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RP: YSS Resurgence Resurgence of Yamatai - Mission 3: Rescue At Anisa

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Delmira walked to the Rec room with Kinie in hand. The dark haired neko convinced her room mate to come with her to the rec room, her tail had a happy sway to it as the thought of spending time with the other neko even if it was to also get to know more crewmates. She smiled to Thad as she entered and gave him a wink before leading her fellow neko over to do some stretches before getting some exercise in.

"When we are done here how about we go see about getting a piano of some sort for you to practice on?" She asked Kinie moving to spot for her.
 
Thad was beside himself as the crew all intermingled. This was a wonderful sight to see and glad he was getting the chance to be a part of it. And given the winks he felt the nightly entertainment had also gone well. "I will have you know that I'd make an excellent mount." A grin crossed his face knowing this could be taken more than one way. He then turned his attention directly to Koyama. "That is going to put a damper on my morning. I always make a meal after a workout." He let out a small sigh. "I shall see what I can come up with." Though he did not go into details as to what this meant.

Thad listened in on Koyama and Sanda having a talk about a motor bike. "You know, could just get her a motor bike and I can weight lift the bike with her on it. I might finally get a good workout that way." As he finished talking his eyes shifted to look at Sanda. The slowly drifted down towards her midsection. Clearly making a reference to her full figure.

Thad was just about to move on when another approached him. It was none other than Euikoshi. "Kind of you to ask, yes, I believe it was a very enjoyable night." He then listened to her request to watch and get excited over all the data. He was taken a back that a normal everyday thing would be note worthy. Then again maybe this was her way of just wanting in on the action. "You know, I can relate to that too. It is fun learning new things about people. So hit me up when your free. We can generate data that will even make the ship AI blush." A smile grew across his face, followed by a wink towards Euikoshi.

Delmira then walked into the room. He noticed the happy swish of her tail. He knew things were good even before she smiled and gave him a wink. Thad was taken by surprise that more of the crew were taking an interest in this. He had heard rumors about love nests and all things lewd in Yam. It would seem this was becoming more true by the day. Though this was only a distraction from the hard missions ahead.
 
Rec Room

Zanven walked into the rec room, finding a locker with his name on it. Inside was a fresh set of workout attire which he changed into shortly after his escort went inside and began to fraternize with the other crew mates. He missed having an actual rec room and he wanted to be sure to work the stiffness from his body.

With a fresh set of clothes on, the Itto Hei pilot went to the assisted bench machine and made adjustments before sitting down and beginning to stretch. He was not away from everyone, but for now he would take it slow and meet the crew as he naturally would. After working out some stretches Zanven went to the assisted bench and started with a set of 10 lifts at 225 pounds(102kg). At first it was slow and methodical, but after the fifth one he moved at a steady pace to finish the set.
 
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Pidole, Euikoshi, and Poppy emerged from the shower dressed in their dark blue duty uniforms. Poppy, the medic with pink hair, noticed Zanven and they all went to introduce themselves to him. "Hello, I'm Poppy, the ship's medic. This is Pidole, our redhead wrench wench with the beetle buddy, and this is Euikoshi, our green-haired green-panel overly curious science whiz." The two waved. "Sometime soon," Poppy continued, "please schedule an appointment with me to get your DNA and mind data backed up. If something happens to you on a mission, I can bring you back. It's also important to have baseline readings for you when you're healthy if I need to check against that later."
 
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"I bet we could find one on this huge space station we're docked at," Kinie told Delmira. "But this is a military ship, we're not really supposed to bring a lot of personal stuff aboard, at least nothing of that size. In training the only things we had were the things the Star Army issued us. I don't really own anything in terms of personal belongings here or anywhere else. I don't even have a house to bring a piano back to. It wasn't too long ago that I was created...before that I was just in simulated universe for simulated years until I was old enough to sign an enlistment contract. So if we're going shopping this will be my first chance to try on civilian clothes. Even at the bar in Ternifac I was in my uniform, remember?"

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Rec Room

The three beauties walked up as he finished his first set and introduced themselves to him, a friendly smile crept across his face before he politely gave a nod in acknowledgment. After the two quieter women gave a wave he did so in return before Poppy continued, asking him to come by the medical bay to get his respawn data finalized in the system. “Yes ma’am. As soon as I am done getting acquainted with the rec room and surrounding areas I will schedule an appointment. If anyone needs a lift please let me know and I would be happy to pilot any craft needed. Oh also…sorry for my rude behavior…the name is Zanven Brax. It is a pleasure to meet you three and I hope to be of service to the crew.” He said with that same enthusiastic smile before turning back to the machine to raise the level of weights.

