A Sci-Fi Roleplay

MrDrake · **Reply #240 on:** February 02, 2010, 11:27:56 PM

Zoe glanced to Whisper with a bit of a smile "Um, yeah, I am rather better now that I'm laying down....my leg had just been hurting far too much....I just wish Zarcon hadn't shot it...." she told Whisper with a sigh, rolling over onto her side, facing Whisper.

Zoe sighed again "I've been a bit of a nuisence haven't I? I mean, I've been shot and all, and you had to take care of me all this time, not even allowing you to fight....I'm sorry about that"

Valria on the other hand, was sleeping for the time being, allowing her wounds to heal up, unaware of what else had happened after they had gotten onto the ship.

T-5.0 on the other hand, had soon enough, managed to repair herself as best as she could, grabbing her shirt in her hand as she walked to the bridge again, walking over to Isodor as she put her shirt on "Go and get some rest, I'll take over for now" she told him with a nod, smiling a bit as well to him.

Noname · **Reply #241 on:** February 02, 2010, 11:37:59 PM

Alpha was not among those who had "made it." He was still engaged in combat with Blackbeard.

After several minutes of using blades and lasers on each other, the pirate called a truce for two minutes, knowing that the Guardian robot would respect it.

"So, Guardian, do you think can win?"

"I think we both know the answer to that question."

"You don't intend to beat me, you intend to let the others escape. How selfless of you."

"Cut the crap, Blackbeard. Have you come to waste my time, or are you going to spring a trap when I least expect it?"

"Oh, now that would be the most dishonorable, mangy, dirty, underhanded, devious, cunning, and just plain mean thing to do?"

"You'd do it." Alpha insisted.

"Yes I would, but I can't. This part of the ship has no traps."

"What was it that you called a truce for?"

"To offer you a chance to join the wining side. Come with me, alpha. We can hunt down far more of the underworld. You get to take on my rivals, and I can supply you with an endless parade of criminals to destroy."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, I can supply you with rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, train robbers, bank robbers, and Methodists!"

"You took that from an ancient movie, didn't you?"

"Yes. Yes I did."

"You know that I am hardwired to never deal with criminals, don't you?"

"Yeah, I knew that. I was hoping you didn't."

"Back to fighting, Blackbea- ZAP!" A glancing laser beam hit Alpha's armor, doing little damage.

JitteryDragon · **Reply #242 on:** February 02, 2010, 11:40:13 PM

Isodor was a little hesitant at first, he always liked to be piloting a ship... even when it technically didn't need to be, and he was used to long nights in a seat... with only the horizon laid out before you as your ship carved the skies.

Still, he might as well lay down. He jumped off the seat, checking his legs as he did. The front two were okay, just a little sore from his rather terrible landing... but his back leg, it was acting a little weird... not responding properly.

He shook his head and looked up to T-5.0. 'Cheers,' he said as he went for the door.

As Zoe apologized to Whisper, she simply quieted her by putting her finger on Zoe's lips. 'Shh,' she said with a slight chuckle. 'If I had been shot, we would have been in a similar situation. Don't blame yourself, Zarcon was just an ass... and now he is dead, go figure.'

She stood up, and stretched out. 'Mmm, yeah. Too bad my dad lost my hellrifle. Silly bastard is always losing my stuff. Lost my lucky watch when I lent it to him, for example... but I could go on and on for days about that sort of stuff. You need some sleep.'

Then she walked back over to Zoe, lent down... and without Zoe even expecting it, Whisper kissed her on the forehead. 'Rest well, fellow soldier.' And with that, she hopped up onto her bed above Zoe's.

MrDrake · **Reply #243 on:** February 02, 2010, 11:48:03 PM

T-5.0 simply nodded back to Isodor as she got into the pilot's seat and spoke to the ship "What of Alpha? What do we do about him?" she asked first as she did slow down the ship a bit.

Zoe seemed to touch her forehead where Whisper had kissed it and just smiled to herself rather happily actually "Yeah, um, goodnight" she told Whisper back as she just lay there herself, at the moment, not really feeling tired, well, that never did last that long as she soon, closed her eyes to get some shut eye.

Meanwhile, Blackbeard just seemed to chuckle at Alpha "Very well then, if you do not wish to join me, then you shall be destroyed for sure" he spoke to Alpha as he moved forward once Alpha dropped his guard for that small amount of time, swinging his sword and slicing at Alpha's composite exterior once again.

