AGWW Online - Log 2005/05/03

Mage - Etherites Go!

Session 1x22: Nathan on the Jazz

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 Bill Irvine - Marvin
 David_Pietersen - qadn
 Doc_Helga - Stayka
 Himiko - Dingo
 Nathan Raiser - Asmodai
 Rev John Jones - Picks-at-Flies

 Björnar Baldurson (Assistant to Mr.Einarson) - Stayka
 Guard in helicopter - Stayka
 La_ST - Stayka

<La_ST> Last time we went to the oil platform near Iceland, and Bill, Doc_Helga and Rev Jones decided to go there and take a look around while the rest wanted to monitor...

<La_ST> The question was: Where were the missing oil magnates and geo scientists? Unfortunately it appeared that the bad guys (tm) decided that the aforementioned three fit into they pattern of prey and decided to take them away as well.

<Bill_Irvine> (Anyone still wants to call me paranoid? Eh?)

<Himiko> (There's a big difference between caution and paranoia)

<Bill_Irvine> (I *was* right. *g*)

<La_ST> Now we have peacefully slumbering Bill, Helga and a captured Rev Jones that are taken away by heli to some headquarter of some sinisters baddies...

Bill_Irvine dreams of great guns, oil rigs, cigars and nice ladies

<Bill_Irvine> (And of course his Babe)

Himiko has activated the cloak of the Zeppelin and has followed the helicopter.

<Himiko> Well I'm following the helicopter and the last I did was keep Nathan on board..

<La_ST> (Okay. The heli steers toward the mainland of Iceland.)

<Asm0dai> (Skywarp was ordered to force it to land and I went out on the rapels to jump onto the rig... in case we were not over it I'd jump on warp and then let him land me on top of oone of the towers before getting them)

<Asm0dai> (Oh and Warp was jamming all of their transmissions :))

<Asm0dai> (Smart little jet ;))

<Himiko> (Okay apparently I have been playing a completely different game.)

<La_ST> (Uhm. I thought Skywarp was deployed, but Himiko did want to follow the heli and tried to hold you back?!)

<Bill_Irvine> (I can't remember that much either 0_o)

<La_ST> (Please get the stuff together - who exactly wants to do what and how?)

<Asm0dai> (Look at the log)

<Himiko> (Nathan was hanging out with Skywarp when the kidnapping happened. I was on the bridge with David and Rhianion, and we decided that it would be wiser not to intercept and follow the helicopter to the base. We informed Nathan about that and he wanted to go all gun-ho and shoot to kill, but we kept him there for a moment.)

<Asm0dai> (You didn't. I ran out. Check the log, damn it...)

<Himiko> (Aargh.. you did go gun-ho after all)

<Himiko> (You stupid mindless moron)

<La_ST> (Okay, so you want to force the heli back to land on the platform... With the tech of the Skywarp this works of course, and the heli lands)

<La_ST> (But the guys in the heli now are alarmed and have three hostages in there, of course: Helga, Bill and the Rev)

<La_ST> (They wanted to get them all away from the oil rig)

<Himiko> (Com) Nathan, you fool. You bloody stupid fool.

Himiko mutters something in Japanese and Chinese too.

<Nathan_Raiser> (Ah well in that case let the others go after them i'm soloing on the rig... take care of them first ;))

<Himiko> (You put down the helicopter just now)

Nathan_Raiser slowly creeps down the tower watching to keep to the shadows

<Himiko> (And by doing so you also blew my cover)

<La_ST> (Well, the current situation is the Skywarp hovers over the heli, the heli is landed, the three are in there, threatened with weapons, and the people of the rig are in full alarm...)

_Skywarp_ is hovering above the heli scanning the occupants and their possible weapons...

Himiko is using every cursing word she can imagine in japanese, mandarin and english over the comm.

<La_ST> (Asmo: last you were in Skywarp - so you want to jump down or what?)

<La_ST> (One can see that armed people seem to appear from the bowels of the oil rig and scatter, keeping under cover as much as possible)

Nathan_Raiser turns on the speakers on Skywarp

<Nathan_Raiser> Gentlemen, I believe you have a group of individuals in your hands are threatening their lives...

<Nathan_Raiser> Now is the time for you to let them go...

Mr_Baldurson stays in cover and has a megaphone

Nathan_Raiser switches to comms with the zeppelin

<Nathan_Raiser> Himiko stay hidden and don't even peep

<Mr_Baldurson> I would suggest you leave now, or our guests might have a tragical accident

Nathan_Raiser switches back

<Nathan_Raiser> The guests are not my prime concern Mr.Baldurson

<Nathan_Raiser> You see

<Nathan_Raiser> They are expendable

<Nathan_Raiser> I work for a certain party who wished to remove your operation

<Nathan_Raiser> Now then

<Nathan_Raiser> There are two ways this happens...

<Nathan_Raiser> You and your men leave it

<Nathan_Raiser> And you leave my associates to me...

<Nathan_Raiser> If you do decide to get rid of them

<Nathan_Raiser> The better for me as my cut is quite better

Nathan_Raiser shuts off the speaker and waits for a reply as he scans the interior of the helicopter

<Mr_Baldurson> Well, we can see whether it is truly of so little concern to you that they stay unharmed...

<Nathan_Raiser> (Wait a sec...)

Himiko turns of the comms and curses Nathan terribly.

Mr_Baldurson talks into a communicator

<Nathan_Raiser> (Stayka how is the layout of the people in the chopper?)

<La_ST> (They are in the back of the heli - Bill, John and Helga with shackled on some extra seats, all belted fast

<Nathan_Raiser> (Okay then... Skywarp's lasers are rather accurate... how hard would it be to peelet the forward part with fire?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (There is nothing explosive there)

<La_ST> (Please don't ask me abot technical specs, just assumed they are all fixed to some extra seat there)

<La_ST> (Hm. I would guess there should be a fuel tank somewhere)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Well usually it's two rows of seats... by rotatint the plane and then simply peppeting the foraward part where they are)

<Nathan_Raiser> (The fuel tank is in the back of the choopper)

<La_ST> (Okay, then you might try)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Okay i'll start locking onto the forward part and awaching what they are up to carefully)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Turn on speakers)

<Nathan_Raiser> I don't see that you are starting to evacute the oil rig

<Mr_Baldurson> Well, I still would suggest it is healthier for our guest if *you* leave. You know, I ordered a colleague of mine to take out a knife and so that we can see how little you care...

Mr_Baldurson talks into the communicator again.

<Mr_Baldurson> I think you don't mind if we reduce the amount of hostages by one...

