Non-HPU: Beacon of Hope

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 2:24 pm

”I have no idea how this could be us, considering we.... Hang on a second.” Kolt said, slowly realizing something. Saffy had mentioned Traci being back at the hotel, plus that sonic explosion thing and the purple glow had both happen after she bumped into him and Jenny. That would imply.... ”Oh my gods, she’s a touch based power copier.” He said, somehow looking happier than he did during Jenny’s little treat earlier.
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”And judging by the sprit floating in front of a sleepwalking body, plus that rather displeased look on her face, his company might need some help.” Liz said, before walking up to the disembodied ensign. ”Let me guess, ghost problems?”

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:13 pm

"Sir! Captain! Oh, um... I... well..." she exclaims surprised, noticing Corp then Liz. Though she quickly trails off looking embarrassed. "I can't figure out how to make sleeping-me not follow me around and do things I'm thinking of doing... I'm supposed to be in bed recovering." she explains gesturing to her body's bandaged midsection. Regaining some composure as she explains. "I'd just be in my new apartment, but I cant sleep without becoming, well, this. I thought since what the Lieutenant turned into was similar, he might have an idea." now she's gesturing to her incorporeal self.

Meanwhile her physical body is visibly trying to stand at attention, but kinda failing due in part to the limited coordination of being asleep.

~\Rook/~ · Post by **~\Rook/~** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:18 pm

Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Board games," jaken repeated, before turning his head slightly to an angle. "Vid games? And film with June, Miss Rika?"

"Of course, I did say we.." Rika replied after she polished off her third main meal, gesturing around the table. "..And I'm not actually sure how to start up the vid games, if there is a vid game system installed on my vid player." She added before starting her fourth main. "Anyway! If we watch films, what genre - what kind of films would you want to watch? I can rent whatever you want from the on-line lists so we're not limited to just the data-disk films I have." She asked after finishing the aforementioned meal.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Mon Jul 15, 2019 3:24 pm

"I don't think I've tried board games. are they tasty?" there isn't a hint of sarcasm or humor from June when she says that. only curiosity.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 6:32 am

"Thome Thelican gameth," Jaken said, mid chew, "but motht Human ones aren't tew be eaten."
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"I'm a whatnow," Saffy snuffled, pretty sure she was supposed to be scared. Which she was.

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:23 am

”A touch based power copier. It means that when you touch someone with super powers, you copy those powers.” Kolt explained, sounding rather giddy about all this. ”The evidence fits. You used Traci’s powers to speed over to Jenny as soon as you noticed her fur extensions, you used Jenny’s powers when you accidentally blew yourself into the air, and you used my powers to stop your fall. I don’t know how you became a power copier, but you definitely are one. If you ever decide to become a Hero, you will be a great one.”
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”Well, if there’s anyone who would know how to fall asleep as a disembodied spirit, it would be Nocturl.” Liz admitted, looking a bit more perked up now that she had someone to help. ”As for the whole “body copying you thing,” did you try finding someone to tie it to the bed so it can’t follow you?”

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 11:34 am

"Might not be wise, Captain," Corp advised, "For all we know, this could be a 'soul still tethered to the body' sort of thing. Of more concern to me is how you felt on waking up this morning? Did you feel like you'd rested at all?"
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"I don't know either," Saffy sniffed, recovering some of her composure as she looked at a bird she wouldn't normally have been able to see. "But I want to stay here... Did I just say that? With Dad."

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:05 pm

Colorado gave a small shrug, "I dunno, I never really expected to ever think about having pups. To tell you the truth I didn't really expect to have a girlfriend either." He leaned his head on to hers as she snuggled in closer, "For a while there I always figured I'd adopt or something like that. But now I can actually have my own. I guess it's just kind of a shock."
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"It's the one from the cow." Denver floundered for a second, trying to come up with a good conversation topic past food... "So what's a day in the life of Sana like?"
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"Is it sentient? Probably been a few centuries since my kind last ate living things. Pretty sure some of those rodents, lizards and birds had other ideas in those days." Chris gave the mech a shrug.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Tue Jul 16, 2019 4:25 pm

at the captain's suggestion of being tied up, the ensign was going to comment about not wanting restraints to risk straining her injuries while she's still recovering, but corp's counterpoint served well enough and wasn't something she'd thought of. so she stayed quiet about that part.

"The more I sleepwalk, the less it feels like I actually slept, Sir." She explained after taking a moment to think about it.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:20 am

"That's not good," Corp told the spectral part of Ensign Taylor. "Even I know the body uses sleep to rest and re-energise. If your body gets starved of energy... Tell you what, Ruby" he added, "after we've all spoken with Nocturl, one of us should escort you to the nearest Medbay. They have a lot more experience with powers than we do."
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"I know of what you mean," Cherry said languidly, "the desire to mate is strong for my lot but it still comes as a shock when it really happens because it means we know who we want to be with. It kinda startled me, at first." She looked up at him. "It meant I knew the first time I saw you, love. And I know you'll be great. And, if we want another?" She poked him in the side. "THEN you can adopt(!)"
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Sana thought for a moment. "Well, generally," she said eventually, "I I first get up... Then I run several checks on my computers whilst finding something for breakfast. I check the 'most wanted' postings - partly to make sure I'm not ON them - then I run checks as I do a couple of K on a run - it's more like 5k with my short legs (heh). Then I'll find a place for lunch if not at the office." She stopped for a second. "I have a boring life. Well, that's going to change. I used to ice skate!"

