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[Chad32]

Temrash drew his dracon. "I told you I would let you borrow Dara if you followed my orders. You disobeyed me by not holding back when I told you to, then you disobeyed me again when I told you not to start anything. I'm not helping you take Efaen back involuntarily. You're carrying Efaen back to my ship. Either that or I'll have to stun you and drag you both. You have blown your chance."

[Aluminator (Kit)]

Salem put his hat back on his head. Not Keshin? he thought, a bit confused. He shrugged. Stranger things had happened here than two people looking exactly alike. Maybe she's the pilot of the shiny new Bug Fighter I spotted on the way down? I definitely don't remember seeing a ship like the mishmash-one Keshin was describing his to be.

"I apologize," he said, still keeping his voice low. "You look exactly like someone who was at this bar not long ago. Some of the people here'd prefer to shoot first and ask questions later if they spot you. It might be a bad idea to be seen looking like that. You'd be doing yourself a favor to be very careful."

He narrowed his eyes and leaned a little closer, scrutinizing Keshin's face. "Really not Joanne, though, huh?" he asked, standing up straight again and crossing his arms.

[Gaz]

"Don't think I'll be going anywhere right away," Morgan commented. "Not quite up to captaining the ship right now. That guy dealt me quite a blow to the head that I'm still recovering from."

[Midnight_Huntress]

She nodded her understanding. "when you have your soul ripped from you them we'll talk." she said but gave a soft smile.

[Chad32]

<I suppose I should be going.> Claxter said. He had been hanging around, but it seemed Silver and Morgan might like to be left alone. He decided to head back to the bar. upon entering and scanning around, he noticed Salem and Keshin. <I did not expect to see either of you again. Least of all not this soon.> He noticed Keshin was wearing an Imperial uniform. Was she wearing one before she left? He wasn't sure.

[KitsuneMarie]

Illim eavesdrops as much as possible, busying himself with closing up the pocket in which he has sealed his communication device while his perked ears attempt to catch what Salem is saying.

<<Sounds like Myitt may be one of the bar patrons this newcomer means. Did you see how quickly she hung up?>> he murmurs to Serid, who makes a quiet noise of affirmation.

The Andalite is clearly interested in this new turn of events, and not just a little nervous. If Illim messes this up, Serid knows it will hang over him, the host, for the foreseeable future. And considering Myitt's haste to avoid Keshin, Serid is not particularly eager to earn her disfavor.

Illim keeps quiet, letting the cowboy talk, maintaining an expressionless visage all the while.


Elayne follows Mar in but stops dead in the doorway, noticing Kenshin's presence immediately. Glad Mar has moved in the opposite direction of the Yeerk, she follows him briskly and sits down next to him. "Great," she mutters, eyes cutting towards Keshin behind her dark hair. "So glad he's back."

All playful smiles have evaporated, at least for the moment. Keshin does not frighten her, but he rather worries her. After the results of their last conversation, she wants nothing more to do with him.

[Terenia]

"Sorry, dad," Terenia says, making a face that looks downright terrifying with Hork-Bajir features, but is meant to be sarcastic. "Are you going to send me to my room now?"

Terenia looks at the Dracon Temrash is brandishing and then back up at the owner of the weapon. Switching to thought-speak she adds, <No one said anything about taking Efaen involuntarily. She's ill and should not be wandering around damaging our body. She needs to rest right now, not gallop unchecked through this hellish place. I am not going to take her back until she is conscious. No point in being in a body that can't do anything.>

She kneels down by Efaen's hindquarters, shooting Temrash a goblin grin, <Besides, are you really going to go through all the effort to carry an Andalite and a Hork-Bajir back to your ship? It takes two Hork-Bajir just to manage a single Andalite. Go ahead and shoot me, but you'll be making things a lot harder on yourself.>

[Chad32]

"I was hoping that she would find a nice quiet corner to get some rest, which seemed to be exactly what she was doing. Couldn't you see that? She was obviously half conscious already when you hit her."

This was frustrating. He didn't want to round on Terenia while in Dara's body, and he didn't want to try hauling Efaen anywhere by himself. He should have grabbed a communicator so he could call his ship. There was no way he was leaving Dara alone, and wondered if he could carry Dara's body back to the ship and bring it around to Efaen.

