Kanna OOCly says, "Sooo... we've just spent a good 3-4 months
vacationing, adventuring, shipbuilding, and training... and now it's
time for us to ship the ships to Shalomar and scatter to the winds, eh?
*wl*"

John says, "OOC Righto :)"

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Kanna smiles slightly as she locks up the little house they've called
home during their stay on Jade, making sure everything's been
winterized, as the leaves on the trees out back have started to turn
colors.  She looks at the rest of the group on the porch, herself clad
back in her usual adventuring gear and jumpsuit.  "Well."  She puts her
hands on her hips.  "Fusion generator's powered down, the flues have
been cleaned out and closed, refrigerator's cleaned, and forge and other
buildings are all locked up.  We ready to get those ships and this show
on the road?"

Lian hides a yawn, having spent most of last night on the final touches
of her contribution to the war effort. "As long as we don't have to use
them, too ... "

Kanna chuckles, and ruffles Lian's hair.  "No, it's Trump Express for
the lot of us.  I figure bop down to Trinc and make sure the crews are
all aboard, have sis and Aeris trump 'em to where they need to go, and
then synch things here back to normal and trump to Shalomar to confirm
that they got there all right."  She looks wry.

Beowulf nods, a bit tiredly. "Suppose so. I just hope they make sure
someone *good* is there to use them right."

Kanna nods, and hugs Beowulf.  "If nobody else, Ruka'll know what to do
with them.  Otherwise, there'll be heck to pay."

Lian says, "Well, there's something I need to deliver in person ...
gotta give your loverboy the controller for my rocks. And the rocks
themselves, of course."

Beowulf nods. "Ruka can use 'em right, I think. I'm just a bit worried
when he said they'd probably appoint a royal in command over him."

Kanna nods.  "I know where his office is... I can lead you to him."  She
mmms, and nods at Beowulf.  "Well, unless he gets a field commission,
he's pretty much stuck where he is." She sighs.  "Which means he likely
won't unless Uncle Tylor or Aunt Kozue deem that the situation with Hel
and the Bloc is dire enough to do so given times of war."

Beowulf says, "I hope whoever gets the command has the sense to use him
as a seconnd-in-command, aide-de-camp, whatever, and will listen to
him." He makes an 'oops' grimace. "Assuming he doesn't mind being put in
that position, of course."

Beowulf turns to Lian. "Oh, that reminds me, I need to make a copy of
the viewing board for the sensor network for him; don't know if they're
going to approach Amber through Ashante, but if they do it might help
give him some early warning."

Lian says, "Better make it now, then, and tie it into the network. Once
we get out into the 'real world' again, things will likely become hectic
again. So much to do, so little time ... heralds, constructs, invasions
..."

Kanna quirks a smile.  "Eh, he's pretty copacetic about these sorts of
things.  This is the job he's trained all his life to do, and he does it
pretty well."  She shrugs, and looks wry.  "Eh, it'll all come out in
the wash.  Perhaps we should've made more sensor networks for the other
ports too..." she muses.

Beowulf nods. "Not sure how much the sensor network would be around
*here*, though... we've got the Rebmaquois patrolling around here, and
they'd probably be able to notice and deactivate it."

Beowulf smacks his forehead. "Need to make a copy of the board for the
Ashante, too."

Kanna patpats Beowulf on the shoulder.  "And you do have a point about
having a network near Amber.  Hopefully we'll get all that nastiness
cleared out soon enough."

Beowulf grins. "I certainly hope so."

Kanna says, "Well, anyway, you get two more boards worked up quick, and
..." She peers about to try and find the Mysterious Lily.

Lily pokes a head around Kanna's shoulder.  "Hmm, yes?"

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Kanna OOCly says, "oh yes:
http://www.eyrie.org/~aerianne/dld/amber/kanna.house.jpg ,
kanna.house.s-n.jpg , kanna.house.w-e.jpg ."

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Kanna doesn't jump.  Much.  "Ah!  There you are.  Was just wondering
where you'd gotten off too." She smiles.  "Ready to go?"

Lily says, "I'm ready."

Beowulf whips up the two extra copies of the monitoring board. "Ready
here, I think."

Lian smiles. "Let's go, then."

