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<blockquote data-quote="MortalPlague" data-source="post: 6414440" data-attributes="member: 62721"><p><em>Beep, beep.</em></p><p></p><p>Doctor Emma Sanduine tilted her head with a speculative look on her face. The whole dragon attack and the collapse of civilization had struck her differently than most people. She had spent all her days digging in the dirt, uncovering the stories of past massacres and apocalpyses, just on a more local scale. Now, the Earth would be one big dig site. But that was not the cause for her speculative look. Rather...</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #00cc99">"Listen closely. Do you hear it?"</span> she asked. She paused a moment, idly moving a strand of golden hair from in front of her face with a single, delicate finger. There was something audible, just out of the range of her hearing. Were those words? Were they voices? Or was it just her imagination?</p><p></p><p><em>Beep, beep.</em></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #00cc99">"Yes, it's some sort of signal. Not from the ship, I've heard the sounds the ship makes. This is something else. What do you think it is?"</span> she queried. <span style="color: #00cc99">"Perhaps hyperspace is really a realm inhabited, and we have just plowed through a grand bazaar, dragging screaming victims with us..."</span></p><p></p><p><em>Beep, beep.</em></p><p></p><p>The beeping finally seemed to register with Doctor Sanduine. Only her eyes moved, glancing down to the comm unit on her desk, blinking with an incoming call. She blinked once, and realized her mistake. <em>Answer the call first, then talk to the scientist on the other end.</em></p><p></p><p>She pressed the button. The comm flared to life with a chirp. "Doctor Sanduine," came a voice from the communicator. "The hyperdrive has stopped!"</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #00cc99">"The murder-engine, wrought to bore through those poor hyper-people has indeed stopped, yes. With no small loss of life."</span> Emma was on her feet and pacing now, looking increasingly excited. <span style="color: #00cc99">"Or perhaps the sound is the titanic belly of the stellar predator we have just been swallowed by."</span></p><p></p><p>The voice on the other end of the comm unit sounded dubious. "Um... You're making many leaps there, Doctor," he began.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #00cc99">"Or perhaps it's some latent psychic phenomenon being awoken throughout the ship due to proximity to a supernova? There's so many possibilities, I need to have eyes on the situation if I'm to suss out what's going on. Inform the bridge that I'm on my way."</span> Doctor Sanduine stalked towards the door, pausing only to briefly rake a hand through her hair while eyeing herself in the mirror.</p><p></p><p>The comm-voice was even more bewildered. "I-I don't know how to inform the bridge," he said. "And I'm pretty sure you can't just walk in there."</p><p></p><p>Emma had already disappeared into the corridor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MortalPlague, post: 6414440, member: 62721"] [I]Beep, beep.[/I] Doctor Emma Sanduine tilted her head with a speculative look on her face. The whole dragon attack and the collapse of civilization had struck her differently than most people. She had spent all her days digging in the dirt, uncovering the stories of past massacres and apocalpyses, just on a more local scale. Now, the Earth would be one big dig site. But that was not the cause for her speculative look. Rather... [COLOR="#00cc99"]"Listen closely. Do you hear it?"[/COLOR] she asked. She paused a moment, idly moving a strand of golden hair from in front of her face with a single, delicate finger. There was something audible, just out of the range of her hearing. Were those words? Were they voices? Or was it just her imagination? [I]Beep, beep.[/I] [COLOR="#00cc99"]"Yes, it's some sort of signal. Not from the ship, I've heard the sounds the ship makes. This is something else. What do you think it is?"[/COLOR] she queried. [COLOR="#00cc99"]"Perhaps hyperspace is really a realm inhabited, and we have just plowed through a grand bazaar, dragging screaming victims with us..."[/COLOR] [I]Beep, beep.[/I] The beeping finally seemed to register with Doctor Sanduine. Only her eyes moved, glancing down to the comm unit on her desk, blinking with an incoming call. She blinked once, and realized her mistake. [I]Answer the call first, then talk to the scientist on the other end.[/I] She pressed the button. The comm flared to life with a chirp. "Doctor Sanduine," came a voice from the communicator. "The hyperdrive has stopped!" [COLOR="#00cc99"]"The murder-engine, wrought to bore through those poor hyper-people has indeed stopped, yes. With no small loss of life."[/COLOR] Emma was on her feet and pacing now, looking increasingly excited. [COLOR="#00cc99"]"Or perhaps the sound is the titanic belly of the stellar predator we have just been swallowed by."[/COLOR] The voice on the other end of the comm unit sounded dubious. "Um... You're making many leaps there, Doctor," he began. [COLOR="#00cc99"]"Or perhaps it's some latent psychic phenomenon being awoken throughout the ship due to proximity to a supernova? There's so many possibilities, I need to have eyes on the situation if I'm to suss out what's going on. Inform the bridge that I'm on my way."[/COLOR] Doctor Sanduine stalked towards the door, pausing only to briefly rake a hand through her hair while eyeing herself in the mirror. The comm-voice was even more bewildered. "I-I don't know how to inform the bridge," he said. "And I'm pretty sure you can't just walk in there." Emma had already disappeared into the corridor. [/QUOTE]
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