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  1. [11:39:30 AM] NeonProdigy: Elizan is currently checking and re-checking her medical supplies that were rescued from her and Paloma's smaller vessel. She seems far less concerned with her own belongings...
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  3. [11:44:13 AM] Λ WINTERMUTE.LIP: That's okay, because Paloma's tried to make sure all their personal effects have been brought over safely, and now she's pacing around checking things to make sure they didn't miss anything important. Sure, the medical supplies are important, but this is their stuff! ... well, unless the pirates decide to keep it. Which they might.
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  5. "Buh," Paloma says, finally, sliding down the wall next to a crate and landing squarely on her behind. She huffs out a breath, staring at the rest of the cargo bay, as if it were the cargo bay's fault.
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  7. [11:47:21 AM] NeonProdigy: "You s-seem agitated." Elizan says in a neutral tone. She frowns and looks through a box with heavy latches. "You d-don't think that f-first mate snuck any of m-my painkillers out of h-here do you? I know sh-she carried it aboard and I th-think sh-she shows s-signs of some p-prior addiction..."
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  9. [11:52:27 AM] Λ WINTERMUTE.LIP: Paloma frowns, biting at her lip. "Not at you or anything, just, you know, just by all..." She gestures at the cargo bay. That time trailing off is spent thinking back to their evacuation, and Paloma has to shake her head. "Maybe? I was kinda distracted, Eli, sorry. I mean - I guess we'll know if she exhibits signs of taking too much, maybe..."
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  11. [11:55:08 AM] NeonProdigy: "Possibly..." Elizan glances over at her friend. "It IS r-rather a lot to take in... b-but it was always a r-risk, r-running into p-pirates, with our l-line of w-work! Still, I'm n-not sure I'm satisfied with b-being... offered s-such a non-negotiable j-job like th-this..."
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  13. [12:01:44 PM] Λ WINTERMUTE.LIP: Paloma taps her fingers against her leg, staring at one of the boxes they'd taken in. "If we're really in trouble, we should run when we can. But..." She puffs out a breath of air. "It's weird. You'd think pirates would just strip our ship of everything they wanted and leave us floating. And, yeah, the lady in charge was pretty yelly, but... well, some of the others, they just don't seem very... vicious from where I'm standing? You know, given I'm, um, alive."
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  15. [12:06:00 PM] NeonProdigy: "And th-there's always the possibility th-that trying t-to run might..." She sounds even meeker and scared at this, "... m-make th-them g-get m-more vicious..." She fiddles with her hands for a moment. "B-But we r-really can't st-stay like th-this forever. There are p-people out th-there that d-depended on our h-help!"
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  17. [12:20:17 PM] Λ WINTERMUTE.LIP: Paloma frooowns. "Yeah, that's... that's true. It might be hospitality conditional on our cooperation. It wouldn't be the first time..." She says, not directly invoking Torbel, because one does not simply invoke The Torbel Incident by name. "But don't worry, okay?" Paloma gives her a small smile. "If they really turn mean, I'm not about to let them have their way with the great Doctor Shukra!"
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  19. It's a smile which fades as she thinks about everyone who's depending on them. "Yeah... I don't think pirates are really prone to letting us, you know... practice. But... without our ship, what can we do?"
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  21. [12:26:33 PM] NeonProdigy: Elizan could practically feel The Torbel Incident on Paloma's tongue from that phrasing... Who could've known about the civil war and those secret labs? "Y-Yes, b-b-but that's j-just shows we've b-been through some t-tough scrapes b-before. We'll just have t-to k-keep cooperating until w-we c-can find out ch-chance... I j-just hope th-they d-don't have us d-do anything t-too immoral..." And then she smiles softly to Paloma. "W-Well hey, th-the 'Great' D-Doctor Shukra wouldn't h-have g-gotten very f-far without her sk-skilled pilot and assistant, y-you know!"
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  23. [12:35:27 PM] Λ WINTERMUTE.LIP: Paloma smiles again. "Yeah, I guess I would've been the only person who could get that old so-and-so of ours off the ground and behaving for a while. Makes me wonder, though..." She looks up at one of the lights in the cargo bay. "You're a doctor, so it's pretty obvious why keeping you around is a good idea. But they must already have a pilot, right? So they can't just be keeping us because we're useful. You know? ... I really think they don't want to kill us."
