Development of a new machine (Zeni, open to Leta and Blaze)

[Requies Artog]

Requies had been through a lot a couple of days ago... Due to a heist that was near by, Requies, the Acrosian named Blaze, and a human-looking alien named Leta Duran had been forced to flee from authorities and hide out here, at the Bartchel Hotel where Requies's friend, Ferdinand, lived. Thankfully, they got there safely, without being spotted again by authorities. Since Requies was part of a private government agency, things would be cleared up in another day and they could go there separate ways. However, Requies was hoping to actually recruit these two into the Hell Squad, so he'd have to do this at some point today or the next.

First, Requies had to pay back his debt to Ferdinand. He went to go check on his old time friend, to see that he was working a machine out in the living room. Requies made his way over, calling out to him.

"Hey Fer-"

"Shhhit," Ferdinand cursed, jumping as he did. He looked behind him at Requies, asking him what he wanted in a bit of a frustrated tone. Requies came over on to the couch near him and asked his now healthy friend, "What are you working on?"

Ferdinand only gave a sigh in response, as he held up a chip to the scarab-looking machine. He explained, "I'm working on a type of robotic play toy for kids to play with. What it's supposed to do is to create a simulated environmental sphere of holographic projections for different game modes. Real life business simulation, Puzzle games, Role Play Games, and various other types of game formats. This guy here is has several hundred exabytes of data, in order to create the simulated environment. The problem I'm having is with it is the brain chip. The B.E.A.T.A.I.L is a machine with an AI program that allows it to adapt to its owner or owners."

Requies wasn't really sure how he could help out there. When it came to math and programming, he sucked at it, compared to the geniuses. He asked him, "Well, what do you mean?"

Ferdinand looked at him, asking him, "You ready? I gotta pop the brain in, to show you my problem."

Requies stood up, gesturing him to put the brain in. Ferdinand put in the chip and turned the machine on. Yellow lights resonated out of the eye sockets as the adult cat-sized bug machine came to life. Mechanical wings lifted up into the air, as it turned towards Requies. It greeted him in a rather high pitched voice.

"Hi there, human! I am the B.E.A.T.A.I.L entertainment system! You, however, can just call me BEATAL! What can I do for you today?"

Requies looked at Ferdinand, as the short man commanded, "BEATAL. Engage in game mode, puzzle."

BEATAL looked over at Ferdinand, stating, in an ironically optimistic tone, "I'm sorry, human! That program isn't registered in my prime game settings! Would you like to try another?"

"Well, what game modes do you have, BEATAL," Requies asked. BEATAL inquisitively rubbed underneath its pincers with a claw.

"Hmm... Let me check," BEATAL stated, "Scanning data banks... Scanning... Scanning... Scanning... Scanning..."

It seemed to constantly repeat the word over and over again. Requies crossed his arms and tapped the floor as he did. This was taking a bit... Ferdinand seemed to have a defeated face. Requies put two and two together, assuming that this was the problem. However, just as he was about to speak, the machine spoke again. It stated, "Well, this is a bit awkward. I don't have any sort of gaming or any entertainment program! Perhaps I'm due for an upgrade? Scanning... Scanning..."

Requies sighed, retorting, "Really... This again? Aren't the settings programmed in there already?"

"They are. I've taken the brain out time and time again, even trying it with different types of chips, but this is the only one that works... WAIT A MINUTE," Ferd exclaimed, as he rose a finger as he walked up to the BEATAL. He commanded the machine, "BEATAL. Cease Update Scan and check memory bank space."

"Sure, human! Switching scan to memory bank space... Scanning... Space availability at 80%! What do you want me to do now?"

"Land on the table, then shut down systems, BEATAL."

"Landing... Shutting... Dowwwn..."

Requies was puzzled, but Ferdinand seemed to know what was going on. Ferdinand took the brain out of its slot and brought it over to what seemed to be a giant window screen with the a scene of the ocean at South City on it. He tapped the screen, as the machine came on and talked as well, this one sounding mellow and soft.

"Good afternoon, Ferdinand. What are we to do today?"

"Iira, open up port 87713. I need the gaming program codes on this data brain examined."

"Opening... Insert chip now," it said, as a slot in the wall opened up. Ferdinand made his way over to the wall, leaving Requies in the dark still. The 'Prince,' though, guessed the problem was that the gaming program codes weren't being registered on the machine. He walked over next to Ferdinand, as gigantic walls of text, with various different numbers and letters flooded the screen. The two looked left and right, trying to catch a type of irregularity in the system, until Requies noticed something off. Sure, Requies wasn't the best coder, but even he could tell when something was off.

