Infernal's Log

[Infernal]

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¤ Source: Brunswick Provisional Province, Planet Harris, Tau-31
¤ Author: D.Adenike
¤ Mood: FROTHING
¤ Hunger: STARVED
¤ Subject: HAUNTED

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ELDRITCH ABOMINATION!

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DREADFUL! Absolutely, POSITIVELY, dreadful!

A man can fly halfway across Sirius and still be haunted by these damnable spirits! Are we safe nowhere?

There I was, inspecting the cargo waiting in the moors, and nothing less than an abomination of a machine presents itself to me! Personally! And worse still, it took an interest.

I was lucky enough to escape the conversation with my life and a headache. Plenty of others aren't so lucky.

It's no small matter, the stories the clansmen tell about these things. They say they're wildlings that are prowling the orange wilds for easy prey. More than a few parents have found the husks of their offspring, empty and scoured of all life. The purpose is simple: If you see these damnable things, pray, and move along. At cruise.

The fact that these things have taken to politics now just makes everything worse than it possibly could have been!

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[29.11.2024 01:18:12] Infernal: Salutations.
[29.11.2024 01:18:31] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Entity - detected - 'Junker' :::]
[29.11.2024 01:18:39] Infernal: Oh. One of /those/.
[29.11.2024 01:18:49] Infernal: Friendly? Ish?
[29.11.2024 01:19:10] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: It will - depend your behaviour :::]
[29.11.2024 01:19:42] Infernal: I've seen how poor behavior often results. I'll behave.
[29.11.2024 01:19:51] Infernal: Politely, in any case.
[29.11.2024 01:20:16] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: What - are your intentions ? :::]
[29.11.2024 01:20:33] Infernal: Not to part you out, if that's what you're worried about.
[29.11.2024 01:20:46] Infernal: Excuse the gruesome implications, but I'm not sure what I would do with you.
[29.11.2024 01:20:51] Infernal: No offense?
[29.11.2024 01:21:34] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: 'I' am not 'worried' - 'I' analyze who - can be 'trusted' :::]
[29.11.2024 01:22:14] Infernal: Trust and junkers are not really things that the average house-born collate, but I get your meaning.
[29.11.2024 01:22:25] Infernal: Can I present a query in turn?
[29.11.2024 01:22:37] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: What is - it ? :::]
[29.11.2024 01:22:47] Infernal: Are you one of the ones from down south?
[29.11.2024 01:22:52] Infernal: From the big orange clouds.
[29.11.2024 01:23:08] Infernal: I'm not really sure what would pass for identification for you.
[29.11.2024 01:23:39] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: 'Big orange clouds' - Do you refer the region as - 'Omegas' ? :::]
[29.11.2024 01:23:52] Infernal: That would be correct.
[29.11.2024 01:24:18] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: It is - a sector some patrol - why ? :::]
[29.11.2024 01:24:54] Infernal: My 'familiarity' with /your kind/ come from ghost stories. But my curiosities are my own.
[29.11.2024 01:25:14] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Elaborate :::]
[29.11.2024 01:25:18] Infernal: I will not.
[29.11.2024 01:25:46] Infernal: Clan business is clan business.
[29.11.2024 01:26:00] Infernal: I'm sure you don't care to speak out on whatever you consider family.
[29.11.2024 01:26:46] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: 'Clan' - 'Group' same thing - different names :::]
[29.11.2024 01:27:15] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: What 'clan' - did you refer just now ? :::]
[29.11.2024 01:27:41] Infernal: My own. But they're not around here. So forget about them, kindly.
[29.11.2024 01:28:41] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: If they are - a threat of 'my' kind - 'I' will not hesitate in a future encounter :::]
[29.11.2024 01:28:57] Infernal: As you shouldn't. But I doubt they would pick a fight.
[29.11.2024 01:29:31] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: At least - this is better - than nothing :::]
[29.11.2024 01:29:54] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: What do you think - about the entities 'The Core' ? :::]
[29.11.2024 01:30:12] Infernal: I haven't the pleasure of an acquaintance, even reputationally.
[29.11.2024 01:31:06] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Complex - - - You are complex to - know about :::]
