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[Chad32]

"It's really a sad thing to see womeone whose default disposition is a negative one. I know she's been through very bad things, but a decent person like her with good friends should be able to climb back to a positive state of being." Jocun said. "Has she ever been on antidepressants?"

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

~Ossanlin~

<<You must understand the danger though, Claxter...>>  He activates his ARC's holo-emitter and starts scanning Claxter's body for anomalies.  <<From what I gathered, even one arbiter of that Alvie collective could destroy an entire civilization.>>  The ARC picks up the nano-bots' presence, but they seem to be lying dormant at the moment.  Perhaps Claxter was right...maybe they only activated at his command to interface with computer technology.  <<I think it would be best for you to remain away from the Tyrennian for the time being...at least until we are absolutely certain there is no danger.>>



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~Rathien~

Rathien rolls his eyes at Salem and his conversation, and stands up out of the booth, still holding his half-filled tumbler of Miruvin.  He avoids the two Andalites and the strange mechanized-lizard, and makes his way over to the table of humans...likely controllers.  Perhaps the pretty female he'd talked to earlier wouldn't just shoot him out of spite.

Without inviting himself, he pulls a chair from another table and sits down at their table's end, leaning back and kicking a soft-soled boot up on the edge of the table.  "So...Rebels?  Imperials?  Some other strange thing I've never heard of?"  He grins, both fangs gleaming even in the low light of the bar.

[Chad32]

<Yes sir.> Claxter said. He looked down at the armored being. <I suppose he's going to be ok, correct?>


Jocun tensed up when Rathien showed up. "I'm not normally rude to people, but I'd much rather you not sit at my table." He said. "I don't know what happened outside to make you and Salem all buddy buddy, but if he changes his mind, I don't want him firing in this direction. I honestly doubt the two of you patched things up without some level of coercion."

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

~Ossanlin~

<I honestly don't know, Claxter.  The mechanized suit around him seems to be communicating with Al just fine...they seem to have matters in hand.>  He glances around at Terenia, grimacing to himself.  <I am disturbed by the apparent passage of time...there has to have been some sort of temporal parallelism.>  He commands his ARC to interface with the Mirage and scan the logs for memories that he partially has.



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~Rathien~

Rathien moves his arm to tap Jocun's bicep with the back of his hand.  "Lighten up, slimy.  That's all water under the bridge.  We made up, though I'm afraid the kissing part will have to wait until later.  But you know the old saying, '...to those who wait,' right?"  He grins at Jocun.  "I assume you mean Tobias, though I've never heard him use the alias 'Simon.'  Of course names don't mean much to Tobias...they never have."

[Chad32]

"Yeah, I meant Tobias. You're a confusing individual, you know that? Friendly with everyone when not currently trying to kill them? To answer your previous question, I'm an imperial in a post war universe. We're nicer and much less speciesist."

[Terenia]

Dom raises his eyebrows at the strange humanoid who has joined them. "Who wants to know?" he asks. His tone isn't aggressive, or suspicious, just legitimately curious as his eyes trail down the length of Rathien's body, then back up to his face.

He grins, the expression faltering only slightly as Jocun tries to get him to leave. "Now, now, let's not be hasty. I am always up for making new friends. Especially when they are particularly attractive friends." He extends a hand to Rathien. "Dominic Ticak, the best dressed rebel you will ever meet."


Terenia finds a booth far from Dom and the others, settling into it with a sigh.

<<You know, if you wanted to be antisocial, perhaps coming here wasn't the best course of action,>> Esreth quips.

<<Shut up,>> Terenia responds dully.

[Chad32]

"He's like a tiger, Dominic. A beautiful creature that you nonetheless probably don't want to be near without a thick barrier between the two of you." Simon said.

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

~Rathien~

Rathien shrugs.  "What use is there in being needlessly hostile?  True, Tobias isn't my favorite person...but he's, shall we say, changed the situation between us."  He furroughs his brow slightly before shrugging again.  "You seem fairly familiar with time-travel...not something I'm aware of, aside from the strange Hope-drive that Tobias employs once he's left enough of a mess in a dimension.  But then that's not really time-travel.  Is it something your people have developed then?"

