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 Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:18 pm
Galileo shrugged and held his smile. "Whatever it is, it'd probably for the better. No, I'm sure it's for the better. Just watch, everyone probably wants him on their side because he's so weirdly genius. He can like, save the universe one day."
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Tavra was almost redressed when the pilot let them know that they were about a minute from their stop. He finished by pulling on his boots and finishing with the straps right as they came to a stop. He glanced out the back window then looked back to the smaller man and pat him on the shoulder. "Later. We've got to make this fast before someone makes it their business to find out what I need here." He opened the door and stepped out onto the loading dock then reached out his hand to help the other man exit as well.
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"You'd better not try any of that again, I hope you'll look better tomorrow. We should be at the base tomorrow." Titania had sat Michaels on one of the stools before she made him a plate.
"I promise, I won't." Michaels put his head down on the counter. "Big business already gives me a headache."
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:29 pm
"Well what ever he does I'll be proud of him for it." Nova sighed and picked through her food, her appetite having have left her at the thought of the kids' would-be-father. "If Calypso ever does anything with her art, I'd be just as proud. I feel lucky to have such talented children." She smiled lightly at her dinner companion "All three of you never stop to amaze me."
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Torin had thought he was just going to be dropped off. "I'll try to be quick." He said taking the man's hand and stepping out adjusting his shirt. "I just want to talk to him for a few. I haven't seen him in a little while."
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Cephnem watched as the couple came back to the kitchen. "Hey look it's drunky." She said with a giggle walking over to lean over the smaller man. "How ya feeling there drunky?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:41 pm
"I don't go very far beyond programming." Galileo snorted. "I really can't give more than a hundred percent. At least not physically. And, AI or not, I'm not much for creativity either. But them? You should be proud. But not just of them. I mean, they had to get it from somewhere, Ma."
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Tavra nodded in the direction he would be walking and took the lead into the prison. Through a lot of quick explanations, some scanning of his ID cards, fingerprints and even a DNA scan, he got the two access to one of the back cells. A well-armed guard opened the door to allow both of them to step inside and informed them of their ten minute time limit.
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"Original, Cheph. And Fantastic. I'm feeling fantastic." Michaels only lifted his head when Titania had dropped a plate of food in front of him. He smiled up at her over it. "You're the best."
"I know. But thanks."
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:08 pm
Nova rose from her seat and dumped the remainders of her dinner into a garbage bin. "Galileo. No need to sell yourself short. Just because you're an android doesn't mean you lack talent. You're an amazing man, I'm lucky to have you as a son and a role model to the younger ones." Nova walked back to the table and patted Galileo lightly on the back before smiling at him. "Honestly I don't know what I would do with out you."
~ ~ ~ ~
Zane had been, for the most part, brooding in his little containment cell. He had people on the outside, working to get him out, but they didn't seem to be working fast enough for him. Zane looked up as he heard the guard talking to someone. But who he saw, he couldn't believe his eyes. "Torin?!" He jumped up and embraced his brother.
"Zane you loser! What have you gotten you're self into now?" Torin pulled back to look into his own face. "You moron. I got arrested for you, again."
"Long story. I need to ask you for a favor." Zane jumped right to what was worrying him the most. "You remember Cat? I know you do. I got her pregnant. Please take my place till I van get out of here. Please. Her father will flip if we're not married before he finds out she's going to be having my baby."
Torin stared at his twin, for a long moment "You're ******** stupid. I'm gay." Stepping back he shook his head. "You know our people are known for difficult pregnancies right? How are you going to keep an eye on her from here?"
"Just go to her home, as me, propose, for me and keep and eye on her till I'm out. Please it's the last thing I'll ask of you." Zane grabbed his brother's shoulders and shook him lightly, he was beyond desperate to keep Katrina safe.
With a sudden grin Torin nodded "Fine. As long as I get to do a maternity line!"
"Yeah sure what ever you want." Zane finally spared the other man a glance. "And who are you?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:31 pm
"Don't start, Ma. You picked me out of a dumpster, I can be anything more than what you guys gave me. So, in that regard," Galileo stood and put both hands on the woman's shoulders. "Come on. Let's hit the living room and watch a movie or three, huh? Maybe we can even lure the recluse down with an old classic or something." He took to her side and threw an arm over her shoulders , then began walking to toward the living room. "Just think. This time next week, we could have the family together again."
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"I'm important. Let's leave it at that." The politician was standing back leaning against the cell wall rather casually. He had, despite regulation, pulled out one of his more exotic smokes and lit up in the cell. He didn't care much for what the men were plotting, it certainly had nothing to do with him. "And you're an idiot if you think you're getting out of here with cheap tricks. But it sounds like you play a lot of games with cheap tricks...you even knocked one up. How precious." His smirk was certainly devilish, and he jerked his head to the side a bit so his hair fell over one eye to make him look like he might be, well, less professional, or insane.
