We Are Our Avatars IX: Act V: The Sabotage of the Scandolous Saurian Scoundrels (Open)

[Zepherus14]

Sophia woke up from a nap, brushing the sleep out of her eyes as she turned to look at the door to her room. She got up and changed into a loose fitting T-shirt and shorts, and proceeded out of her room shortly after. She then headed into the kitchen to go and get something to eat, grabbing some leftover chicken from a couple nights before. She then went to go and see what was going on in the news on tv, sitting down on one of the couches in the tv room.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Matilda woke up when she heard the sounds of Sophia moving around. She threw on a black dress and grabbed her cane, before she came through into the TV room to investigate the noises. [color=006d5b]"Morning. I think."[/color] she said, presuming there was someone in the room to respond.

 

[Zepherus14]

Sophia had just bitten into one of the legs of chicken when Matilda got closer, and turned her head once Matilda passed the threshold of the door. "Oh hey Matilda, how are you?" Sophia said with still some chicken in her mouth, swallowing heavily before proceeding. "You woke up too just now?" Sophia asked her, looking back to the tv as the news started talking about the forecast for the day.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=006d5b]"Still a little sleepy. How're you?"[/color] Matilda replied, approaching Sophia while feeling for the couch with a hand. After confirming the seat was large enough for two, Matilda sat next to Sophia. [color=006d5b]"Yeah, just a minute ago."[/color]

 

[Slenn]

<color=green>"Morning sleepyheads!" Winona eagerly said to both of them. She had heard Sophia get up to eat something and wanted to greet them in the TV room.

OOC: I might be too tired, but I thought I'd post anyway since Sara and Winona are still in the ship.

 

[Zepherus14]

"I'll feel more awake with some food in me, otherwise not too bad." Sophia said, moving to the side of the couch more to give Matilda some extra room. Once she was seated again, Sophia bit down on the chicken again, chewing on some of the gristle. "You didn't want to have any chicken did you, I remember there was some still in the fridge when I got this." Sophia asked, trying to be polite.

The television started talking about some of the local business analysis, how gas and gold prices were doing, predicting certain forecasts were doing such as the state of some telecom companies, and an article about how some of the cocoa plantations weren't meeting the demand as they used to.

Sophia had been listening to the tv, and was a little absent minded with her only recently getting up, not hearing Winona approach to her surprise. "What?" She said as she pulled herself away from the tv again, looking back to the maid. "Oh hey Winona, how are you?"

 

[Slenn]

<color=green>"I'm doing dandy, thank you. EMily and Gwen got up bright and early to catch a bounty. They reported to Sara and I a few minutes ago that they got their catch and are after another one." She looked down at the chicken. <color=green>"Usually I never have chicken for breakfast unless it's chicken eggs. Now that I think about it, chicken would be a good meat to be in a breakfast burrito. This makes me want to have breakfast all over again." She giggled.

 

[Zepherus14]

'Was she there the whole time?' Sophia honestly wondered to herself for a moment, raising her right hand she hadn't been using to eat chicken with to rub the side of her temple. 'I must have been paying too much attention to that tv I guess, maybe she thought I was referring to her about the chicken.' Sophia hypothesized as she looked back up to Winona over the couch. "I didn't really feel like cooking at the moment, and the food was right there, so I thought I might as well dig in." Sophia commented before adding. "They are alright out there, right? EMily and Gwen?"

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=006d5b]"Morning Winona."[/color] Matilda said, before responding to Sophia. [color=006d5b]"Is that what you're eating?"[/color] she asked. After taking a moment to think, Matilda said, [color=006d5b]"Yeah, I should probably have something to eat."[/color]

 

[Slenn]

<color=green>"That's fine. I'm not judging on leftovers. Heck the protein is good for your brain and chicken tastes delicious. The others are doing fine. Samus almost got decapitated from a dryad with an axe that could meld into a wooden door but fortunately that did not happen."