"Iira, stop here. Ferdinand, take a look at that cluster right there... Now, it could just be me, but I don't think an A.I. cluster is supposed to be looking like that."

Ferdinand nodded in agreement. The code was repeating over and over. He brought his finger across the repeating text, erasing it line by line until only one instance remained. He then ordered Iira to continue going through the coding list. Time and time again, they found repeating clusters that weren't supposed to be there. After about thirty minutes, Ferdinand stated that it was time to test out the brain chip. The two went over back to the couches, as Ferdinand put in the brain chip. He turned it on, B.E.A.T.A.I.L coming to life once more.

It seemed to have been astonished, saying, "Wow! I feel GREAT! Whatever you humans did, it's just AW-HAH-SOME! What can I do you guys today?"

Ferdinand stated, "BEATAL, initiate game mode: Chess. Realistic fantasy mode!"

"Scanning... Scanning... Hah-hah! Opening program!"

It flew over a fairly open area and created a chess map and two sets of chess pieces. These pieces looked just like short, realistic versions of what they were to represent. Ferdinand gestured his hand up, asking Requies, "Up for a match, Rex?"

"Sure! Looks interesting!"

Requies went over to the white side, where the King turned and held up his hand, to shake Requies's. The 'Prince' gripped the holographic King's firmly, the sensation of actually gripping his hand being register. Requies was amazed by it, as the King stated, "There you are, commander! My troops wish to be guided to eliminate the enemy King and his men in glorious combat! We should make haste, whilst they still prepare themselves!"

On the other side, Ferdinand's King was exchanging banter with him as well. Requies directed his attention back to his King, who was leaning close to hear the advice of the strategist. Requies rubbed his chin, stating, "I would suggest preparing a defense formation... If I know the other strategist well enough, he will be going for an offensive strike. To best on the safe side, I suggest the Castle formation, starting with the pawns in front of thy lady."

"Very well! You there, soldiers," the King commanded, point his hand to the pawn in front of the queen, "Advance forward two leagues!"

Requies was enjoying this game already! The AI was intelligent, already knowing basic formations, as well as being able to generate a large number of soldiers in one single spot. Requies stated, "Your move, Fred."

Ferdinand did not enjoy the nickname, Fred, but he did understand it was easier to remember. The King on his side pointed at a group of knights to his right side and ordered them to move two spaces in front of the bishop. The knights and their black horses vaulted over the pawns and settled in front, the horses dancing about in place... The match was going to be a long one, that was certain, but it would be worth it, to test the AI of the BEATAL flying over the battle field. Apparently, to their eyes, the piece believed themselves to be on a large field of battle, which probably was the reason there were so many soldiers as well! It was to be a fun match to watch and play, indeed!

(First half complete! Second half to come in!)

[Blaze]

Blaze was sitting outside in a navy and black Namekian Gi trying to concentrate. Everyone was training to get stronger around here... Blaze was training for control. He would be damned before he succumbed to one of those lesser forms... it took alot of energy to transform and people had to remember what you looked like every time. Sucked when you got checked by police or went to buy clothes, Blaze used to buy everything in three damn sizes.

Well screw that nonsense. He had a suppressor on to push him down to his Base PL. The oh-so-kind police force gave him one a while ago, and now he had to get used to wearing it. He still hadn't gotten Ferdland... or whatever his name was to look at it. He was too busy with some damn project of his. when Blaze walked into the room to see him, he had headphones on and couldn't hear him. How do you not see an Acrosian in it's fourth form walk into your room!?

Blaze got pissed and went on to train himself again. Then he was hearing the voices. Faintly, but he could make out Requies from inside the building and other people. He could only sense two energies though but four people? What the hell? Were they on the phone? No, they wouldn't be that loud. It was eating at him to the point where meditation was useless. He jumped up and rubbed his eyes as he made his way to the door, tail dragging behind him.

He walked into the room to see a large virtual game map in the middle of the room with the two men standing at each end, and a strange machine seemed to be projecting it.

"The hell is all this? You guys playing some crazy kind of... E-arth Rahu in here?"

Rahu being a Namekian equivalent of chess. Blaze had seen games before, but he really only liked training simulations. And Grand Theft Capsule-Car, occasionally.