<Nathan_Raiser> (Okay... I melt the whole forward part of the chopper with laser fire)

<La_ST> (Okay, how big is Warp's beam?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (10-12cm)

<La_ST> (And you severe the front part so that is topples down? ^_^)

<Nathan_Raiser> (And as soon as that is done I rotate and pepper Baldurson's position (not with intent of killing but threat... but if he dies :))

<Nathan_Raiser> (No, "laser cannons" not "laser cutter" :))

Mr_Baldurson sees what happens to the heli and decides to do a tactical retreat (before things get too hot on his side ^_^)

<Himiko> (So you mean a plasma cannon *G*)

<La_ST> (Well, the poor heli will definitely not start again -_-' I guess you roasted the pilot, too)

Himiko watches the destruction and this leaves her with a question.

<Nathan_Raiser> (Hopefully the man with the knife as well if he is not already messing up his pants...

<Himiko> (Com) Nathan, you are pretty smart are you, how do you plan on getting the three of them back and how do you plan on finding Bill's dad?

<Nathan_Raiser> Now then...

<Nathan_Raiser> I'm waiting for the evacuation to start

<Himiko> (Sarcasm, if you didn't get it yet)

<Nathan_Raiser> Oh and Mr Baldurson

<Nathan_Raiser> You are staying

<Nathan_Raiser> Or I will actually aim next time

<Himiko> (How do the evacuate with the heli shot to bits..)

<La_ST> (Nate actually this was a bluff as they wanted to keep all their hostages. But you couldn't see it ^_^)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Easy... open the back doors)

<La_ST> (And the other heli of Helga's friend was gone, too. I guess he was lucky< ^_^)

<Nathan_Raiser> Mr baldursen

<Nathan_Raiser> For trherecord

<Nathan_Raiser> I don't like people who talk back

<Nathan_Raiser> Let's hope you have learned someting

<Nathan_Raiser> Evacuation NOW!

<La_ST> (Actually Baldurson has retreated into the rig. He isn't suicidal and stays where could can hit him ^_^)

<Nathan_Raiser> (I shoot in front of him :))

<Nathan_Raiser> (I need him :)

<La_ST> (Well, that still means he wouldn't keep standing there)

<Nathan_Raiser> (I try to keep him in a single place by harryigng him :)

<La_ST> (That is, you can't see what he is up to now as he is somewhere in the rig now)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Ah well :))

<Nathan_Raiser> (Can I track him anyhow? thermals? )

<La_ST> (He was partly in cover when talking with you and disappeared - you think he was so stupid to talk tpo you from a free and open space?)

<La_ST> (Thermals show that there are some dozen people in the rig moving around)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Okay then...

<Nathan_Raiser> (If I hit one of the supports with a missile whatwould happen?)

<La_ST> (The pillars on which the rig stands? It would probably topple down at the next bigger wave)

<La_ST> (Then the drill hole would be open and probably the spurting out oil might catch fire

<Nathan_Raiser> (Hmmm okay what section of the rig are the people in and is anyone trying to escape?)

<La_ST> (After all there is quite some gas, too, and a missile is a bit hot)

<La_ST> (They are scattered inside the rig - there are quarters, there are technical parts etc.)

Nathan_Raiser switches off his speakers

<Nathan_Raiser> Himiko?

<Nathan_Raiser> Can you scan the conetns of this tin coffin?

<Nathan_Raiser> I need to find our friend here

<Nathan_Raiser> I'll pick him and our sleeping babies up and we are out of here...

<Himiko> (Com) No.

<Nathan_Raiser> Hmmm I don't actually want to rip this place open

<Nathan_Raiser> Bill said his dad was wanting to byu this place...

<Nathan_Raiser> Well if he marks it down as damaged property he can probably get some off...

<La_ST> (Lol)

Nathan_Raiser swings down over the chopper nad latches onto it taking it up into the air

<La_ST> (The cockpit still smolders and the cut looks pretty hot)

Nathan_Raiser turns on the cloak and then swings aroudn to leave it in the bay

<Nathan_Raiser> Himiko!

<Nathan_Raiser> I'm leaving them here

<Nathan_Raiser> You've got tools

<Nathan_Raiser> Get them out

<Nathan_Raiser> I'm heading after Baldursen

Nathan_Raiser lets' Skywarp ease the burned chopper into the bay before slowly banking to the side and leaving the bay...

<Himiko> (Com) *curses some more at Nathan*

Nathan_Raiser heads to the nerarest cloud and then shuts off hsi cloak before appearing above the rig once more and turnign the speakers o

<Nathan_Raiser> (Hey you need something to do )

Himiko heads down the bay to take care of the guests...

<Himiko> (You fucked up a brilliantly good plan)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Nyah nyah and you made me feel sad and blue last session)

<La_ST> (In the chopper there is one somewhat shaken guard that doesn't set up any resistance)

<Himiko> (Not ven when I throw him out ?)

Nathan_Raiser swings around the rig trying to see if anyone is getting out...

<Nathan_Raiser> (Out the bay doors!?

<Nathan_Raiser> (Hey and then i'm stupid!?)

<La_ST> (Well, no resistance in that he thinks it would be a bad thing to kill off the two sleeping beauties and the rev after all)

<Himiko> (Aah)

<La_ST> (He will certainly not be amused if you take him prisoner)

Himiko holds the gun in one hand and approaches the bay..

<Himiko> Time for 60 seconds...

<Himiko> Where were you going to take them ?

<Heli_Guard> To the base of course. But I'm afraid I don't know the coordinates. And you killed the pilot...

<Himiko> Who are you working for ?

<Heli_Guard> Freyr Oil Corp

<La_ST> (That's what some logo on his jacket says, too)

<Himiko> And why do you kidnap people ?

<Heli_Guard> The boss said they were spies

<Heli_Guard> We should bring them back for questioning

<Himiko> Aha, I warn you not to try and bullshit me, I'm not in the moood for bullshit today.

<Himiko> So why do you kidnap people ?

<Heli_Guard> Sorry, I'm just doing my job

<Heli_Guard> They weren't kidnapped. They were spies and I should take them back to the mainland

<Himiko> To the base you don't know the coordinates off ?

<La_ST> (Btw, that guy actually didn't have a knife and just a strange, sleak pistol of an unknown type)=

<Himiko> So I assume this isn't the base where you have parked your car ?

<Heli_Guard> Well, I'm just hired as a guard

<Himiko> Then why would the "guest" be brought there, instead of the normal police /

<Heli_Guard> Well, the boss told me he first wanted to know what they wanted to find out and they would be later given to the police

<Himiko> (Blech, why did I have to have a flunky)

<La_ST> (Because Nathan killed the pilot)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Don't worry... i'll show you new heights in "boss" interrogations ;))

Himiko is terribly annoyed

<Nathan_Raiser> (That's why i'm gettng Baldursen

<La_ST> (Well, you try to ^_^)

<Himiko> Is there anything usefull you can tell me or should I just shoot you and dump you outside ?

<La_ST> (Btw, what exactly are you scanning with Warp and the Zepp atm?)

