Neon Icy Wings wrote:Tatiana nodded at Hivemind's words, "Aye, aye boss. Some grub sounds good." She walked her way to the public kitchen, giving a wave to Traci as she entered, "Heya Traci, hiya Hive. I think I'll just have one of those burgers I've heard so much about. " She said, simply enjoying the evening atmosphere after the mission.
"Will do!" Hivemind pulled some raw hamburger from the replicator in addition to some lettuce and tomato and buns. He put the burger on the grill and started cooking it.
~\Rook/~ wrote:Traci entered the champion tower's cafeteria not long after she left the hanger, then headed straight to the public kitchen. "Hey again Hive! Can I have, uh, a small bag of chicken strips? I'll cook a proper meal when I get home later.." She asked the human-looking droid calmly, leaning on the counter.
Hivemind nodded and walked over to the replicator. He produced some chicken meat and put it in the fryer.
"What did you think of your first mission, Traci?" he asked as the food cooked.
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Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Yay," Jaken called at the news before pausing with a handpaw holding a skittle he'd just purloned from Junes' pizza. "How can I protect her if she leaves me behind," he asked with a touch of plaintiveness.
Buster wrote:june's response is a single word: "Shark."
"Fair enough." He said.
"We should talk about where you are going to be staying tonight, June. Or at least what you're going to do once most of the ship is asleep."
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~\Rook/~ wrote:Rika followed Hivemind along, shuddering slightly as she exited the portal door. "Aw, that's so nice of him.. I'll be sure to thank him for thinking about me when we get there." She replied, standing by the droid as they waited for the maglev.
The maglev arrived quickly and took them to the station near Power World. Normally they wouldn't have allowed Rika inside without a ticket, but hivemind vouched that she was just there to pick someone up. Even that wouldn't have worked, but being who hivemind was has a few privileges. Pretty soon, they were entering into the pizza place.
"Here's the place. I've already paid for the pizza, so you can just go ahead and start eating when you want."
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Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Suggest you turn the main computer back on, Captain," Corp advised. "I turned it off for safety. Who else did you find, Hivemind?"
"Among the survivors? The Smith family, the Rodgers family, and a couple engineers who were previously trapped unconscious behind debris." he said.
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Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Thanks for that," Jenevive sighed. "It's going to hit home soon, you know? All the stuff that's been lost."
"I know. Many things you lost won't be able to be replaced. Pictures, memories... The only advice I can offer is to make new ones. Explore the ship, see the sights, take pictures and make memories with the family. Be glad your family is safe as possible here, and love them all like every day could be the last one." He offered as advice, sounding a bit experienced in this regard.
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Buster wrote:hivemind might notice four odd things. 1) a private taxi shuttle just returned to the beacon empty, having apparently transported someone to the surface, despite a complete lack of proper launch authorization. 2) the paper trail from that anomaly leads to the business owner responsible, who neglected to file the fare properly, and has clearly been heavily bribed. 3) tracing the funds reveals that detailed scans of a handful of different hive drone models are circulating on the black market, the money from which was sent to a public terminal on the beacon, last used two hours ago, shortly before the shuttle went plannetside. and lastly, 4) epsilon and three quarters of the credits from the black market sales are missing.
((Epsilon has been removed from the rp, and will remain so indefinitely. she was never meant for this setting.))
Groaning, Hivemind responded in the only real way he could. He confronted the taxi shuttle owner, activated the stolen droids and used them to arrest the buyers (much to their surprise), and question why she went through all of this trouble when she could have just taken a legal shuttle at any time as long as the ship wasn't in transit.
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Buster wrote:"Riiight... and give sir wikipedia an excuse to explain something? can't i get a cliff notes version from someone who DOESN'T alternate between long winded and infuriating?" Kobor complains, though still taking the letter.
The old man let out a jolly laugh.
"Yes, he does have a bit of a problem with over-explaining, doesn't he? It's not his fault though. His brain has problems letting something go until it's been resolved or explained." He took a step back.
"One way or another you will learn about this parallel, and you will learn soon. If you do not wish to ask about it, I will not force you." The old man, as well as the entire area, started to fade.
"For now, I will let you go. You have a killer to catch after all." With that, he was gone.
The area around them was no longer open, instead being a simple alleyway. In front of them, hiding behind a dumpster and looking through a purse was a hooded figure. He turned to the twins. It was the criminal they were looking for. He jumped back in surprise, acting as if the two twins had just appeared out of nowhere.