[Requies Artog]

Requies looked behind him, to see Blaze with surprise on his face, as he asked what they were doing. He even talked about some game, probably an Acrosian version of Chess. Requies responded, "If Rahu is chess, then yeah. We're testing out the BEATAL here and its advanced hologram projections."

"What daft words you speak, strategist, to that creature," the King asked in bewilderment.

Requies directed his attention back to the King, as he told him, "Nothing to worry yourself over, my liege. For the move against the knight, I suggest a move with the frontal force in front of yourself."

"Very well, strategist. Soldiers, forward! Keep with your brothers!"

The pawn squad in front of him moved upwards, advancing two space. Ferdinand whispered into the King's ears, to which a squad of pawns to the furthest to the left moved two spaces forward. Requies then told the king to move his right side bishops to purify the land behind his queen-side army furthest in front. The King would oblige to this, the bishops moving to the land with golden crosses with pointed ends. Ferdinand would make another move, causing his left side knight army to move.

Several moves would be made quickly and a standstill would be made... Until the first blood was made by a white bishop attacking a black knight army moving into their path. The bishops crept forward, beseeching the knights to lay their weapons down, for they had time for prayer before an attack was made. They did so, and dismounted their majestic beasts to kneel before the bishops. Each bishop made their way in front of a knight, before raising their cross-spears. The leading bishop looked at the King, who held his hand to wait a moment. Requies told him the time was now, in which he brought his hand down. The bishops stabbed each knight through their heads, the scene looking way too graphic for even Requies to manage.

"Holy shit, what the hell! That's a bit violent, don't you think your highness," Requies asked him. The King scoffed at this.

"Hah! You speak for a peaceful death? What is more peaceful than death before God himself, strategist," the King asked rhetorically, as he directed his attention to the opposing army.

Requies looked at Ferdinand and stated, "Uhm... Maybe we should stop there... I think the machines are working just fine in this mode."

A speechless Ferdinand shook his head in agreement. Requies told BEAT, "BEATAL, end game. Do not save match."

"Alright, human! Match will not be saved! Exiting chess mode!"

The holograms of the armies ceased, as the BEATAL landed in the middle of the two, looking up between the two. It asked, "What game would you like to try out next, humans and Acrosian?"

"Actually... I'm gonna go get ready for work. It seems I have to work on a few more details, before the B.E.A.T.A.I.L can be released to the public. I'll let you two try out one more setting for the next hour before I take BEATAL in to the company to demonstrate what he can do so far. Requies, as thanks, consider your debt repaid. In fact, both of you will also get some money out of this for testing the system!"

Requies gulped, still trying to get over the scene he saw, before stating, "Alright... Lets uh... Try out a new mode that isn't so... grotesque. What game do you want to try out, Blaze?"

He walked up to BEATAL and asked, "Actually, do you have anything Acrosian..." He paused for a moment, recalling that Blaze did seem to enjoy talking to the Namekian shop keeper a few days ago. He then resumed, "Wait... No, not Acrosian. Do you have anything Namekian in your gaming programs that we can try out?"

"Of course! Considering that a lot of games have involved Acrosian AND Namekian now these days, I am pretty sure I have some sort of game for your lizard friend there! Scanning... Scanning..."

As it scanned, Requies turned and told Blaze, "If anything pops out at you in particular, let me know. This machine's got a data bank that'll make a super computer look like a slug."

"Namekian and Acrosian games found! I'll list off the names of the Namekian games first! Rahu, Somaja (Go to you, human), Jashoo (Dance to you Human), Rrushae sa Vede (Hide and Seek to you)... Not that many games coming specifically from Namek, my friend! There are always sports that Namekians here on Earth actually excel at, of course! If you wish, I can also do a recreation of Namek's landscape, itself, for entertainment could be found in different formats!"

"That actually sounds like something we can take a look at. Engage Namekian landscape in this suite, only. Cover any objects that are obstructing walking path with rocks or trees, if you can, BEAT," Requies commanded. The machine laughed, raising a metallic leg in response. Its eyes changed to rainbow, as the room was zapped to match the Namekian landscape. Trees and mountains were constructed, with distant lakes and seas sparkling under the bright sun light. Requies was finding the scene incredible, especially because of the fact that the machine was able to construct this environment!