<Himiko> (Zepp is scanning nothing)

<Himiko> (Well normal radar)

<Nathan_Raiser> (I'm trying to track any lifeforms inside using the cybertronian scanners.. .they are rather distinct)

<La_ST> (Okay)

<La_ST> (Btw, Rev Jones, Helga and Bill are still in the Heli, shackled etc)

<La_ST> (Nate: One of the lifeform readings disappears from the scanner)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Okay... what do I see Stayka... I think it's time to go)

<Nathan_Raiser> (How do you mean dissapear ?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Where was he when it happened ?)

<La_ST> (Well, it reach the border of the scan field and now is gomne

<Nathan_Raiser> (Wait a sec)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Was it mocing away from the rig ?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (As in a vehicle)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Or somethign I couldn't cover with my scanner ?)

<La_ST> (You said you just scanned the interior of the rig. That life form ist not in the interior of the rig anymore)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Ah i'll zoom out a bit then :))

Himiko decides to let the poor guard beg for a few seconds and then I'll disarm him, search him and put him in one of the rooms.

<La_ST> (Now you get more other lifeforms, namely several larger fishes etc)

<Nathan_Raiser> (We really are collecting buggers)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Actualy this thing will show outlines of humans and or stuff)

<Nathan_Raiser> (You can easily differentiate males and females, let alone size)

<La_ST> (How?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Dunno... the cartoon never specified :))

<La_ST> (Well, you have to here. It is Mage after all. Or you just get lifeform readings)

<Nathan_Raiser> ("alien technology" is usually a rather good trick ;))

<Nathan_Raiser> (Okay... let's go for a technological biological readinds/thermal output stuff)

<La_ST> (Well, that is a catch all that would give you *tto* much of an advantage. So?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (How do yo want me to define it ?)

<La_ST> (Okay, thermal makes sense, bio signs too, but how would you differentiate between men and fish?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Ah here!)

<Nathan_Raiser> (The resident physicists say Delta waves :)

<qadn> (Yo, I have returned home, meeting took quite some time >_<)

<La_ST> (Qadn: You might have been either on the zep with Himiko or on the rig silently investigating)

<Nathan_Raiser> (So nice to have Phycisits all over for dinner.. .if anyone can come up with technobabble they are ;))

<qadn> (I am afraid I'll have to reboot first though, so I'll be right back)

<La_ST> (Np)

<qadn> (St: on the zep seems more in character)

<La_ST> (Asmo: Okay, delta waves might work ^_^)

<La_ST> (But as you widen the field, the dot seems to have disappeared anyway)

<Nathan_Raiser> (So it's moving away from the rig ?)

<La_ST> (Yup. It moved away in a straight line as you saw it)

Nathan_Raiser swoosp once again aroudn the place to see if there are any other obviosu transports adn then quickyl darts after that signal

<Nathan_Raiser> (So what is it ?)

<La_ST> (But you couldn'tr catch it after widening the sensor range)

<Nathan_Raiser> (And simply heading in the direction it ran away ?)

<La_ST> (You would guess from the speed of it it was some little submarine)

<La_ST> (Yup. It obviously took up some speed)o

<Nathan_Raiser> (So nice of Warp to have amphibious features ;)

Nathan_Raiser closes with the surface soaring mere meters above it trying to keep up with the signal

<Nathan_Raiser> Himiko

<Nathan_Raiser> They are escaping in some sort of a submarine

<Nathan_Raiser> I'm trying to get them...

<La_ST> (So nice of the ground here to be somewhat uneven with some volcanic features nearer Iceland...)

<Nathan_Raiser> Keep track of what's happening with the rig!

<Himiko> (Okay, what can't that thing do Asmo ??)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Quite a bit)

Nathan_Raiser slowly dives and then rotates the wings and slowly submerges into the water changing the outline and diving down trying to track the damn thing...

<La_ST> (You see that farther you get away from the rig, the ground is getting more and more uneven with deep volcanic cracks so small that Warp won't fit in...)

<Himiko> (It outguns, outspeeds and can go where the other toys can't go.....)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Huh ?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Warp is not that big)

<Nathan_Raiser> (What was that one of those bond one man subs ?)

<La_ST> (Well, volcanic crack can be small, sharp etc)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Bond subs)

<La_ST> (Something like a bond sub with MageTech)

Nathan_Raiser curses swearing rather loudly before noticing his coms are still online... he shuts them off and turns back handing below the rig to see where the damn thing came from

<Nathan_Raiser> Tell me Warp... thze one we are after surley didn't escape in the sub...

Himiko takes a quick check of those who are incapacitated, to check if they are alright.

<La_ST> (Okay, so David and Himiko are on the Zep. Helga and Bill get slowly awake again, too. They are still shackled and fixed to the seats in the heli. The Rev was awake longer already....)

Rev_Jones rubs his forehead as the anaesthetic wears off.

<_Skywarp> Well all the chances are that anyone who was in charge of the operation would use such a advanced technological escape vehicle

Himiko finds they are still alive just knocked out

Nathan_Raiser bangs his head on the console

<Himiko> (Intercom) David, could you please get down here ?

Doc_Helga_sleep yawns

<Nathan_Raiser> That was rethorical

<Nathan_Raiser> I should have gone after the bastard first

Rev_Jones looks around.

Doc_Helga want to rub the sleep out of her eyes but finds her hands bound in shackles

<Doc_Helga> What? Where?

Himiko smirks.

<Himiko> Ah, you are awake..

Doc_Helga yawns again, but can't put a hand in front of her mouth for obvious reasons

<Doc_Helga> Yes. Would you please get those things off me?

<Himiko> Oh.. of course..

<Rev_Jones> I am curious whether being back here is good news or bad. But thank you for rescuing us anyway.

Himiko helps her out of the shackles.

<Himiko> It's bad news..

<Doc_Helga> Thank you

<Himiko> Nathan, that idiot, had to go all testosteron....

Rev_Jones looks at his watch and wonders how much time has passed.

Doc_Helga rubs her hands after Himiko opened the shackles with some little tool

Himiko unshackles the reverend and Bill.

Nathan_Raiser moves around the base of the rig before he slowly raises between the support legs nad shifts the wing configuration and then soars into the air... he spirals upwards and then takes a look at the rig...

Bill_Irvine moans

<Rev_Jones> (Impressive wings, Nathan)

<Himiko> That bloody idiot ran out before I could stop him even threating to damage my airship *again*

<Himiko> He just wouldn't listen to reason.

<David_Pietersen> (Ok, ready :) )

<Doc_Helga> Hm. That was problably not the smartest plan...

<Nathan_Raiser> (Threatening to damage your airship?)

<Rev_Jones> Well, if I may so, that is not new.

<Doc_Helga> Damn. THey really got my by surprise... I think they poisoned the food

Rev_Jones is feeling rather grumpy after his mistreatment by another human being.

