ataraxionlogs | EVENT: SPACE PIRATES ▒ APRIL 20-21

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EVENT: SPACE PIRATES ▒ APRIL 20-21

CHARACTERS: Ensemble production!
LOCATION: Anywhere.
WARNINGS: Pirates, violence, etc.
SUMMARY: Brief encounters, finding ransacked/damaged areas, making your way to the oxygen gardens.
NOTES: Open to all!

The ship has been invaded by pirates. They're noisy on the network, but you haven't seen any, not in person. Though if you go far enough things start to make themselves apparent. Kitchens have been ransacked. Pieces of the walls are torn out, media libraries overturned. Maybe you should get your valuables together and find somewhere safe to hole up...

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"Yeah, absolutely, once things settle down. I mean, as much as they do 'round here. You want to try the rifle?"

"In a moment."

He wanted to get a few more shots off with the pistol first. The additional rounds were more like the first few, on the target but not quite centered. But again, once he steadied his hand and spent a little time to concentrate, he became a lot closer to the center of the target. Finally he nodded, reloaded the pistol, and engaged the safety so he could holster it.

"There. How is the recoil, comparitively?"

"There's more of a kick, and it's going to be hitting your shoulder here, so you actually have to be careful not to jerk backward. It's pretty easy to end up way off target because of that."

Delta frowned and took a little time to adjust. When he did finally fire the rifle, he managed to mostly keep it under control - but, as York predicted, his accuracy with it wasn't great due to the heavier kickback.

"Hmm."

He tested a few more short, controlled bursts until he began to get the hang of it a little more, and eventually he managed to stay more or less on target.

"I think I prefer the pistol."

"I think it's a better option for you," he agrees. He takes the rifle off of Delta's hands after ensuring that the safety is on, and trades it for the pistol.

"Thank you."

A slight adjustment later and Delta had sent three more bullets into the target. He grinned, reloaded, and holstered the pistol.

"It is my hope I will not be required to use this. However, I feel much more confident in its use now."

Now he didn't have to worry about pirates threatening York while he would stand by helpless.

York couldn't help but grin back. He was kind of surprised Delta was so pleased by accomplishing this. "Come on, we'll head to shuttle bay. I want to see if there's anything that needs done down there."

It was a useful skill - and he knew it would probably help York feel better if Delta could defend himself. He nodded.

"Acknowledged. This is part of your normal duties?"

He'd been looking at the different job postings available and considering if he wanted to do anything, but since he was still just adjusting Delta hadn't made any decisions yet.

"Well...except for the pirate part." He pulled Delta's hearing protection off along with his own and turned them in before leading the way out. "Normally we try to repair the shuttles and keep them in working order, but they're in pretty bad shape, some of them. And they get damaged during the jumps so sometimes we have to redo things."

Oh, right - Delta had forgotten about the ear protectors. He smiled a little sheepishly as York took his off and returned it.

"Have you had occasion to use them yet, or is it primarily proactive care in case they should become useful?"

"Heh." He strapped the rifle to his back. "I'll let you in on a little secret. The shuttles are pretty much useless. If something happens, no one knows where to pilot the shuttles to, since we're in an unknown region of space. It's just busy work."

Delta snorted, though he looked at least a little amused.

"I see. So you have not made planetfall in five months?"

Even so, they couldn't be in a completely unknown region of space - or else where had the pirate ship really come from, and how had they been found?

"Nope, no planets. Doesn't stop some people from wanting to try getting home anyway. We had some people rush the bay trying to steal a shuttle. One of 'em popped me in the head real good. I had some migraines for a while after that one."

"And they planned to do so without concrete knowledge of our current location? Do the shuttles even have faster-than-light capability?"

Or were they just, as Delta's tone implied, colossally stupid?

"No, no, they were just going to take a rowboat out into uncharted space and go starve somewhere." York's tone is similarly dismissive.

"I see."

Yeah. Just colossally stupid.

"Even so, it is a good practice to keep them in working condition. Perhaps they will be of use after all."

"Yeah, we can hope. Like I said, I mostly do it to keep busy. I work with a lot of interesting people too."

Delta nodded. York had never really liked being completely idle, so it didn't surprise him that his partner had found some kind of work here.

"I think investigating this environment once I have settled would not be amiss. Perhaps you can show me what you have learned."

"Yeah, I can do that. I think you'd find it interesting."

"I think you are correct."

He smiled over at York a little shyly.

"We'll have to find time to check out the media libraries too. Nice thing is we don't really have a schedule in the shuttle bay. I spend a lot of time there, but it won't be any big deal if I start spending less." He rubs the back of his neck briefly before continuing. "Actually, you know what would be really nice is if you could read some stuff to me. I started a couple books I liked, but it hurts to read very long, and I don't like the text-to-speech function on these comm devices."

"I would be happy to do so."

Although, Delta had to admit to himself, it felt very strange to be on the outside of that neck-rubbing gesture. It was one of the few times York really acknowledged his physical presence when he'd still been located there - they'd both known the hologram was only a projection, even if York did usually prefer talking to it.

"It will be entirely possible to read in the shuttle bay, if you prefer working and entertainment at the same time."

"Nah, I'd honestly like to keep that separate. Just you and me, you know? Work time is for socializing."

After all, now that they were forced to commune together as friends would, instead of being literally inseparable, they needed to take the time to cultivate that friendship.

Rather than being disappointed by this, Delta was actually a little flattered that York wanted to keep Delta for himself, so to speak. And as much as he'd like to spend every waking moment with York, well, not only was that not really practical, Delta was more than used to not having him around at all. Any time spent together would be a treat.

"Understood. Perhaps we could meet daily for a meal and entertainment, either before or after your shift?"

York grinned. "Yeah. I like that idea."

They were coming up on the shuttle bay now and he nodded in that direction. "We're almost there."

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