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[cadet]

[ at first, the silver surroundings have her thinking she collapsed in engineering with the way her mind refuses to fully cooperate. why she would have collapsed, though, is beyond her — especially when she'd last been up in one of the lexington's science labs, not down in engineering. had the ship been under attack?

slowly, she sits up, red hair cascading around her green skin. uniform, check; insignia, check; communicator— missing. it ought be holstered to her hip, but is missing along with the holster itself. and when she finally locates the box, the necklace, the device, and the pamphlet, she begins to fear the worst, because she's orion. departing from the area she woke up in, she hopes she's wrong, deciding to give the strange, archaic device a try. ]

Lieutenant Gaila to Lexington. Lexington, respond.

[ nothing... but those caverns were likely contributing to the disruption of any signals trying to leave (or enter) the planet's atmosphere. if the lexington was in orbit of this "genessia," then she'll have a better chance of contacting them if she puts some more distance between herself and this area. so she does, items in tow, looking and feeling even more alien than she did on earth amongst a sea of alien-aware humans. ]

Comments

[cadet]

You said that I may call you "Your Majesty" — what are you the Majesty of?

[rules_winter]

[It might look like a trick of the light except everything behind her seems to darken making her almost glow on the screen.]

I am Queen of Air and Darkness. Ruler of the Unseelie court. I am Winter.

[cadet]

[ if gaila's startled by it, she doesn't show it. for all she knows, this primitive piece of technology is malfunctioning. ]

I've never heard of an Unseelie Court.

[rules_winter]

You are not human, nor sidhe. It is unsurprising then that you are not familiar with the Winter Court.

[cadet]

[ sidhe? was that supposed to be some sort of terran subspecies? never head of it. ]

No, I'm not. I'm Orion. [ said as if she expects that to be obvious. to those in her world/century, her green skin is a dead giveaway. ]

[rules_winter]

[Orion, like the star cluster.]


Ahh, you are not earthbound?

[cadet]

[ exactly like the star cluster, though her branch of the species hasn't lived there for quite some time. gaila herself was born on one of the orion colonies in the rigel system. ]

Not in the slightest. I'm what the earthbound like to call alien.

[rules_winter]

The earthbound are not very creative. You differ from humans in many ways then?

[Pardon Mab while she hordes information]

[cadet]

In more ways than just differences in skin pigmentation, yes. Our species have their similarities, but there are more differences than not.

[rules_winter]

I would be interested to hear about this. [And she is giving Gaila a 'do go on' look. Not even taking into consideration the woman is still brand new and homeless.]

[cadet]

For scientific reasons or just pure curiosity?

[rules_winter]

I have found it is better to know and understand the beings around me than not to do so.

[cadet]

I'm afraid there are things my people don't share with outsiders.

[rules_winter]

There are no differences you are able to divulge beyond the obvious?

[cadet]

Able, yes. Willing? Not so much.

[ orions are distrustful by nature. she's learned to trust, but it takes a lot for someone to get to that point with her. ]

[rules_winter]

[Well, someone with half a brain. Mab likes the challenge and she knows when to back off.] Perhaps we can exchange knowledge sometime when you have more need. Enjoy your stay.

[cadet]

Somehow I doubt enjoyment is going to be possible.