Dagger-Two
Villore Joint Task Force
Villore Accords
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Posted - 2013.12.08 08:14:00 -
[1] - Quote
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
The woman smiles at her companions question as they walk down the hangar platform.
"Immortal soldiers, Xad. As if capsuleers weren't bad enough...no offense"
"None taken," the man laughs. "Believe me, I know."
"In any case, Mordu's trials are a great cover. With the amount of media coverup, this is the best shot at getting real intel."
The pair reaches the end of the walkway, overlooking a large section of the stations hangar bay. Nestled in the docking ring in front of them is a Ares-class interceptor. The man leans against the railing and stares out over the enormous bay,
"I can't argue any of that, but I'm just...worried"
The woman steps up to the railing and puts a hand on his shoulder.
"They've worked the bugs out of the implants now, and they've stopped using sleeper ones. According to all we've seen, the data transfers should work just fine"
He turns toward her.
"And what if it doesn't? What if we can't get you back, and you're stuck like that?"
She crosses her arms and sighs.
"Worst case scenario, I'll still be ME, just...different"
"Yeah, in some freakish, genderless body".
"I KNEW you only liked me for my body!" she shouts with a grin. She looks down, and jokingly clutches her chest. "I think I would miss these, though"
"I'm trying to be serious."
"Well stop it," she curtly replies, "it's only stressing you out". A moment of silence passes, and she leans in toward the man, putting her arm around his shoulder. "Is this about the 'soul' thing?" she asks.
"No. Well, maybe...I don't know" the man pushes away from the railing and paces. "I know it's stupid, but I can't get it out of my head. Besides, we don't know how the informorph will handle the transfers. There's a lot of places this whole thing could fail and..." The man stares at her "and I don't want anything to happen to you."
She steps up to him, placing both hands on his shoulders.
"Nothing is going to fail. We've both re-checked the connections a hundred times". The man attempts to protest but she silences him with a finger. "If anyone is capable of handling any problems that might come up, it's you. Now, stop making this more difficult than it is."
She moves a hand to his cheek. "I'll be waiting for you to bring me back".
The Khanid woman begins slowly walking back toward the living quarters. "Now come on, lets get this over with so we can give Mordu his show".
The Gallentean man stares out at the traffic-filled bay for a moment longer, before following her back inside. |