Exaltica: Eden Awakening Saga, Sin Denial Options

[Sailerius]

Exaltica: The Eden Awakening Saga
Episode 1: Sin Denial

"Emergency power conservation is in effect. All non-essential systems have been taken offline."

The recording of the woman’s voice is the first sound you’re able to make sense of. A dull ache of annoyance in the back of your head suggests that you’ve heard that recording before. You’re pretty tired, though, so your eyes flutter shut again and you drift back down into the depths of unconsciousness.

"Emergency power conservation is in effect. All non-essential systems have been taken offline."

Just as you’re about to fall asleep again, the recording plays again. It’s starting to get really annoying. You probably won’t be able to get any sleep until it stops. You suppose that means you’ll just have to get up (even if only to stop that blasted recording). It makes a pretty good alarm clock.

Your feet touch the floor uncertainly. You’re not sure if it’s because you’ve been asleep or because the artificial gravity in the ship is acting up, but you have a hard time standing up straight. Wait a minute, why are you on a ship?

As you try to gather your bearings, memories flood back to you in a disorganized heap of imagery. It takes a few minutes to sort everything out and arrange the memories chronologically. There must be something missing, though; no matter how you put together the disjointed pieces of your memory, you just can’t figure out where you are or how you got there. Maybe looking around will provide you with some clues.

The only lights on in the ship are the dim red emergency lights which illuminate only the essential areas. Inside rooms (whose heavy metal doors you must manually slide open because "Emergency power conservation is in effect. All non-essential systems have been taken offline."), it’s almost completely black.

The ship you’re on is fairly large; you’re able to gather that there are six decks and a sizable docking bay. Too big to be personal transport. A supply ship would have a larger cargo bay.

More importantly, where is the crew? And where is everyone else?

You’re all located on deck 3 and wake up in different cabins. Features on this deck: Cabins, storage, lift (deactivated), stairs.

[Nicsp]

Lars started searching around his cabin, still awfully confused about what he was doing there. He held his head with his organic head, trying to soothe down the headache that was now piercing through it. Lars squinted his eyes, trying to see what was around him with little sucess but eventually he simply rose up his robotic arm and used the little light it emanated to try and make his way out of the room he was in, at least. Judging by the light that emanated from his arm, Lars was able to conclude it would need to be recharged soon but first he'd have to find his way out of that room.

The recording plays again and Lars grunts. "Funny thing is, this recording IS sort of non-essential. Oh well..." He mutters to himself, while searching the exit. He gets distracted for a moment and next thing he knows he smashed his face against a cold metal surface, most likely a wall. Despite the now pained nose, he followed the wall until he found the door.

[Ereth]

That voice . . . is female, Aiko thought. Mom . . . is she here?

Aiko blinked the sleep from her eyes and looked around wildly. "Mom?" No answer. "Dad?" She felt heavy in the darkness. "Anybody? Please . . . someone . . . help me!"

The robin's egg on her head told her she had rolled out of bed sometime during the night. It hurt, but the pain had dulled into a slight ache. Clutching her head with one hand, Aiko scrambled to her feet and felt the walls around her with the other. They were cold; the sudden exposure made her draw her hand back in surprise.

A door! I need to find a door . . . but wait! What's this in my apron? With trembling hands, Aiko traced the outline of a pistol. It was then that she remembered. She had shot a man.

Aiko threw her head back and howled.

This post has been edited by Ereth: Mar 8 2011, 08:07 PM

[Hirei]

The first thing that Arel Mathis noticed when she was awakened by monotonous recording was the near pitch blackness of her cabin. It took a moment for Arel to realize that she was somewhere. But for some reason she couldn't remember how or why she was here. But for now the young woman shoved all of these thoughts aside. The darkness....was very unsettling. Beads of sweat started to gather on her skin as she realized that she was alone....in this dark room.

Arel moved a hand up to her forehead on instinct, reaching up to touch the smooth metal of the navigator's googles that were (thankfully) still there. Feeling her way around the metal rim of one eyeglass she managed to locate the smooth recess that indicated the presence of the light module switch.

Click.....A weak ray of light came from a pinpoint hole situated on the bridge of the goggles. The beam flickered and wavered...Arel had the sneaking suspicion that her single ray of light wouldn't last for very long. Her eyes scanned the room as quickly as she tried to gather information about her surroundings. The cabin seemed rather small to her, with foreboding metal walls that were cold to the touch. ...And there was a door.

