The Dark Journal

[Nyctophilia]

Date - 09.09.825 A.S.
Location - Freeport 11
Log Author - "Nyctophilia"

I... I can't describe what happened today, it was... Something other. But I'm sure I was never happy as today. And that's not an emotional happiness, that's something... Deep down within me.

I was just flying in the Omicrons, and then I stumbled upon Melia and Kimiko... She didn't recognized me from first, maybe because I've obtained a new ship.

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[09.09.2018 15:36:54] Gossamer: Nycto?
[09.09.2018 15:37:00] Nyctophilia: Hi!
[09.09.2018 15:37:15] Vagrant.Melia: "We have you now, darkling."
[09.09.2018 15:37:58] Nyctophilia: That was a bit rude...
[09.09.2018 15:38:14] Gossamer: Well, here we are, together.
[09.09.2018 15:38:30] Nyctophilia: I hope you don't mind me joining your company?
[09.09.2018 15:38:32] Vagrant.Melia: "Curiosity. Yours have changed shells."
[09.09.2018 15:39:03] Nyctophilia: Y-Yeah. This ship is more compatible to my needs than the previous one.
[09.09.2018 15:40:04] Nyctophilia: If you want some privacy, I can leave you two alone, no problem.
[09.09.2018 15:40:19] Gossamer: Well, she just brought me here to this system. Not sure why, yet.
[09.09.2018 15:40:50] Gossamer: But, I trusst we'll find out.
[09.09.2018 15:40:54] Gossamer: Trust, even.
[09.09.2018 15:41:12] Vagrant.Melia: *It begins to vibrantly energize again.*
[09.09.2018 15:41:13] 2018-09-09 15:41:12 SMT  WARNING: A hyperspace breach is being opened by Vagrant.Melia
[09.09.2018 15:41:18] /time
[09.09.2018 15:41:18] 2018-09-09 15:41:18 SMT
[09.09.2018 15:41:31] Nyctophilia: Oh, we're going somewhere again?
[09.09.2018 15:41:36] Gossamer: I love this part...
[09.09.2018 15:41:49] Jumping...

And... We were jumping again. I still wonder why they do that, but Melia said that it's their purpose. Whyever she does that, I'm enjoying it. We were in Liberty, in the very center of Gallia, in Sigmas, Taus, Omicrons, a border of Gallia, Liberty again... And we even managed to jump past the Razgriz Abyss! And that was the moment when Melia, for some reason, became really scared. She even hid behind us.

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[09.09.2018 16:15:53] Nyctophilia: Wow.
[09.09.2018 16:15:56] Nyctophilia: The Razgriz Abyss.
[09.09.2018 16:16:09] /time
[09.09.2018 16:16:09] 2018-09-09 16:16:09 SMT
[09.09.2018 16:16:20] Vagrant.Melia: "We have lept past the devourer."
[09.09.2018 16:16:44] Gossamer: Such an impressive force of nature.
[09.09.2018 16:17:45] Gossamer: This tour of ours is calming, somehow.
[09.09.2018 16:17:49] Nyctophilia: This is just... Something.
[09.09.2018 16:17:50] Vagrant.Melia: "Its grip is small, but its strength is absolute."
[09.09.2018 16:18:03] Gossamer: Not even light escapes it...
[09.09.2018 16:18:26] Gossamer: I've always wondered what's on the other side of an event horizon.
[09.09.2018 16:18:34] Nyctophilia: Nothing.
[09.09.2018 16:18:40] Vagrant.Melia: "Fear. We will be forced to compensate for its presence."
[09.09.2018 16:19:56] Gossamer: Will you be okay to jump, Melia?
[09.09.2018 16:20:13] Nyctophilia: The few things you're afraid of? The nature of space itself?
[09.09.2018 16:20:46] Vagrant.Melia: *The emotional aura is genuine.*
[09.09.2018 16:21:29] Nyctophilia: You're even hiding behind us... That's unusual. You might be understanding more than we do.
[09.09.2018 16:21:36] Gossamer: *Unsure of anything related to telepathy, Kimiko tries to still her mind and appear as a calming presence. She tries to comfort and reassure Melia.*
[09.09.2018 16:22:08] /time
[09.09.2018 16:22:08] 2018-09-09 16:22:07 SMT
[09.09.2018 16:22:47] Vagrant.Melia: *It takes notice of the attempt but it is hardly effective.*
[09.09.2018 16:23:15] Vagrant.Melia: "We must swim with care, or it will trap us."

We decided to head on to Alpha, should have been a more safer place for us. And... This is where things started have turned gradually.

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[09.09.2018 16:36:41] Gossamer: We return to light.
[09.09.2018 16:36:51] Vagrant.Melia: *Its perception turns from wariness to a degree of calm.*
[09.09.2018 16:37:05] Nyctophilia: Reminds me that locals aren't in peace with the Order anymore.
[09.09.2018 16:37:48] Gossamer: *She breathes a sigh of relief at Melia's calming down*
[09.09.2018 16:39:06] Nyctophilia: Still makes me think that your perception goes way beyond ours.
[09.09.2018 16:39:20] Gossamer: It must.
[09.09.2018 16:39:43] Vagrant.Melia: "We were forged to wander the voids. We must be prepared to do so."
[09.09.2018 16:39:50] Gossamer: But... maybe we can learn.
[09.09.2018 16:41:16] Gossamer: Oh, how I would love to dance among the stars one day...
[09.09.2018 16:41:31] Nyctophilia: Well, they've already told me that I know who they are... So I don't bother.
[09.09.2018 16:42:06] Nyctophilia: The best time is to enjoy their company.
[09.09.2018 16:42:33] Nyctophilia: Well, don't we just dance among the stars?
[09.09.2018 16:42:49] Nyctophilia: With her - yes.
[09.09.2018 16:43:27] Gossamer: But to feel the stars beyond what we can in these forms?
[09.09.2018 16:43:38] Gossamer: Feel the solar wind wash over.
[09.09.2018 16:44:24] Vagrant.Melia: "Darklings are ill prepared. Yet they still attempt."
[09.09.2018 16:45:06] Nyctophilia: If you wish for something like this - sure, be my guest.
[09.09.2018 16:45:34] Gossamer: *She smiles* The Light is warm.
[09.09.2018 16:45:51] Nyctophilia: My one and only wish ever since I've met Melia was to be happy. The happiness I've felt the moment I met her...
[09.09.2018 16:46:18] Nyctophilia: It's inexpressible.
[09.09.2018 16:46:44] Nyctophilia: But she must know.
[09.09.2018 16:46:52] Vagrant.Melia: "It was but a moment."
[09.09.2018 16:47:23] Gossamer: What happened?
[09.09.2018 16:47:34] Nyctophilia: Alas, just a moment to experience something like this. A moment that I remembered for the rest of my life.
[09.09.2018 16:47:37] Vagrant.Melia: "A single shift of thoughts among the great song."
[09.09.2018 16:47:42] Nyctophilia: She... She showed me herself.
[09.09.2018 16:48:12] Nyctophilia: And she told me everything I wanted to know.
[09.09.2018 16:48:31] Gossamer: I... what can I do to have this?
[09.09.2018 16:49:00] Nyctophilia: I just helped them, in a way.
[09.09.2018 16:49:26] Nyctophilia: You... She will speak for herself.
[09.09.2018 16:50:45] Vagrant.Melia: "If the darkling truly seeks closeness, it must embrace the Light in mind and form. Yet, we may still touch it before then."
[09.09.2018 16:51:47] Gossamer: How can I touch it?
[09.09.2018 16:52:45] Vagrant.Melia: "Seek focus. Seek calm. We shall reach."
[09.09.2018 16:53:25] Gossamer: May we try now, or should this wait?
[09.09.2018 16:54:37] /time
[09.09.2018 16:54:37] 2018-09-09 16:54:37 SMT
[09.09.2018 16:54:47] Nyctophilia: You've answered your own question.
[09.09.2018 16:55:10] Gossamer: Alright. So, calm. I can do that.
[09.09.2018 16:55:40] Vagrant.Melia: *Melia's form seems to dim substantially. It has retreated inward, for the moment.*
[09.09.2018 16:55:44] Gossamer: *She removes her flight suit and steps away from the cockpit. She disables her comms and artificial gravity, stripping down to undergarments and choosing to float like a ragdoll in the main cabin. She closes her eyes and stills her mind, calming down.*
[09.09.2018 16:56:54] Vagrant.Melia: * It begins to glow again, but it is a distinctly softer tone than when it was carving through hyperspace.*
[09.09.2018 16:57:41] Gossamer: *Kimi's mind floats in space, waiting to be visited*
[09.09.2018 16:58:23] Nyctophilia: *Nycto begins to feel something reminiscent, yet she doesn't understands what.*
[09.09.2018 16:58:39] Vagrant.Melia: *Slowly, steadily, in focus, it begins to reach for the presence of the ferry pilot.*
[09.09.2018 16:59:22] Vagrant.Melia: *It would begin to attempt to wrap around the senses of them, to establish a deeper connection of thought.*
[09.09.2018 16:59:51] Gossamer: *Kimi's mind sputters and glows like a young ember in the first coals of a fire, fully embracing the influence of Melia*
[09.09.2018 16:59:56] Vagrant.Melia: *It would also seek Nycto's presence, if they were so inclined.*
[09.09.2018 17:00:52] Nyctophilia: *Nycto was still trying to find out what was this feeling about. She tried to focus on it more and more.*
[09.09.2018 17:00:54] Bernard.1: Contact
[09.09.2018 17:01:20] Bernard.1: We got a nomad here eh?
[09.09.2018 17:01:44] Gossamer: *The pilot is completely unaware of the bomber's presence*
[09.09.2018 17:01:55] Bernard.1: Time to toast some alien
[09.09.2018 17:02:00] Bernard.1: Weapons are online
[09.09.2018 17:02:01] Vagrant.Melia: *The approach of the Outcast fighter has disrupted the focus. All snaps back to its original place.*
[09.09.2018 17:02:10] Vagrant.Melia: "Hasty child.''
[09.09.2018 17:02:24] Gossamer: *She wakes up, rushing to the pilot's seat* W-what?
[09.09.2018 17:02:51] Nyctophilia: *Nycto refocuses on the reality, noticing how her automated systems had turned on the outcast*
[09.09.2018 17:03:10] Nyctophilia: Well...
[09.09.2018 17:03:14] Death: Romanov was put out of action by RNC-Schweinfurt (Gun).
[09.09.2018 17:03:16] Gossamer: Is... is it gone?
[09.09.2018 17:03:24] Nyctophilia: Rush decisions - rush death.
[09.09.2018 17:03:49] Vagrant.Melia: "It sought to disturb. The orange child has been extinguished."
[09.09.2018 17:04:12] Gossamer: Should we go somewhere more... secluded?
[09.09.2018 17:04:16] Nyctophilia: Yes.
[09.09.2018 17:04:17] Vagrant.Melia: "We must seek the depths."
[09.09.2018 17:04:19] 2018-09-09 17:04:19 SMT  WARNING: A hyperspace breach is being opened by Vagrant.Melia
[09.09.2018 17:04:43] Nyctophilia: For a second I thought that... I'll pass out again, like the last time.
[09.09.2018 17:04:45] Vagrant.Melia: *It continues to vibrantly illuminate, focusing its energy to jump again.*
[09.09.2018 17:04:58] Jumping...

