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by **JoshuaDurron** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 11:24 pm

Derrik watched the exchange between the pilot and the captain in bemusement, then interjected, "Can I look at one of those, captain? It might be possible to recharge them using the power in one of the stunners. I'm not sure, though."

by **ArgusDevilmen** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 11:43 pm

Ryoko glanced at Derrick. "Hey they are mine not the captains baka!" She stuck her tounge out at Derrick and put the cell away. "These are plasma cells anyway, I doubt a stunner coudl recharge plasma."

by **Blaze Yamato Spirit** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 8:42 am

'But you're not supposed to have it, and you're only keeping it with the Captain's permission, and she has the authority to take it away from you again - so it makes sense for Derrick to ask for her permission rather than yours.'

Candice turned to Tanake and nodded her head.

'Right, I'm on it.'

She immediately left the ship and went to the top of the nearest hill to get her bearings.

by **SALSAlys** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 1:35 pm

Tanake nodded slightly to Derrick. "Ryoko, give him one. I doubt he'll be able to get it to power our stunners, but if he can... it could provide much more energy for the smaller guns than the large one. Still keep at least one charge for the big gun, though. I'd like to at least know we have it available if we're really in trouble."

* * *

Candice could see the waterfall area that the ship had crashed into led into a small river, or perhaps a large stream. Though clear, the water had a blinding effect from the sun's light, and she had to shade her eyes to notice how the water seemed shallow enough to wade in, although a darker area in the middle suggested it abruptly deepened.

* * *

Tanake, meanwhile, turned back to Sylavi, looking over the green-skinned girl again.

Not bad-looking, once you get over the shock, she noted absently. Might as well try to see if we can establish simple communication.

She jabbed her thumb at herself. "Tanake. I am Tanake." She then glanced about again for the nearest person, and sighted Phillipe. "Phillipe. He is Phillipe." Pointing again, wondering if she was trying to work this too fast... or even if this was the right way to go.

Tanake then pointed to Sylavi. "You?"

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by **Blaze Yamato Spirit** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 2:36 pm

Candice resolved to follow the stream a little way away from the waterfall, and, having done so, acted upon her resolution!

by **SALSAlys** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 3:54 pm

Candice was able to observe the signs of life all around herâ€” not only that of the vegetation, which was green like Earth's, though much more leafy than any in her experience. Some flying creatures, birdlike in appearance but with an oddly erratic flight that reminded her more of bees and scintillating colors, also chittered at her, a small group of half a dozen descending to circle her head before they flitted off.

Not much else happened thoughâ€” peaceful and calm, the faint scent of alien, flowering plants and herbs reached her nose, almost making her feel drowsy. Tranquil. That described this place.

Then her eyes could see a small cairn near the stream; a small pile of some kind of semi-precious stone, the largest one no larger than her fist, all smooth and egg-shaped. They shone slightly with the sun's reflection, glistening pale blue with silver veins. Several small sticks, painted in bands of color, were erected in the earth around the stones.

by **Blaze Yamato Spirit** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 4:42 pm

Candice was happier than she had been for a long time - she was outdoors, on a strange new world, and she was experiencing sights and sounds for the first time...

She moved closer to the cairn, curious as to its purpose.

by **Dark Xia** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 7:13 pm

Sylavi had opened her mouth slightly, trying to mimic quietly to herself the sounds.

>I am Sylavi.<

Could these truly be the gods? Or their decendents? Until now she was sure that well, she was to fear them, but thoguhts had begun to creep into her mind that she may of been overestimating these people, and that her fear was halting progression of communication, she did not know in fact if they truly understood what she was telling them anyway, perhaps this would confirm whether or not they did.

by **ArgusDevilmen** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 7:51 pm

Kyoko leered at Derrick and grumbled. "Fine you can have one...." She took one out of her bag and tossed it at Derrick. "But you ain't getting my other two, my baby needs his energy." She stuck out her tongue at him again, and sat down on the floor. "Now what Ake-chan? We just gonna try and chat with her?"

by **SALSAlys** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 8:20 pm

Tanake sighed slightly. "Try to, anyway. Not going to waste much more time on this, since we really should be trying to set up a camp here first..." She pointed to Sylavi wearily. "You are Sylavi."

Not the easiest way to communicate... not sure if she understands us, but WE can understand HER... odd situation.

* * *

When Candice ventured closer to the cairn, she could sense a kind of energy about itâ€” almost a cool tingle, like she was in a pleasant mist of water. And oddly enough, an aura of sanctity.