If they left him be he would of course finish out his set and then continue his exercises…doing squats and a mild simulated jog at a sim room. So far he was happy to be where he was
 
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Koyama nodded to Yayoi a beacon of patience itself until she looked to one side and rolled her eyes at Thad's response. "We do have a galley," the XO suggested to the Nepleslian hybrid. "With a wider array of ingredients, cookware, and other necessities. Also extinguishers in case of grease fires." the last held the bite of a warning to it as her gaze wandered to the newest male, and to yet another newcomer.

With a quick query to the ship's MEGAMI, Koyama had their records nestled firmly in her mind. And quick as a flash had absorbed them and transcribed them to her memory. On its own, the ship's artificial intelligence hastened to add that the man, an Ittô Hei had flown in on a fighter that caused an eyebrow to shoot up. A Nodachi? Intriguing considering how few she had seen over her career. Of course, that was not to say she hadn't worked on one or two in the past. The engineer had found them to be sturdy craft. Underused perhaps, expensive with their Yamataium clad plating. And more than a little dangerous with their drive systems.

She hadn't approved of the Turbo Aether systems being used as propulsion truth be told. It had reminded her of an ancient movie from Nepleslian cinema. Where two riders chased after one another leaving trails of hard-light (A then purely theoretical fancy) behind themselves as they went. And in the end, one had died from that very same trail. A literal hazard. Her expression hadn't soured, properly schooled as she remained attentive to the three before her.

"We have do not have overly long before we move on from the station," Koyama added with a patient look to Yayoi. "I am not trying to rush you, but please remember that as we are out and about."

Then with a sidelong glance to Thad, "I am surprised you have not tried to make a new friend?" with a nod toward Zanven, "He might try to outlift you if you are not careful. Or out squat you. It would seem according to his record that he is a pilot. We would not want a flyboy to beat an infantryman would we?" brushing invisible wrinkles from her uniform, Koyama looked to them.

"Whenever you all are ready we should perhaps be going. Unless you would like to invite our newest crewmembers that is? The decision is wholly yours of course."
 
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Having completed her workout, Sanda had hit the showers. She had waited a few minutes to let the more friendly crew members finish up before stepping into the showers. She stepped into a stall and undressed. She hung her towel and straight silver knife on the hook right beside the shower where they were both within arms reach. The hot water felt good and she rubbed her shoulder her bionics connected to her body. It always felt stiff after a workout but she was told that was just a phantom pain. Phantom pain or no it always felt better after a hot rub down.

Having finished Sanda quickly dried and dressed in her duty uniform, but had her sleeves rolled up where her tattoos could be easily seen. She stopped by her cabin just long enough to grab her duty weapons then headed for breakfast. She wanted to make sure she grabbed something to eat before heading to White Harbor but she also wanted to stop by and talk to Rossa, the ships cook. Sanda wanted to see if Rossa was going to get a chance to head to White Harbor and if she wasn't was there anything she could pick up for her. Some spices of some other fresh supplies they might be running low on.
 
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Thad looked over towards Koyama when she started to tease him about Zanven. "I was just waiting for you to give the command my princess." Slowly his serious look turned into a big grin. He then looked to Zanven to size them up. He had heard rumors and so far he was happy with what he seen. They might be a flyboy but when your not flying you are on the ground and are as good as infantryman at that point. He felt this was the type of person who would dead lift missiles and personally load them onto the craft.

"Zanven, good to meet you finally. I am Thaddeaus, the resident ID-SOL and ship mascot." He did a big flex to show off his bulging muscles. "Maybe we can have a flex off match sometime in the near future. Though first you need to get your DNA taken so you can enter the cheat code for god mode. Granted you will remember nothing of your great deeds but if you leave a big enough crater, someone is bound to notice. I'd join you but..." He turned his head and looked directly at Poppy with a smile on his face. "I am fresh out of DNA to give, if you know what I mean." He chuckled to himself being very amused at his slap happy joke.
 
REC ROOM

Soon he finished his reps and was taking a breather, a bottle of water was being drunk as if the man had not had a drink in ages, but all that was just your typical run-of-the-mill lifting nonsense until Thaddeaus walked up and introduced himself. The big muscle man was rather an eyeful and he had to hand it to him...if he was not put into a cockpit that was not friendly to bigger sizes he would devote more time to it. However the smile and then flex made Zanven grin in return with a nod as he listened. "I will take you up on that one of these days after I get to know the ship a bit better and the crew. Besides I think you have enough flex for more than half of the crew and don't worry I will make sure to get an appointment set up to get myself registered soon, probably on the next shift. Besides with the sights I have seen so far around here I can see why DNA would be in short supply." He said before laughing and sticking his hand forward for a handshake. "If you do not mind though, I am going to hit the showers before heading out and getting my bunk settled in." He said before excusing himself once the exchange was over.