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  25. [1:03:45 PM] NeonProdigy: "You d-did what you could with the sh-ship, but sh-she was always a p-pretty ornery old g-girl!" Elizan giggles a little, then finally takes a seat next to Paloma, pulling her legs up against her and wrapping her arms around her knees, taking up as little space as possible. "P-Possibly, though I th-think you're underestimating y-yourself again. And th-they MIGHT have a n-need for a d-dedicated pilot. Either w-way, we probably d-don't have as m-much to worry about as I th-think but it's h-hard not to w-worry."
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  27. [1:10:23 PM] Λ WINTERMUTE.LIP: Paloma reaches over to gently pat Elizan on the shoulder. "Yeah, you might be right about that... and hey, don't worry, this is one of those times you're definitely allowed to be concerned." She drops her hands to her lap, looking down at them. "I'm pretty worried, too. But intuition tells me these people won't turn on us unless we give them a reason, and I've learned to trust gut instinct. Maybe... maybe we should just wait and see what happens. Try and get to know them. We're gonna have to know if we have to get out of here, anyway."
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  29. [1:13:26 PM] NeonProdigy: Elizan nods. "W-Well, if I c-can convince them I n-need to g-give them all m-medical examinations so I kn-know where they st-stand health-wise, th-that'll give me a b-better chance to kn-know them and..." She glances aside. "...st-study them... Which m-might help. And y-you're pretty g-good at g-getting to know p-people and g-get on their good side! I b-bet you c-could get pretty c-close to the captain, even if she s-seems like a p-pretty unreasonable and p-prickly person!"
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  31. [1:31:14 PM] Λ WINTERMUTE.LIP: Paloma gives a small laugh. "To be honest, I don't have a good idea about her yet. She definitely has a... commanding presence, and her fuse seems even shorter than Dame Edsworth's, but there's something about her..."
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  33. After trailing off for a moment, Paloma nods. "Right, I'll do my thing. That woman with the scar across her nose - Solena, I think - seems to be warmer to us than the others, so she's probably the safest person to try and befriend, if you'd like to try too."
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  35. [1:33:53 PM] NeonProdigy: "Is th-that her name?" She says, while glancing at her carrying case of medicines and drugs. "W-Well, she certainly d-did seem the m-much c-calmer of the t-two, yes. I'll g-give it a sh-shot but I c-can't say I do v-very well with g-getting to kn-know people th-that aren't lying on a st-stretcher..."
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  37. [1:36:26 PM] NeonProdigy: Elizan's brain finally catches the reference and she laughs. "W-Well as l-long as sh-she never p-pulls a quadlaser on us, sh-she'll b-be doing b-better than D-Dame Edsworth!"
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  39. [1:43:50 PM] Λ WINTERMUTE.LIP: "I still can't believe she was hiding something like that in her dress. I guess all those ruffles really /did/ serve a purpose." Paloma chuckles, shaking her head. "Man, yeah, she can't possibly be worse. And hey, don't worry about it, okay?" Paloma smiles at Elizan. "I know these people are pirates, and I know that even disregarding that they're still /people/, so just do what you can. I can handle the rest."
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  41. [1:50:19 PM] NeonProdigy: "Hehe... W-Well you n-never know, sh-she might b-be carrying t-tons of concealed w-weapons under her c-clothes... it'd b-be something you'd expect of a p-pirate... th-though without the r-ruffles, yeah, heavy l-laser casters would b-be more noticeable." She trails off after this and Paloma's other comment. "I'll t-try. And th-thanks, Partner." She gives Paloma a small smile and extends her hand, closed into a fist, ready to be bumped.
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  43. [1:55:34 PM] Λ WINTERMUTE.LIP: Paloma gives Elizan a warm grin in response, curling her own hand into a fist and completing the gesture. "No problem, Partner. No matter what, we'll definitely get through this." She lets the optimism hang in the air for a moment before suggesting: "So, hey, you've fussed over your supplies, but have you checked in with your personal stuff yet? Let's go find it and make sure we've got everything!"
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  45. [1:57:12 PM] NeonProdigy: Elizan blinks, then widens her eyes. "O-Oh! I c-completely d-didn't even think about th-that!" 8|
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  47. [1:58:01 PM] NeonProdigy: "Y-Yes, let's g-go and check on th-that, aheheh..." Stands up and offers a hand up to Paloma, before they go off to check their personal effects.
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  49. [1:59:00 PM] Λ WINTERMUTE.LIP: Paloma takes the hand up, and goes off to help Elizan remember that she's important too. (Or to help her locate her stuff. (Hey, why not both?))
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