Watching the Watcher

[vicioussweetie]

Nobody was really happy when Ali decided she had to take a trip alone to deal with Fleet business in person: Samus wasn't happy that Ali was traveling alone in a ship with few weapons; the rest of the crew wasn't happy that Samus had been left in charge of all Pirate-related business. But orders are orders, and by the time she left Ali was certain

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[samusverse_npc]

*It's bare seconds before Ali receives the hail for an audio and visual reply. Assuming she lets it through, the cloud of glyphs and icons that make up Trassik's presence blooms into being over her comm panel.*

[Ali! Excuse the delay of my response, it is so good to hear of your return! What may I do for you on this excursion?]

[vicioussweetie]

Ali smiles, the warm smile of a friend meeting a friend despite her more official attire. Still, she doesn't answer until she's encrypted the channel.

"Hello darling. I'd rather discuss it in person... so to speak. So if you think you can wait long enough for me to dock, and maybe get some Chukra beetles, then we can go somewhere private and talk?"

[samusverse_npc]

*Several glyphs brighten and stretch in Trassik's approximation of a smile to answer hers.*

[I'm making the arrangements even now; this promises to be an interesting visit. Somewhere reasonably official in its privacy, I assume?]

[vicioussweetie]

"I don't want to bother anyone in the official enclave until I have your answer. It's so much easier to give them all the news they won't like at once," she points out with a wink. "And I do hope to give them some really terrible, horrible, no-good news today. Do you have an office?"