Someone always interrupts us in one way or another. But this time... Nobody could ever interrupt us again. We were alone, secluded, far away from Sirius. And she was still with us.

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[09.09.2018 17:06:19] Nyctophilia: Uh... I've got a bad feeling about this.
[09.09.2018 17:06:23] Gossamer: I... don't have this mapped anywhere.
[09.09.2018 17:06:28] Nyctophilia: This is not Sirius.
[09.09.2018 17:06:35] Vagrant.Melia: "We have broken free, once more."
[09.09.2018 17:06:40] Gossamer: Is this deep space?
[09.09.2018 17:07:04] Nyctophilia: Uhm... I'd suggest going to the Sun or jumping away as soon as possible.
[09.09.2018 17:07:15] Nyctophilia: You do remember what happened the last time, Melia?
[09.09.2018 17:07:21] Vagrant.Melia: "We do."
[09.09.2018 17:07:53] Vagrant.Melia: "We are better disposed this time. We shall approach."
[09.09.2018 17:08:03] Nyctophilia: Yeah.
[09.09.2018 17:08:13] Nyctophilia: Uhm, Kimiko?
[09.09.2018 17:08:48] Gossamer: *She shakes her head.* Yeah, sorry. Spaced out.
[09.09.2018 17:08:58] Nyctophilia: Don't you...
[09.09.2018 17:09:09] Nyctophilia: I've already seen one passing out here.
[09.09.2018 17:09:27] Nyctophilia: Or spacing out, rather.
[09.09.2018 17:09:40] Vagrant.Melia: "We shall attempt again once we have reached the star."
[09.09.2018 17:09:51] Gossamer: That's a long way.
[09.09.2018 17:10:08] Vagrant.Melia: "We shall endure."
[09.09.2018 17:10:38] Gossamer: *She nods* We always do.
[09.09.2018 17:12:47] Gossamer: I've never been this deep in space before.
[09.09.2018 17:12:59] Nyctophilia: I was only once. And with Melia.
[09.09.2018 17:16:25] Gossamer: Almost there.
[09.09.2018 17:16:30] Vagrant.Melia: *It begins to settle into position some distance from the star.*
[09.09.2018 17:17:35] Nyctophilia: Seems like she's alright...
[09.09.2018 17:17:50] Gossamer: We're ready.

It was the most fitting moment for something like this. And it wasn't as sudden as before... Maybe because I've experienced it already or I wasn't in a hasty mood. But I still had thoughts about how this whole situation is completely absurd.

