The Visitor [Closed]

[pretty_lethal]

It had been a few days, now, since Rachel had arrived on the ship-- and since the initial excitement that came with her arrival, it had been... at least a little bit calmer. She'd gotten everything (or at least the important stuff) figured out, now, she thought. And it seemed like now it was a period of relative calm.

Frankly, Rachel was bored.

Maybe she should have been glad that they weren't fighting the Ohm or whatever, but then she wouldn't be called crazy would she? She was just anxious to finish this fight, so that she could hopefully save their world and go back to finish the other war she was stuck in. The stakes were getting higher and higher, it looked like. At least her friends were here for their usual team. So there was no way that they'd lose. And at least they had Cassie's place, so she was in familiar territory.

Too bad the ship didn't have a mall.

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[governorkang]

"I knew you'd catch on quick," Kang quirked an eyebrow ridge, grinning a bit. "You're damn right we want spies. We've got plenty of everything else on this ship, but very few that can do what you can, and I doubt none that can do it as well as you. Currently, Elfangor and I, and I assume Aximili and Eva, are the only ones that know you're capable of morphing."

He glanced at Tobias, and then the girl, pointing at them respectively, "You, I know can morph. I'm assuming you can morph, too. And the other girl, with dark skin, and Jake. You all run together."

[livestoannoy]

"Sounds like you've been doing a decent job of gathering info without us," Marco said, watching Kang closely. Not that it was particularly difficult to see the six of them and make an educated guess. But had Kang guessed they were a group before, or did he only look into it once he knew Marco could morph?

"And you're wrong about no one else knowing. Unfortunately," Marco sent Rachel a quick glare, still unhappy about the fact that she'd completely blown their cover, "Iniss knows now. Same with Dani, and Nightwing. I'm betting that Sam and Dean know by now too. Plus there's the odd person who's seen when one of us had to morph for a fight. But you'd only want spies that the crew didn't know about if the crew were the ones you wanted dirt on. Who exactly are you wanting spied on here?"

[tobiasf.livejournal.com]

Tobias was happy that Marco replied, and both Marco and Rachel were essentially echoing his feelings. He respected Kang, but he too wondered just what he wanted spied on that he needed morphers for. He wasn't one to go intno anything too easily either, it was simply not safe. He waited for Kang to reply.

[pretty_lethal]

Rachel returned Marco's glare in complete earnest. Sure, maybe she'd reacted a little quickly, but how the hell else was she supposed to? She'd thought that the Yeerk could morph, and she'd been told to do the necessary thing...

"Because you're doing a great job at keeping it completely secret, right?" she snapped. In her mind, Marco wasn't exactly helping the undercover thing. Not if there was someone trying to use it, now, because of him. And if he already knew about Tobias...

And she wasn't exactly getting any ideas that the crew should be trusted, from this conversation.

"So what if I-- we can?" she asked, taking on a more defiant pose. "Why should we help you, anyway?"

((ooc: sorry this is crappy and late orz))

[governorkang]

...and Marco and the girl confirmed it. His grin growing, Kang tilted his head to one side slightly, "Marco, I was an officer who became the leader of an entire nation. Do you really think I would have had time to run a business on the side, or wanted to? That tavern wasn't mine; it belonged to an old friend. I don't run it here because I like playing bartender. I run it because I don't trust very many others with it, and most importantly, it's the best place to gather information on the entire bloody ship. Ale makes people speak more freely. I still miss bits here and there, though, and it's very annoying when I'm used to having a spy network working for me." And assassins, but best to leave that part out for now.

He shrugged, "No one, yet. Your skills would mostly be used on planet missions instead of on the ship. However, don't you think that we could have prevented some of the things that have happened here if we'd been a little more vigilant, like the bombs and Cassie and Charles's deaths? Stacy can't see everywhere, and unfortunately, she counts some people here as crew that would seek to destroy us."

[livestoannoy]

Sending one last glare at Rachel, Marco resisted the urge to snap he. Oh, he definitely wanted to - he wasn't the one who blew their cover in front of the Yeerk! - but right now, with Kang watching, wasn't the time.

But he definitely resolved to shortchange her bedsheets later.

To Kang, he watched warily. Kang definitely was running his own agenda here, but could this work for them? They couldn't be everywhere either, and right now they were too far out of the loop for Marco's liking. Things like the bombs would catch them by surprise, because they didn't even know that they should be looking the first place. But if they were spying for Kang...he had the resources to know where they needed to focus. But could they trust that his goals lined up with their own?

"We'd have to talk to the others first," Marco said slowly.

[tobiasf.livejournal.com]

Tobias's point of view was much the same as both of the others'. His gaze flicked between Marco and Rachel, but Marco was not dumb enough to start snapping at Rachel, even though Tobias could tell he wanted to say something.

< That's my question as well. > he replied.

After Marco spoke, he said < I agree. I mean, I've spent a bit more time with you than they have, but I'm sticking with the group, naturally.>

[pretty_lethal]

Rachel had to admit; it sounded like way too much stuff caught them off guard on the ship. She'd not heard of everything, not yet, but she had heard enough, probably. They weren't in great shape, and it probably merited spying... but she didn't see why they would do that for someone else. If Marco and Tobias knew this guy, though, maybe they'd know how much he could be trusted, or whatever. All Rachel knew was that she'd rather just do it herself, if it had to be done. Take a more hands-on approach.

Still, she nodded. "Sure, fine," she said after a moment. Even if it'd probably be a waste of time to be doing it for someone else.