In the showers, he was quick to disrobe before heading to turn on the nearest shower, his first hot shower since he received his starship and set out. Granted it was not that long of a time, but the workout was good to get the blood flowing as he went over his assignments in his head and what he had to do now before getting settled. His nude form was not obscene of course, he was quite the catch where he grew up, and often at the academy, he was the ever-gallant man he was raised to be.

Turning off the water he wrung his hair out and then toweled off before changing into a set of clothes he brought with him, a towel around his neck as he made his way out and to his room.
 
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Thad had been looking forward to going station side with the crew. Partly to pick up a few things but mainly to see his friends acting like normal people. Life on a war ship was hard enough so felt good to get out into the wild and enjoy the good times. Plus he might get the chance to see a few of them in new outfits. Which may or may not lead to a misunderstanding of some kind.

Delmira was eager to go shopping and brought Kinie along with her. She had told her fellow Neko that they both should go clothes shopping and for the piano that they should look and see what there is available especally if Kinie was serious about learning. She looked at Thad and leaned into her fellow neko. "Should we have Thad carry our stuff for us?" she said in a whisper.

"Yeah," Kinie nodded. She grinned mischievously.

"Yep!" Cheilith chimed in as well. She was wearing a uniform as she didn't have any real civilian style clothes.

"If there is one thing I am good at, its holding stuff and standing around looking pretty." Thad thumped his chest a few times out of pride.

Zanven walked out of his room, dressed in his usual attire; his uniform. He was told that they still had a few days left of shore leave and he wanted to grab a few trinkets. He heard that there was a shop that sold model mechanic and well, that was a weakness of his so...why not.

Sanda came out of her room and almost ran over Zanven. "Sorry, I had forgoten my shopping list and had to retreave it. You must be the new guy. I'm Sanda Hoshi."

Delmira giggled and smiled at her bunk mate before looping her arm through the other womans and walking over to Thad and doing the same to him. "Sounds like a plan to me."

Zanven laughed as he was bumped into. The woman was quick to apologize and explain that she was simply on her way back to the exit after getting her shopping list. "It's quite alright, Sanda right? A pleasure to meet you. I am Zanven Brax. Can I help with anything?"

"Let us be off so we can see all the fun things it has to offer." Thad was clearly excited. Like a little kid in a candy store and a bull in a china shop.

Chelith nodded, floating above the ground, "Let's start with shopping, now that I actually have some money to spend, I'd like to see what I can spend it on!"

"The station is huge!" Pidole noted, looking at schematics and maps on a volumetric screen projected from her uniform's triangular teal crystal. "It's 75 kilometers wide. Apparently there is a tram system that we can use to get around." Her beetle buddy sat on her shoulder making a "big" gesture with its front two legs held up wide.

"You too. You headed to the shops?" Sanda asked. She was excited to go shopping, but didn't want to go with most of the other group. They were way to flirty for her. She was curious if the new guy was going to be like the rest of the ship or more normal.

Koyama had owed Yayoi her request. The woman had won the little blind fight scenario schemed up by the local Chief Science Officer after all. And the woman had wanted to reward the winner in turn for performing well in the scenario. Thankfully all had ended amicably and now that they were heading aboard White Harbor, Koyama could pay that favor out and perhaps find things of her own to spend her KS on. After all, she rarely spent much of it, to begin with, and after almost a decade of constant service it had racked up quite the tally.

While most of her civilian clothes had remained in Kyoto, the jet-haired Neko had been meaning to find a few things for herself. With her chin tucked down and eyes half-closed, Koyama walked unhurriedly toward the others lost in thought. The First Officer seemingly shuffling past the thunderbolt tattoo'd woman and their new resident pilot.

The outfit Thad had picked out was a simple everyday outfit he use to wear prior to being in Star Army. Was long black pants with a plain white t-shirt. Though printed on the back was "Lets Rock!!"

Sanda saw Koyama and corrected herself. There were a few normal people on the ship. "Morning Ma'am. Are you heading for the shops?" Unlike most of the other people aboard ship, she had some civilian clothes. She was wearing a pair of dark jeans and a tank top with a jacket with short sleeves to show off her tattoos.

Koyama had one of her hands cupping her chin, a finger just below her bottom lip in a thoughtful pose while walking. Lost in her little reverie, the Neko blinked as she heard the voice. Lifting her gaze from the deck, her golden eyes latched on to Sanda, then Zanven. Not dropping the look she let her eyes sweep from one to the other.

"What? Oh yes, I was. I had hoped Asakura-hei would be along as well. But she seems... absent." as if her mind had been made up with a nod Koyama continued, "And you can drop the ma'am. I am not technically on-duty. However," with a look to the Minkan she gave him a once over. "You would be our new pilot, yes?"