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by **JoshuaDurron** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 11:43 pm

Derrik grunted and caught the energy cell one handed, turning it over in his hands. A plasma cell, eh? It might be possible to do something with that, with the right equipment. Unfortunately, the right equipment was lacking, and improvising it would be tough. He became lost in thought for a moment or two, unsure of how to best approach the problem, and as a result was oblivious to the attempts at communication going on around him.

by **ChristianC** » Sat Jul 05, 2003 6:25 am

"Right..." Phillipe mumbled as he lit another cigarette. "I am Phillipe... You are... Sylavi." He groaned invardly. He knew he should've brought some of his babies on this trip too, but in difference to that little brat Kyoko, he knew to follow orders... However, it seems either he was ignored by the captain, or she had other plans for him.

"Excuse me, captain, sir, madam... whatever." He blew out a big cloud of smoke in Sylavi's direction, "I was wondering, since I volunteered to go search the area, and you chose those two... What am I supposed to do?"

by **SALSAlys** » Sat Jul 05, 2003 10:23 am

(Right... Xia's going to be gone for about a week, so I'm going to be using a bit of RP that I worked out over AIM with him and Argus. Why only them? Because they were the only ones I could find on short notice. ^_^;; Sorry. However, I'm not using that scene YET. So just as a general hint, it might be easier to keep your chars away from Kyoko, Tanake, and Sylavi. 9.9; )

Tanake took a brief glance aside from the communication attempts, glancing from Phillipe to Derrick.

"Wait a minute.... you're better with weaponry, correct? See if you can help Derrick."

by **Blaze Yamato Spirit** » Sat Jul 05, 2003 5:43 pm

Candice instinctively felt that she shouldn't touch the cairn, or she would risk defiling the sanctity radiating from it, so she contented herself by kneeling and examined the striks surrounding the cairn more closely.

by **SALSAlys** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 2:44 pm

Brightly painted bands surrounded the sticks near the protruding ends, and they seemed to have a certain 'order'. Not all sticks had certain colors, but where they did, they were in roughly the same location... almost as a sort of code.

by **Blaze Yamato Spirit** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 6:25 pm

Candice sat by the cairn and examined the sticks, trying to make head or tail of what she was sure was a code...

What could it mean...

by **SALSAlys** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 6:44 pm

Whatever the code was, it wasn't immediately decipherable, and couldn't correspond to any sort of alphabet.

by **Blaze Yamato Spirit** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 4:46 am

The girl shrugged to herself and stood up. As far as she could see, nothing could be learned from the sticks or the cairn, save for the fact that they confirmed alien life existed on this planet - which hardly needed confirmation, bearing in mind the pretty alien girl back at the ship.

Candice decided to move on yet further, as she was in no rush to return now that she had been set free to explore.

by **FlamingDeth** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 3:59 pm

While it seemed to have slipped their minds, the majority of the crew had not seen Liam in quite some time...since just after the alien girl came on board.

In truth, he had returned to what was left of the engine room. The fact that the crew was being so kind to the creature without giving any thought to where she came from or what she was really doing here made him quite uneasy. However, it was far from his position to argue with the captain. He may have been the oldest and most experienced on the ship, but he knew that for a hierarchy like the one on the ship to work, everyone must know their place. As such, for the time being, he scoured the remains of the engine room, searching for anything that could be of use...

by **JoshuaDurron** » Tue Jul 08, 2003 12:04 am

"Phillipe, come with me. We're gonna take this sucker to the engine room and have a closer look at it."

Derrik trotted through the wrecked interior of the ship, soon arriving at the engine room. He spotted Liam there, and called out, "Hey old man, check out the plasma pump for the take off/landing engines. See if it still works, and if there's any plasma we can still get out of there. Then come on over here at take a look at this." He placed the plasma cell on his desk (now upside down in the middle of the room) and dragged his chair over so he could sit while examining it more closely.

by **SALSAlys** » Wed Jul 09, 2003 2:37 pm

As Candice continued along the stream bed, she noted nothing out of the ordinary, save for the exotic vegetation.

by **Blaze Yamato Spirit** » Thu Jul 10, 2003 12:55 pm

Candice finally decided she had strayed far enough from the ship, and turned back to stroll leisurely the way she had come.

by **ChristianC** » Sat Jul 12, 2003 4:11 pm

"Geez..." Philipe followed after and entered the engine room with him. He nodded to Liam and sat down with Derrik.