FZZZT. Her lightsource fizzled out and died. CLICKCLICK. Arel pressed the button again and again but to no avail.

"Well looks like I have no choice then. The door doesn't seem to be too far..." Slowly she rose from her perch on the bed and made her way towards the door, "The door....was about 37 degrees to the left if I remember." One hand was spread out before her, as she turned to the left and felt her way across the wall. She first she found a console of buttons for what she assumed was for the door. Taking this to be a good sign, Arel moved further along the wall ...and eventually made it to the door. Arel reached into a pocket and withdrew a pair of dark leather gloves. There was no telling what could be on the other side of this door. Grasping the handle firmly with both hands, Arel managed to slide the door away from her. The dim glow of an unknown light source greeted her as well as a hallway full of rooms.

Suddenly a howl pierced through the air, Arel turned around and shifted into a defensive stance.

"That sounded like another person? Is this place being attacked or something?"

[Ereth]

"I shot him," Aiko sobbed. "I shot another human being. I hope he's not . . . "

The very idea brought her to her knees. She was meant to create, not to destroy. But who in his right mind would eat cake made by someone with blood on her hands? And what would her parents think? Aiko imagined her mother silently weeping into her hands---just as she was trying (but failing) to do now---and saying something like, "My Aiko-chan . . . what did we do wrong?"

Her father's reaction would be worse, she thought. He would just sit there and shake his head sadly. And yet Aiko wanted to be with them in spite of that, to feel their warm arms wrapping around her while they told her everything would be all right. She wanted that so badly. But they weren't with her now.

At least they're safe. If that man died, I'm going to hell for it, but at least they're safe.

That thought alone brought her comfort in the dark.

[slaix223]

Nate could hear it, the droning sound of the automated message waking him up from his sleep. As much as he wanted to put it out of his thoughts, it simply couldn't be done. After a few seconds, his tired mind caught up with him.

Wait. Shouldn't I. . . ?

His eyes shot open, only to see the dim room of a starship greet him.

"I'm on a ship! Why am I on a ship!?" Nate exclaimed, only to reflexively clamp a hand over his mouth. The last thing he needed was for someone to hear him.

His nervous rambling continued in his thoughts. Oh god, they caught me, didn't they? They found evidence linking to me on that cargo, or maybe someone ratted me out, or. . . or. . . !

Nate's eyes darted around the cabin, trying to find any indication of where he was. There wasn't a single thing that could clue him in on the nature of the starship. With a sigh, he began to go through the possibilities.

It can't be a standard transport ship, like the one I took. It seems too large for that. But if that's the case, what is this ship supposed to do? They probably did find me, and they're transporting me off to some special prison for terrorists or something!

He took a deep breath of air. One thing was for certain: He didn't know where he was, so he should stay calm and not reveal anything. There could be a rational explanation for this, after all. His mind calm, he finally took a listen to the siren that had been constantly going off and causing him to have a nasty headache.

"Emergency power conservation is in effect. All non-essential systems have been taken offline."

"What does that mean?" Nate asked. "Are supposed to be in some sort of hibernation? But it's impossible to sleep with that thing buzzing through our ears, which means. . . An emergency!"

His mind paused, letting him recall the situation from before. He gulped his saliva out of nervousness and took a feeble few steps over to the door, or what he thought was a door in this dim cabin. As expected, it didn't open automatically. After a good shove, it slid open. Almost immediately, Nate shielded his eyes as a second light, positioned exactly outside his door, shined inside.

Anything's too bright in a darkness like this, he thought.

With a second light, he could see a little better into the deep recesses of his cabin. There was a small dresser off to the side, a white bag on top of it. With a gasp, he ran over to it. As he felt around in the bag, he could feel all of his belongings, safely tucked away.

He pulled out a thin, rectangular device. It was his new laptop; the one he bought after the old one went up in flames. He flipped it open, followed by pressing the power switch up in the corner. After a few seconds, it didn't turn on. He tried again, then tapped a few keys on the keyboard. Nothing was working.

It doesn't seem to be damaged, so it's probably just a dead battery. Still, so much for this helping me.

He stowed it back away, and then slung the bag over his shoulder. At least he had something familiar he could hold onto. He needed the comfort, even if it wasn't much.

His breathing increased. He turned to the open door, and took a step towards it. Then another. In a few seconds, he would be outside, in the hallway. What would he find? A few steps into the hallway, and he heard it, a piercing scream in the darkness. His head turned to the side.