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[09.09.2018 17:18:03] Vagrant.Melia: *It begins to dim again, going through the process of focusing itself like last time.*
[09.09.2018 17:18:09] /time
[09.09.2018 17:18:09] 2018-09-09 17:18:09 SMT
[09.09.2018 17:18:44] Gossamer: *Kimi resumes her previous position and behavior*
[09.09.2018 17:19:12] Nyctophilia: *Nycto relaxes in her pilot chair, staring into the stars and trying to catch that reminiscent feeling.*
[09.09.2018 17:19:48] Vagrant.Melia: *Having refocused itself, it again attempts to reach out to the two pilots. Hopefully this time without interference of combat.
[09.09.2018 17:20:33] Vagrant.Melia: *It tries to wrap around their presence, as before.*
[09.09.2018 17:20:51] Gossamer: *The mental presence of Kimi welcomes the touch of Melia, with the implied feeling of a small, black-haired girl with a-
[09.09.2018 17:21:01] Gossamer: -infinitely flowing white dress*
[09.09.2018 17:21:43] Nyctophilia: *Nycto smiles softly, as she remembers her ferst meeting with Melia.*
[09.09.2018 17:22:26] Nyctophilia: *She then feels as Melia is somewhere nearby.*
[09.09.2018 17:22:29] Vagrant.Melia: *Once the two had fully gone under, they would find themselves in a new place.*
[09.09.2018 17:23:03] Vagrant.Melia: *It was fully devoid of any semblance of objects save themselves. A vibrant, yet soft light permeated the scape.*
[09.09.2018 17:24:01] Nyctophilia: *Nycto slowly closes her eyes, without any seizures. She then acknowledges herself in the same place as she was when she met
[09.09.2018 17:24:07] Nyctophilia: Melia for the first time.*
[09.09.2018 17:24:53] Gossamer: *Kimi moves slowly through the plane, taking in the new place with a mixture of trepidation and excitement*
[09.09.2018 17:25:23] Vagrant.Melia: *Melia's presence would begin to manifest itself within the mindscape, far from the two yet still just barely within sight.*
[09.09.2018 17:25:30] Nyctophilia: *Her thoughts are chaotic. "What... Again?"*
[09.09.2018 17:26:01] Gossamer: *Kimi would reach out to the presence, almost gliding across the plane to reach it*
[09.09.2018 17:26:02] Vagrant.Melia: *It was vaguely humanoid in shape, although shape was the only resemblance it bore to humans.*
[09.09.2018 17:26:34] Vagrant.Melia: *It was vibrant, bright, shifting in tone alongside the peripheral background of the mindscape.*
[09.09.2018 17:27:40] Nyctophilia: *After seeing the reminiscent image, Nycto decides to approach it slowly.*
[09.09.2018 17:28:04] Gossamer: *The brilliance took Kimi by surprise, and she relished in the overstimulating display. She smiles and laughs a bit*
[09.09.2018 17:28:20] Vagrant.Melia: *It stands in its place. Watching, observing.*
[09.09.2018 17:29:30] Nyctophilia: *"M...Melia?" She asks.*
[09.09.2018 17:29:34] Gossamer: *She remembers the talk of songs and the Light, and wonders if she can create something in this landscape. She hums a soft tune from her childhood days.*
[09.09.2018 17:30:02] Vagrant.Melia: "We welcome you."
[09.09.2018 17:30:39] Vagrant.Melia: *Melia's form has no mouth, no discernable external anatomy at all for a fact. Yet its thoughts would be clearly heard.*
[09.09.2018 17:31:07] Nyctophilia: *"A... Again..." She looks aside and she notices Kimiko. "And Kimiko? So it wasn't a dream after all?"*
[09.09.2018 17:32:01] Gossamer: *Kimiko dances around Nycto, almost giddy. "This place is amazing..!," she squeals, clearly enjoying the freedom of being noncorporeal.*
[09.09.2018 17:33:29] Nyctophilia: *Nycto was appearing in her usual clothes - a medium brown haircut, dark coat and jeans. She was looking at Kimiko weirdly.*
[09.09.2018 17:33:29] Vagrant.Melia: *It focuses upon Nycto.* "It is a fragment of our song."
[09.09.2018 17:34:33] Gossamer: *She seems weirdly okay with all of this. The feeling of relief from a hated body is palpable from her aura.*
[09.09.2018 17:36:10] Vagrant.Melia: *It focuses upon Kimiko.* "Yours should not feel concern."
[09.09.2018 17:36:10] Nyctophilia: *"Then... Yeah, it isn't a dream..." Nycto was trying to feel anything new, but nothing happened.*
[09.09.2018 17:37:09] Gossamer: "I feel the opposite... I feel better now than ever." *She skips over to Melia's presence and cannot help but go in for a hug.*
[09.09.2018 17:37:47] Nyctophilia: *Then she refocuses. "Why do I feel free only here? And why do I... suddenly feel happy only here? Only in such moments?"*
[09.09.2018 17:38:03] Nyctophilia: *"So many questions... Too many. They're flooding my head."*
[09.09.2018 17:39:09] Vagrant.Melia: *When Kimiko goes to hug the form it seems to spill out around her.*
[09.09.2018 17:40:27] Gossamer: *She looks around in wonder* "Form can change just like that here?"
[09.09.2018 17:41:23] Vagrant.Melia: "The song of the Light is fluid. It may shift as it desires."
[09.09.2018 17:41:41] Nyctophilia: *"I... Yeah, that's the better definition."*
[09.09.2018 17:41:50] Gossamer: "Could... I try?"
[09.09.2018 17:41:50] Vagrant.Melia: *The 'words' don't seem to come from any particular direction, but rather all around.*
[09.09.2018 17:43:26] Vagrant.Melia: "Yours are not yet ready. Your dark nature is still dominant."
[09.09.2018 17:43:43] Vagrant.Melia: "It may yet be purified."
[09.09.2018 17:44:11] Gossamer: *She tries to look within herself to find the ability, but encounters naught but a void. She looks outwards again.* "I want to learn to sing this song."
[09.09.2018 17:45:24] Vagrant.Melia: "In time. Once yours are bonded."
[09.09.2018 17:45:38] Vagrant.Melia: "Patience."
[09.09.2018 17:46:06] Nyctophilia: *In the meantime, Nycto was just sitting on the floor, clouded by her own thoughts.*
[09.09.2018 17:46:19] Gossamer: "I will wait my whole life if this is what awaits." *She seems somewhat tearful, overwhelmed with a flurry of emotions*
[09.09.2018 17:46:25] Vagrant.Melia: *The shifting tones and lights of the background became quite still. Patience indeed.*
[09.09.2018 17:47:33] Gossamer: *She feels the vibes, and reaches out to the serenity of the landscape to calm herself, slowly moving away from her turbulence*
[09.09.2018 17:48:19] Nyctophilia: *Nycto was remaining patient, digging within her own thoughts.*
[09.09.2018 17:48:22] Vagrant.Melia: "Yours must become prepared in mind, so that yours may accept the change in form."
[09.09.2018 17:48:50] Gossamer: "I will do what it takes to learn and adapt."
[09.09.2018 17:49:25] Nyctophilia: *She was thinking mostly about how absurd this whole situation is.*
[09.09.2018 17:49:47] Nyctophilia: *Yet in the same time, it is not.*
[09.09.2018 17:50:19] Gossamer: *Kimi notices Nycto's isolation and floats over to her, going to give her a light hug* "You don't feel too good."
[09.09.2018 17:50:23] Vagrant.Melia: "It is a fragment of a way the darkness is unfamiliar with. It struggles to comprehend."
[09.09.2018 17:51:01] Nyctophilia: *"I... am fine, thanks."She notices Kimiko and smiles back*
[09.09.2018 17:51:18] Nyctophilia: *The smile, however, wasn't one of the honest.*
[09.09.2018 17:51:44] Gossamer: "Let go and open yourself to this all. It helps."
[09.09.2018 17:51:48] Vagrant.Melia: *Melia observes the two. Its form has since re-coalesced.*
[09.09.2018 17:52:44] Nyctophilia: *"Well... I'm still twirling the thought about how absurd this whole situation is. I mean, I am a human, and she is... Well.
