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Post by B.E.N. on Jan 13, 2007 1:10:20 GMT -5
B.E.N. is unusually quiet as he returns and goes about sweeping up the remains of the shattered teacup. He merely listens, his eyes shifting back and forth between Auggie and Amanda as they try to come up with a way to rescue the old cyborg. At this point, B.E.N. doesn't really have any valuable input, so he remains silent, absently cleaning up.
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Post by aug325 on Jan 13, 2007 14:05:06 GMT -5
Auggie rolled her eyes at Amanda, her eyes still wet from crying. "Oh yes..." she said sarcastically. "We'll just get Morph, and- ARE YOU NUTS?!" she asked wildly. Then she turned calm again, to explain. "Look, Morph isn't much of a tracker, I AM. I'm half fox alien. I have a better sense of smell and hearing. Don't think of this as gross, but, I know Silver's scent by heart. Jim's too. Each idvidual has their own unquie scent and my nose is so trained I know how they smell like. I never forget a scent, and my ears.." She flicked them forward. "Can hear almost 1000 miles away, if I use them properly." Amanda then suddenly got a look of inspiration. But Auggie cut her off. "Look, it won't work okay! The rain makes everything....." she thought of a word to describe it. "....Fuzzy. I mean, with the rain, and all the wetness, there's to many scents in the air for me to pinpoint. And the thunder and lightning are too loud for me to hear past them. As far as I can smell, nothing but wet junk and dried worms! I got nothin!" She said hopelessly.
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Post by Amanda Doppler on Jan 13, 2007 22:51:36 GMT -5
"There has to be some way to find him. Do you have any clue what planet he's being held on? We need some kind of lead."
~~She heaves a hopeless sigh and sinks into the chair by the door, resting her chin in her hands propped on her knees as she stares thoughtfully at the floor.~~
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Post by B.E.N. on Jan 14, 2007 1:24:23 GMT -5
"Hey, that's an idea," B.E.N. pipes up suddenly, "If you have a general idea of where he's in custody, I could map out the quickest route there. Just give me the name of the planet and I can scan and locate all jails and prisons in the area, lickity-split."
B.E.N. is a bit nervous that Auggie might yell at him for having a stupid idea like the one he is presenting, but it's worth a shot. He doesn't want to upset anyone, but he truly does want to help in any way he can.
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Post by aug325 on Jan 16, 2007 13:01:59 GMT -5
Auggie tried to focus her mind to remember where he was headed. "I'm not sure..." Auggie said hesitantly, trying to focus, her mind was still numb from when she passed out. "I remember something definatly about the Coral Galaxy. That's all I know." She burried her face in her hands trying to think harder, but..... "All I know, it's definatly somewhere in the Coral Galaxy, that's it."
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Post by Amanda Doppler on Jan 17, 2007 21:46:56 GMT -5
~~Her ears perk as she listens intently to Auggie's words, her gaze shifting quickly from one random point to another. Finally, her attention shifts to the little robot.~~
"Well, B.E.N.? What do you think?"
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Post by B.E.N. on Jan 18, 2007 0:50:22 GMT -5
B.E.N. opens up the navigation keypad behind the compass in his chest and starts rapidly tapping at the keys, mapping out the Coral Galaxy to get a better idea of what he might be dealing with. A sonar scanner appears in both his eyes as he searches the information.
"The Coral Galaxy is pretty big," he concludes, his eyes going back to normal as he looks up at Auggie, "I think I could pick up where each and every prison might be located, but assuming there's more than one, it's going to make the search a bit...well...difficult."
He glances back down at the keypad, then folds it back into his chest. He pauses for several moments, resting his chin on his hand as he appears to be deep in thought. Suddenly his gaze shifts to Kiera.
"Hey, aren't you a native of the Coral Galaxy, Kiera?" he asks at length, "Or am I confusing you with that big fish-headed guy that came to the Benbow last week?"
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Post by aug325 on Jan 18, 2007 14:58:55 GMT -5
Auggie stared at B.E.N. intensely focused. "Difficult...." she repeated. She sighed. "Great, just great..." she said sarcastically. Auggie's vision of Silver with a rope around his neck blurred in front of her eyes. She gave herself a little jolt. No! That wouldn't happen! She wouldn't let it happen! It couldn't happen. She pictured a world without John Silver. She wrapped her arms around herself. Not because she was cold, but more for confort. Without John Silver, the world would be a less bright place. dreary, dark, empty. Auggie shivvered at the thought. She felt a hand on her shoulder. It was Jim's. He looked at her with a expression of sympathy and understanding. Auggie then suddenly hugged him. She didn't cry. She used up all of her tears. Jim looked a bit unconfortable, then he patted her back. "I'm here." Jim said reasuringly not knowing what else to say. "I'm here." Auggie kept holding onto Jim, her face burried into his chest, until B.E.N. turned to Keria and asked her if she was native to Coral Galaxy. She turned to face B.E.N., not letting go of Jim, for fear that the darkness would overcome her again. "I thought you said the Coral Galaxy is big." She said at length. "How could Keira know were Silver is? Sounds inprobable to me."