Sanda smiled, "What do you call Royalty off duty? Is just Koyama alright?" Sanda shook her head. "I haven't seen Yoyai either. I was hoping to join her but she seems to have giving me the slip."

Koyama gave the Nepleslian a little look before rolling her eyes, "Yes, Koyama is fine. As long as I may call you Sanda. The same goes for you as well." came the response with a look to the Minkan pilot. "As for our other Ranger, while I could track her down easily. I do not want to invade her privacy. If she means to join us sooner or later she can. For now would you like to go?" nodding toward the station.

Delmira was in uniform as she had no other clothing as of yet at least. Her tail failed to hide her eagerness as it swayed about behind her and the low purr she was giving off.

Navigator Gabriela Lively arrived from the bridge and immediately claimed her friend Poppy for her trip onto the station, as well as Kalena, and they headed onto the elevator down to the cargo level and they headed out into the station as their own group via the loading ramp, passing by Beryl who was driving around in a forklift moving some pallets.

Euikoshi tried to herd everyone left onto the cargo elevator when it came back up.

Cheilith headed onto the elevator, "Take us to where we can get some cool clothes!" She pronounced.

"So we going for normal clothes or something more...sexy?" Thad grinned.

"Oh I like the way you think," Euikoshi replied to Thad with a giggle.

"I don't really have anyone to be sexy for." Cheilith replied.

Delmira smiled. "Why not get some anyway?" Delmira asked Cheilith and smiled at her.

"I have no idea when I'd use them. What's the point if you don't have anyone to be sexy for?" Cheilith asked.

"We could have some sort of event," Kinie suggested. "Like a pajama party, but with lingerie," she explained.

"Be daring and charge into battle dressed sexy. The enemy won't know what to do with themselves." He let out a chuckle as he pictured this.

"Well you can always be sexy regardless of who you dress up for." Delmira will crank her head around to Kinie and will smile at her. "i love the way you think hell i love you in general."

Kinie blushed. No one had ever told her they loved her before.

"Lingerie sleepover could be fun." Cheilith considered.

Of course he would go with anyone if asked, and when she asked if he was going to the shops of course he drew a blank for a moment. It was a nerdy little habit of his where he might have been shy about saying what he was buying but he was not going to pass this up. Yet just before he could agree Koyama, one of his superiors showed up and he saluted. "Yes ma'am Zanven Brax, and yes I am heading out to shop. Do either of you mind the company?"

"Come on with us flyboy." Said Sanda. "As long as you don't make dumb pun jokes we'll get along fine."

"Alright enough talk, more walking," Cassie shouted, helping Euikoshi shoves people onto the elevator. Soon they were all ready and heading out of the ship into the station.

Delmira smiled and gave Kinie a hug purring happily before she was tugged along by Thad.

Thad tugged at Delmira. "Come on, you can flirt and shop. Those clothes are not going to put themselves on on."

The group started off in Blue Sector, where the docks were, and thankfully were able to skip customs and Pidole guided everyone using the map until they got to a transportation hub. Because of the size of the station, using very high-speed hovercars or trams was the only way to get around fast enough. The interior of the station was kind of like an enclosed city, with hundreds of towers and complexes inside open areas in the station's huge shell.

"So we have some choices on where to go," Pidole told everyone. "There's different sectors. Do we want Grey Sector, Fukushima, where the entertainment and casinos are, Viridian Sector, Ibaraki which is like a regular Yamataian city with a mall, or the rougher Black Sector, Little Nepleslia, which has basically everything you'd expect?"

"I would be happy to accompany the two of you and as for the jokes...well I cannot say that I won't make any...but I will keep on my best behavior for the two of you." He said with a soft smile.

Koyama nodded in agreement, "Yes, we have someone who makes puns already. And I have wanted to toss him out of an airlock more than once already." waving the salute away with a smile then. "And as I have said, Koyama is fine. No ma'am unless necessary." as if it were her due, the woman took up position between the two.

"I have already been keeping an eye on the others. And already they have begun shopping for lingerie and everything in between. Our resident meat shield must be in heaven by this point." rubbing at her forehead then she glanced from Sanda to Zanven. "Where would you both like to go?"

Sanda resisted the urge to facepalm and simply sighed. "Little Nepleslia sounds like my kind of place, but honestly I'll be happy anywhere the rest of the crew is not." She glanced at Zanven. "Some of the crew are a little...Shall we say... Less professional than others."

Koyama tilted her head a little at that, "Little Nepleslia?" she asked both the woman and ship. Receiving the succinct response from the Resurgence but wanting to let Sanda explain it in her way.