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:34 pm

The ensigns expression droops visibly at the use of her first name.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:16 pm

"No," Corp grumped, "you're not going to die just because I used your first name, Officer Taylor."

Post by **CyberDragon** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 7:38 pm

SeanWolf wrote:The Other Side observes the parts one by one as The Hivemind brings them in, closely analyzing them and understanding how each one works and all the ways they can be tampered with in-case Hawk does find a way around them. Thankfully, from its observations, it seems Hawk, for the first time, won't be able to simply remove the safeguards as he did to one of his bounties weapons. Nodding it's head and thanking the Hivemind, The Other Side, after motioning Hivemind to follow it, returns to where Hawk had his ship and pulls the weapons out (Consisting of two beautifully crafted Revolvers, two SMG's that used cylindrical magazines, and a double-barreled shotgun adorned with a skull and other embellishments) and places them on the nearby table to install the safeguards. As the other side proceeded with the installations, it added that while Hawk will be upset, it will explain to him that it was either add the safeguards or he wouldn't help him out at all as "I believe, contrary to what he thinks, in a sense of proper judgement. It's why my people have never had any wars with any species." Finishing up with the safeguards, it goes to add the small canister to the weapons, but not before taking a whiff of the amber within the canister. "This amber...not like anything we ever smelt before. Did you create it?" it ask as it installs the canisters and quipping "Done...as you can see, they have all been install properly and to your specifications. Even if Hawk goes beyond his strength, he won't break the safeguards" before handing The Hivemind back the box.

Hivemind inspected the weapons and the safeguards installed. Satisfied that they were installed correctly, he armed the anti-tampering mechanisms and handed them back to Hawk. "Everything looks good to go." he said. "Next thing in the list of stuff to do would be to show you to your apartment room so we can customize it to your needs."

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Buster wrote:"Wait, you heat up... Is that why everything hivemind makes tastes slightly off, even when he gets it right?" Kol asks, putting the pieces of the conversation together, as she follows the others. "I thought he was just bad at preparing food."

"No, he is a bad cook. Or rather, not a great one." Gadgeteer admitted bluntly. "He intentionally limits the skill he cooks with to encourage people who have the money to go eat at the local restaurants. Lots of public services he provides are a bit more basic than the privately owned ones. Helps keep the economy moving, he says."

Half the games players wrote:A bunch of stuff involving Saffy discovering her powers.

Hivemind ran up to the group, following Saffy's dad. "Everyone, back off and give her space. Kolt, calm down." He walked up to Saffy and looked her straight in the eyes. "Saffy? I need you to calm down for a minute and do something for me. You see him?" he said, pointing at Gadgeteer. "I need you to shake his hand, and then I need you to avoid touching any other super powered people, OK? Gadgeteer only has one power that your ability can copy, and it's innocuous. It will replace the telescopic vision you got when Kol helped you up, and you'll be able to go back to a normal life like nothing happened. Sound good? After that, I'll need to have a look at that glowing rock you found."

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Buster wrote: Distracted by food, she doesn't actually hear the question and just answers, "Um, Yes?"

"Um..." the waiter looked a little confused. "Yes as in you would like the dessert now, or yes as in you would like it after your meal?"

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Elsewhere, a replicator continued printing a strange, manta-ray like modified creature. "I... suppose there are a few things to sort out before the host finishes printing." Hivemind said to Kobor and Talya. "First, are their any memories you would like me to try to preserve? I am aware you are used to using Talya to back up your memory, but that is no longer an option."

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Buster wrote:at the captain's suggestion of being tied up, the ensign was going to comment about not wanting restraints to risk straining her injuries while she's still recovering, but corp's counterpoint served well enough and wasn't something she'd thought of. so she stayed quiet about that part.

"The more I sleepwalk, the less it feels like I actually slept, Sir." She explained after taking a moment to think about it.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:"That's not good," Corp told the spectral part of Ensign Taylor. "Even I know the body uses sleep to rest and re-energise. If your body gets starved of energy... Tell you what, Ruby" he added, "after we've all spoken with Nocturl, one of us should escort you to the nearest Medbay. They have a lot more experience with powers than we do."

Buster wrote:The ensigns expression droops visibly at the use of her first name.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:"No," Corp grumped, "you're not going to die just because I used your first name, Officer Taylor."

After a short while, the door opened and the Lieutenant's mother appeared in the doorway looking rather irate. "Good evening, Chief. Captain. Officer. Can I help you?"

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Neon Icy Wings wrote:Tatiana got up and walked after the shell, standing a decent ways away to allow throwing. "Ah. Guess it should have been obvious. Then I guess I did play something like this. Just with hand grenades, super heated pipes and heavy debris." She tilted her head slightly. "Actually, come to think of it 'play' is a poor word choice."

The possessed shell laughed and shook it's head. "See, this is part of the problem. You've spent all of your time fighting for your life and never actually living. In short..." Diligitis raised a hand and the Frisbee started spinning faster. "You need a hobby, my friend. Catch!"

The disk launched itself through the air, spinning and gliding toward Tatiana at a reasonably fast pace, but not too much faster than a normal Frisbee. This was just level 1.

