. "Superior Elite Narapara Apparatta, Fifth Heavy Assault Century. The other didn't hit."
"What is a Rikugun soldier doing down there?" Koyama questioned aloud, folding her arms under her chest. Then looking to the Elysian, "And an unknown." looking back down to Tachiko, "Any theories?"
"Not Rikugun, Commander. NMX."
"Chusa?" Koyama said, voice firming at the mentions of the NMX. Where they were concerned, or their predecessors were, things tended to end bloodily.
"Commander," Tachiko said in a low tone, "They're getting on the sled..."
"Warn them," Koyama ordered.
"Kawa-Shōi! Kinie!" Tachiko sent over the comm, "The one with the red hair is an NMX NCO, Superior Elite Narapara Apparatta, do you copy? The other Neko is unknown to our files! Kinie, do you copy?"
Landing pad
"This is a military ship," Poppy told Zeck. "Everyone must keep their distance for your safety and our safety. Do not approach the Resurgence or you will be stopped by one of our armed security personnel," she warned.
"In a place like this...no offense...I'm surprised that the locals let anyone touch their ships either," Euikoshi observed. "I imagine some really interesting cargo probably flows through the area," she speculated.
"Mmhmm," Poppy nodded. "Anyway, there will be no further warnings. Stay away from our ship," she repeated to Zeck.
"I good at working on ship." The red skinned alien seemingly taking offense to what Euikoshi said more over than the what the others told her. "I got reputation can fix about any ship." She looked past the two and at cassie then her weaponized toolbox she launched in frieght. Maybe she would have to get a gun after all from Kotema, thought tain on it first. "I get tool box back yes?" Zeck said to the women in front of her. "It Zeck first tool box from offworld have lucky tool."
A tall, ethereally-thin, blue-skinned humanoid in lightweight gold armor floated casually over to where the encounter between the ground crew and the Resurgence's crew was occurring, accompanied by a small golden drone that seemed like a knockoff of a FARS. The long-eared, black-haired individual spoke, "I'm Bremara ef 2 Laralan Marlaran of Sood Zadra Spaceport Security. Is there some issue?"
"Hello, I'm Nitô Heisho Poppy Pink. I'm a medic from the Resurgence here. This person was seen attempting to approach our ship and I've cautioned her that we will not allow anyone to approach the Resurgence," Poppy explained. "This is an active military ship that requires a certain level of force protection. No one is to approach our ship except members of our crew or invited guests," she said. "If you have any questions please speak with my captain."
"I have orders to give ship look over as per standard landing package." Zeck said and will hand the datapad she held to Laralan. "If it an error it an error." She will look over at Cassie. "However i do want tool box back."
"That sounds like a you problem and not an us problem," Poppy said with a bit of sass. "I'm cold and I'm going to get moving," she said, heading towards the markets. Euikoshi followed her, shooting the Kuvexian a dirty look. "We used to stack you Kuvvies like fire logs." she spat. "Cassie! get the lady her toolbox!" she yelled over her shoulder.
Cassie trotted over and gave Zeck her tool kit. "Just give us our space," Cassie said apologetically.
The security officer merely smiled politely despite the display. He, or she, it was somewhat hard to tell, patted Zeck on the shoulder. "It's all right, Technician. Just go on to the next one." Looking up, they simply bowed their head to the pair as they passed. "She must have never got a good look at a Kuvexian before, right?" They gave Zeck a little nudge and a wink. "Don't worry about it. Yammies gonna Yam, right?"
Zeck will say something in her native language as Poppy and Euikoshi walked by. She will take her tool box and stow her datapad. "It mistake i go now." She gave her trademark nervous grin showing off her pointed teeth. "It seem so."
"You wanna hit the Fifth Floor of the Nonapus after my shift? Tiamalla is singing there. Nothing going on on Six or Seven, and that's as deep as I go. And I don't bother above Three."
Zeck will give a bit of a shy smile, with the rest of the crew she was more or less behind alone. "S-sure."
