Riveting tale, Chap

[Yaoquizque]

Masakazu Toki was somewhat confused.
Confused by this woman insisting on calling him 'Mazazuzu honey'.
Confused by her insistence on getting a ship despite him explaining her again and again they weren't quite in position to sell vessels to foreigners right now.
Confused even more by those provocative clothing she was wearing.

He gave a furtive glance at her again, and then at the man accompanying her.
That one didn't seem to enjoy the situation either.

He had quite some difficulty to make her introduce herself properly. All she said first was "I'm Concordia!".
Was that even a name?
When she eventually said she was born in Baffin, he somewhat understood.

He heard some tales about some weirdos living there... Worshiping some kind of nonsensical deity.
Either way...

He shook his head and finally asked them to follow him. Maybe that was a good occasion to get rid of that useless thing taking space in hangar 23.
They finally faced what seemed to be a brand new T-493-B.

The girl opened her eyes wide, beaming.
"Whooooooo... So shiny!"
"Hai... She never really served"
"Ohh? Why is that, love?"
"Hmm.. It's the result of a project we worked on with the help of Kishiro technologies... The result of all that work was however unusable and unreliable, sadly."
"Rmm?" meanwhile, the girl came closer to the vessel and started to caress the hull.

A voice apparently coming from nowhere started to talk angrily in Kusarian, making her yelp in surprise. She quickly beat a retreat and hid behind Logan.
"Uhuhhh... What was that?!"
"Hmm.."

Masakazu was chuckling silently, rather amused by that fuss. He however eventually sighed.
"That is what i was talking about, miss. This vessel is a prototype. Inside its shell lives an autonomous intelligence. Hmm... Her name is Fune."
"Fuuune?" Her head appeared on the top of Logan's shoulder. She glanced at the ship and then at Masakazu. "There is a fairy living inside?"
"That's an AI, lass."
"Eye...Iiii..."
"C'mon... You do that on purpose?"
"Noooo? She can hear me anyway?"
"Hai... She can."

The girl left her shelter and walked slowly towards the ship.
"Hellooo? Fuuune? I'm Concordia?"

Masakazu suddendly took his pad and mumbled "Oh for the love of..."
He then headed to the exit, still staring at his datapad, and saying to Logan "Ahem... I have something important to take care off... My apologies... I will be back in no time. Hmm... Just stay here and... Whatever you do... Don't enter in that ship."
Logan watched him leaving. He shrugged and mumbled "Sure whatever. More time to spend with that brat. Don't try to help me."

When he turned around he saw her entering in the Kaichou using its airlock...

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