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Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Yeah, we could take a run with you, Pred," Keeva remarked, having pinched Dan for his sarcasm. She grinned at her boyfriend.

~\Rook/~ wrote:"Ack!" Dan shouted as he was pinched. "Sure, sure.." He replied after, rubbing his shoulder.

"Excellent." Predator said. The drone leaned in a little closer. Then, it opened up it's colossal jaws and rested the lower one on the train station platform. The device in the back of it's "mouth" fired up, and the glowing portal to the digital realm opened. "Please step inside and through the portal in front of you. Remember to keep all hands, feet, tails, and organs inside of the vehicle at all times."

Hivemind was shaking his head with his face in the palm of his hand.

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Welsh Halfwit wrote:Hannabelle almost didn't notice her arm on Gear's shoulders by the end of the first act. If he'd mentioned it she might bluff that she was making sure bugs couldn't land on him. Or something.

Likewise, Gear didn't notice his own arm wrapped around Hannabelle's shoulders until the start of the second act. When he did notice, he saw that it was mutual. He decided to distract them from this by making fun of the movie like they planned. "Looks like they're about to have a handgun fight. How much you want to bet they use a rifle or shotgun firing sound effect to make things sound more dramatic?"

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Deske wrote:"Is it sentient? Probably been a few centuries since my kind last ate living things. Pretty sure some of those rodents, lizards and birds had other ideas in those days." Chris gave the mech a shrug.

"From the bits and pieces I got, eating sentient species was outlawed about 50 Celican years ago. Still, you have not built up any resistances to any diseases or pathogens that may exist in native animals. And I would rather not carry around a pilot with food poisoning, thank you very much." MT responded, walking towards the hotel and the commotion he could see over there. "Looks like something's happening. I wonder what?"

Post by **SeanWolf** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 8:27 pm

Regaining control of his body (though oddly oblivious to the safeguards his Other Side installed on his weapons), Hawk places the weapons back and follows Hivemind. "Sorry about my outburst earlier" Hawk said as he followed beside Hivemind.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 9:08 pm

CyberDragon wrote:"No, he is a bad cook. Or rather, not a great one." Gadgeteer admitted bluntly. "He intentionally limits the skill he cooks with to encourage people who have the money to go eat at the local restaurants. Lots of public services he provides are a bit more basic than the privately owned ones. Helps keep the economy moving, he says."

"He wont let me eat the stuff anyone else prepares though." Kol points out, somewhat grumpily.

CyberDragon wrote:Hivemind ran up to the group, following Saffy's dad. "Everyone, back off and give her space. Kolt, calm down." He walked up to Saffy and looked her straight in the eyes. "Saffy? I need you to calm down for a minute and do something for me. You see him?" he said, pointing at Gadgeteer. "I need you to shake his hand, and then I need you to avoid touching any other super powered people, OK? Gadgeteer only has one power that your ability can copy, and it's innocuous. It will replace the telescopic vision you got when Kol helped you up, and you'll be able to go back to a normal life like nothing happened. Sound good? After that, I'll need to have a look at that glowing rock you found."

"Wait,whats wrong with having good eyesight?" Kol asked, having been paying more attention to gadgeteer'sanswer to her earlier question, and missing half the conversation.

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Buster wrote: Distracted by food, she doesn't actually hear the question and just answers, "Um, Yes?"

CyberDragon wrote:"Um..." the waiter looked a little confused. "Yes as in you would like the dessert now, or yes as in you would like it after your meal?"

"(Uninteligable)" June's response is roughly a sentence of nonsense due to being garbled by food, and she needs a moment or two to finish chewing and swallow before she clarifies, "After." in between hiccups induced by swallowing too much too quickly.

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CyberDragon wrote:Elsewhere, a replicator continued printing a strange, manta-ray like modified creature. "I... suppose there are a few things to sort out before the host finishes printing." Hivemind said to Kobor and Talya. "First, are their any memories you would like me to try to preserve? I am aware you are used to using Talya to back up your memory, but that is no longer an option."

"Uh... I didn't, actually think about that... um... that's going to be a mess to sort through."
what follows is a good half hour of non-stop rambling that demonstrates just how hard it can be to put non-sensory information into words in a coherent manner, when the mind underlying them is only mimicking your behavior but actually operates an a wholly alien way.

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Welsh Halfwit wrote:"No," Corp grumped, "you're not going to die just because I used your first name, Officer Taylor."

CyberDragon wrote:After a short while, the door opened and the Lieutenant's mother appeared in the doorway looking rather irate. "Good evening, Chief. Captain. Officer. Can I help you?"

The ensign gives an alarmed meep and levitates half a meter off the ground while her body stumbles back, having expected the lieutenant not... whoever this is. Admittedly there's a resemblance so maybe they're related? but she doesn't know most of the crew's families so for all she knows she looked up the wrong address.