The 'Prince' looked to Blaze, asking him, "So, how's it look? I remembered you talking with the Namekian shop keeper a couple of days ago and figured you'd been here once before. How's it look, sound, and feel to you?"

[Blaze]

When the Bishops took out the Knights, Blaze could only release a loud "HA!" and laugh. Requies turned squeamish and the simulation shut down.

"I've honestly seen worse." Blaze said.

He didn't want anything to do with this nonsense, really. Ferdinand started about having to work on something else, and implied that Blaze help test the stupid thing. Blaze was about to object until the short, jumpy guy mentioned money. Now that was more like it.

"Pay? Man I love that word. I'll... try the damn thing."

Blaze was becoming quite impressed with BEAT, even if he did have an extremely annoying voice. Requies seemed quite observant of how well Blaze had spoken with the Namekian before in the man's own language. Also, the term Rahu (or Namekian chess) had also likely been part of it. The machine turned the entire area into a vast field of blue grass on an island with green water. There were some clouds in the sky and tall thin trees with a ball of blue leaves at the top.

"That's pretty neat. I've only ever seen this kind of tech in gravity chambers before. It actually looks quite accurate to home."

It was complete with some bugs flying around and a frog off to his right, and a small Namekian house nearby.

Blaze crossed his arms and thought about the list of Games. BEAT didn't list any Acrosian ones... not like Blaze would know them anyway. Well, there was Deathball... Blaze knew that was definitely not a game Requies would like to play.

"I honestly have no idea what games to play. Games and sports haven't been my thing. I'm pretty good at fighting and blasting things though..."

He wasn't sure what to do right now. He was a little more interested now that he was surrounded by familiar ground.

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Leta took an elevator back the the floor she was staying on with Ferdinand, Requies, and Blaze, feeling the nice crisp bills of Zeni she had gotten stuffed in her pants pocket. When the elevator stopped on their floor she stepped towards the hotel room they were in and opened the door to find Blaze, Requies, and Ferdinand standing around a machine projecting a blue green landscape of grass and trees. She stepped inside the room and grabbed a hairband sitting by a table at the front door and tied her pink hair back into a ponytail as she looked down and noticed a little sweat on the front of her red blouse.

"Hi guys," she uttered hoping they might notice or see her near the door, "I would be careful if you plan to go down into the lobby. A Kanassan was out front causing trouble to a human on the front street of the hotel, so I naturally sent him flying across the street and into a pillar." Her lips curled into a smile and she voiced, "I would be careful if you go down there. I may have caused the police to come in order to fix up the mess I made."

Pumping her bicep a little she squeezed it and noticed that somehow since yesterday her power had grown a tremendous amount. So much in fact that she wondered if she could contain it or if it was noticeable. She could not sense her own power due to lacking the ability to sense ki, but her arms, legs, and torso seemed a little more muscular than before. She looked around and wondered if the place they were in might have a pool of water she could soak in. She had not had water in a while since she had left her home world, except the small glass she had been given, and wondered if there was a way to at least immerse herself in it somehow. If she did not get it soon, within a few days, then she knew she would die like all Psyrans did if they had no water source.

[Requies Artog]

(So, don't expect to be so expansive on the role play aspect. Think of the gaming machine as something that can probably used for mini games on the site and what not.)

"Good to hear. We'll need to do some other check ups, as well. Convenient enough, since your from Namek, maybe you could go around and conf-"

Requies stopped for a moment, to hear the door slide open. Leta walked into the room, saying hello to them. Requies waved, responding, "So, is Earth as nasty as you thought?"

The response he received, though, turned his happy mood into an upset one. She'd taken it on herself to be violent one more. Requies replied, "That is not how to stay low, Leta! It's nice to here you helped someone, but the whole purpose of us being here... You know what, never mind. Lets just get another setting checked out with BEATAL. Leta, if you help out, that wad of cash that's billowing from your pocket can become a much more... BEAT. Have you got any settings that you can generate for three people?"

"Yooou bet'cha, human! I can generate a role play setting that I have preset into my systems! Would you like to try this out," BEATAL asked in a highly animated manner.

"Sure. That sounds like a setting we can work with. Do we have to do anything in particular for it," Requies asked. The B.E.A.T.A.I.L machine ceased projecting the image of Namek, bringing back the suite. It scurried up to the counter next Leta, as it got on its back legs.

