ıllıllı ℓιευтεηαηт cσммαη∂εя - cσммυηιcαтισηs - нσησя ση нιgн ıllıllı
"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
tab Compared to work with the Fleet Admiral, like a long-since passed dream, work on this transport ship was... boring to say the least. Alain found himself sitting in communications, tapping morse code on his desk, interacting in long, philisophical conversations he doubted most people on this ship could even begin to understand. Warren, perhaps, if he opened his mind, but he was too busy with other things, solving complex, endless puzzles of code and electricity. Alain admired his brain, but kept such thoughts to himself. In fact, he had barely spoken a word to him, or anyone else on this ship, unless out of necessity or spoken to first, and even when he did, he often spoke in one or two word sentences. It was hard to tell why. Perhaps it was because english wasn't his first language, since he originated from Albiero, the furthest system from human-kind's origin, and the furthest away from human-kind's genes and spoken languages. Perhaps he was an off-putting person, and made it his business to stay away from social interactions, remaining cold and aloof. Perhaps he was ashamed of his accent, which was stilted, as if he had learned to speak late in life (which was ridiculous, since he held a stature in which most to all people learned never to wet their tongues in disrespect to his language, lest they risk losing their tongues altogether). Perhaps he was shy. It was hard to tell.
tab Alain was a very stoic man, and a man of rigorous work and schedule. So far, they were running on time for the delivery of these noisy captives, but not without interruptions. Or namely, one interruption, being one captive who screamed like a banshee at every moment he could. Alain rubbed at his temples, tapping his hands against the sides of his head gently, and then forcefully, and stood, grabbing the finely made dinner that had been delivered to his place of work. He moved swiftly passed the hall and down to where the prisoners were being held. As he moved, lower rank guard grabbed him by the arm, stopping him.
tab "Wait, Lieutenant Kraios, are you taking that down there? You can't--"
tab Alain forcefully shook the privateer's hand from his arm with a snarl.
"ιт ιs sσ ∂ιsяεsρεcтғυℓ тнαт үσυ ∂σ тнιs, gяαввιηg мү αям αs sυcн."
tab "M-my apologies, sir! But are you--"
tab "sυяεℓү ωαяяεη тεαcн үσυ вεттεя." He said, pushing past the star officer as he shook with fear. They always shook with fear, as if they expected the alien to take their life in recompense for their disrespect, but Alain was not a violent man. He was a man of practicality, and then order. He moved down to the prison, where he could hear the prisoner shrieking. Ronan had, from the smell of the air, attempted to electrocute the man, but it didn't seem to work. The captain had returned to his station, cursing. Without much of a fuss, Alain knelt to the food slot, listening to the captive as he screamed and ran himself straight into the wall.
tab "sιя. ιғ ι мαү. үσυ αяε cяεαтιηg ∂ιsтяαcтιηg ρℓαcε, αη∂ ησ ωσяк ιs gεттιηg ∂σηε. тαкε тнιs, ιғ үσυ ωιsн, αη∂ ρℓεαsε scяεαм ησ мσяε."
tab The experiment was at least worth making. If it wasn't going to work, at least they were at their destination soon. As he pushed past the stairs, his eyes caught the something off in the distance, through the window. A ship-- an old star officer ship, and a piece of junk at that. From around the corner, he could spot another ship, but it was small. Was it worth reporting?
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