JitteryDragon · **Reply #244 on:** February 03, 2010, 12:10:02 AM

Isodor made his way down the halls in an odd fashion, more or less walking on his front legs... easing the work on his typically much stronger back leg, which had seemed to weaken significantly.

He found the room in which Raiven was fast asleep. He crept in with as little sound as possible, and made for a small bag my the desk. It was a container of some of Isodor's most personal belongings, gadgetry and weapons... but mostly just food for the trip.

However, there was something else. He pulled out a small, green stuffed dragon. Soon after, Isodor climbed up to the bunk above Raiven, laid himself down upon the soft mattress... and then he sighed.

'What a weird day, huh Ember?' He said to the little green dragon. He lay his head back, and closed his eyes... ignoring the growing numbness in his back leg.

MrDrake · **Reply #245 on:** February 03, 2010, 07:15:00 AM

Meanwhile, the Kre'Iax had retrieved Zarcon's body and were taking the body away, deeper into the ship to another section of the ship completely.

The entered the hanger, however, not the hanger where Blackbeard and Alpha were fighting, but another small hanger instead where, what seemed to be another ship was docked. The name of the ship was named Queen Anne's Revenge to which the Kre'Iax took the body on board, placing it down in a section of the ship and waited for Blackbeard to return.

JitteryDragon · **Reply #246 on:** February 03, 2010, 07:22:38 PM

In his dreams, Raiven felt restless. He wasn't used to dreaming... well, dreaming in the typical sense. That is, those strange images and experiences that science still struggled to explain... not that Raiven knew anything about that sort of thing.

His sleep was typically an uneventful thing, but these drugs he had injected in order to ease his pain were having unfortunate side effects. They not only made him dream, they made them... vivid.

He could see Zarcon's dead body, seemingly suspended in a sea of blackness. There was a recollection of that moment just before the gun was shot out of Raiven's hand, but also something else.

Zarcon seemed to float -as if he was truly was in an ocean- towards him... and then the warlords eyes snapped open with a crackling hiss.

And that's when Raiven was startled awake. He just lay there, his own paced breaths a reminder of what had just happened. It was still dark, though he could hear his squib companion, Isodor, snoring soundly above him... mumbling something about "dinosaurs" or something, but he tried to pay it no mind as he lay in the dark.

Isodor was indeed dreaming about dinosaurs... only he was being chased by it. Trouble was, it was a baby Tyrannosaurus... such was the dreams of the odd childlike squib.

Whisper too, was dreaming. However, hers, were... bizarre. It started like most dreaming did for her. A recollection of events past and present... and then it seemed, the future.

She saw things, though they seemed to clouded in a fog. Liquid metal reforming... a black hole... a dying sun... a figure standing upon a mountain, roaring with a hammer raised...

...her father, in her arms, cold... a desperate voice crying out to her, Zoe?

...another voice, this one pleading, too. A strange figure was bound in chains, calling her name...

...and finally, she saw a shadowy figure looming over her... was it the reaper like in those old folklore tales? No... this was bigger. It raised an arm, and approached.

Then she awoke, stifling a scream with both hands.

MrDrake · **Reply #247 on:** February 03, 2010, 07:46:51 PM

T-5.0 continued to pilot the ship, however, she kept it a low speed, more or less just hovering there as she kept an eye on the giant warship and also, waited for Delta to get off the front of the ship as well. She wasn't going to open the hatch unless Delta would be able to get in rather quickly.

Valria on the other hand, had finally woken up, sitting up with a bit of a gasp as she glanced down at the bandages on her shoulders, all wrapped up to cover the wounds. Her clothes, for the time being, had been removed, yet, it didn't seem to bother her as she just sat up, wondering how long she had been asleep for and what she had missed.

Zoe however, was tossing and turning in her sleep, groaning a bit as well....until she fell out of her bed, with a simple "Oww" the covers still wrapped around her as she struggled to get them off before she sat up, breathing a bit heavily before just rubbing her head with another groan, now sitting on the ground, the sheets of the bed still wrapped around her as she rubbed her healing leg "Oww..." she pretty much complained again.

