[HERO] θ 52b
[after a moment or two of tinkering with his Sphere, he's accessed Ganymede's favourite intercom system, and looking pretty damn pleased with himself too. not that it was anything incredibly hard for him to do, no of course not. mere child's play.]
Ah, there we go, much better. Hello! [waves] I hope I have your attention this time, Ganymede. You can't send me away that easily and, well, I didn't see the point in sending you another voicemail. A bit overwhelmed now, aren't you? I would be too if I were running that bridge all by yourself--well, maybe I would--nah, no I wouldn't, not one bit.
Anyway, you know what? [leans toward the sphere, that grin still on his face, his voice low.] I think you're a coward. You're a coward living off some sheer stupid luck you had in combat, but I know your type. You're a dime a dozen in my universe. You've hidden yourself away in the bridge yet again because you couldn't bear to be questioned, just like you did when your own son tried to speak reasonably with you. Just like you've done this entire time. Well, you could always choose to ignore me like you did at the party, but my fellow passengers and I said some unsettling things, didn't we? You can't fool me, I felt you tremble while we shook hands--well, you sounded cross, so that could be a factor--but up until that point, we'd never met face to face. Did you still think we were mere constructs of your mind? We're very much real. Bet you didn't like hearing about the nightmares or that wall, did you?
You know, isn't it about time you quit running from Orion and faced him head on? Show him "who's the boss"?
Of course, if you're too scared to, then I can understand. No wonder they assigned Orion on this ship alongside you. You're getting old, after all, perhaps a touch sentimental about clinging to your former glories and how dare they assign someone like Orion, who clearly doesn't know his place, to succeed you? By the by, you wouldn't happen to have two other sons named some variation of Regan and Goneril, would you? Blimey, I feel like I should be calling you King Lear...
So, are you finally going to punish him for humiliating you, questioning your command, and trying to overthrow you not once, but twice now?
Or are you going to let an insufferable idiot like Orion get in your way? Are you going to continue to hide behind some shield in the lowest level of the ship because you're not man enough to reroute power from the shields and create a certain kind of energy weapon to fight back against those other craft? No, you're too stupid to do anything like that. Shame really, because you could easily create a pulse wave emitter to disable their own weapons, or, perhaps with a little help, you could create something a little bigger, a bit deadlier. Then you wouldn't have to worry about your son coming back to claim your captain's chair ever again.
So what are you going to do, Ganymede?
Ah, there we go, much better. Hello! [waves] I hope I have your attention this time, Ganymede. You can't send me away that easily and, well, I didn't see the point in sending you another voicemail. A bit overwhelmed now, aren't you? I would be too if I were running that bridge all by yourself--well, maybe I would--nah, no I wouldn't, not one bit.
Anyway, you know what? [leans toward the sphere, that grin still on his face, his voice low.] I think you're a coward. You're a coward living off some sheer stupid luck you had in combat, but I know your type. You're a dime a dozen in my universe. You've hidden yourself away in the bridge yet again because you couldn't bear to be questioned, just like you did when your own son tried to speak reasonably with you. Just like you've done this entire time. Well, you could always choose to ignore me like you did at the party, but my fellow passengers and I said some unsettling things, didn't we? You can't fool me, I felt you tremble while we shook hands--well, you sounded cross, so that could be a factor--but up until that point, we'd never met face to face. Did you still think we were mere constructs of your mind? We're very much real. Bet you didn't like hearing about the nightmares or that wall, did you?
You know, isn't it about time you quit running from Orion and faced him head on? Show him "who's the boss"?
Of course, if you're too scared to, then I can understand. No wonder they assigned Orion on this ship alongside you. You're getting old, after all, perhaps a touch sentimental about clinging to your former glories and how dare they assign someone like Orion, who clearly doesn't know his place, to succeed you? By the by, you wouldn't happen to have two other sons named some variation of Regan and Goneril, would you? Blimey, I feel like I should be calling you King Lear...
So, are you finally going to punish him for humiliating you, questioning your command, and trying to overthrow you not once, but twice now?
Or are you going to let an insufferable idiot like Orion get in your way? Are you going to continue to hide behind some shield in the lowest level of the ship because you're not man enough to reroute power from the shields and create a certain kind of energy weapon to fight back against those other craft? No, you're too stupid to do anything like that. Shame really, because you could easily create a pulse wave emitter to disable their own weapons, or, perhaps with a little help, you could create something a little bigger, a bit deadlier. Then you wouldn't have to worry about your son coming back to claim your captain's chair ever again.
So what are you going to do, Ganymede?