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 7:55 pm
Nova sighed and dropped the argument, after all it was an old one. "Sure a movie sounds great." She let herself be lead away to the living room. "I really do wonder just how much Sebastian changed. Or if he did at all. I just want to have us all together again. It's hard having a family all over the place." She admitted taking a seat on the couch.
~ ~ ~ ~
Torin realized her was staring. But did it matter? He knew what the guy looked like without clothes on. But he couldn't stop himself, nor did he want to. The man was pure sin standing there like that. "I kind of agree with him Zane. I don't know how you're getting out of this one."
Zane burned, anger making him clench his fists, ready to strike out. "Katrina isn't some cheap trick. You talk about her again with anything short of respect, and you'll be fining yourself face down in a Mactrian swamp field."
"Stop it will you. This guy helped me come see you. He doesn't know Kat, and pirates don't usually go for high class ladies, so it's a logical jump that Cat would be a whore." Torin had always been the one without much a temper, Zane had enough for both of them.
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"You're going to eat? Don't you feel sick?" Cephnem asked watching Titania give the man some food. "I thought hang overs made humans feel sick?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 8:22 pm
"This time we can tell him not to leave with no way to contact him, huh?" Galileo sat beside the woman and raised a hand to flip on the television with his universal remote settings. Yeah, thirteen-year-old Sebastian had pretty much made him the most useful gadget in the world. "Anything in particular you want to see?"
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"You want to run that by me again, big boy?" The man glanced up rather casually, "I don't take kindly to empty threats. Especially when I'm the one that's packing heat. And you're the lowlife in the cell." He finished with his cigarette and dropped it onto the floor, giving it a swipe along the metal with his boot. He reached into his jacket to pull out the piece and pointed it at the prisoner. "Fact is, I can do and say what I want. And anyway I heard you got brought in by a lady cop, which really means you're no man at all. So, it wouldn't be surprising if your little b*****d had to be born without a father. I mean, it's either in a prison, or in the ground. You want to take your pick?"
He turned the gun to the other man, "And what are you staring at, Creep? Look at the wall or something. I mean, ew."
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"They do normally, but he hasn't eaten in a while, have you, hun?"
Michaels just shook his head and proceeded to eat the breakfast ever so slowly.
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 3:02 am
Nova nodded, "But he'll still leave one day. He is growing up, then Calypso will find someone and leave." She turned and looked at Galileo "And you'll do the same. Mother's deal with their kids growing up and moving out, sad but true." She paused and looked tot he TV "How about we watch a comedy of some sort."
~ ~ ~ ~
But that didn't mean Torin lacked one. "How dare you, you little dickwad." Torin snapped glaring at him and walking forward to invade his personal space. "You're waving around a gun like it's going to scare us. Why do you think that is? Eh? Trying to compensate? I think so." Torin pushed the gun down "I don't get men like you, feeling big and superior just because you have a weapon."
Zane held his anger off. The mind set of being a father had already set in, he didn't want to risk his life, his death would mean Katrina and his child would have it rough. "Torin, you really think standing infront of a gun is a good idea?"
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Cephnem watched as the human male began to pick at his food. "My people don't usually get sick when we drink too much." She said with a small smile "But I guess if we were drunk enough we might feel it a little bit the next day."
~ ~ ~ ~
Rockwell dropped Farin and his sister off in their bedroom and went to his own bedroom. The two bed hogs from the night before had made it difficult to sleep.
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:17 pm
Galileo shrugged. "If it makes you feel any better, I'll probably be here forever. I don't have anywhere to go. You know, until you get sick of me." He flicked his hand to the side again and again to channel surf. "Just tell me to stop if you see anything.
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"For your information I have the weapon here and the authority to use it as I see fit. Anaxatarian officials aren't subject to the same laws as their citizens. Besides, nobody would doubt me if I said it was in self defense. After all, you're rather belligerent." He gestured with the gun to the more complacent brother. "Be more like your brother- and learn your place in my presence."
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"Well how good for your people."
"Calm down Professor Grumps, we're just teasing you. You deserve it too. Drinking too much can be detrimental to your health. Drinking too much with Farin can be detrimental to your future."
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Clinging to the ceiling above Rockwell's bed, clearly in waiting, was Soren, who smiled to himself when the larger man climbed into bed. Before the man spotted him, he let go and dropped on top of. "Hey behbeh!"
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 12:39 pm
"That's good Galileo." Novas said catching a glimps of people laughing on the TV. "Oh well. I'll get old and you'll either have to put me in a old people home, or take care of me. I know the other two won't do it." She said with a chuckle "From diapers to big kid pants then back to diapers."