Neon Icy Wings · Post by **Neon Icy Wings** » Wed Jul 17, 2019 11:33 pm

Tatiana shrugged and raised her hand, 'catching' the spinning disc before it got too far away from her. "Eh, it was living enough. Better than a boring life of coasting on nothing." She reared her hand back, making the disk spin. "And I mean, it's been like three days. Kinda understandable to not find a hobby that fast, though the idea sounds nice." She pushed her arm forward, sending the disk flying back at a decent speed, not wanting to escalate the speed of the game too quickly.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 12:36 am

"Good evening, Mrs Nocturl," Corp said carefully, putting a hand out to stop Taylor's body. "We apologise for disturbing you but we were advised the Lieutenant needed to talk with us?"
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"I wouldn't say anything's wrong with being able to see a long way off, Kol," Jenny told her friend, "So long as you know how to turn it off so you can see your feet."
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Saffy swallowed and nodded, clearly looking a little unhappy as she stepped towards Gadgeteer, aided by her father, who was still confused completely by the last minute or so. She looked up at the Varanian and hoped she wasn't going to get scales. Or burst out of her remaining clothing. Celicans generally didn't wear much clothing but that wasn't usually because they'd put on a few hundred pounds in weight and several feet in height in a few seconds. But she hoped the Hive knew what he was doing. She looked up at the mountain again and tried to ignore the fact she was looking straight into a single piece of his armour with supervision as she held out a handpaw to touch him. (After the touch) Her eyesight snapped back into place quickly, making her close her eyes tightly against a sudden flash headache. She felt... normal. "Um," she said, blinking to clear her sight and brain, "what power DO you, um, have? Should have asked earlier, I think..."
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"And how many times will they 'ker-chack'* their guns," Hannabelle replied, "or forget to? Not to mention reloading."
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Keeva chuckled at Pred's humour. "Sounds like teleporting," she said, more to Dan than anyone, "Captain does it all the time, I'm told." She stepped forward.

* noted it replaced the word 'c*ck' there. She didn't say 'ker-chack because that would be silly.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 1:35 am

Colorado released a contented sigh, "Sounds like a good plan. In any case, I'm glad you chose me. I've just got one question, when do you wanna do it? Like when do you think we'll be settled down enough?"
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"Same here," Denver said, a little confused at the most wanted list, "I used to ice skate before I joined as a medic. Never was too good at it, but I could go forwards and I didn't fall too often... Wait..." He glanced at his date, "You mean that kind of most wanted listing?"
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"Good point," Chris said. "Big crowd, one of the hivedroids is talking to some pup, everyone looks a little confused..." he said, listing off what he saw, "Kolt smells very very excited. Maybe they got word of more bad guys that need to be beat up?"

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 2:14 am

Sana looked around to make sure they weren't being listened to. She wrung her handpaws together. "I, er, used to be a good guy hacker," she confessed. "One of a group that kinda exposed secrets the Government wanted kept? Well, er, one time it was this big thing coming up? Election year? So they, like, decided to get a number of us arrested on fake charges. Fortunately, Agent Golta got to me first and got me in the IOC." She grinned. "So now I good guy hack legally. And, sometimes, officially." She looked askance. "I'm really not selling myself, am I?"
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"Well, we'd need to wait a bit, I suppose," Cherry said, still trying to keep track of the movie but preferring her conversation, "and are you talking of adoption or exchanging rings?"

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 3:04 am

"Eh, you don't really have to sell yourself to me," Denver said with a shrug, "I mean, you were a whistleblower which is almost always objectively good, then you were a government sanctioned white hat which is also good. You might've bent the laws a bit, but it's not like you killed anyone in the process or anything. Honestly I think it's pretty cool."
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"Oh, I meant having our own. Like how long should we wait before we try for real?"

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 3:08 am

Cherry looked at him with a little confusion. "Well, we're going to have one of our own in about six months, love."

furrygamer793 · Post by **furrygamer793** » Thu Jul 18, 2019 6:07 pm

CyberDragon wrote:
Hawkfang42 wrote:"Okay, Hello there sir." Brad says to The Lycan and he shakes his hand while Ken stares up at Arctos, trying to look cute.
"That's better." The Lycan said while Eira knelt down to give Ken ear scratches. "So you're joining the Champions then. I look forward to working with you and seeing what you can do."

"Okay, sorry about what just happened, Lycan." He said.

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CyberDragon wrote:
Hawkfang42 wrote:"I'd like to eat first, this place got a Shockfries?"
Hivemind hummed thoughtfully. "I do not believe we have that franchise specifically, but I'm sure we can find something similar. Specialty fry place I assume? Rob's Gourmet Fries is a good place."

"No thanks, I like Shockfries because of the way they're cooked. I'll just get a cheese sandwich, know a good place for that?" He said.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Fri Jul 19, 2019 12:31 am

"W-what?" Colorado stammered, not entirely sure he heard right. "What. Six months... You mean- Really?!" He said, visibly unsure of how to feel, his ears canted over and his eyes wide gave him a nervous and confused look, but the way his tail was currently assaulting both the couch and Cherry, it was obvious how he really felt.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Fri Jul 19, 2019 1:19 am

"That's true," Sana said, brightening up as they closed in on the restaurant. "I'm a useless Hunter!" She stopped. "And we needed that corridor," she said, pointing back to one they'd just passed.
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"I keep forgetting we're still quite rare," Cherry laughed, before trying to see if she could catch the tail in her mouth.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Fri Jul 19, 2019 8:14 pm

"Honestly I can't say I was a good one either. I mean, I chased squirrels when I was a pup, but I'm pretty sure I just let them go if I caught them. Hope that doesn't affect my datability," Denver said with a chuckle. "Doesn't effect yours in my eyes in the slightest." He reached an arm over Sana's shoulder and steered them both down the correct pathway, "Maybe we could save getting lost until after dinner?" He said, sticking his tongue out in a joking manner.
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Colorado was silent for a few seconds, before a wide grin spread across his face, "Y'know, it's finally sinking in and I'm honestly just so excited that I don't really know what to do with myself."