Sanda smiled, "That's where I'll be able to find good cybernetics and weapons." Secretly it was a little more than that. Sanda had left Nepleslia at just the age of 6 and had never been back there. She had grown up on Yamatai and had spend as much time in Nepleslian neighborhoods as possible. Still, they weren't really very Nepleslian. She wanted to see part of her culture. And deep, deep, deep down and unspoken part of her, a childhood part of her thought maybe she might learn something about what had happened to her parents.

"You wish to be carved up further?" Koyama asked incredulously, "But you are fine..." with another shake of the head and sigh, the Nekovalkyrja either didn't understand or refused to believe. "Although I have no right to talk considering my species swaps bodies as if they were candy. But the weapons I can understand."

"Shopping for Lingere in the black sector would be interesting." Cheilith offered.

"You liked those Ternifac vibes, hmm?" Kinie smiled.

"I am just along for the ride. So just start moving and I shall tag along." Thad shared with the group.

"You dont need to see me in sexy clothes." Del winked at Thad as she followed the group

"Aye, I don't need to spend money on new pants then." He laughed and winked back.

The group took a tram across the station to Little Nepleslia. Due to its high commercial traffic White Harbor has long had a fairly large population of Nepleslian transients passing through, and as the station continued to grow and expand another section had been created to suit the long-staying or permanent Nepleslian residents. The interior of the Little Nepleslia sector looked as if someone haphazardly transplanted a portion of Funky City into the station. Fancy, high-class residences met garish complexes covered in neon signs and many areas were now run-down, crime-ridden slums.

Another effect of being a Nepleslian area was there was a much higher male-to-female ratio among the locals, and some of them seemed pretty rough around the edges compared to Yamatai where people tended to be polished and pretty.

The main hall of the tram station was a large open area with numerous cafes, food outlets, and bars with numerous different levels each with their own vibe.

Pidole immediately veered off from the group and bought a plate of nachos from a vendor and then came back. It was piled high with habanero peppers, pico de gallo, and melted white cheese.

"Okay, the market areas are just up ahead, according to this travel guide," Euikoshi said, looking her data pad. "It sounds like they got everything, even shady stuff."

Cheilith floated into the market, looking for lingerie. She pulled one of the rack, it was a negligee with a holster in the small of the back. She laughed, "hey, look at this!"

Delmira looked at Kinie "I wonder if they have some special toys." she said and gave her friend a naughty smile and a wink.

OOC: JP by Wes, @Miko @Soban @Soresu @Zanven Brax @Cowboy @ajax228
 
Yayoi alone at her part of the station
After seeing that she had everything for her trip, she stripped out of her uniform, then closed her eyes to focus her volumetric on an outfit she’d seen once. She thought that the beautiful dress outfit she was now appearing in was appropriate for the outing and with her purse on her arm; she left her room, and quietly walked to the airlock, and then out she went. Unfortunately, she missed the group, so she was in no hurry. She remembered Koyama’s promise and thought maybe she should pick something if it would cause problems for Koyama’s patience.

After a while, her feet touched station flooring and glanced around now let’s see... Should I go find the group or go explore on my own... Well, I think I'll see what happens, I am sure the others want conversation, and yeah... She thought to herself as she went on a stroll moving forward and not in a particular direction.



OOC: sorry guys, the other day mom pulled me to watch movies with her so I couldn’t join in the jp.
 
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Sanda laughed at Koyama's shock. "No, I'm pretty good as is." She said lifting her right arm and admiring the workmanship. You really couldn't tell it was a cybernetic limb. "But there are always upgrades for what I've already got. Or hidden blades and firearms. A girl needs to have options." Sanda glanced out the window of the tram car that was taking them to their destination. It felt good to be out of uniform and not worrying about where potential threats were coming from, though she's caught herself twice reaching for her straight silver that was rigged up underneath her jacket at various stops where other people got on the tram.

She turned her attention to Zanven. "So what are you in the market for flyboy?"
 
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There is no place like home, there is no place like little Nepleslia

For Thad, this area of town felt like home to him. It was rough around the edges and might just get shanked making a wrong turn. It was refreshing to be back where he felt at home. For most of his life he would move between towns on unforgiving worlds. Looking for a place that felt like he belonged. He could have selected a calm area but he was always drawn to the bad areas. He felt he could in his own way make it a little bit better. Look for for those in need and punish those who wished ill.

His mind snapped back to the now and a smile crossed his face. How could one not be happy being out with friends and as an added bonus have a beautiful neko hanging off your arm. While their time together had been short, Thad was finding himself growing fond of Delmira. Granted he felt that anyone would fall victim to her happy aura. Knowing that she could smile this bright and radiate this kind of energy was refreshing. It would seem that the hardship of war has not yet corrupted Delmira.