<Himiko> I planned on following you to their base..

<Doc_Helga> Well, I guess that would have been the smart plan then...

<Rev_Jones> They shot me, so your way may have been better.

<Himiko> Now all we have is a flunky locked up in one of the guest quarters who doesn't even know what it's all about.

Doc_Helga looks in worry at the Rev

<Doc_Helga> They shot you? Are you in need of medical attention?

<Rev_Jones> Hmmm...

Rev_Jones pads himself down, trying to find the wound.

<Rev_Jones> I don't think so.

Doc_Helga frowns

<Rev_Jones> Although some aspirin might help.

<Doc_Helga> So they sort of missed?

<Rev_Jones> It was point blank...

<Rev_Jones> No, it must have been something else.

Bill_Irvine slowly opens his eyes

<Himiko> (Intercom) David mind getting down here, I need some muscle ..

<Himiko> (Com) Nathan, give the people on the platform one last warning.

<Rev_Jones> Here, I think I have a small nick. It looks like a large needlemark.

<David_Pietersen> (Intercom) I'll be right there

<Doc_Helga> A needle? Ah, so it was a stun shot or so!

David_Pietersen enters

Himiko walks over to the workbench and opens a small cabinet and takes out 4 bars of a grey substance and some electronics.

<David_Pietersen> What do you need himiko ?

<Bill_Irvine> What the...

<Rev_Jones> It is coming back to me now.

<Himiko> Just a moment, David, I'm working..

<Rev_Jones> I don't think the man bears us any malice - he is just greedy.

<Himiko> But in a moment I need those chopper remains outside... on the platform

<Doc_Helga> You mean this Mr.Baldurson?

<Rev_Jones> Um, yes.

<Rev_Jones> I think. The head of the rig.

Doc_Helga nods

Nathan_Raiser rotates around the place and then heads for the office room of the rig

<Doc_Helga> Well, it seems he didn't want to kill us - which was fortunate for us...

<David_Pietersen> Rihgt, I'll get them

Himiko 's eyes light up with a nasty glimmer (not really, just a description of a somewhat mad and dangerous look)

<Rev_Jones> From what he said, he is collecting expert scientists.

David_Pietersen goes outside on the platform to return later with some chopper bits

<Doc_Helga> Well, and oil magnates

<Rev_Jones> However, he shot me before he could elaborate.

Himiko heads to the bridge with her assembled bombs and sets the airship down next to the platform.

Nathan_Raiser hoevers above the office module and then transformes the arms nad rips it off the support and heads upwards

<Doc_Helga> Pity. Well, at least we are free now

Rev_Jones stands up and stretches his legs in a very ungainly fashion.

<Rev_Jones> (Where are we?)

<Himiko> (On the Zeppelin)

Nathan_Raiser heads for the bay and using the arms shoves the module into the bay...

<La_ST> (Nathan: Baldurson erased are important data that was in his office)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Awww)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Such a wasted measure)

<La_ST> (Well, Baldurson isn't an idiot ^_^)

<Rev_Jones> I guess I should head to the bridge... see where we are.

<Rev_Jones> How are you two?

<Nathan_Raiser> (Ah well we'll just pay a vist to their base next :))

Himiko heads down on the ramp and puts the detonators to the plastic explosives..

<Nathan_Raiser> Himiko

<Nathan_Raiser> What are yo udoing?

<Doc_Helga> Well, I'm okay

<Himiko> Going to blow this place up.

<Nathan_Raiser> Don't

<Doc_Helga> I think a visit to the bridge sounds like a good idea

<Nathan_Raiser> The pumps are still running

<Nathan_Raiser> And there are still people on it

<Nathan_Raiser> Leave it be

<Nathan_Raiser> Let's go

<Himiko> You really want to get us killed ?

David_Pietersen returns with some parts

<La_ST> (Wow. Mages can be lucky they don't need Humanity rolls -_-)

<Nathan_Raiser> No

<David_Pietersen> You wanted these himiko ?

<Nathan_Raiser> Blowing this place up won't get us killed

<Nathan_Raiser> Let's go

<David_Pietersen> /Me dumps some parts that used to belong to a chopper

<Himiko> (Yes to throw the 75% of chopper out of my zeppelin)

<Rev_Jones> (Bet they have to in Awakening!)

<Himiko> Not blowing up will do it.

<Nathan_Raiser> (Actually I have humanity unlike someone here)

<Nathan_Raiser> Anna

<Nathan_Raiser> Don't do that

<Nathan_Raiser> I don't want to drag you away from it...

<Mitchman> (Mages are supposed to be human and not subject to unnatural violence :/)

<Rev_Jones> (Rhiannon? ;) )

<Himiko> If you hadn't fucked up this wouldn't be neccessary.

<Nathan_Raiser> We have to move

<Nathan_Raiser> Okay...

<La_ST> (Mitch: Tell that to certain Mages -_-')

<Rev_Jones> (Have you seen the US army recently?)

<Bill_Irvine> Where... What... What the... How?

<Nathan_Raiser> You sound worse then Commander Jackson...

<Nathan_Raiser> Let's go

<Nathan_Raiser> It's a metter of time before police or someone arrives

<Rev_Jones> Easy Bill.

<Nathan_Raiser> The Baldursen creep got away...

<Nathan_Raiser> He will let everyone know

<Himiko> Just help Davidremove the chopper, I'l set up the explosives.

<Nathan_Raiser> All you are gonna do is cause a spillout

<Nathan_Raiser> No

<Nathan_Raiser> I'm not going out of herr without you and your toys

<Nathan_Raiser> Don't blow this place up

<Doc_Helga> Bill, are you okay?

<Rev_Jones> We are safe, although I really want to find out what has happened and how many people lost their lives today.

<Nathan_Raiser> (0)

Doc_Helga worries as he ate way more of the meal than she did

<Nathan_Raiser> (Though nore will if Himiko keeps this up)

Rev_Jones thinks . o 0 ( 5? 50? ).

<Bill_Irvine> How many... lost... their lives?

<Nathan_Raiser> Himiko

<Nathan_Raiser> Let's go

<Nathan_Raiser> Jump on the wing and get in

<Nathan_Raiser> We need to move...

<Rev_Jones> I think you are right Helga. It was the food and Bill ate too much as usual...

Himiko walks back into the Zeppelin

<Doc_Helga> Hm. I don't think the oil workers belong to the real bad guys. I'm sure they are just doing their job here. So I would suggest to see to it that we find the abductees and leave the platform be

<Nathan_Raiser> (Did she rig the explosives ?

<Himiko> Okay, get this crap (the rest of this copter) out of my airship

<Bill_Irvine> What?! I never... eat... too much...

<Rev_Jones> A good plan, if only we can tell the others.

<Himiko> (No..)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Did she rig the explosives ?