Oh god, what if this is a prison transport ship!? And what if they torture their prisoners! His deluded, impossible thoughts continued to bounce around his skull as he started to walk in the direction he heard the scream. I. . . I have to know for sure.

[Nicsp]

Lars didn't get to hear the voices yet since he was still in his room, he slowly followed the wall, tapping at it until he eventually found the door as evidenced by the fact the sound of his tapping was different from the others in this area. There we go...Hopefully now i can get out of this place and figure out what's going on. He passed his hand around the door until he found it's handle and pulled it open with a quick movement of his robotic arm.

Looking from the outside, the first thing one would see would be a dark figure with a shining metallic arm. Lars then looked around, still not being able to see around properly and fixing his glasses in place. "Is anyone there?" He then looked at his arm, it's lights were getting even dimmer, it probably wouldn't be long until it shutted down.

[Ganonfrog]

"Emergency power conservation is in effect. All non-essential systems have been taken offline."

Power conservation. Saving up energy. Were those idiots from the environmental protection agency here? Like hell he was going to deal with them right now. He had enough with rest of this week's stress as it was, and it's not like he was doing anything wrong. They should just let him sleep.

"Emergency power conservation is in effect. All non-essential systems have been taken offline."

Jesus Christ, again? Could they be any more obnoxious about this? Apparently they weren't going to let him sleep even if he tried his damnedest.

Fine, if they were so desperate to get him up, he would give them what they wanted. He'd wake up, and get out of bed for them. In fact, he was such a nice guy that he'd even be willing to help them put some of those non-essential systems offline, once he did.

Jun shuffled out of the bed he was in, tossing his meager covers aside as his feet touched the ground. It took a couple moments for him to open his eyes properly; more than he was really comfortable with, now that his thoughts were returning to normal. In fact, when did he even go to bed? How could he? The shuttle he was in was so stuffed with people that he could hardly even tie his shoes.

Also, nothing about the room was familiar at all. In fact, that part was pretty important, now that he actually bothered to think about it.

"Emergency power conservation is in effect. All non-essential systems have been taken offline."

Wait, was that an emergency announcement? A real one? A real, hell of a repetitive one? Said by a computer that required power to work?

"Yeah, great. You're sure full of yourself, aren't you? Taking off every other system, and considering yourself an essential one. The toaster's more essential than you are!" He shouted up to the corner the voice seemed to be coming from, in a voice as eerily sightly inhuman as the announcer's. Of course, even with their common trait, the only answer he got was the predictable one. He tried not to listen to it.

He also tried not to think too hard about his current situation, because now that it was sinking in, it was actually creepy as all hell. There was no way he had been here before now.

Now that he was really not wanting to go any further with that train of thought, Jun decided to just make his way to the door. If anything was certain, it was that staying in here during an emergency was a terrible idea.

He exited into the empty hallway. He heard a howl of pain. His remaining sense of ease was officially gone. This sucked.

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Zhi woke up to the same sort of racket from the announcement that her brother did. However, her reaction to it all settled on a much more rational route. She realized immediately that something wasn't right and that, more importantly, she needed to get out of here with all the speed she could manage.

Contrary to what her tired body wanted to allow her, she pulled herself straight out of bed, and forced herself to become aware of the things surrounding her. Much as she suspected when she woke up, she found the room to be entirely different from anything she had seen before now. Something strange had happened, and she couldn't even begin to properly piece it together.

With that in mind, she only gave the room a quick glance around before leaving, in hope that she'd find some of her belongings by the bed. She didn't. The room was as empty of luggage as it was of people. Everything but the clothes on her back were gone.

Including, as it finally hit her, her brother.

Zhi's thoughtfulness shattered, and was replaced by an unshakable panic. Jun was gone, and the entire area she was currently standing in was completely unfamiliar. Anything could have happened and, as a result, her own family member may very well be in any condition, anywhere.

She needed to figure out where she was, immediately. She needed to tear open the door, and see the rooms following this cabin.

Zhi followed that need. The door into the hallway opened with a crash, and she stepped through it, determined to find the answers.

[Ereth]

It took several more minutes for Aiko to regain some semblance of composure, but she eventually got to her feet and scrambled out of the cabin. Her dress was soaked with sweat, making the bulge of the gun in her apron pocket even more apparent. OhGodohGodohGodIhavetogetridofthegun!

