Berapli - Fluttering Wings
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Aitas
Mar 11, 2026, 5:48:51 PM (3 days ago) Mar 11
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((Turei Scout Ship Starshell, Underspace corridors))
((OOC jumped to some of Berapli’s more recent tags, still recovering a bit over here))
Berapli had fallen quiet as she’d flown the Starshell out from the collapsing corridor, seeking not to destroy the small, fragile vessel that accompanied her as she did so. They seemed to be doing well enough, given the limits of their sturdiness and size.
It was not well enough that she could spare attention from her piloting, that she had words to share beyond the information already passed on. There were many voices on that little vessel, and only herself, and the memories, on hers. The sigils glowed still upon her chair, though their color had shifted to a soft shade of green.
It was underspace in full; it would be a worry should they go out.
And then, finally, matters stilled. She let the Starshell circle around the intersection of underspace, awaiting whatever argument or decision the Federation made. She could wait, for a time.
She did not wait forever.
Berapli: =/\= The paths around us seem stable for the moment. Best not to linger. =/\=
She wondered, again, how much sense they could truly make of underspace. If they could understand the ebb and flow of it so quickly.
Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Berapli: =/\= I have aided you thus far, but I will only wait upon you for so long. =/\=
She tapped a series of commands in and a deep, slow chime began to sound.
Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Berapli: =/\= Tell me what route you wish to follow and I will accompany you. =/\=
Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Berapli: =/\= These paths should be calmer, now. The Vaadwaur may destabilize them, but there are still few among them who can do so. And not all their ships are so swift, or so sturdy as not to care.=/\=
Some of the ships were new; some were older. Berapli had not cared for the details much beyond that. The Vaadwaur vessels would destroy her if she was caught; the speed of their missiles and density of their hulls would only determine how quick that death was.
Varati/Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Berapli: =/\= They consider us vermin of a sort. Would you set your house alight to chase out a pest? =/\=
It was only after she asked the question that she wondered if perhaps they might. The Federation had seemed given to strange possibilities and alliances; who was she to say for sure what they might do.
Another set of commands and the chimes grew quieter. Beyond the edge of much hearing, perhaps, but they still vibrated through Berapli’s bones.
Varati/Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Berapli: =/\= Stay close. You can grapple to the Starshell if you must, if your vessel would survive it. =/\=
She made her ship still, or as much so as it might in the space within which it rested. The Starshell almost seemed to flutter, with the smallest bursts from its engines to keep it stable.
Varati/Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Tag/TBC
((OOC jumped to some of Berapli’s more recent tags, still recovering a bit over here))
Berapli had fallen quiet as she’d flown the Starshell out from the collapsing corridor, seeking not to destroy the small, fragile vessel that accompanied her as she did so. They seemed to be doing well enough, given the limits of their sturdiness and size.
It was not well enough that she could spare attention from her piloting, that she had words to share beyond the information already passed on. There were many voices on that little vessel, and only herself, and the memories, on hers. The sigils glowed still upon her chair, though their color had shifted to a soft shade of green.
It was underspace in full; it would be a worry should they go out.
And then, finally, matters stilled. She let the Starshell circle around the intersection of underspace, awaiting whatever argument or decision the Federation made. She could wait, for a time.
She did not wait forever.
Berapli: =/\= The paths around us seem stable for the moment. Best not to linger. =/\=
She wondered, again, how much sense they could truly make of underspace. If they could understand the ebb and flow of it so quickly.
Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Berapli: =/\= I have aided you thus far, but I will only wait upon you for so long. =/\=
She tapped a series of commands in and a deep, slow chime began to sound.
Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Berapli: =/\= Tell me what route you wish to follow and I will accompany you. =/\=
Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Berapli: =/\= These paths should be calmer, now. The Vaadwaur may destabilize them, but there are still few among them who can do so. And not all their ships are so swift, or so sturdy as not to care.=/\=
Some of the ships were new; some were older. Berapli had not cared for the details much beyond that. The Vaadwaur vessels would destroy her if she was caught; the speed of their missiles and density of their hulls would only determine how quick that death was.
Varati/Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Berapli: =/\= They consider us vermin of a sort. Would you set your house alight to chase out a pest? =/\=
It was only after she asked the question that she wondered if perhaps they might. The Federation had seemed given to strange possibilities and alliances; who was she to say for sure what they might do.
Another set of commands and the chimes grew quieter. Beyond the edge of much hearing, perhaps, but they still vibrated through Berapli’s bones.
Varati/Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Berapli: =/\= Stay close. You can grapple to the Starshell if you must, if your vessel would survive it. =/\=
She made her ship still, or as much so as it might in the space within which it rested. The Starshell almost seemed to flutter, with the smallest bursts from its engines to keep it stable.
Varati/Iko/Moore/Rosek-Skyfire: =/\= Response =/\=
Tag/TBC
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