"Awesome," said the Aealim security officer. Their rank translated as "with two mates," but that sort of thing had relaxed a little after the collapse of the Kingdom. This was Sood Zadra, after all. And just because they were entitled to two mates, didn't mean they had them!
Ranger Duo
Yayoi glanced around the environment around her before turning her attention to Sanda. "soo...where do you want to head first?"
Sanda shrugged. She had run back to her cabin to retrieve one of the huge Aether Cleavers she had bought on Valaad. Maybe she could find someone here that could tell her something about them. She looked over at Yayoi. "Lets head to the market areas. Thats where most of the crew will probably head as well. We can at least be in the area in case any of them get into trouble."
Yayoi nodded her head in agreement with Sanda. She knew that if she wanted to look for information, the market was a good place to go look for it. Plus she liked the idea of being near by incase their crewmates get into trouble. She hoped that none of them would do anything stupid.
Sanda adjusted her ear muffs over her ears. It was pretty cold out. Luckily, she had had the sense to put on a body suit under her uniform. It wasn't a far walk to the market area. Sanda had ignored the shuttle as she didn't want to be confided inside a vehicle. Besides, it was warmer to keep moving.
Yayoi adjusted her own outfit, and began moving forward towards where she knew the Market Place was. Her hands in her pockets like they were guns that needed to be holstered. Like before she'd had her hidden blades so she wasn't unarmed.
The walk to the market was uneventful, though Sanda did see a couple of Rixx driving taxis. She glanced over at Yayoi to see if she would react to them.
Yayoi spotted the Rixx taxi drivers, her eye twitched and the urge to stab savagely grew within her, but she was a well behaved and sane Neko, instead her face twitched to almost a smirk. As if amused that Rixx were driving others and not being nuisances. "Well..that's something you don't see every day," She muttered loud enough for Sanda to hear.
Sanda smirked. "Nope. That's for sure. I.." Sanda stopped as she received a message from the Doctor. She turned to Yayoi and smiled mischievous. "Seems like the good Doctor has picked up a tale. You feel like being sneaky?"
Yayoi smiled "fun and shopping, my hermana you are a good companion to have on a excursion like this, I'm always willing to be sneaky, Doc tell you his location?" She asked her.
"Hey that's what I'm suppose to say." Sanda laughed. She checked her data. "He's been dropping pings of his location. Smart. He's not far. Lets see if we can pick them up and their tale without giving ourselves away."
Yayoi nodded her head silently not feeling like she needed to say anything more, but she kept her eyes out.
Delmira and Kinie stuff
Delmira looked over at Kinie whom she had wrapped in her scarf. "Lets go get you warmer clothing." She had suggested.
Kinie handed Delmira the scarf back. "I don't want to be out of uniform," she smiled, brushing her hands down the black coat. "I remembered to put the termal liner in so I am alright except for cold ears," she said. She looked a little pale, but then again she was always a little pale. She pulled out her black lipstick and rubbed some on her lips for a moment, checking her reflection in her communicator.
Delmira watched Kinie and smiled at her as she wrapped the scarf the around her and used her hologram to project her uniform around herself. "Good thing we can fake clothing." She looked at the other woman's lipstick.
A hoversled pulled up and from atop it, there were literal catcalls. This hoversled was not helmed by the coarse Rixxikor, nor by the stoic Ehlen, or chatty L'Kor, or even a mysterious Elefirn. No, this hoversled was manned by Nekovalkyrja. A heavily-armed duo, rather ragged looking, in scum-brown coveralls with darker, less stained spots that look as if certain telltale rectangular patches had been removed.
"HEY CUTIES! EEEEYOW," called the tawny-haired one with Neko markings on her face, "You and your girlfriend need a ride, Kitten?" The redhaired one, arms folded across her chest, snorted with laughter.
Delmira watched the sled pull up and she looked at the duo in credulous confusion before looking at Kinie. [If any thing happens i got a backup gun in my boot if you need it.} She said via telepathy to the other woman.
"I don't believe we've been introduced," Kinie replied to the hoversled's occupants.
