The Troperia

The Bridge

"It's like i'm really really tall up here!"" He exclaims happily from her shoulders. As has been previously felt Kyerine is much lighter than you would expect from his size, atleast using human standards.
"Nobody ever did this for me before you and Tor. Its great!" He continues still in glee.

The instectoid "Lohke" does indeed seem to follow the pair, matching its huge gate down to that of the humanoids before it.

edited 30th Aug '16 9:46:35 AM by darkdestinysoul

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."

Sidewinder

Well...How about the story of my useless former partners?

edited 30th Aug '16 9:55:18 AM by MajorProblem

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Sidewinder

Sha'Koro tilted his head "Hm, what do you mean by useless partners? My entries nidicate that a partner is always an asset."

Troperia, Bridge -> Biolab

Mireille had to chuckle again "Really? Well I'm happy that you like it~" She walked to the lab sowly "And why wouldn't I do this? You are my lab assistant, are you not?"

edited 30th Aug '16 9:58:12 AM by Sergey_Smirnov

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

The Troperia

Biolab

Kyerine shrugged a little while atop her shoulders. "I don't know. People just never did this in the past. I guess its just not something Rhysha normally do..." He replies clearly thinking in his mind now more about his people.

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."

(Excuse me for my absence, i'll be more active)

Trent is busy training.

Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.

Not these two. A couple of annoying kids fresh from Magus training. They thought they knew everything about this job, and kept spitting out things like "protocol" and how I was doing everything wrong, as if they weren't the ones fucking everything up. Our partnership ended one fateful day, that I remember as if it were yesterday.

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Sidewinder

Sha'Koro tilted his head "How did it end? Did they realize what they did?" _He tilted his head again.

Troperia, Bridge -> Biolab

"Oh? What do Rhysha do then if I may ask?" Mireille looked up to him with a smile.

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

The Troperia

The Biolab

Kyerine tilted his head slightly. "What do we do...?" He replied questioningly a confused tone.
"Well we tend to adopt things more from our partnered races than enforce anything you could call our own culture... Mostly..." He continues putting maybe a little sour emphasis on the word 'Mostly', seemingly unintentionally.

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."

Nope. They decided to...uh..."Ride the red rocket 69" in the middle of a job, while I was in a full-scale firefight. They were never seen again.

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Sidewinder

Sha'Koro tilted his head, checking his databases "I'm afraid I don't quite understand what you are saying."

Troperia, Bridge -> Biolab

"Oh? And you never have partnered with a species that does this? And why do you say 'mostly' like that?"

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

She start to walk on the bridge.

Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.

The Troperia

The Biolab

Kyerine goes quiet for a few moments before responding. "Well I've never forged that powerful union with anyone before, i'm really young for my kind and all and... well I never met my human parent so I didn't get to learn any there either..." He takes a few moments after he says that with a sad look on his face

"We still do have some traditions but... I don't really want to talk about them..." He responds to the latter part, biting his lip anxiously.

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."

Well, when a man and a woman love each other very much, they get certain urges...

edited 30th Aug '16 12:05:38 PM by MajorProblem

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Brig

"That's weird..."

off the shits

Sidewinder

Sha'Koro searched for a bit... being a robot he lacked sexual desire so he had to dig deep before he could find some references he had saved "Are you implying sexual intercourse on a mission?" He tilted his head, not really understanding... at least for him this was impossible to imagine, the lack of a sexual urge aside he mostly was deep in ruins and knew they were sacred to some.

Troperia, Bridge -> Biolab

Mireille looked up again "Tell me... are you comfortable talking about this? Admittedly I don't know much about your species... but I don't want to force you either."

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

The Troperia

The Biolab

Kyerine paused a bit more. "Not really... I ran away from my homeworld for a reason..." He responds a little saddened hugging Mireille tightly for a bit before shaking his head.

"...but if you want I could tell you more about my kind in general if you want..?" He continues with a clear attempt at a smile.

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."

Yup. They went off to have "fun", and left me all alone, getting shot up by a gang of criminals. I think it may be a tradition among that species. Anyway, I lost my eye that day.

-A single drop of clear fluid drips from the bottom of his cybernetic eye and streaks down his face. Then another. And another. West, noticing this, pushes down on the eye, and it seals with a click.-

Damn cybernetic fluid keeps leaking from this faulty thing. It ain't fitted right.

edited 30th Aug '16 12:33:36 PM by MajorProblem

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Sidewinder

Sha'Koro processed the information, taking a while to set things into context. "That... seems irresponsible..." Was his final answer

Troperia, Biolab

Mireille let herself be hugged "Of course, if you want to. But please don't tell me stuff you're uncomfortable with." Seeing they had arrived she looked up "Want to come down from my shoulders or stay up there?"

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

I think it may have been a tradition among that species. Maybe that's why they went extinct ten Terran years ago.

edited 30th Aug '16 12:37:24 PM by MajorProblem

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The Troperia

The Biolab

Kyerine warped down and appeared on a counter nearby, his legs dangling over the edge. "I can sit here, I won't accidentally bump any equipment you're using then." He replies quickly though a little uncomfortable still.

"Soooooooooooooooo, is there something you want to know about..?"

The insectoid looking around the room, turning its body and tilting it with clear confusion. Peering at various machines and consoles, many tiny in comparison.

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."

Sidewinder

Sha'Koro saved that information "Huh, I... I had... other experiences with my partner." Sha'koro almost sounded sad as he said this.

Troperia, Biolab

Mireille thought for a bit... of course many things would just not gonna fly... the insect had the not too good combo off having a very hard exoskeleton that would make puncturing it with needles or something very hard and being too large to fit into the machines that would normally be used to deal with such specimen. She looked around, looking for something that could help "Hm... for a start, you said you are quite young... why don't you tell me a bit how the average Rysha spends their life?"

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

Yeah. Pretty sure everyone has. My only competent partner betrayed me, for example. Tell me, what's your story?

edited 30th Aug '16 12:53:58 PM by MajorProblem

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She keeps walking...

Fallout 2? More like Fallout 2 bad.

The Troperia

The Biolab

Kyerine takes a section putting a hand on his cheek to consider. Leaning back on the other arm and legs dangling over the counter as he thinks about how to respond. "Well that is harder than you think to answer, we all age at different speeds determined by our non-Rhyshan parents but it's almost always a lot slower than they develop. The average age where we stop physically developing could be as late as about eighty to a hundred solar cycles. Beast-born often develop quicker while flora-born can take up to three times as long or more to stop developing. 'Childhood and Adulthood' aren't really things we have, atleast by any human terms I know."

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and through shoals of dust, I will return to where I began."

Sidewinder

Sha'Koro bowed his head as he remembered "I am an archeologist... I once teamed up with a Terran... he was very nice... he always helped me and so did I... he did do some pretty strange things though... and his face seemed to go red when I was around then." Sha'Koro mentioned, clearly having fond memories "We even bought the Ultimo together... but... that one day... that one day..." Sha'Koro's voice became more hissy as he remembered that "It wass me who wass not able to protect him... we were exploring... there wass thiss big pillar... and then it colapssed... and I tried to reach him... but I wass not fasst enough... and... and then... he wass hit by that..." Sha'Kro sat down no the ground as he said this.

Troperia, Biolab

Mireille could understand how he felt... indeed it was not like Cenne had a realy concept of maturity in the common sense either. When a Cenn felt llike they were ready then they moved on to the next step in life. Though she got interested in another thing "You said depending on the non-Rysha partner a few times now... I get from what you told me that Rysha tend to mate with other species more than with themselves?"

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"