"I'm not helping you take Efaen to someone else's ship, and I suppose you're not going to help me take her to mine. So you're just going to have to leave her while I take you back to my ship for lockup. Conscious or not. I definitely don't trust you enough to put away my dracon and pick up half and Andalite with you right in front of me."

[Terenia]

<<Dear God, Corliss, please make him be reasonable,>> Terenia pleads in private thought speech. A scowl on her face she rises, moving around Efaen's body to her torso where she kneels once more, placing a claw on one of the main arteries in her neck.

"Normal heartbeat," she says after a moment, glaring up at Temrash. "With any luck she'll be awake in a few minutes and no one will have to carry anyone anywhere. But thank you for changing my mind about infesting her. I'd rather deal with Efaen in my head than you acting like my commander any day."

Terenia gives the Dracon Beam one more belligerent glare before dropping back to her knees. She turns Efaen's head to the side gently and lowers her own so that their ears align. One arm loops around Efaen's neck, placing a wrist blade tight against the flesh there.

<If you shoot this body,> Terenia warns, <it is very likely that when it is knocked unconscious it will also kill Efaen.>

<<Thank you for the temporary use of your body,>> Terenia says to Dara sincerely. <<I'm going to give you control over your arms last, but if you could please refrain from killing me or Efaen I would appreciate it.>>

Terenia begins to disengage from Dara, making sure to keep careful control over Dara's wrist blade position.

[Chad32]

"You think you're so clever, huh? Ooh, you outsmarted me. Now I can't do anything without harming Efaen. Whatever shall I do?" He said with mock worry. "Be sure to keep that blade trained on her nexk, Dara. This will be a more convenient way to get Terenia back to the ship."

Once they were back, he'd put Efaen back in lockup, and likely let Terenia starve to death. She was a useless being, and he really wasn't sure what Corliss saw in her.

[Terenia]

Terenia continues pushing through into Efaen's body, and she only hears the first part of Temrash's retort before she loses the ability to hear. Stretched between two bodies she holds on to Dara's motor control for as long as possible before finally releasing him. She slithers the rest of the way into Efaen as quickly as possible, wrapping herself comfortably around the familiar brain.

<<You're not that bad, are you?>> Terenia says, checking her hosts brain. The earlier trauma seems to have dissipated almost entirely, leaving only exhaustion behind. Terenia's blow probably would not have even knocked her unconscious under ordinary circumstances. As it was, Efaen would probably wake up in a few minutes time, as predicted. Terenia waits, knowing that her body is currently helpless but also trusting that Corliss will not allow anything bad to happen to her.

[Chad32]

Temrash thought about the best way to move Efaen. Should they try to carry her while keeping her tail restrained, or getting her to walk back while one of them holds her tail and the other keeps a dracon trained on her. With two hands, Temrash should be able to hold onto a young Andalite female's tail. Even if she did wrench free, she wouldn't be able to move fast enough not to get blasted.

And what about Corliss? He would likely go running off for help or a weapon. "Listen Corliss. I know you like Terenia, but she has to be dealt with one way or another. She has shown repeatedly a willingness to kill those she values if she doesn't get her way. From killing her sister because of contrary beliefs, to letting Dara's blade slit Efaen's throat if she isn't allowed to infest her host. She's dangerous. I'm taking her back to my ship to restrain her. Don't do anything we'll both regret later.

[Cobra (Gymn)]

Dara rolled his neck. "That was a nightmare. She's crazy, knocking out the person she wanted to infest. This was a bad idea. I'm not doing that again." He held Efaen's head in one hand and his wrist blades at her neck.

[Chad32]

"I agree that was a bad idea. We need to get them back to my ship. I'm going to lift the tail end and use my tail to restrain hers. You handle the front end, and try to keep a blade at her neck. She still needs hours of sleep, and afterwards we'll talk with Ossanlin about this."

[Cobra (Gymn)]

Dara looped his free arm around Efaen's body behind the foreleg. He hoisted her up. He kept his other arm at her throat.