No good would come of keeping it any longer . . . right? Aiko made a mad dash down the hallway, glad to have found a goal of sorts. In any other situation she would have looked comical, but not today. Anyone unfortunate enough to meet up with her now would probably be convinced that the tall, willowy figure in the peach-colored dress and stained apron was some kind of demon bent on making a horrible meat cake out of human flesh and topping it with blood-infused Chantilly cream.

"Gottagetridofitgott---aah!"

Aiko had lost her footing and pitched forward into something---or someone. Being careful while running was not a rule of which Aiko was often mindful, so she tripped and fell frequently (garnering her the nickname The Human Rolling Pin), but she still wasn't used to landing on people.

"S-s-sorry! I'm really, really, really sorry!" she yelped as she jumped off of him. She didn't know whether to be mortified at the awkward landing on yet another person or relieved that she had found someone else in this place. She was also relieved that the gun had not gone off from being jostled so much. It occurred to her then that she had disposed of the pistol's ammunition long ago, having given it---along with the other gun---to an elderly gentleman on the emergency shuttle, figuring the poor man could use something with which to defend himself. I hope he's okay, she thought. He was such a sad old man . . .

Then the latest victim of Aiko's steamrolling ways looked up at her, speaking in a voice that wasn't really his. The sound made her snap to attention.

"Sorry for interrupting your internal monologue," he asked, "but who the hell are you?"

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[slaix223]

After stepping into the hallway, Nate's eyes darted left and right to check each door. Each one remained shut, much to his relief. Much like his cabin, the hallway was sparsely lighted. He could barely see any section of the hall that was more than a few feet away from a light. Before he could take a step, the sound of another shriek echoed through the hall.

"Gottagetridofitgott---aah!"

Following the shriek, there was a loud crash. Nate took a step back, in reflex.

Did she try to escape? Maybe this really is a transport ship to a prison!

His irrational thoughts did little to calm his mind. Despite his fears, he took a tentative step forward. Then another. In less than a minute, he found the cause of the crash. Two people were on the floor, much like they had run into each other. In an instant, one of the two jumped back. Was she the girl he had heard? It was too dark to see for certain.

"S-s-sorry! I'm really, really, really sorry!"

That had settled it. It was the girl he had heard screaming earlier. But the other person, still on the floor, was a complete mystery; the darkness covered their body too well. Then, he heard the person speak.

"Sorry for interrupting your internal monologue," he asked, "but who the hell are you?"

It was a man, although his annoyed tone did little to make Nate want to go over and introduce himself. Instead, he stood there in the darkness, just watching the two.

What should I do? If I'm right and this is going to a prison, then these two could be dangerous criminals! But at the same time, if they spot me here, wouldn't they be more angry that I'm listening in on their conversation? Oh... What should I do?

He bit his lip, deciding to just wait and see how the event in front of him would play out.

[Ganonfrog]

Immediately after exiting his room, Jun somehow managed to crash straight into something with enough force to knock him to the floor. At least, that's what he thought, until his eyes actually adjusted to the light enough to prove otherwise. Once he managed to collect himself off of the floor, however, he immediately noticed the real culprit: A crazed looking woman, gibbering to herself like she'd just seen twelve ghosts at once. He groaned in annoyance. He left his room in attempt to find someone who could tell him what was going on, but instead he got some loon.

"Sorry for interrupting your internal monologue," he snapped over to her, "but who the hell are you?" It was obvious that she wasn't going to do anything sane on her own, so he figured he'd just try to force her with a question.

As he was waiting for a response, someone else stepped out of another nearby cabin. It was a bit hard to get a proper look at them from the angle he was standing at, but the lack of babbling at least signified a vague possibility of the newcomer being sane. Not that he would bet on it.

"You too. Who the hell are you? Where is this, and why the hell won't that computer shut up?" He shouted over in the new guy's direction, not caring how weird the questions probably sounded. It would take a whole lot more than amnesia to look crazy next to his current company.

[Ereth]

Aiko was more than a little cowed by the severity of the man's tone and the fact that there was apparently some other stranger nearby (it was probably best to deal with him later), but she decided to take a deep breath and try to be friendly. No one would want to be anywhere near her unless she calmed down. "Aiko Moreno. I'm nineteen years old and I'm training to be a pastry chef. It's nice to meet you!" She held out a hand and smiled weakly at the man in front of her, but frowned when he refused to shake. Oh, well. She got that a lot. Dropping her arm back to her side, she smiled again---for she was genuinely relieved to find someone else in this place----and continued speaking.

