Once Awake

[Jazzi]

21:01:47 - 16.02.823 A.S

Fort Leniex

Vespucci

A woman was standing at the windows of the observation deck, holding a cocktail glass in one hand and stirring it's contents with a stick in the other. The occasional static burst of the Leniex cloud lit up the blue shade of her dinner dress. Lost in her own world of thought, her eyes looked out, unblinking, as if focussing on an apparition or spectre.

The sound of boots walking on metal broke her out of the transfixion and with a sigh she brought the glass to her lips. Velvet Martini. Not bad. She turned her head slightly to see who was interrupting her train of thought. "Ah, Good Day Dear." Taking another sip, she brought her focus back onto the cloud.

"The Commonwealth Gala, whilst initially an intriguing little celebration of your peoples efforts, became terribly boring. So... uptight, formal, regulated. It's saving grace were the drinks, so much so I brought one with me in the shuttle." Holding out the glass to her side to make the point, she placed it on the square railings just prior to the clear observation windows. "I did, however, learn something interesting from one of your rather intoxicated commanders."

"It seems what happened to the Battlecast, whilst in proximity to that Artificial Intelligence Minerva, is not an isolated incident. This concerns me my dear... it seems the Legion has a history of dealing with AI and, more importantly, not containing them." She turned around to face him, moving some hair out of her eyes that had slipped out of her well-organised bun. "April the first, Eight-One-Eight after settlement. A Legion capital vessel looses control and slow-crashes into the corona of California's star. Add to this event the very same thing happening to the Battlecast and the fact you've told me there is an AI named Joyeuse 'contained' somewhere within this station and you have my negative attention."

"Dear, are you going to level with me about what is going on here?"

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