<Nathan_Raiser> (No ?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Ok thanks)

Rev_Jones pokes the drousy fat guy in the stomach.

<Himiko> (No, she didn't and is even more pissed)

Nathan_Raiser sighs in relief and then veers away and then hovers above the chopper and latches onto it...

Nathan_Raiser shouts on the speakrs

<Nathan_Raiser> Gimme room!

<Bill_Irvine> Ey... Leave me be... Dammit...

Nathan_Raiser tugs it out watching nto to hit anyone and then drops it into the sea....

Himiko walks up to the bridge.

<Bill_Irvine> My head is spinning like being on a rollercoaszer for hours

<Doc_Helga> Well, take this...

Himiko tosses the armed explosives in some corner.

<Rev_Jones> So is mine, but I think I had a smaller dose.

Doc_Helga pulls out a (mundane) aspirine pill

<Himiko> (Not with timer, I'm not that stupid)

Rev_Jones staggers over to a convenient tap and fills three glasses of water.

<Doc_Helga> I always use this when something blows up in my lab and I get a headack from the boom

<Rev_Jones> Any spare?

<Doc_Helga> Here you go

Doc_Helga passes two pills each to Rev Jones and Bill

Himiko sets a course for open sea somewhere between Iceland and the platform.

Rev_Jones swallows the pills with a whole glass of water.

Doc_Helga does so, too

Himiko waits for Nathan to show up.

<Bill_Irvine> I need a Whiskey

<Rev_Jones> A small glass of Scotch and I will be raring to go.

<Bill_Irvine> Scotch? Drink *real* Whiskey...

Nathan_Raiser lands and stays in warp hitting his head on the console

<Rev_Jones> (Himiko: any alcohol in this room?)

Nathan_Raiser unbuckules nad stays like that a while

<Doc_Helga> Hm. I'm not so much into alcohol...

<Himiko> (Rev: no alcohol in the public parts of the ship)

<Doc_Helga> But then, a nice cool beer might be nice

Rev_Jones opens several cupboards and then lies back on one of the chairs.

<Himiko> (Well some rubbing alcohol and perhaps some (rice)wine in the kitchen)

<Rev_Jones> Nothing!

<Doc_Helga> Ah well, better just water atm. Pills and alc don't mix well

<Mitchman> (Gross)

<David_Pietersen> Indeed Helga

Himiko waits patiently for nathan to show up (got to go afk for a while)

<La_ST> (Ok)

Rev_Jones starts at seeing David in the room.

<Doc_Helga> Well, so what are we supposed to do now?

<Rev_Jones> Well, I was... going to ask David for news.

<Doc_Helga> As it seems, the main culprit just disappeared...

<Bill_Irvine> What happened and where are those bastards?

Nathan_Raiser gets out and rusn his hand along Skywarp's belly muttering under his breath

Doc_Helga also waits for anything more. She only heard this or that when Himiko shouted into the comm.

<Rev_Jones> (*Poke David*)

<La_ST> (Hm... Did he disappear together with dingo? ^_^)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Ahrdly they are not together tonight)

<La_ST> (True. *rings alarmbell* qadn!!)

<David_Pietersen> (Yes ?)

<La_ST> (Rev wanted you to recount what happened while we slept)

<David_Pietersen> (Uhm >_<)

<David_Pietersen> (I haven't got any backlog)

<Rev_Jones> (In which case you probably don't know anything!)

<David_Pietersen> (Tell me what happened (sorry !))

<La_ST> (Ok. Make that Nate went all testosteron, shot the heli and Baldurson escaped)

<David_Pietersen> I dunno

<Nathan_Raiser> (I attacked the rig and the chopper solo)

David_Pietersen looks confused

<David_Pietersen> Well Nathan attacked

<Nathan_Raiser> I shot up the chopper killing the pilot and scaring the hell out of the copilot and then proceeded to scare the shit out of the paltform)

<Doc_Helga> Great job...

<Nathan_Raiser> (Damn Baldursen ran away in a bond mini sub and i couldn't follow him)

<Nathan_Raiser> (I was busy gettign you back to the zeppelin instead of focusing on him

<Rev_Jones> (You mean Skywarp was not up to it? *shock* *horror*)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Say thank you :))

<Nathan_Raiser> (Hole was meter *2 ;)

<Doc_Helga> Not that I'm not thankful that I got rescued, but maybe one could have set up a somewhat more elegant plan...

<Nathan_Raiser> (You are in the bay)

<Rev_Jones> Can we make it up to the bridge? I think Skywarp might know more.

<Nathan_Raiser> (Or on the bridge)

<Nathan_Raiser> (I'm in the bay)

<Doc_Helga> (I thought we went to the bridge?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (With warp)

<Rev_Jones> (Don't ask me... I am still in the same room I woke up in)

<Nathan_Raiser> (I hope I heard you :))

<Nathan_Raiser> (Then you are in the bay)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Eeexcelelnt)

<Rev_Jones> (And nobody told me where we were... I assumed we were in some comfy little room)

<Doc_Helga> (Ok. Great they have a water tap there :D )

Nathan_Raiser walks up behind Helga towering above her

Doc_Helga yawns once more

<Nathan_Raiser> Nex time I can leave you to people who were druging you, interogating you and planning to count your throat

<Nathan_Raiser> Okay?

Himiko walks into the hangar with storm on her face.

<Rev_Jones> And good evening to you Nathan.

Nathan_Raiser shoots daggers with his eyes at you before turnign around nad heading towards the bridge

<Nathan_Raiser> (Not count, cut ;))

Nathan_Raiser mutters

<Nathan_Raiser> Hello Rev

Doc_Helga makes an avertin gesture.

<Doc_Helga> Okay, okay...

Nathan_Raiser stops at the doors and breathes in

<Doc_Helga> I *am* thankful I got rescued - but how do we proceed now

<Nathan_Raiser> Is there anything you wanted to say reverend?

<Bill_Irvine> Yeah... What do we do now?

<Rev_Jones> Yes, but when I am feeling better.

<Himiko> Nathan you incompetent fool.

<Rev_Jones> I do not think this is a good time Nathan.

<Nathan_Raiser> Himiko interrogated the copilot

<Himiko> I interrogated a flunky who had absolutely nothing usefull to report..

<Himiko> If you didn't run in with guns blazing acting like a complete fool, we would by now be at their base of operations, and perhaps have found Mr. Irvine's father.

Rev_Jones scratches his head.

<Rev_Jones> Could we go somewhere a bit more comfortable to discuss this.

<Himiko> But no, you just had to rush in and start shooting.

<Rev_Jones> My head is not in a fit state for arguments or blame.

<Bill_Irvine> And could you all please tone down a bit... Geez... My head

<Himiko> You aren't to blame... you acted the part of bait pretty well, it's a good thing I noticed that you weren't shot with a normal gun. I saw no blood, so I knew they didn't want to kill you.

