Flight of the Sagittarius - Captain's Quarters
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				Title: <strong>Flight of the Sagittarius - Captain's Quarters</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Janeilbennett</strong> on <strong>24-10-2011, 06:55:02</strong>
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				Alyx just needed some time to decompress and go over the sudden change of events. He and Shay kept almost open doors, emphasis on almost. It was time for her input and for the two of them to put their heads together and organize and set up things so that they'd run smoothly with their new visitor. Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out his comm device as he got into the elevator.<br><br>"Shay, meet me in my cabin, will you?"<br><br>As he put the earpiece back into his pocket, the doors, opened, revealing a small empty spot before getting to the main door that lead into his room. Swiping his card, the doors whooshed open as he entered, taking in the large space and making sure everything was all right, before sitting down at the desk right near the door where his workstation was. While Shay was on her way, he wanted to go through their accounts to see how much they had spent for their little gas-up on Zantelle. Food was also starting to get to a bit of a low level, so once they let Sera get to her destination and deliver the cargo that they were heading to Jersey Shore for, they would have plenty of money for groceries among other things. The desk lamp was warm against his skin as his fingers flew over the keys as he started to browse the balance.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flight of the Sagittarius - Captain's Quarters</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>DeyKnight</strong> on <strong>24-10-2011, 09:02:38</strong>
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				Lyra's voice would sound throughout the ship <strong>"Ladies and gentlemen, if you're standing up, hold onto something or be ready to end up on the floor." </strong> <em>Click.</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flight of the Sagittarius - Captain's Quarters</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Yorubi</strong> on <strong>25-10-2011, 16:50:57</strong>
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				Shay heard as Alyx came over the intercom, not being to quick to rush to meet him. His tone of voice didn't really sound very urgent and truthfully she had to unwind a bit. It still bothered her that they took up another member of the crew, particularly one that could possibly impose further trouble on them. While she wasn't one to turn from someone in need, the danger it could potentially bring was always something that nagged at the back of her mind. What was worst, she really couldn't be sure if she could trust the new woman at all. She learned to be rather careful when it came to trusting people close to her, always keeping a shroud of doubt in her mind in order to create a better sense of 'security' for herself. <br><br>Shay approached the door as she quite casually swiped the card in as the door opened. She did work on the systems on the ship after all, she could practically get anywhere in the ship she so desired, even if normally a person was not suppose to. She walked in without any hesitation as she looked towards Alyx with a bit of a disgruntled look on her face. While she wasn't exactly mad at him, she wasn't quite 'happy' either with the situation he brought on the ship. If it wasn't for the soft spot she had, its very likely her coming into the room would of been a lot more 'eventful' then the much calmer appearance she gave now. She turned her head up as suddenly her expression changed a bit, becoming alert of the announcement by Lyra. She quickly sat herself down on the other side of Alyx looking to him as she secured herself. "You know, if we keep carelessly picking up people that won't benefit us financially, we won't be able to last very long on the job, specially if it gets us into further trouble..." She spoke as she leaned back on the seat, letting out a light sigh of frustration. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flight of the Sagittarius - Captain's Quarters</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Janeilbennett</strong> on <strong>26-10-2011, 10:58:11</strong>
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				He looked up at her, knowing well what she was driving at, and it was the truth. "I know..." he shook his head. "And I got the other angle of it; Lyra said she'd throw her out the airlock herself if we didn't get it straightened out. I don't think she's happy flying dark at the moment."<br><br>He brushed the papers aside, not using his workstation anymore. When the ship jumped, he wandered to the sofas he had in a corner near the display case of a few model ships, plopping himself down on it and offering for Shay to sit across or next to him. He stared at a miniature pine tree growing in a container placed in the center, fingering the leaves gently.<br><br>"I remember....before I met you. Probably a whole year before. Was a year from owning my handgun permit. Was still flying for Dex back at the time." Alyx leaned back on the couch, mindlessly tinkering with a pencil that had been lying on the same table. "One night, we got to Liberty Base somewhere near Draconis. He went to the bar for something, I was stuck gucking out grease from an engine nozzle. Was a pretty boring job, not fun at all."<br><br>"Girl came by. Wasn't pretty, apparently was an alien and maybe still in her teenage years. Had this wonderful but sad look on her face. Asked for a ride off the base, didn't say why. When I told her that Dex didn't carry strays, she then asked to do something to earn 5,000 creds so she could pay for the shuttle to get offbase. Dex didn't allow people to work on his stuff, either. I had to turn her away. At the time, it didn't bother me. I was just following rules."