It responded, in its optimistic tone, "There is! The current role play setting I have, for now, that would fit the fighting nature of the lizard-friend and the human female would be an old time favorite: A Medieval, Fantasy, and Steam Punk Role Play! In order to engage this setting, we'll need a more open space than this area! It's really active and can allow many other players to participate!"

"Well, at the moment, we're just trying to test it for the three of us. Could it be possible for you to host this in the suite, so that we can keep the development details under note," Requies asked.

"Sure, human male! I will generate an inn in the world of Arturia IV, a world of magic and steam machines! First, I will need you to choose among these classes, skills, and attributes:

1) Warrior (Click for image)
2) Mage (Click for image)
3) Thief (Click for Image)
4) Monk (Click for Image)
5) Priest (Click for Image)

Statistics used are Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Constitution! Strength is used by all melee classes for physical damage, unless a skill available to the Thief changes this damage stat! Dexterity is speed and nimbleness! Intelligence is how smart you are, while Wisdom is how wise and perceptive you are! Constitution determines how much hp you gain and is benefited best by the Warrior, for each class gains a certain amount of hp per point in this stat!"

Three panels showed up in front of the three, each with details explaining the classes, the few skills available at the start, and the character stats. Requies clicked each of the respective classes, getting a look at what each one looked like. He came to the conclusion of going with the Monk, its starting stats balanced between wisdom, strength, and constitution, while intelligence was 1 below the three and dex 1 stat above. He noticed that the stats could be taken back, except for 1 point in each, as well as 5 undistributed stats.

"This is a bit lengthy for what we're trying to figure out... However, I figure that if this part is figured out, then the rest of the system would be a lot easier to work the kinks later on. What do you two think," Requies asked, looking in between the two.

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Leta listened to Requies's complaints and as she did her smile slowly disappeared. "I was trying to lay low," she argued, "but we cannot do that if someone is beating up someone else directly in front of our hideout. That said, he was a Kanassan so he had it coming to him."

By this point though Requies was more focused on the game they were about to play so Leta decided to join. She walked up to B.E.A.T.A.I.L and stared down at the little android. "Is there by chance a way to play some kind of character with my psychic powers, I have no idea what a role playing game is, nor have I ever really had time for game, but I am sure you can at least make someone to represent me."

Leta placed her hand against her chest and smiled at the tiny droid. B.E.A.T.A.I.L glanced back at her with its robotic sensors and said, "No clue what psychic powers are, but I can make a wizard!"

Leta shrugged and watched as he quickly displayed an image of a female mage to suit her needs.

Female Mage

"You pick this class though and I assure you'll be the weakest of the group for quite a while, but they do get to do some really cool stuff." B.E.A.T.A.I.L cackled. He then proceeded to list the stats of the class. The female mage only had one point in strength, dexterity, and constitution while having four in both wisdom and intelligence. Clearly this entertainment robot was right about her class being weak overall. Like Requies, she found that she had five extra points she could distribute to her character and quickly decided to put on in constitution and two in wisdom and intelligence since a prompt with tips said to do that.

"Do we kill each other now with these strange designs or do we hunt down people?" Leta had no idea what the point of a role playing game was, but since her character carried a wooden staff in hand she figured it was used to bash people's heads in. She had no idea what the term magic meant as she read it nor why their were particular elements like fire, water, earth, and wind associated with it, but as she read her display screen she decided she might as well find out. At this point, though it seemed like Blaze was not joining yet.

[Blaze]

Blaze crossed his arms and was waiting for something interesting to happen. Something thankfully did as Leta walked in saying how she had taken out some poor fool. Requies began to chew her out, but Blaze on the other hand chuckled and gave her a grin and a thumbs up.

"Requies, I'm sure she can handle herself. I mean, as long as she doesn't let anyone see where she's laying low afterwards, she'd be fine."

Blaze sure as hell wouldn't be keeping quiet if someone needed help. Leta went on to join in and create a Wizard character. Blaze shrugged, and picked the Warrior for himself. He chose set of black demonic looking armor for it and a huge axe. It had post of its points in strength and constitution along with a moderate dexterity. The intelligence and wisdom were low...But rather than buff the already strong knight, he added 2 points to wisdom, 2 to intelligence, and 1 more to strength.

Leta asked what to do next, and Blaze looked at BEAT and nodded.
"Yeah, what do we do? I want to crush some lesser peons!"

He pointed at his avatar and roared
"Go fourth and smite thy enemies in the name of your new god!"