Himiko hasn't raised her voice, though it is tinged with ice.

<Nathan_Raiser> (Actually I stopped at the hangar doors... you are rehearsing ?)

<Himiko> (I entered already)

<La_ST> (I thought she might be shouting this from all loudspeakers *g*)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Ocuh... then I really should be packing and heading out)

<Nathan_Raiser> Now excuse me I need to get my ears ripped off

<Nathan_Raiser> Don't go to the bridge for a while

<Nathan_Raiser> Please

Nathan_Raiser heads to the bridge breathing in before walking inside...

<Himiko> (La ST that's a good one too)

<Nathan_Raiser> ... Hi himiko

<Doc_Helga> Sure. I'd like to lie down a moment anyway...

<Himiko> You bloody idiot.

Doc_Helga hurries out of the battle arena

<Himiko> Do you ever think before you act ?

<Nathan_Raiser> Yes

<Nathan_Raiser> Though I usually don't when I feel like a incomeptent lout...

<Himiko> Why didn't you think this time then ?

Rev_Jones follows Helga, carefully, but actually stops around the corner to where the shouting match is at a reasonable level.

<Himiko> I have been watching most of what was going on on the platform. You hear two sentences and rush out to shoot stuff up.

<Nathan_Raiser> My friends were in danger

<Nathan_Raiser> I had to do something...

<Himiko> They weren't in immediate danger.

Doc_Helga stops with Rev_Jones. She is curious, after all

<Nathan_Raiser> True

<Himiko> If you would just listen for once instead of rushing out.

Nathan_Raiser notices the poking heads and slams the doors between them and the bridge

<Nathan_Raiser> Actually I never rushed out before

<Himiko> You stupid *insert some chinese mixed in with japanese*

<Nathan_Raiser> Not that you saw me do it with....

<Nathan_Raiser> Hey!

<Nathan_Raiser> I resent that!

<Nathan_Raiser> What was the japanese stuff?

<La_ST> (Nate no baka!!)

<Nathan_Raiser> ...Okay...

<Nathan_Raiser> Listen

<Nathan_Raiser> I had to do something

<Nathan_Raiser> I had to move out of the hangar and I had to help my friends

<David_Pietersen> (Sorry, can't seem to stay focussed

<Nathan_Raiser> I'm sorry it came out like this...

<David_Pietersen> (And I am not even doing anything else >_<)

<Nathan_Raiser> And i'm even sorrier that Baldursen got away...

<La_ST> (David I wanted to close at 24:00 anyway)

<Himiko> Well, I was watching the entire time through my binoculars and everything looked safe.

<Nathan_Raiser> Not from where I was standing

<Nathan_Raiser> Why didn't you clal me when it started?

<Nathan_Raiser> I may heve been more colelcted by the time the time for action came?

<Himiko> Because it was pretty apparent you didn't want to talk.

<Nathan_Raiser> No yo uare the oen that didn't want talk

<Nathan_Raiser> God damn it... all I did was talk to Rhiannon...

<Nathan_Raiser> Why did you need to act all...

Nathan_Raiser raises his head and sighs

<Nathan_Raiser> Okay...

<Himiko> Well you made it pretty clear what you think of me.

<Nathan_Raiser> You know what I think of you...

<Himiko> Anyways, you acted like a complete idiot.

<Nathan_Raiser> And I don't care what came before...

<Nathan_Raiser> You are you...

<Nathan_Raiser> Everything else is iconsequential

<Nathan_Raiser> I'm onyl worrying what was it, and when will it come after you?

<Nathan_Raiser> I trust you... and i'd do anythign for you...

<Nathan_Raiser> I just don't trust your past...

<Himiko> Good and then you know how I feel.

Rev_Jones nods.

<Nathan_Raiser> How?

Rev_Jones thinks . o 0 ( Me too! ).

<Himiko> I can't trust my own past.

<Nathan_Raiser> (You are still listening on the door! bad people, bad!)

<Nathan_Raiser> (Can't yu even give us some privacy!?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (That's how you repay someoen saving your life ?)

<Nathan_Raiser> (How dare you ;)) ?)

<Himiko> There's... things... I want to do.

<Doc_Helga> (*G* <-- Flaw: Curiosity)

<Himiko> Because I ... think I need to do them.

<Nathan_Raiser> What?

<Himiko> You know.. that guy you brought in was very lucky.

<Nathan_Raiser> What do you need to do?

<Himiko> I was pissed, but that wasn't the reason he was lucky. He was lucky because I know it's not smart to leave witnesses around.

<Nathan_Raiser> ... Where did you pick that up?

<Himiko> If I knew that.

Nathan_Raiser narrows his eyes

<Nathan_Raiser> I've heard that song countless times

<Nathan_Raiser> But I don't think you heard it where i did...

<Nathan_Raiser> I however never agreed with it

<Bill_Irvine> (Phone -_-)

<Himiko> I even hooked up with you because....

<Nathan_Raiser> You do realise you would have killed the remainign workers on the plant?

Doc_Helga exchanges and interested look with Rev_Jones

<Nathan_Raiser> Because?

<Doc_Helga> (Whispers) This sound ...weird, if you ask me

<Himiko> Yes, and I still think, feel, that it's a smart thing.

<Nathan_Raiser> Okay it wasn't...

<Nathan_Raiser> Why did you hook up with me?

Rev_Jones holds up his hand to ask for silence.

<Himiko> When I met you I had a simple choice.. you or the cowboy.. I thought you were more attractive.

Doc_Helga nods

<Himiko> I used you.

Himiko sounds a bit angry, but not the same icy anger as before.

Nathan_Raiser stares blankly at you

<Himiko> I used you !

<Nathan_Raiser> I...

<Nathan_Raiser> I think you will have to settle for the cowboy now...

<Doc_Helga> (Yeah. I don't think the Rev would do ^_^9

Nathan_Raiser turns aroudn and opens the doors and walks past the others standing at the door looking like a corpse

Nathan_Raiser just shoves past you and leaves for the bay enters Skywarp and flies out of there

Doc_Helga exchanges another look with Rev_Jones

Himiko turns herself to steering the airship

<Doc_Helga> Wow.

<Doc_Helga> What now?

<Rev_Jones> (I think locations have been very very confused)

<La_ST> (I guess we really need a floorplan of the blimp ^_^9

<La_ST> (I think I had one one time)

<Rev_Jones> (And blinking lights for the players)

<Rev_Jones> I think... I think we carry on normally until tempers have cooled.

Doc_Helga nods

<Doc_Helga> I think that sounds like a wise course of action

<Doc_Helga> But we still have to get back the abducted people...

Rev_Jones wanders up and into the bridge.

Doc_Helga follows him

<Rev_Jones> You had best give us a run down of where everyone is, Anna.

