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 Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 10:13 pm
Miss didn't think twice about K being in her head. During the short time Mu had been with her, Miss had been quick to adjust, learning quickly how to shield the few secretes she had. Luckily for her Upsilon wasn't the type to expose everything she thought to the higher ups before she had learned to block him.
Laughing as she gets settled in her mongoose, "Well it's about time!"
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:15 pm
Monty kicked her mongoose into gear, driving forward. As she did, she tried to think. We need a game plan, Pi. A way to get into Command. We'll be able to get us in--maybe--but Albany will be a trick and a half. No one knows her.
Don't worry, Pi replied easily. Miss's got that goop, remember? Don't sweat it. Pi was eager to shrug that off. She had other things to think about in Monty's helmet. She remembered a sweet, if scarred face, a warm body against hers, clear blue eyes...
Do you mind?! I almost ran into a tree there!
Saw-ree! The truth was that Pi couldn't help it. She longed to see Epsilon again, and this could be her only chance. Her friends were helping her to do something she had always wanted to do: to show Command defiance, and see her love once more. Deep inside--easily seen by Pi embedded in her brain--Pi could feel that Monty wanted to help her. And she knew her friends were with her. I couldn't ask for more loyal friends than you!
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Lady Argentum Draconis Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:53 pm
Albany followed behind Montana and swerved as the other agent nearly went into a tree. "What the hell?" she muttered to herself.
"Looks like someone's daydreaming...and its not Monty..." D said appearing in his tiny projection just to the left of Albany. It was strange for him not having to worry about appearing on a bad side. Force of years of habit dictated that he never appeared on the left...but with Albany that wasn't a problem and he was surprised how hard it was to learn to work with someone else besides York. I'm out of shape... he thought to himself. This won't do at all...
Albany could feel D thinking. It felt strange but she ignored the sensation and instead turned back to the lists at hand...and a plan. They needed one badly and while she had some ideas they weren't by any means close to something workable. Little help? she called mentally.
D closed down his projection and curled himself into a figurative ball pushing up his glasses. What have you got? he asked preparing for the deluge. If Albany was really like York she'd have a hundred and one ideas and no way to put them together. He wasn't at all surprised when he was right.
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:07 pm
All the talk about AI's was getting Miss thinking about Upsilon. Had he been locked away after being removed or did he get a new partner? She had always liked Upsilon or Silo as she called him and Miss hoped he hadn't been locked away.
Thinking instead of paying attention to the others, Miss was brought to the here and now, when Monty almost ran into a tree. Giggling, "10 to 1 Pi was the cause of that."
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:50 pm
K was startled as Monty swerved from the tree. She allowed herself a giggle. "I don't usually gamble, but I'll take that wager!"
This was so weird! K was used to being in her own mind and that felt normal. But Miss was...different. She felt melancholy over Miss's old AI, Upsilon, and her curiosity about his fate. It made her wonder as well, though her thoughts were dark enough that she tried to hide them from Miss. Was he deleted too, if he had been put in storage after Epsilon's supposed suicide? Or maybe it was too expensive to delete any AI? "Miss..." she began, "What was Upsilon like?"
Monty rolled her eyes. "Sorry 'bout that, Pi distracted me for a minute!" "Now there's nothing wrong with you thinking about Epsilon, but a) I need to pay attention to the situation at hand, and b) you'll only work yourself into a fit. We'll find him when we find him. We're here for you, Pi."
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 4:58 pm
Albany waved her paw. "Its alright, Montana. Ready to get back on the road?" she said with a slight smile. How you doing D? she asked.
D was compiling Albany's ideas. Working. he said. I'll have something worked out in about a half an hour or so.
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Lady Argentum Draconis Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:30 pm
Miss shook her head and grinned at Monty before returning her attention back to K. She got a flicker of something unsettling from her before it was locked away. Shrugging it off, Miss tried to explain Upsilon. "Upsilon was different depending on the day of the week. He could be an uptight-sarcastic-know-it-all one day but the next day he might be very easy going and calm." smiling slightly, "But no matter what day it was, their was one constant, he was the best of the best...or so he thought, anyway."
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 9:11 pm
"Yeah, we'll be fine!" Monty said with a smile, hiding the worry that ran throughout Pi. She could feel her partner's heart-thudding eagerness to be there already, could feel a strange heaviness in her limbs that ached for the feel of another body..."Stop that! You're starting to effect me now! I don't want to run into something again!"
