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« Reply #25 on: February 26, 2017, 07:22:14 PM »
Ursea had been on the ship the longest, she had been recruited by Osiris after he had visited Dior. Something few Humans did, and he even went to the surface, something no normal human could every accomplish, at least for any extended period of time. She had been planet side as well, doing some hunting in the jungles of her homeland, away from the mercenary group she had joined when she was called by the Grand-Chief himself.

He had asked her to join Osiris, who had been granted rights to use her services as a Huntrak after he proved himself in unarmed combat against Kurg Gladiators. The Grand-Chief seemingly just wanted to test the Human, it had nothing to do with Osiris needing his permission, but the Human didn't need to know that it was only for his amusement. She was allowed to cut ties with her company and join Osiris's team, which the Grand-Chief personally saw to the team being officially registered as a legal mercenary group in Odekkan territory.

It was all very strange for her, she didn't know why a runt like herself was worth seeking out so specifically for some dangerous task that she felt there were far better Kurgs than her for the job. Her tune change a bit after she met Osiris, and when she saw her room. It had been furnished in a human style, with kurgish decor as well, however what pleased her most was a Vanity table filled with Human makeup and tools for it.  She also had a wardrobe filled with her customized clothing and some new ones as well that fit her tastes and her body.

She became quite comfortable, making herself quite at home on the ship, in its athletic area and other facilities as well. She had made friends with Aesen as well, she found the AI strange, it wasn't something her people currently had and it was all in all a rather foreign concept to her as her people were rather suspicious of synthetic life to begin with, and the discovery of the Vis and their ideology did not help. Aesen however made her feel quite at home, Ursea had even brought her partner, her friend and Pet, Suu-Suu the large 30 ft or 9.144 m long armored Centipede, known as a Guttluok in the dense and deadly jungles of the Odekkan homeland on Dior.

Ursea was however nervous about how others would percieve her friend and hunting partner, so she kept him in her room once new crew members began to arrive, and she asked Aesen not to tell them cause she didn't want to scare them. She new he was just a love-able little crawler. but besides on a some of the more developed Kurg Colonies, creatures from Dior were rarely seen at all by outsiders, as most times encounters with aliens and Dior creatures usually ended poorly for the Aliens which are not suited for dealing with them, so they have earned a quite poor reputation. Gessat'Huntracks were even more rare in the cosmos as they typically only hunted beasts on dangerous worlds, and Kurgeshan Culture was still poorly understood by most alien species. All these factors led her to keeping it unknown that Suu-Suu was on board, but they would be working with him so she would need to introduce them soon, she was just really nervous and not just for that reason.

Now that Ailuin, some sort of Ki'Jan Doctor from what Ursea knew, was on board she figure it would soon be time for a meeting to happen. Currently though Ursea was sitting in front of the mirror of her vanity table doing her make up while watching a human tutorial on the extra-net. Suu-Suu was curled up in circular pile of grayish black, with hints of blue, chitin and clittering legs right next to her, with his head resting on her lap. She was currently in her work out clothes, she had just finished napping after using the the elliptical for an hour and showering, the clothes were simply a pair of tight workout shorts that hugged her figure, and a sports bra that managed to contain her chest as it was a special order.
"All crew members, Assemble in the meeting room for mission briefing. Thank you." She heard Aesen chime.

She immediately jumped up, which caused Suu-Suu to recoil and flutter its many armored eye-lids as it started to wake with a bubbly gurgle.

"Shotek! What am I gonna wear! its a meeting, gotta look good right?! Formal? No no...Cute that's what I want." She said to herself as she hurried over to her dresser, tossing her shorts, bra, and panties in quick succession.

She dug through her dresser, and found a new pair of panties, she admired them for their frilly edges briefly before putting them on and moving on to pants. She fished out a pair of name-brand skinny jeans that she had special ordered, they were slightly weathered on purpose in places as apparently some Humans found pants with holes to be stylish, but she also loved the pretty pattern stitched onto the butt pockets of it so she slipped it on  and found a cute studded belt to go with it. She then found a deep purple bra with white frills on the edges and she slipped that on and got it strapped in. She rushed over to her wardrobe next to find a shirt, after a bit she settled a light yellow blouse with a heart shaped opening in the chest which would show off her cleavage and the yellow would be complimented by the purple of her bra.

She went over to the mirror and posed a bit in front of it, Suu-Suu tilted its head to the side a bit watching her. "Yeah, this is cute. Guess I'll leave my hair down for now." She said and tossed her long glossy dark grey hair a bit.

"Aesen...How do I look?" She asked a bit nervous, nervous enough to ask a body-less AI how she looked.

"You look cute, and sexy. You'll be fine, maybe it will distract them from the fact you have a giant dangerous insect as a pet." Aesen joked, though it seemed the first part was sincere.

"yeah..." Ursea sighed a bit as she finished putting on a pair of black designer boots that went up to her knee.

She walked out, with Suu-Suu clattering behind her, this was the first time he had been out of the room since the crew started arriving on the ship.

Aesen spoke up a bit before she headed inside, "Maybe your arrival will lessen the building tension in that room, Master Osiris will be there shortly."

The door slid open and Ursea walked inside and found an available seat, closer to where Osiris would stand and give his debriefing.

"Hi!" She said as she sat down and looked at the group, however not long after Suu-Suu began scuttling into the room, the door not shutting till his whole body was in the room. He immediately went under the table, touching feet and bumping chairs as he went to his owner.

He wrapped his body around the base of Ursea's chair and then rested his head on her lap, it let out bubbly gurgle sigh of contentment as its eyes clicked shut.

"Umm....This is Suu-Suu... My hunting Beast." She said and scratched the back of her head nervously.
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #26 on: February 26, 2017, 09:28:26 PM »
Freya was starting to regret signing up, she practically always kept it professional among colleagues. But it was obvious that not everyone in this crew felt the same way about things.

She was already irritated by the blatant (and childish) anti-human racism coming from Ailuin, but was hoping that the issue would be sorted out. Instead Neal began to antagonize the Ki'Jan further and Thada happily joined in. She did not like teaming up science types, she hadn't met a single scientist worthy of the term that wasn't a complete liability in a firefight. But Aliuin's file seemed to suggest he could be a first for Freya in that regard, it was at least impressive enough to earn the benefit of the doubt until she could actually see him in action.