Doc_Helga thinks that the Rev is certain to find better fitting words now than she would

<Rev_Jones> You can ...

<Rev_Jones> Leave out Nathan for the moment.

Himiko stares out at the horizon.

<Doc_Helga> Himiko? If I can help somehow, just tell me

<Rev_Jones> Please, Himiko.

<Himiko> What !?!?

Himiko looks terribly angry.

<Himiko> Oh, sorry reverend.

Himiko bows slightly.

<Himiko> I have no idea where everyone is right now.

<Himiko> I locked up your guard in one of the empty guestrooms.

Rev_Jones offers a an arm if Himiko needs one.

<Himiko> The rest.. should be on board.

<Doc_Helga> So how shall we proceed? We still need to free Bill's father

<Rev_Jones> What of the head guy?

<Rev_Jones> What of the prisoners?

Rev_Jones asks in a calm but leading way.

<David_Pietersen> We should offcourse free them, if we get an opportunity to do so.

<Himiko> I really don't know.. Nathan managed to mess up the only plan had.

<Doc_Helga> Well, I'd say we should investigate the oil corporation. After all, they seem to be involved somehow

Rev_Jones looks around and scratches his head.

<Rev_Jones> And perhaps look in to this man, Mr soandso.

<Doc_Helga> Mr.Baldurson. Well, he does seem to be on their payroll

<Rev_Jones> This may not be relevant here,

<Rev_Jones> But back home, if a boy, or a man, gets into trouble, the first place we look is their family.

Himiko just stands at the rudder

Rev_Jones looks up at Himiko as he says this.

<Himiko> Oh.. on the lowest floor there's the supply room for the food, one floor up is the gym, the living room and the kitchen and dining room, on this level there's the bridge, the captains office, or an office space, and the guest quarters and their communal bathroom. On the top floor are my private quarters.

<Doc_Helga> Ah. Thank you

<_Nate_> (You know I could bug phil abotu making a map)

<Rev_Jones> Perhaps you can drop me... oh,

<La_ST> (Okay, we have the following options now - cut here and put together a plan next time. Do a little more char play but not too long... What do you say?)

<Rev_Jones> We don't know where he comes from.

<Rev_Jones> (Cut here I think... everyone feels a little tired)

<David_Pietersen> ( La_ST: I am going to bed, I really cannot focus today, sorry)

<Rev_Jones> (Plus planning always takes an age)

<David_Pietersen> (Lol)

<La_ST> (Thought so, too)

<David_Pietersen> (Right then)

<Himiko> So where do we go now ?

<Himiko> (Moment before cutting)

<Doc_Helga> Okay, I think I should sleep off the drug now

<Himiko> (We need a location first..)

<Doc_Helga> We can best sit together tomorrow and plan our proceedings then.

<Doc_Helga> Well...

Doc_Helga yawns

Rev_Jones yawns. What lovely incisors.

<Doc_Helga> What about going to Iceland main and get to my lab

Click for map of Iceland

<Rev_Jones> I agree. We need to sleep on it.

<Doc_Helga> We can then start our investigations from there

<Himiko> Well we can stay in the Zeppelin, it is made for extreme long flights after all.

<Rev_Jones> Why not go to iceland and sleep cloaked in case any of the mob decide to loot your place while you are kidnapped.

<Doc_Helga> Well, that sounds like a plan, too

<Doc_Helga> Well, didn't you say whey wanted to get us to the mainland?

<Himiko> The helicopter could have reached that.

<Doc_Helga> I think we might start scanning some not-inhabited areas of Iceland to see if they have some hidden base there?

<Rev_Jones> Hmm... we can set it up before we sleep.

<Himiko> I don't think it's hidden, otherwise they wouldn't sent unknowing flunkies there.

<Doc_Helga> Well, I have seismometers set up in many places. And there are quakes all the time. If they have some underground base it should be possible to find it

<Doc_Helga> Hm. Maybe they send them to some transfer point?

<Doc_Helga> That they are brought to some open buildings of the corporation and then transported further on?

<Rev_Jones> Entirely possible.

<Rev_Jones> Any lead would be a good lead.

<Himiko> Now go, I have things to do.

<Doc_Helga> Okay

<Himiko> I'll see you tomorrow.

<Doc_Helga> I will think about it a bit more before I go to sleep...

Rev_Jones pauses.

<Doc_Helga> Good night!

<Rev_Jones> Try to have a good nights sleep, Anna.

Doc_Helga leaves towards one of the guest rooms

Rev_Jones leaves the room thoughtfully.

Himiko programs the radar to give an alert when something comes within a 50 mile radius and heads up to her quarters where she closes the doors. She then heads into the shower area and starts crying.

* * *

Himiko lies in her bed staring at the empty spot next to her, the one she has been sharing for many nights

Nathan_Raiser has been around the world, flying upside down and looking at the places where lights shone, speaking the occasional few words with Warp, mostly staring outside and absent mindeldy tinkering with one of the systems on warp that he still has not figured out what was for...

<Nathan_Raiser> Damn...

<Nathan_Raiser> I should be back there... who knows what other oil rig she'll blow up if someone is not there to stop her...

<Nathan_Raiser> ... I still cannot believe she was comparing me a and Bill...

<Nathan_Raiser> I may like him as a friend... but...

<Nathan_Raiser> Oh geez...

<Nathan_Raiser> And then again I am just babbling here over the atlantic...

<Nathan_Raiser> Okay...

<Nathan_Raiser> Warp... please project the course Anna's zeppelin was and then extrapolate the usual speeds it has while noone is at the helm...

<Nathan_Raiser> Hmmm okay...

<Nathan_Raiser> That should be the way...

<Nathan_Raiser> There hasn't been a speck of light below us since we crossed North America...

Nathan_Raiser swings the stick and gazes at the stars

<Nathan_Raiser> Hmmm...

Nathan_Raiser gets to the zeppelin before the sun start to raise...

<Nathan_Raiser> Now then Warp...

<Nathan_Raiser> Let's open that bay as silently as possible... activate full mufflers... i'd like to avoid waking anyone up...

<Nathan_Raiser> I can look for Anna later...

Nathan_Raiser banks with warp to the side roatating around the place in space where the cloaked zeppelin is slowly floating and then projecting it on the cockpit hud as he slowly eases warp into the hanger feeling like he is raising too much noise as is...

Himiko feels the small shudder the ship makes when the hangar door opens and rushes from her bed, through her living room and down the stairs to the hangar.

Nathan_Raiser creeps out of the cockpit and heads towards the back and opening the small bay door to grab a pillow and a blanket...

Himiko opens the door into the hangar and just stands in it's opening, waiting in her nightgown.

Nathan_Raiser comes out from under Skywarp carrying a blanket and a pilllow in his hands...

<Nathan_Raiser> Ummm

<Nathan_Raiser> Anna

<Nathan_Raiser> I...

