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Piemanlives:
--Eagle's Shadow--

"Miss Alison is needed in Med Bay, all injured personnel able to move by their own means are to report there. Captain Morgan and Mr. Carn, please report to Commander Frey's room at your earliest convenience." The intercomm repeated the message twice more before falling silent. Banning had been relieved if the woman over the intercomm was any indication.

So that's where he is.

There were more pressing matters to attend to rather than thinking of the duty roster. She had arrived at the door to the bridge having thought that was where Frey would be. It wasn't as if his room was that far off anyway but running around had not been her intention either.

She arrived at the room in short order, inside Carn and Courage were waiting for her. Carn looked as if he would rather be sitting and Courage was nursing a few wounds.

"Courage, please tell me you're going to get those looked at."

--Port Side Gunnery Deck--

"So uh... they're asleep."

"Yup."

"Think we should wake them?"

For the past few hours their team had worked tirelessly on their gun, mostly because they had the fear kicked into them the young woman currently sleeping against some engineer. The strange creature was also there perched on her shoulder, thing confused a lot of people and no one could explain the thing. Apparently a lot of the more experienced crew recognized the thing immediately but weren't able to explain what it was, apparently they had a tendency to nest in running engines though no one could explain that either.

The only female member of the team watched as both of her cohorts had their eyes drawn to the spanner on the sleeping woman's tool belt.

"Nope." The first one said.

"Yeah gonna have to agree with him on that." The other guy shrugged his shoulders.

She rolled her eyes, "You guys are no-" That was when they heard a squeak.

"Was that a rat?" She looked around sure enough there was a rat on a horizontal support beam.

Their team leader, who had been sitting on their gun raised an eyebrow, "I think that's the first I've seen on this ship."

"What really?" She stared him in the eye while their two team mates held their pipe wrenches in hand waiting to strike, she and her team leader looked on as well however the 4 of them saw a white blur followed by a pained squeak and a tiny crack as the squid thing was suddenly there hold the the thrashing rat.

The four of them stared in horrified fascination as the small... squid... thing held the dying rat in it's tentacles. The rodent eventually stilled and they watched as the tentacles brought it up to it's beak as it quietly ate it. Due to its translucent nature they were able to watch as strips of rat slowly dissolved until there was nothing left, not even bone. Having finished its meal it darted back over to Their Lady of The Gun Deck and once again perched on her shoulder.

"I think my fear of her just increased again." Their team leader simply said.

--Hanger Break Room--

While Davis and Antonio slept Kei and Farris had taken up residence at a nearby table as they watched the two of them.

"So Kei," Farris said as he took a sip of whatever was in his glass. "What do you think of our two slumbering team mates?"

She raised an eyebrow, "Professionally?"

"Mmmhmm."

"Well..." she looked at Antonio first, "He's reckless and irritating but he's a good pilot at least."

"Yeah, you sort of learn to roll with his faults after working with him."

Kei nodded her head as she looked at Davis, "Not as reckless but he can be irritating as well, still he's a good pilot and has shown that he knows how to handle himself in a fight."

"He's irritating?" Farris looked her with amused narrow eyes.

"He spent our entire shift playing I spy." From the look in Farris' eye the two of them had come to an understanding.

"You too huh?" Farris took another sip. He pulled out a deck of cards from his coat, "So, want to play a game?"

Kei sighed, "Might as well."

BdrLineAzn:
0000, End of Day 3

Start Day 4

Eagle's Shadow, Frey's Quaters

"I've been dealt worse," was his quick answer while tapping his prosthetic. Keeping his anger, Courage crosses his arms and eyes Frey, flinching as his hand touches the graze, "Better shape then Carn over here."

"Ahem," coughing to gain the attention in the room, the three turn to Frey who lays his papers down, "I called the both of you to discuss the damage we have dealt. The reason Mr. Bell is here is because of our  ealier guest in the Brig."

Courage gives a small grunt in agreement making Frey to shift his eyes to him quickly.

