† 009 [31 july, shortly after fitz's post]

[klutziness]

[even though the feed is garbled, rikkus' frustration and something akin to fear are clear in her voice]

Don't be ▒▓▒▓ing idiots. Get to medbay or somewhere not en▒▓neering! Trust me, you don't want a▒▓ of what's here.

[there's a short pause]

I need my engineering cr▒▓ on deck though. Stay together, stay safe. Find Fitz, stick with him. He'll ▒▓▓▒▒▒

[the feed abruptly cuts to white noise]

Comments

[doggedly]

not the way i do it

[bespectacle]

Well I dont think violence is going to solve this problem

Or it hasn't so far.

We're probably bound to lose the ship or some of its powers either way, if this Moira's an important component. and I've no real idea which decision we're more likely to survive. I'm pants at this telepathy mental stuff and it looks like Van Rijn's got technology that can do that, and a few other things. I reckon we might be all right. I'm less sure about some of the Muggles on the ship.

If the odds are all that bad either way I'd sooner VR not have this weapon his hands

That Smiley and Moira themselves want to give over to VR too seems a bad sign

[doggedly]

might solve lupins problem

[Which he means with all love. But sometimes being friends means having to punch someone in their stupid head.

Still.]

but i agree with the rest of it
whatever theyve got they havent got this
even if we dont properly know what it is we know they want their hands on it
thats reason enough to get loose of them
& if weve got to wreck it in the process thats all right

either way its not getting in their hands
& its not following any of our paths back