Meia

[Bean Bandit]

As she wandered the corridors of the Nirvana, Meia began to underatand a great deal about the layout of the ship, finding the gardens, the hangar bay, the Vanguard storage, and many other locations if interest...and only a single floor left unexplored, near the top of the female portion of the ship.

[Rezantis]

. . . talk about procrastinating.

A sigh.

Ah well.

And Meia went off towards where the bridge logically should have been all a-bloody-long.

[Bean Bandit]

The lift doors opened with a muted swish, depositing Meia in the operations center of the Nirvana. It wasn't noisy, but there was a muted hum of activity from both the people and the machines here.

The captain's chair was conspiciously empty, but BC was on the bridge, leaning over Ezra's station, discussing something with her...

[Rezantis]

Meia walked towards the pair, making no effort to quieten the sound of 'her' footsteps.

[Bean Bandit]

BC turned around to face Meia, and Ezra did the same. Each opened their mouths to greet her, and in an oddly synchronized move, they snapped their mouths shut, and BC blinked in surprise at the blue-haired girl.

Ezra was the first to recover. "H-Hello, Meia..." she managed, staring (Though one would be hard pressed to detect it, as her eyes seemed to be closed)

[Rezantis]

There was a blink, and then the surprise was shaken off for a moment and 'she' looked at BC.  

"Ahh... can I speak to you alone for a moment?"

[Bean Bandit]

BC managed to shake of her surprise and nodded slightly.

"Of course." She began. She turned to Ezra. "Continue scanning, pl-"

BC stopped in mid-sentence as the muted sound of an alert klaxon began to pulse insistantly. She looked up at the viewscreen and swore.

On the screen, a large black hole filled up part of the viewscreen with a smallish harvest ship emerging.

BC slammed a button on Ezra's console.

"Dread teams, prepare to scramble!" she ordered. BC glanced back at Meia. "Sorry, but it'll have to wait..."

[Rezantis]

"No, it won't.  You need to know this, now."

[Bean Bandit]

BC turned to face Meia, a hard look on her face, but then considered, and relented slightly.

"All right, but quickly." the commander said shortly. "What's the matter?"

[Rezantis]

Meia winced.

"I can't command the dreads right now - I don't even know if I can fly one."

[Bean Bandit]

BC looked at Meia sharply, then grabbed her arm and pulled her off to the side. She glared down at Meia, and seemed very aware of the klaxon.

"Explain. Quickly."

[Rezantis]

Meia let herself be dragged along, wincing again.  This wasn't going to be pretty.

"I woke up this morning, and I... don't think I'm Meia.  I know pretty much nothing of what I-she-whoever should, and... ask the doctor," 'her' voice gained a slightly panicked edge, "I don't know how to fly a dread, let alone command them!"

[Bean Bandit]

The commander's face twisted in disbelief.

"You're joking."

[Rezantis]

"I'm serious.  Why the hell would I joke about something like this?"

[Bean Bandit]

BC's eyes narrowed, and apparently, she was conviced of Meia's sincerity, and relented.

"All right. I can put Jura or Barnette in command of your wing. But, I can't excuse you from duty, without medical confirmation that you're unfit. Will I get that from Duero?"