Thad had originally stated that he would just be tagging along. He had also been drafted to be the bag boy for Delmira. In this case, something told him that it might be better to split up and divide and conquer. Plus he took notice how groups had already naturally formed, him being with Delmira and Kinie. This could be a good chance for the three of them to bond since it can be tough for bridge crew to interact with others on the ship. Granted flying a ship was no small task so made sense to keep focus on the task at hand.

"Hey Delmira and Kinie. Come on, lets go explore for some new fun things." He said looking at his two friends. "Be nice to get some clothes that are not official uniforms. In fact, as your official bag boy, I will even buy one selected outfit for each of you. Maybe a fancy dress or some lingerie that the group was talking about." A devious smile crossing his face. "Whatever a slumber party is, sure sounds like fun."
 
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Sanda laughed at Koyama's shock. "No, I'm pretty good as is." She said lifting her right arm and admiring the workmanship. You really couldn't tell it was a cybernetic limb. "But there are always upgrades for what I've already got. Or hidden blades and firearms. A girl needs to have options." Sanda glanced out the window of the tram car that was taking them to their destination. It felt good to be out of uniform and not worrying about where potential threats were coming from, though she's caught herself twice reaching for her straight silver that was rigged up underneath her jacket at various stops where other people got on the tram.

She turned her attention to Zanven. "So what are you in the market for flyboy?"
Zanven was quiet for a time as they boarded the tram car. Sanda spoke about upgrades, holding up her right arm, and that is when Zanven understood that she was augmented for a reason or another. Her quip about needing hidden blades or firearms made him smile as he looked out of the window as well and enjoyed the view...for someone like him that worked hard to become a pilot he did not take much time to enjoy life the way it should be. He was brought back down to reality as he was asked what he was in the market for, the nickname flyboy was given to him already and he did not seem to mind it. "Well...if you gotta know, I have a hobby of building model mecha and ships. I like to have an overview of certain pieces that can only be given in miniaturized form so that way I can do independent research. Especially since I have no bunkmates as of yet." He caught himself starting to trail off before a slight red blush appeared and he regained composure. "That and I would like to find some clothes for shore leave so next time I am not stuck with just my uniform as I am today." He said with a chuckle as the tram car soon came to a stop.

He looked at Koyama. "And you, what are you out for today m...Koyama?" He was about to say ma'am but refrained from it as he was asked to earlier. The place was busy today, seemed like quite a few of the crew were out and about today...they might be moving out soon so it made sense for the shopping to be done right before they were departing again.
 
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Delmira would walk around with her friend the Neko's happy aura in full effect as she was happy to explore some place that wasn't another's bed, bar or some military ship. She was lucky so far in her life and had experience outside of military somewhat especially during that salvage giveaway she stumbled across. She gave a smile at what Thad said and turn to face Kinie. "How could we ever say no to free clothes." She looped an around through the other woman's and purred happily "I think you should pick where to go first Kinie."
 
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"Okay!" Kinie said. "I think the first place we need to go is the clothing store. "I spent most of my ghost-life in a simulation, and my real life has been entirely in the military. So getting some civilian type clothing will be a first for me. I think I'd like to get some black dresses...with frills."

Pidole continued munching on her nachos while quietly staring at the scene around her. Her blue beetle landed on the edge of her plate and began eating a diced tomato.

"We should also find a bar afterward," Euikoshi also suggested. "Fun things happened last time we were all in bar."
 
Koyama only stared as they entered the foreign land of Little Nepleslia. The two Hei at least passed for the mass that was a cousin to the rarer pure Human stock in this sector of the station. The noise was an assault on the senses and the smells threatened to make her wrinkle her nose in discomfort. The loud holographic colors along with everything else took adjusting to as Neko stared around her with all the wary curiosity of a housecat. It would all take getting used to. And as she fixated on an ad for Dr. Baus soda their male companion directed his attention toward her.

With a reflexive inhale, the XO got a healthy whiff of the air and blinked confusedly. Looking to the waiting Nepleslian Ranger and the new pilot, Koyama shook her head.

"Clothing I guess?" she gestured down the bodysuit she wore. Everything is in place too. Thinking a moment, she tilted her head a little to one side.

"Maybe Battleglaive miniatures." hugging an arm to herself, she brought her thumb up to her bottom lip as if meaning to bite at the nail. "Or the updated core rul-" with a wave of her hand she snapped out of the answer and gave the two a level look.
 
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"Is that a Yuuko's?" Cassie pointed at a storefront. "I've heard of those but I've never been inside. They sell lingerie."

"Oh yeah," Euikoshi nodded. She turned to Pidole, "and you're going to go in," she said with a mischievous grin.

