TWO: video

[puppydogeyes]

[Taylor has been an absent face for quite a while now. Caught out sneaking onto Tansei Station and kept in the brig, but she's free in the aftermath of the second jump, and has found herself completely alone. She'd left her dog with Jennie, and Jennie is gone, and while it's possible she took Chubbs with her, Taylor doesn't think that's how it works.

She looks tired, pale skin and dark circles under her eyes, none of it helped by Tranquility's harsh lighting. The most noticeably unkempt part of her though, is her hair. Bleached, but has evidently grown out, two-thirds blonde and one-third black. But despite all this, there's still a sharp anger in her eyes.]

I want my dog back. Someone in this place has got him, or seen him, and if any one of you fuckers has harmed him I will make you hurt for it.

[Threat made, some of the energy of it seems to drain out of her, and she scraps a hand back through her hair before making a face, reminded.]

And I guess it'd be too much to ask that we'd have a chemist mixed in with all the doctors and astrophysicists. Or if there's some spaceship bleach around here I can pour over my head.

[A sharp exhale. No one's going to care about her hair, she knows. She isn't even sure why she cares about it.]

Fuck.

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[payload]

[ Oh god, Taylor, you scare the fuck out of Capa, no lie. But the video feed is on Chubbs who is currently sleeping on top of Capa's work tablet. Much to Capa's chagrin.

He seems to be in the oxygen garden. ]

Still in one piece, Tyke. [ Awkward Capa is awkward. ] Promise.

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[puppydogeyes]

[She leans closer to her device, like she can give Chubbs a full check over just from squinting at the video. But she can't.]

You're in the garden?

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[payload]

[ As if expecting this, Capa leans in a little closer, gives Taylor a better view, if only for the time being. ]

South east corner. Near the bamboo.

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[puppydogeyes]

Right.

[Which is all the response Capa gets before she's turned her device off and is heading over to the oxygen garden. It doesn't take her too long, and she's a little out of breath when she makes it. All the time closed away has already effected her stamina; she'll need to implement some sort of training routine.]

Capa?

[Accompanied by a call for Chubbs, silent but no less demanding.]

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[ Without the use of his tablet, Capa's moved on to doing a little bit of maintenance to the oxygen garden while he waits for Taylor. At his keeper's call, Chubbs perks up, yips once and then scuttles off down one of the neatly kept paths. Capa follows, but only at length, wiping the dirt from his hands onto the thighs of his pants. ]

Tyke, [ he calls back. ] Over here.

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[consulting]

Potassium Persulfate, Ammonium Persulfate and
Sodium Meta-silicate should be easy enough to produce.
Unless you'd be fine with Hydrogen Peroxide.

In exchange I'd like to use your dog for occasional experimentation.

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[consulting]

The missing dog shouldn't be too hard to find.

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[consulting]

Under the presumption, it is of course, still alive.

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[puppydogeyes]

[She glares at the device, all the anger very much returning.]

You really think I care about being blonde enough that I'd let you fuck with my dog?

[Not entertaining the possibility of him being dead, mostly because she knows it is a possibility, especially considering Cambridge had threatened it once.]

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[cutthelines]

A missing dog?

[Oh. Alexander just. Loves dogs. If it's already missing...]

A description would be most useful.

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[puppydogeyes]

Chihuahua, short-haired, sable, about six pounds.

[She rattles it off without really thinking, only pausing afterwards, expression hardening a little.]

Not like you actually need it. I know roaming packs of dogs didn't appear while I was locked up.

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[cutthelines]

No, but it would help avoid confusion with dogs belonging to other people. I'll be sure to keep an eye out.

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[puppydogeyes]

Last I checked, wasn't many of those around either.

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[goldshirt]

You're Thumos' friend, right?

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[puppydogeyes]

Ye-- [She cuts off, about to argue that she wasn't her friend, but it doesn't matter much. She shakes her head.] Yeah. She's gone now.

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[goldshirt]

[his lips purse, but he nods.]

I thought so.

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[puppydogeyes]

[She looks away.]

Guess some of us get lucky.

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[pike]

[ Curiosity piqued. ]

You've a dog.

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[puppydogeyes]

[His phrasing is a bit strange, and she looks slightly bemused for a moment before she answers.]

I've several. Only one here, though.

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[pike]

[ Nigel has a fondness for animals. Mostly the dead kind — opened and splayed — though dogs are the notable exception. He quite likes them alive. ]

What kind?

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[puppydogeyes]

Chihuahua.

[She knows the impression it's likely to give and the assumption people will make, but those assumptions, ignorant of Chubbs being battle trained, might be an advantage she can use in future.]

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[1stguardian]

Someone took your dog?

[ A little wide-eyed at that revelation, he frowns a moment later. ]

What's he look like? I can help you try to find him.

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[puppydogeyes]

No. [She'd be a lot angrier if it was a case of him being taken.] I left him with someone, and now they're not here.

He's a chihuahua. Short-haired, sable.

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[1stguardian]

Oh. Well, I'll look anyway. Couldn't hurt, right? And with a place this big, there's a pretty good chance he's around here somewhere.

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[puppydogeyes]

[She tilts her head slightly, looking at the screen.]

You're new, aren't you? Latest batch.