JitteryDragon · **Reply #248 on:** February 03, 2010, 07:54:21 PM

Whisper peered down from the side of the top bed. 'Do you usually do that?' She asked with a hint of laughter, though she tried her best to keep that down. 'Honestly, you poor girl, you toss and turn enough to to flip this ship upside down.'

Her face became a little more serious. 'Not that I don't understand. I can only imagine what goes through your head as you dream.'

She decided not to mention her own, strange dreams. Instead, she hopped from her bed and landed on her feet with her typical silent ways... no wonder she was named Whisper. She dropped to her knees beside Zoe. 'You right, Zoe. Wouldn't be surprised if you got a bump on your head or something, but for certain ya ain't making life easy on your poor leg.'

MrDrake · **Reply #249 on:** February 03, 2010, 07:59:53 PM

Zoe looked to Whisper at that point "Sorry, it's just that....yeah....my dreams....or nightmares, I don't really know anymore, but they aren't pleasent, just they're also not scary" she gave off a sigh as well.

She more or less fell backwards to lay down on the floor pretty much with a groan, looking to Whisper again "I just couldn't really stop thinking about it is all, well, it was many things....all of them weren't pleasent at all, my life, Blackbeard, people dying...." she told her with a bit of a sniffle as well.

JitteryDragon · **Reply #250 on:** February 03, 2010, 08:17:57 PM

Whisper placed a hand on Zoe's shoulder, and looked into her eyes. 'I'm not even going to pretend that I understand what you must have went through. I'm a soldier, but only a private. Before today, the closest I had ever been to a battle was in simulations and war games, and they are nothing compared to what I saw today.'

She put out the thoughts of her own dream, and how strange and terrifying it had been. She clinged onto it slightly, though... not wanting to forget it entirely.

Whisper then sighed. 'What ever are we gonna do with ya, girl? Once that leg heals up, I reckon I'm going to have to take you out and teach you a few things about discipline. It would be good for you, trust me.'

MrDrake · **Reply #251 on:** February 03, 2010, 08:24:13 PM

"Yeah, I guess you're right, but it's just that I don't mean to be like that, I guess I just don't know any better....first time I'm free to be who I want to be and all of that sort of stuff, no dragging around in chains, getting hit for doing or even saying something wrong, I guess I'm just getting used to it all still" Zoe replied back to Whisper as she sat up again "And well, to be honnest, you're like a really, really, really, really, really good friend to me" she added on as well.

Zoe then touched her forehead, still remembering when Whisper had kissed her there "And um, when you kissed me here, it was nice....no one had really done anything like that for me before" she smiled to Whisper again "And um, thanks for it as well too, I mean, it's like....I don't know, an angel or something had kissed me and...." that's when she stopped, pretty much getting lost on what she was even talking about, just ending up giving off a little nervous laugh as well "Maybe I shouldn't talk anymore...."

JitteryDragon · **Reply #252 on:** February 03, 2010, 08:31:02 PM

Whisper gave a solemn nod. 'Perhaps you should, and I know what exactly might help... food!'

Her own stomach was growling. No wonder she had nightmares, she never liked sleeping on an empty stomach.

She jumped to her feet, reaching out with a hand. 'I make mean pancakes. That is, if this ship has pancakes. Otherwise, we might have to raid Isodor's food supply, he's a glutton if I've ever seen one.'

'And uh... about that kiss. We'll... uh... oh, nevermind. Let's go eat something, shall we?'

MrDrake · **Reply #253 on:** February 03, 2010, 08:35:40 PM

"Food? Yeah, food will be rather nice actually....to tell you the truth, I haven't eaten in a while now" Zoe told Whisper as she heard her stomach growl a bit.

She looked to Whisper with a bit of a smile, and shook her head lightly as she took her hand and decided to just take the chance....giving Whisper a small, and rather quick little kiss on the cheek, only to give her a nervous looking smile afterwards "Sorry....I just....wanted to....at least once...."

JitteryDragon · **Reply #254 on:** February 03, 2010, 08:43:23 PM

Whisper could only blush. Oh god I'm blushing, she thought as she touched her cheek with a hand.

'Uh yeah. You're uh... yeah, that's okay, and stuff. Uh...' she looked around nervously, as if being watched by a thousand eyes.

Oh god I'm blushing!, she thought again.

Then she clicked her fingers, her mind back in place. 'Oh right, breakfast. Let's go.'

