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#2012-08-25 19:49:55, as written by Moonscar

The large ATW stopped, parallel parking itself perfectly between two other cars. It had to fold its tail closely behind itself, but otherwise there was no trouble.

Stairs unfolded upon its side, and the two ladies of the Orange Guard carefully walked down them. "Come, dears, come! There's far too much to see of this amazing planet and far too little time to see it all!"

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#2012-08-25 20:09:21, as written by Moonscar

"I heard it was called...Gambuts? Gambit's! That was it. I heard it was the watering hole destination of this little city. Its doors lead to everywhere in this universe, so I was told. Is that not intriguing, Jessica? I have a mind that it is rather intriguing." she answered, her heels clonking loudly on the sidewalk as she walked.

Lametta stuck close by to all three of them, sharp eyes dodging from one corner to the other. One could never really be sure. One hand was on the sword at her side, the other brushing the gun.

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#2012-08-25 20:32:26, as written by Moonscar

Helmi turned and grinned at Shadow. "Now, dear. Remember. It would be far better if everyone here knew us as how we look right now. No one else on the ship but you two know our little secret, as well. Lets play it like a game. How long we can keep a secret! Yes?"

Lametta stopped suddenly, pointing to a door not twenty feet away. Helmi carried her gentle gaze to it. "Oh, my. There it is. Gambit's Bar."

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#2012-08-25 20:43:30, as written by Moonscar

"Indeed. Lets go check out the smells, Shadow. Come on now. Lets be amazed."

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#2012-08-25 20:46:49, as written by Moonscar

Two of the loveliest women entered Gambit's.

They were both dressed in orange, the shorter one wearing a gown with an abundance of decorated folds and frills, the other in a decorated uniform made for the Orange Guard, with the Callandaline insignia embroidered on the front of her shirt. The shorter one wore a large, decorated hat, and the other wore a veil about her face. At her side was a sword, a gun, and tightened around her arms were Caster gloves.

The shorter, more gorgeous young lady put her fingers to her lips.

"Why! This must be Gambit's bar, then! How...terribly empty."

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#2012-08-25 20:56:09, as written by Moonscar

Helmi's eyes were immediately taken by the couple in the bar, who she strode towards immediately. "Oh, do forgive my intrusion. We're all quite new to this planet, come all the way from Misrana on the Lalitia. You might have heard about it on the news." Her voice was high and delicate, her words perfectly administered. It was obvious she was of very high standing in whatever society she took part in upon her planet. "Are you two natives to Terra?"

And oh! What perfect skin, what long, gorgeous hair! There was no end to her beauty! Surely, she was some goddess!

And to this Lametta rolled her eyes, knowing fully well what the both of them really were. She looked to Jessica. Something was communicated.

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#2012-08-25 21:08:35, as written by Moonscar

"Oh, well that's quite alright. I will cease from bothering you! I've heard how courting goes on this planet. Carry on!" chirped Helmi, clop, clop, clopping away from their table toward Alix. Her eyes lit up.

"Oh, we would never dream of causing trouble! All us Zanzarian would like to do here is spread news of our coming and submerge ourselves in your culture so you may do the same with ours! Don't you think that's rather amazing? Here, let me try one of your greetings, yes?" She reached out to grab Alix's hands in both her own, shaking them enthusiastically. "Nice to meet you! I am Helmi, the veiled one is Lametta, the winged one is Jessica, and the one who is all about the place and blind is Shadow."

Lametta, meanwhile, had trotted towards Shadow to help her. Despite what she really was, the woman had an amazing amount of strength, and the second skin and the Caster Gloves certainly did help as she tried to clam on her wrists.

She looked to Jessica again.

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#2012-08-25 21:24:52, as written by Moonscar

Helmi grasped Alix's hand slightly tighter, drawing her very close so that she could scan her face in detail. After a few moments of unnerving scrutiny, she let go.

"Well, just trying the food they have to offer here would be well enough! Give us your cheapest and sloppiest dishes, then allow us to try your best and your most expensive afterward!"

She looked towards Lametta, Shadow, and Jessica.

"Perhaps you should find her something to eat. She is getting restless. Lametta will make sure you'll find something quickly. Off with you, now! Don't let the child starve! I shall handle things here!" she scolded them, though in the most cheerful manner possible.

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#2012-08-25 21:39:18, as written by Moonscar

Helmi certainly did not have any makeup upon her face at all. However, she had other secrets.

Her smile never faltered, even as she was scowled, herself. "Oh! I must apologize. You just have such lovely skin." she told Alix. "I hardly see such a pretty person."

Anyone would call bullshit.

When she was given the sloppy Joe, the woman looked at it as though the task was impossible. Her large eyes, widened with doubt, came up to Alix.

"I would pay you a bit more if it would not be too much trouble to blend it. I...have a very delicate stomach."

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#2012-08-25 21:51:12, as written by Moonscar

She leaned in closely, eyes sparkling with amusement.

"What is it that your people call beautiful? I can assure you it is not the same definition as my own." she told her in a whisper. She nodded. "You Terrans seem glued to that. The couple in the corner, there..." She lowered her voice, "The girl seems to think I am prettier, but the man knows that this is not true. So you see? Do not judge my words so quickly!"

She sat straight, gathering her skirts. "Now! The food?"

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#2012-08-25 22:04:21, as written by Moonscar

Helmi tutted.

"Oh! Perhaps you might not understand for a long time to come. I do not know if that is because of human or Terran mentality." she said to the cook. "Let us try your cooking now, shall we?" She pocked up the blended Sloppy Joe and...began to drink it.

