Meia

[Rezantis]

IC:

Curious...

Slowly, 'she' got up and moved over to the viewport, looking at the reflection mutely.

What... the... hell... is going on here?

Moving a hand up to trace the lines of her face, the line of thought continued...

Well, the what is obvious... but...

...and ground to a screeching halt.  Ah well.

Shifting the focus of her gaze, she dropped her hands back down as she gazed out at the starfield.

OOC:  I hate my ISP.  Oh.  And if we're using generic Vandread physics, there'll be stuff moving outside the window.  Even if it's stars going whoosh.  They do that.  ^^;  Anyway, what I'm looking for is:  Is anything moving out there; if so, what; and what direction?

BTW, any of the books pertinent to dreads or the Vandread timeframe?  Those would be handy.

[Bean Bandit]

Outside the window, stars streaked by, moving beams of long, streaking light crossing Meia's field of vision from right to left, with the occaisional burst of far off color visible in the distance.

OOC: Edited the book listings. ^_^

[Rezantis]

Right to left... well, assuming the ship is going forward, that would mean I'm on the port side...

Shuddering slightly, she examined the reflection slightly more carefully, before turning back to examine the books.  Sitting down on the bed, she first picked up the thing that looked almost like an instruction manual - you have GOT to be kidding me - and began leafing through it.

[Bean Bandit]

Examination of the instruction manual reveal what was apparently a guide to the basic structure and maintenace of a Dread fighter.

Somewhat light on detail, the book nonetheless covered the most likely mechanical problems, and how to fix them.

[Rezantis]

Having noted the direction, and figuring from that that the window was on the port side of the ship, Rez picked up the dread book and began slowly leafing through it...

OOC:  I'm sure I could think of something better to do.  ><  Accursed curiousity...

I'm actually speedreading the book, which tends to look to everyone else as though I'm slowly leafing through. ^^  I will pay very careful attention to anything that seems to be about the controls...

...but for now, I'm leafing through the book.  ^^  And I'll lose track of time, depending how long the book is.

[Bean Bandit]

The manual, unfortuantely, while general enough to cover nearly everything one might need to know, was extremely light on specifics. Someone who read it would be able to pick up a general idea how to fly one...but wouldn't learn the things that only practice could teach.

As Meia picked up and leafed through the manual, the removal of the book exposed a small wooden box to view.

OOC: Sorry Rez...No easy answers. And, there's what you were nagging me about. ^_^

[Rezantis]

Rez blinked as the box appeared, and gently reached out and picked it up, turned it to examine it properly, and then moved a surprisingly steady hand towards the front to open it.

About halfway there the hand stopped, and with a soft sigh the box was instead replaced carefully behind the books.

That isn't mine, and I shouldn't be here.

And with that, 'she' picked the book up again and began going through it.

[Bean Bandit]

As Meia read through the book, she was struck by an odd sense of deja vu. Even though she'd never seen it before, the descriptions seemed oddly familiar.



OOC: Calm before the storm. ^_^

[Rezantis]

Rez continued reading, noting how strangely familiar this seemed - how everything seemed, really - but decided to think on that later, and continued reading.

[Bean Bandit]

After an indeterminate amount of time spent reading, Meia's room was filled by a muted buzz of an intercom system.

[Rezantis]

...what the?

She put the book aside for a moment, and went looking for the source of the sound.

[Bean Bandit]

The buzz sounded again, seemingly emanating from a panel near the door, beside the one she had used earlier to activate the lights....

[Rezantis]

Rez stepped quickly over and took a quick look at the various buttons on the panel - especially the ones nearest to the speaker.

[Bean Bandit]

Fortunately, there were only three buttons this time, an the use of each was fairly apparent, as they were labeled 'Recieve', 'Send' and 'Disconnect', along with a numerical keypad, lower down.

As Meia examined the intercom, it buzzed again, insistently.

[Rezantis]

Unsurprisingly, Rez stabbed the 'Receive' button.