 

[Zepherus14]

Sophia looked at Winona for a moment, somewhat expecting a 'just kidding' to follow after her information about the decapitation story. The idea and image that would follow wasn't something people would normally be discussing while eating. Sophia shuddered, shaking her head before proceeding. "T-that's good then." She said hesitantly, feeling off put by the news.

Pausing, Sophia finally looked back over to Matilda, considering that she wouldn't have the same sense of smell, and the chicken might not have been so obvious as it was to herself. "Do you, um, what me to get you something Matilda?" Sophia finally offered.

 

[Slenn]

<color=brown>"Winona, I'm not quite sure it was good to tell that story at this moment. It is breakfast time." Sara nudged her sister a little, being keen to remind her of appropriate conversations to have during meal time.

<color=green>"Oh yes, you are most correct. My apologies."

OOC: And I think I'll be off. G'night!

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Matilda's eyes widened in shock when Winona relayed the conclusion of the bounty hunt. After taking a moment to recover from the news, she responded to Sophia. [color=006d5b]"Could you get me some of that chicken, please?"[/color] she asked.

 

[Zepherus14]

Sophia would feel a bit awkward about the apology, since it really wouldn't help push away the thought of Samus losing her head. Sophia decided maybe what was best would just be to focus on Matilda's request, and maybe the chicken would busy her mind for the moment instead of that. "Uh, ya let me go and take care of that, I'll be right back Matilda." Sophia answered, getting up and grabbing her plate so that she could eat more chicken on the way. "Excuse me." She said as she slipped passed Winona and Sara at the door.

As Sophia went to the kitchen, the tv flipped to a commercial about a couple of different things, the first being an ad about the hazards of smoking, the second about some old guy screaming at the camera about how he'd go and buy your old jewelery and gold, and the final one was about a new up and coming spa location that seemed to be very high end.

 

[Kirke]

Spoiler: In orbit around Uranus...

After several hours of careful and methodical searching, you have finally checked the entire vessel. Strangely, you found no survivors on the entire ship, and the way they were all mummified creeped you out. With the ship momentarily secured, your job is complete.

As you and the two representatives from Forefront travel back to the Sworder, you wonder what happened, but resign yourself to the fact that you'll never know. You've come across many strange things while travelling the galaxy. Most of the time, it is not worth the risk trying to figure out what happened.

After traversing the ship once again, you come back to your dear Sworder. However, on the trip you have realised that this is the best shot you'll have at releasing Sam from whatever holds him to Forefront's service. After decoupling from the larger ship you quickly set a course away from Earth and blast off at very high speed. While you were braced in your seat, you had given no warning to your passengers, and they tumbled to the back of the ship.

Once you have stopped accelerating, you draw your blaster and get out of your seat. With the slightest smirk of satisfaction you fire a bolt at Elm, who falls to the ground, now no more than a pile of electronic garbage. You turn your attention to Sam, and find him already up and in a combat stance. You smile as you open your mind, feeling the weaves around you as you beckon to him to do his worst...

And so they fought. If there had been any witness to it, they might have said it was a graceful dance of death where neither seemed to hold the upper hand. But there were none there, and nobody knows how long they fought on that small ship pushing into the endless ocean of space. For the Sworder never returned to Earth, nor did any word on the fates of those aboard.

 

[Slenn]

Sara and Winona sat themselves down in a open spot that wasn't occupied by either Matilda or Sophia. For the longest time Winona made a series of sudden motions with her head, sans her mouth, as if she wanted to say something about the awkward silence that she had made but couldn't because she was expecting forgiveness from Sophia.

<color=brown>"The spa looks nice. Although I've never seen a large amount of fishy ads on an electronic screen before."

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Kenna, having kept to herself since the group landed in London, stepped out of her little claimed space, searching the ship for people.

 

[Slenn]

<color=brown>"Hello, Kenna was it? I haven't seen much of you. Why not take a seat and tell us more about you?"

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Kenna, having wandered into the area where Sara and the others were, took a seat. She was slightly wierded it by the maid outfits, but kept that to herself.

 

[Slenn]

<color=brown>"My name is Sara Mason, and this is one of my sisters, Winona." Sara smiled trying to break the ice. Winona made a excited wave.