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[Terenia]

<Do not change the subject, Yeerk,> Efaen raises her tail in defiance, but is quickly forced to lower it based on the limitations of her confinement. <I would not be an Andalite if I succumbed to the will of others easily. You should hardly be surprised.>

Her sharp gaze lands on the tupperware that is serving as a temporary Yeerk Pool. Her eyes tighten ever so slightly before Efaen shifts her attention once more to Temrash. <Release me. I have no desire to remain aboard this ship. I will not attempt to harm you, you have my word. I will exit the ship and will not return.>

[Chad32]

Temrash mulls it over. Ossanlin may or may not be irritable with him letting her go, and something could happen to her out there. "Ok, look. Even contained as you are you are safe in the presence of a Prince and controllers who would have done something by now if we really wanted to harm you. You leave, and you're on your own. Whatever happens, you'll have to deal with it yourself." He said. He drew his weapon, and turned off the field. She was no longer restrained, though he was far from helpless against her.

"Computer. Open all hatches." He said. "do what you want, Efaen. I won't rescue you again."

Fredrick stood outside and waited. He wasn't sure how long he'd have to wait, or if he'd have to go in again.

[Terenia]

<I do not need rescue,> Efaen says, stepping almost daintily through the spot that had, moments ago contained a force field wall. For a moment she hesitates, seeming to waver slightly as lightheadedness washes through her. Quickly recovering her balance she approaches the hatch, pausing at the enrance to look back at him with her stalk eyes. <Especially not from a Yeerk.>

Keeping two eyes on Temrash she descends the ramp.


<I think I need my host back now,> Terenia says, switching to open thought-speak that includes everyone in the ship. Efaen's request to leave has her nervous, though she has no way of knowing if it will be granted or not.

<She sounds okay,> Terenia says to Corliss. <But who knows. She might collapse at any moment. She might do something stupid. I need to get back in her. Make sure she's alright.>

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

Ossanlin's eyes move behind his eyelids...the voices...the thought-speech is so loud...why won't they let him rest?  He stirs, but still lacks the energy to truly function and stays "out for the count" as it were.

[Chad32]

Temrash heard Terenia's open thought speech. He figured he might as well tell her what was going on, so he hooked up a small computer that he could use to communicate to her. It would translate his speech into sonic vibrations.

"Efaen has left the ship, and I let her out so Mike and Ossanlin could get to sleep. I made her aware that if she left the ship she'd be on her own, but she left anyway. Just continue feeding, and if she wants you back she will return."


Fredrick noticed the girl from before coming out. This was good. "Hey there." He said as he walked up. "I came to apologize for what I did earlier. I'd like to explain myself, if you're willing to listen."

[Myitt]

Myitt looks back at Tora, wide eyed.  "Yeah, me too," she says, turning back to Illim.  "Seriously, you're going to go through with this?"

---

Corliss pauses, lost in the one-sided conversation Efaen is having.

<Mike, what are you doing?  Stop her!> he hisses to himself.  Then he seems to realize Terenia has been talking to him.  <I need to get back into Mike.  Damn it, where is he?>

Temrash's words then filter through the pool in a sort of sonic-relay, delayed slightly by the process.

<Continue feeding?> he demands, although it's futile.  <Temrash, you idiot, you can't just let her leave!>

---

Mike rolls over in his sleep.

"Why's everybody so bloody loud?" he murmurs. 

[Chad32]

"I don't want to listen to Efaen whine while people are trying to rest." Temrash said. "I also didn't feel like holding her down and putting Terenia back into her head. I'm not responsible for her, and if she wants to leave, so be it. She knows the consequences. If Terenia starts whining in thought speech, I'll put you in the bar."

[Myitt]

Corliss digests Temrash's response.

<Of course, you can hear us!  Mike, will you stop whatever it is you're doing and get me out of here?  Get us out of here.  Temrash, can he respond to us?>

---

Mike starts in his sleep.  "Corliss, reckon I need like, five more hours, mate," he says sleepily, yawning. 

Then he realizes.

He sits up sharply, wiping at an eye.  "Oh, Christ mate, I dozed off..."  He looks around.  "What happened?"