"Let's see here..." He mumbled for himself as he began poking the cell, "I don't see anything wrong with it..."

by **JoshuaDurron** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 12:08 am

Derrik shrugged. "Nothing wrong with it, yet. What we want to do is make a recharger for it, possibly using engine plasma. Also, we want to be able to recharge the stunners and such using these cells. It's our best bet at a long lasting energy supply."

by **ChristianC** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 5:35 am

"Hmm..." Philipe prodded the cell at different points, looking at it thougthtfully, "A recharger you say... Shouldn't be impossible."

by **SALSAlys** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 3:25 pm

(OOC: Aiyah, I should've made this post long ago, actually, but... myeah. I was being a lazy GM. This was actually worked out on AIM with Kev and Gerevene, so... whee! And I think I decided I suck at writing this stuff neatly, although I tried editing some of it to be easier to read or understand. Sadly, I also cut out some pretty funny bits because this post is going to be too long anyway.)

Tanake returned to her attempts at communication, pointing at Sylavi wearily. "You are Sylavi."

Does she even understand...?

The Eyallan slowly began to repeat it. "Syl...avi."

Kyoko looked over, grinning infectiously. "I think she's learning, Ake-chan!"

Tanake ignored the pilot, pointing to herself again. "Tanake."

Sylavi repeated it several times, getting it down pretty well, but blushed a purple color with embarrassment that it took so much effort to do something that appeared so simple.

Not that Tanake minded. Don't want to try to confuse her with last names as well, anyway... She nodded, trying to give an encouraging smile.

Just hope that they don't ahve anything about 'baring fangs' being hostile...

>That is how you speak my name?< came Sylavi's mind-voice.

By now, Tanake was getting used to the oddness of feeling another's mind inside her own, and nodded slightly, repeating it. Kyoko got up, walking over while toting her bag. Tanake nodded slightly to her, indicating that she should try introductions as well.

Kyoko beamed. "Konichiwa, Sylavi-chan!" She pointed to herself. "Me Kyoko!"

"...try keeping it to English for now. So she only has to keep track of one language."

>Pardon me if this sounds demanding, but... could you possibly raise your hand to respond with a yes, and lower it when you mean 'no'?<

Tanake chuckled slightly, raising her hand as she nodded, along with Kyoko. "Yes."

So we might be making progress...

Sylavi smiled, although sweat was beading on her forehead. "Keeeyoooko."

Really no verbal language skills. Odd, even thought they have the ABILITY to speak... mused Tanake as Kyoko raised her hand, smiling at Sylavi's attempt.

>Thank you. Please, I beg forgiveness for my antics, but I believe it may be the only way we may understand eachother.<

Aww... she's so cute! She's like a shy little girl! thought Kyoko, bouncing slightly on the balls of her feet.

Calvin glanced over at the trio, snorting slightly. "Still set on teaching her?"

Sylavi's earlier relaxation turned to tension again as she saw Calvin, able to pick up his hostile body language as she took a step back, swiftly kneeling, feelers down again.

Tanake bit back a swear word. "Yes. Now go investigate the weaponry we have," she said flatly. "That is your duty at the moment."

"...yes, CAPTAIN Ozulu," he growled, words twisting her title.

Sylavi tentatively tried to 'speak up', her worried voice reaching their minds.

>Please my lord, I did not mean to cause you harm with the fire...< Her head was virtually on the ground now, as she was leaning so low.

The blonde man just spat. "Tell her to get her damn thoughts out of my head."

"Show some respect, Calvin-kun," said Kyoko, before Tanake cut her off.

"Deal with it, Dartmann." She crouched by Sylavi, trying to tug her up. The green-skinned woman was starting to hyperventilate, not understanding the words being exchanged, but still able to tell he was displeased. She let herself be moved easily, as Calvin gave an elaborate salute, far more formal than necessary, before he went to gather up their weaponry.

"She doesn't look too good, Ake-chan," Kyoko said worriedly, looking over Sylavi.

"I know, I know..." Tanake replied impatiently. "Damn it."

I'd pat her like a child, but that's hardly a good reaction for what appears to be a mature woman.

"Why not give her a comforting hug, Captain?"

Tanake gave Kyoko a suspicious look. "Under any other situation, I'd suspect matchmaking." That didn't prevent her from doing as Kyoko suggested, patting her back slightly. "Don't worry about him," she advised Sylavi, although she doubted that the woman actually understood. Sylavi, for her part, was caught a bit offguard by their actions, and was flushing deep purple.

Kyoko clasped her hands together, chirping "How kawaii..."