"I don't know where we are. I'm as lost as you and Mr. Hide-And-Go-Seek over there. Maybe if we three look around together we can find a way out?" Her voice lilted upward, hinting at an invitation. Though they were almost the same height and she wasn't totally defenseless, she didn't want to make him angry. "Say . . . do you like cake? Or pie, maybe? When we get out of here---and if we end up in a kitchen somehow, heheh---I could make us something nice!"

Aiko knew she was an idiot for expecting an answer of any kind, let alone a positive one, from someone she had just run over in a frightened daze, but she didn't care. She just needed someone with her right now. Even if he thought she was crazy.

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[Nicsp]

Lars simply followed the yelling and shortly arrived at the where the scene was taking place, quickly making his presence know due to the faint light coming from his mechanical arm. He waved his organic hand over to the people ahead of him. "Hey." He greeted bluntly, arriving right in the middle of their conversation. "Answering to that last question of yours, it's going to keep repeating that announcement for at least a few more minutes before it shuts itself down to save energy." He looked at his arm and then back at the others. "Speaking of energy, i guess it'd be too much to hope any of you to have any kind of batteries, eh?"

[Hirei]

Arel slowly made her way towards the yelling, trying to maneuver around in the hallways. Here and there her foot bumped into walls or random debris. Being alone with little light was really frightening.

Thank god for my steel-toed boots. Lifting her goggles away from her eyes, Arel squinted to surmise what would be in the distance. However, even though her eyes couldn't see much, the voices that she heard earlier were definitely closer. It seemed that a small group had gathered right around the corner.

Arel proceeded to walk carefully towards the voices , but not before tripping over a thick cable that was on the ground. Instinctively, she threw out her hands out in front of her as she started to fall forwards, instead she landed on her left arm. Her goggles flew off her head and hit the wall in front of her before skittering to a stop directly behind Lars. A sharp spike of pain ran up the damaged limb as Arel rolled over onto her side.

Freaking cable. Would've bloody killed me if there was a crate or something nearby. I'm sure I would've bashed my head in.

Gingerly, with her right hand she felt the area that she had landed on. It hurt...but the limb didn't seem to be broken...or so she presumed. But no doubt there would be a rather large and ugly bruise there in a few minutes.

Arel was sure that the noise that she had made would alert the others to her presence....and unfortunately she couldn't tell whether these people were friend or foe. Gritting her teeth, Arel waited in the shadows of the corner to see what the response would be.

This post has been edited by Hirei: Mar 13 2011, 04:48 PM

[Nicsp]

Lars blinked a few times, hearing the sound of something behind him, he looked around to find a pair of goggles, he picked it up with his robotic hand, examining them for a second, he then looked around again and didn't take too long to spot Arel. He took slow steps towards her direction. Looking from Arel's point of view Lars would seem like a tall, slim figure, his mechanical arm emmiting a dim green light as he approached her. Lars approached her, stretching out his normal hand to her. "Need some help getting up?" He'd ask playfully, while holding her goggles out for her with his metal hand.

[Hirei]

"Need some help getting up?" The man with a mechanical arm extended a hand towards her.

"You're not hiding....anything dangerous in that arm are you?" Arel cautiously accepted the hand as Lars helped her up. Muttering her thanks, she took the googles from his other hand.

Taking a quick look at the item, she noticed that was was luckily no damage to her prized possession other than a small nick at one end of the frame. Sighing, she jammed the goggles back onto it's usual perch on her head. While doing so she noticed that the group was rather...ragtag in it's appearance.

"I'll take a guess and say that you all found yourself on this ship too?"

[Ganonfrog]

Jun raised a hand to his head in frustration, while desperately trying to fight the oncoming headache. Apparently everyone else here was in the exact same situation as he was. While that was great and all when it came to not being completely and utterly alone in this creepy place, it was kind of useless in the actually getting answers department. On top of that, all of them seemed to be pretty worthless at anything that could get them out of here.

Including walking, as he decided after yet another person in the room fell over with all the grace of a drunken hobo. Surely the group of them would get far in life, together.

After eying the new girl with a look of doubt and obvious annoyance, Jun finally decided to cave in and be the one to get this awkward group going "Well, we're not getting anything done by standing here, so whatever. Let's just get out of here so that my ears stop bleeding." He mumbled in the most noncommittal attempt at leadership he could muster. He ignored the question about batteries. Who used batteries in this day and age, anyways? The sort of guy who shared a haunted spaceship with a baker, janitor, and some paranoid chick who doesn't know how to use her own feet, apparently.