"out of the 50 crew members, four are reported dead from the fighting on the Weather Deck, while at least over a dozen are injured. Externally, the transports's hull has taken light damage it the ship's integrity is still intact. Internally is a different story, Engineering needs to replace vital components due to the fire whereas the Hnager Bay needs extensive repairs to the plane section. Even with the damage, our supplies haven't been hit at all. So that is the good news. Any comments about our situation?"

Carn:
Frey's Quarters

"Alison is heading down to medbay, she's probably already there as we speak. The raiders seemed opportunistic, though professional. This hopefully means our feathered prey do not know we are coming. As for the damage, if we are near any Guild cities, Alison and I both have contacts that could aid us. Hell, she's from an old Guild family. As for my ship, some damage, but nothing a day long overhaul won't fix."

Alister grunts as his injured leg temporarily buckles, catching himself on Courage's chair and standing back up.

"Apologies, took four 9mm rounds just under my armor. Alison patched me up, but I've lost some blood, and she injected me with sedatives and stimulants. The stimulants were after the announcement."

Turning to Courage, he explains why Briggs is on board.

"Dr. Briggs is dangerous, but holds valuable information. I know him from my past and can assure you he is a sociopathic, sadistic, medical genius. No one should talk with him without approval."

Looking back to Frey, he adds,

"We may need to put measures in place to ensure others don't speak with him."

Medbay

Pocketing the vial of Alister's blood, Alison grabs a leather apron and opens a medkit, beginning to work on an airman with burns on his left arm.

ShadedExalt:
Starboard Gunnery Deck:

Gaige was fighting fatigue, running on fumes as he was.  While the engineering team had finished repairs hours ago, there was still much to be done, and he needed some fresh air.  "Goddamned Raiders and their fires making my job harder..." Sliding down the wall, he looked out to the night sky, eyes slowly drooping until they closed.

BdrLineAzn:
Frey's Quaters

"Not a problem," says Courage as he shifts to allow Carn to grab the back rest. "But I agree," to Frey, "At least have someone posted at the entrance."

"Very well," Frey with a tired sigh, "I'll see to it."

As he starts to make a note, his mind goes to a piece of information that Carn said ealier. An old Guild Family? She does have resembles someone familiar....

"As for aid," starts Coarage to Carn, bringing Frey back into the conversation, "We have to go through Vystorg to get to our starting point, right?"

"From the course Captain Morgan charted, that is correct."

Courage looks to Reagan and back to Frey, "Well after our escapade in the Guild, there is a guy who own us a few favors, one Guild master Fyodor."

Med Bay

"Why morning Miss Alison," calls out Ulric as she enters the room. With the help of him and the few others, majority of the wounded has been seen.

From the doorway two stretchers are brought in, one carrying Gaige, the other Renard.

"Hey Docs! Got two more."

"We'll get to them." Ulric says while bandaging another person, "Place them on an open frame and tell me their injuries."

Complying, the four brings Renard and Gaiage to two empty beds. With a slight huff, the two are gently lifted and placed down.

"Well, this one here," pointing to Gaiage," has passed out on the Gunnery Deck. No wounds on him, so they crew assumed it was from exhaustion. The second just landed his Goldfish and just dropped. His crew said that he was in the Hanger Bay when the shells hit. He was thrown very hard but still deployed his ship. Think he may have a concussion and a few broken ribs."

"Ohhh, ohhhh," was all that Ulric can say at the second patient. Turning to see who it was, his eyes widens, "I need help quickly."

Hanger Break Room

With repairs underway, Alexi enters the room, bags clearly shown under his eyes. Closing the door behind him, he sees the four all over the space.

"Hmm seems like I wasn't the only one with the same idea," he says with a small chuckle.

Going to the room's table, he pulls out a chair and leans back on it while placing his foot on the table.

"Must have been an exciting flight and tiring flight to have the four of you in here. Wished I was in that fight, blasted engine had to ruining it."

"If you weren't in there, the damage would have been much more severe and we wouldn't had a place to return," says Farris.

"Hmm, true. Meh we can't all have the glory, I suggest we all rest now." was all he said before going into a deep sleep.

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