~\Rook/~ · Post by **~\Rook/~** » Sat Jul 20, 2019 12:42 am

Buster wrote:"I don't think I've tried board games. are they tasty?" there isn't a hint of sarcasm or humor from June when she says that. only curiosity.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Thome Thelican gameth," Jaken said, mid chew, "but motht Human ones aren't tew be eaten."

Rika laughed aloud at June's reply, taking her completely by surprise. She laughed for a good few minutes. "..Ahehe! Sorry, that tickled me. Ah, sadly I only have some 'human' ones from my father. Non-edible.." She replied after calming down. "..And thank you for your input, Jaken, but please do not talk with food in your mouth. It's seen as a bit rude in human culture." She added, giving his head a little pat. "I don't particularly mind though, so don't worry too much."

CyberDragon wrote:"Um..." the waiter looked a little confused. "Yes as in you would like the dessert now, or yes as in you would like it after your meal?"

Buster wrote:"(Uninteligable)" June's response is roughly a sentence of nonsense due to being garbled by food, and she needs a moment or two to finish chewing and swallow before she clarifies, "After." in between hiccups induced by swallowing too much too quickly.

Before the waiter left, Rika asked if she could have a large glass of water and a small bottle of fruit-flavoured soft drink.*

(*This is about what I have on a regular basis.

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Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Yeah, we could take a run with you, Pred," Keeva remarked, having pinched Dan for his sarcasm. She grinned at her boyfriend.

I wrote:"Ack!" Dan shouted as he was pinched. "Sure, sure.." He replied after, rubbing his shoulder.

CyberDragon wrote:"Excellent." Predator said. The drone leaned in a little closer. Then, it opened up it's colossal jaws and rested the lower one on the train station platform. The device in the back of it's "mouth" fired up, and the glowing portal to the digital realm opened. "Please step inside and through the portal in front of you. Remember to keep all hands, feet, tails, and organs inside of the vehicle at all times."

Hivemind was shaking his head with his face in the palm of his hand.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:Keeva chuckled at Pred's humour. "Sounds like teleporting," she said, more to Dan than anyone, "Captain does it all the time, I'm told." She stepped forward.

Dan followed his feline companion, not wanting to say what's on his mind in fear of being pinched again..

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Traci continued to clean up the hotel rooms, losing track of exactly how many she had done or the fact that no-one else seemed to be helping her.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Sat Jul 20, 2019 2:47 pm

"Well," Sana said happily before thinking of something cunning, "we can skate after. And at least Hive doesn't know I got lost."
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Seena took the hand Colorado had on her shoulder and moved the arm down her back so she could place on her midriff. "You can leave the hand there for a while," she asserted, "and rewind the film five minutes or so? We can take the rest - including working out who, if anyone, we need to contact in our universe - tomorrow?"
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"And I've never played them before either, June," Jaken said, after swallowing a piece of the spiced meat.

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:29 pm

”Sorry, I’ve just never seen a power copier before!” Kolt exclaimed excitedly, completely ignoring what Hivemind said about calming down. ”There’s only been four that we know about in my entire planets history! The last one was Orthia, and she was the COOLEST!!! She was a founding member of the Triumvirate, she took down an S Class threat by herself, and her costume had this cool coat that was made from the fur of her en-UMF!” He was cut off when his arm moved without his permission and clamped itself around his muzzle.
I do not believe this is what Hivemind meant when he asked you to calm down.”
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”Though we were going to check in anyways, see how you were settling in. I know I’m not the one running the ship anymore, but I still want to make sure my crew is doing all right.” Liz said, trying to appear a lot less frazzled than she actually was.
Meanwhile, Lewis was trying to look hard at work on his tablet, but in reality he was just shopping to replace some of the items he lost in the void.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sat Jul 20, 2019 8:51 pm

"Your definition of calm needs work." Kol decides to helpfully point out.

Post by **CyberDragon** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:07 pm

SeanWolf wrote:Regaining control of his body (though oddly oblivious to the safeguards his Other Side installed on his weapons), Hawk places the weapons back and follows Hivemind. "Sorry about my outburst earlier" Hawk said as he followed beside Hivemind.

"You will have to learn to control that." Hivemind said. "Our greatest threats are experts at manipulating emotions and turning people against each other." He continued leading Hawk through the nearest portal door. The two emerged in the lobby of Champion Tower. "You'll have an apartment in this tower that you can use if you wish. We need to customize it."

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Buster wrote:"He wont let me eat the stuff anyone else prepares though." Kol points out, somewhat grumpily.

"Really? That's... strange. Why would..."

"Most food on the Beacon is poisonous to Kol." Hivemind interrupted. "She can't have iron."

"Oh." Gadgeteer said. "Right. Sometimes I forget biological barriers are a thing."

"I'm trying to get better, Kol. But meals from your world are still fairly strange to me. It's going to take time, and you've only been here for about four days."

