Exploring

[bluerose-knight.livejournal.com]

Nothing here was as Sparhawk expected. Mind you, since he hadn't expected to wake up naked and covered in slime, his expectations were already shattered.

Meeting his fellow podmates had also been an unsettling experience for the hard bitten knight. This Stacey seemed to have more power than Bhelliom, if it could pluck people from distant worlds to do her bidding. Aiding a cause was not a new idea to Sparhawk, but he vaguely resented the fact that others with more pressing concerns (i.e Zuko), could be snatched away. 

Having had enough of socialising and not talking about the weather, Sparhawk had left the main room and gone off on his own. He had it in mind to try and find his armour, since the jumpsuit was making his skin crawl.

Which is why Sparhawk could be found in a corridor, working his way down it, and poking the wall with one finger as he goes. There's got to be wood around here somewhere, hasn't there?

Comments

[leather-bastard.livejournal.com]

"We all have small homes in the vastness of the universe. The point is not how small your home is... but how powerfully you can protect it."

[bluerose-knight.livejournal.com]

“And not just for yourself, but for the others who look to you for protection,” Sparhawk replied. The big knights hand drifted almost to where his broadsword should have hung, but then he caught himself.

“Do you think that Stacey expects us to consider this place our home?”

[leather-bastard.livejournal.com]

"I think that Stacey expects us to serve some purpose, and that it is specifically keeping us in the dark about that subject. Which means that the purpose could not be one that we would volunteer for." His eyes narrow. "And thus, we must learn as much as possible before the time for that purpose arrives, so we may be better prepared to battle it -- and, likely, Stacey."

[bluerose-knight.livejournal.com]

"Maybe she believes that to warn us in advance would just worry us too much," Yes, Sparhawk playing devils advocate and being the voice of reason. Will wonders never cease.

"But your explanation is the more likely one. Although she did assure me that she didn't want to kill me."

[leather-bastard.livejournal.com]

"Her goal isn't to kill us, no," he replies. "But neither is her goal to keep us alive." He narrows his eyes. "You'll notice that she has not assured us that we are not expendable."

[bluerose-knight.livejournal.com]

"She has not," Sparhawk agrees, but his face is stern. "If she thinks that we are, she will learn differently,"

He sounds very certain of himself as he speaks. Scorpius has opened his eyes to another way of looking at being here, and he's doesn't like the suspicions.

"Should we talk so openly though?"

[leather-bastard.livejournal.com]

He smiles. "Stacey cannot be aware of all things at all times. If she wishes to dedicate her resources to following me, then she will be prevented from using those resources for preparing for whatever she needs us for." He smiles cruelly.

[bluerose-knight.livejournal.com]

"You're setting yourself up as a decoy then," Sparhawk surmises. "Or she will start to think of you as a threat. Either way, you will be finding out information. "

And if she tackles Scorpius as a threat, she exposes herself to the rest of the crew.

[leather-bastard.livejournal.com]

He smiles enigmatically, but says nothing.