"We got hired on for the security detail but it's BORING!" The arm-folded one replied, "So we're driving the sled for some extra SCRATCH." They both make scratchy-cat gestures in unison. "Come on. You know we know how to drive. We even take the almighty Kikyō Satsu!"
"Dont be wimps. You're NEKOS."
Delmira looked at Kinie. "What do you want to do?"
"I'm okay as long as I'm with you," Kinie said, holding Delmira closely.
"That's what I wanted to hear! I was beginning to thing they stopped making them as scary as they used to be, right Nara-kun? Step right up," the tawny Neko said, "We'll make it EXTRA romantic. Twenty for the deluxe tour!"
The other, apparently named Nara, revved the engine. "Hey, our squidman is long dead. We don't got nothing to do with you if you're not here to cause trouble in the colony, right?"
Delmira will hand over the money before getting into the sled and holding her hand out for Kinie. "Your chariot awaits." She said with a grin. "And no we are not."
Kinie took Delmira's hand and scooted her bottom into the cab. "We're looking for a general tour, but also specifically for some navigator or cartographer who knows a lot about machine planets. We're in the market for some salvaging and my boss is willing to make deals for the right information," Kinie said, grinning with her fangs showing a little.
"I'll have to think about that," said the Neko, "but I hope you two like Nepleslian power ballads!" She cranked both the deck heater and the tunes, and the one known as Nara peeled out at full throttle, knocking over a mushroom-kebab stand to the amusement of both of the scruffy Nekos operating the sled.
"I don't know all about that machine planet stuff," said Nara, "But I know if you're looking for information in Sood Zadra, then there's only one Blue Meanie you need to talk to, and that's the one that runs the place." She was mostly paying-attention as she drove, but was also drinking from a dubious bottle with a Kuvexian label in between shouting over her shoulder at the others. She passed the bottle to the other, who took a swig and offered it to Delmira.
"Just call me Ruru." she said, loudly over the strains of the first guitar solo. "There's a nice lookout on that snowbank overlooking the domes. It's colder out there but you two lovecats should be able to keep each other warm right?" Both of them snickered at her jibe, and Nara splattered at least three Rixx in a row at each intersection she ran without stopping.
Delmira will make sure her bodily systems are running in case the offered beverage would kill her. Well given the world she was on it was sure to have enough alcohol to kill a elephant. She took the offered beverage and took a swig from it not before she turned her hologram uniform off. "Whos this Blue Meanie?" She asked and shot Ruru a smirk at her comment. "oh im sure we coud melt the snow out there."
"So could we," Nara called from the front of the sled, running over a small ground transport on her way out of the colony up to the vantage point. "You know. The Kuvvie running the show."
Vec and Cheilith
Cheilith left the shop, tucking away the candy into her satchel of trade goods. She glanced around the market, and saw a stand that had two exits that couldn't both be watched at the same time. "You want to check out some rugs?" She asked.
"Always," Vec said, setting off in the direction of the stand.
They moseyed their way towards the stand, and came in to a shop with lots and lots of rugs. Cheilith examined one, "Like their pretty, but I don't know exactly what they do." She said, turning to Vec but looking out of the sides of her eyes to put an eye on their persuer.
Don't say you can hide a body in one of these, don't say it, Vec. "You just put them on the floor, to brighten up a room, and it's usually softer than sitting on the bare floor," he positioned himself so he could see the other exit, "I've been places where they barely use chairs. Just really bright rugs and pillows. It's fun to eat like that, just lounging. Hmm, I kinda like this one," he said pointing to a red rug with a pattern of intricate squares.
"I don't think I've ever just sat around lounging to eat. It feels like I'd just be laying on the floor or something. I wonder if I could get anything for it." She wondered, examining the rug before moving to a deep blue one with a intricate blocky pattern of white lines on it.
Another humanoid entered the shop, a Nepleslian, maybe. Vec tucked their pressense away. "You should try it sometimes, it's relaxing, like drinking on a board walk. Anyway, why not get something just to have it?"