[09.09.2018 17:52:51] Nyctophilia: You know who she is."*
[09.09.2018 17:53:23] Nyctophilia: *"A representative of a race who were considered an ultimate threat for us twenty-five years ago."*
[09.09.2018 17:53:45] Gossamer: "But in here, we're all just souls. Spirits. No need to differentiate. Don't think of her as a Nomad. Think of her as Melia."
[09.09.2018 17:54:01] Nyctophilia: *"And I am an information broker without any name. Literally. I was grown in conditions where you don't have anything."*
[09.09.2018 17:54:07] Gossamer: *Her naivete is palpable.*
[09.09.2018 17:54:20] Nyctophilia: *"And that's in the very center of human civilization - in Liberty."*
[09.09.2018 17:54:55] Nyctophilia: *"I do think of her as her... But I also think about the whole situation that is around us."*
[09.09.2018 17:55:00] Vagrant.Melia: "Yet when we turn to the song, there is only the minds of the whole."
[09.09.2018 17:55:13] Nyctophilia: *"And from the other point of few, it is absurd."*
[09.09.2018 17:55:47] Nyctophilia: *"Like, how in the world, -me-, literally none who just became an information broker managed to meet someone like her?"*
[09.09.2018 17:56:00] Nyctophilia: *"And become an alien sympathiser?"*
[09.09.2018 17:56:31] Gossamer: *She giggles* "You don't need to have a reason or explanation for everything. Sometimes things just happen."
[09.09.2018 17:56:46] Gossamer: "Right now, we can be a great big chorus, y'know?"
[09.09.2018 17:57:32] Vagrant.Melia: "In time, all shall be pure."
[09.09.2018 17:58:02] Nyctophilia: *"Just... This all doesn't matches up in my head. But... How can I have feelings for her?"*
[09.09.2018 17:58:39] Gossamer: "When you open your heart to the world, it becomes possible to love everything in it."
[09.09.2018 17:59:48] Nyctophilia: *"You can't love everything. You can tolerate certain things, yes... But love?"*
[09.09.2018 18:00:03] Nyctophilia: *"I didn't even knew what this is. Until I met her."*
[09.09.2018 18:00:26] Vagrant.Melia: "Theirs show promise. They will gain the beauty they seek."
[09.09.2018 18:01:27] Gossamer: "You can love all if you try. Even those who hate you. Humans, Nomads, wild animals, everything... We are all-
[09.09.2018 18:01:33] Gossamer: -the children of stardust."
[09.09.2018 18:02:05] Nyctophilia: *"I just..." She sobs "This is the second time I'm ever happy like that, and... I always have a feeling that it all will go
[09.09.2018 18:02:08] Nyctophilia: away."*
[09.09.2018 18:02:32] Vagrant.Melia: "The Light is eternal. It shall not fade."
[09.09.2018 18:02:48] Gossamer: "We just need to learn to overcome the obstacles keeping us from the Light."
[09.09.2018 18:03:45] Nyctophilia: *"I... Don't know, I always feel like I'm so close to her, and the Light, but at the same time I'm so far away..."*
[09.09.2018 18:05:17] Nyctophilia: *"And I'm just afraid that you might get stuck in the same loop as I am."*
[09.09.2018 18:05:21] Gossamer: "We can't give up because of the distance. Every day we persist, we get closer to staying together."
[09.09.2018 18:07:10] Nyctophilia: *"Yet every day we distance from humanity."*
[09.09.2018 18:07:21] Gossamer: "Maybe one day we can bring others with us?"
[09.09.2018 18:07:49] Nyctophilia: *"I... I think Kath would like to be here some day."*
[09.09.2018 18:08:36] Gossamer: "We should find a way to bring her along."
[09.09.2018 18:08:57] Vagrant.Melia: "The herald must balance both songs and remain shrouded in the darkness. They are in an unusual place."
[09.09.2018 18:09:33] Vagrant.Melia: "They wish unification, yet they are no part of it."
[09.09.2018 18:09:48] Gossamer: "She sacrifices a lot for everyone's sake."
[09.09.2018 18:10:54] Nyctophilia: *"I only hope that her efforts are not going to waste."*
[09.09.2018 18:11:01] Tip: You were a new player once. If you see someone making obvious mistakes, talk to them and help them.
[09.09.2018 18:11:10] Nyctophilia: *"Some think she's a monster, but she's indeedly a great person."*
[09.09.2018 18:12:07] Nyctophilia: *"Not only about what she's doing, but who she is herself."*
[09.09.2018 18:13:16] Gossamer: "I can't wait to sing with her."
[09.09.2018 18:15:07] Nyctophilia: *"I've met with her a couple a times. She's... Well, our world doesn't deserves such persones as her, I'd say."*
[09.09.2018 18:15:30] Vagrant.Melia: "An exception among darklings. They are unique."
[09.09.2018 18:15:31] Nyctophilia: *"I-i-in a good way, don't get me wrong. She's a cutie."*
[09.09.2018 18:16:41] Gossamer: *She smiles* "Would you want to prepare for this?"
[09.09.2018 18:16:58] Nyctophilia: *"Ha. I'm always prepared."*
[09.09.2018 18:17:23] Vagrant.Melia: "Are yours always truly prepared?"
[09.09.2018 18:18:13] Nyctophilia: *"I already said - I went down that hole and I'm not considering how to go out. But I am ready for anything that waits for me
[09.09.2018 18:18:19] Nyctophilia: around the corner."*
[09.09.2018 18:18:32] Vagrant.Melia: "If the Light is subject to natural force, what hope do you have?"
[09.09.2018 18:19:11] Nyctophilia: *"Hope?"*
[09.09.2018 18:19:59] Vagrant.Melia: "It is not relevant."
[09.09.2018 18:20:16] Nyctophilia: *"I never had any hope, I just suppose how things might turn out in certain state of affairs."*
[09.09.2018 18:20:33] Vagrant.Melia: "The voids are filled with absolute traits."
[09.09.2018 18:21:39] Vagrant.Melia: "Wise is the aspect that does not challenge them."
[09.09.2018 18:23:20] Vagrant.Melia: "We accept that which was, that which is, and that which will be."
[09.09.2018 18:24:00] Vagrant.Melia: *Its form disincorporates again, blending into the shifting mindscape.*
[09.09.2018 18:24:10] Gossamer: "The nature of the universe is simultaneously immutable and ever changing."
[09.09.2018 18:24:35] Nyctophilia: *"Being prepared to accept anything. That's what I meant."*
[09.09.2018 18:25:05] Vagrant.Melia: "Such is not untrue."
[09.09.2018 18:25:29] Nyctophilia: *"From that some crazy chick put me on a bounty board just because I stumbled upon their installation to you rejecting me."*
[09.09.2018 18:26:10] Nyctophilia: *"I am always prepared to accept these facts, just because I assume their possibility.*"
[09.09.2018 18:26:51] Nyctophilia: *"Though I am more than certain, there are alot of things that I can't foresee."*
[09.09.2018 18:27:12] Vagrant.Melia: "Amusement. There is much that even we cannot accurately presume."
[09.09.2018 18:28:06] Gossamer: "That is part of the fun of this all, though. Learning new things."
[09.09.2018 18:28:28] Vagrant.Melia: "It is why we must seek."
[09.09.2018 18:28:33] Vagrant.Melia: "It is why we must wander."
[09.09.2018 18:29:37] Vagrant.Melia: "We seek. We learn. We adapt. We evolve."
[09.09.2018 18:29:55] Gossamer: "Grow."
[09.09.2018 18:30:04] Vagrant.Melia: "Yours understand."
[09.09.2018 18:30:38] Gossamer: *Smiles*
[09.09.2018 18:31:08] Vagrant.Melia: "Perhaps you will be ready."
[09.09.2018 18:31:46] Gossamer: "I hope I will be." *She seems very floaty in the mindscape*
[09.09.2018 18:31:50] Vagrant.Melia: "The Light may yet grow."
[09.09.2018 18:32:12] Nyctophilia: *She keeps wrapping Melia's words about themselves in her mind, while still sitting on the floor. "Not something we do..."*
[09.09.2018 18:33:00] Nyctophilia: *"Wish our society was at least that distinct as yours. But alas."*

