Eighty-Second Mission [Audio // Common]

[shadesofeco]

Please tell me this was at least worth it.

(( OOC: Jak is blind as a bat, and eager to hear what the others found down on the lower decks.  Thank goodness he has those huge ears to guide him. ))

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[nottheaveragekg]

You and me both, Jak.

[Just don't ask her any questions. She's not blind, but she might not be able to answer.]

[shadesofeco]

Did you get out okay?

[nottheaveragekg]

Yeah. I'm fine. No harm, no foul. What about you? Everything go okay topside?

[shadesofeco]

No hitches. I'm surprised it worked so well.

I'd like to know what you found.

[nottheaveragekg]

I pulled a poster from one of the floors, but I don't know how useful it'll be. Saw some people who looked like animals... and... people. They seemed friendly enough. I can't say how useful they were. I didn't learn much of anything myself.

Phoenix might know something better. He was the one being stupidly diplomatic.

[Ashelin scoffs.]

[shadesofeco]

[Jak's not going to be asking Phoenix, if he can help it.]

Animals? Like, fish? And --

[What the hell were the other things? He'd never seen them before.]

What was on the poster?

[He's pretty sure he remembers a hallway of posters.]

[nottheaveragekg]

Like I even know, Jak. If I ever see the animal it looked like again, I'll tell you. Otherwise, I can't help you.

[She scrambles around for the poster. She's the one who took it after all.]

It's a bird of some kind. Along with the words...

Something-something-something "and direct, and they are very gregarious. Such songs! They are admirable mimics, able to copy almost any sound perfectly. As such, they are studied eagerly for their contributions to the evolution of" something-something rather.

On other words, not useful that I've come to find.

[shadesofeco]

[It definitely sounds useless, and Jak can't think of it tying in to any of the other rumors he's heard.]

I don't know. It sounds like a joke.

[nottheaveragekg]

You're telling me. What the hell is this ship coming to? The punishment for curiosity doesn't even fit the damn crime.

I've about had it up to here with all of the yakkow shit. He can't be serious if he thinks people are just going to accept it.

[Pissy Ashelin is definitely pissy.]

[shadesofeco]

Don't try to make sense of the punishments. You'll just get more confused, trust me.

[Or maybe that's just Jak.]

[nottheaveragekg]

I got that, Jak. Don't think I'm idiotic like the rest of the women aboard. I've got something none of them have.

[shadesofeco]

Easy, I didn't mean anything by it.

[Okay, no more poking the tiger Ashelin.]

And what's that?

[nottheaveragekg]

Intellect, the ability to appropriately deceive, and a body that knocks the boots off any man.

[Rawr, rawr.]

[shadesofeco]

I'll second that.

[Oh fuck did he say that out loud?]

Uh, I mean ... shit.

[nottheaveragekg]

So the truth comes out.

I'll kick your ass for it later.

[shadesofeco]

[There's a muffled answer, like he's covering his face with his hands in absolute horror.]