"We have the same profession. I own a single truck to keep all my stuff in. I have to pare everything down to what is going to fit in my berth or in my truck. A big rug like this just doesn't fit." She said, keeping a watch for the green guy who also just happened to step in to the shop, blocking off both of their exits.
"Maybe a smaller one for your truck?" Vec asked, ignoring the fact that he owned only a small handful of personal items.
Sanda had her camo-cloak pulled over her head, as if she was trying to keep out the cold. She had quickly located the good doctor and Cheilith but had kept her distance. She did send a location ping to them, indicating that she was in their area. She had also quickly picked up their tale. It was almost embarrassing how sloppy the green skinned mutant was trying to tale the doc.
Vec felt his comm vibrate. Green is defineitly an issue, now it's time to see if the Nep is just a shopper. Vec set off towards the Nep. "Let's see if we can find you something smaller," he said.
Yayoi disappeared as she used her own stealth skills to make her way to where Vec and Cheilith were. Trusting that Sanda had alerted her comrades to their presense. Like Sanda she too spotted the one following them. Green skinned mutant, it didnt surprise her someone was green, as she had a blue skinned sister, and Tachiko had a blue skinned clanmate. She kept her eye on the mutant, and readied herself to make a move should the mutant point himself as a threat.
The nep was a tall one, almost an ID-SOL sized. "You ain't going nowhere till you answer some questions for us." He said with a threatening growl.
"Yes, I'm single, no you aren't my type, friend," Vec said with a grin, "Now if you'll excuse us--"
"Who do you work for?" He asked, cutting Vec off and stepping forward, poking Vec in the chest. A few more goons followed him in.
Cheilith's hand slipped under her loose clothes to put a subtle hand on her NSP. She looked back at the green guy as he was joined by some associates.
I really hope I don't have to shoot somebody, Vec thought.
Yayyoi allowed her breath to come out in in doing so she began to enter a trance. The green guy was huge, but she knew that as a Giretsu Trained Ranger, and a Neko she could handle him.
Sanda almost grinned when she saw that green skin had been joined by two more... associates? Goons was probably the better word. Now things were getting interesting. She moved closer to them, invisible to them as all their attention was now focused on the doctor and tall.... Was that an ID-SOL?
"I'm talking to you wimp, who are you working for? why are you intrested in a lostek?" He asked, looming over Vec.
"Hey, my man," Vec said craining his neck up and taking a step back, "I just bought the girl some candy, what're you talking about?" He held the man's gaze as he spoke.
Yayoi thought of the neko she'd seen training rigurously in the fortress back on Yamatai. her feet landed on the ground with even the briefest of sounds, as her hands moved out at blinding speed to stricking hard at the necks of the goons, at a specific pressure point at the necks to cause them to get knock down. Only them did she move forward to to deal with the next threat to her comrades life.
With Yayoi's attack on the goons behind them, Cheilith spun, using her left hand to clear away the loose clothing so it didn't get caught on anything as she cleared leather with her NSP. Vec was in the way, so she shot the two on either side she could see with two precise shots to the center of mass with her weapon set to stun. The whole thing took less than four seconds. Then she was tackled from the side, sending the pistol flying.
Grin turning almost sadistic, Vec let himself drop back, his hand knocking his jacket aside. As his bottom hit the floor, he had let off two shots into the ID-SOL's chest followed by one to his forehead. The big man stagged forward and toppled on top of the Doctor with a thump.
Sanda watched as Yayoi moved in on greeny and his comrades. She remained where she was standing and watching the suroundings to make sure no one esle was taking an interest om the fight. She did give Yayoi a pouty face and muttered, "Hermana. ¡Él era mío!"
Yayoi wasn't the only one with Giretsu training, Cheilith had been in her same class and they had graduated together. She wrestled with the shop owner for a few second, getting her into a headlock and causing her to pass out before scrabling after her gun.
Yayoi could hear how upset Sanda was. so she sent a message sorry Hermana but it wasnt my fault Vec shot him.
