Lost in Spaaace! (RP Thread)

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

"Some gloves couldn't hurt either,"

"Eh, if you want..." David said un-interested as he moved some of the bodies out of his way as he looked for a trolley.
"See, Dead people don't bite..." He joked morbidly as he moved deeper into the Med-Bay.

 

[Sigma Castell]

Johann rolled his eyes and followed after David.
"As ever, your humour is astounding", Johann said with a half-smile.

 

[Nouw]

Fighting his urge to show his glee from the Dr's comment, Ace bit his tongue and simply smiled. However, this did not stop him from shouting fuck yes! in his head. Rushing off after David and Johann in a limp, Ace almost forgot his make-shift crutch. Having caught up, Ace put on his own pair of gloves. "If you guys change your mind, there's always more," Ace said.

 

[BeerTent]

"Iskierka," The AI started as the DNA Machine Started after her observations. The Machine read "AI ASSIST ENABLED" as it slowly worked on separation, hiding the sample away in a locked door. "I am bringing up additional information on the project you mentioned. However it will take some time." Codex added. She seemed very helpful with Iskierka's work, pushing things forward at her pace.

As the Scientist looked through the microscope, it appeared that there was a few single cell organism's. A few here and there. Upon closer observation, It would seem to consume another substance, and stay closer to any human blood. This is what it seemed It was too early to tell if this is the case.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

David and Co. Managed to sort out and organise all the fallen members of the Aurora in the Med Bay for transportation to the Armoury.
David still was wreaking his head trying to think where there might be a Trolley or somekind of Forklift.

 

[hiei82]

Iskierka stared through the scope, blinking, not really believing what she was seeing. From the looks of it, the substance was PROTECTING the blood cells from foreign matter, but how was that even possible. It had to be artificial, which meant someone had genetically engineered a single cell organism. While this wasn't a particularly impressive feat, the fact that they had stabilized and prevented evolution showed a level of sophistication that bordered on science fiction more then hard science - much less actual engineering.

that or it was a natural species that had evolved that way, which was even more unlikely - what were the odds of running into a bacteria from another planet that protected human blood despite the two things never having met before.

Iskierka grabbed a towel from beside her, formerly used to wipe up blood, and threw it in - either this was the work of aliens with technology so advanced as to make humans look like barbarians with pointy sticks or he work of a god or gods which amounted to the same difference.

 

[Nouw]

Sorting bodies was no easy job, especially for Ace. The result was him becoming overtaxed incredibly quickly, the pain in his leg sharply increasing as if something was being shoved in deeper and deeper. He tried not to show it and continued working. Fucking dead bodies...fucking leg... After his second body, the pain reached a climax and if it wasn't for his 'crutch' he would have fallen over. Realizing that he was the slowest out of the three Ace asked David if there was anything else he could do. He remembered him talking about a trolley of some sort...

"I'm sorry but I'm not really the best at this. Still thinking about that trolley?" Ace asked, leaning quite heavily on the metal board.

 

[Sigma Castell]

Johann leans uncomfortably close to Ace, and looks at him dead in the eye.
"Ace...there is no trolley...there is only the matrix..."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

David counted the bodies as Ace and Johann talked.
"Johann, Check Storage for a Trolley, Ain't no way we'll move all these by hand. Ace, Start IDing these bodies, Get a Camera from the Coroners Room and use it, When we get back, I want these people to have a decent burial, I'll be in with the Doc, That's a Order."
He said before walking back into the Room Capek was in.
"Talk to me, What we got?"

 

[hiei82]

[b/]"What we got?"[/b] David asked, re-entering the medical bay.



Iskierka looked up from her long list of notes and looked at him while shaking her head. "Not much. I found some creatures in the blue substance that look to be defending human blood cells. How they work is easy - looks like they react with the non-hemoglobin soluble" she said before catching herself. "They eat anything that not filled with human DNA." she said, giving the short version.



Leaning back in her chair, she squeezed the bridge of her nose, trying to relieve some of the eye strain. "What I don't know is how they can even exist! We're light-years from the nearest place a human has ever been, but our second alien species is a creature genetically tailored to protect humans... Either evolution needs to be reevaluated, and the law of god reinstated, earth has been visited before for advanced medical experimentation, or someone has managed to isolate the genes for "what makes a soul" for every species in existence and used it for the benign task of disinfectant... I don't know which answer scares me more." she finished, having all but given up.



"Unless the DNA test gives me something more concrete with the human and non-human samples, I think I'm way out of my depth." she amended, her tone surrendering the fact she had effectively given up deciphering the riddle.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

"Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! Science! They eat anything that not filled with human DNA."

David relaxed after hearing that, He could finally sleep soundly.
Lest until they laid eggs inside him. 0_0
He listened to the Doctor go on about god and evolution and was totally mind blown.
"So...What your telling me is...Those guys out there are Space Angels?...and that blue stuff...is Soilent Green for Sink and Kitchen?..." He asked as he pulled up a chair and sat next to the Doc.

 

[hiei82]

[b/]"So...What your telling me is...Those guys out there are Space Angels?...and that blue stuff...is Soylent Green for Sink and Kitchen?..."[/b] David asked, looking somewhat confused, a touch worried, and utterly shocked. The last of these was the correct response as far as she was concerned.

"Well, it's not made of people of that's what you're asking... at least I hope not... DNA test will answer that question I think. As for what those aliens are, for all I know they may as well be. Maybe they visited earth in the past and took DNA samples... Dear god, that would prove the ancient astronauts theory... I spent most of my life making fun of that theory... ah damn it, now I'm one of [i/]those[/i] scientists." she said, thinking the problem through. It didn't really matter to be honest - they were light years from home with no reasonable way to get back, she could prove anything she wanted and it wouldn't matter.