But after this... There was yet an another moment when I was the most happy in my life.

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[09.09.2018 18:33:03] Vagrant.Melia: *Melia's presence wraps around the two, still disincorporated but very much there.*
[09.09.2018 18:33:55] Gossamer: "Doesn't matter what we do now. We can learn and grow despite our species." *She spreads herself out and lets Melia-
[09.09.2018 18:34:03] Gossamer: -envelop her.*
[09.09.2018 18:34:30] Nyctophilia: *Nycto tries her best to give away a very weak smile. "Yeah... Hi."*
[09.09.2018 18:35:41] Vagrant.Melia: *Melia begins to emit a warming sensation. It would feel akin to being at an ideal environmental and bodily temperature.*
[09.09.2018 18:36:32] Gossamer: *Kimi lets the warmth flush over her, enjoying the soul-warming blanket.*
[09.09.2018 18:37:01] Nyctophilia: *"Hm? Is it... Getting a bit warmer? Not hot, not too hot... A perfect warmth... I like that..." Nycto gets comfy in her own
[09.09.2018 18:37:17] Nyctophilia: coat, letting the warmth envelop her.*
[09.09.2018 18:37:46] Vagrant.Melia: "Accept us. Hear our song."
[09.09.2018 18:38:54] Nyctophilia: *"It's warm... I... Like that..." She's too comfortable. "I... Don't want to let go..."*
[09.09.2018 18:39:07] Nyctophilia: *Her eyes are closed.*
[09.09.2018 18:39:26] Gossamer: "We'll be together again. I know it."
[09.09.2018 18:39:56] Vagrant.Melia: *There is... something. Something akin to a voice humming a gentle tune.*
[09.09.2018 18:40:41] Nyctophilia: *Nycto feels the same reminiscent feeling. Comfort level over 9000.*
[09.09.2018 18:40:59] Gossamer: *Kimi's inner singer and musician lights up, and she eagerly joins the song, forming a harmony with it.*
[09.09.2018 18:41:51] Vagrant.Melia: *Then there was nothing in the mindscape. Nothing except the presences, and the sound of the song.*
[09.09.2018 18:43:52] Nyctophilia: *"Seclusion, yes..." She was thinking, still hearing a tune of her favorite song and getting a warm feeling of someone's
[09.09.2018 18:43:57] Nyctophilia: presence."*
[09.09.2018 18:44:04] Gossamer: *Kimi remains on-key, fluctuating between the varying notes and pitches and adding in her vibrato for longer notes.*
[09.09.2018 18:44:07] Nyctophilia: *"Yet an another best day in her life."*
[09.09.2018 18:45:09] Vagrant.Melia: *The song continues, weaving perhaps an unusual melody, but a charming one nonetheless.*
[09.09.2018 18:45:30] Vagrant.Melia: *Euphoria. Bliss. Purity.*
[09.09.2018 18:46:01] Gossamer: *Discovery. Homecoming. Joy.*
[09.09.2018 18:46:30] Nyctophilia: *A lone tear runs down her cheek. "I... Don't want... To let... Go..." She was still enjoying the song's tune.*
[09.09.2018 18:46:57] Gossamer: "Join in."
[09.09.2018 18:47:17] Vagrant.Melia: "Embrace our song."
[09.09.2018 18:48:23] Nyctophilia: *She lets the song consume herself entirely, slowly humming it, still enjoying the warmth and getting comfy.*
[09.09.2018 18:49:39] Vagrant.Melia: *It is but an ever fractional taste of the true thing, but its potency is none less.*
[09.09.2018 18:51:04] Gossamer: *Kimi's individual identity feels ever more bound to the song, harmonizing more and more with it.*
[09.09.2018 18:52:11] Nyctophilia: *Nycto is content with her bound with the song. It slowly grows up onto her, as she was getting more focuced on the feeling of the warmth.*
[09.09.2018 18:52:44] Vagrant.Melia: *It remains a package of gentle sensation.*
[09.09.2018 18:56:15] Nyctophilia: *"Hmm... What is this song? I've never heard it... But it's beautiful..."*
[09.09.2018 18:57:01] Vagrant.Melia: *Song was perhaps an inaccurate description. It was more of a tapestry of thought, brought into an abstract form.*
[09.09.2018 18:58:02] Gossamer: *Kimi's mind rationalized it as music, and it seemed to work well enough for her. She wove her own thoughts lovingly.*
[09.09.2018 18:58:49] Vagrant.Melia: *It was, perhaps most simply, Melia's will of being. Nothing more, nothing less.*
[09.09.2018 19:00:48] Nyctophilia: *Nycto has thrown away all the thoughts, letting herself being consumed by the "song" even further. As she was enjoying the
[09.09.2018 19:00:57] Nyctophilia: warmth way too more.*
[09.09.2018 19:02:19] /time
[09.09.2018 19:02:19] 2018-09-09 19:02:19 SMT
[09.09.2018 19:03:17] Vagrant.Melia: *The melody continued, ever calm, ever peaceful.*
[09.09.2018 19:05:28] Vagrant.Melia: *It slowly began to wind down, however. The space of presences began to grow tighter and tighter.*
[09.09.2018 19:05:51] Gossamer: *Kimi did not fight the closing, merely sending her own parting feelings to the other two.*
[09.09.2018 19:06:22] Nyctophilia: *"Hm?" Nycto hastly notices how the presence began to fade away*
[09.09.2018 19:06:51] Nyctophilia: *"The song... And the warmth..."*
[09.09.2018 19:06:58] Vagrant.Melia: *Gradually their perception of the mindscape would fade, as Melia retracted its grasp on their minds.*
[09.09.2018 19:07:08] Gossamer: "Let go~ This isn't the last song we hear." *Her voice fades into the physical world*
[09.09.2018 19:07:19] Vagrant.Melia: *They would soon stir in the real world, back in their ships.*
[09.09.2018 19:07:45] Gossamer: *Kimi wakes up, suspended in zero gravity in the main cabin. Various items have drifted out of position.*
[09.09.2018 19:07:45] Nyctophilia: *"No! Don't go away!" Nycto wakes up in her cabin, with the same teardrop on her right cheek.*
[09.09.2018 19:08:18] Vagrant.Melia: "We have not moved far."
[09.09.2018 19:08:27] Nyctophilia: *she touches the teardrop* It wasn't a dream...
[09.09.2018 19:08:30] /time
[09.09.2018 19:08:30] 2018-09-09 19:08:29 SMT
[09.09.2018 19:08:46] Gossamer: *She restores gravity and puts on her flightsuit again, entering the pilot's chair.*
[09.09.2018 19:08:50] Vagrant.Melia: *Melia's sense of continuity certainly seems the least phased, perhaps due to its non-human nature.*
[09.09.2018 19:09:04] Nyctophilia: It wasn't...
[09.09.2018 19:09:08] Vagrant.Melia: *Its form begins to illuminate.*
[09.09.2018 19:09:09] 2018-09-09 19:09:08 SMT  WARNING: A hyperspace breach is being opened by Vagrant.Melia
[09.09.2018 19:09:20] Gossamer: *Kimi still seems to be in a bit of a dreamy state* The warmth...
[09.09.2018 19:09:44] Vagrant.Melia: "We have remained isolated long enough. We must return to the kin."
[09.09.2018 19:09:47] Nyctophilia: *Nycto also remembers almost everything that happened in a "dream"*
[09.09.2018 19:09:51] Jumping...