Not that it was not already so disgusting, but the woman seemed to enjoy it. Her eyes widened briefly, and her cheeks reddened. "Oh, much better than the much more bland food back home. What kind of things have you used in it? Ingredients, is what you call it, yes? Forgive me. I have studied English for all of three weeks and I still have a bit of trouble!"

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#2012-08-25 22:20:53, as written by Moonscar

Helmi sighed. "Well, they are quite wonderful together. I must convince the Captain to bring some upon the ride back home! Yes, there is absolutely no way I can't allow that to happen."

She stood up, dropping a good amount of credits- much more than the price of what she had ordered- onto the counter. "There! I actually must be going-" Her eyes darted toward Lin and his men, narrowing for all of a moment, "-before I overstay my welcome. I hope you all have a good day!"

She began to speed toward the door. Shapeshifters killing his men?

Oh, it had better not of been any part of her crew. Or else she would not be happy much longer.

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#2012-08-26 00:38:25, as written by Moonscar

"Indeed. Well, I'll just have to see, then, when we get into details."

The ground began to rumble, cutting her off before she could speak further. She looked down the road, sighing pleasantly. "Oh, well. Here's our ride."

Down the street came a bio-walker. It was a large, heavy vehicle, smaller than the mammothine construct that had carried Mayor Impus, his daughter, and the Captain the day before, but larger than the majority of others.

Its body was as wide as an SUV, and the legs short and stubby. Curled horns jutted out from either side of the creature's head, which had a metal beak curled out in the front. It was the cross between machine, bird, and lizard.

It slowly stopped in front of them, blowing a steam of hot air through its large nostrils.

Shan pursed his lips. "Alrighty, then. Smoother traveling for you all."

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#2012-08-26 01:01:41, as written by Moonscar

"It does more than walk, but the wheels are too large for these streets, and it is much too crowded, sadly." said Helmi as steps folded out on the side of the bio-walker, allowing her to ascend gracefully."

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#2012-08-27 09:06:29, as written by Moonscar

"This is the Lalitia. Isn't she pretty?"

They had arrived at the Spaceport and at the Misranan ship. It was massive, until one could not see the very top where they stood in front of it. Nearly the entire craft, of all its one thousand two hundred feet in length and four hundred in height, was doused in white. The entire ship was a cross between cephalopod, insect, cetacean, and machine. There was what one would expect to be gold adorning the plated shell that made the back of the creature. To keep it lifted from the ground, several segmented legs extended from the side.

"Part of her design was my own. And, of course, some others that you don't need the name of." she smiled, walking into the belly of the beast, where stairs ascended into the creature.

Lametta was close behind, hands clasped behind her back. Once Azric came into the ship, a sweet, heavy scent would hit his nose. Candles were lit all around the ship, with its white, carved corridors and smooth floors.

The entrance would give way to a wide, round elevator cased by glass. Once boarded, it would reach an interior balcony, which overlooked quite a full and magnificent lobby.

Spiral stairs twisted around beams in a way that resembled strands of DNA, and lights streamed from the ceiling, pouring into small pools at the bottom.

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#2012-08-27 09:22:59, as written by Moonscar

Lametta rose a hand to clamp over Azric's cigarette and put it out, seemingly untroubled with the burn it caused her skin.

Helmi turned, blinking. "Oh, I would not advise smoking on the ship. You might give Lalitia a bit of a cough. We have designated smoking areas that will be filtered out into space when we lift off, however, so you will not have to worry. For now, it should be put out." she warned him.

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#2012-08-27 09:37:34, as written by Moonscar

Lametta's eyebrows raised, and Helmi spoke in her place. "She hasn't any reason to," she said, raising her hands to adjust the large, flowery hat atop her head. "And yes. Lalitia is very much alive. She's as alive as your or I. Complicated spirit and bio technology grants her thought and life. I understand the vehicles and technology here are vastly different, so I am not so surprised you might be, at first, a little squeamish. Don't pay attention to the ground as you walk too much. Much of it may be solid, but your thoughts will be running too quickly if you tread where the floor is soft."

She walked towards one of the elevators, placing her fingers inside a small hole at the side and letting them touch a sensor that summoned it.

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#2012-08-27 09:59:36, as written by Moonscar

"'Metta doesn't seem to think so." said Helmi as the elevator came down. The doors opened, and both women walked into the round transport, waiting for Azric. Once he walked in, it would begin to rise, and they would be released onto the balcony.

It was a lot busier on the second level than it was on the first. As the three would approach the walkway, a group of very attractive dancers would pass, taking a glance at Azric as they did. They looked fairly normal...until he would get a glance at their backsides, which had long, bony tails ending in deadly barbs springing from the spines of their back.

That was just the beginning of the oddities. A grey alien with a large head, massive black eyes, and six limbs passed them. Every one of his limbs were some kind of hand- four for climbing the rails that adorned the walls of the ship, made just for them, and two small, delicate hands protruding from its chest.

Not only that, but several insectizoid species pressed by, and a great many of their people had horns atop their head.

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#2012-08-28 22:19:00, as written by Moonscar

Lametta's eyes turned from her fellow crewmembers to Azric, one slim eyebrow perking up. After a few seconds, Helmi spoke instead. "They are all from our planet. Every single one. You are possibly the first Terran to visit the inside of this ship. Before, it was Aschen." she informed him.

She walked out onto the balcony, comfortably beside the other creatures and races. Upon one of the railings crawled what looked like a mini version of the Lalitia, with the absence of octopi-like appendages and a great many more insectazoid legs. It had a small letter attached to its back.

"We will be showing you to Vliyain Khoy, who has just arrived back to the ship with Mayor Impus. They will be the ones employing you."

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