Vec pressed his pistol to the side of the man's head and gave it another tap for good measure before shoving the corpse aside. Pushing himself to a kneeling position, he turned to see Unknifto in hand to hand.
Sanda's teasing face turned deadly serious when she heard the shot. She was quite surprised that it was the Doctor who had shot and killed someone. She scowled. This was bad. They were on a neutral world.
Yayoi glanced to Vec with an expressionless look to her face as Vec killed him though he was a medic.
Standing, he said, "Grab Green boy, lets get Oscar Mike." He moved to cover the street outside. "Fuck it, wrap him in a rug."
Cheilith dove under a diplay of rugs to retrieve her pistol and came up, but the fight was already over. Four special forces troopers could take a lot, and these had seemed to be street thugs. She grabbed a rug that didn't look too expensive and wrapped the dead man in it.
"Wait!" Sanda moved forward and quickly did a search of the dead man's pockets. Looking for some kind of ID. Not finding any, Sanda pulled her camo-cloak around her and just dissapeared into the crowds.
"And this place has THE BEST RUGS," was the velvety purr of an Elefirn speaking Trade, audible outside of the stall, and approaching.
Yayoi cursed as she heard the speech. "Fuck, gotta scram, now!" she said very quickly moving the bodies to make them look like they were drunk and passed out.
Cheilith holstered her weapon hoisted the dead man in a rug over her shoulder and left the stall, looking for Sanda.
Holstering, his pistol, Vec backed into the shop following Yayoi.
"I've really, really been wanting a new rug to tie my place together," came the uncannily un-accented Trade of one of those weird blue not-quite-Kuvexian folk. They were almost about to enter the shop!
Yayoi soon disappeared before she could be spotted, though carrying Vec over her shoulder using both her strength and her speed to get them both out without being seen. Damn it doc
Sanda moved outside and found an alley way that was empty. She waved Yayoi and Cheilith over to it. She glared at the Doctor as Yayoi carried him.
Vec bristled at being carried, but he didn't struggle. Human legs vs Neko and all that.
"So what now?" Cheilith asked in a neutral tone. She was perfectly happy to bury the body or surrender to the police, whatever Sanda said.
Yayoi spotted Sanda and hid in the alley
"Did you grab one of the survivors? We can take him for questioning, if not, fuck it back to the ship." Vec said still hanging from Yayoi's shoulder.
"We do have the green guy, and the dead guy in a rug." Cheilith said, pulling some plastic smart cuffs out of her bag and affixing them to their live captive.
"Well everybody who matters is still alive," Vec said flatly.
Sanda shook her head in disbelief. "What the Hell was that? We're on a neutral world. Much as I like to, you can't just shoot people like that."
Yayoi sighed in esasperation. "are you, or are you not a Doctor, Vec?" She asked dropping him to the ground.
Falling with a grunt, Vec sat up and looked at them, "Yes I'm a doctor. Crew saftey's my job is it not? I made a command decision, Hoshi."
"It seems like they're closed? Hmm, Oh well..." The pair outside the shop moved on.
"They closed in on us, pushed him, Vec's not a big guy, so he was in fear of his life vs an id-sol. Self defense. Arguably." Cheilith summarized.
"On a normal world, yes. But here... If we had been seen they could have made all kinds of trouble for us. Luckly, I'm pretty sure Yayoi took out the surrounding guys before they saw you blow the brains out of their buddy." Sanda said, still not happy with the situation.
"Still can be trouble, we stunned most of them." Cheilith pointed out.
"You all did good back there," Vec said standing up to dust himself off. "Let's stop standing around and get going."
Yayoi nodded "agreed, we should keep moving, just incase we are seen, I'm sure it would catch too many attention to stay in this alley like this.
"We also have to move with two bodies." Cheilith noted.
"Leave the bodies. They'll bring us more trouble then any information we could get out of them most likely." Sanda adviced.
Cheilith nodded, reaching down and releasing the cuffs before returning them to her pocket. Then she used her volumetrics to project the image of a diffrent Neko over herself. "I'm ready to go."