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Another door opened on the opposite side of the hallway, accompanied by the panicked footsteps of a woman in heels. Breathing heavily in her desperation and fear, she made her way around the corner, and into line of sight of the growing crowd. As soon as she was able to get a proper look of who all was there, she immediately charged for one, specific target.

"Holy shi--" Jun exclaimed as he was tackled from the side, into an unwilling hug. Zhi laughed in relief as her brother awkwardly attempted to break free from her hold, deeply relieved to see that her sibling was okay. After a couple seconds, it finally dawned on her that there were others in the room. It was enough to convince her to release her brother from her grip.

"H-hello." She greeted everyone with a nod, and clearing of her throat, as she attempted to regain her composure. Unlike most of the others here, she was rather well dressed, to the point of looking a little out of place. As soon as she managed to pull herself together properly, she presented herself with a polite smile, and a straight back. "Do any of you work here? I'm afraid I don't quite understand what's happening right now."

"None of us do, Zhi. This place is some kind of freaky ghost ship. None of us know how we got here." Jun piped up and answered her before any of the others could try. Even though his words were still harsh, he's obviously taking on a much friendlier tone with his sister.

"Ghost ship? With the emergency announcement on? Are you sure that's even possible? There must be someone here."

Jun just shugged. "Well, we haven't really gone anywhere. It's that god-awful blaring that woke us up. We were thinking of looking around."

Zhi paused for a moment to get a better look at the hallway, before finally turning back to Jun, with a nod of agreement. "That sounds like it would be best. It's obviously not safe here. We'll take care of introductions as we walk."

[Ereth]

Aiko looked at the newcomers and shook, wondering how in the world they all came together so quickly. She was scared. Even at school, she had dreaded being around too many people at once. But she knew that she had to do everything she could to keep these people here with her. If I'm alone for too long . . . I don't know what will happen.

The Human Rolling Pin smiled warmly, looking first at the woman in heels and then back at the young man she had flattened earlier. Apparently they knew one another. Siblings? Friends? They appeared to be related in some way, but she wanted to find out for sure.

"This Zhi must be your sister! You have the same eyes." She stepped closer to the two of them, staring with interest at their confused faces. "Oh, and tell me what your favorite kind of cake is! Or your favorite dessert in general! Do you have similar tastes? No, no, I shouldn't assume that. But sometimes relatives like the same things . . ."

[Ganonfrog]

Was this woman still asking about cake? Did "Hey, let's get out of this hellhole and find out where we are." somehow translate to "Hey, I want to tell you all about my taste in desserts!" in crazy-speak? Maybe he should tell her that he likes the kind of cake with batteries in it. It would please both of the idiots asking stupid questions right now.

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Zhi was much more willing to strike up a casual conversation right now, as long as they kept moving ahead at the same time. It would, hopefully, lighten up the mood a little. Plus, she felt pretty relieved that it was clear to the others that they were brother and sister, and not a couple, after her little attack earlier. "Yes, we are. I'm Shaomei Zhi, and this is my younger brother, Jun." She answered, motioning to her brother, smiling as she spoke. "As for cake, well... I'm personally rather fond of devil's food cake, to be honest." She laughed, almost seeming a little embarrassed about her cake preferences. "I suppose I just have something of a weakness for chocolate."

As soon as she finished her response to the question, Zhi glanced over to Jun, keeping her friendly expression as she looked him in the eyes. Jun remained silent for a moment as she did so, before giving in.

"Well, uh... sure, chocolate's pretty good. I like the stuff you all used to make on my birthday, I guess." Jun sighed, avoiding eye contact with the baker as he gave his half-hearted answer.

[Hirei]

Siblings... The word had a nostalgic effect on Arel as she watched the conversation taking place.

"Oh, and tell me what your favorite kind of cake is! Or your favorite dessert in general! Do you have similar tastes? No, no, I shouldn't assume that. But sometimes relatives like the same things . . ."

Arel sighed. This chick must have a few screws loose...but then again it is normal to freak out a bit after waking up to a situation like this.

The thought of cake though was very annoying. Already the navigator's stomach was churning in hunger. Maybe this...baker person could whip up something for them once they got out? She entertained the thought for a second before a sharp pain in her injured arm snapped her out of it. Massaging the limb with her gloved right hand, Arel spoke up, "Instead of talking about desserts and the such, a plan of action would be more beneficial in this type of situation, yes?"

This post has been edited by Hirei: Mar 14 2011, 09:33 PM