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polariscalling·:

Max lead the way to his family’s suite, grabbing the keycard he’d stolen a while ago for one of the empty suites on Ring 1. He gestured for Cygnus to follow them as he snuck back out and made his way down to the suite at the very end of the hall, letting them in and locking the door behind them.

“Make yourself at home,” he said, stepping over to the synthesizer to order some various bottles of alcohol. While they waited for those to be made, he turned and leaned against the counter, watching Cygnus for a moment. “Truth or Dare,” he said after a moment with a faint smirk.

Cygnus went to sit down on the couch, sitting to one side so that he could lean up against the arm. He bit his lip at the question, never having really liked the game, “Truth, I guess” he shrugged and pulled his tab out and looking at something on it for a brief moment before sliding it back in his pocket. 

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“Oh she’s always kind of like that” Reece said after having watched the interaction between the other and the server at The Big Dipper. Reece was supposed to be meeting their dad for lunch, and the other had arrived yet. “She gets mad at me cause I usually don’t order anything while I’m here.” Even when they did order it was always something light, one of their dads insisting that they order a side of something or ordering something for them, which Reece would then pick at, but not actually eat as more often than not they didn’t feel all that hungry, and then would push across for their dad to finish. 

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Kirby just wanted something to eat if they were being honest so being met with attitude from the server when kirby didn’t think they were being unreasonable was a bit of a let down. “I don’t normally eat out all that often and I can see why now, sheesh she’s really always like that?” They asked before sitting at a table next to theirs instead of at theirs.

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"oh yeah, ever since I was a little kid. I mean she gets mad when I don't order, and then she gets mad when I do and don't eat half of it. I'm still not sure why, they have to go packages., and I don't think she's the one that has to clean all the dishes. I guess she doesn't like having to get them or something or maybe she's just angry about something else all the time."

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“Oh she’s always kind of like that” Reece said after having watched the interaction between the other and the server at The Big Dipper. Reece was supposed to be meeting their dad for lunch, and the other had arrived yet. “She gets mad at me cause I usually don’t order anything while I’m here.” Even when they did order it was always something light, one of their dads insisting that they order a side of something or ordering something for them, which Reece would then pick at, but not actually eat as more often than not they didn't feel all that hungry, and then would push across for their dad to finish. 

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polariscalling·:

she unfolded herself from a corner. a long hallway stretched in front of her. it could’ve been one of many. at the end of the corridor was a door. when she passed through it, she was suddenly in a bustling area full of people. this didn’t faze her. she walked forward until she came to a stop in front someone.

“hello. where am i?”

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Reece was surprised when she asked where she was, but then he thought maybe she was from one of the upper rings. Not a lot of them ever came down to the lower rings. “The Hub. I’m not sure if that’s the official name or anything, but it’s what my dads call it. Cause like it’s a hub for food and other booths down here.”

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dethxrned·:

“Hey. Kid.” Gidget really gets tired of seeing those clearly under the influence of the Orange left to just wander. The Naturalists insisted it was against the laws of nature to even consider using for any application- they only ever used it in their work under explicit contract, after all. It’s one gloved hand that catches the younger citizen by the shoulder, a soft whir as helmet pinions lay flat against their helmet once more, concern written across smooth, plastic features.

“You got a trip sitter or anything?” They question, head craning to the side. This guy looks familiar, something Gidget can’t exactly place for a moment- engaging the facial recognition software in his helmet and cross referencing old recordings from Six before- “You’re in the troupe for the theater here. Do any of them know you’re just… wandering?” Gidget doesn’t go to the theater- it’s sheer coincidence that he happened to be making an arms deal on a night that Cygnus was performing to recognize him now.

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Cygnus blinked as he looked up at the helmet in front of him. He thinks he’s seen it before, pretty sure about it. Maybe not. He’s having a hard time at the moment with it actually. “I’m fine I don’t need one” he shook his head up at them. “My sister was here earlier” he said looking around “I don’t know where she went. She likes to disappear on me.”