After watching Pidole get some nachos, Thad figured now would be a good time to get some pop corn. If he know one thing about shopping, is that this was going to take awhile. So might as well enjoy the time and have something to eat. Plus this reminded him of that one time he spent with Bob. What a wild day that turned out to be.

“Little Nepleslia, hmm, that’s an interesting name for a place.. Wonder if there's a little Yamatai somewhere in Nepleslia?” Yayoi asked herself and grinned at her joke, though the thought had her curiosity and she decided to ask about it later once she met with the others. Her red-dressed swayed a little as she watched her step and looked for her crewmates and her friend.

She began seeing some that looked like her crewmates so she turned and made a beeline towards them.

"Hi Yayoi!" Kinie waved with a big grin. "Just exploring post-war Yamatai! Did you find anything fun?"

Delmira purred happily her tail betrayed her as it swayed about behind her. She was enjoying today being with her friends and loved ones. She walked beside Kinie and had her arm looped around the other Neko's.

"Lets go get to looking. Got clothes to try on and shop keeps to terrorize. Wonder if they will have things in my size. Arms this big it can be hard to shop for." Thad lifted his arm up and flexed fully. The shirt he wore barely holding on for dear life.

Yayoi grinned back in reply as she waved and moved In to walk beside Kinie opposite of Delmira. “Not yet, just arrived so I am interested in anything fun you two have in mind.” She told the two of them then glanced around the stores.

Pidole finished her nachos and tossed them in a robot waste bin that had been chasing her around since she got them, which made an encouraging chime sound. She went into the store where they found vast amounts of undergarments, sleepwear, and clothing. The shopkeeper had a massive mohawk-like crest of hair that was gold on the bottom and orange on the top with closely shaved undercut sides and, glowing mechanical eyes, and cybernetic lines on her face. She was covered in dog tattoos and had a cybernetic hand that had two robot tentacles coming out of it. "Welcome to Yuuko's," she greeted the crew who entered. Soon Euikoshi, Cassie, Pidole, and Kinie were looking around at the products.

Delmira had let go of Kinie so she can go do her own thing while Del walked up behind Thad and ran her hands over the muscles of Thads arms. "Yep hes got guns all right now lets put them work carrying loot." she said and gave him a wink before heading off to look at clothes.

Yayoi smirked as she watched Delmira's action, her grin widened as she listened to her words. "heh" was her only response as she thought of how strong he must be to carry the bags of all three women including his own.

Thad not having a clue what half this stuff was just started to pick up random clothes. "What do you think of this?" He asked the group holding up baby doll outfit. As he held it up the light shown through it. "Well this is interesting. I guess if you want to inspect your underwear this would be the thing to have."

Swimwear, casual wear, night wear, something cute something sexy, Delmira made sure to get and outfit for her off duty time that she thought looked good. She found a cute dress and looked at it before looking over at Kinie she thought it over in her head and went and found something darker. "Would she like this i know she said she wanted a black dress."

Euikoshi used her uniform's teal volumetric crystal to scan Pidole's measurements and then went and started picking out black lingerie for the red-haired technician. After a while the two came up to the register and made their purchase, followed by Cassie, who was blushing so hard her face fur couldn't hide it.

Yayoi walked in after Delmira and she walked through the aisle looking at the outfits there. She was lost in thought before she was distracted by Delmira's words. This caused her to look where she was looking, and then smiled. It seemed to the Ranger more and more that Delmira was in love with Kinie or something. she simply smiled at before getting distracted by Thad.

Thad had walked over to the bra section curious what these things were. Granted he knew they were bras but what fun would that be. He grabbed one and started to try and put in on. "This has to be the oddest gun holster I have ever seen. What kind of weapon with this even hold?!" He started to bounce slightly, having a big man in a little coat moment.

Kinie began giggling uncontrollably after catching Thad out of the corner of her eye.

Meanhile Pidole exited the store someone in a suit started telling her about how great their senate candidate was for Anisa. Pidole stared at this person. That's right, there was an election soon.

Delmira giggled at Thad as well. "you break it you buy it speaking of which come here Thad." she said and waved the big man over.

Thad stopped goofing off and put the item back. He walked over to Del as requested. "Yes my lady?" He asked, as a big grin formed on his face.

She giggled and leaned up to whisper sweet nothings into his ear. "I want to get Kinie some sort electric piano to learn on but discreetly but i may need your help."

Yayoi glanced over to Delmira as she whispered to Thad, and with the smile slowly going into neutral she moved on before she picked up a pair of red underwear.

"She doesn't vote in this system!" Euikoshi growled at the political promoter, shooing him away from Pidole defensively. "We're not Anisan!"