[Chad32]

"Oh, a few things. Efaen woke up and wanted out, and I figured it would be more peaceful with her gone. Another thing is I took my dracon back from you. I wouldn't want Corliss getting anymore ideas about threatening me. Terenia's fine. That's your main concern, right?"

[Myitt]

"Well, yeah, her and Corliss...Christ, Efaen just walked out of 'ere?" Mike looks around sourly.  "I must have been down for the bloody count." 

He slowly climbs to his feet.  "Where did she go?  Efaen?  We can't just let her run off, doesn't Terenia need her?"

Without waiting for an answer, Mike turns to the pool and looks down at the two Yeerks inside of it.  "Oh hell, I can never tell you apart," he mutters, rolling up his sleeve and fishing a hand in, waiting for whichever one was Corliss to be able to tell it was him.  "And oy, you can give me my Dracon back," Mike calls over his shoulder while he waits.  "I'm not going to shoot the bloody place up."

---

Corliss sloshes around in the little pool under the waves generated by Mike's hand.

He bumps into Terenia.  <Sorry...that must be Mike,> he says hastily, struggling to swim against the waves.

[Terenia]

Terenia listens with growing alarm as Temrash explains what has just happened.

<You moron!> she rages at him in thought-speech. <She was just unconscious! She had a freaking seizure! You just let her walk out? What if something happens? There's no way of knowing that she's healthy until I have a look at her.>

Terenia's seething rant comes to an abrupt halt as the pool water is disturbed. She struggles to clear the way for Corliss to exit the pool.

<Get me my host back,> she growls at him, too frustrated to dull her anger for his sake.


Efaen stops at the bottom of the ramp, looking surprised at being addressed so quickly. She still has not completely gotten Temrash out of her mind, but she forces herself to focus on the humanoid standing in front of her. He seems familiar somehow. It takes her a moment to realize that he was the man who had attacked her just before being knocked unconscious. The memory seems hazy and distant - more like a dream than reality - without Terenia to supplement it.

<Explain then, human,> Efaen says in a beleaguered tone. <But walk while you do. I have not fed in some time and I am somewhat light-headed.> Efaen sets off at what, for an Andalite, is a relatively slow pace, headed for the lake.

[Chad32]

"No one is getting their dracon back, and Efaen is just outside." Temrash said. "She also doesn't seem to recognize you as any sort of partner, so I wasn't going to put you back inside her. She seems level headed enough to make her own decision, and she made it."

[Myitt]

<I'll try.> 

Corliss swims under Mike's hand and feels himself lifted what feels like a million miles into the air. 

He senses Mike's ear canal and hurriedly propels himself through his human friend's head, during which time neither the human nor the Yeerk are able to really respond.

In a few minutes Corliss is looking out at the pool through Mike's eyes, absorbing what he has missed.

<I told you to watch us!> the Yeerk cries.  <Now Efaen's who knows where and we're without a weapon!>

<Corliss, honestly, you try going days without sleep,> Mike replies crossly.  <Oh, yeah, that doesn't matter much to you, dunnit?>

"Give me the weapon," Corliss says to Temrash, rolling down Mike's sleeve and wiping his ear with it.  "I'm not going to threaten you again, but I'm not going to waste my time arguing about it.  I just need to talk to Efaen, and bound or not I don't trust her with my life or my host's."  He sneers.  "Or did you release her tail from its bindings, when you let her walk away?"

[Chad32]

"I wouldn't have let her out the door without giving her a way to defend herself. Oddly enough, I trust her more than I trust you. She acts like a typical Andalite, and that I'm used to. I don't know what to do about you. All the dracons not on my or Kevlin's person are locked up."

[KitsuneMarie]

"No, I'm done in here. I couldn't do what I came on board to do, anyway," Elayne says, walking past Mar and ordering the hatch to open up. She steps down to the gravel and moves to the side to make room for Mar. "The good news, though, is that my ship's about ready to fly again. It wasn't too tough a fix," she continues. "Still, wouldn't hurt to have a real pilot next time."


Illim's eyes narrow. "Of course," he says. "I didn't throw away my position with the Peace Movement... or kill all those people... for no purpose. I want to be actively involved in ending the Empire. The only thing standing in my way seems to be my host. So hell yes, I'll shed him."

His furrowed brow reverses into worry lines. "Though... you don't happen to have a new host for me to take, do ya?"