"...Kyoko. Shush."

Sylavi didn't know how to respond, and slowly got the courage to tilt her head up straight, looking TAnake in the eyes.

>I thank you for the gesture, my lady.<

Tanake nodded slightly, releasing her. "You're welcome."

Hm. Maybe with more hand signals, like sign language, we can get a wider range of 'speech'... and for an alien race, she's surprisingly... human. In appearance, at least.

Sylavi nodded, starting to wonder on how there was nothing in the ancient scrolls covering this sort of situation. Kyoko, on the other hand, was wondering if the captain getting turned on was a good or bad thing.

Then, taking them by surprise, Sylavi knelt again.

>I must thank you for providing me with this new garment after I carelessly destroyed my old one. Know that I am forever grateful, my gods. I am your servant.<

THAT statement caused a significant reaction from both Tanake and Kyoko. One look at their faces sent Sylavi cowering again, as she wasn't sure of their responses.

>Forgive me if I've said something to upset you, please!<

And this could work either for or against us, or just set up so many complication... thought Tanake, as Kyoko knelt to tilt Sylavi's chin up. The priestess was still sweating, cheeks turning purple again on contact.

"Sylavi. Say. Nothing. Wrong," the Japanese woman said, speaking slowly.

>No? I don't understand... no, my apologies, my lords...< Sylavi went back to cowering.

This is like talking to a three-year-old with telepathy... A very well built polite three year old, fumed Kyoko, before realizing what she just thought.

Crap! Now I'm thinking like the captain!

>Are you not... gods?< came Sylavi's tentative question, realizing that if she was wrong, she'd likely be struck down.

Tanake's hand jerked down emphatically. "NO."

>Are you related to the gods?<

Tanake repeated the gesture.

>Were you sent by the gods, then?<

"...no." Tanake only belatedly added the hand signal, although Sylavi was starting to recognize that word anyway.

>Who are you then, if not gods? ...Are you of the demons?!<

"NO!" The hand jab for this was almost violent with its intensity.

>If neither demon nor god, then what ARE you?<

"People. Humans."

Kyoko added her own two cents. "Mammals!"

It took a few moments for them to teach Sylavi that "Peoplehumansmammals" wasn't their name, and to settle on 'humans'.

>I am a priestess of the Eyalla.<

Tanake nodded, glancing at Kyoko. "Try giving her back her jewel, then. She might have thought she was just giving them to her gods..."

She nodded quickly, fishing the jewel from her vest pocket before trying to hand it to Sylavi. The Eyallan seemed more relaxed now, though, and lowered her head, feelers still upright.

>No... you are visitors here, consider it a welcoming present.<

Tanake nodded slightly as Kyoko tucked the jewel back. "...thank you." She bowed slightly.

>You have no need to bow to me, you who can travel across the sky and into the heavens... but do you know ANYTHING of the gods, if I may ask?<

After seeing their blank expressions, Sylavi's eyes narrowed slightly.

How can they now know anything of them, demons in disguise? They're heathens then?... or just hiding and trying to confuse or play with me? she reflected suspiciously.

>I wish I could understand you, why you've come here then, or who you are exactly, but it appears that is impossible. I suppose I should definitely inform the others of these facts, as to not have them be deceived by your appearance.<

Tanake nodded slightly, although she was suspicious of placing herself and her crew in the power of the natives, no matter how well-intentioned they might be.

>Perhaps the Myrria would be able to help instead. They are a different people than ours, living in the water. They communicate with hand signals.< She frowned slightly as she mentioned 'water'.

* * *

Candice arrived then, along with Edmund Cypress, and Tanake gathered the crew quickly, informing them of the native beliefs about the gods and such, as well of the Myrria and Eyalla.

"This awe might keep them from being hostile, but don't encourage it, in case we end up having to show some proof. Apparently, they're also sending for some Myrria people to try and communicate better, since the Myrria don't use telepathy."

Sylavi, for her part, was arranging for more of the Eyalla to come and see them, as well as arranging for the head priest to come and teach them the Myrrian hand-language, or at least until another translator could come and attempt the task.

Cautious testing using some of the ships' equipment when the Eyallan arrived with food for hospitality and welcoming proved that the food was edible for the crew, although it had a slight deficiency in some vitamins, so Tanake recommended the crew to supplement their meals with vitamins from the ship.

Magic was readily visible in the large gathering, although not many people used it, or for very showy affairs. Mostly for the more 'domestic' tasks, of lighting fires or cooling items by creating drafts of air. These were the exceptions, thoughâ€” generally, if it could be done by hand, it usually was.