That tear... It made everything clear. It wasn't a dream. But a reality. I can't rememer if I ever was that happy until this very moment, and I wish anyone could experience something like this in their life at least once.


Moments later, we appeared in Delta... And we saw Kath again. She told that she once experienced something like this, but... I feel sad for her.

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[09.09.2018 19:10:47] Gossamer: Kat!
[09.09.2018 19:10:50] Nyctophilia: Kath!
[09.09.2018 19:10:57] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: Oh my! Didn't expect such a crowd.
[09.09.2018 19:10:57] Vagrant.Melia: "Our uncertainties have been dispelled."
[09.09.2018 19:11:15] Nyctophilia: You've missed... Quite alot.
[09.09.2018 19:11:17] Vagrant.Melia: "If the darkling seeks the Light, it shall have it."
[09.09.2018 19:11:19] Gossamer: The most beautiful thing happened...
[09.09.2018 19:11:26] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: I was about to ask. What have you been up to, my friends?
[09.09.2018 19:11:37] Gossamer: We... sang.
[09.09.2018 19:11:38] Nyctophilia: We were on the other side of the Galaxy.
[09.09.2018 19:11:45] Nyctophilia: And... Yeah. Pretty much.
[09.09.2018 19:12:11] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: Oh, that sounds wonderful. A shame I was late.
[09.09.2018 19:12:30] Nyctophilia: *she still remembers the comforting warmth* That was... Inexpressible, as always.
[09.09.2018 19:12:34] Vagrant.Melia: "We have reached to them."
[09.09.2018 19:12:45] Gossamer: I never knew I could feel like that, but it feels so right.
[09.09.2018 19:13:02] Vagrant.Melia: "It was but a glimpse. But it has shown much."
[09.09.2018 19:13:05] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: Perhaps it was something you were meant to do on your own anyway.
[09.09.2018 19:13:30] Nyctophilia: I'm just sad you weren't with us there.
[09.09.2018 19:14:13] Nyctophilia: Any luck with the person we saw in Taus?
[09.09.2018 19:14:18] Vagrant.Melia: "Patience. The herald likely had other tasks."
[09.09.2018 19:14:29] Gossamer: *She speaks almost as if she were in a light trance* We still carried her light with us.
[09.09.2018 19:14:50] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: I've had contact with Aoi, yes. I think she took more from our conversation than I had hoped.
[09.09.2018 19:14:59] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: She may yet have a role to play.
[09.09.2018 19:15:10] Nyctophilia: That's promising.
[09.09.2018 19:15:30] Vagrant.Melia: "The Light demands strength. Yet we are finding it in compassion, not hatred."
[09.09.2018 19:15:39] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: She....reminds me of myself, in some ways, years ago. When I started exploring.
[09.09.2018 19:15:57] Gossamer: Hatred is ample enough in this space. Compassion... not nearly so.
[09.09.2018 19:16:19] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: It's harder to find, at least. But it's out there.
[09.09.2018 19:16:36] Vagrant.Melia: "Follow."
[09.09.2018 19:18:52] Nyctophilia: As empty and calm as ever.
[09.09.2018 19:19:04] Gossamer: Calm? Yes. Empty? Not truly.
[09.09.2018 19:19:51] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: I doubt I will ever tire of this view.
[09.09.2018 19:19:57] Nyctophilia: Yeah.
[09.09.2018 19:20:37] Vagrant.Melia: "The worthy shall be brought to purity."
[09.09.2018 19:20:41] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: You've picked up a new ship, Nycto. Or did you have that before?
[09.09.2018 19:20:49] Nyctophilia: I actually did.
[09.09.2018 19:21:09] Gossamer: And then everyone can know that warmth...
[09.09.2018 19:21:59] Nyctophilia: Today was just... Something.
[09.09.2018 19:22:18] Nyctophilia: I can't tell exactly what, but it was beyond my comprehension.
[09.09.2018 19:22:24] Nyctophilia: I was just... Way too happy.
[09.09.2018 19:22:44] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: Oh, you're making me jealous now! *laughing lightly*
[09.09.2018 19:23:00] Gossamer: We sang together so beautifully!
[09.09.2018 19:23:09] Gossamer: It was the most beautiful weave.
[09.09.2018 19:23:17] Nyctophilia: I'm just trying to understand what happened... But it's not an emotional happiness, no.
[09.09.2018 19:23:22] Nyctophilia: Something other, the real one.
[09.09.2018 19:23:35] Nyctophilia: I wasn't that happy in a while.
[09.09.2018 19:23:38] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: I know what you mean. It doesn't come often.
[09.09.2018 19:24:19] Gossamer: *She cannot help but dance around her cabin over comms*
[09.09.2018 19:25:05] Vagrant.Melia: "There will be much. But it will come in time."
[09.09.2018 19:25:31] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: Well, your mood is certainly infectuous! Even if you can't describe what you saw and felt.
[09.09.2018 19:26:24] Nyctophilia: I can't describe what I saw, but I know what I certainly felt.
[09.09.2018 19:26:33] Nyctophilia: And believe me, it was the best feeling in my life.
[09.09.2018 19:27:16] Gossamer: It was like music you could see and feel and... Everything.
[09.09.2018 19:27:22] Gossamer: Like the most beautiful blanket.
[09.09.2018 19:27:34] Nyctophilia: The perfect warmth. Not too hot, but not too cold. Just as it fits. And a presence of the a tune... It was calm, pure and...
[09.09.2018 19:27:44] Nyctophilia: The most beautiful I've ever heard.
[09.09.2018 19:28:23] Nyctophilia: And in a moment it just disappeard...
[09.09.2018 19:29:05] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: The opportunity to revel in this euphoria is what we're working towards. It's a shame so few understand.
[09.09.2018 19:29:18] RV-Pennybrooke: If they had felt what you did, no doubt anyone would.
[09.09.2018 19:29:22] Nyctophilia: I was about to tear down if I didn't thought it was a dream.
[09.09.2018 19:29:39] Nyctophilia: But... There was a single tear, when I woke up.
[09.09.2018 19:30:28] Nyctophilia: A teardrop that made it clear that this is wasn't a dream at all.
[09.09.2018 19:30:32] Vagrant.Melia: "Our song proved vibrant."
[09.09.2018 19:31:05] Gossamer: Our minds, our thoughts, our feelings... we felt them as if we were the same person, almost.
[09.09.2018 19:32:12] Nyctophilia: I was just... Too enveloped by the warmth and a song to pay attention to anything else.
[09.09.2018 19:32:48] Nyctophilia: I told that I never hope, but in this case, I hope you ever get to experience something like this at any point in your life.
[09.09.2018 19:33:52] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: I've....been in similar moments, I think, but of course I cannot say for certain.
[09.09.2018 19:35:58] Death: RFP|Munchen.Wachter was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[09.09.2018 19:36:03] Gossamer: *She stops dancing, lying down on a couch and staring up at the skylight*
[09.09.2018 19:36:31] Nyctophilia: Still the same. *She gives away a true smile.*
[09.09.2018 19:37:50] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: I'm just happy to be seeing you like this. I'm sure it helped you overcome the remaining...dark from your past.
[09.09.2018 19:38:25] Nyctophilia: But what about you?
[09.09.2018 19:38:31] Vagrant.Melia: "Theirs may still be dark in form, but they shall change swiftly."
[09.09.2018 19:40:01] Gossamer: It'll be exciting...
[09.09.2018 19:40:02] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: *sighing* I'm not sure how long I will have to wait. Whatever is necessary for my tasks.
[09.09.2018 19:40:31] Nyctophilia: Well, pretty sure we still can be friends till this time comes, right?
[09.09.2018 19:41:26] Gossamer: We'll walk together.
[09.09.2018 19:41:32] Vagrant.Melia: "The herald still holds a strong obligation with the Bretheren. They will remain as they are."
[09.09.2018 19:41:48] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: *warmly* I'll always be friends with those that I share the ideals we hold with.
[09.09.2018 19:42:18] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: Our paths won't be identical, but they have the same destination.
[09.09.2018 19:42:27] Gossamer: We'll always be family.
[09.09.2018 19:42:40] Nyctophilia: Our goal is the same.
[09.09.2018 19:43:28] Vagrant.Melia: "The Light shall endure."
[09.09.2018 19:44:20] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: That's the most wonderful thing. To be on this path, only requires you to share a common love.
[09.09.2018 19:46:01] Gossamer: I swear I'll pursue this path to its end. I want to be part of that chorus.
[09.09.2018 19:46:32] Nyctophilia: Just a glimpse of that feeling...
[09.09.2018 19:46:41] Vagrant.Melia: "Yours show much promise. We will soon be ready."
[09.09.2018 19:47:03] Nyctophilia: I don't care what the other will think about it, I will
[09.09.2018 19:47:10] Nyctophilia: do anything to experience it again.
[09.09.2018 19:47:22] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: And I will be by your side, all of yours.
[09.09.2018 19:48:56] Gossamer: *She seems incredibly at peace*
[09.09.2018 19:49:19] Nyctophilia: Just... I can't express my gratitude for what have you provided me today, Melia.
[09.09.2018 19:49:23] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: I have more treading in the dark to do, but I suppose that will just make me enjoy these moments more.
[09.09.2018 19:49:31] Nyctophilia: I simply can't.
[09.09.2018 19:49:48] Vagrant.Melia: "The Light must further its preparation."
[09.09.2018 19:51:01] Gossamer: Growing is a never-ending process. We are all the better for it.
[09.09.2018 19:51:47] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: Mm, indeed. I've never been particularly, er, spontaneous. When you're planning for lifetimes....
[09.09.2018 19:52:03] RV-Pennybrooke: You had best not rush things.
[09.09.2018 19:52:38] Nyctophilia: Oh, I have all the time in my life. Besides, the rest of society still considers me as an information broker.
[09.09.2018 19:52:40] Gossamer: I will go where my heart follows. And I will temper it with my mind.
[09.09.2018 19:53:22] Nyctophilia: And information is a valuable tool, not many realise it.
[09.09.2018 19:53:53] Nyctophilia: For thos who can't share it like Melia's kind.