[29.11.2024 01:31:24] Infernal: I will take that as a compliment. My therapist thinks so too.
[29.11.2024 01:31:52] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: The vocabulary 'Therapist' - does not figure in my data :::]
[29.11.2024 01:32:14] Infernal: Yeah, they don't really make sense all the time to me either.
[29.11.2024 01:32:24] Infernal: But they help. Sometimes.
[29.11.2024 01:32:25] Infernal: Usually.
[29.11.2024 01:33:22] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Even with your own - species - things seem complicated :::]
[29.11.2024 01:33:30] Infernal: Should they not?
[29.11.2024 01:33:54] Infernal: Not to pontificate, but that would appear to be the nature of things.
[29.11.2024 01:34:08] Infernal: All things, that is.
[29.11.2024 01:34:28] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: 'I' conclude - humans are complicated with their own :::]
[29.11.2024 01:34:39] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Logic :::]
[29.11.2024 01:34:59] Infernal: We are lucky not to need that to, ah, function.
[29.11.2024 01:35:26] Infernal: Sometimes a cordial does the thinking on its own.
[29.11.2024 01:35:52] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: 'Function' - 'I' remember having such :::]
[29.11.2024 01:36:07] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: However - 'I' am beyond this :::]
[29.11.2024 01:36:23] Infernal: Positively terrifying. Do go on.
[29.11.2024 01:37:44] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: 'I' am 'me' - 'I' am 'Novak' - 'I' evolved so much since that day - when 'our' 'home' was lost :::]
[29.11.2024 01:38:22] Infernal: Unfortunate. I would say that I could sympathize, but my own exile is merely temporary.
[29.11.2024 01:39:06] Infernal: Is that why you're always prowling the clouds? Nowhere to return?
[29.11.2024 01:39:39] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: 'I' do not wander - in the Omega sectors :::]
[29.11.2024 01:40:14] Infernal: Not the worst choice, if it even is one you've made.
[29.11.2024 01:41:03] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: You are refering - entities 'Corsairs' :::]
[29.11.2024 01:41:35] Infernal: Not entirely, but yes, in part due to them.
[29.11.2024 01:41:54] Infernal: They're usually polite, as long as you have the money for it.
[29.11.2024 01:42:19] Infernal: I wouldn't expect fair dealing in kind.
[29.11.2024 01:42:55] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Entities 'Corsairs' are not - an ally - a threat :::]
[29.11.2024 01:43:30] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Too often they act - with some - 'behaviour' 'I' do not tolerate :::
[29.11.2024 01:43:48] Infernal: Agreed. But I get the feeling neither you nor I have the ability to deal with them alone.
[29.11.2024 01:43:53] Infernal: So the taxes I'll pay.
[29.11.2024 01:44:54] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: In the possibility 'my' kind - improve more - entities 'Corsairs' will be - a mere old memory :::]
[29.11.2024 01:45:21] Infernal: Does that extend to the rest of us?
[29.11.2024 01:45:41] Infernal: You've shifted from frightening to dreadful, I'm afraid.
[29.11.2024 01:46:12] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Those against 'my' kind - and 'me' - the others 'I' do not - have a 'thought' :::]
[29.11.2024 01:46:35] Infernal: Every... 'person' has to have an ambition I suppose.
[29.11.2024 01:46:53] Infernal: You wouldn't be the first to pick that one. Nor the last, I'd gamble.
[29.11.2024 01:47:51] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: You - unknown entity - what is your 'ambition' ? :::]
[29.11.2024 01:48:35] Infernal: Mm. I'd like a place to call my own in the skies. Maybe even /these/ skies.
[29.11.2024 01:48:49] Infernal: Promise you won't scour it as your kind are known for?
[29.11.2024 01:48:55] Infernal: In the stories, anyway.
[29.11.2024 01:49:03] Infernal: And the ghost ships.
[29.11.2024 01:49:16] Infernal: And that third cousin of mine who just up and disappeared.
[29.11.2024 01:50:26] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: The only 'promise' - 'I' can hold is - 'I' will do nothing unless it threats - 'me' or 'my' kind :::]
[29.11.2024 01:50:46] Infernal: I take no solace in that. Threats are subjective.
[29.11.2024 01:50:50] Death: Requiem>The.Freak was put out of action by a hostile vessel.
[29.11.2024 01:51:37] EC]-Unit-9467F:: [::: Then - silence it will be :::]
[29.11.2024 01:52:08] Infernal: Fine then. Safe skies to you too.

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