The Ptolemy [Open/Safe Zone]

[indeliblepast]

Sumeragi was glad that despite it's outward appearance as a simple carrier, the Ptolemaios was, in fact, a war ship, and had both the physical and electronic defenses to match. It had taken an hour to dig up the hardcopies of the cryptographic verification scheme, another hour to actually run them and make sure VEDA hadn't been compromised by whatever had taken over everything else, and then another half an hour to get VEDA to verify the rest of the ship's systems. But they were safe.

The first thing she did after this was switch all the systems she could to manual access only, followed by locking down the bridge controls, the MS hangar, and the VEDA chamber. If she was going to invite strangers on board, she was going to be careful about it. But if the ship was clean, it would be safe - if it really came to it, they could try to cut their way out of the Hangar and drift in space until whatever this was cleared.

After a quick announcement on the comms about the ship's availability, she grabbed a rifle and went to go secure one of the airlocks, to let people in.

[Image refs: Exterior, Bridge, corridor 2, viewing room. No set layout to the ship!]

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[dhianeila.livejournal.com]

"Yes."

With a nod, she moved to follow Setsuna closely. Though her eyes kept wandering, when they chance passed other viewscreens.

[a_mere_human]

He briefly glanced back at her as they walked, but shoved whatever he was thinking off to the side and kept his eyes straight ahead.

The Ptolemy's corridors all looked the same, though having lived on the ship as long as he had, Setsuna wasn't about to get lost. The ship was designed with function in mind over aesthetics, giving it a somewhat sterile and lifeless feel, though that always suited him just fine. Even the conference room they arrived at was just four plain walls, a metal table, two benches.

He motioned for her to sit.

"What else can you tell me about the situation on the rest of the ship?"

[dhianeila.livejournal.com]

And sit she did, exhaling softly as she put together words in her mind. It was strange, not hearing anything but her own thoughts inside her head. Even when she was far enough away from people to not hear their thoughts, she could feel their emotions instead. She couldn't even do that at the moment, which felt so odd when she looked up at Setsuna.

"It's not much different from here. The places that are safe for the time being, anyway. Everybody is doing their best to keep those looking for refuge safe. As for everywhere else..." She trailed off, recalling some of the things she'd seen during her movements. "There is a lot of damage from the fighting. These machines that SHODAN has released appear to be very strong. And uncaring to the environments around them. Those who are trying to stop them are all doing their best. I hope ... I hope they're all okay."

[a_mere_human]

Sorry, princess, you're going to have to learn how to read his stonefaced expressions if you want to know what he's feeling. Though, truthfully, even Setsuna wasn't entirely sure what he was feeling right now. Though mostly he was focusing on the more strategic aspect of what she was saying.

"So SHODAN's machines have control over most of the ship." Less of a question and more of an extrapolation, really. But if they were going to intervene, they'd have to be careful about it.

"And what do you intend to do now?"

[dhianeila.livejournal.com]

"When the attacks began, I moved to make sure that those looking for refuge found it. I wish to make sure that there is nobody still in danger, but it is ... difficult to know where the crew members who may be hiding are, like this." She looked to the side. It felt so strange, being unable to sense other near her. While many people might have assumed it was a good thing in some ways, to Dhianeila the bad outweighed the good. Especially in the situation they were in.

[a_mere_human]

Setsuna regarded her in that way of his, like he was still trying to see through all the layers of her personality.

"You'll remain here, for the time being." It wasn't a suggestion, so much as a decision that was made. He had a feeling that, if given the opportunity, she would go back out and look for whomever else she could, something that would get her killed.

"The communications system still works. You can use it to check on everyone else."