Kanna nods.  "Off to Trinc to see the ships off, then." She mentally
asks Gabrielle to open a Trump Gate to the Trinc docks and shipyards, so
that they can give the fleet their final marching orders.

Gabrielle does what is asked of her.

Beowulf looks over the fleet as they arrive, using what nautical and
combat skills he's picked up to gauge its readiness for himself.

The fleet is as ready as it will ever be.

Kanna nods, and lets them know that they should ready for Trump Gating,
and then goes and stands on the docks.

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You page, "Should Kanna have Jade synch back up with Amber before or
after this trumping?" to Akemi.

Akemi pages, "Before, or the gate will jam up as people go in faster
than they come out." to you.

You page-pose, "Aerianne nods." to Akemi.

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Lian stands back and does a last visual check of the fleet, nodding
slightly. "They should be a nice surprise."

Kanna concentrates, bringing the Pattern to mind as she synchs Jade and
its associated realms back to Amber proper.  "Sis?  Aeris?  'S your
show."  She grins slightly.

Beowulf hmms. "Aeris is supposed to be opening the gate to Shalomar?" he
asks. "I'm actually not sure if I've ever been there while I've had her
with me."

Aeris says, "Yes, I don't think I have its coordinates."

Kanna blinks.  "Huh.  Well, I would've figured sis and Aeris would've
talked about it, as she -has- been there, since I've been there a
lot..." She facepalms.  "Okay, sis, it's -your- show then."

Gabrielle happily makes with the Trump Mojo.

Kanna smiles softly, and slightly proudly, as she watches the ships head
out, flying under the combined flags of Mechanus, Kanna's personal
emblem, and Jade.

The ships sail on through the gate without any trouble.

Beowulf blinks. "Um, did you trump Ruka *right now* to let him know we
were coming through?"

Kanna relaxes as the last one goes through, and pulls out her trump of
Shalomar. "Oh, he knew we were in fast-time and going to be dropping the
ships through sometime today, Bey."

Kanna says, "That was even -before- the vacation to set this up.  So
they know to watch for them and -not- immediately panic."

Lian says, "Remember, we -did- call him a few months ago, Bey."

Lian says, "Well, months for us. Minutes or hours only for him."

Beowulf nods. "I remember you letting him know we'd be doing something,
but it probably would have been nice to call him and let him know 'right
*now* is the time."

Kanna lets out a breath.  "Well, what's done is done, really.  If you
want, we can trump to him directly..." She shuffles trumps, pulling out
Ruka's as well.

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You page, "(as from Kanna's POV, she was going to get a fleet from the
Isles hopefully that day earlier, and that's what she's referring to.
*wl* )" to Akemi.

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Beowulf quirks a grin. "Yes, it is rather too late now. Hopefully it
won't be a problem."

Ruka takes the trump, assuming you're now trumping him.  "Hello, Kanna,"
he says.

Kanna hehs softly, and offers her free hand to the group.  "Hey, Ruka. 
One fleet, as ordered, should have just appeared on your virtual
doorstep, as it were.  Care to pull us through so we can officially hand
things over to you?"  She smiles.

Ruka holds out his hand.  "Come on through," he says, kissing the hand
as he takes it.

Kanna blushes, but gets pulled through happily, taking the others with
her.

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You page, "Oh yes.  FINALLY figured out why Kanna's attracted to Ruka.
:)" to Chris.

Chris pages, "Oh? :)" to you.

You page, "He possesses a good portion of the Quantities that she likes
about her father, blended with an almost elven, Bishoujo attractiveness.
 How could Kanna resist? :)" to Chris.

In a page-pose to you, Chris grins. "Awww ... "

You page, "(RK is good-humored, Ruka's good-humored.  RK is a gentleman
and chivlarous, Ruka's a gentleman and chivlarous.  RK is dedicated to
his job, Ruka's dedicated to his job.  RK stays at 'home base' most of
the time DOING his Job, and Ruka stays On Base most of the time doing
his job. :)" to Chris.

You page, "Add that to his trim but well-built form, his martial skill,
his attractiveness, and his Cute Forelock... and how can Kanna resist?
;)" to Chris.

Chris pages, "Nooooo comment. :)" to you.

