hexarchate_rpg | Move 18 (Chapter 1.18)

(Thanks to

zuhrovet for keeping the Station Moongray Timeline updated for everyone's ease of reference.)

Year 361, Month Three, Day Seventeen (Monday), ~0515

Iawa is with Istradez in Medical. The chart indicates that Istradez (CORRECTION: "Imsayed") has mild concussion that is apparently aggravating a pre-existing head injury. Istradez moans, then his eyes open. He blinks blearily before focusing on Iawa. "This isn't the ship," he says intelligently, sounding hazy.

Next thing Iawa knows, Istradez seems to come fully alert and attempts to sit up too quickly. "My brother--!" He seems apt to scramble out of bed and after Mikodez unless prevented.

Mikodez, just outside Medical, is bearing both Fluffy the Vraselian pseudo-dragon and Crowned With Eyes (CWE for short) the newly hatched mothling. He is being confronted by Alaric, who brought four caffeinated drinks, one additionally dosed with a sleeping drug, and who is hinting strongly to Mikodez that CWE needs to be united with the adult moth on the Bumblebee. Sulen has, by chance, grabbed the sleeping-drug-enabled drink, and was not prepared for Alaric also showing up to deal with Mikodez--a command-and-control snafu, apparently; Sulen has not yet drunk the drugged beverage, although it's not clear that they have understood Alaric's attempts to warn them from doing so.

The last response in that thread, an exchange between Mikodez and Alaric:

"I know, right? I had no idea that the term was so literal either until it started chatting," Alaric said, happy both that Mikodez was being distracted and that someone else was actually enthusiastic about this. "I'm not sure exactly what it looks like because it's in its own compartment and we're communicating over a primitive text interface, but it does seem friendly enough. Mostly it wants to bring Remi's baby moths with it when we leave, and fortunately Remi wants to bring them too. So, one the one hand it's yet another bit of terrible behavior by the authorities, but on the other an exciting scientific opportunity."

Just on cue, CWE the mothling hums happily and launches itself out of the pack, followed by an angrily whistling Fluffy, who seems to think the mothling is escaping property.

Virmad has received permission from Ashari to check on Gerae. The camera has revealed that Gerae is agitated and pacing the room. He does not appear to have any weapons, although given his talent for legerdemain, this is not an absolute certainty. If Virmad enters, Gerae will prostrate himself in a frankly embarrassing fashion and beg for an update on Fluffy's status, and oh by the way is Virmad's leader Ashari really going to slit Gerae's throat and leave him for the fishes?

Sasha overhears Gerae's plaints as she makes it to environmental. Her first inspection reveals that the filters are, indeed, poorly seated. Judging from the cruft around them, they were probably messed up even before Alaric and Remi started banging around the Bumblebee making modifications. While she's busy with that, Yehan [running as NPC] messages her and says that she's done with her meeting with Ashari and is now overseeing comms.

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"I have no idea, but it can't have been too long," Alaric says, popping into the room just in time to interrupt the conversation. "Can you walk? If not I can ask the nurses for a stretcher or wheelchair or whatever these people use. I'm pretty sure they'd give us whatever we need to get us out of here given how much noise we're making. Oh, hi, Ia- Jaghan."

"Hi, Damion," Iawa says. "Are Dar Chresh and the kid getting along all right?" Did you leave them in the middle of a confrontation, she doesn't say. She turns back to Imsayed. "I don't know how long you were out for, but two hours is bad enough. You should probably take the time to talk to a doctor here before you leave. Do you have a regular doctor you see when you're not traveling through rifts? Someone who's familiar with your history?"

Imsayed's eyes widen, then he chokes back an entirely unhealthy sounding laugh. "Regular...doctor..." He shakes his head. "No. Not since before I joined...this crew. I value my privacy, thank you. I'd rather get back to the ship before something else disastrous happens."

Iawa makes... a facial expression. She's not sure what. She corrects it to something receptive and non-judgemental, and does not retort do you value your health? "Back to the ship, then. Are you feeling too dizzy to walk? Be honest. We can support you or get a float chair if you need one. If you don't want to get the doctors worried enough to want to keep you here, you should probably avoid falling down."

Is it being a snitch, or breaking confidentiality, if she talks to Ashari about Imsayed's health? If the resistance aren't trustworthy people, would talking to Ashari about Imsayed's health put him in danger?

Too bad. If his brain injury affects his fighting ability, or his memory or judgement, he could put them all in danger, and they're already in danger enough. She'll make sure he checks in with Ashari, and if he doesn't, she'll have a word with them herself.

Istradez eyes Iawa, but his expression briefly changes to a grimace. "I think a float chair might be a good idea. This is a Nirai station, someone ought to have one."

There's a call button for a nurse in easy sight, if Iawa wants to use it.

"If not, we can just grab a regular chair and stick it on a cart," Alaric quips. "I'll call ahead to the ship and make sure our own medbay is fired up and has some fluffy pillows. And maybe a cage for Fluffy, since animals are supposed to help people recover from - hold on, someone is yelling outside, because apparently that's what one does in a hospital."

[Alaric might hear Mishka shouting a question over the nurses about Istradez, although it's... increasingly clear that I don't know where the doors are here.

Incidentally, to GM, are there still gold marker streaks saying 'rest well' in Kel drum code on Istradez's neck? (I don't have a preference either way).]

[I'm going to rule that the nurses left alone the gold marker streaks because they thought they might have some kind of weird cultural significance--there are Nirai who read Kel drum code but you lucked out and the ones that attended to Istradez aren't among them.

Everyone else, I will get to any pending responses after I get some dinner in me. XD]

[Lokwors are also an option!]

[I knowww, but best not to continue arousing Sulen's suspicions around fox kits.]

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[Istradez's neck markings]

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