He was beginning to rather enjoy himself.

[Requies Artog]

Maybe they just needed to get their aggression out for the shit the cops pulled on them... Requies couldn't blame them. He was put into a foul mood for the over aggression to the police pulled on them and he told them, "You know what... Lets actually kill some things. Nothing a little violence in an role play game couldn't solve. BEAT, could you set up a standard battle environment for us to use after we get our characters all figured out?"

"Yooou got it! I've got the battle all set up and ready for you three to go at!"

"Alright... Where do I want to allocate my stuff," Requies pondered, as he subtracted all the standard points, so that he had 1 in all stats and he had 11 points to distribute. A prompt came up on a little board before him as well, telling him that monks were like rogues, in a way that they could get a skill that allowed them to use their 'DEX' stat as a means of damage, but it was safer to go with strength instead. Requies decided that he'd put strength and Constitution at a total of 4, giving him 6 hp and a dps per second of 6, 4 coming from the strength and 2 coming from base strikes. He then put two into DEX and WIS, so that his character was nimble and able to notice things out of the ordinary, with the last point going to intelligence.

His form was covered in the same clothes as the male monk in the click display. He brushed the clothing, seeing that it gave the same feel. He walked around, to test the hologram's level of physics, to test how effective it was in keeping up. So far, it seemed just fine, not even falling out a sliver of an inch into a glitch. Requies did a few jabs, seeing that even they were not slow. Even the beads that seemed compelled to stay wrapped around his right hand didn't fall out of place, following the flow of physics.

"Before we begin, please confirm your profile on your boards before we begin!"

Requies looked at his board, seeing the following: Hp= [2x4](Constitution)+4=12, Damage per fist: 1+2(Strength)=3, Physical Resistance= 0+3(Dex)=3, Knowledge= 1+2(Int)=3, Perception= 2+3(Wis)=5, Magic resist= 2+1(Int)=3. Stats: 4 Strength, 3 Dexterity, 2 Intelligence, 3 Wisdom, 4 Constitution. Abilities: Multi Barrage, Ki Strike, Iron Body. Confirm Build?

The 'Prince' hit the Confirm Button, as would the others when they were ready. Ferdinand came out, dressed in a business suit and tie. He noticed the new looks everyone had, jumping when he saw the demonic armor that Blaze had taken up. He then stated excitedly, "Oh wow! You guys are trying out the role play setting? Nice! That's something I've really wanted to get checked out for some time now! However, as unfortunate as it is, I gotta take the B.E.A.T.A.I.L to work with me, to demonstrate what we've covered so far today. Tell you what, though! I'll be sure to bring this back later today, so that you guys can really get testing on this mode! You all look really good in those outfits, I have to say!"

Requies pulled back the hood, as he asked, "You sure we can't have a little more time to try this out? It looks like a really fun mode!"

Fred walked up and put his arm on Requies's shoulder, as he told him and the others, "Unfortunately, no. The company's been looking forward to seeing this little robot today and I can't just show up with out him. I'll bring it back so we all can try out this mode! Not to mention, I guarantee that you three will be paid for your efforts in testing this! I promise you that!"

"Alright... You guys don't mind waiting to try this out later, do you," Requies asked the others.

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As the gaming device's special set up was about to start up Leta was surprised to find Fred walk in and take control of the game telling them he would have to present it soon to some people who also wanted to see it. Leta did not like this and she walked away, quickly noticing the data she had input disappearing from the device, it was clear that B.E.A.T.A.I.L could tell when people were coming and going and as the image of her chosen magician disappeared she headed for a spare room in the apartment. It was a small area in the apartment Requies's friend had given her to use for her own bedroom, which was kind and generous, but with the rules of them having to mostly stay within range of the apartment building, or so it seemed, Leta Duran was not happy.

She grabbed the door to this room and opened it before quickly slamming it behind her. She had to remember she had come to this planet to escape trouble, but now all she could find was trouble. Perhaps staying on Kanassa was something she should have reconsidered before leaving it. Now she had no choice to do that since the only space ship she owned was completely destroyed and left somewhere out in the world's northern wilderness. She only hoped her actions were not seen as odd or anger filled she had trouble with emotions when she did not get what she wanted, which was a little fun in her life for once.

[Requies Artog]

Leta marched up in a bit of anger when Fred told them that he needed to take the machine. Fred was worried that he upset her, to which Requies replied, "I've got it covered... BEAT. Save profiles on all three players that were just created, then shut down."