<br><br>Alyx stopped playing with the pencil, a different look on his face as he continued to recall his story. "Five days later, we come back to Liberty. I'm doing my thing, looking for commodities, upgrading chips in the flight system, that sort of junk. I somehow happen to read the news; the same girl that approached me was murdered due to some "ethnic cleansing" going on by another alien species on the station." The pencil fell to the desk as he was a bit more somber, finger incessantly pushing the edge of the immovable table. "All her kind had fled the station when the uprising happened, but she got left behind. The only way she could get off was to beg someone for a ride. She got turned down...and got killed."<br><br>Alyx was silent, not a word or emotion on is face. He didn't look at Shay for a few moments before he did, speaking again.<br><br>"That's what's in my head when I met all you guys. Marina, Panacea, Lyra, especially Setsuko. She was almost dead when we found her." He shook his head. "With this new girl? Her story was parallel, maybe, and emphasis on maybe that made me not turn her away. But she's probably thinking business right now, so we can play that angle. Honestly, I was just thinking of finding the authorities that she described, telling them the story, take her back to her flotilla, and get paid somehow. And if that falls through, we still have a solid job."<br><br>"Found a job posting on the base; Norris wants some supplies. Told Lyra to head to go pick up the supplies to take them there; if it works out, it'll foot most of the recent gas bill and we can get groceries and some ammo for the month." He was hoping this bit of news would make Shay a bit more relaxed. Alyx realized he took a big tour of telling memories then getting back to the matter at hand, but even if Shay didn't quite trust him, he trusted her, enough to know some of his backstory. For the time being, that was a unique thing on this ship.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flight of the Sagittarius - Captain's Quarters</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Yorubi</strong> on <strong>27-10-2011, 02:16:16</strong>
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				Shay looked across from her companion as she got herself comfortable in the seat. She wasn't exactly wanting to get herself hurt as well when the ship started to move. While it wasn't a huge deal with moving around in flight, its that sudden acceleration or deceleration that always managed to get your a nice bruising if you weren't prepared for it.&nbsp; She looked towards him as he spoke, listening rather intently to his story. She kept silent until the very end as he finally finished his dialog. She shook her head a little as she kept her arms crossed over her bust, leaning back more against the seat. <strong>"Just remember, it only takes one bad move and you can suddenly compromise your own life. A dead man can't help anyone after all."</strong> She spoke softly, adding it as a warning of sorts. It wasn't exactly the 'warmest' of words to use, but it was something that she felt needed to be said. She full well knew the cost of being careless. Her life was far from the luxury of knowing kindness from others.<br><br><strong>"Oh and... I told you not to tell me anything personal about your past."</strong> She softly added, her eyes seeming to avoid him. While she was a great infiltrator, it was rather easy to tell what she was thinking or acting when she was much more relax. While she enjoyed hearing a bit about his past, it wasn't something she really was about to return. She had made it rather well known her past was something she rather leave behind her. None the less, she did still feel a sense of happiness he saw her as someone to speak to.&nbsp; Even if she did keep herself closed up, she did linger to have someone who would reach out to her. Her eyes shot back as she seemed a bit serious, as if to counteract her more obvious motions from before. She looked firmly at him as she seemed much more serious then she was before. <strong>"Just remember... if you hurt my ship at all from your carelessness... I'll make sure to kick you straight off and leave you on the closest rock I can find."</strong> Her voice was much more fierce then it was before, though it wasn't filled with to much fiery passion. It was likely much better that way though. Shay was normally a relaxed individual, but she was very fierce when it came to things she considered dear to her and the ship was just that thing. <br><br>She let out a soft yawn as she battered her eyes a few time as if to remove some lingering fatigue from her being. She looked towards him as her expression softened rather quickly from just a moment ago. The aspect of a job was a bit refreshing, though the way in which he described it did leave her worry a bit. A trip that could keep them high and dry for a good month's time was great, but those types of tasks always seemed to be more then what it might normally call for. <strong>"Its not asking for us to go somewhere to crazy to get the supplies or deliver then right? We aren't going to be carrying some hazardous thing around or anything that would make our trip that much riskier?" </strong>She asked him as she seemed a bit neutral in her position as she tilted her head. She always used cautious optimism when it came to 'easy' jobs, specially if they did pay well. Its always those easier tasks that throw the largest curve balls that are sure to nip at you later on.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flight of the Sagittarius - Captain's Quarters</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Janeilbennett</strong> on <strong>28-10-2011, 09:24:55</strong>
