Enzo is just barely within earshot, balancing on two chair legs with his feet on a table.
It's not the voice that makes him look up from his homework; it is, after all, not quite like anything he's heard before, even if the tone is awfully familiar. No, it's the wording. 'What in the Net' is sprite talk, and it's not coming from anyone... he... knows...
Chair and child hit the ground with a crash.
For an instant, he thinks he's looking at himself, and not just in the 'well, technically...' sense. The newcomer is wearing cadet blues, after all. But the uniform is incomplete, what's left of it is the worse for wear and size, and his face... His face is proof enough on its own.
At the drawing of Gun (which doesn't look like Gun, but he's not going to argue), Enzo2 scrabbles crabwise under the table with a curse that sounds far too shrill. "Dude, don't!" he calls desperately. "It's..."
And then she appears. Legs, first, finned and familiar, and he scoots cautiously forward.
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"This is...new."
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And he thought he'd seen everything over the last five or so hours.
"AndrAIa? Where are we?"
Because he doesn't know what else to say.
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"I have no fragging clue."
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Still, he feels safe having it there, regardless.
"Should... Should we have a look around?"
Trying not to be frightened or intimidated by Milliways and its utter alienness.
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It's not the voice that makes him look up from his homework; it is, after all, not quite like anything he's heard before, even if the tone is awfully familiar. No, it's the wording. 'What in the Net' is sprite talk, and it's not coming from anyone... he... knows...
Chair and child hit the ground with a crash.
For an instant, he thinks he's looking at himself, and not just in the 'well, technically...' sense. The newcomer is wearing cadet blues, after all. But the uniform is incomplete, what's left of it is the worse for wear and size, and his face... His face is proof enough on its own.
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Which looks more "pistol" than "high-tech". That's hours away.
"Who are you?"
He's got that "Answer fast," look. Gun's not for show or intimidation-he really means to use it.
AndrAIa if you're planning on making an appearance by stepping through the door make it now...
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"What are you shooting at now, Enzo?"
Give her a moment, she'll notice the body double in a second.
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And then she appears. Legs, first, finned and familiar, and he scoots cautiously forward.
Oh, code. She's only Dani's age.
"AndrAIa?" he squeaks, dry-mouthed.
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