<Nathan_Raiser> Well...

<Nathan_Raiser> Sorry... i'm back...

<Himiko> Nathan, I'm sorry.

<Nathan_Raiser> I didn't want to disturb you...

Nathan_Raiser swallows hard

<Himiko> I said some things I shouldn't have said.

<Himiko> Shouldn't because they were not true.

<Nathan_Raiser> Listen... i'm sorry you heard it liek that when I was talking with Rhiannon... I really didn't mean anything bad...

<Himiko> I...You...

<Nathan_Raiser> ...

<Nathan_Raiser> listen... I don't know... why you said it, but when I left I really didn't mean that you should be with Bill...

<Nathan_Raiser> I...

<Nathan_Raiser> Well

<Nathan_Raiser> I was acting a bit odd today...

<Nathan_Raiser> And i'm sorry it ended up like that...

<Himiko> I can't be trusted, in that you were right.

<Nathan_Raiser> No...

<Nathan_Raiser> You can be trusted

<Nathan_Raiser> It's just that you don't know who you were

<Nathan_Raiser> And who you were may have been someone I or you couldn't trust...

<Nathan_Raiser> But does it matter?

<Nathan_Raiser> You are who you chose to be...

<Nathan_Raiser> And i'm sorry... I was probably the one using you...

<Nathan_Raiser> You just woke up... and were scared...

Nathan_Raiser looks down

<Himiko> That person is still there, somewhere deep in me.

<Nathan_Raiser> I should be the one apologising to you

<Himiko> Why ?

<Himiko> Do not even think of anwsering that question, it's not true.

<Nathan_Raiser> You... you were confused... maybe you didn't think... or couldn't think... maybe I was coming on to hard...

<Nathan_Raiser> Though...

<Nathan_Raiser> I...

<Nathan_Raiser> I didn't want to use you... I wnated to help you... to protect you...

<Himiko> I feel bad.

<Nathan_Raiser> I feel bad too...

<Nathan_Raiser> The thing is...

<Nathan_Raiser> What do we do now?

Nathan_Raiser raises his head and looks at you

Himiko looks hurt at Nathan.

<Himiko> I'm really a bitch, you shouldn't take me back, I *will* hurt you again.

<Nathan_Raiser> And you know that exactly how?

<Himiko> Because I did choose you..

<Nathan_Raiser> ... I thought a bit about that...

<Nathan_Raiser> I appreciate Bill

<Nathan_Raiser> But I know you...

<Nathan_Raiser> That was there to make me feel worse...

<Nathan_Raiser> But it simply cannot be...

<Himiko> I didn't "fall" for you, that we ended up as .... well that was a deliberate choice of mine.

<Himiko> But now, I'm not too sure about that choice anymore.

<Nathan_Raiser> Do you think it was a bad choice?

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<Nathan_Raiser> And i'll gladly be around to help you...

<Nathan_Raiser> (Hmmm he probably dropped a bit early... don't worry i'll make the log when we're done and mail it to stayka)

<Himiko> I'm afraid I'll hurt people. You cannot run or hide from what you were, nor can you deny it. And ...

<Nathan_Raiser> However you can change...

<Nathan_Raiser> And you can always choose your own path in life...

<Nathan_Raiser> Things you did...

<Nathan_Raiser> Are done... and nothing can change them

Nathan_Raiser looks down

<Himiko> There's a thing called bad kharma.

<Nathan_Raiser> However... you can go on and make new... better decisions...

<Nathan_Raiser> Who believes in Karma?

<Nathan_Raiser> There is good and bad

<Nathan_Raiser> The good can outweight the bad

<Nathan_Raiser> And with you

<Nathan_Raiser> You have a clear slate

<Nathan_Raiser> You are Anna...

<Nathan_Raiser> You are not Himiko

<Himiko> But all the bad things you have done will always haunt you.

<Nathan_Raiser> Whoever Himiko was got burned...

<Nathan_Raiser> And from there... you can easily be a new person... one I met there while I was looking for bits...

<Nathan_Raiser> No they don't...

<Nathan_Raiser> Not always...

<Nathan_Raiser> But you take them in striede

<Nathan_Raiser> And overcome them

<Nathan_Raiser> You have to...

<Nathan_Raiser> You don't know what comes after this life...

<Nathan_Raiser> So you do the best you can...

<Himiko> All the bad things one does will come back to haunt him, if not in this life, then in the next. This is the way of Kharma.

<Nathan_Raiser> Yeah

<Nathan_Raiser> And you cannot be sure if there is a next one

<Nathan_Raiser> So you do your best in this one

<Nathan_Raiser> And then if anything else comes... you hope you did more good then the bad...

Himiko nods sadly.

<Nathan_Raiser> And who has a better chance then you do?

Nathan_Raiser smiles

<Himiko> And what if I remember.

<Himiko> I remember a few things, a bit more every time something triggers my memory.

<Nathan_Raiser> ...

<Nathan_Raiser> hey

<Nathan_Raiser> You can still make a choice

<Himiko> And what if I forget the new things.

<Nathan_Raiser> And you can live with all your bad decisions

<Nathan_Raiser> I'll be around to remind you...

<Nathan_Raiser> Unless you don't want me around...

<Himiko> I read that amnesiacs who get their memories back can actually lose their memories from the time they were an amnesiac.

<Nathan_Raiser> I don't know...

<Nathan_Raiser> Idon't care

<Himiko> And I do want you around, I'm just afraid I will hurt you.

<Nathan_Raiser> Now is important...

<Himiko> Well, I want you around, you make me feel protected, but only if you think you can face whatever will come ?

<Nathan_Raiser> I don't know...

<Nathan_Raiser> But i'm willing to see...

<Nathan_Raiser> I've seen my sharte of strange things and did my share of bad things...

Himiko smiles and rushes to him and hugs him, "I missed you so much."

Nathan_Raiser is kind of embarrassed as she hugs him in the middle of the sentence and leaves the blanket and the pillow and hugs her back nad kisses her forehead...

<Nathan_Raiser> I've missed you too...

<Nathan_Raiser> Sorry...

Himiko sniffs hapilly letting her fears, angers and sorrow go.

Nathan_Raiser sighs

<Nathan_Raiser> Listen... if you want I can stay in warp tonight...

<Himiko> You don't have to, you have a bed.

<Nathan_Raiser> Though I wouldn't mind your bed...

Nathan_Raiser smiles

<Nathan_Raiser> Okay...

Nathan_Raiser gently moves her a bit away and throws the blanket and the pillow into warp...

<Nathan_Raiser> Good night Warp

Himiko laughs and turns around and walks out of the hangar swaying her hips sloghtly.

<Himiko> Silly Nathan, I meant my bed.

Nathan_Raiser heads after Himiko and then catches up with her hugging her and walking with her down the corridor...

-- To be continued --

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