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[Myitt]

"Well, I already offered, but apparently that makes me a crazy person," says Tara, glaring at Corliss.

"Yes, yes it does," says Corliss, smirking. 

"What are we going to do, draw straws?  Conjure up a body out of thin air?  Who the hell here has an infestable body and wouldn't object to temporarily being the puppet of an ex-Imperial torturer?"  Tara shakes her head.  Then she looks up. 

The bartender stands there drying a glass, watching some spot on the floor across the room.  If he understands what's going on, he hasn't made any indication of it. 

"Is he even human?" Tara wonders, staring now at the bartender.  "Myitt thinks he's a hologram.  I've never seen any evidence that the guy eats or sleeps..." She lowers her voice to a whisper.  "It gives me the crawling horrors, if you ask me..."

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<I don't think I can convince them to return something to you that isn't yours,> says Myitt.  <Especially since I agree with them.>

[Breekan1]

"The BT's a bad call. If he is infestible, I have a sneaking suspicion he could kill us all." Breekan frowns. "My really dangerous powers aren't tied to my physical body, including my brain." He flashes a worried glance at Shal before continuing. "It shouldn't be too difficult to tie me up ahead of time, to keep her from getting into any trouble. And I can change into something other than my battlesuit so she won't have access to any of the tricks in there. And I don't know anything too damning, or at least, not that I'm aware of."

[Myitt]

"Breekan, do you even know how to get to where we live?" says Tara, gesturing at the tupperware pool and Corliss.  "I can't remember us ever exactly throwing a housewarming party."

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[Terenia]

Kara takes a deep, shuddering breath and gulps down her second glass of water. Her vision is still fairly fuzzy, and her thoughts are muddled, but the water helps. This time when she speaks her voice is, for the most part, under control, although it is still slurred heavily.

"Where is it?"

[Alic]

Alic couldn't imagine the bt being a hologram. <I agree.. We don't know what he's capable of and I'd rather not have a yeerk show us. And I'M sure not taking any chances. I'd rather you wouldn't either.> She shuddered at the thought of having one of those things inside of her.

<Breekan..> Alic said frowning, <Really would rather you not. But if you two are so set on letting it speak, then fine. > She crossed her arms, knowing they would what they thought was best. Which was oppisite of what she would like to do.

[Breekan1]

"Never have, Tara," he responds. "The only sensitive knowledge I have is all stuff that's going to be bad for Crayak; the locations of a few Howler breeding vats, some slavefactory planets, etc. I've got no qualms about letting that up." He grins. "And Alic, I appreciate your concern, but I'll be fine. As long as we keep me neutralized, there's not much she can do to hurt anyone, right?" He avoids adding the phrase "I hope" to the end of that statement.

[Myitt]

"I dunno, Breek, I don't like the idea of someone having even the slightest chance of unbridled access to your powers, someone who could use you to the advantage of the Empire," says Tara contemplatively.  "Hell, you're like a living, breathing One Ring.  Don't like the idea of you being shackled down, either."

Corliss leans over to Kara and nods at the tupperware pool.  "Ardiss is in there, love.  Maybe you'd be better at picking her out than I would, I don't really know that Temrash bloke in their either.  But my sibling's in there, and neither she nor Temrash want to hurt you."

[Terenia]

Kara makes a jerky motion towards the tupperware, as if to grab it. But once on her feet she sways dangerously, unsteady and unused to controlling her own center of gravity. She lurches forward, crying out wordlessly.

[Myitt]

"'ey, steady on," says Corliss, helping Kara steady herself.  "Tara, I think you'd better get Myitt out of there, yeah?"

"Fine," says Tara, walking over and looking down at the Yeerks.  She awkwardly rolls up her sleeve and fishes a hand around in the sludgy grey water. 

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<Well, that's my cue,> says Myitt, swimming under Tara's fingers. 

[Terenia]

<No!> Ardiss cries, echolocating Myitt's rather close position and "shouldering" her to the side, trying to get as close to the submerged hand as possible.

[Myitt]

<Hey, idiot dapsen--> Myitt hisses as Ardiss pushes her out of the way. 

"I just hope you have a plan," says Tara, looking at Corliss and closing her hand around the Yeerk.  "Because I can't think of anything else."  She holds the Yeerk to her ear in a huff.

Corliss shakes his head.  "I don't know.  I don't know, alright?"

[Terenia]

<Hah! Take that traitor!> Ardiss crows, her last comment before being lifted from the pool. A moment later she senses an ear - an unfamiliar ear - nearby. She infests this new host as quickly as she is able to, cutting off Tara's ability to speak first, in case she realizes that a switch has been made. No use in reveling in her success if she's ripped out and stomped on before she has even fully infested the human.

Ardiss wraps herself tightly around Tara's brain, taking full control as abruptly as she knows how. The first thing that she does is open up Tara's memories of the conversation that has transpired in her absence. Then she focuses her eyes on the whimpering human that was her body minutes ago, running through her options quickly.

[Breekan1]

"I reckon she should be fine in my body- like I said, my nastier powers should all be dependent of my actual molecules." He scratches his chin. "Ossy, if I were wrong, do you reckon you could keep me at bay?"

[Alic]

Alic turned away as Tara lifted "Myitt" out and let her inside. It was still something she couldn't bear to watch.
She was really hoping to get this over with soon so she could sit down and have a drink. Or a few.

[Myitt]

<No, no, no, no...> Myitt says miserably, swimming around the cramped little pool, squid-shooting into one of the walls.  <Temrash, that was Tara!  I have to get out of here.  She'll know everything, goddamnit!>

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<Hey, what's up?> Tara says, shocked at the sudden abrupt lurch out of control.  <Have yourself a nice little chat?  Ready to figure out what the hell we're going to do here?  Because I sure as hell ain't.  Hey...hello?>