And then... The usual. We went to the bar and we had an another fun time. All three of us.

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[09.09.2018 20:19:24] Nyctophilia: ?: Yeah, uhm. Why are we still in a space? Aren't we here for a bar?
[09.09.2018 20:19:39] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: Good point.
[09.09.2018 20:19:48] Gossamer: True.
[09.09.2018 20:19:51] 2018-09-09 20:19:50 SMT  Traffic control alert: Nyctophilia has requested to dock
[09.09.2018 20:19:56] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine: Well. Time for some well-earned drinks.
[09.09.2018 20:20:00] 2018-09-09 20:20:00 SMT  Traffic control alert: RV-Pennybrooke has requested to dock
[09.09.2018 20:20:00] Nyctophilia: ?: Will see you all there!
[09.09.2018 20:20:06] 2018-09-09 20:20:05 SMT  Traffic control alert: Gossamer has requested to dock
[09.09.2018 20:20:27] Nyctophilia: *After the same mooring proceedure, Nycto walks to the same bar she met Kath in.*
[09.09.2018 20:21:40] Gossamer: *An olive-skinned, black-haired individual walks into the bar. She appears rather tall and androgynous, a far cry from the mental image Nycto saw earlier. She scans the bar for her compatriots.*
[09.09.2018 20:21:41] Nyctophilia: *That very table in the farther corner was once again free, so she took a seat to the left, leaving a space for two her friends*
[09.09.2018 20:22:41] RV-Pennybrooke: Katherine enters the bar shortly after, nearly running into another patron as her gaze is fixated on her commpad.
[09.09.2018 20:23:29] RV-Pennybrooke: She finishes whatever she was typing and scans the bar with a mildly confused gaze.
[09.09.2018 20:23:31] Nyctophilia: *Nycto's attention was fixed on her watch, as she was pinging both of them on the commpads to show her location.*
[09.09.2018 20:24:24] RV-Pennybrooke: Her appearance is unchanged from the last time Nycto saw her. Red hair in a messy bun, well-worn spacesuit*
[09.09.2018 20:25:20] Nyctophilia: *Same goes for Nycto. Medium brown shortuct, a coat and jeans. She smiled at Kath as she was approaching her.*
[09.09.2018 20:25:26] Gossamer: The ping arrived, and Kimi moved towards its source. She gave a smile to the two as she walked up, adjusting her orange flight suit and moving one of her long curly locks away from her face.
[09.09.2018 20:26:01] Gossamer: Kimi easily towers over the other two, though she tries to keep her posture lower.
[09.09.2018 20:26:36] RV-Pennybrooke: *After a brief search, she slumps unceremoniously at their table, beaming at the pair* "It's wonderful to have you both here."
[09.09.2018 20:27:06] Nyctophilia: *She then smiles at Kimi* "Welp, let's get to the introductions. Kath already knows my "name"." *She makes up the air quotes*
[09.09.2018 20:27:28] Nyctophilia: "[REDACTED], or [REDACTED], just so it will be easily for you."
[09.09.2018 20:27:48] Gossamer: Kimi goes to sit down a bit more gracefully, nodding. "Kimiko Hawkins. Kimi for short."
[09.09.2018 20:29:27] RV-Pennybrooke: "Well, you both know me." *She pauses awkwardly, then leans forward to get up.* "Er....shall I get us some drinks?"
[09.09.2018 20:29:30] Nyctophilia: "Pleasure. Now, we all know a miss "harbinger of your perfection" over there" Words in quotes were rather silencd.*
[09.09.2018 20:30:11] Nyctophilia: *"Sure, if you don't mind. You know my taste."*
[09.09.2018 20:30:40] RV-Pennybrooke: *Without waiting for a response, Katherine skips back over to the bar, returning with three mostly-clear beverages.*
[09.09.2018 20:30:52] Gossamer: "Just some water for me, please," she requests, fishing around her pocket for something.
[09.09.2018 20:31:50] RV-Pennybrooke: *Upon hearing Kimiko's request, she quickly swivels around and returns carefully clutching four glasses, one of water*
[09.09.2018 20:32:46] RV-Pennybrooke: "One of this place's charms, Edge Worlds Mystery liquor. Is it some sort of vodka? Is it engine degreaser? Nobody knows!"
[09.09.2018 20:33:17] RV-Pennybrooke: *She smiles at her companions through eyes that don't see enough shutting time*
[09.09.2018 20:33:50] Gossamer: Kimi quietly uses a small cardamine inhaler to re-energize herself, and then takes her water. "Thank you."
[09.09.2018 20:34:42] Nyctophilia: *Nycto takes a look at beverage and takes a bit of a smell of it.*
[09.09.2018 20:35:17] Nyctophilia: *"Ew... No, it smells nothing but a degreaser. But something different."*
[09.09.2018 20:36:11] Nyctophilia: *"Yeah, they, ugh, they have their own kind of recipie around here..."*
[09.09.2018 20:36:27] RV-Pennybrooke: *Katherine takes a generous gulp of hers, shuddering.* "I'm sorry if I seem a bit, er, out of it. I'm focusing."
[09.09.2018 20:37:24] RV-Pennybrooke: *Her body gives a little quiver of delight* "But I can't tell you how happy I am to be here with both of you!"
[09.09.2018 20:37:39] RV-Pennybrooke: "You're really making me feel like everything is falling into place!"
[09.09.2018 20:38:11] Nyctophilia: *Trying to not repeat Kath's mistake, Nycto takes a slightly smaller shot. Could have been worse.*
[09.09.2018 20:38:40] Gossamer: Kimi quietly nurses her water, taking small gulps every now and then.
[09.09.2018 20:39:17] Nyctophilia: *"Mm.. Hmm! Yeah, they're definitely adding something into this."*
[09.09.2018 20:40:30] Nyctophilia: *"You know... Just recently I started to feel like a part of that... Thing. Even if you were telling me if I was before."*
[09.09.2018 20:41:16] RV-Pennybrooke: *Katherine smiles, leaning back* "Maybe I knew before you? Or maybe I was just practicing wishful thinking."
[09.09.2018 20:41:51] Nyctophilia: *"Mayhaps... I just hope that everyone in our company gets what they want in their own time."*
[09.09.2018 20:42:07] Gossamer: "What does everyone want, deep down?"
[09.09.2018 20:42:35] RV-Pennybrooke: *A hint of bitterness seems to pass over Katherine's smiling face* "I'm sure we will. Like I always say, patience."
[09.09.2018 20:43:05] Nyctophilia: *"Deep down? I think my own deepest wishes were uncovered today."*
[09.09.2018 20:43:10] RV-Pennybrooke: *She gives Kimi's sleeve a gentle tug* Do you not drink as a matter of conviction, or are you just being polite?"
[09.09.2018 20:43:48] Gossamer: She giggles. "I just don't like it."
[09.09.2018 20:44:12] Death: C.Plank suffered a self-inflicted catastrophic decompression.
[09.09.2018 20:44:29] RV-Pennybrooke: *She takes another sizable sip* "Ah well. To be honest, I doubt I could deal with half the shit I do without."
[09.09.2018 20:45:07] Nyctophilia: *"Hm... Yeah, I knew a few guys who didn't liked drinks. But still, they were alot of fun."*
[09.09.2018 20:45:28] Gossamer: "My beliefs carry me through the day. Little snippets of warmth in my thoughts."
[09.09.2018 20:47:25] RV-Pennybrooke: *Her tone shifts to slightly more melancholy* "Oh, I know. I tend to overthink things. What's the plan, what's the next step."
[09.09.2018 20:47:46] RV-Pennybrooke: "Sometimes I struggle to let go and enjoy the moment. But I won't do that now!"
[09.09.2018 20:48:01] Nyctophilia: *"You better do."*
[09.09.2018 20:48:44] Gossamer: "Relaxation is key for the song, that much I learned."
[09.09.2018 20:49:33] Nyctophilia: *"Hmm... Don't know, I wasn't quite relaxed, but focused - yes."*
[09.09.2018 20:50:24] Nyctophilia: *"Or well... In the moment when the warm feeling appeared... I just couldn't resist, I literally melted."*
[09.09.2018 20:51:05] Nyctophilia: *[REDACTED] scans the bar once again. And again, the same picture. Core goons a few tables away, laughing hard and getting drunk to tarnation.*
[09.09.2018 20:51:35] Nyctophilia: *And The Order agents in the very opposite side of the bar, with quite serious faces.*
[09.09.2018 20:51:50] RV-Pennybrooke: *Katherine watches the two intently, happily soaking up their narration while sipping her horrible drink*
[09.09.2018 20:52:07] Gossamer: "I just had to apply what I already have felt my whole life."
[09.09.2018 20:53:20] Nyctophilia: *She notices a bounty board with her name on it. That's no good.*
[09.09.2018 20:54:08] Nyctophilia: *She refocuses on the bounty board. "Hmpf."*
[09.09.2018 20:55:22] Nyctophilia: *She takes away her gaze and stares into the entrance, as always*
[09.09.2018 20:55:56] Nyctophilia: *"So, yeah... What's aboutthat Aoi person, Kath?"*
[09.09.2018 20:56:38] RV-Pennybrooke: *Katherine scans the bar again, her eyes darting around quickly* "Hm? Oh yes. Well. She's uncertain of her path."
[09.09.2018 20:57:25] RV-Pennybrooke: "That much I know. But she's interested, she's just looking for her way now. She wants to roam for a while, searching."
[09.09.2018 20:58:04] Nyctophilia: *"Good to hear. At least there's a probability of her being not as hostile as she was."*
[09.09.2018 20:58:09] RV-Pennybrooke: *She smiles again, shaking her head* "Exactly like me, five years ago. She showed me some of her art too, she's very talented!"
[09.09.2018 20:59:42] RV-Pennybrooke: "She mentioned Bering, too. Actually....I was thinking about a trip there. I've heard there was some sort of conflict situation
[09.09.2018 20:59:56] Nyctophilia: *"Ugh... Bering."*
[09.09.2018 20:59:57] RV-Pennybrooke: Don't know many details." *She drains her glass*
[09.09.2018 21:00:44] Nyctophilia: *"Yeah, I happened to be there once in a while. And I can say that it's one of the most unclear hot points."*
[09.09.2018 21:01:07] Nyctophilia: *"On one side - Separatists, on the other side - Pirates, and on the other - Liberty."*
[09.09.2018 21:01:26] Gossamer: "A prime example of people at each other's throats over nothing."
[09.09.2018 21:02:05] Nyctophilia: *"And I even heard that Separatists were along with Pirates for a while... Until something happened."*
[09.09.2018 21:02:14] RV-Pennybrooke: *She sighs heavily, before helping herself to Kimiko's untouched drink.* "Well. I do try to follow conflicts if I can."
[09.09.2018 21:02:37] RV-Pennybrooke: "It's not really fun work, but it's helpful to know more. I might have to make a trip."
[09.09.2018 21:03:15] Gossamer: "For the brighter side of things."