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Beowulf grins a bit at the blush as he grabs Lily's hand and gets pulled
through.

You are now all crammed into Ruka's office.  It's a reasonably tight
fit, and in fact, Lily ends up on Ruka's desk.

Kanna . o O (Oops.)

Ruka quickly ushers you all out into the hallway, where there's room to
move.

Kanna gets ushered.  "Whups... sorry 'bout that, Ruka."  She looks
embarrased.

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You page, "Oh, what view of the base/shipyards does Ruka's office have?"
to Akemi.

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Lian wanders out, grinning.

Beowulf picks up Lily off the desk, and does the romantic
carry-her-out-in-his-arms thing, before setting her down in the hallway
with a smile and a bow.

Lily laughs.  "Thank you, Beowulf."

Ruka says, "Thank you all very much for the loan of this fleet.  I am
very grateful."

Kanna chuckles softly.  "Anyway, if everything has gone well, enough
ships should now be around the base to give you guys a breather.  Here's
the crew rosters and commanders, by ship... hopefully they'll be sending
launches soon to get in contact with you." She smiles, and bows.  "It
was an honor and pleasure to help out, Ruka."

Beowulf blinks. "Loan?" He looks at the others. "I don't seem to recall
anything about a loan... wasn't it more of an outright gift?"

Kanna then hands Ruka the ship rosters, which also include the ship
capabilities, manifests, etc.

Kanna says, "Well, I imagine the crews will probably -eventually- want
to get back to Jade.... eventually." She quirks a smile.  "But we can
settle that later."

Lian asks, "That's for later ... there's more than just ships, though.
Mind going outside for a bit?"

Kanna looks to Ruka.  "Hopefully the hordes of suboordinates won't
follow you like iron filings to a magnet?"

Ruka says, "Alright."  He heads out down to the docks where you can see
all the ships appearing out in the harbor and the waters outside it.

Ruka says, "Of course they will, it's their job.  But seeing what all
you've brought is also part of the job."

Kanna smiles proudly at the fleet.  "Ahh, a thing of beauty.  Pyricorn
and Serpent, Ruka, you should've seen them in action against the Yursol
pirates... Bewoulf helped train them well."

Beowulf shrugs modestly.

Beowulf goes over both the normal weaponry of the ships, and the
enhancements he's conjured into them -- both best-case if everything
works, and worst-case if everything gets dispelled.

Ruka smiles.  "We'll see them in action soon enough."

Lian glances at the ships and smiles. "They are pretty good work." She
then busies herself, twisting a little bit of shadow to open a hole to
somewhere else. Out of it fall -large- rocks, normal-looking apart from
the fact that they are hovering over the ground, a short distance away
from the base where they are not in the way.

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You page, "I take it those are the Peeboes?" to Chris.

Chris pages, "Nope. Those are rocks. Large rocks. Van-sized rocks, with
a flight enchantment and remote control." to you.

You page, "Ahhh." to Chris.

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Ruka blinks. "Floating rocks?"

Kanna raises her eyebrows as the big flying rocks appear.  "Ooooo
-kay-... your attempt at ground-level mass-drivers, Lian?"

Lian says, "Well, they can go higher than ground-level. In fact, that's
what they're supposed to do when activated ... rise up, build up speed,
go ballistic, crash into enemy ships for some nice devastation."

Ruka says, "Hmm, an interesting idea."

Beowulf raises an eyebrow, smiling.

Ruka asks, "How fast can they move?"

Kanna asks, "Nice.  Simple.  Now why the hell hadn't I thought of
something like this -years- ago?"

Kanna grins.

Lian says, "Pretty fast. I've put my best flight enchantments on them."

Ruka says, "Good, good."  He spends a while discussing the capabilities
of the fleet with all of you.

Beowulf asks, "Have you heard anything about who's going to be picked to
command this fleet?"

Lian hands the rock controller and manual over to Ruka. "Have fun with
it."

Ruka says, "I don't know yet.  Tylor hadn't made a decision because it
didn't exist yet."  He takes the controller and begins playing with the
rocks.

Kanna looks wry.  "Bey, we only just talked with him -about- this fleet
a few hours ago this time, -if- that." She chuckles, and pats Beowulf on
the shoulder. "All in good time, all in good time."