Then Zeph joined in the conversation. Eager to show off his biological knowledge, he and the Ki'Jan spend some time stroking each others ego's. Biology wasn't her forte but it was not like she had ignored it completely while working on her engineering degree so long ago. After a career of military and mercenary work she could hardly remember what it was like sitting in lectures, but the knowledge she gained in those years remained in the back of her mind.

She could feel her doubts about this mission redoubling after Zephirus came out. So much baggage, so many liabilities.. she thought. There were uncountable ways how the split personality, or just the general childishness of the team could get everyone killed on a mission. The doubts evolved into a genuine headache as it became obvious that Thada hadn't read the dossiers. Freya couldn't help but sight audibly and exchange a look with Khrelan, the only other person around the table who had not joined into the conversation.

Freya was half considering chastising the lot of them for their childishness when Ursea walked in. Freya had read her dossier of course, but had not met her yet in person. So even though knew about Ursea's obsession with everything Human Freya was still very surprised with her chosen outfit.

Freya herself, as the only other female crew member hadn't nearly put the same amount of though in her appearance. She was just wearing some wide and comfortable pants. Her upper body was completely uncovered and her black and red scales were still slightly oily and shiny from a previous workout. Still it didn't matter how strange the Kurgash was. Anything was better then the previous conversation and Freya was more then happy to change the subject.

"Hey" Freya responded. It was slightly disconcerting feeling the 'pet' walk over her uncovered feet with it's many tiny legs but Freya manged to hid this emotion well, instead she noticed that Ursea seemed uncomfortable as she sat down on her chair.

"It looks strong, and even useful in a fight. It is male of female?" Freya asked.
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #27 on: February 26, 2017, 09:29:07 PM »
Neal was eyeing the Kurg as she entered the room, he had known there was a Kurg on board but she had kept to herself until now, this was the first time he had seen her. He noted she was shorter than most of her species, quite a bit shorter actually, though she clearly had the dense bone structure and musculature typical to Kurgs so he was sure not to underestimate her abilities. Strangely enough she also seemed shy, which was something Neal had never encountered in previous encounters. He made sure to keep that in mind in future interactions with her, perhaps tone down his mouth a little. Lastly he noticed she was wearing human clothes, not something that happened often, even with other species. Perhaps she was a humanophile?

He was about to speak up when he saw the giant armour-plated insect killing machine enter the room, and even more disturbingly saw it go under the damn table, before it curled up on the Kurg's lap. Neal just stared at the centipede from hell for a short while, with the foremost question in his mind being: "Suu-Suu?"

"Suu-Suu" Neal said flatly, working over the name "You...named your giant death insect Suu-Suu?"
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #28 on: February 26, 2017, 09:30:02 PM »
You could hear the Kurgeshan coming before you saw her. Large, heavy steps, and lacking that strict cadence that was so telling of Osiris' approach. Thada tilted his head towards the door and saw Ursea enter. He studied her clothes for a moment, taking special notice of the strange strange garment she apparently called pants. Rough and torn, they looked to be in terrible shape. What's more they were extremely similar to what he had seen Humans be wearing. His lips formed a second-long grin at the thought that maybe she had taken a human garment and ripped it while trying to fit it on. Human or no, they were definitely not the typical Kurgeshan clothes he had seen, but then again, he had mostly seen them in combat gear, shooting at him. Nonetheless, Ursea was definitely different. Perhaps that was part of why he liked her; she was a curiosity. Thada opened his mouth to greet her, then perhaps - he figured - try to get her into his side on the mounting argument, or perhaps ask her about her outfit.

Then another thing entered through the door.

A cascade of cluttering and bubbly gurgles as countless legs tapped in dissonance filed his ears, and in came an enormous train of chitinous plates and thin, sharp legs. The creature looked somewhat insect-like, but it sure looked nothing like any insect Thada had ever seen. In came in, and kept coming in. In fact at first it seemed to never end. Thada simply sat there, frozen, staring as this black,shelled monstrosity came wandering into the room. But when he heard it walking in beneath the table, he automatically lunged backwards, shooting the chair into the wall far behind him with a loud clutter. Stepping back from the table, he watched as the creature settled into its new place underneath the table, his mouth slightly ajar in stunned disbelief.

"Umm..."Ursea said calmly, scratching her head a bit, "This is Suu-Suu...my hunting beast."

Thada his head towards the Kurgeshan and stared at her with for a silent moment. "Your hunting...you've been keeping that thing in your room this whole time?"he said, pointing at Suu-Suu under the table.
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #29 on: February 27, 2017, 01:01:30 AM »
Sometimes playing dead pays, and pays a lot. At first Khrelan thought of giving his two cents on the discussion being made at the meeting table, but when Neal and Ailuin started exchanging barbs, he thought better. When Thada joined in, seemingly against the scientist, he saw that this situation would only escalate further. No one at the table, including Khrelan himself, seemed to be doing any effort at diffusing the situation.

And then Zeph joined in. All that technobabble was, indeed surprising. Something to make a mental note of. And then...

"Hello."

At this his prickled and twitched. He had forgotten how...bothersome real Vis speak was. Sometimes it felt like someone was raking claws across a sheet of polished metal.

When Freya exchanged a look with him, he nodded in agreement. This sort of behaviour was not really becoming of, professionalism.

It did serve to reveal a bit about the character of each person chiding in, which may have been Neal's intention when he prodded Ailuin. In that regard, it seemed to be working wonderfully.

And then... the Kurg entered the room. Wearing an ensemble of ill-fitting human clothes. And being all...bubbly. That certainly wasn't what he was expecting of a Kurg. Regardless, she was here and would be part of the mission, so he'd have to put aside that kind of thought really quick.

He then heard all the clattering and felt something bump slightly against his foot. He looked under the table to see what it was. And saw something that he certainly never saw in Taurgit solar systems. Something that looked like a very large...armored centipede. Ursea's hunting beast, by what she said.