One of Delmiras ears swiveled around to point at the faint sound Euikoshi. Uh oh was one her shipmates in trouble? Delmira remained attentive to Thad and to whatever was going on elsewhere.

Thad glanced around at the noise to see it was just the crew causing trouble. He looked back to Del. "Just let me know and be happy to help. What do you have in mind?"

"Something small but good quality so it can be stowed on ship easily. Though we should also get it cleared by a officer first." she responded to Thad.

Yayoi picked a few more things and moved to pay for them as she thought silently to herself. She heard noises outside but she made no comment or reaction to it.

After the person faded into the crowd, Euikoshi's eye was caught by a nearby shop that was selling body modifications like cybernetics and even organic body parts like eyes and arms, some of which were displayed in liquid-filled tanks in the window.

JP by Wes, @ajax228, @Charaa @Miko
 
Sanda looked over at Koyama and narrowed her eyes. Had she just let something slip? She shrugged and was about to comment when she noticed a large clothing store. Looked like they had just about anything you could possibly want to wear in there. Sanda nodded towards it. "That looks like a good place to start. We can find the models next."

Koyama allowed the look to slip once attention was away from her and on some clothing store with a nod. "I... am curious about Nepleslian fashion." came the hesitant response but at least she hadn't said no. Looking to the two, the first officer also nodded toward their intended destination.

"Well, lead on, Ranger." Koyama said with a little flourish toward the entrance.

Sanda went to the nearest rack of cloths and started browsing. "I'm curious too." Sanda responded to Koyama. "Never kept up to date on the latest fashon, Yam or Nep. I just wear what I think looks and feels good." She held up a bright neon colored shirt that had a bunch of metal rings attached to it. "This for example, I'd never wear, even when I ran with a gang in my rebellious years. Too flashy. Ah, that's more like it." She held up a dark green shirt with looked more like an old BDU. "That's more like I used to wear. But I'm looking for something a little nicer." She moved over to another clothes rack that had dresses hanging on them.

Koyama merely observed as Sanda went about her selections. The Neko eyed what the woman picked up and put down. She filed every comment away and all the while was studying just what passed for fashion amongst her chaotic natural-born cousins.

"You ran with a gang?" asked the Neko in soft tones as she felt the cheap fabric on some knockoff of Phalanx Phillip. Wasn't that show at least forty years old by now? With her Nepleslian companion going about her own choices, Koyama kept an ear in her direction. "I was not aware we had gangs on Yamatai."

Sanda took a blue strapless dress and held it up in front of her, her lip twisted in thought as she tried to imagine how it would look on her. "Well, it really wasn't much of a gang. Most of them were gang want-a-bes. There were a couple hard cases in there." Sanda decided that the dress wasn't her style and kept looking. "There really arn't that many, and most of them kinda behave so that Yamatai doesn't crack down hard on them but there are a few who like to stir up trouble whenever they can."

"I was actually on my way to joining one of the bad ones." Sanda took another dress down, another blue one, almost the same color as her tattoos.

Koyama returned the stare of a large Nepleslian man as he walked by. At ease, she had elected to remain as non-threatening as one of her kind could be given Nepleslian sensibilities on her kind. "So joining gangs is normal?" she asked and shook her head. "If you are going to buy a dress. Would one that matched your complexion be better?" the Neko then ran a finger down her cheek where Sanda's tattoos would've been.

"Or are you going for a match here?"

Sanda smiled and copied Koyama's movement. "For sure here. But you might be on to something." She set aside the blue lighting colored dress and began looking for something closer to her caramel colored skin. She frowned a little bit at Koyama's question. "Normal, I don't think so. Most of the other gang members were like me, they had lost their parents and were just mad at the galaxy in general. Plus on Yamatai where rules are pretty strict they just feel even more hopeless."

Koyama tucked her chin in as she thought, "I see," came the murmured response. After a few moments of silence, her ears pricked up, "This is why I try to help where I can with Tsubomi." her words quiet as she looked through the selection of dresses. Picking one out, her golden gaze flicked from it to Sanda and she replaced it.

"I never joined a gang. Unless a personal security force of warrior women count." with a little sound of pleasure, Koyama held up two different dresses. One red and the other a lavender tone. "A bit girly?" asked as she looked from one to the other and placed one in front of the Ranger than the other.

"But, I understand the being angry at the galaxy thing."

Sanda laughed, "There are for sure some similarities I've seem. At the time, what attracted me was the feeling of camaraderie and loyalty. The gang seemed like they had your back no matter what. I would imagine that Samurai are similar." She looked at the two dresses Koyama held up and smiled. "Nothing wrong with being a little girly every now and then."

OOC: JP by @Soresu and @Cowboy
 
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