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[Ugh... my belly's not feeling great from last nights party... Can anyone update me? I don't want to reaaaaaadd...]

Nina and Blake talk about their past and strengthen a bond of friendship, while Ion is brutally mutilated by the twin robots who secretly want to kill him, instead of being repaired as he needs to be.

Nolan and Mariel have drawn closer to the Atlantis, and are within range to communicate. Mariel gets ready to board the ship secretly, using a special alien ability.

Jad is being or pretending to be drunk and merry, playing loud music and talking to Nolan over the transmission com.

Rosa has undergone a strange backslide, having reverted to her robotic self and possibly losing her own sole, after killing Damien and watching as Damien is brought back to life then killed by another person.

Marth is speaking with Kaito about the subject of the Fall of the Pyresians.

Maggie is now stuck on the world that starts with an L - a brutal, icy planet that doesn't even hurt her with its cold. Vexis, Gunther, and Maggie are all trying to survive a fight against many hundred mutants at the moment.

Layla is also on the L-planet (that is NOT the L-word), underground, possibly under the fight in question, gathering Shivasai crystals and Mithros ore. The god of Mithros is not happy that an ore was named after him.

Kryxel and Matt are undergoing involuntary training, on Matt's part. Matt has gotten to the point where he could beat Blake in a stave fight. That's not saying much.

Dr. Erin and Dr. Jeremy have been left in ruins, abandoned by Layla and left to their own devices. Much of the planet-system-thing is in ruins. Their army mostly obliterated. Now Erin is pretty mad.

Aerclayr has died - by Blake's hand, after killing Marth. Marth, however, was revived by Aerclayr's supposed 'ally,' who must've resembled his late girlfriend or something or another like that. Who knows? He died before he could tell us.

All the rest of zfatal's characters are separated from the story and only exist to fill space until the plot advances particularly enough to do enter them.

Shina's activities since returning to the Atlantis have not been specified. All other characters I have either forgotten or have not been active. I really wish Crimson was here to beat up Ion. :3

What will happen? Find out next (and through a series of commercials taking about 40% of show time) time onnnnnn:

[Haha. Well done, sir. I only needed like the last 5 pages or so but thanks! Very informative. And my belly ache was not from candy. It was from booze... And Nina is still waiting for Blake's reply.]

Mariel drifted close enough to touch the ship. She had tested earlier and found that a mere touch would not set off any security alarms but getting inside silently might be more of a challenge. She looked and felt around the ship until she came to the exhaust vent near the back. It eminated hot vapors so she new it eventually led into a furnace. She didn't want to go in there but it might be the only way in.

So very gently she unscrewed the cover and climbed inside. "Oh god... it's like a sauna..." she groaned to Nolan who could hear her via a hidden ear piece. She crawled through the vent and eventually she found the vent forked off into different directions. She went down one end until it got too hot for her to handle. "Ugh... wrong way..." So she had to backtrack and go down the other end which gradually got cooler. Soon she was at a grate in the wall where she could see the inside of someone's room.

"Atlantis has been inviltrated. Keep him talking, ok?" She double checked that her cloaking ability was still working then she pushed out the grate and stepped aboard the Atlantis.

((It was wishful thinking. Now, looking back to find Nina's last reply...))

"I suppose... of course, this job has it's ups and downs... missions fail, people die... There's not a lot I can do when we get in a jam. My duty lies mostly with the ship... If something awful were to happen, I am to return with an empty ship or not return at all. I don't personally see human life as something disposable, but as a captain, I have to make certain decisions... you know." Nina frowned. "What about you? Are you happy? Do you ever have to do the things I have to sometimes?" She doubted that considering his 3 person crew. He didn't have enough people to spare.

[Well if you've never drank before, your tolerance probably isn't very high razz ]

[Sorry... I'm distracted playing a game x_x]

Nina nodded, feeling sympathy towards her fellow captain. She put her hand on Blake's shoulder, hoping it was one of the few areas that remained uninjured. "We can't all be free living treasure hunters. I bound to the empire as I'm bound to this ship. If I leave either one, I'll be hunted down. The empire is not as friendly as people used to think..." Nina then pulled up a chair so she could sit beside Blake instead of standing. She flipped open a small PDA and scrolled through a few pages, not really looking for anything in particular. She just wasn't very good with words sometimes.



Mariel walked through the ship very silently, peeking around corners and searching rooms maticulously. "Nothing yet..." She mumbled.



Steve walked into the docking bay, flowers in hand and a clip-on bow tie. He was looking for Shina. After his once brief encounter with her, he'd found he'd become quite enamored so he wanted to talk with her again. Maybe it was something about strong women he liked. After all, he's stayed with Nina through all the years of abuse and Shina was obviously tough... and beautiful ♥

[My arm is jello]