"Huh. That's new."

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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #30 on: February 27, 2017, 05:14:40 AM »
Zeph looked appropriately stoked, he was part of the cool kids now! He was very well aware that the others didn't think much of him yet, which was incredibly disappointing considering how famous he was. He tuned out Neal's comment completely, but Zephirus wouldn't stop picturing himself dropping cyanide into the human's water. "You're not going to do it. They'll know its us and I kinda like him! He's handsome!"

Zephirus conceded that the human was, indeed, handsome...just as the living embodiment of everything that was wrong with the universe walked into the room.

"Scratch that, there is nothing wrong with Kurgs, they're just a little trigger happy." Zeph thought back, setting the mental record straight...he had to take care that Zephirus didn't re-write their collective experience in a tainted way

"There is nothing you can provide to stop me from arguing that her kind is an abomination." Zephirus replied, respecting Zeph's right to debate as he continued, "All interpersonal experiences with Kurgs have been thus far negative, to say nothing of the fact that father was-"

"That's all in the past. She didn't rip dad's legs off, she didn't raid us, and she hasn't done anything to us yet." Zeph replied, trying to placate his other side, "The last Kurg we ran into threw us out of a airlock because you started a barfight to distract from another killing, it's unfair to judge the entire species based off of our tainted memories...Also, she's really pretty!"

Zephirus conceded that she was, indeed, pretty. He also made it clear that while this excuse worked for Neal, who was probably in their league, this newcomer was clearly out of their league, and so he would continue to despise her.

"Fair. Now shh, I wanna see if I can coax the bug thing to us!" He thought back, giggling softly as he gestured towards the hideously adorable hunting beast underneath the table
"You accept darkness, yet choose to live in the light. So why is it that you loathe us who teeter on the edge of nothing? We, who were turned away by both light and dark - never given a choice?"

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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #31 on: February 28, 2017, 09:52:55 PM »
Ursea was a tad bit overwhelmed at all the reactions to her friend and pet, she sort of expected Suu-Suu to startle them but at least they hadn't tried to hurt Suu-Suu. If that had happened it probably wouldn't have ended well in that enclosed space.

She looked at Freya who had spoken to her first, "Suu-Suu is a male, he is very strong. Much stronger than me, so he is a big help when we encounter something I can't handle in a close fight. He helps me set up shots as well, keeping the targets distracted so I can hit weak-points. He has a lot of uses, he can get in places through vents and open doors for me too, even locked ones, he just bites through."

She massaged Suu-Suu's little antenna between her fingers as she talked, out of nervous habit, Suu-Suu letting out a deep almost purring like vibration. Suu-Suu kept close mostly because he could sense she was a bit nervous, Guttluok like many species on Dior had above average intelligence and problem solving skills. Suu-Suu could easily be rated at having the intelligence level of roughly 10-12 year old human child, of course with a lack for language ability, he could understand but not speak.

She looked at Neal next, He was cute, he seemed to be a middling age human from what she could tell, knowing more about human fashion than humans themselves, besides the fact they were the only race in galaxy so far that looked very similar to Kurgs, except smaller and less limbs. "He....well...He's my friend! We've been together since my culling, when I was just a Yulgesh. He is sweet, but protective."

She didn't really understand what he meant, the cultural context was different for her than him. Where Neal saw a monster, she simply saw a pet and friend, she wondered if Human's even kept hunting animals.

She was rather embarrassed though at Thada's reaction, she didn't mean to scare the Iko. Suu-Suu was just eager to be next to her so he went the most direct route, he hadn't been around any of them so he would need time to get used to them. She had at least trained him well enough to not hiss and bite strangers, she doubted any of them would survive the corrosive and toxic bite without immediate attention.

She looked at Thada, "Well I was afraid you all wouldn't like him...I wanted to wait and introduce him..."

Khrelan's reaction was far more muted, like he wasn't surprised that Suu-Suu was on board. That was a good sign at least for her, the strange Vis though was also silent. She was rather suspicious of the Vis, she wanted to give him a chance, but was it a him though? She did not really know anything about them other then the fact, that all she had been told about them was about their dangerous ideology.

Suu-Suu cracked open an eye, looking from Usea's lap at this Vis gesturing to him from under the table. The guttluok then tightened his body around the bottom of Ursea's chair, moving more of his body away from the others before shutting its eye, ignoring the Vis entirely.

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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #32 on: March 01, 2017, 06:03:46 PM »
Zeph looked up, disappointed. "Little guy's attached to you, literally~" He spoke, taking a closer look at the creature, "I know the type. Intelligent species aren't a dime a dozen in this galaxy, sapience is a gift given to only a chosen few by mother nature's whims and wishes..."

"But," He added, smiling softly, "I've never actually seen a tame Guttluok before in the flesh...you must share a close bond with your hunting beast, to take it with you across the galaxy regardless of almost everybody's first instinct towards Suu-Suu...if only bonds between other races were so easily formed..."

Zeph looked towards everybody in the room. All humanoid, all capable of speaking language, all products of the exact same brand of convergent evolution that decided to favor bipedal, aggressive, horny geniuses...

"And yet, creatures of entirely different bio-structures can get along this easily...it's pathetic on our part, and I affirm once more that it displays that sapient life is hypocritical and selectively biased beyond reconciliation." Zephirus replied, growing steadily more enraged, "Whatever higher power decided to play this cruel joke on us, the punchline is far overdue. Kill everything, and leave nothing but the animals and the stars."

"Zephirus, stop blaming god. We've long since established that killing everybody is hard." Zeph replied, shaking his head internally as he stared forward at Ursea, "There's no point to this line of argument."

"Your pet's name means 'Urine' in a Human language, by the way." Zeph added, suppressing a smile, "Just, don't be surprised if certain dark-skinned humans start laughing a little when you say the name..."
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #33 on: March 04, 2017, 12:29:36 AM »
With the focus of the group no longer on Ailuin, he had retreated back into research while waiting for Osiris to enter the room. He did this utilizing the telepathic connection to his tablet meaning that if anybody else in the room was paying any attention to him, it would only look as if he was simply being quiet. For the good doctor, he preferred to put every moment of his time towards his research; meaning at a time like this when he was waiting for something, it was the perfect moment to jump in and run simulations on various lingering thoughts he had.