[09.09.2018 21:03:45] Nyctophilia: *"Yeah, well, I've been in twenty-one today and soldiers of Rheinwehr asked me to fulfill yet an another visa."*
[09.09.2018 21:04:22] Nyctophilia: *"And I was surfing the Neural Net just to find any registration points or blanks, but there was none."*
[09.09.2018 21:04:23] RV-Pennybrooke: "Huh. They didn't give me much trouble last time, but they did ask a lot of questions. Well, it's not surprising really."
[09.09.2018 21:05:27] RV-Pennybrooke: "Lots of mercenaries involved in the conflict. I suppose it's to be expected that they're suspicious."
[09.09.2018 21:05:34] Nyctophilia: *"Even now..." She opens a small hologram on her watch with Rheingov Portal "I still haven't got a clue what they want of me."*
[09.09.2018 21:06:26] Nyctophilia: *"But they said that they'll include me just because I didn't came for a fight. Yeah."*
[09.09.2018 21:07:15] Nyctophilia: *She closes the hologram and continues to stare at the doorway.*
[09.09.2018 21:07:21] RV-Pennybrooke: *She shrugs* "Probably lower ranks unsure about their exact orders for a situation like that. They might not even have any."
[09.09.2018 21:07:50] Gossamer: Kimiko's interest seems to have wandered from the conversation, and she appears to be people-watching.
[09.09.2018 21:08:51] Nyctophilia: *"The most interesting part was when I saw a pilot of the Naval Forces coming for some ranting."*
[09.09.2018 21:08:59] Nyctophilia: *"Right in front of Bayern."*
[09.09.2018 21:09:44] Nyctophilia: *"And Rheinwehr were ranting too, you won't believe me. Instead of doing things, as they usualy do, they were talking."*
[09.09.2018 21:09:47] RV-Pennybrooke: "For some ranting....at you?"
[09.09.2018 21:09:56] Nyctophilia: *"Nope. At Rheinwehr."*
[09.09.2018 21:10:24] RV-Pennybrooke: "Ah. Perhaps they're realizing how utterly stupid the whole thing is."
[09.09.2018 21:11:43] Gossamer: She finishes her water and places the glass down, half-listening to the conversation.
[09.09.2018 21:13:36] Nyctophilia: *"No. Their whole talking was about how Rheinland has no honor and how Kusari went too far and etcetera."*
[09.09.2018 21:14:54] RV-Pennybrooke: "Hm. Did they not have the correct fleet makeup to take each other on, or were they just unwilling?"
[09.09.2018 21:14:55] Nyctophilia: *"Thing is - they both looked dumb in this situation."*
[09.09.2018 21:15:45] Nyctophilia: *"Nope. I mean, there was one Bismarck on Rheiwehr's side. But from zero to no capital ships on Kusari side."*
[09.09.2018 21:16:43] Nyctophilia: *"I think that both sides realise that this is plain futile."*
[09.09.2018 21:16:57] RV-Pennybrooke: "Ah well. It's an exercise in futility, the whole thing. They can see that."
[09.09.2018 21:17:55] Nyctophilia: *She turns at Kimi. "What do you have to say about it, Kimi?"*
[09.09.2018 21:18:17] Nyctophilia: *"You're rather silent."*
[09.09.2018 21:20:13] Gossamer: She comes back into focus. "Hm? Oh, um, I think it'd better if they realized how pointless the fighting was."
[09.09.2018 21:20:31] Gossamer: "But... I feel that about a lot of things."
[09.09.2018 21:20:49] Nyctophilia: *She stares deeply into her. "Anything on your mind?"*
[09.09.2018 21:21:32] Gossamer: "Just watching the people around here, y'know? I like feeling present in a place and almost feeling the life in it."
[09.09.2018 21:22:38] RV-Pennybrooke: *Katherine smiles at her, and slowly looks over the crowd.* "I know what you mean."
[09.09.2018 21:23:06] Nyctophilia: *"Hmm..." She averts her gaze from Kimiko, staring back into the doorway.*
[09.09.2018 21:23:42] Gossamer: "I love watching life go by. In all forms."
[09.09.2018 21:24:21] Nyctophilia: *"Hmm... Yeah, there is something relaxing in it. Makes you ponder on alot of things."*
[09.09.2018 21:24:53] Gossamer: "Even though the Light says otherwise... I've always felt like all living things share a deep connection."
[09.09.2018 21:26:00] RV-Pennybrooke: "I think it's hard for them to imagine it. They must imagine that one is completely isolated, without a connection-
[09.09.2018 21:26:08] RV-Pennybrooke: like theirs. But of course, we aren't."
[09.09.2018 21:26:09] Nyctophilia: *"Technically - you're not wrong. We all have one thing in common - DNA."*
[09.09.2018 21:26:57] Gossamer: "To embrace that we're brothers and sisters of everything..," she trails off, shaking her head. "God, that sounds weird."
[09.09.2018 21:28:39] Nyctophilia: *"You have to embrace that aliens are your brothers and sisters. To accept it into your heart. And reject the rest of humanity, since they will hate you for it."*
[09.09.2018 21:29:08] RV-Pennybrooke: "I was thinking this, a while back in the conversation. How mad it would sound to most people. Even though, in context, everything makes perfect sense."
[09.09.2018 21:29:28] Gossamer: "I love even those who hate me."
[09.09.2018 21:31:51] RV-Pennybrooke: *she perks up at the last comment* "It's what I've been saying all along. I do what I do because I love humans."
[09.09.2018 21:32:19] RV-Pennybrooke: "If people knew, they would think I want to destroy civilization because I hate humanity, but it's the opposite!"
[09.09.2018 21:32:20] Nyctophilia: *"That's why we love you, Kimi." She looks at her, giving a soft smile.*
[09.09.2018 21:33:00] Gossamer: She smiles back. "Some people, like that freelancer, think that's crazy."
[09.09.2018 21:33:17] Nyctophilia: *Then she hastly stares back into the doorway.*
[09.09.2018 21:33:58] Nyctophilia: *"Uhm... Najad?"*
[09.09.2018 21:34:15] Gossamer: "Naiad, yeah."
[09.09.2018 21:35:13] Nyctophilia: *"She just needs a slow approach, like Aoi."*
[09.09.2018 21:35:42] RV-Pennybrooke: *She turns to Nycto* "What do you think is going to come through that doorway, Nycto? You've been watching it for a long time."
[09.09.2018 21:36:26] Nyctophilia: *"Oh, I'm just watching people walking in and walking out."*
[09.09.2018 21:37:30] RV-Pennybrooke: "Nobody's coming for you here, you know. If you're worried about that."
[09.09.2018 21:37:54] Nyctophilia: *"I am not. Nobody knows my face except for you two."*
[09.09.2018 21:38:04] Nyctophilia: *"And well... Azhi."*
[09.09.2018 21:39:14] Gossamer: "Azhi?"
[09.09.2018 21:39:21] RV-Pennybrooke: "Well. The Samarrans might be strange, but they fight for the same cause."
[09.09.2018 21:39:26] Nyctophilia: *She averts her gaze from the doorway, staring at a group of the Order agents in the other side of the bar."*]
[09.09.2018 21:39:35] Nyctophilia: *"A Raider."*
[09.09.2018 21:41:02] Gossamer: "Other seekers?"
[09.09.2018 21:41:23] Nyctophilia: *"Well... You can't call them seekers, they're the ones who help -them-."*
[09.09.2018 21:41:45] RV-Pennybrooke: *Her gaze drifts away* "More than that. They've been some of the first I found that follow the path."
[09.09.2018 21:44:03] Nyctophilia: *"Azhi was the one whom I was selling most of the information I was gathering around."*
[09.09.2018 21:44:27] Nyctophilia: *"Most recent - Order getting kicked out of Alpha."*
[09.09.2018 21:44:57] Nyctophilia: *"And, well... He was the one who introduced me to Melia."*
[09.09.2018 21:45:30] RV-Pennybrooke: *She laughs dryly* "Well....we did have something to do with the whole Order thing, I suppose."
[09.09.2018 21:48:36] Nyctophilia: *Deep sigh. "I just hope that this doesn't goes away. Like an ultimate turn of odds, when we all become an enemy to each other.
[09.09.2018 21:48:42] Nyctophilia: Would be the worst outcome."*
[09.09.2018 21:49:02] Gossamer: "The waves will always change. But what was will come again, for better or worse."
[09.09.2018 21:49:40] RV-Pennybrooke: *Katherine drains the last of Kimi's intended drink* "It's a trick of the brain. It's nervous about bliss, so it invents doubts
[09.09.2018 21:49:56] RV-Pennybrooke: to keep you on edge. It doesn't really mean anything."
[09.09.2018 21:50:53] Nyctophilia: *"Yeah, I know... Today was just... Agh, today was just too good to be true. Melia, you..."*
[09.09.2018 21:51:04] Nyctophilia: *"I must reassure that I'm not sleeping."*
[09.09.2018 21:51:38] Gossamer: Kimi shakes her head.
[09.09.2018 21:52:39] RV-Pennybrooke: *She sighs* "On the other hand, I can't become complacent with comfort. I think I will head to Rheinland."
[09.09.2018 21:53:08] RV-Pennybrooke: "I'll examine this conflict, and maybe trace Aoi. I've been too long in the edge. I can't stay forever."
[09.09.2018 21:53:15] Gossamer: "Oh... You're leaving the Omicrons?"
[09.09.2018 21:53:47] RV-Pennybrooke: *She smiles warmly at Kimi* "Only for a while. Rheinland is the closest house, I won't be too distant."
[09.09.2018 21:55:13] Gossamer: The girl nods, smiling softly. "We'll meet again soon."
[09.09.2018 21:55:44] Nyctophilia: *NyctoWatch suddenly forms a holografic star map of the Sirius sector. "Lies. The closest house is Liberty."*
[09.09.2018 21:56:35] RV-Pennybrooke: *She slowly lifts herself up from the bench* "Er, well. That's a corridor I really don't want to be taking."
[09.09.2018 21:57:01] Nyctophilia: *"Well, in this case - yeah, Rheinland is closer."*
[09.09.2018 21:57:40] Nyctophilia: *"Will be seeing you, Kath!"*
[09.09.2018 21:58:25] RV-Pennybrooke: *she puts one hand on each of their shoulders* "I've put in a fairly sizeable advance. Order anything you want. Space calls."
[09.09.2018 21:58:45] RV-Pennybrooke: "She gives them both a squeeze* "Of course you'll see me, sooner rather than later."
[09.09.2018 21:58:57] Gossamer: Kimi nods, smiling. "I'll try to surprise you with something when you come back."
[09.09.2018 22:00:25] RV-Pennybrooke: *She hesitates for another moment, then turns to leave the bar.*
[09.09.2018 22:00:40] Nyctophilia: *"And actually, -" She takes a look at her watch, which, surprisingly, farmed the actual holografic clock.*
[09.09.2018 22:01:49] Nyctophilia: *"I'll be on my way too." She stands up, straightening up her coat.*
[09.09.2018 22:02:24] Nyctophilia: *"See you around, Kimiko!" She waved, as she was walking outta the bar.*

This day was... Too good. But I can't afford myself to be relaxed for way too long. I must stay frosty in case if odds do turn around not in my favor.

N.