"Very well! Saving profiles now! Saving data... Saving... Saved! Shutting down.."

The machine turned off, its eyes taking the same color as the same black exterior it had. Fred picked up the machine and told them, once more, "I meant what I said, guys! Thank you for you help!"

He made his way out the door, leaving the three of them alone in the apartment. Requies made his way into the kitchen part, getting a loaf of Italian bread out, as well as a some pasta and red sauce. He looked to Blaze, telling him, "At any minute now, I should be getting a-"

Requies's wrist communicator started buzzing, Requies picking it up and seeing it was a call from Relic. He picked it up and the hologram of the giant, dark skin man's head showed up. He had a look of annoyance on his face, as he asked, "Requies, can you here me?"

"Loud and clear, Relic. How'd business go," he asked.

"Your little friends are lucky. I managed to get their names cleared and any bounties removed that could've been made... However, there were conditions made, concerning that Acrosian fella. He has to come to the Police precinct at Central in order to receive a restraining collar, so they don't soil their britches any more than they have. As for the girl, until she is deemed safe, she will need to be escorted by someone, to help her adjust to this life, as well as the two getting their papers, of course... They almost had you three pinned for a bank robbery... These two better be worth the hassle that came with them," Relic explained. He was definitely in a bad mood.

Requies responded, "Loud and clear, sir. I will meet with you and the others tomorrow at the Central Capitol with Blaze and Leta at the police precinct."

The hologram ceased, as Requies let out a restrained breath. He looked up to Blaze and told him, "Well... We'll need to enjoy ourselves as best we can today, before we deal with the government problems tomorrow."

The 'Prince' made his way to Leta's room and knocked on her door. He asked her, "Leta, we'll need to do some things tomorrow. Our names have been cleared, but conditions were made, so the police force don't freak the hell out. Tomorrow, we'll be taking care of this. For now, is there anything you want to relax? I'll be drawing a bath for you, for you've been looking a bit pasty, then preparing food for the three of us."

With that, Requies made his way around the apartment, getting said things ready in the span of an hour.

(Exiting thread here. If you guys wish to make one more post, make it so. And, with this prelude thread to Central Capitol, we're out! As the thread is labeled, Zeni for all three of us, please!)

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When Requies entered the room Leta was lying on a bed and feeling quite bored with herself. She rolled over and look up at him as he voiced conditions the Earth police had made for them and then asked her if there was anything she wanted to do to relax. She closed her green eyes and said, "Just draw me up a bath like you said you have. My condition is not good right now. If I don't get enough water during the week things like my skin and eyes changing color occur as I lose water re-tension in my body."

She sighed and sat up saying, "My natural hair color should be a nice pink and green, but right now its brown and kind or coral like, so that means I've definitely lost a lot of water lately." She ran her hands through her hair and noticed it break off as she touched it. "If I lose too much water from my body I end up dying on the spot since Psyrans require lots of water."

She explained to him only because she figured she would be staying with him and Blaze for quite a while. The issue though with this was whether or not the planet would have enough water to go around. She remembered the ship she had trashed saying the planet was quite lush and green, however, she had yet to really explore much else other than its cities since she had been there. She wondered if they possibly would let her sometime soon. She did not known how to fly and because of that her means of travel were limited to human transport or Blaze and Requies carrying her everywhere. This might be good though due to her cover as a simple human.

(Exit Thread.)

[Blaze]

The police? what the hell did they want from him now? If they kept this up, they may arrive to work tomorrow with no station left. Then again, it must have had something to do with whatever Requies wanted from them. Considering he had sheltered and fed him, Blaze felt he had no choice but to tolerate the situation.

Blaze thought Requies was in charge. It turned out the man on the hologram was... Blaze wondered where this would lead? Government business? Good. Sounded like mercenary work to him... something he'd have to make clear. He works as a merc, not as a member of their military.

Requies went on to tend to Leta as Blaze snuck off to the fridge to get a jump on dinner. Requies would be on to give him a hand soon, he figured. After they ate, Blaze would simply inform them he was off to do some personal training. He wouldn't tell them where, but he had a nice, sunny place in mind.

[[Exit, Zeni please.]]

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Alrighty, grading time. You all did good.

Requies: 2550 zeni
Leta: 812 zeni
Blaze: 788 zeni