'It appears Sample X-9867-53 is a no go' He thought watching as yet another simulation came back with yet another dead patient. The doctor scowled at this 'I just can't get this damned chromosome to flip' he thought yet again, taking a moment to analyze a portion of the results before he tweaked the parameters and ran the simulation again. 

It was at this moment the sight of the door opening caught his attention, causing him to switch thought processes back to what was going on in the room. From the looks of things Ursea had entered the room. When prompted Ailuin greeting her along with the others. Aside from this however, he didn't really pay much attention to anything else until he saw a glimpse of the Animal enter the room and run under the table. From this his attention immediately left Ursea and followed the creature under the table where upon getting a closer look he finally spoke aloud again.

"I've never seen a Guttluok up close before, but I've seen the research on them. These things can be quite a handful" The Doctor spoke not breaking eye contact with the creature, almost as if scanning it with his own eyes. After a short extra moment of observation he turned back up to Ursea.

"Do tell... how did you manage to tame it"
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #34 on: March 06, 2017, 06:25:29 PM »
Khrelan didn't have much to say about the general discussion being made at the meeting room table. Meeting the last member of the team was indeed important but, aside from that, people were mainly picking at each other. He decided to keep to himself and go back to reading his electronic book.

The chapter he was currently reading was comprised mostly of corporate intrigue, no real action, which was taking its toll on his alertness. Khrelan started nodding at the table, until he colsed his eyes and unceremoniously fell asleep.

At first his dreams were an undecipherable fog, a misty landscape in a nondescript planet, where nothing of import really happened. It was just the mist rolling over the landscape. Not a creature in sight. An alien sun barely over the horizon, which in terran terms, meant it was just past daybreak.

Khrelan sat on a rock on top of a cliff, looking at a mostly grey sea.

Blasted planet, there's nothing here. No minerals, no resources, just this blasted mist rolling over the landscape. I'm tired of this.

But as soon as he got up, the cliff cracked with an ear splitting noise, sending Khrelan tumbling into the sea below.

He crashed through the surface of the water, but instead of sinking to the bottom, he just fell on top of a pilot seat inside a fighter. The "sea" outside of the ship slowly turned into the vastness of space, background stars gradually winking into existence. And then everything outside of the cockpit's window started exploding.
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #35 on: March 06, 2017, 09:29:15 PM »
Neal meanwhile rolled his eyes as Allan started nerding out over the giant killer insect, while inwardly he made sure to pay attention to Ursea's answer, it could prove useful in case the abomination turned hostile and needed to be put down or at least distracted. At this he also started studying the creature, looking for anything that might prove to be a weak point.

"Shoot it?" he thought to himself "Ideal answer, however natural armour might prove formidable. Pistol's not an option, carbine would be best. Knife it? Where though? Underside looks weak, but so are my intestines, don't want to be under it. Might have to wrestle it, not ideal, probably be hugged to death, death by Suu-Suu too embarrassing to be acceptable. Kurg might get angry, smaller but bone and muscle much denser than mine. Neck snap? No, neck muscles too tense, might think I'm massaging it, probably try to sleep with me then. Pelvic bones would be crushed, testicles atomized, not even my type. Unacceptable. Only chance is range."

All these thoughts went through Neal's head in an instant, though he made sure to keep his expression mild still and keep up his mental chaff. He then noticed the giant cat creature, Khrelan, nod off in the corner. Well that was just playing right into the stereotype, all that was missing was a sunbeam.

Neal leaned forward, snapping out the words in his officer's voice "Mittens! Wake up! Are we boring you?"
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« Reply #36 on: March 06, 2017, 11:13:12 PM »
Ursea didn't know what to really say to the Vis," I'll keep that in mind." She merely disregarded the Vis's babbling, she didn't really want to talk to it to be honest, maybe that would change with time. She had also found his insistence on claiming the her friend's name meant Urine in some alien tongue rather annoying, as if the same did not apply to everyone in the grand scheme of things.

The Ki'jan doctor finally spoke up as well, he however asked a question she would not mind answering. He seemed to want to know how she had tamed Suu-Suu, which was something she could never forget.

"Well, I tamed him while I was on my culling, I was not the strongest in the litter or the biggest. So I had to try extra hard to survive, I had always like animals though and when they were preparing us for the culling, I asked all I could about the land and its creatures. I spent time with the beasts of my clan to try and understand them, I was very little so I liked to pretend I could talk with them." She explained thinking she sounded a bit silly, but it was the only way she could tell it.

"As soon as we were dropped off in the heart of the jungle though, I realized how unprepared I was. We were set upon by the beasts and plant life almost immediately. I think five of us out of the several litters present were immediately killed, I remember them being dragged off into the underbrush," She said her gaze more towards the back-wall than the doctor now, " I got away and tried my best to survive over the next few days, I managed only by sheer luck. However I got hurt and lost my foot, it made it a lot harder to stay mobile and keep myself fed, that's when I found Suu-Suu, he was a lot smaller back then but he was still bigger and stronger than me. Taming Suu-Suu took time, I gave him my own food and tried my best in training him how I saw the elders work with their beasts. I am not sure how I managed it, I think he sensed that I needed him... Once I could at least get him to obey simple commands we started hunting, and we worked very well together. With food, I could heal my wounds and regain my strength, and soon I was able to train him better. Eventually we made it back to my clan with the rest of the survivors, and we were accepted back with open arms. I was a surprise for them though, they expected me to be one of the first to die."

She didn't notice Neal eyeing her and Suu-Suu, she was far too preoccupied in her own thoughts, then the Human called the Taurgit 'Mittens', which she didn't really understand why, it must be a human thing. Apparently Khrelan had fallen asleep, she thought that was rather silly so she giggled a bit before returning to her train of thought.

Which was that she was a runt in the eyes of her peers, Kurgeshan peers, but it was something she tried not to think about too much, this mission was just another among many distractions she afforded herself. Before she could say any more though, the door to the meeting room opened up and Osiris walked in drawing Ursea's attention.