"I can't help it," Pi replied miserably. "I miss him..." And she couldn't help it. She had felt like a failure for so long, but Eps didn't care. He just wanted her to be there. That was all he needed and all he cared about. He didn't care about her conviction to duty, he was...so innocent and delicate. She would give anything to have him back...just to have him back..."He'll be frightened. Nervous. He'll need help..."
K nodded, if one could truly do that when in another's mind. "Sounds like you liked him--and you seem truly suited to each other. You miss him?" She was beginning to imagine what that might be like and why it pained so many to be away from their partner...Miss was as complex as anyone, and the layers of her mind and past lay deep. It was all K could do to prevent herself from intruding too far.
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:52 pm
Miss nodded, "Yeah, even though we only worked together for a short time, he quickly became my closest confidant and I think if he hadn't been taken out when he did, he would have been my closest friend too."
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:09 pm
K performed the mental equivalent of a hug. "I'm sorry, Miss. Did it hurt, when they took him out? I always heard that it hurt to have a partner removed, or be removed from one." She shivered. If this venture didn't go as planned...if they were captured...Quickly she projected herself as an emerald-green image near Miss's shoulder. "Hey, Albany, got a plan yet?" she called out.
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Lady Argentum Draconis Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:35 pm
Albany looked over at the glowing image that was K. "We're working on it, but we have a pretty good idea. So don't worry, by the time we get there it'll be beautiful." she said. "Now lets go!" she said revving her mongoose and jetting off.
That may be a tad bit of an overstatment, Albany... D thought at her.
Well, we'll make sure its not one. she thought back at him dodging around a rock.
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Three days later Albany watched through her visor as the guards rotated again. "Patrols every two minutes where I wanna go in...make a note D." she said to him. She returned her optical settings to normal and stretched a bit in the groove she'd made in the hill above Command. She sighed and scooted backwards until she could get up enough to head back to the others. "I think tomorrow or the day after..." she said.
D nodded. Agreed. I don't think we can make Pi wait anymore. he said. Its a good plan...stick to it and we'll be fine. he said.
Albany smiled a bit. "Thanks, D. Now...lets inform the others of this brainchild of ours."
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:45 pm
Monty gnawed on a piece of bread that she had brought along with the rest of her provisions. She was impatient--probably because Pi was. But she had to admit that D and Albany were the brains of this operation--her job was to stay with Pi and help get Epsilon out. "Sit down, you're making me exhausted," she murmured to her AI. "I'm sure they have a reason for making us wait."
Pi continued to pace. Every day they spent here waiting was another day in which they could lose Epsilon. What if Command transferred him somewhere else, or decided to delete him after all? Then they would be too late, and all this effort would be wasted...No. Don't think about that... "Then close your eyes," she snapped. "Pacing helps me think, and I need that right now." She turned explosively towards Command's distant perimeter. "What's taking them so long?!" she muttered impatiently.
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:05 pm
Before time jump:
Miss thought about what K asked before speaking, "It hurt but not as much as I heard others talk about. I think if your both willing it doesn't hurt as much. We both didn't want it to happen but we had orders to follow. This was before they started pulling AI's out because...well you know, and we didn't have the same fears at the time that the others would have. Had I known what was to come, I would have fought like hell to prevent it from happening and left sooner. As it was, I left only a few months after they took Upsilon away."
After time jump:
Taking out the jar, Miss started covering her armor in a thin layer until all that was pink is black. It would take 20 minutes for it all to dry and Miss felt very exposed without it on. After years of wearing armor, even minutes without it felt wrong.
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:06 pm
Albany walked back into the outbuilding they were using as a base of operations. She'd looped the security camera's with D's help so the building appeared to remain empty while they used it. "Everyone here?" she asked. "I got some good news." she said brightly taking off her helmet and putting her glasses on.
D flipped out of Albany's helmet and went over to Pi. "Everything's going to be fine. Trust us. Besides I've kept a ghost link up with all their radio transmissions. If anything were to happen I would know." He patted Pi. "Relax please."
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:15 pm
Pi sighed and calmed down. "I know, D, I'm just...worried. I haven't seen him in ages, and he did try to kill himself..." She shook herself to stop herself from crying. "I just want him back." She sat down. "Do tell, Albany," she added.
Monty glanced at Miss's armor all laid out and looked back at her own brilliant armor. "May I borrow some of that?" she asked. She hated the idea of blacking out her armor, but it was striking, easy to identify. Black would be nicely anonymous.
"I'm ready," K grinned. It was hard to forget that Albany was her...well, she couldn't think about that. If she thought to hard, she might forget at a crucial point. Just remember...AIs can't have children, that's not physically possible... "Go on, tell us!"
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