Lieutenant JG Leran Perax- Return to Base
Peregrine Falcon
They had nearly gotten Maramox all the way down the slope when a large parrot-like bird landed on their knee and looked at the various team members. Unlike the previous animals, the bird had eyes, but the eyes were on stalks protruding from the bird’s wings.
Perax: This place keeps getting weirder. I keep expecting a white rabbit with a pocket watch. ::he noticed the confused looks he got:: I had a friend at the Academy. She insisted that I read classic Earth literature. It was enjoyable mostly.
Yirah: I'm not too familiar with classic Earth literature.
Lystra: I understood that reference! My people borrow everything from all cultures, so I’ve dived into the ship’s database about Earth culture more than a few times. Their literature is as fun as it is…odd. Sometimes.
Yirah: I did once try a holo-novel based on what I was told was originally an Earth book.
Lystra: Ooh, which one? What was it about?
Perax was interested too. oO What would be the only earth literature he read, probably something scientific Oo
Yirah: It took place in 19th century England. During that time marrying someone with monetary wealth was very important. So this mom is trying to get her daughters wealthy husbands but it's made even more difficult with the zombie outbreak.
oO or not scientific Oo
Lystra: Zombies are a weird concept.
Perax: ::he whinced slightly:: I’ve never been fond of the horror genre. I prefer suspense, though I found a couple authors that could successfully sit on the edge of the two genres.
Yirah: Interesting that we haven't scared the bird. Maybe it's used to larger creatures, or we don't remind it of any predators that it may have.
Lystra: Hmm, true. Could it be that it’s used to bipedal creatures because of whomever else is on this planet with us?
Perax: It’s possible that it is used to another bipedal species, but it’s more likely that it simply has no reason to fear us.
Yirah: response
Lystra: I hope that it’s not a carrion eater and thinks Maramox is dead. Should we risk trying to move with it sitting on him like that?
Yirah: response
Perax: Well, he hasn’t moved so far. We might be able to risk moving them both further.
Lystra: I could fire a few shots in the air to try and scare it away, but who knows if that’ll work or incite it to bite one of you. ::she looked closer and shook her head:: That thing’s got a lot of teeth and ::she shined the torch on it, which made the eye stalks look her way:: I think there’s venom in those fangs. Or it just drools, but it looks like those teeth have something dripping out of them.
Perax: ::he pulled out his tricorder while balancing Maramox’s legs in one hand extremely briefly:: the bird is strange. ::he glanced at the readings:: the nervous system is unique to say the least. The feathers seem to contain chrondite, and the drool is Lysozyme, which the tricorder claims is a natural animal produced antibiotic. ::he put up the tricorder and took Maramox’s legs in his hands again::
Yirah: response
Lystra: Like you said, this place is weird. Do you two think you can walk with its extra weight? The longer we stand here the heavier he's gonna get.
Clamping his mouth shut to avoid pedantically correcting the statement about how weight worked, he simply focused on keeping the young doctor’s weight even.
Perax: A more detailed scan can be done later. We need to keep moving. I don’t like the idea of whoever attacked us finding us again while we are weighed down. Somehow I don’t think they have stopped watching us.
His eyes darted around the darkness. A flash of lightning illuminated the area. Some trees bearing fruits stood on the edge of the trail.
Yirah/Lystra: response
Perax finally heard the sound of running and gushing water as the path widened again into the geyser valley.
Perax: I can see the runabout. Let’s make sure not to step on any of the geyser spouts.
Yirah/Lystra: response
Walking and staggering slightly around the geysers, they finally got to the runabout. They entered and placed Maramox on the single biobed.
Once his hands were free, Perax walked to the weapons crates Lystra had brought onboard and grudgingly took a dolphin phaser. He brought the Aquila phaser back to Lystra.
Perax: here’s your phaser back. I got one out of the crate. ::he showed her the dolphin while handing the Aquila back to her.:: How is the Doc?
Yirah/Lystra: response