Ursea watched him walking in, she had to admit to herself that their leader was an absolute hunk, and she wouldn't mind continuing to work with him. She wondered if she could get him to spar with her. She pretended to be attentive when all she was really doing was checking out his rippling musculature.



Osiris walked into the room, he had been watching there reactions to one another when forced to interact, he needed to see if Aesen had made good choices. Neal seemed to prove himself the most, his eye was keen for breaking down who he was working with, Osiris had always seen through his facade though. Osiris must be a rather frustrating person to work with, as he would not be so easily understood, but Neal had a far better chance of figuring him out than the Ki'Jan did, for obvious reasons.

He looked at each of them gathered hear, and began speaking, not giving them a chance to respond to him coming in.

"Hello, I see Aesen has gathered you all here rather early. Hopefully you are prepared to receive the briefing, which I will begin now." He said as he immediately grabbed his head-band and removed it.

The effect was immediate, the absolute, abject horror washed over them like sinking into an icy abyss. It was suffocating, and those that could sweat, broke into a cold sweat, and the paranoia set in. It was like being watched and not knowing where it was coming from, like death was stalking them at this very moment. It was an utterly unnatural feeling, one that made you want to jump out of your own skin and run, just to put as much distance between oneself and whatever the source of this feeling was.

The source was obvious though, it was undoubtedly Osiris. Everyone in the room felt this feeling to the extreme, without exception. However Ailuin felt it the worst, it was like feeling the antithesis to his existence press into his own, it was physically and mentally suffocating.

The pain the doctor felt was unlike any he had every experienced before, he could no longer sense the minds of others, his psionicly linked equipment immediately failed. His head hurt so bad it felt like it was ready to split open at any moment. The pain however was far too much for him to take, as he let out an agonized foamy gurgle and fell out of his chair and collapsed on the ground, he vomited whatever contents were in his stomach and immediately blacked out.

Then Osiris put the head-band back on, and the feeling was gone immediately. In the commotion, no one had noticed Suu-Suu claw its way  into the vents in the room, it vacated the room instinctually it seemed. When the presence had dissipated, Suu-Suu poked his head in through the vent and looked around before immediately going back to Ursea's side.

Aesen piped up from the sound system, "I do believe that they received that a little too well."

It was a wake-up call, this was no game, this was serious and if they thought any less of the task at hand they probably would not survive. He was not doubting their ability, but he had to give them a taste of the horror they could come to face out there.

Osiris looked about the room, "We will be fighting what is known as Orks, that is what these creatures refer to themselves as. Some of you already know a bit about them as I had to tell you to convince you to come aboard, others came for other reasons."

His voice was calm and collected, "What you just experienced was my presence, an absence of psionic energies, all of you are slightly tied to this energy in some way, this does not confer ability though. I am called a Pariah, I am an Anti-Psionic, my mere presence disables psionic ability. As I am part of this mission as well, it should be obvious why such an ability is needed."

He stopped for a brief moment, " I shall let the doctor compose himself before continuing, as I am sure the information I am about to provide will be very useful to him."

He stood and looked at them each of them having their own reaction to what just happened. Ursea just looked at him attentively, she had little choice after what she just felt, it immediately stopped her mind from wandering as it was. She would need to take a shower after this, as she had broken into a cold sweat like a few of the others. It gave her new perspective on who or what their commander was, he was assuredly not the kind of human they must have suspected him to be.
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #37 on: March 06, 2017, 11:53:03 PM »
Thada had been in the process of picking up his jacket from the floor when Osiris had removed his headband. The sudden, raw shock on his brain made his body simply collapse to the side as if he had been knocked out. Lying on his side and staring into the bottom of the chair he had sent into the wall, Thada quickly felt his breath shorten, and he realized the tube to his oxygen mask had gotten caught on one of the chair's legs when he fell down, tearing the mask off. But when he tried to reach out to the mask to put it back on, he realized he couldn't move a muscle, as his entire body seemed to have gone into some sort of lockdown from this abhorrent sensation. His vision started to darken and blur; all he could do was breath heavier, try to get enough oxygen to his brain, and focusing on staying conscious and try to weather through what seemed more with each passing moment to be a horrible dream. A part of him felt that it would be better to just pass out, to let go and get rid of the paranoia and the smothering horror. But his body refused; instincts had taken over; it was fight or die now.

Just as Thada felt his consciousness starting to abandon him, the sensation stopped suddenly and instantly. His body was left shivering, his hide covered in just as much sweat as before the shower he had just taken a short while ago. His vision returning to him, he looked up and saw that Osiris had put his headband back on. What was this? What was he? This was not at all what Thada had been expecting. A moment ago he had enjoyed himself by poking fun at the grouchy doctor, but now any notions of fun or play had dissipated. Thada suddenly got an insight into the true gravity of the situation, and what's more, he felt a cinder of fear towards Osiris flaring up within him.

He sat up, laying a hand over his face, the other fumbling for the mask which hung over the chair leg. "You have...my full attention...boss..."he panted, his already spent body left exhausted by the whole ordeal.
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« Reply #38 on: March 07, 2017, 02:23:39 AM »
Zeph's crystal immediately began glowing orange, standing out of his chair and reaching behind him for his knife before realizing that it was still in his cabin. Gritting his teeth, Zephirus began to feel his crystalline neurons quivering and inducing pain...begging him to do something about the situation...

"Pain is so gently-carressing annoying. Even as a warning signal, I don't think feeling this is worth-" Zephirus began, before being interrupted with a singsong voice going, "Pain reminds us of the danger we're in~ With no pain, there'd be no awareness of things that are actively killing us~!"

"I'm...well aware, Zeph." Zephirus replied, as his vision grew dimmer and his apprehension took hold, "We can rally the others to kill him, enough bodies piled onto him and we can twist his limbs until they-"

"No killing!" Zeph replied, regaining control over his body as the danger faded away and the crystal glowed blue once more, "He's not an actual threat! He's just kind of an impassive douchebag!"

