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"Ok say you just met up with a really good old friend after having a bunch of people tell you where to look for them. After you finally get a chance to see them face to face again the meeting is cut short for some reason or another." Nic said the whole time she never looked at Reiku. "And then once again you are left where you started, a bunch of people telling you where to look. I guess what I'd like to know is how would you feel about it all? What would you be thinking about?" With a sigh Nic took a second to look at Reiku before blowing her hair out of her face, and placing her hands just behind herself and leaning back on them.

"I see...I see" Nic saidin a bearliy audible voice first looking down at her hands then up at the cieling. Then a smile started to cross her lips as she let out a smile giggle, "Thanks Reiku..." putting a hand on Reiku's shoulder and giving it a slight pat before turning to face him. Jumping down off the crate she shoved her hands in their normal spot.

Nic smiled at Reiku easily and nodded, "That sounds like a good idea." she said while turning towards the door to leave the hanger. "We wouldn't want her to be getting mad at us yet now would we?" Nic let out a little laugh before sighing. I'll find you again...and next time I won't let you leave me...she thought silently to herself as she started to move towards the door.

"Yeah go ahead, I owe it to ya. That and I'm flattered you'd do so." she said while slowing her walk down a bit as to allow for more time to talk. She could hear Reiku's voice shake as he asked the question to her which in turn worried her a bit. Nic began to play with some random object that she found in her pocket. She only prayed that nothing bad had happened to Reiku and she was going to hear about it.

"He's doing WHAT now?"

"Um....should I bring him inside? We can't take off without a pilot...."

Kayako found herself groaning and smacking her hand against her face, completely unsure of whether to feel annoyed or ashamed at the current state of events. The good news was that they still had a pilot. The bad news, of course, was that their pilot just happened to be a stark-raving lunatic, and Asuka's observations only served to prove that fact. 'Well, at least I don't have to watch him do that...' the captain thought to herself, suddenly feeling a bit bad for Asuka and Liana, who'd caught sight of Quinn's questionable behavior while on their way back from checking the storage area.

"Just...um..." Kayako groaned again, dreading what would happen when she issued her next command "Just go grab him and bring him in here. Throw him in the shower and let's hope to God he's sober enough afterwards to take us up without killing us."

"Trouble in the ranks, Commander?"

Knowing full well who that voice belonged to, Kayako leaned back in her chair to see a pair of mischievous green eyes staring down at her from atop the staircase leading into the ship's cockpit. Gray, having apparently finally found an appreciation for showing up once in awhile, was leaning over the side of the railing wearing a particularly smug smile, and his signature hoodie, of course. It was no doubt that he enjoyed the shenanigans happening at the moment, if only because they tested Kayako's patience.

"Oh, you know, the usual. Our pilot is a crazy weirdo and our ship is infested with mice. So what brings your out into the open, you finally get indigestion from eating those huge sandwiches?"

"Actually, I was looking for you." Not bothering to give a warning, Gray jumped down from the stairs in much the same was as Kayako had earlier that day, landing about two feet in front of the captain's chair. "I wanted to have a chat with you about your little albino friend."

"I figured. Don't worry, I'm fully well aware that it's probably a setup. She doesn't seem to be aware of anything, though, so we should focus on figuring out the who and why before we do anything. Although, I'm pretty sure I already know who did this..."

Although Kayako didn't catch it, Gray cracked a small, earnest smile while she spoke, which quickly disappeared when she faced him again. "You've changed alot since you became Captain, you know." he remarked "A crescent-moon blooms full once again."

"Sometimes I don't know whether to applaud you or hit you."

"I'd settle for a kiss."

"WHA-"

"Speaking of crescent moons..." Gray quickly cut her off, leaving Kayako to sit in her chair, completely dumbfounded and confused. "I picked this up while you were fighting with the nurses at the hospital."

Reaching into his pants pocket, Gray brought out a small black-corded necklace with a crescent-shaped silver pendant, which he held out in front of Kayako. Still unsure of what the heck was happening, all Kayako could do in response to this was take it from him and look it over carefully, half expecting it to burst into flames or some other unholy thing. Eventually realizing that it was indeed genuine, the girl eyed the necklace, then eyed Gray suspiciously.

"What are you up to?"

"Can a man not offer a woman a gift without being seen as a fraud?"

"No."

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Outside of the Ragnarok, Asuka and Liana went about their task of capturing the ship's pilot, although both were apprehensive of even getting near the man. Sneaking up behind him, Asuka grabbed Quinn by the arms and, ignoring whatever shouting protests he spouted, proceeded to drag him back inside. Being basically useless with physical labor, Liana's job was primarily to spray air freshener as the three of them made their way to the bathroom, so that the girls didn't have to smell whatever Quinn had been into since he disappeared.

In a matter of minutes, Asuka has Quinn into the bathroom and tossed him into the shower, turning it on cold without bothering to warn him or let him undress. She then pulled out her walkie-talkie and radioed Kayako.

"We got 'im!"

"Good!" Kayako replied "Now watch him and make sure he doesn't break anything...or strip."

Nic stopped and smiled at Reiku in an attempt to try and calm him down some, "I don't think that Kayako will think you are crazy. But since right now the crew is kind of scrambling to do get the ship up in the air, asking her right now may not be the best time." Putting a hand on his shoulder lightly. "Maybe when we get in the air both of us can go see her and you can ask her about it if you'd like."

And Quinn drove the ship where people wanted to go.

He nodded. " That sounds like a good idea. " He started to walked up the stair's and headed for the bridge with nic right be hide him. " I'm still a bit nerves... of what kayako's gonna say.. " He closed his eye's as he walked through the door leading to the bridge.