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bleedingstxr·:

Odd doesn’t like outsourcing. The Harker family had always prided itself on its willingness to get their hands dirty for their own goals- Odd himself had been used as the long arm of his father’s wrath for years, hadn’t he? It was through Silver Ascent (and a distinct willingness to kneecap any contestants who tried to sue through the legal system) that he’d earned the credits for independence, and didn’t like getting tied up in the affairs of others. He’d already gotten into the paperwork-wound thick of it with a number of other important figures on the Amity, and as always- his Companions sat bound under airtight contracts, difficult to break before their time came up. He was not a man who liked to go into things half cocked. But he also knew better than to think that what he needed done now was becoming of a businessman.

“You. Finch.” His voice is flat, even toned. “Word is you’re up for most anything, if the pay’s good. That extend to a little corporate sabotage? I don’t need you to do much.” Just get Odd’s EMP close enough to the HarkCorp prosthetics on the debt skipper to disable them. Which meant he would benefit from a Ring 8 nobody pulling the job- instead of somebody worth remembering. “I can more than make it worth your while.”

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“Depends” they said, “I need to know how much you’re willing to pay, and what it is. I’m not beyond a little corporate sabotage, but if this is a situation where if I get caught I might die or have my fingers removed or some shit then the pay better be really fucking good, and I don’t do none of this pay once the job is done bullshit neither. I agree to it it’s half now, half when I finish and I’m getting it in writing so you can’t say we agreed on something else later.”

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unchartedstarmaps·:

“Do you just automatically play defence or am I just special?” Andromeda questioned as she listened to Thurston. “I don’t need to take it. In fact you can keep going with your testing period. I have a micro device that will take relevant information to prove or disprove my theory. Once done the device displaces itself and can be disposed of.” She held something up that looked like a patch no bigger than a thumb print. 

“I only need three days worth of data. Now. I’m being incredibly fair and doing this in a non invasive way. If I need to I can push through a seizure order which will mean it will be removed as part of an investigation. I don’t want to do that. That’s more paperwork. That means I have to talk to the security department and fuck that. My work load is big enough as it is. I would like it if you could take the patch. Let it run its course and let me prove myself right or wrong.”

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“If you want me to wear that you’re going to have to pay me to do it.” he said, giving a little gesture towards the patch with their head. “I mean are you going around to all the others who have told you that it isn’t anything they have and making them wear one of these? If not I should be compensated for my time. I mean it only seems fair if you refuse to believe me, but believe everyone else, and yeah maybe I’m being all on the defense, but you’ve been basically calling me a liar this whole time.”

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polariscalling·:

Blue turned in his seat to face Finch, looking over at him on the couch. “Yeah, I’ve heard them too. But I hear a lot of shit. It honestly just kinda … fades in with the rest of the chaos.” He gestured toward his head.

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“Mmm right” he nodded a little as he slipped his shoes off and pulled his legs up to sit criss-cross on the couch. Thurston often had a hard time sitting still, so almost as soon they were criss-cross he shifted again untucking one leg. “how is it right now?” they asked, gesturing to his head, wondering if there was any chaos going on right then.

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unchartedstarmaps·:

“That’s fair. Sometimes noise is too much for me too. Which is weird because there are other times where I can shut myself up and I’m making noise. You would think it would be one thing or the other but it’s not it’s a weird mix of both and that can be confusing. I’m probably not… making things any better.” Tyler pursed his lips. “Sorry. I talk a lot. Mum says I can’t help it but I need to be mindful of it.”

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“Maybe it’s different when you’re the one making the noise than when it’s noise going on around you” Cygnus gave a little shrug, wondering if that even made sense or had been what the other was talking about. “It’s fine. I know other people that talk a lot.” Lyra had talked a lot. It always felt like there was some sort of pressure that had been lifted off of him since she could talk enough for the both of them. 

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polariscalling·:

“I’d say we could hang out in my suite, but my mom will be breathing down our necks … maybe we can check out one of the empty suites on One. I know how to break in,” Max said with a faint grin. “Come on, we’ll grab a couple bottles and just chill.”