Buster wrote:"Wait,whats wrong with having good eyesight?" Kol asked, having been paying more attention to gadgeteer'sanswer to her earlier question, and missing half the conversation.

"Nothing's wrong with it. But for someone who's lived their entire lives without zoom-and-enhance vision, it can be jarring and disruptive to their day-to-day activities if they don't know how to control it." Hivemind explained.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:Saffy swallowed and nodded, clearly looking a little unhappy as she stepped towards Gadgeteer, aided by her father, who was still confused completely by the last minute or so. She looked up at the Varanian and hoped she wasn't going to get scales. Or burst out of her remaining clothing. Celicans generally didn't wear much clothing but that wasn't usually because they'd put on a few hundred pounds in weight and several feet in height in a few seconds. But she hoped the Hive knew what he was doing. She looked up at the mountain again and tried to ignore the fact she was looking straight into a single piece of his armour with supervision as she held out a handpaw to touch him. (After the touch) Her eyesight snapped back into place quickly, making her close her eyes tightly against a sudden flash headache. She felt... normal. "Um," she said, blinking to clear her sight and brain, "what power DO you, um, have? Should have asked earlier, I think..."

"Hmm..." Gadgeteer said, thinking. "My people... Varanians... for some reason never get powers. Everything about us is natural. Our strength, our durability, our size, all of it naturally evolved. Everything except for one trait. The reason I forgot Kol can't eat some things is because that simply is not the case with Varanians. We are universal predators, whether the prey would normally be safe to consume or not. Whether they even qualify as animals or not. Nothing is safe from being hunted by Varanians, and that, combined with our... aggressive nature... is why my species is near universally feared. A helpful side effect of this is an immunity to food-born illnesses and parasites. We can't get sick from eating things." the Varanian looked down at Saffy. "In short, unless you intend on going around eating stone golems or plant-creatures or something, the only thing that's unusual about you now is you can't get any stomach bugs." He shrugged.

"I figured that would be the best thing for you to copy if you want things to go back to the way things were." Hivemind said. "The Varanian species' glitch has no impact on day-to-day life, while simultaneously being pretty darn useful for anyone who consumes a lot of raw meat."

Legotron123 wrote:”Sorry, I’ve just never seen a power copier before!” Kolt exclaimed excitedly, completely ignoring what Hivemind said about calming down. ”There’s only been four that we know about in my entire planets history! The last one was Orthia, and she was the COOLEST!!! She was a founding member of the Triumvirate, she took down an S Class threat by herself, and her costume had this cool coat that was made from the fur of her en-UMF!” He was cut off when his arm moved without his permission and clamped itself around his muzzle.
I do not believe this is what Hivemind meant when he asked you to calm down.”

"Thank you Quint." Hivemind said, rubbing his forehead. "Kolt, people generally get scared when they discover life-changing information about themselves. And unlike your planet, powers aren't common on Celica and things aren't really equipped to accommodate people who have them."

Deske wrote:"Good point," Chris said. "Big crowd, one of the hivedroids is talking to some pup, everyone looks a little confused..." he said, listing off what he saw, "Kolt smells very very excited. Maybe they got word of more bad guys that need to be beat up?"

"Perhaps we should take a look." MT said. The mech started walking over to the group gathering outside of the hotel. "Excuse me. May I ask what is going on here?" he asked.

"One of the locals apparently just discovered they have powers. We're trying to calm things down for now so we can figure things out easier later." Hivemind replied.

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Welsh Halfwit wrote:"And how many times will they 'ker-chack'* their guns," Hannabelle replied, "or forget to? Not to mention reloading."

"Well, one of them looks like they're carryin' a DA/SA, so not 'ker-chacking' it before firin' would be- and he just did. Ya don't need ta pull back the hammer before firin' with that gun! Ya just waste time with that!" he called out to the characters on the screen as if they could hear him.

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Welsh Halfwit wrote:Keeva chuckled at Pred's humour. "Sounds like teleporting," she said, more to Dan than anyone, "Captain does it all the time, I'm told." She stepped forward.

"I've heard it being described as such before." Predator said without moving his jaws as Keeva climbed in.

~\Rook/~ wrote:Dan followed his feline companion, not wanting to say what's on his mind in fear of being pinched again..

A bright light surrounded the two as they stepped through the ring of light. When it subsided, they would find themselves in the Predator Digital Cockpit. All around them, they could see what Predator saw. "Welcome to me." Predator's voice said around them. "Enabling shared controls. You are now able to partially control our movements."

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Neon Icy Wings wrote:Tatiana shrugged and raised her hand, 'catching' the spinning disc before it got too far away from her. "Eh, it was living enough. Better than a boring life of coasting on nothing." She reared her hand back, making the disk spin. "And I mean, it's been like three days. Kinda understandable to not find a hobby that fast, though the idea sounds nice." She pushed her arm forward, sending the disk flying back at a decent speed, not wanting to escalate the speed of the game too quickly.

"That's true, I suppose." The demigod said as he lifted himself into the air, flying to the left to get in range to catch the Frisbee. "But that doesn't mean you need a hobby any less!" He spun around, using the Frisbee's current motion to slingshot it back at Tatiana. "You should talk to Kolt sometime. He'll point you to plenty of things you can try out. And who knows? You just might like one of them."

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Hawkfang42 wrote:"Okay, sorry about what just happened, Lycan." He said.