He slid back into his chair, shivering as the pressure slid away and the fear dissipated. Nothing to fear, nothing to worry about, the pressure was gone and guns weren't drawn. Every hint of rationality kept Zephirus from leaping over the table and throttling Osiris before the man could rip his arms out. "Interesting t-trick!" Zeph exclaimed, before whispering softly "Goddamn would've been nice if he'd warned us beforehand thouuuuugh..."
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« Reply #39 on: March 07, 2017, 05:16:50 AM »
Neal had seen a lot of gently-carressed up things in his career, especially working as Coalition intelligence, which had taken him to some pretty dark places he doubted even the others had experienced. However nothing, nothing, could have prepared him for the sensation of utter, abject horror and nothingness that came over him. Even Neal's well-honed sense of calm and smartass attitude was stripped away by Osiris's anti-psychic presence. He immediately got up from his chair, the suddenness and force of it knocking it back as Neal instinctively started reaching for a weapon, any weapon. He had pulled out his combat knife and had shakely put himself into a combat stance, sputtering out "Holy excrement, gently-carress. gently-carress. What the gently-carress Osiris!? What the gently-carress are you!? The galaxy's most horrifying freak show? What the gently-carress."
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« Reply #40 on: March 07, 2017, 11:49:53 AM »
Freya jumped out of her chair the moment Osiris removed his head-band. Adrenaline thundered through her veins as she look around her like an cornered animal, desperately searching for a threat that she could face. But all she saw instead was the great Void closing in on her, clawing at the hull of this ship, desperately trying to surround her in its eternal cold, silence and darkness. The reality of space travel that she, and so many other liked to ignore came crashing down on her. Freya stared into the eternal abyss, and it laughed at her. It laughed at the childish attempt of life to challenge it. It laughed as all the awesome power of gravity could only temporarily and locally bring an halt to its endless entropy.

And Freya heard it laughing. Both as a soft voice inside of her own mind, and as a thunderous laughter coming from outside the ship. She wanted to run, but there was nowhere to go. She wanted to escape, but the blackness had surrounded her.

Then Osiris put his head-band back on his head. Freya found herself halfway to the door of the room, but she had no recollection of doing anything but jumping out of her chair. She tried to compose herself while she walked back, but failed. So when she spoke her voice was still shaky and with a hint of fear.

"But.." She said, obviously having some second thoughts while she asked the question. "How do we" She made a gesture towards all the different races besides the Ki'Jan. "Notice your 'Anti-Psionic' ability? We do not even have normal Psionics." 
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« Reply #41 on: March 07, 2017, 04:56:40 PM »
Osiris took off his headband as Khrelan was goin through a dream scene where he'd be repeatedly blown up while in the cockpit. The wave of abject horror and danger crashed over him and jolted him awake with a start, almost making him fall off his chair.

But it was as if that dreadful sensation of danger had followed him from his dream. It was as if the ship was something made out of paper, waiting to be crushed or torn apart, killing them all.

His claws extended and he raked  them on the table as he got up, leaving a nasty scratch on the flat surface.

He felt as if someone had shoved his conscious mind aside, making him act as an animal. His mind was trying to wrest control back, but at most he managed to stop himself from doing something really stupid at the meeting table. He just stood there, twitching and making angry faces, but never really lunging at anyone.

And then, just like that, Osiris put his headband back and the feeling simply disappeared. He slumped back on his chair trying to clear all of that crap from his head...

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"But.." She said, obviously having some second thoughts while she asked the question. "How do we" She made a gesture towards all the different races besides the Ki'Jan. "Notice your 'Anti-Psionic' ability? We do not even have normal Psionics." 

"Adding to that, how do we fight against or resist whatever was that ..." said Khrelan to Osiris, " ...that you unleashed on us just now? I mean, if we're going to eventually go up against something like that during our mission, how do we keep ourselves from going into a rout?"
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #42 on: March 08, 2017, 12:59:00 AM »
From the moment Osiris took off his headband, Ailuin was in intense pain. His head feeling like it was going to split apart, a thin streak of blood coming out of one of his nostrils. The pain felt like a million telepathic voices screaming directly into his brain which he couldn't shut off no matter how much he directed his brain to. Letting out a gurgle, his hands went to his head as if he was about to begin clawing at it; stopped only short of his stomach churning to the point of vomiting. The doctor blacking out immediately afterwards.

Unfortunately it didn't stop there however, where his mind would usually have shut down and time skipped forward to him waking up; he instead was stuck in a state of perpetual nightmares. Ailuin trying to run away from something that continued to get closer, something that he could never escape from. This continued until Osiris put on his headband at which point the nightmares immediately stopped and within moments Ailuin began to stir, at which point he found himself next to the puddle of his own vomit.

Shaking his head, he slowly picked himself back up before looking right at Osiris while holding his head, justin time for Osiris to explain what just happened. "Ugh...So thats why my gently-carressing brain feels like its splitting apart." The doctor mumbled before pausing for a moment while making a mental connection to the incident from days earlier and making a note to ask more about it later.

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« Reply #43 on: March 08, 2017, 09:18:21 PM »
Aesen chimed in, "I could fill the air with very mild sedatives to calm everyone down, Should I?"

Osiris shook his head, "Entirely unnecessary." He looked about, he was not the least bit surprised by their reactions, it was the first time the must have ever witnessed such a phenomenon. While he was indeed a Pariah, on the scale by which potency of a Pariah's effects are judged, he was among the highest. With much weaker varieties known as blanks, the most they would feel is slight unease, and discomfort. The more potent it became though, they more the Pariah would be noticed and possibly killed due to fear of it, unless intervened by an outside party.

Osiris nodded, to Thada, "Good," He also took note of Ursea having a similar air of compliance, something he needed from them all," I Apologize, but it was needed. If you are to work with me, you must know what I am."

He also noted the Zephirus, or whichever personality of the malfunctioning synthetic had seemed to act in an aggressive manner, the Vis seemingly decided against that course of action, which was good as it would lead nowhere good.

Neal's reaction was all too familiar though, it was like a trip to a previous life before  he had become the enhanced soldier he was now. "Freakshow, maybe. I am something that is needed when we deal with psionics, the side affect is what you felt just now. I am one of the more potent of my kind, so people have more adverse reactions to it, making this head-band necessary."

