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cityship ([personal profile] cityship) wrote in [community profile] trans_92012-03-16 04:21 pm

Buy a Little Mercy [Open; Potentially Graphic Material]

Less than an hour after the ship leaves Agrestic's orbit, an announcement is broadcast throughout Stacy.

|| Attention, crew. Your crewmates, Howard Bassem and Charles Merriman, have been apprehended attempting to desert. They will now be given Punishment. According to established guidelines, you are all requested to report to the Observation to witness the Punishment. Attendance is not mandatory, but highly suggested. This will serve as a reminder of the consequences of treason and desertion. ||

On the observation deck, Archon Yavek, Archite Rekkti, two other Daligig and a handful of Kessek soldiers stand outside a spherical force field. Inside the bubble, Orc and Howard are suspended by tentacles looping around their wrists. Orc's ceased thrashing around and struggling against his restraints; rust-colored fissures have developed around his shoulders and forearms from the strain, but now he simply hangs there, looking defeated. Howard's nose is bleeding, and every time a drop falls to the bottom of the forcefield there's a small sizzle. He's weeping and begging the Daligig with every plea possible, but they act as if they aren't listening. Instead, they wait for an audience.

Re: REACTIONS

[personal profile] meat_mooks 2012-03-17 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
The psychic shields are not designed to work against fae and Tarrant's particular brand of magic, so while they are powerful, they are not optimal in defending the Daligig. The impressions Tarrant may get are blurry, but he will receive some information.

Yes, the Daligig sent Agrestic squads to die, knowing they would die and refusing to keep the Agresticans in the loop, time and again.

Yes, the Daligig engineer themselves.

And most important of all, yes, the Daligig are tired of babysitting this ship, and are looking for every reason to hand control over it back to the Command structure here. And rather than edit the preprogrammed course, which is woefully outdated, they do believe that the crew here can make informed decisions about what places they should go.
theprophet: (Tarrant: uh huh.)

Re: REACTIONS

[personal profile] theprophet 2012-03-17 02:58 am (UTC)(link)
At last, a little clarity. Just a little -- but enough to point out a course of action.

Now if only people would stop punching each other for two seconds jeez