Vicious/Meia: Face off!

[Rezantis]

Meia bit off a retort.  "We'll talk more on the way to Callisto.  You need to hear this, but we need to get that dread to Callisto before anything -else- breaks in there . . ."

Tapping a few more points on the console, Meia reopened the comm channel back to Barnette's suit.

"Barnette, Spike will pick you up and tow you to the nearest spaceport.  My powerplant's a bit iffy, but it looks like it'll hold."

[Bean Bandit]

"Acknowledged. I'm going to shut off the comm to bring life support fully back on line..." Barnette paused. "Actually, I'd better tell you now... I have a situation here..."

The connection momentarily went clear during the last sentence, and Meia realized that the connection wasn't faint, but rather, it was Barnette's VOICE that was...

[Rezantis]

Meia winced.  Oh hell.

"How bad?"

[Bean Bandit]

As the dread continued to slowly spin, Meia noted that the environmental suit wasn't seated squarely on the seat. In fact, she could see a flash of green hair behind the helmet of the suit.

"I have a stowaway..."

[Rezantis]

Well, whatever horrible possibilities were going through Meia's mind, that wasn't one of them.

"Oh, geez . . . who?"

[Bean Bandit]

Barnette was making an attempt to keep her voice level, but the irritation was clearly audible. "Apparently, Pairfait looks the other way when Paiway takes naps in my cockpit." She grumbled. "When the alert sounded, she dove into the equipment storage...Unfortuantely, it was empty enough for her to fit, and here we are."

[Bean Bandit]

OOC: Vicious

IC:

The ship itself was a sleek craft that resembled nothing so much as a rectangular bullet. The top of the front, near the point, was covered by black, opaque windows. The body of the craft itself was featureless, save for two small, winglike fins near the middle. Mounted near the end was flat rectangular shape on either side that tapered into very 'engine-like' exhaust ports. On the back of the craft, a single, person sized door took up half the height of the craft...

[Rezantis]

"Well, I bet she won't be doing that again."  Meia winced.  "Someone needs to have words to Parfait as well, but I have the sinking feeling we won't be seeing the Nirvana anytime soon."

I am going to murder Order next time I see her again, I swear I am.

[Bean Bandit]

Barnette just sighed. "I need to get the Life Support back on completely. You'll explain that when we get wherever we're going, right?"

[Rezantis]

"Hey, at least it's not a long one."  Meia flashed a wry smile.  "Talk to you when we get there, it shouldn't be more than a few hours."

[Bean Bandit]

"Acknowleged." Barnette replied wearily, and the comm line went dead.

Out of the corner of her eye, Meia could see that Spike had re-aimed his tow cable, and with eerie silence, it attached itself to the hull of Barnette's dread, slowing the spinning of the fighter. As the cockpit came into view permanently, Meia got her first good look...just in time to see Barnette irritably pulling the helmet off of the suit, revealing two dark blue pigtails, and a sheepish expression.

[Rezantis]

Pointedly resisting the urge to smack her head into the wall, Meia commed Spike again.  "Thanks again for the assist.  So . . . about Vicious."

[Bean Bandit]

Spike's tone was guarded. "I'm listening." was all he said.

[Rezantis]

"Fine.  My name is supposed to be Meia Gisborn.  I went to sleep last night in my bed, and woke up this morning as someone else, and somewhere else.  I'm not her, I handle things differently to her, and while I seem to have her skills and instincts I know a lot of stuff that she shouldn't know.  I know your name, I know the name 'Vicious', I know the name 'Julia', and I know that you and Vicious are going to kill each other pointlessly, until this happened."

[Bean Bandit]

Spike made a bemused noise. "I'm impressed that you know this much, but you're not telling me anything I don't know." he pointed out. "Vicious and I have a long history, and It wouldn't suprise me if it turned out that way."