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				Alyx gave her a look, something mixed between a "I know" and "You're right", but didn't say anything. Shay butted him with equal heads just as much as Lyra did, and he was very surprised that the two didn't boss him around 100 percent of the time. He had run the scenario of being dumped; he'd survive he was sure, but everyone else he knew, he'd miss <br><br>"Well, was just giving you a reason. I didn't forget about our conversation about no past stuff." Alyx relented a little. He respected Shay's boundaries. "You know I don't want to put people in danger. I do what I do to look out for all of us, not because I'm touchy feely inside. I have to admit though, thanks to being around you, I'd probably be making mistakes like crazy."<br><br>He paused for a minute, getting together the facts to explain to Shay about the job. He was glad that he seemed to assure her in some way. A happy Shay was a good Shay. Jobs and making sure he was responsible and acted wise made her happy. Seeing how she seemed a bit more relax, he became less tense himself, but retained the same level of alertness so he wouldn't blunder the details on what he was about to say.<br><br>"Norris is a small commercial planet, heavily driven by commerce. They grow a lot of stuff, and agriculture exports for industrial applications is their biggest moneymaker. There's a big co-op of farmers competing with the bigger corps trying to turn a profit, and they're usually left to get their supplies from whatever means they can get their hands on, as in off-world."<br><br>"Jersey Shore is a different star system from where Norris is, but we're meeting another freighter to get the cargo unloaded. Apparently since Norris is so remote, going to a populated planet for the cargo takes forever. That, and apparently the client knows the pilot of the freighter. So once we get the cargo from him, we head over to Norris and drop it off." He leaned forward.<br><br>"If anything is suspicious, what I don't get is why the freighter couldn't go there itself. From what I'm told, the cargo is hydrocarbons for terraforming and agricultural fertilizer for crop yields. Nothing illegal, though we can check the stuff ourselves once we get it on board if you'd like." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flight of the Sagittarius - Captain's Quarters</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Yorubi</strong> on <strong>01-11-2011, 00:18:39</strong>
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				Shay let out a soft sigh as she heard further of what Alyx said. Its because of him she allowed herself to open up, even if it was just a bit more. While she did want to move away from her 'past life', it was meeting him and going about working together and getting the ship that allowed her to do it. Her past experiences often left her a bit more cautious with jobs, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing. His words regarding it being strange for the freighter not delivering the package itself was after all a rather odd thing. Refusing an easy task just because it seemed 'iffy' would likely leave then broke and drifting in space after all. Its to be expected many of their jobs my have holes in the story here and there. So long as those holes didn't cause trouble, it was best to get the task done and move on before it might end up getting them in trouble they could easily of avoided. Politics in space were a very fickle thing when it came to areas not actively policed.<br><br>She shifted a bit in the seat looking towards Alyx as she continued to cradled her bust with her arms, locking them crossed in place. Her eyes looking to him as if in thought of her words before she finally spoke. <strong>"Either way, this job might get us in trouble... lets try to get this done quickly. I have a feeling if we linger to long on the job, it might get us in more trouble then its worth."</strong> She spoke with a soft sigh looking at him as she seemed relatively calm still despite speaking about a matter that might normally leave her a bit edgy. Sure it might be stupid, but she did find some enjoyment out of his story on his past, even if it wasn't one that might be considered 'pleasant'. It was nice to be around people that were more willing to open up, even if it was only a small bit.&nbsp; As uneasy as she might be, she was soft deep in the inside. It was a large reason she wanted to escape her past life and shy away from the world she had been in at one time.<br><br>She looked at him seeming to glare at him, despite being a bit half assed of a threat. While she didn't seem very convincing of her words due to her mood, there was no doubt to anyone who knew her that her words weren't empty either. <strong>"Just don't go picking us up extra trouble to deal with. I'll never forgive you if you get our ship damaged."</strong> Her words escaped her lips as she leaned back uncrossing her arms as she took on a bit more of a relaxed posture, waiting to hear what more he might have to say to her. Her hands clutched at the chair a bit as she looked towards him in a much less formal posture. Her head tilted back as she glanced towards the ceiling looking towards it as if in some short of daze. <strong>"Its so nice being in the comforts of the ship... no matter how nice it is to depart and explore a new station, nothing is better then the familiar sights of home."</strong> Her words were very soft, almost as if not for him to hear as she turned her head slowly back up to look towards him.
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				Post by: <strong>Janeilbennett</strong> on <strong>01-11-2011, 03:24:00</strong>
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				Alyx heard her out. A minute ago he could have mistaken Lyra for being in the room with him. Now it was like Shay was back to herself again. Her thoughts on getting the job doing as fast as they could echoed with his, and was glad that Shay was putting her head to use. Out of the corner or his eye he found it attractive how Shay cradled her bust, which was usually a normal behavior. Like that...Shay didn't seem like some mean person from the underworld. She seemed like a person, one that he wanted to know. But she had not really been personal, and he didn't blame her. Each of them had their own hell, one way or another. <br><br>He didn't have an answer to her warning, but though Lyra had her rough spots, Alyx smiled inwardly of Lyra yet to be outsmarted or outgunned at the helm, or if they were outgunned, make a mess of the other side before retreating or turning the favor into theirs. "I guess that's an acceptable trade off after all," he thought to himself.<br><br>"I know," he answered audibly. "For the first time since I left Mars, this place does feel like home." A small smile was on his face for a moment before getting back to what he had wanted to tell her.<br><br>"Shay...about Sera...what do we do with her till then? She's in her room, but I don't think we can keep her there forever. Lyra won't be happy if we don't make up our minds soon."
