Futuristic Fate of the Stars of Life (EPISODE 2: Space Piracy)

[CaptainRustbolt21]

“Rewby is a Krystalline, a race of crystal people who are the living personification of hubris and Lunarim racism. Why should I give Rewby a position on my fleet if all she could do is boast about her skills?” She responds. “The Vagroks may be arrogant, also, but they are at least willing to accept the fact that they have weaknesses. Krystallines do not.”

 

[Meme Machine]

Talia narrowed her eyes, and spread her arms in annoyance.

“That may be true, but Rewby is different. She didn’t once claim she was the best, and she even said that she had several failures! She complimented me more than anyone EVER, including fellow Lunarims. She doesn’t have that type of pride. She’s self confidant, sure, but not to an overbearing amount.”

 

[CaptainRustbolt21]

“I’m sorry, Talia, but I will not let your claims influence my final decision.” She sternly responded to Talia the second she finished talking. “For all I could know, she might’ve threatened or blackmailed you into saying such claims.”

 

[Meme Machine]

Talk snarled, and turned on her heels. She remember one of the few lessons her mother taught her; If you don’t have anything nice to say, go take out your anger on something else. She called over her shoulder, in a sarcastic tone.

“Whatever you say, Cap’n.” She muttered under her breath about how it was ridiculous, but she had to accept it. She screamed frustratedly, and saw several passerby’s give her and off look.

 

[CaptainRustbolt21]

Ma’arz, who was a passerby, heard Talia’s frustrated screams and puts his hand on her shoulder. “Are you okay, Talia?” He asked.

 

[Meme Machine]

Talia shoves off the hand and was kept walking, saying as she went.

“Oh yeah. I’m great.” She laced the words with sarcasm, before turning to the training room. “I’m gonna go beat the crap out of something. See you later.”

 

[CaptainRustbolt21]

When Talia entered the training room, however, she discovered it was already taken, as Kqidons and Kokoro were duking it out to see who would lose all their stamina first.

 

[Meme Machine]

Talia sighed slightly, and leaned against the door way, snarling quietly and waiting until they were finished.

 

[BoltBeam]

Kokoro was trying her best in said combat, of course - Kqidons' arsenal and skills keeping her on her toes (or lack there of physically), and Kokoro herself is trying to find an opening at each opportunity to cut in and stop whatever the heck Kqidons was going to throw her way next. She seemed to be quite enjoying these training sessions, actually.

 

[CaptainRustbolt21]

At some point, Kokoro was able to throw Kqidons into the wall, nearly hitting Talia. “Oh, hello, rock person!” She said before entering back into the battlefield.

 

[BoltBeam]

Kokoro stopped immediately when she noticed Talia almost got hit by the flung Kqidons. "Oh, uh, hi there. That was... awfully close..." She thought aloud, voicing concern and vanishing before Kqidons could reach her, only to surround her with flames and launch her up with them - uniting them into an explosion to do so. This explosion gave propulsion to Kqidons, enough so she went up to the ceiling and back down with similar impact (the flames were gone upon landing).

 

[Meme Machine]

Talia sneered as Kqidons called her a rock person. She was already pretty mad, so too much teasing and pressuring could make her snap.

“Hello.” She said shortly, watching as the battle continued. She played with her brothers necklace around her neck as she watched, pretty much in awe at their talent. Maybe she could fight them, and not be labeled as “dangerous and annoying”. She would ask later.

 

[BoltBeam]

Kokoro just gave her a calm look every now and again, but not terribly often. She's noticing her staring at the fighting itself, and noticed her awe in talent. She's smiling knowingly - wanting to take that further, but then stopped smiling when she realised further effort could actually cause some serious damage. Not only that, since Hamele is doing something else at the moment, she can't go as far as she did last time - at least power wise - to prevent serious damage that could very well mean quite a lot - the ship 'and' its inhabitants.

 

[CaptainRustbolt21]

Eventually, Kqidons was the one who lost all of her stamina, as she collapses to the floor, evening their score to 1:1. “Okay, flesh bag. Let’s call it a draw.” She simply said.

 

[BoltBeam]

Kokoro nodded. "I agree. I guess that makes us even." She said calmly, smiling. "Think I'm actually getting good at this..."

 

[CaptainRustbolt21]

“Don’t get cocky, flesh bag. One of us is going to break the draw and that’s going to be me!” She proclaimed hubrisly. She then turns to the patiently-waiting Talia. “Oh, you want the training room, rock person?” She asked.

 

[BoltBeam]

Kokoro sighs as in 'there are nicer ways of putting both of those' and looks to Talia. "We'll be out of your way now, so, if you wanna use it, go right ahead." She said, speaking for herself 'and' Kqidons, whether Kqidons liked it or not.

 

[Meme Machine]

Talia rapped her fingers impatiently against her arm, her anger mellowed but not yet gone.

“Yeah. Thanks.” She replied curtly, before clicking a button on her neck and a mask covered her entire head. She didn’t know if there were any AI’s in the room, but she was about to find out. Her stance was tense, and she didn’t acknowledge Kokoro any further. Though she sneered at Kqidons before she passed.

“And I’m NOT a rock person. It wouldn’t hurt to get it right at least once.”

 

[BoltBeam]

Kokoro had shortly vanished, and was presumably off doing something else in the ship, also seeming notably ticked off at Kqidons as well. "I agree... Get it right." She sharply said as she indeed vanished with those words alone.

 

[The One-Sided Coin]

Lux apparently didn't want to be in his quarters anymore, and was off wandering the ship, careful to avoid the doctors. He stumbled upon Kokoro disappearing, and Talia against the wall, tense. He notices the mood in the room to be sour. "What happened here?" He writes, his purple eye still with a trace of red in it from the incident with the doctors.

 

[BoltBeam]

"Kqidons happened." Kokoro said coldly, still invisible in the breeze. "You know, spiteful nicknaming - kinda offensive, actually. To some more than others." She had added, making a light glow in the direction of Talia as in 'yeah, I think she's got it worse than me', all the while making herself re-appear to Lux's left with the same light.

 

[The One-Sided Coin]

He seems to get irritated at Kqidons mentioned with the nicknaming again. "She annoys me. But I don't want to fight her. If she sees me talking about her behind her back, then I'll have no choice." He says, and shows only Kokoro what he wrote.

 

[BoltBeam]

Kokoro nodded. "As much as I may hate her, it's just something I'll need to tolerate... Which I don't like the sound of..." She sighed, giving Kqidons a bit of a death stare before she even noticed and then looked away. "Besides... Not worth the effort. It could potentially lead to death and paint whoever is responsible worse, all because they wanted to get back at her. It's not worth it."

 

[The One-Sided Coin]

"Agreed. We shouldn't splinter this team that's slowly coming together." He writes, and shows her. "There needs to be a certain amount of trust for this to work. I know I may come off as hypocritical to talk about trust, but just because that's the case, doesn't mean I'm wrong." He writes, still only showing his words to her*

 

[BoltBeam]

Kokoro sighed. "Yeah... One way or another, who cares about these little things, at the end of the day? This is a team, isn't it? We'll handle hardships one step at a time and we'll still get closer, won't we?" She said, letting out a little smile.