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Torin was seeing red. "If you killed me, you'd have the whole galaxy after you. All my loyal fans would be more then happy to hunt you down." Torin spat in the man's face then turned on his heels back to his twin. "I'll take care of Kat. Worry about yourself. I'll see you soon." Turning back around Torin walked passed the other man, slamming his shoulder hard into the guy he was quickly becoming to hate.
"Thanks Torrie." Zane called out, watching his brother leave. "At least I don't have to deal with his attitude now." Zane almost felt bad for the other man if he had to ride home with his brother.
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"Yeah don't drink more then you can hold." Cephnem sat down at the table amused at the boy's discomfort. "Drink lots of water and I'm sure you'll feel better soon."
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Rockwell gasped, his heart pounding away in his chest. "What the ********?! You trying to scare me into an early grave there?" Rockwell tried to sit up "Where were you hiding?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:07 pm
"Oh but it'll be years before that." Galileo had stopped flipping through the channels and slowly increased the volume a bit. "I promise. We have plenty of time to live it up."
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"Your loyal fans, what are you a pop star or a cult leader?" The man had jerked his head to watch the man walking toward the door. "I don't know where you're going, idiot, someone from the outside has to open the door."
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"Yeah water helps with the dehydration bit." Titania took the seat next to him and rubbed his back comfortingly. "You'll feel better soon. I promise."
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"Up there, duh." Soren wiggled around until he was snugged up uncomfortably close to the other man. "Why? Were you looking for me?"
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:28 pm
Nova chuckled to herself before turning her attention to the ceiling. She couldn't help but wonder when her daughter would try and be social. "I wonder how Sebastian and Calypso will get along after so many years."
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Torin ignored the man he had lowered his standards for. "Then I'll knock on the door, it's not rocket science." He grumbled slamming his fist against the door a time or two.
"I don't think your time limit is up Torrie." Zane said glancing at the man he didn't know. "How long of a limit did they give you?"
When the door didn't open Torin pounded harder "Hey! Hello! Let us out of here! Hello?!"
~ ~ ~ ~
Cephnem, in order to distract herself from seeing the love birds, got up and grabbed a glass of water and set it down. "Here. Drink the whole thing."
~ ~ ~ ~
Rockwell would have moved over, if it wasn't for the fact he was already on the edge of the bed. With a large sigh he shook his head. "No. It's just so I remember where to look next time before I come to bed."
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:37 pm
Galileo smiled. "I bet you anything they'll be just like they've always been." He sighed, "And by that I mean they'll be awfully nasty to one another."
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The man shrugged. "Beats me. Nobody told me how long I'd be stuck here." He turned to the idiot knocking on the door. "They can't hear you, a*****e. You think they'd want to deal with all kinds of noise from inside of the cells with unruly prisoners? Let alone unruly visitors..."
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"Thanks." Michaels said rather flatly to the girl. His headache and the fact that she continuously taunted him didn't make him feel very appreciative.
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"Oh, come on, tell me I'm pretty already." Soren nestled his head into the man's arm.
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 1:52 pm
"I hope not. I hate breaking them up when their being real nasty to one another." Nova sighed and rested her head back on the couch. The TVs noise barley registered in her head. Sometimes she wished she had a significant other, someone to count on when she needed him most. "When they fight, if you didn't know them, you'd almost think they actually hated one another."
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Calypso had successfully drawn one whole picture, and scribbled about ten. It was getting late, and she figured it was about time to return home. Packing her stuff back into her bag, Calypso was about to leave when she saw a shadow on the ground, one moving closer to her. Looking up, she was relieved to see one of the guys she had began to call a friend. "Hey! You startled me, walking up and not saying anything like that."
The boy smiled and chuckled "Yeah sorry. What are you doing out here, alone? You know pirates will sometime steal pretty girls to sell them." He said with a devilish play boy smile.
~ ~ ~ ~
Torin finally catching the man's words, was beginning to wonder if something was wrong. "Yes, they did, they told you, we had ten minutes." Torin turned all the way around to rest his back on the door, giving the man a strange look.
"Ten minutes? s**t they sure are getting stingy with their time limits" Zane scoffed and took a seat on his crappy bed.
~ ~ ~ ~
"Why are you so close?" Rockwell asked making no move to shove the man away, at least not yet.
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Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 2:58 pm
"Speaking of which," Galileo sighed, standing up, "I'm not going to let Cal get out of any more family time. I'm going to get her." He made his way upstairs quickly only to find the girl wasn't in her room. Before freaking out, and alerting her mother who would only make it worse. He quickly leapt out through the window and immediately sent out some of his nanites to scour the area for the girl. Quickly he found her in the park with some creep standing over her. He opted for the quickest approach and sat at the girl's side, immediately throwing an arm around her neck. "Can we help you?"
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"No one told me." He shrugged. "Maybe you imagined it." He glanced around the cell casually. "So, what're you in for, sob-story?"
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"You can just admit that you're totally into me." Soren shrugged as best he could in his position. "It's not a crime."
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