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Cygnus nodded at the proposed idea of going to one of the empty suites. Even if they shouldn’t it was the best option. His mom wouldn’t be there and neither would Cygnus’ parents...or the android. 

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unchartedstarmaps·:

“There hasn’t been anything else has there?” Andi questioned. “Not… Weird things tend to happen on this ship and maybe it’s nothing but it feels like it’s getting worse. Guess I just wondered if I’m going crazy.”

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“Just some things with my lights. Ari’s looking into that for me.” Was there anything beyond that? “Oh and just hearing noises out of nowhere that go away just as quickly as they came. Those have been happening more often lately”

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polariscalling·:

“Oh shit. Did you put in a mechanic request? I can take a look if you want,” Ari offered, thinking that seemed like an odd one out but not about to make any assumptions. Things were already tense enough without throwing more theories out there.

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Devon shook her head, they hadn’t put in a request as she’d figured it was just some sort of fluke given that it had only happened the once. “Be my guest” she said in response to Ari’s offer. It wouldn’t hurt anything for her to take a look, after all. Maybe she’d even be able to figure out what was going on, if there was something going on.

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justzarina·:

Zarina was standing at her main work station, bubbling flasks and beakers to her left and multiple glass screens with molecular models and experimental data to her right, seemingly too engrossed in her work to acknowledge Thurston’s entrance. “Great, hang on,” she greeted without looking up at them, swiping between panels of information on one of her monitors. “There’s some food in the synthesiser I never got around to eating if you’re hungry.”

Eventually looking up from her work, she pulled out her tab to make the second half of the payment when she finally saw the tell-tale signs of an altercation on Thurston’s face. “What happened there?” she asked, gesturing vaguely in his direction.

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Thurston made his way over to the synthesizer to investigate. He wasn’t hungry, currently, but it would probably last the trip back to his. Maybe they’d grab a little extra for Blue too. 

“Oh this?” they made a circular gesture at their face “Your client just had a break up with her boyfriend, found out he’d been cheatin’ on her with her brother, so I told her for 50 units I’d let her slap me. She seemed like she had a lot of aggression to get out cause she did it a couple times. Y’know, good for her..”

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polariscalling·:

Lyra inhaled sharply at Cygnus’s words, trying not to show how deeply they hurt. Then again, maybe it would be good for Cygnus to see the expression, to know that she did have emotions and feelings. “I’m sorry you despise me so much, but I can’t decommission myself, and you know your parents won’t approve of a decommission when they made me for you.” She bit her lip. “I’m supposed to protect you. I can’t leave.”

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She was right. His parents wouldn’t approve of a decommission and he knew that. “Made you for me?” he raised a brow at her “they didn’t make you for me. They made you for themselves. If they wanted to just build me a bodyguard they could have done that without making you look like her. I hate them for it even more than I hate you.” 

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polariscalling·:

“People don’t get close enough to me to do anything weird,” Blue said between bites. He preferred it that way, in fact he actively made sure people didn’t get too close, but sometimes he wished they would … even if they were into weird shit.

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“Well, you never know, right” he shrugged as they plucked another item out of the box and bit into half of it as he walked over to the couch to flop down on it. “You heard anything about the disturbances or whatever? I’ve heard some strange noises, but honestly, I’d kind of chalked it up to some sort of new kink the neighbors are in to”

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polariscalling·:

“Have you seen the way people act around here and in general? They always overdo it. Humans like to be overdramatic. It makes them feel important because everyone pays attention to them when they make a big stink over things,” Max said.

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“But if everyone is trying to get everyone to pay attention then wouldn’t people stop paying attention?” maybe it was a little confusing, but it made sense in their head at least. It would all cancel each other out eventually. “I don’t think all humans are overdramatic. I’m not overdramatic...am I?” 

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polariscalling·:

“I’d probably just fall asleep,” Blue said honestly, pretty sure he wouldn’t have enough interest for an old musical, especially in a cool dark theater.

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“I think there’s supposed to be some action movie playing tomorrow if you want a ticket to that one. Based off of some adventure story someone on Luna Station wrote.”