At this point, Iskierka stood up and started to walk around, trying to think things through. finally she got to the main point. "Truth be told, unless I suddenly get some serious inspiration and a new physics book to account for all I've just seen, I think we will need to ask our new ship-mate if she knows anything." she said, surrendering to the fact that she was truly and surely out of her depth.

"Well that or I could just blow it out the air lock and forget it eve-GAAH!" she started to say before tipping over something in the medical bay, that was covered in a cloth. "Ow..." she muttered, rubbing her head, having hit it against a metal table.

Looking down to see the cause of her accident, she was face to face with a very frightening sight - that of a human corpse. She recoiled at the sight - she didn't like the idea of touching dead things - she was an astrophysicist, not a biologist. Even as she pulled back however, she noticed something odd about it. The body, while obviously dead from a blow to the neck, had a wound from a sharp protrusion postmortem, but there was no such object around. it looked like it had been caused by a thin, sharp object like a piece of shrapnel, a medical tool, OR A KNIFE! it only took a moment for her to realize the body was the same that Phillip had been looking at before they had moved on. Could he have...

"David... I think we have a problem." Iskeirka said, her tone lacking any levity

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

David hung on every word, That idea that for God only knows how long, ALIENS of all things were protecting mankind.
He kinda felt like a prick for being so fearful of them now, Only kinda though.

"Well that or I could just blow it out the air lock and forget it eve-GAAH!"

The Doc went down.
"Capek!" he shouted as he went to see if she was alright, not realising he finally got the name right.

"David... I think we have a problem."

"Wha- What are yo..." He trailed off as he saw another body.
"...Great...You mean I have a problem, Grrrr Now I gotta drag this to the pile..." He deadpanned as he helped Capek up and began to drag the body by the arms.

 

[hiei82]

[b/]"...Great...You mean I have a problem, Grrrr Now I gotta drag this to the pile..."[/b] David said as he began to drag it outside.

"That's not what I meant. Look at his chest - he has a knife wound, no blood so he was dead when he got it... I think Philip was looking at this man before we left here..." she said, letting the information settle in.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

"That's not what I meant. Look at his chest - he has a knife wound, no blood so he was dead when he got it... I think Philip was looking at this man before we left here..."

"Philip?...That jumpy ass cook?...Wait...So did he kill the guy or just take out his anger on him?" David said as he checked the body, Knife wound was made after he was dead but what killed him?
"Look, If it was just him venting out his anger on a dead body, I can't really Blame him, I mean...Come on..." He said as he gestured to the rest of the bodies.
"Still...I'll have to talk to him about it..."

 

[hiei82]

[b/]"Philip?...That jumpy ass cook?...Wait...So did he kill the guy or just take out his anger on him?..."[/b] David said, pointing to all the bodies. Iskierka looked at him, still skeptical, but let it slide when he agreed to talk with him. Considering her first experience with the man was him jumping at her with a knife, she didn't really want to leave anything to chance.

"That's fine I guess..." she answered, her lack of firm belief in the method evident, but still excepting it. David had proven to be a sort of defacto leader in the situation, so she was willing to trust his judgement.

"On a side note: I think you pronounced my name correctly back there." she said, smiling at him for one of, if not the, first times. "Now all you need to do is learn to say Iskierka." she said, laughing a little at the security officer's expense.

 

[Nouw]

Ace acknowledged David's order with a nod and limped into the Coroner's Room. Leaning on the wall, he began to scan the floor. Not a camera, not a camera, not a camera... It was at the fifteenth time he told this to himself he realized he couldn't just look for it with his eyes. Ace sighed at this thought, he really didn't want to look through the sea of papers and junk for what may or may not be a working camera. However, if David wanted it he would deliver. Putting aside his personal feelings of laziness, Ace went on all fours and dived in. Too often he found an empty case and too often he hurt himself by mindlessly putting his hand into the next pile. Come on baby, I know you're there! Sifting through the piles, Ace wondered why it was so hard to find a working camera in a Coroner's Room. He also wondered why there was so much fucking stuff. It was after he felt a hole in what should have been the wall he realized that the 'stuff' wasn't Coronary 'stuff' and that it had found its way into the room because of the hole. Sighing again, he stood up and cleared the desk. He stopped shoving when he felt something cold. Cold and fleshy. Ace gasped and jumped back to reveal the Coroner, lying in his chair with his mouth open. Ace shook his head for being so scared by a dead body and reached into his front pocket to find a camera. He won't need this anymore.

Satisfied with his find, Ace went back into the medical room and began ID'ing the bodies, click after click.

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

David shared a chuckle.
"Yeah...never was good with foreign words...Heh..." He said as he finished moving the body.
"Look...Sorry if I seemed morbid about what I said, But unless he did kill the man, I don't want to cause a fight, because if I do, no-one will win, Now..."
He pulled out his gun and spinned it on his finger.
"...Guess I'll go and have a chat...You want to back me up?..."

 

[hiei82]

[b/]"...Guess I'll go and have a chat...You want to back me up?..."[/b] She thought it over and decided against the plan - David was right with his first instinct "Maybe we should just let it go for now... It's pretty obvious the man died in the FTL jump. If he is up to something, letting him know about it would hardly help." After a long pause, Iskierka continued. "I vote we just keep an eye on him for now," Iskierka said, before adding. "that way we don't rock the boat unnecessarily."

 

[Diablo1099_v1legacy]

"Sorry, but I have to make sure that he doesn't hurt what is left of us. By whatever means..." David coldly said before heading back to the Mess Hall.

Snip

Once he was back in he decided to holster his gun to not freak the guy out.
"PHILIP! You There?! Need your Help with something, Come on out..."