The Eyallans were readily recognizable as a race, with green skin and purple or magenta hair, all with delicate, almost feather antenna and pointed ears. Other than that, though, they were fairly human, although their average heights were from five feet to 5'4".

Yeran wasn't there, though, which Sylavi was made to explain as being because he was busy gathering up books and materials to help instruct them. Yeran also told Sylavi that as she was the first to have contact with these people, he'd expect her to be at the lessons as well the next day, at midday.

Tanake made no objections, although she didn't discuss it with her crew until after the gathering was dismissed, and even Sylavi was sent back to the village, to see Yeran in the temple.

"So. Thoughts on this, people?"

* * *

Sylavi went through the delicately carved and painted arches over the temple doors, feet making soft sounds against the floor, which was made of cool, glistening stones of various rainbowed colors. In the light from sticks of burning incense, it sparkled under her feet like a living creature. The quarters for the priests were in the back, but Yeran was in the center of the room, on a circular dais which was surprisingly plain.

by **ArgusDevilmen** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 3:37 pm

(( *laughs* You cut out some of the silly stuff I see. ^_^ ))

Kyoko put her hands behind her head and smiled. "Well this is weird and all...." she paused and looked to the captain. "But I can make do, it's not like I will be swinging around my baby in their temples or anything....." She nodded to the captain. "So yeah I think I can make with these arrangements."

by **FlamingDeth** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:39 pm

"...I dun trust 'em." the aging engineer stated. "Did ye know that a lot o' people wanted to see if we could make peace wit' dem bugs, too?"

"Now, these obviously ain't bugs, and those that just came by may be friendly and stuff, but if they're anything like humans..." Liam paused. "An' it looks a lot like they are...there's gonna be a lot more o' them, and most o' them aren't gonna like us much."

by **JoshuaDurron** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 11:30 pm

Derrik shrugged. "Me, I'm not an expert. I'd say, accept the help of those you think we can trust, and keep the rest at arms distance." He tossed the power cell he had from Kyoko's plasma cannon, and added, "I think we can both recharge these things, and use them to power some of the more basic tech we got, like the stunners. So if they do prove to be troublesome, we can take care of ourselves. For a while."

by **CaptainCommando** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:42 pm

Edmund sat with his hands clasped in front of him, a troubled expression on his face as he thought over what was happening.

"They don't seem too bad from what we've seen of them... and they can't be too horrible, seeing as how they have don't seem hostile, and have a religion, of sorts."

Edmund sighed, " And since we're stuck here we should probably do our best to get along with them."

by **Dark Xia** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 4:46 pm

Sylavi continued to contemplate what these beings could be, her head was aching from it all.

How could this be, travellers from the heavens, heathens? The gods were the source of all, how could these people never of heard of them. Truly they must be demons, who else would have power. Perhaps they WERE demons, but did not know of their heritage, or were decendents tof the gods too that had forgotten where they came from. it was not uncommon for history to be lost.

Yet... what if these friendly advances were going to lead to her people's dooms? She could not get thay worry out of her mind. What if the gods had sent that metalic object here to imprison these beings... what if she had released them. She decided to relax and meditate, perhaps something would come to her.

by **SALSAlys** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 12:28 am

Yeran turned to face Sylavi. His hair, formerly a dark violet, so deep as to almost be black, now had streaks of lavender in it, loosely held back in a braid. His eyes were blue, clear as crystal but with the richness of the jewel set in the front of his priest garb. The flared shoulders of his clothing were green, a shade darker than his skin, and thick, creamy bandages wound about his torso between the blue section of his shirt which showed beneath the pads, and his 'skirt', made of two long triangles of brown cloth, trimmed with orange. His antenna coiled slightly above a face which was smooth despite his years, and almost androgynous, except for a slight ruggedness about the chin.

>Sylavi?< His gentle mind-voice intruded on her meditation.

>We didn't get an opportunity to truly discuss these... newcomers, earlier. I would like your impressions of them.<

* * *

Tanake was listening to them all impartially, no comments being made yet and her face calm.

Jenni bit her lip slightly, one finger twisting a loose strand of her hair about itself.

"Well... I agree with Edmund, and Derrick. I don't think they're going to be hostile, though, based on the group we met so far... so as long as we're friendly, they should be too."

