A Less Than Dramatic Return

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

Way up on Stacy's top level, the Hub opened and spat out four crew members. They hadn't been gone for very long, only a few shipboard "days" or so, but long enough for the crew members in question to be irritated.

"Who wants to hit the Sensoriums?" Paco asked, scrubbing his normal hand over his face. "I wasn't expecting to actually get cake, but I've got a massive craving for it now."

"[I will pass on that, thank you all the same,]" Jonas said, rising smoothly to his feet. He looked over at Jeka and Ax, who were in the process of untangling themselves from their pile on the floor. "[I believe that you two are both members of Security, would one of you care to escort me back to the Brig? I have no intention of going anywhere besides that, but I probably should not be walking around unescorted.]"

Ax and Jeka exchanged looks. < I'll take him down to the Brig if you report our return to the Head of Security, > Ax said. Jeka nodded. "Done."

"...So, no one else wants cake," Paco said incredulously. "Okay, I know two of you are aliens and one of you is, uh, an artificial person--"

"Synthetic," Jonas and Jeka corrected in unison.

"--Synthetic person then, but dudes. Cake!"

"My species is primarily carnivorous."

"[I need to go back to the Brig.]"

< He has requested an escort. >

Paco shrugged and turned to head for the Sensoriums. "More for me then!"

[[OOC: Say which of these four you'd like to thread with in the subject line. Jonas is going straight to the Brig if you want to thread with him, but the others can be anywhere you'd like.]]

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Jeka, plz?

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

"Jeka!"

Sasami's eyes hadn't deceived her noticing the snake-girl. A smile crossed her face as she ran up to her, stopping short of giving her a hug.

"Where did you go off to? Did GLaDOS get you again?" she asked, a little worried.

Re: Jeka, plz?

[hatngartersnake.livejournal.com]

"Hello Sasami," Jeka said, giving the blue-haired girl a smile. It was nice to see a friendly face after all the mess and tests. "Yes, GLaDOS got me again, but apparently my soul is still where it ought to be. Have I missed anything important?"

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

"Well... the Council decided for everyone to have physicals and mental evaluations. Not everyone's happy about it, though." she said. Typical, but can't please anyone. "Beyond that, it's been pretty quiet... but I don't like that. Not at all."

[hatngartersnake.livejournal.com]

"Physicals and mental evaluations make sense to me," Jeka said, a trifle reluctantly. Something to add to her to-do list for one, and she while she knew that she could use a talk with someone who knew what they were doing, it wasn't exactly something she was looking forward to. But if she had to do it, it was probably best to get it over with.

She cocked her head to the side, hairless brow furrowing. "You think something bad is going to happen soon?"

PACO~ PACO PACO PACO~

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

Well, luckily for Paco, as he was entering the sensoriums, Miku was leaving hers.

"Oh! Pakkun! I haven't seen you in a little while." She smiled, but it was sort of weak. "I take it you were running mazes?"

Re: PACO~ PACO PACO PACO~

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

"Got it in one," Paco said with a slightly-forced grin of his own. "I have never craved cake so much in my life. Care to grant me the pleasure of your company?"

[ghost-bait.livejournal.com]

She paused for a second, considering. Well, Steve probably didn't need her right now (and anyway, she was still a little, little annoyed). "Yes," Miku nodded once. "Of course. I can catch you up on some of the things you missed... ah, I hope I remembered enough." Miku made a face.

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

"Awesome," Paco said, holding the door open for her like a gentleman ought to. "I'm sure you'll remember anything that's really important."

PACO

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Dude, Paco!" Danny said, happy to see his friend "What happened, you get GLaDOSed?"

Re: PACO

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

"Hey Danny!" Paco called back. "Yeah, I did. Guess I've been too mopey or something lately. You wouldn't believe how much I want cake right now. 'sup dude?"

Re: PACO

[halfa-hero.livejournal.com]

"Haven't ended up one of her "guests" yet, so I probably wouldn't believe it. Not much really, unless you count Dani getting involved in Yeerk rights." Danny replied.

Re: PACO

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

"Count yourself lucky, jumping through her hoops is no fun at all," Paco said, making a face. That face froze at the mention of Yeerks, but he took a deep breath and tried to make himself relax.

"Am I going to regret asking?" he asked when he was sure he could keep his voice level.

Jonas, you're all mine

[downloadtruth.livejournal.com]

Oh, the way Big Zero's face lit up upon spotting the synthezoid. "I was wondering if you were ever gonna show up."

Re: Jonas, you're all mine

[vision-ya.livejournal.com]

Jonas, having just settled back into his cell, froze for an entire micro-second at the sound of her voice.

"[Oh. You.]" He raised his head and gave her a flat, unimpressed look. "[What do you want?]"

The faster he found that out, after all, the faster she would go away.

[downloadtruth.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I just thought I'd check on my favorite synthezoid." She said, walking up to to him as far as she could. She grabbed one of the bars with her hand. "Heard things haven't been too great for you."

[vision-ya.livejournal.com]

Jonas didn't move.

"[Well, now you have 'checked' on me,]" he said coldly. "[You can go away now.]"

He had no intention of spending any more time with Big Zero than he absolutely had to.

Argh, too greedy for Paco and Jonas?

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

(ooc: Because I could see Kate wanting to check up on both of them)

Two separate threads then :)

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

Paco spotted a familiar figure down the hall ahead of him and sped up to a trot.

"Hey Kate!" he called out. "My soul is sticky!"

Re: Two separate threads then :)

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate grinned, and chuckled, "I still don't get why we need it but ok. That makes two of us. She was making me run mazes recently too." She considered, and then came up to give him a hug.

"Welcome back. It's been well, kind of crazy around here."

[flunkingspanish.livejournal.com]

Paco hugged her back enthusiastically. "Well, glad to hear that I'm not the only one with a sticky soul. I'm guessing she didn't let you have cake either?"

He cocked his head to the side. "Crazy how? In a good way or a bad way?"

Aaaand thread two!

[vision-ya.livejournal.com]

Jonas glanced up from the floor of his cell at the sound of footsteps.

"[Ah,]" he said. He pulled up something like a smile for her as well. "[Hello Kate. I hope that you have been as well as can be expected?]"

Re: Aaaand thread two!

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"Jonas!" Ok, he was getting a hug right off the bat.

"Thought she was making you run around in circles too. And I'm better. Actually a lot better." Thinking of her Morpher and the other Rangers.

AX-MAN! (aaaand at Cassie's House)

[livestoannoy]

Marco eyed Ax when he came in through the door. He knew where Ax had been, and he knew exactly what the Andalite would be after now.

"Dude, I have no cake. Stop looking at me like that!"

Re: AX-MAN! (aaaand at Cassie's House)

[mynameisax.livejournal.com]

< If I wanted cake, I would have gone to the Sensoriums, > Ax said. But honestly, if he were going to go through the trouble of visiting the Sensoriums in human morph, he would always choose cinnamon buns over cake.

Mm, cinnamon buns.

< Did I miss anything important while I was gone? >

[livestoannoy]

"Ax-man, I hate to break this to you. Believe me, it's been hard for all of us. But...while you were away, we ran out of salt. We have none left. Nothing. Na-da. Zilch. We are completely salt-less."