Fiat Justicia 1.1: Part 2ish (The Dream)

[03:40]	Sabina_	"Come in."
[03:41]	|<--	Sabina has left irc.systemnet.info (Ping timeout: 123 seconds)
[03:41]	=-=	YOU are now known as Sabina
[03:42]	Arkalest	Sabina_ She is wearing black gym pants and a sort of long sleeveles shirt- And holding into two plastic basket. "I brought you food. And stuff. And-" She lowers her head, tail slithering behind her.
[03:42]	Arkalest	"Can I sleep with you?"
[03:44]	Sabina	". . did something happen?"
[03:52]	Arkalest	"I just like company."
[03:55]	Sabina	gestures to the couch "Go ahead, I like company myself."
[03:57]	-->|	Yezar (kvirc@49280E86.A28DCD7B.6B1081B2.IP) has joined #Adeva3IC
[03:57]	Arkalest	She eyes it, tail low as she makes her way there. "Really?"
[04:00]	Sabina	"Usally, not to say I don't enjoy time to myself either, but people are good."
[04:01]	Arkalest	"Same...."
[04:04]	Sabina	continues working on her painting. "So, how's your day been?"
[04:05]	Arkalest	"I've been talking a bit to Sarah- To her daughter as well."
[04:07]	Arkalest	She pops a basket open- Retrieving a large creamy cake covered in blue candy slices the size of your thumbs. "They're both under a lot of stress for their herd situation, but...They've been handling it well. Whoever made them made them /strong/, and their experiences only tempred them."
[04:11]	Sabina	"I heard that you and Mirah had met. And I agree with your observation as well."
[04:13]	Arkalest	"As far as work, I've sniffed the paintings. "
[04:13]	Arkalest	"Whoever was there was very attracted to something, I think. Or someone."
[04:14]	Sabina	nods. "I concur, that fits with what I picked up from the imprint as well."
[04:16]	Arkalest	"So, what are you painting?" She allows herself to slouch, throwing a leg over the couch.
[04:17]	Sabina	"A monochrom landscape." She side steps to show Ikris her progress. She can see the strt of it, a narrow valley shrowded in mist, a few fir trees clinging to the cliff side with their branches looming out of the heavy mist that has settled near the bottom and trails along the edges.
[04:18]	Arkalest	"Home?"
[04:18]	Sabina	"No, not so much this time. We do have some ravines and valleys like this, but if it where home I'd have Sifor looming in the background."
[04:19]	Arkalest	"Then where?"
[04:19]	Sabina	shrugs
[04:19]	Sabina	"No where in particular, I just liked the image so I'm trying to bring it to life, so to speak."
[04:20]	Arkalest	The Vorak closes her eyes and lets out a soft rumble. "It reminds me of a place I saw once. Huge tower looming in the distance- Ashen artifact, I think.."
[04:20]	Sabina	"Oh, do you remember where that was or?"
[04:22]	Arkalest	":.....No. In fact- Maybe it was a memory of my dam."
[04:22]	Sabina	nods
[04:24]	Arkalest	"It gets confusing, sometimes. Stuff I felt. Stuff I was AR fed. Stuff my dam experienced- And they did a lot of stuff before conceiving me.."
[04:25]	Arkalest	Ikris crosses her hands under her muzzle, eyes still closed.
[04:28]	Sabina	"I can imagine."
[04:31]	Sabina	"Listen, I can tell something is bothering you. If you want to talk about I'm here, if not I'll leave it be."
[04:33]	Arkalest	She answers almsot immediately. "I've got multiple things- But first and foremost is this place."
[04:33]	Arkalest	"It's empty."
[04:35]	Arkalest	A claw draws a circle into the air. "This is a habitat cylinder, probably an Ashen artefact. Going by sheer size alone, it should be enough to support a conspicous population- And now, I do like perching myself somewhere and beholding all the territory I own- And sunning myself on a rock with the others. But-"
[04:36]	Arkalest	"We have literal forests- Plains as well. Sure, right now there's Sarah's herd, but unless they are explosive breeders or part of a long-term repopulation project, I highly doubt they have enough numbers to truly own them. "
[04:37]	Sabina	nods, stepping away from the painting and taking a seat across from Ikris
[04:39]	Arkalest	"And the Constables, the Precinct. That is a hundred people tops, support personnel included and Phedrian seedclan excluded. This is a frontier world, which means this could be just waiting for more reinforcerments, but- I've read some files."
[04:39]	Arkalest	"This place has always been this kind of empty. I don't like it."
[04:41]	Sabina	"You think there's something more insidious going on?"
[04:42]	Arkalest	"Perhaps. I can not just go over to Tuissant and ask about it, can I?"
[04:42]	Arkalest	A snort escapes her lips. "Still...I do not know what to do about it, and that's just....Not something I like."