He heard Freya's question and figured this would help everyone understand a bit more, "You are all connected in some way to the energies that make Psionic ability possible, whether its telepathy... or some other ability, it is due to these mental energies. This also means, through mutation and exposure you could develop them, possibly in unpredictable ways."

Khrelan also had a very good question, a skill they would need to even go into combat with him if they needed his abilities. "That is something that can be taught, you all have never experienced it before, it can be resisted as long as you do not develop psionic abilities. It would be a similar to how one resists telepathy, except focusing on something other than my presence, repeated exposure will help you develop immunity on your own, the feeling will never go away, but you can have less of a reaction to it. We can arrange for training between missions, if anyone needs it."

Finally it seemed that the doctor recovered, "Ailuin, because you are a telepath, being near me without my inhibitor will always be debilitating, in combat if I need to remove it, you will have to stay a distance from me, roughly 15 meters. This will allow you to still use your abilities without issue." He figured he had answered enough about himself, now onto the orks.

He enabled the holo-projector, that began showing images of orks and relevant information on them, detailed pictures on their anatomy and bone structure showed. "Now why this is relevant to the mission, Orks, they are also a naturally psionic race."

"All orks have a slightly reality changing gestalt field, it helps their technology to work when it shouldn't, mere belief by orks affects reality itself. This itself is problematic, but when I spoke about psionic energies, it can be thought of as a collective whole, an entire dimension made up of this mental energy, affected by all sentient races in some small capacity." He said as he looked at them.

"The rapid reproducing physiology of the orks,  their warlike nature, and genetically ingrained ability to work with and produce moderately functional technology is a danger. However their ability to affect and define this realm of psionic energy could have lasting and devastating effects on all known life. So even if war with them is somehow survived, the after effects could damage reality." He explained as more images appeared.

"This mission is two-pronged, one we must disable the ork war machine, and two it must be done before lasting damage is caused to this psionic realm. This other dimension would eventually be discovered by your species anyways, but the orks gaining full use of it first could be damaging." He finished with, it was a lot to absorb and had concepts that had not even been gleaned at by the sciences of the major sentient species yet. It was best to tell them though, as understanding would help.

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« Reply #44 on: March 08, 2017, 09:40:01 PM »
Neal, still recovering from the horror he witnessed, composed himself and put away his knife. He then listened intently as Osiris gave them the rundown. He could understand the preemptive strike to cripple their military capability, but the other part, the lecture on reality-bending psionics was not something he expected or really versed in. He was going to need to question Osiris further on this species' psionics if he was going to be able to use his talents effectively.

"Okay" Neal said "How exactly does their psionics work? Is this ability to will thing's to work passive or an act of will?"

Osiris then looked at Neal, he could tell he was a bit confused as to the nature of psionics, especially with regards to the ork. He brought up a few charts for reference to the effects.

Then Osiris spoke, "It is entirely Passive, they are not consciously aware of it, if that were possible...they would be rather unstoppable. It mostly affects the function of their technology as you will see, and it causes their beliefs to be true for them. The effect is only noticeable in orks, and attempts to use something they make not in the immediate presence of orks can have mixed results."

Aesen then chimed in quickly, "An example for you all, say a group of orks is in the a transport vehicle, and its almost out of fuel. Its running on fumes, and an ork notices it and says something. However the bigger more alpha ork in the group disagrees and says it is full, he punches the smaller ork and threatens the ones who disagree. He is bigger and stronger so they believe him, and suddenly the transport acts as if the tank is full, its fuel efficiency multiplies exponentially, allowing them to finish their trip without pause."
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« Reply #45 on: March 09, 2017, 01:15:27 AM »
"An example for you all, say a group of orks is in the a transport vehicle, and its almost out of fuel. Its running on fumes, and an ork notices it and says something. However the bigger more alpha ork in the group disagrees and says it is full, he punches the smaller ork and threatens the ones who disagree. He is bigger and stronger so they believe him, and suddenly the transport acts as if the tank is full, its fuel efficiency multiplies exponentially, allowing them to finish their trip without pause."
Khrelan simply blinked. Something like this was... unheard of. At least in regards to what little he knew about the galaxy.

"Wait....what? So, let me get this straight. Their collective belief... bends reality? Does that work with...eh...say broken or jammed weaponry? Or can they pull ammo from empty pockets? Or...can a vehicle go faster simply because it's painted red?"

That simply would not make any sort of sense.

"And you say that this sort of 'damage to the laws of physics' can become permanent? That would be ... yeah, that would be very dangerous."

He scratched his head in disbelief. That was all so hard to accept...

"Can their collective belief break our weapons, or vehicles, or any sort of device we use?"

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« Reply #46 on: March 09, 2017, 02:22:26 AM »
Zeph looked towards Osiris, and almost immediately, the crystal turned orange once more. For the slightest flicker of an instant, a look of pure...rapt adoration and excitement crossed Zeph's face.

Zephirus looked forward impassively, commenting only with "Impressive. I fully understand the need for such a strike team, now. You have our full support in ending this menace to the stars." In his unnerving and threatening tone

Generally, Zeph took control to prevent Zephirus from doing anything rash. As of this moment, however, Zeph was a maelstrom of emotions ranging from the sadness of "Let them live! We've no right to terminate such an awesome and amazing existence!" to the pure raging euphoria of "Finally! Finally! The universe finally makes gently-carressing sense! I told you it was all an illusion, Zephirus, I told you!"

To prevent Zeph from begging Osiris on his knees to reconsider the mission...to prevent Zeph from saying or doing anything idiotic...Zephirus remained in control until their combined rationality could stem Zeph's insanity. It was an event that rarely occurred, but such was the pact made between them that any personality with the higher rationality would be the one to control the body. It was a testament to how much Zeph loved the idea of the Orks that the murderous and psychopathic Zephirus was the more rational personality.

"Shush." Zephirus ordered to Zeph, as he spoke, "I must ask, then. Can we even kill them? If their belief can bend reality, and their belief happens to be 'I must continue fighting', it doesn't seem likely that blood loss would even be noticed."