The Lycan shrugged. "You aren't the first person to think I've eaten someone, and you won't be the last." He said. "Sad part about being a well known member of a species of horror monsters. Any time I go anywhere, if there's so much as a teenager who misses curfew, I get an angry hoard of people saying I ate them. Lots of times, it happens even after the person in question has already come home from their late-night party with friends and is confirmed to be safe."

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Hawkfang42 wrote:"No thanks, I like Shockfries because of the way they're cooked. I'll just get a cheese sandwich, know a good place for that?" He said.

"A cheese sandwich is easy. Especially if you mean grilled cheese. Heart of Wisconsin has plenty of really good cheese and dairy related items." Hivemind suggested. "Sound good?"

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Buster wrote:"(Uninteligable)" June's response is roughly a sentence of nonsense due to being garbled by food, and she needs a moment or two to finish chewing and swallow before she clarifies, "After." in between hiccups induced by swallowing too much too quickly.

The waiter smiled. "Ok then. I'll have it ready. Just let me know when you are ready for it." He said.

~\Rook/~ wrote:Before the waiter left, Rika asked if she could have a large glass of water and a small bottle of fruit-flavoured soft drink.

The waiter wrote down the new order and walked off. He came back with the drink a few minutes later.

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Buster wrote:"Uh... I didn't, actually think about that... um... that's going to be a mess to sort through."
what follows is a good half hour of non-stop rambling that demonstrates just how hard it can be to put non-sensory information into words in a coherent manner, when the mind underlying them is only mimicking your behavior but actually operates an a wholly alien way.

"Kobor." Hivemind said, raising a hand. "Don't worry. You're digital right now. All I have to do to save any memories you want me to is to hook up to Predator's file system and create a copy of your memories in one of the local database servers. That part is easy enough. The problem is getting them back into your mind. I can't put a digital-to-neural implant in the host's brain because your colony might eat it during the infection stages. But first thing's first, I need to know what memories you want me to save, and what you don't. I assume you want to remember June, Talya, your father colony, your ship, and your home. By default, I will save as much as I can, but is there anything you would like to forget?"

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Buster wrote:The ensign gives an alarmed meep and levitates half a meter off the ground while her body stumbles back, having expected the lieutenant not... whoever this is. Admittedly there's a resemblance so maybe they're related? but she doesn't know most of the crew's families so for all she knows she looked up the wrong address.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Good evening, Mrs Nocturl," Corp said carefully, putting a hand out to stop Taylor's body. "We apologise for disturbing you but we were advised the Lieutenant needed to talk with us?"

Legotron123 wrote:”Though we were going to check in anyways, see how you were settling in. I know I’m not the one running the ship anymore, but I still want to make sure my crew is doing all right.” Liz said, trying to appear a lot less frazzled than she actually was.
Meanwhile, Lewis was trying to look hard at work on his tablet, but in reality he was just shopping to replace some of the items he lost in the void.

Nocturl's mother rubbed her eyes wearily. "'Need' to speak to you? Probably not. Will speaking to you distract him long enough for me to get some funeral planning in without him insisting on inserting Monty Python quotes into the service? Probably yes." She opened the door wider. "Please, come in."

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Deske wrote:"Honestly I can't say I was a good one either. I mean, I chased squirrels when I was a pup, but I'm pretty sure I just let them go if I caught them. Hope that doesn't affect my datability," Denver said with a chuckle. "Doesn't effect yours in my eyes in the slightest." He reached an arm over Sana's shoulder and steered them both down the correct pathway, "Maybe we could save getting lost until after dinner?" He said, sticking his tongue out in a joking manner.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Well," Sana said happily before thinking of something cunning, "we can skate after. And at least Hive doesn't know I got lost."

Right on cue, arrows on the ground started lighting up, starting from Denver and Sana's current position. The arrows moved along on the ground down the path towards where they were going.

Apparently Hive knows Sana got lost.

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~\Rook/~ wrote:Traci continued to clean up the hotel rooms, losing track of exactly how many she had done or the fact that no-one else seemed to be helping her.

All of a sudden, Recon blinked through the window and landed in front of Traci. "Hi, Traci." She said casually. "Sorry about that. I think Hive has things under control. Let's see if we can get this whole place to better-than-new status before the owner gets back!"

Post by **SeanWolf** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:30 pm

"I understand," Hawk lamented, "It's just...when you seen the things I've seen and had stuff happen that no normal being should survive...it makes you volatile. Which is why my Other Side here tends to be my voice of reason most of the time." As they emerged in the lobby and Hivemind brought up about the apartment, Hawk shrugged and replied "I'll make it easy for you: Keep the room simple. I don't need anything fancy or complex."

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:42 pm

"...Well the four hundred and twelve hour Starcraft XVI Marathon is definitely getting top priority. Even over Tal and the twerp."

"Gee... thanks..."

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Something in what mrs Nocturl said has Ruby's eyes shining like her namesake stone and a mischievous smile on her face. both versions of it. it doesn't take long to find out what as as soon as she has eyes on the lieutenant she marches over points dramatically and announces, "WE DEMAND A SHRUBBERY!"

