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[Terenia]

<<Thrilled,>> Terenia responds lowly. She knows that Corliss hasn't actually done anything worth being angry over, but she doesn't know how else to react to him. She is silent for a few moments before speaking again. <<Why did you come into the pool? You don't need to feed. You were in here long enough while I was borrowing Mike.>>


Efaen directs her main eyes at Ossanlin, waiting for his response. She too is eager to carry on with the mysterious process - both out of her own curiosity and because it will allow her to begin her mission sooner. And, of course, the added bonus of never needing to fret over Terenia trying to reinfest her. A cautious stalk eye remains on Serid, the other picking up on Claxter and a stranger somewhat in the distance. She does not offer them a greeting.

[Myitt]

Corliss is silent a moment before answering.  <<I didn't want to leave you in here alone,>> he says lamely, his tone obvious even to a non-native speaker of the ultrasonic language.  <<I know what it's like.>>

[Terenia]

<<Yeah, so do I,>> Terenia says shortly. <<You left me in here for how long while wandering around the bar, taking shots at Efaen and fighting with Salem? And when do you decide to return? When freaking Zorish shows up. Thanks so much for your consideration. It totally made my day.>>

[Myitt]

<<Terenia,>> Corliss replies, trying and failing to keep the edge out of his voice, <<I did those things because we couldn't leave here without making absolutely sure we're secure.>>


Mike pushes open the big wooden door, peering into the gloomy bar.  The place frankly made him nervous without Corliss, but he was still armed, and he had the reflexes Corliss had honed to use the weapon. 

He brushes back his mess of black, shaggy hair, his black uniform's sleeves still rolled to his elbows.  How long had it been since he'd had a proper haircut?

With a sigh he heads toward the bar counter, his black boots creaking along the wooden floorboards, his eyes shifting uncomfortably from one corner of the bar to the other. 

Mustering a grin, he sets both hands on the grimy, peeling shellacked counter.

"Bass Ale, please," he says, more confidently than he feels.  "D'you have it, like, not chilled?"

The bartender stares at Mike with a bored expression, drying a mug with a grubby towel.

Mike clears his throat.  "Just a Bass Ale.  On the tab, then."  Hesitantly he slides onto one of the wooden bar stools.

[Midnight_Huntress]

Silver didnt answer Vogefac as Parker beat her to it. She offered him a soft smile though. "Thank you anyway." When Parker thanked him she thought she heard a dismissal in his tone. Why would he do that? Was he....? No he couldn't be.....could he? She couldn't think too much on it as it hurt to focus ay the moment. She instead made sure one foot made it in front of the other. She nodded. "The lake sounds fine....."


Jade's eyes saddened slightly. She lowered her gaze to the lake shore. "I've been trying to figure or a way to contact my people to let them know I am safe. I worry about my Sekasha.... they protected me and I them....but I cannot contact another dimension without very very powerful magick....." She said softly.

[General Squall Leonhart]

Lucan noted that Jade's eyes were full of sadness when she spoke of not being able to contact her people. "Jade I wish there was something, anything, I could do to assist you" Lucan said in a remorseful tone of voice. Lucan gently encircled her shoulders with his arm and hugged her close so she could lean her head onto his shoulder, but still walk beside him.

[Luke Skywalker (Ossanlin)]

~Ossanlin~

Ossanlin nods.  <I believe that those are worthy causes, provided that our goal is to destroy the Empire specifically...to liberate the galaxy from their war-mongering tyranny.  It's important to remember...>

Ossanlin cuts off as Serid sends a thought-speech message.  He glances at Efaen with his main eyes as she greets Serid, and moves a stalk to look at Serid also.  He is not keenly pleased to be interrupted.  <Hello Warrior.  Do you have anything to report?>  He chooses not to address Serid's question immediately.  It is evident that the being has been away from the military and his own people for quite some time...some strictness was in order to set him back into the correct mentality.

Ossanlin also notices Claxter's form approaching the lake some distance away with another very odd being.  He sighs internally but shows no outward signs of his irritation.  He felt he had finally been making progress with Efaen and it seemed like all of his charges had decided to "check in" at that very moment.  He half-expects his communicator to chirp with a message from the Tyrennian.

He removes his hoof from the water and keeps one stalk on Efaen, the other on Serid as he scans the surface of the lake with his main eyes waiting for Serid to speak again.



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~Rathien~

Rathien lowers his arm as Salem moves away and shrugs at him.  "A good time, some fun, entertainment, gratification, pleasure...take your pick."  He runs his tongue over a fang.

He glances at Mar, shrugging again.  "I have learned what I have learned...and forgive me for sounding rude, but I don't have a single reason to trust anything you say, one called Mar."

[Twilight_Pixie]

Candice nodded, she knew Enough about the military to understand that if his superior officer said to do something, he had to. She looked toward the two andalites and marked similarities in her mind between them and Claxter. Her eyes drifted away once they neared the shore. Her Eyes glistened in the sun light, the ice blue appearing even paler. Her waist length hair sparkled with its silver hue as it moved with the breeze. Her face brightened up as she looked it over, finally seeing something she was use to.