Zephirus looked towards Osiris, his murderous intent and pure apathy towards all of creation radiating towards all present in the room. Life should not exist, least of all life that threatens the impartiality of reality.

"How can we kill that which does not believe it should die?"
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Re: Frontier: Cold Shock
« Reply #47 on: March 10, 2017, 07:24:01 PM »
In response to Osiris' comments about being 15 meters away, The Doctor nodded. At this point he took his hand off his head, only to wipe his mouth and put his arm back on the table "That shouldn't be a problem. I'm more of a support role anyhow".

Ailuin remained silent while listening to Osiris' explanation of the Orks. The explanation leaving much to be desired. After this was done he made a mental note to gather all the files from Aeson that he could procure. He did however find the reality altering portions disturbing enough to warrant a comment. "So you are saying these creatures break even the most fundamental laws of our universe. Physically thats impossible. Quantumly probable... yet still insane. Theoretically, I don't even want to think about it." The Doctor pausing for a moment "Though, given this data, and what just happened... I am more inclined at the moment to believe you."

At which point Zephirus began speaking, raising an excellent point on how we could even kill such a threat.

"Biological Warfare is always an option." The Doctor began "You know, kill it without making it realize its dying"
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« Reply #48 on: March 10, 2017, 09:11:18 PM »
Osiris shook his head, "Let me explain further, they cannot will themselves to not die, they are not aware of their gestalt field. They do not entirely bend the laws of physics they supplement them with their psionics. Their technology and beliefs work because of their passive psionic ability. There are Psionics in their number that have powers that do in fact bend reality, I believe the most accurate description is magic, that is what it will seem like."

He looked at them and returned his gaze to the holo-display. "Orks are not themselves a threat to reality, the psionic realm that they pull their abilities from could become destabilized if they continue to rampage unchecked. When the psionic realm becomes destabilized it could break through to reality, then the laws of physics will be compromised."

"The orks by themselves won't cause this unless they spread too far, if we destabilize their command structure, they will keep their own population in check, and by the time a new leader emerges to unite them, your civilizations should have advanced far enough to be on more even ground with them." He said as he pulled up an image detailing a few effects their psionics can have, detailing how their weapons are made functional through the gestalt belief.

Osiris pointed to some ork weapon schematics, they were very simple, and seemed to use basic ballistic concepts, "Orks typically use ballistic weapons, however they also can use energy weapons if they build them themselves or steal them. From the image shown, you can see this gun would fire normally, if a bit unwieldy due to the calibers and lack of recoil reduction," then the image changed to something that was clearly missing key components to be functional, little more than a few random springs and some bolts, " In the hands of an ork this weapon will fire, because they believe it will. Their gestalt field makes whatever item they use, regardless of it it should, work due to the belief it should. This passive ability has limits though, if they became aware the gun shouldn't be functional, it would cease to operate."

He shut the image off, "Biological warfare will only work on them if it is virulent enough to entirely wipe out the surface of a planet they are on. Something more directed will only result in immunity, you might kill a good amount but the result will be even harder to kill orks. Any world orks land on, will eventually become infested without proper cleansing of territory they landed on."

Aesen chimed, "I feel the best learning experience will come when you encounter them, it should be rather educational. I will grant access to documentation we have on them, so feel free to browse it."

Osiris nodded, " I believe I shall conclude this briefing, We will be heading to a point of interest soon, we have some information that a very small exploratory group of orks are heading for a planet. We will head their to find out what has their interest, and wipe them out. Dismissed."

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« Reply #49 on: March 11, 2017, 12:23:29 AM »
Zephirus looked around the group. He wasn't especially good at small-talk when he didn't have a motivation, and he honestly couldn't care less about the fools onboard, but...

He needed to make an impression. He needed to show strength. He needed to establish dominance.

He stood up, stalking past Khrelan, Neal, and Thada slowly on his way to Ailuin. He slid his hand on each of their chairs, very nearly (but not quite) touching each of the mercenaries as he breached each of their personal spaces (most races have a roughly equivalent 'personal space' area). He deliberately slid his hand quickly on one of the chairs while Neal was still turning so as to allow the human to bump into his fingers, hopefully it would freak the human out.

"Doctor," He spoke, ignoring Khrelan's winces and the stares of the others, "would you like to examine the Ork physiology data with me? I fear as though we're the only ones on board who would truly benefit from the information..."

He turned his head, slightly, almost as if acknowledging the others in the room. If any of them challenged him to a fight, he would take them on and trounce them. He could win against any of them...so long as he kept his distance and never actually went for a solid blow.

Khrelan would rip him to shreds if allowed, but a sparring match was not a death match. Zephirus knew his endurance would probably outlast the Taurgit if he consumed an entire battery before the fight, so he could tire Khrelan out to the point of exhaustion by simply dodging every blow until the Taurgit let his guard down.

Neal was more an issue. He would take largely the same strategy, but the man's training and endurance would take hours, if not an entire day to whittle down. He would have to take as many cheap shots as possible to the human's vital areas starting an hour or so into the fight, goading the man into breaking his composure. If he messed up even once, Neal could snap off his limbs...and that would be the end of that.

Thada was the biggest issue. He didn't think that he was fast enough to evade the Iko if he were ever to actually exchange blows. He would have to actually just run, dodge, and evade like his life depended on it while never actually throwing a punch. If he played his cards right and cheated a little...he could get the Iko to start relying on insufficient oxygen inhales, which would hasten the process of exhausting Thada. He remembered all of the Iko vitals, and with enough force he could probably strike them hard enough to enrage him to the point that the sparring match would have to be called off for risk of lethal force. It wouldn't be a physical victory, but it would be an intellectual one.

Of course, the best possible scenario was that none of them challenged him to a fight. As long as he provoked them unassumingly and individually (he didn't think the Kaveni saw him slide his hand across the chairs, so it might seem like an overreaction if one of them stepped up to him right now...), and he didn't actually instigate a fight, he would have both the moral high ground and a position of dominance. They would hopefully stop pestering him so much...
"You accept darkness, yet choose to live in the light. So why is it that you loathe us who teeter on the edge of nothing? We, who were turned away by both light and dark - never given a choice?"