MrDrake · **Reply #255 on:** February 03, 2010, 08:50:10 PM

Zoe noticed Whisper's cheeks going red "Sorry, I didn't mean to....sorry" was all Zoe had said back, yet, kept her hand within Whisper's grasp still "Sorry...." she spoke, yet again "Yeah, breakfast"

"I do have one question though, um....do you....um....like me?" Zoe decided to ask Whsiper "I mean, as a friend, I know, but um, I mean, uh...." she started to now stumble a bit with her words, not even sure if Whisper knew what she was trying to say, however, just gave off a small little smile to her again "Sorry, I shouldn't have asked.....sorry...."

JitteryDragon · **Reply #256 on:** February 03, 2010, 08:58:50 PM

'Of course I like you, ya silly girl,' Whisper said with a little bit of laughter. 'You can stop saying sorry, since there's nothing to say sorry about.'

Inside, she was growing a little frustrated. She had warmed to Zoe, and her nature... which reminded Whisper of how she behaved when she was much younger, before she joined the army. She really wanted to teach Zoe how to behave like a soldier, even if the very idea seemed something that would be... difficult, to say the least.

Not that she intended to push Zoe in that direction if she didn't want it. Whisper, however, thought that Zoe could really do with some discipline... no doubt her time as a slave had numbed her to the realities of modern societies. If the poor girl had trouble around Whisper, then she could only imagine what might happen if she were thrown into some larger social situation.

There was something else. It was just a feeling, though. She liked Zoe like she would anyone she considered a friend... and aboard this ship, everyone was her friend. It was just that, she felt different about Zoe.

MrDrake · **Reply #257 on:** February 03, 2010, 09:08:36 PM

Zoe looked to Whisper again "Oh, I just thought there was is all, it just seemed like I did it wrong is all" she then paused for a second "But um, there is something else I want to ask your help with, it's been in my mind and all that....I remember you saying that something about the past and not to think about it and all that stuff and I uh, I want your help with sorting it out and all that sort of stuff"

She gave off a bit of a smile "Because, well, I think you'll make a really good teacher about that and all that sort of stuff, because, well, you seem to be capable of doing anything, and I want to be able to do that, do anything, like you" she spoke as she seemed to grab Whisper's other hand as well, holding them both at that point "So um, please, can you help me out? I want to be just like you...." her eyes were indeed, now looking into Whsiper's eyes.

She wasn't sure if she had actually worded it properly, but it still seemed right to her regardless.

JitteryDragon · **Reply #258 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:08:13 PM

'You know,' Whisper said softly, somewhat to herself, 'it took me several years for my commanding officer to say anything close to what you just said. You might not have worded it as well as he did, but the meaning is still there.'

Then, Whisper nodded, still holding Zoe's hands. 'Of course, I'll teach you everything and anything I know. I'll make you into a badass, so to speak.' She then began to laugh.

They made their way into the kitchen. For a place where one would typically prepare food, it was quite small... just the bare essentials, it seemed. Thankfully, it had cupboards, and if this ship once belonged to the president... it was sure to have a plentiful bounty of food.

Whisper opened a cupboard, and her eyes widened. 'One minute noodles?! What the hell? Where's all the good food?'

She opened another cupboard, empty. Another, empty. The last one, cleaning supplies. She let out a loud grumble, and turned to Zoe... and went straight past her, to the fridge on the other side.

'Argh, nothing but tins and jars of... stuff. I want pancakes, damnit,' Whisper said a little frustrated. She faced Zoe again, 'right, I'll be back in a second. I'm going to go raid Isodor's food supply.'

MrDrake · **Reply #259 on:** February 03, 2010, 10:15:36 PM

Zoe could not help but let off a bit of a giggle as it were "Sorry, it's just that you're....cute like that is all" she complimented Whisper in her own little way "But um, okay, I'll be waiting here then"

Zoe limped a bit over to the nearest wall to lean against it, sliding down to sit on the floor, just remaining leaning against the wall as she rubbed her foot some more. The wound was much better now, but it was still rather sore as she just continued to rub at it still as she just waited for Whisper to return back.

In her mind however, she was still thinking about something else, mainly on how to tell Whisper how she felt and all, but she of course, didn't want Whisper to think that she was weird, so for now, she was going to just keep quiet about it, just in case anyway.