[ the landscape warps, in pinkish mist that becomes a dark, somehow dangerous purple - luke isn't the right hyv to recognize it, or where they wind up. the world around them is suddenly very dark, a cavernous mine all around them. adrastea's brow pinches, eyes more tightly shut, before she shakes it off and takes a deep breath. ]
[ adrastea doesn't flinch or wince, exactly, but as she lowers her hand there's a pinch around her eyes that makes its way through her masking. ]
Singular tour. Two months with a crew comprised of us and twenty others. And then a month between their departures and your arrivals. But departures... no, that's not quite right.
[Hmmmm. He makes a mental note of this, then nods.]
I shouldn't linger too long, just in case. [Since he'll want to ask more questions, but he doesn't want to like, short-circuit her or. Whatever is going on there.] One last thing--how common are these missions?
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Luke searches her face, though he resists the urge to get closer or reach out.
Carefully--]
Can you tell me your real name?
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... no. No, I don't think I can.
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Something's wrong. [...] How long has it been like this?
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[ her hand goes down from her head to rub finger and thumb into her eyes, sigh bonedeep and discontent. ]
... not long. Not the entire time we've been on board.
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By on board... do you mean this tour, or your past ones too?
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Singular tour. Two months with a crew comprised of us and twenty others. And then a month between their departures and your arrivals. But departures... no, that's not quite right.
We can't remember what happened to them.
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[ but - ]
Oh, I remember them. I remember that I hated my intelligence officer superior, because he was a coward with a bad personality.
... but what I remember about him most is that he transferred to the hub, to work security there.
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[Hmmmm. He makes a mental note of this, then nods.]
I shouldn't linger too long, just in case. [Since he'll want to ask more questions, but he doesn't want to like, short-circuit her or. Whatever is going on there.] One last thing--how common are these missions?
[Frees you from a w1 thursday PC]
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Weekly, if necessary. They're to clear up storms on our routes from planet to planet.
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[Since the HER-MES is. It's. It's something.
He's not happy about this, but he nods.]
Alright. Thanks, Adrastea.