"Although we should still be prepared to defend ourselves," Eduardo said quietly, resting his elbows on the sides of his wheelchair, his hands gently folded in his lap. "Although since we only have so much power available for our weaponry, and it's not a resource we can readily replace, we would be at a disadvantage in a hostile situation."

Calvin was also being quiet during this discussion, although his mouth was slightly tightened. He didn't seem prepared to speak his piece yet, though.

by **FlamingDeth** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 2:45 am

Liam grumbled.

"...did none o' ye younguns pay attention in yer history classes?" he said. "Individual groups have almost always been accepting. But when news gets back to a big population, rumours spread, an' they stop bein' friendly. I'm gonna keep bein' nice in front o' them, though, cause I ain't any more eager for a fight than y'all are. Just be wary is all I'm sayin'..."

by **Blaze Yamato Spirit** » Thu Jul 17, 2003 11:06 am

Candice was silent, head tilted forward and her hair screening her eyes. She didn't think she had anything useful to add to the discussion, and was merely taking in what the others said.

by **ChristianC** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 6:45 am

"I agree with Liam," Philipe said thoughtfully, "It would be foolish to believe they'd all treat us well. Considering the facts that we aren't considered Gods anymore."

He lit a cigarette and blew the smoke towards some of the beings watching him. "I don't like being observed and poked at like a lab-rat."

by **Dark Xia** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 9:10 am

>My impressions of them?<

Her thoughts radiated with stress, she was still not able to come up with a conclusive thought on the matter, probably because she knew that this situation was far from over. Or ws it just her paranoia?

>I am unsure of even my impressions, how can I judge beings so, distant from us? They do seem to have the possiblity forboth evil and good. The two, what I believe to be females, whome I communicated with the most seemed friendly enough One of them, a large male, was a large male, who I don't believe forgave me for my actions and did scare me much.<

Sylavi paused, realizing her statement did not sound too foreign. She was sure that there were some males among them that would of reacted the same.

>But, despite that, they claim not to know even the slightest bit about our dieties or demons. They claim to have no connection to either. How could beings from the heavens not know of them?<

by **SALSAlys** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 10:54 am

Calvin couldn't resist a grin and a mutter of agreement with Philipe, even if his agreement involved an obscenity.

"As far as I've seen," spoke Tanake, "â€” we may have to get used to a bit of poking, until we are able to learn their language and speak on a more even level. And once thereâ€”" She shrugged slightly, leaning forward a bit. "If we really find that we are unable to tolerate eachother, I think we could cope on our own. The local food is edible for us, and we could probably find an area away from these... Eyalla."

* * *

Yeran's antenna unfolded gently, face calm, with his eyes only partially open before he spoke.

>The heavens are a large place, Sylavi, far larger than our own world, even. Do you claim to know every Eyallan on our planet, no matter how far their village? Do you claim to know every member of the Myrria in the sea?< His mind-voice wasn't chiding, although it was offering her other possibilities.

>Perhaps there are connections here, too deeply buried for even they to be aware of...<

He was silent for a while, eyes closing. He could have been a statue, save for his antenna swaying slightly.

>Even though I am inclined to trust in the judgement of our gods, I will admit these strangers will require watching. How well do you think you can handle that task?<

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by **JoshuaDurron** » Sat Jul 19, 2003 12:16 pm

Derrik an opportunity to voice one of his own concerns. "The doc's got a point on the issue of energy, Captain. I doubt we'll be able to use more than half of the plasma we got in the tanks right now, and converting it into something useable for anything else will be a real chore. I'm talking about getting only 10% efficiency from that energy if we try to use it in anything besides that ridiculously large fire lighter Kyoko brought." If the pilot gave Derrik any nasty looks for that comment, he ignored them.

"Even if we don't participate in hostilities with the locals, we've only got so much energy to use for our stuff like medical equipment and scanners. Sooner or later, we've gotta face facts: There's no way to say for certain we're getting off of here any time soon. The locals have a few tricks we might be able to use to help conserve. For instance," Here he nodded in the general direction of the hatch, "they blew in our door in seconds, and with enough heat to melt the edges. That chore would have taken me at least an hour, and I would have probably almost exhausted my cutter's power supply. We should find out how they do tricks like that."

by **ChristianC** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 5:54 am

"Oh well, you're the captain, so I guess it's your decision." Philipe shrugged and leaned back in the chair he'd been given, "but I don't want to stay on this planet any longer than necessary."

by **Blaze Yamato Spirit** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 1:54 pm

Candice looked up at Tanake and voiced her own opinion about this strange world.

'I like it here. I want to explore. Besides, that's my job, right?'

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