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Post by B.E.N. on Jan 19, 2007 1:16:10 GMT -5
"I did say it's big...because it is big," B.E.N. replies matter-of-factly, "And I've got the whole thing mapped out already, but as foreigners, we're still going to have a hard time. On the other hand, if Kiera can help us, it'll put us ahead because she was born and raised there. She probably knows the place like the back of her hand."
He notices how upset Auggie is as she tries to remain calm in the face of possible disaster and tragedy. Being that he is more open and bold than Jim when it comes to emotions, B.E.N. plunks down on the bed beside Auggie and puts an arm around her shoulders.
"It's gonna be okay," he assures her, "Things look bad, but we're tough. We're a team. We've been through a lot together and somehow we've always managed to come out on top. This is no exception."
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Post by aug325 on Jan 19, 2007 11:01:22 GMT -5
Auggie smiled at B.E.N. as she let go of Jim. "He'll be okay." She told herself reasuringly. "The way I know him, I'm sure he's okay." Thunder and Lightning sounded outside, B.E.N. and Auggie clung onto eachother at the same time. Auggie blinked embarrassed. She looked at B.E.N. expression, he looked at hers. "Scared of Thunder too?" She asked embarassingly.
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Post by Amanda Doppler on Jan 25, 2007 14:44:06 GMT -5
~~The thunder made Amanda jump as well and she lowered her ears at the sound, eyes switching to the window, then back to her friends. At least everyone seemed to be calming down a little. And that was a good sign. Planning is easier when the ones doing the planning are at ease.~~
"I wonder how long this storm is going to continue. Isn't this kind of...unusual for this time of year on Montressor?"
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Post by comicgeek on Jan 28, 2007 18:38:21 GMT -5
OOC- sorry for the long delay! I've been busy...like always. sorry.
BIC-
Kiera sat there in her corner staring into her empty tea cup as B.E.N. asked her to help guide them through the Coral Galaxy. Weird how fait just did that to her. She had just come back from that place, wanting to revisit her teen hood with Jim before disappearing into the massive collection of galaxies. But she knew she had to go back there.
"I can take you there," Kiera finally said softly.
Jim looked up at her with worry. The alien girl hadn't been her self for the past few hours. Something was bothering her, but he hadn't had time to ask her because he was still trying to get over the reappearance of Scroop and the fact that Silver was going to get hanged.
"I know the Cloral Galaxy like the back of my hand," Kiera said emotionlessly. "I can find this man you are looking for in the matter of days once we get there. But I just have to warn you before you trust me." She paused before looking up at them.
"I'm Cloral's ultimate thief," she said, "And the bounty over my head was even more than what John Silver's was."
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Post by aug325 on Jan 29, 2007 12:59:49 GMT -5
Auggie looked up at Keria. Her eyes widened as she said this. Her expression didn't look grave, quite the oppisite, she looked impressed behond all reconition at Keria. She smiled. "If anyone in this room were to turn pirate," Auggie said, closing her eyes and smiling. "I never thought it would of been you." Auggie smiled, grasped Keria's hand and shook it. "I have great faith that you'll help me...." She stopped and looked at Jim. "-Us..." She corrected herself. "All of us." She took her hand out of Keria's, and spoke, her voice businuss like. "I have a moored longboat outside, and Silver's ship is waiting for us outside Montressor SpacePort, What do ya say?" She looked around the room, her eyes full of determination. "All you commin?"
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Post by comicgeek on Jan 29, 2007 17:27:24 GMT -5
Kiera tried to smile when Auggie considered her a pirate. Thankfully the shadows of her hood hid most of her forced expression. She wasn't a pirate who were known to be brash, strong, and brave. A thief was something different. They were quiet, observant, and swift. But Kiera knew Auggie wouldn't exactly listen if she had correted the fox-like alien.
Kiera met Jim's eyes and saw that look in them. She smiled to herself when seeing that young teen in the man. He hadn't changed a bit!
"What are we waiting here for?" Jim asked with a wry grin spreading across his face. He grabbed Kiera's wrist and pulled her to a standing position, much to her annoyance, and said, "Let's go get Silver back."
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Post by aug325 on Jan 31, 2007 13:19:51 GMT -5
Auggie smiled at Jim, she was about to hug him again, but she stopped in half-way her arms streached out, she blushed and suddenly made a grab for her coat. She thrust it on, looking away from Jim. She took Silver's hat and placed it on her head. "Right." She said embarrassingly. She was begining to calm down, knowing Silver would be okay. She had good friends behind her, and Keria would help them, although she knew she was hiding something. "ADVENTURE!" Morph shrieked. "ADVENTURE!!"
"Now." Auggie said, pointing to Amanda. "You won't tell yer parents a WORD of this will ya? Yer mum hates me, and yer father is terrified of me." Auggie gave a slight giggle. "Well, what do ya expect after the mutiny? But, ya won't tell them will ya?"
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