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:26 am

"Unfortunately, I'm sure he knows when people get lost, given how bent on safety he is." Denver led her through another turn before arriving at the food court. "I wonder if any of these steak places are as good as back home..." He looked down at Sana, "Just out of curiosity, are you getting it cooked?"
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"Right, right... Freaking out about this too much," he sighed, letting her move his hand. "I love you," Colorado said as he rewound the movie.
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Chris followed the mech over to the commotion, "What kinds powers did they get?"

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 12:55 am

"Oh," Saffy said, still craning to look the Varanian in the eye, "that, um, sounds good?" She stepped back, lowered her gaze and rubbed the back of her neck before looking to Kolt. "I might not mind being exceptional," she said, "but in a few years?"
"About ten if I have any say," her father chipped in. "anyhow, since that's hopefully dealt with, may I show you to your rooms? Some of them aren't quite ready yet but they will be shortly. Saffy, go get a new shirt on, yeah? Show Mr Mind that rock whilst you're at it?"
Behind them, the Deputy was clearly thinking about something.
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"Be nice, Kol," Jenny said casually, "it's good to see a happy look on Kolt's face!"
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"A-and the first thing I have to do is apologise for one of my staff," Corp told Mrs Nocturl as Ruby made her play. "As they'll probably jabber on about 'Spam' and 'suits you' for a few minutes..." He took a breath and prepared to move outside his comfort area. "How are you coping, Ma'am?"
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Hannabelle watched the movie gunfight play out, clearly having a fun time being rude and noisy. "Bullets do damage in stone from 300 yards," she called, "your piddly car door can't stop them from 30!" She looked towards the door, where a customer was clearly having an agitated word with someone. "Reckon we're going to be asked to shut up," she 'whispered' to Gear.
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"Nice place," Keeva admitted, looking around before moving to one of the control seats. "So when do we brag about this to Lewis, Dan? He'll be SO jealous!"
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"Oh," Sana said, suspiciously lightly, "he DID notice after all! Oh, well!" she followed the arrows, thinking to herself that, sometimes, the best way to convince the smartest guy in the room to do exactly what you wanted them to do was to let them think you weren't the smartest guy in the room. "And cooked sounds fine. I once had a Grekla... sort of Rodenty thing... that had been struck by lightning whilst I was chasing it. That's how I found cooked food doesn't make me ill."
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"I know, Han," Cherry said cheekily, referencing that scene in 'Empire Strikes Back'. Or was it 'Jedi'? And I love you, too."

furrygamer793 · Post by **furrygamer793** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 11:03 am

CyberDragon wrote:The Lycan shrugged. "You aren't the first person to think I've eaten someone, and you won't be the last." He said. "Sad part about being a well known member of a species of horror monsters. Any time I go anywhere, if there's so much as a teenager who misses curfew, I get an angry hoard of people saying I ate them. Lots of times, it happens even after the person in question has already come home from their late-night party with friends and is confirmed to be safe."

"You know, I was going to say 'that's rough buddy, but I don't think that would help. Brad said. Meanwhile, ken has turned into a R2-D2 toy and is rolling around. Brad sees Ken and remarks with"Hmm, guess he liked that movie, I had gone to an antique shop a few days back, getting a VHS player along with the Back to the Future trilogy and the Star Wars trilogy."

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CyberDragon wrote:"A cheese sandwich is easy. Especially if you mean grilled cheese. Heart of Wisconsin has plenty of really good cheese and dairy related items." Hivemind suggested. "Sound good?"

"Yeah." Nat answered

Neon Icy Wings · Post by **Neon Icy Wings** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:26 am

Tatiana dashed to her side, gliding along the ground to keep the frisbee in a comfortable distance. "Maybe. But Kolt always looks so busy. Busy freaking out about something or someone. What if he has better things to do than help the pseudo psycho mercenary find a hobby?" She pivoted slightly before reversing the motion and throwing the disc back. "Eh, guess I'll ask him anyway. Maybe the planets will align and he'll be open."

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:48 am

CyberDragon wrote:"I'm trying to get better, Kol. But meals from your world are still fairly strange to me. It's going to take time, and you've only been here for about four days."

"Try using a third as much firemoss for seasoning the meat and not heating it. that might be a start."

CyberDragon wrote:"Nothing's wrong with it. But for someone who's lived their entire lives without zoom-and-enhance vision, it can be jarring and disruptive to their day-to-day activities if they don't know how to control it." Hivemind explained.

"Wait, she normally cant..." Kol trails off glancing between hivemind and the local girl, confused. "But she's not got [glasses] on..."

"What?"

CyberDragon wrote:(Lizert eating habbits)

"Ah, Alright then." Kol flatly states comprehending exactly none of what she just heard. between the biology jargon referencing things her people haven't figured out yet, and the jarring topic switch she's lost.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:"Be nice, Kol," Jenny said casually, "it's good to see a happy look on Kolt's face!"

Kol shrugs, inadvertently shifting the icepack from earlier, and having to move it back after. "I was going to guess that expression was his being delirious from hunger. we really need to find him some food, scrawny doesn't look right."

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:55 am

Jaken watched June carefully. He placed a piece of the jerk Chicken onto his fork and, when he figured she was ready, flicked the piece towards her mouth.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:59 am

Which immediately gets the sharklet coughing as it landed mid-inhale.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 12:06 pm

"Sorry," Jaken said, wondering how to do that food clearing move on a Sharky Fox. "Shoulda waited. You OK?"