Taran
Taran was just about at the edge of his patience with all that was going on when the gwees were taken away. They mentioned that blue might need them before they went with the gaurds.
"Great. Like that helps us any." Taran grumbled.
"Like what helps us any?" ANTIE-D asked. Taran groaned. He forgot that unless the gwees used speakerthought to the area, ANTIE-D couldn't hear them. If they were only using direct telepathy to beings, simple speakerthought to beings and not an entire area, ANTIE-D was... well, deaf to it.
"The gwees think blue may want to talk to them. Maybe Rose, er, blue... well, maybe she can get us out of the galley like we're prisoners?" Taran asked, looking around. Why were they in a galley, anyways?
Taran, out of boredom and finding himself too distraught to meditate, started rummaging through the galley cupboards, in search of food. Or something.
"Great. Like that helps us any." Taran grumbled.
"Like what helps us any?" ANTIE-D asked. Taran groaned. He forgot that unless the gwees used speakerthought to the area, ANTIE-D couldn't hear them. If they were only using direct telepathy to beings, simple speakerthought to beings and not an entire area, ANTIE-D was... well, deaf to it.
"The gwees think blue may want to talk to them. Maybe Rose, er, blue... well, maybe she can get us out of the galley like we're prisoners?" Taran asked, looking around. Why were they in a galley, anyways?
Taran, out of boredom and finding himself too distraught to meditate, started rummaging through the galley cupboards, in search of food. Or something.
ANTIE-D
Taran busied himself around the galley for a while, while ANTIE-D updated her uplink with ANTIE down on Gaia. After the uplink was finished, she closed the link, which was now setup for automatic once an hour updates. That would allow for the best energy conservation and accuracy. There shouldn't be anything major for a while now.
ANTIE-D turned to regard Taran, and suddenly there was a surge...
ANTIE-D turned to regard Taran, and suddenly there was a surge...
Taran found himself kneeling on a counter trying to look into a cupboard above that was full of strange boxes of mixes and such when the ship tilted one way and then the other. Then the light went out.
"This is wonderful." he muttered. "ANTIE-D, got any backup batteries?" Taran asked.
He didn't get a response for a moment or two, so he carefully climbed back down off the counter. Walking over to where ANTIE-D had been last, and banged his knee on a chair just as the lights came back on.
"What in the light was that?!" Taran asked.
ANTIE-D turned to regard him.
"What was what?" ANTIE-D stated.
"What was... what?" Taran asked, confused. "You mean you didn't... oh, no. Wait."
"I did not what? And what shall I wait for?" ANTIE-D replied, her face still blank.
Taran groaned, and closed his eyes for a moment. Neko, the little black cat, looked up at him from the table she was laying on top of, and was staring at him when he opened his eyes once more.
"You know what? Let's not wait for anything. Sound good to you?" he asked ANTIE-D tentatively.
"Sure. What then are we doing?" ANTIE-D replied.
If Taran was right, her AI was shut off with the power and her entire program didn't upload. Maybe she didn't remember much.
"We are getting out of here." Taran said, and Neko even stood up, stretching. "But there are gaurds out there, and we don't know what force they've been authorized to use."
ANTIE-D just nodded, and headed over to the door. Silently, she raised the door and pulled it diagonally, and broke it off it's hinges. A few gaurds came running, but ANTIE-D knocked them each out with a single blow to the head.
"Wow. Remind me not to make her mad, okay Neko?" Taran said to the coco kitty, who happily jumped on his shoulder and then climbed onto his head.
The small group of refugees ran out of the galley and wandered somewhat lost through the ship, looking for the Dragonfly or for Rose.
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