Deciding not to coutnermand her, Vec simply snapped a picture of each man's face. "The ID-SOL knew about the tech," Vec said.
Sanda moved over to Yayoi and play punched her on the arm. "Next time I get to fight the bad guys." She teased. She didn't like how the situation had gone, but it was good to see that she and Yayoi were still such a lethal pair.
Yayoi glanced to Sanda and nodded trying to look solem "alright, Hermana, I'll let you fight the bad guys next time, It's what a good sister does afterall.
Mochi
Mochi made his way out of the Resurgence, kitted up with some of the gear he kept in his Science Lab locker. He was hoping to pass as a visiting Elysian. Using his wings as a snow covers, and sporting some nondescript clothes over his uniform, Mochi slipped off into the crowds.
After some time, the Science Officer came across what he was looking for. A discreet, camera-less workshop with mind-machine interfaces, SPINE interfaces, even an ST machine at the back. There were a bunch of workstations scattered around with various electronics and computer components.
With some small golden bars he had brought for the occasion, Mochi bought access to the facilities. Moving over to a vacant workstation, he plugged his Advancer interface into the SPINE port. Accessing his stored memories and skills, Mochi transferred them to a storage chip.
Having been planning this for a while, the Elysian then ran through the necessary steps to spin up an infomorph of himself inside the chip. After a few minutes, the process was done. He wiped his digital footprint and ensured nothing had been copied, logged or otherwise tampered with. Passing over a few more bars in payment for the storage chip, Mochi slipped it into his pocket and wandered out, whistling lightly.
The L'Kor in the shop counted his gold bars and clacked his beak happily to himself as he spirited them away into his safe.
Poppy and Euikoshi ran into Iemochi shortly afterwards. "Hey senator!" Poppy called out. "Battle buddies, remember, sir?" she reminded him.
Mochi smiled politely and waved to the two new arrivals. "Hi ladies. I'm just looking for a mail or shipping service but can't seem to find one! Have you seen any?" The Elysian flicked his wings to dislodge some snow that had matted onto them. "I was looking for Sanda and the others but couldn't spot them-"
"You shouldn't be alone, sir," Euikoshi pointed out. "I mean, you're a senator. Imagine if someone wanted to reprogram your brain to vote for them using a shady ST machine or something," she said, pointing to the shop he'd just been in.
"They could snatch you right up, knock you out, and drag you to that head-ware place. It looks just like the ones you find in Ternifac," Poppy nodded. "Anyway, have you seen any place selling leather coats? I'm freezing!!"
Mochi waved a hand dismissively, "It's all fine. People have tried and failed before to assassinate me. Last time it was in USO space and that didn't work." He chuckled, "I appreciate your worries though. With all this snow on my wings and this far from Yamatai, I doubt I'd be recognised by anyone."
"I wonder if they sell male contraception that works on Minkans," Poppy pondered aloud as she scanned the area and noticed a pharmacy. "I'd love to look at some of these drugs."
The Elysian nodded down towards another alleyway, "I think I saw some more shops down there. You can look for a coat while I look for a shipper." He smiled warmly.
"We're sticking to you now, sir," Euikoshi said.
"Sure, you're welcome to come along! Empress knows we've shared a lab long enough!" Mochi winked to Euikoshi. Leading the way, he wandered around with the other two in search of more shops.
Finally Poppy spotted a shop with coats. She'd know there had to be one in this snowy location. She grabbed a thick one made of leather with a fur collar and paid a decent amount for it. "Alright, maybe if we can find someone else to babysit the Taii, we can look at those pharmaceuticals," she suggsted to Euikoshi. "Call the other team members and see if they want to meet."
"Babysit." Mochi shook his head with a grin. "I didn't realise I was such a drag." The green-panel stretched his arms over his head for a moment as he wandered ahead of the two Nekos. "I think it's nice to be out of the ship for a change, without there being explosions.."
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OOC: JP by Wes, Ajax, Charaa, Cowboy, Soresu, Soban, Spaceeye, Shadowwalker, Ethereal, Yuuki, Zanven, Locke