"It's beautiful!" She said with a sing-songy voice as it carried on the air. Candice ran toward the water and splashed about making sure to keep her wings dry but Didnt worry about anything else. She only ended up waist deep in crystal clear water, but she was soaked head to toe, yet her wings remained dry. She waved over to Claxter to get his attention.

"what are you standing out there for? Come in, the water is fine." Her voice had a mild pull to it, though it would grow stronger with her happier mood.

[Terenia]

<<Yeah,>> Terenia says with a thought-speak sigh. <<I know. I just...>> she falters, finding it difficult to remain angry. She is not the sort of person to hold to her emotions long - they are far too volatile and shifting for that. It hardly helps that Corliss has done nothing to directly feed her anger. His eternal calmness is infuriating in its own way - infuriating because it makes it impossible for her to be furious.

<<I don't like being alone,>> she finally says, sounding embarrassed. <<I still have Andalite and human instincts, you know. Neither of those species are too happy to be blind and helpless, submerged in gunk. And I'm used to...I'm used to having Efaen around too. Even when I feed, she's never far off. Never out of thought-speak range. When you left me along here I ->> she cuts off, feeling foolish. <<Nevermind. I don't know why I'm talking about this with you.>>


Zorish finally finds what he is looking for - the audio transcript of the file that brought him here. Curiously, he plays it back, listening to the thought-speak voice intently. He finds it a bit difficult at first; thought-speak tends to sound the same to him, no matter who is speaking. After a third play-back, though, there is no denying the identity of the voice.

<<So,>> Zorish muses. <<The Andalite female has a bigger role in this after all. Corliss identified her as Terenia's former host.>>

<<Terenia, who is supposedly Teresa,>> Tammy says.

<<Yes. Clearly the two are not on good terms. Perhaps the Andalite will be of use to us.>>

<<You want to make a deal with an Andalite?>> Tammy asks fearfully. Zorish does not respond directly. Instead, he takes the opportunity to check his weapons, making sure that they are once again functional, before opening the hatch and hopping down to the gravel.

"If nothing else," he finally says aloud, "I am beginning to get a clearer picture of what has happened here. Let's go find our Andalite."

He sets off for the bar, cloaking his ship behind him.

[Chad32]

<Ok.> claxter said, and jumped into the water. It felt pretty nice, as Candice had said. He did manage to see his Prince, but didn't see reason to go up to him. He didn't actually go swimming very often, so he couldn't really think of much to do now that he was in the water. He just found a spot to sort of float in the water with most of his body submerged, taking in the scenery.

[RAFrukh]

Vogefac's brows furrowed just slightly as Parker helped Artemis away. Not in anger but in confusion. Why was he so eager to help Artemis. He looked for claxter but he wasn't in sight. In fact he couldn't locate any of his friends.

But he noticed that Alliance girl from before.

He walked over to her and her friend just to occupy himself.

"Excuse me. I believe we've met.", he directed to both of them.

[Myitt]

<<I don't like being alone, either,>> Corliss mutters, embarrassed.  It's all he can think to say after Terenia has finished admonishing him for leaving her.  What else could he say?  This was a human girl, used to Andalite senses, and it was all too familiar how confining his normal life was after the freedom of being with Mike.  Even in the pool, at home, there were his fellow soldiers.  His brothers.  It was uncomfortable to confront the idea at last.

[Twilight_Pixie]

Candice smiles gleefully when Claxter agrees to join her. She ends up swimming circles around him on her stomach. She barely used her taloned feet to kick, for they weren't meant for swimming. She pulled herself through the water, cooing her laughter. Candice had never had so much fun in her entire life ad she was going to make it last as long as possible.

When her laughter faded away, she let herself float on the water on her stomach. It took some effort, but she kept her face out of the water. Her curiosity had finally begun to get to her, so she dampened her joy and questioned Claxter.

"Why didn't you ask before why they wouldn't allow me to sing?"

[Chad32]

With Candice swimming circles around him, she was bound to notice there was a blade at the end of his muscular tail. He kept it out of the way, though, and tried not to intimidate her with it. In truth, though, she probably noticed while he was leading her to the lake anyway. <I figured it was some stupid meaningless reason.> Claxter said. <Though I suppose it is curious. You have the most beautiful voice I have ever heard. Why is it, then? Why would they stifle such a wondrous thing?>


Derrel noticed Corliss come in, but didn't say anything about it. Or was it Mike? Or Terenia? <<Hey, is there some kind of signal you guys use to tell who is in a body? Or if there's no Yeerk in someone?>>

[Darth Revan]

Parker helps Silver exit the bar, and begins guiding them towards the tree line that leads to the lake. He enjoys her presence, once more in his arms. For so long he had wondered if he would see her again. He looked upon her scars and asked, "You know I was afraid for you on that ship, I know you were fatigued when I last saw you. Did you get off of that ship alright?"