Beowulf grins back. "True, true. I just want to make sure it's someone
who values and appreciates your abilities, Ruka," he says, turning back
to that worthy.

Ruka laughs.  "Thank you, Beowulf."

Beowulf bows. "You're very welcome. Though I'm also thinking of Amber --
it's going to take someone with your level of skill to pull this one
off, as far as I can tell. And they aren't that common."

Kanna smiles, proudly.   And then ohs.  "Oh yeah, monitor board, Bey."
She nudges him with her elbow, discreetly.

Ruka says, "You flatter me, Prince Beowulf.

Ruka says, "Monitor board?"

Beowulf nods. "Here's a copy of the board I put together for Saionji,
before he was kidnapped."

Beowulf says, "It's the monitoring controller for the sensor network I
put in place in Ashante waters. It may not do much good now, but if they
come back through Ashante, at least you'll have some warning."

Ruka takes it.  "Right."

Beowulf goes over the ship movements he analyzed through the temporal
scry, complete with the appropriate time-lapse maps.

Kanna nods.  "We had thoughts about trying something similar for closer
in... for Mystara, Shalomar, and Amberport... but we also had concerns
of the Bloc getting in and tampering with the system."

Ruka nods. "I'm afraid such a system of underwater monitors would be
acutely vulnerable to them."

Beowulf nods. "Things are pretty active down there right now, from what
I've heard."

Lian says, "Something to keep in mind for when the Bloc has been taken
care of, though ... there will always be a need for such."

Kanna hehs.  "Perhaps once the Bloc's taken care of... yes, exactly."

Kanna looks sheepishly at Lian.

Lian smiles slightly at Kanna.

Kanna idly checks her watch to see what time of day it is.  "Hrm. 
Annnnyway."

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You page, "... we do that too well, don't we. *wl*" to Chris.

You page, "Oh my. *o.O*  Even with Bey and Lily there?" to Chris.

Chris pages, "Hey, they're family. ;)" to you.

You page, "Heh.  And just think, Kanna gets to try and explain this to
Ruka Real Soon Now.  Wheee!" to Chris.

In a page-pose to you, Chris grins.

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Beowulf nods again, smiling wryly. "Perhaps talk to Lucien about it,
once Rebma's retaken -- he'd be a logical person to help with the setup,
and to have a monitor board."

Chris pages, "Yup. Kanna's lucky that Ruka's there and watching ... Lian
would have been tempted to do something not quite in keeping with 'just
friends for now'." to you.

Beowulf's face clouds over. "I just wish someone had been able to use
this when it was *really* needed. I didn't even think about it when I
heard Saionji'd been kidnapped."

Ruka says, "Well, no use crying over spilt milk."

Beowulf nods. "True enough."

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It's now late afternoon of day 69.

Kanna OOCly blinks, and thought that we'd gone into fast-time afternoon
of day -68-.

John says, "OOC Oh, you're right, day 68."

Kanna OOCly says, "(as Kanna saw Ruka that morning (day 68), spent most
of the day to early afternoon with bey rescuing Lian, then went to Jade
in UberHyperFastTime. *wl* )"

John says, "OOC got a few things tangled in me brain"

Kanna OOCly patpats John.

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Kanna nods.  "He's safe and sound, and what damage was caused by the
Horn is slowly being healed..." She idly pats the hilt of Merehallow.

Beowulf smiles. "Now you just *get* that to your aunt as soon as
possible... right?"

Kanna looks embarrased, but nods.  "Yes, Beowulf... still need a bit of
running around -to- get to that point... but by mid-day tomorrow,
Pyricorn and Serpent willing, I'd -better- be on the road to Cathuria."

Lian says, "I'd love to go with you ... but there's so much other stuff
to take care of."

Kanna then smiles slightly, and pats Beowulf on the shoulder.  "And you
two... be careful with Mature and trying to snag her with Vice, all
right?"

Beowulf nods to Lian, looking wistful. "I'd love to go, but you're right
-- altogether too much to do."

Beowulf smiles at Kanna. "We'll try."

Kanna mmms, and nods at Lian, regretfully.  "Yeah.  Well, if things turn
out to be more difficult than I expect... you can guess who'll be first
on the list of me to call."