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				Post by: <strong>Yorubi</strong> on <strong>01-11-2011, 04:48:19</strong>
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				Shay looked towards him as he spoke glancing directly at his eyes as she kept herself slouched back a bit on the seat. She looked at him as he commented about Sera. She rubbed her right eye as she left in closed looking towards him as if in brief thought. <strong>"You really make it sound like Lyra is in charge you know. The captain should be able to tell a crew member what is happening and expect no retaliation."</strong> She spoke, taking solace in the face she could get away with it. Being second in command did leave her in a nice comfy spot of not having to deal with problems first hand. Truthfully, it could probably get rather ugly if Lyra and Shay would butt heads about things. Fortunately, Alyx was there to make such a situation a lot more difficult to occur. A good infiltrator knows how to avoid trouble as much as possible while holding the right cards in her own hands.<br><br>She blinked her eyes as she reopened her closed eye to look at him. She shuffled herself up a little though she kept her back against the seat. Her hands rested out in front of her as she entwined her fingers together before resting them upon her lap. <strong>"Let her wander and do whatever work you want. I'll be keeping an eye on her, and don't forget, if something should happen because you allowed hero on the ship, I'll make sure you pay for causing trouble for the crew and my ship."</strong> Her words lacked much of an edge, keeping a relatively relaxed sense about her. She made her intentions full well known when they got the ship that she would make sure he didn't screw things up for her. The rusty bucket of bolts was worth far more to her then what most people would consider it to be. <br><br><strong>"Well... should we get started, or perhaps there was something else?"</strong> She questioned him as she untangled her fingers and clutched at the edge of the seat, propping herself up a bit. Her eyes looked at him curiously as she seemed to be prepping herself up a bit after having unwound a bit on the seat talking with him. If they were to get up she didn't want to make herself seem rather lazy or unprepared after all. While it wasn't exactly the most 'formal' of ships, someone in command should always keep a demeanor about them when issuing orders or preparing to do some task, otherwise it would make taking the lead that much more difficult. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flight of the Sagittarius - Captain's Quarters</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Janeilbennett</strong> on <strong>01-11-2011, 05:18:37</strong>
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				Alyx had to smile, just a little. Right. He had forgotten that though Lyra was headstrong, he was the boss. Silently he was thankful that Shay kept him in check in such ways, subtle or straight out front. Despite it being so simple, he did this "session" many a times with Shay. A side effect of sharing the decision process with her, he had an argument backup that he didn't seek her input first being one of the many reasons their joint partnership worked, as odd as it seemed.<br><br>"All right. Yeah, that was about it." He smiled, not a big happy smile, a small one that was in thanks for taking the time to talk to him. "I'll go get Sera and start showing her around. Let me know if you need anything." He started to get up. <br><br>He took his time, knowing that Shay loved the furniture in his room as it was quite different from everyone else's own. He was honestly looking forward to a long sleep after all this introduction was done. Going to the bathroom in the back to wash his face, he wiped it off with a towel and headed out of the room towards the elevator.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Flight of the Sagittarius - Captain's Quarters</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Yorubi</strong> on <strong>01-11-2011, 05:39:00</strong>
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				Shay gave a nod as he spoke about showing Sera around. She trusted Alyx enough that he wouldn't go about carelessly exploiting the ship on her. She shuffled herself up as she stood up giving a bit of a stretch after Alyx moved himself into the bathroom. It was the perfect time for her to get more comfortable. She found herself rather quickly on his bed as she laid herself down on it, resting her head on the pillow as she let out a soft relaxed yawn. She stretched herself out a bit as her clothing bunched up a bit on her exposing some of her skin, though she didn't really care to much. She wanted to take a nice little rest and she wasn't very hesitant at all to make his room her home, mostly for the sake she was already there to begin with. <br><br>She watched as he walked out from the bathroom as she gave a light wave from on his bed, seeming abnormally comfortable for being in someone else's bed. The shapely young woman let a soft yawn as she shifted herself a bit as she got herself into an even more comfortable position as the room's owner made his way to do some work. She figured having 'worked' looking for a job all day deserved a nice little nap of sorts and his bed just worked perfectly fine for that. She crossed her legs as her arms rested behind her head against the pillow as she closed her eyes and slipped into a very light sleep. It would be a little bit before Alyx returned from giving a tour.
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