[04:44]	Sabina	"Yeah, it's worse when you can't do anything about it I think."
[04:44]	Arkalest	"Right now I just sort of want to take a nap and forget about it."
[04:46]	Sabina	"Want me to get a spare blanket from my closet?"
[04:49]	Arkalest	"Yeah..."
[04:49]	Arkalest	------------
[04:49]	Arkalest	You dream.
[04:52]	Arkalest	"See." Josephus has his eyes closed- Dirty blonde hair covering his nose, a wrist over his forehead. He's leaning against the velvet-lined wall of the elevator, the golden epaulettes on his shining under the orange light of the neon tubes affixed to the brass grate on the top of the elevator. "At the end of the day, it's kind of hard to tell what's good and evil, sis. This kind of stuff....It's ha
[04:52]	Arkalest	rder than you think."  His white-glovced hands shift, and he casually reaches to tug at his black cravat- Grey coat smoothed out. "And oh:" The elevator dings. "This is my stop."
[04:52]	Arkalest	The metallic doors slide open, and he strolls out, extending a hand and touching the woman's shoulder.
[04:55]	Arkalest	She is not even standing in the middle of the corridor- But rather, frozen in backward flight, the soles of her clawed feet a few centimers from the black tiles with white lines that make up the floor.  Her shoulders are  covered in a cacophonic-looking mishmash of white hexagons and grey spurs- Like liquid caught frozen- Connected by black veins to her cybernetic spinal column, visible even...
[04:55]	Arkalest	...under the maroon straps and dusty colours of flak padding. A turquise tail-tip and a handful of strands of turquoise hair escape her mask- A thing conencted behind her neck with a metallic band, completed obscuring her face with a smooth oval visor.  Your brother watches the tip of her railgun blossom with fire.
[04:55]	Arkalest	[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si81bIoZRJQ ]
[04:57]	Arkalest	The railgun bullet is suspended in the middle of the corridor- The air around it distorted as it casts an angry red sheen on the grey metal walls- Illuminating symbols that look like dull orange amasses of geometrical signs and whatnot. Your brother pushes the bullet off course- Away from the sheer wall of water that reaches out with turquoise endrils- And stares for a moment at the...
[04:57]	Arkalest	...black-furred hand jutting out of it. Stares at the silver and golden ring affixed to one calloused finger.
[04:58]	Arkalest	He steps past the water- It offers no resistance, and he just blinks his eyes- Gloved fingers pushing through the barrier. His feet touch hot metal, and he stand sunder anj orange sky streaked with white clouds.
[05:00]	Arkalest	He watches as something white-furred and long tailed dives off the building- Off the rooftop of the skyscraper, smopldering phototiles reflecting an angry red sun above. The man watches the figure in not-fall- With its baggy construction clothes, grey plastic tissue and red kneepads- Watches the alien, her eyes squeezed shut in delight, an expression of pure bliss as she falls- Leather...
[05:00]	Arkalest	...half-gloves open as to embrace the pavement not rushing to met her.
[05:01]	Arkalest	His gaze shifts to the right- To the beach under blue skies, pearly sand sifting through Natah's fingers as they pirouette into the crashing waves- Body slicing through deep blue water. His nostrils flare, and he adjusts his cravat as light geometric shapes cut through the currents- Triangle3s and pyramids and square of pure burning light, something oozy and ichor-like pulsating at their...
[05:01]	Arkalest	...center of a soft turquoise light.
[05:03]	Arkalest	Namah's eyes are squeezed shut in utter concentration, fingers splayed as to catch the most of the wave- And reflected in the single droplets of water there is the softness of a purple sky with orange clouds- Huge, majestically swollen. Something soars through the sky on leather brown wings covered in riidwsescent feathers- Something with orange feathers and an armored metallic beak.
[05:04]	-->|	LilithSleep (LilithSlee@57FBED60.DEA30D92.402DBA9B.IP) has joined #Adeva3IC
[05:06]	Arkalest	Your brother loosens his limbs, eyes slowly close as he plummets in the middle of the sky- Into the waiting ocean. His smile softens and he nods at you as he sinks into sunless depths- Catching a glimpse of a curled-up figure, tail against her horns- Hands joined as she drifts through inconscience. Ikris is serene in sleep, eyelids relaxed.
[05:06]	Arkalest	Sabina: The last thing you see before everything fades is the Sun- Shining down, powerfully- Insatiably- Down on the beach, waves crashing against golden sand.
[05:08]	Arkalest	A pale-skinned child is running hsi hands through the sand- White hair dirty with muck and mud, lips bared in a full laugh- And behind him reality shatters in a dozen things- His hands, nails short and blunt- The echo of his voice- The beach, as seen as above.
[05:08]	Arkalest	A single brown-furred hand- Extended- To grasp his- And then nothing.