He looks around the table and stops as his eyes catch Dominic.  "Hmm...hello there."  He runs his tongue over a fang again...this bar just keeps turning up more and more prospects.  He reaches out and squeezes Dominic's hand a bit before shaking it.  He grins devlishly and on a whim, leans forward to plant a small kiss on the back of the human's hand before releasing it.  "Rathien d'ilarianiil fen'Mirwindrierien or'Elienal sen'Ildiar.  But most people stick to Rathien." 

He glances at Jocun again momentarily.  "You flatter me, but I'm really more of a...wolf."

He returns his eyes to Dominic at the word "wolf," and grins a little wider at the rather friendly controller.  "So...Dominic...are you the human or the Yeerk?"

[Chad32]

"The higher powers don't seem to like us mere mortals messing with the timestream. That time that someone found the Time Matrix didn't really roll over too well with them. It makes me wonder why they'd allow a place like this to exist. Maybe something keeps them from deleting it. So Tobias defanged you, huh? Why even keep you alive if he did something that kept you from attacking him? If you don't mind me asking."

[Myitt]

Gene blinks in surprise as Rathien invites himself to join their table--which is quickly becoming crowded.

A sinking feeling in the pit of Gene's stomach makes him want to crawl into a hole and avoid talking to these strange--and potentially dangerous--newcomers. But of course, as he might've predicted, Dom is already making friends.

His brow furrows as Rathien kisses Dom's hand. "Excuse me," he says, the back of his neck flushing cold as he addresses the stranger with bold intentions, leaning across the booth table. "Um. Rathien. Would you..." He points between Dom and Rathien himself. "Would you mind not sleeping with him, please? He has enough going on in his love life right now." He gives Dom a lingering scowl before sitting back against the scratched wooden booth, unable to keep from feeling sullenly defeated.

[Terenia]

"I am the human," Dom says, still smirking vaguely. "Reyliss is a quiet one. I daresay you will not hear much from her...Rathien." His eyes trail along the creature's body once more before Gene cuts in. Dom pulls his hand back and looks over at Gene in surprise.

"My dear, Gene," he murmurs, sliding an arm around him. "Do not worry. You know that for all my talk, the only man I am interested in sleeping with is you." He leans over and plants a kiss on Gene's head, amidst his curls. "Besides, not just anyone is special enough to experience what I have to offer." His grin returns.

[Myitt]

The scowl remains firmly on Gene's face for a few moments, his arms locked across his chest.  Then he sighs, deflated.

"You're so modest," he murmurs, rolling his eyes. He does, in the end, smile a little.

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

~Rathien~

Rathien growls in his throat and looks at Jocun.  "Care to test that theory, Imperial?"  He flexes a hand surreptitiously to draw attention to the claws at his fingertips and his grin turns to more of a snarl, though it still shows his fangs to good effect.  He turns his gaze back to the rest of the table without waiting for a response.

"Who said anything about sleeping?  Me, I think Dominic inspires thoughts that in no way resemble sleep."  He glances over at the other human controller with messy red hair.  "Hmm...it seems I've stumbled into another one of those pointlessly-limiting monogamous arrangements."  He looks over this Gene again.  Not the type he'd usually go for...but the experience would be...stimulating either way.  "Unless, of course, you're open to a third every once in awhile."  He gives one of his winningest smiles with a touch of feral flavor.

"Odd to meet a quiet Yeerk...and one who identifies as female in a male host.  Very unique indeed."

[Chad32]

"I don't care if you test it or not. Just take it outside if you do." Jocun said. "I suppose it can be annoying, not being able to set up a one night stand when you feel the urge. If you can't get one in a bar, where can you get one? Simon slept around for a bit before he settled down. Settling on one man was partly due to him getting older."

[Terenia]

"Strictly speaking," Dom says with a small smirk as Rathien mentions a lack of sleeping. "There is nothing monogomous about our relationship. I am not Gene's only partner, and Reyliss is very much a part of our dynamic as well, in her own way. But just because you are non-monogomous, that does not mean you sleep with just anyone." His eyebrows raise in amusement. "Or don't sleep."

<<Something tells me, Dominic, that this is not a person you want to instigate too much,>> Reyliss murmurs.