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The_Prof pages, "Damn you for such an ironic line. <wry g>" to you.

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Beowulf nods. "If you're going to need Bessie's help, let me know."

Lian smiles. "If you call, and I'm not busy avoiding death, I'll be
there."

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You page, "(That'd be fun, though.  Kanna and Lian talk with their BF's,
get permission, finally reach Cathuria... hey, if it's the City of
Dreams... the two of them toegether certainly counts...)" to Chris

Chris pages, "(Heh. Unfortunately, my work schedule would likely make
actually doing the trip together a bit difficult ... so I'll likely just
do the Borg thing and see if I can help Drake with his problem. If it's
high-tech, Lian's just the person to do so.)" to you.

You page, "Right. *wl* Ahwell, we'll see." to Chris.

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Kanna nods, and hugs Beowulf and Lily again, with a quick "Pyricorn and
Serpent bless you and watch over you," and then hugs Lian, with a
similar sentiment quickly murmured into her ear.

You page, "[Kanna] *whispered* ... 'n Lian... did you get a chance to
talk with Thropan about things?" to Chris.

Lian hugs Kanna back, whispering something back to her, grinning
slightly.

Beowulf grins at them. "Take care, you two."

Lily says, "See you two later."

Chris pages, "[Lian] *whispered* N'yet ... see that you talk with Ruka,
I'll talk with him once I get back home. And take care, Kanna." to you.

Kanna nods to Lian with a smile, and then lets go after a final whisper.

Lian steps back from Kanna and gives Bey a quick hug too. "You take care
too, okay?"

You page, "[Kanna] *w* Tonight, hopefully, if he's not too frazzled. 
Take care, Lian.  Love you. *smile*" to Chris.

Beowulf smiles back. "I'll try. Have fun with the floating cubes o'
death, right?"

Lian grins. "Aww ... they're not cubes o' death. They're cute and fuzzy
and explode way too easily."

Lily . o O (?)

Beowulf blinks. "Cute? Fuzzy?" He shakes his head, eyebrows raised.
"Ooookay..."

Lian says, "Besides, this time I'll be taking the Black Moon in."

Kanna says, "Just be careful with whatever their home base thing is,
Lian."

Beowulf turns to Lily. "Some race of people that link themselves into
machine-run group minds and fly around in spectacularly ugly cubelike
spaceships."

Kanna then pauses, as she tries to contemplate Fuzzy Pink Borg Cubes.

Lily nods.  "Sounds rather pathetic."

Kanna . o O (Brain... Hurting.)

Lian says, "They are, but by the same token, they should make -great-
minions."

Beowulf nods back. "I imagine they are, as people. They just happened to
have a lot of weaponry for their home shadow, and made several space
fleets explode real good."

Lily nods.

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You page-pose, "Aerianne hrms, thinking of another It Was An Innocent
Thing, Really on Jade between Kanna and Lian...." to Chris.

In a page-pose to you, Chris hmmmms? :)

You page, "Oh, the one time the Hot Water tank was 1/3 full, not even
close enough for a full bath or -two- showers, so Kanna and Lian had to
double-up in the shower booth. *cough*" to Chris.

In a page-pose to you, Chris chuckles. "I bet they were soooooo unhappy
about that."

You page, "Well, it was juuuuust big enough so that they could shower
without any naughty stuff happening, but then again, at that point, both
notables were in the 'Okay, I think I like her but I'm not sure if she
likes -me- That Way and I don't want to cheat on the BF' stage. :)" to
Chris.

Chris pages, "Heh. It's not easy being them." to you.

You page, "Yep. Darn them for having decent consciences! :)" to Chris.

Chris pages, "And decent self-control." to you.

You page, "Yup.  Unlike Certain Characters and Players I could
mention... *eyeroll*" to Chris.

Chris pages, "yeah, but they have much more fun. ;P" to you.

You page, "Save for the overall licentiousness and disregard of other
player/character feelings... *wl*" to Chris.

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Beowulf cocks his head inquiringly. "Anything else, before we go?"

Ruka says, "I will call you if I have any questions about the monitor
boards."

Kanna hehs softly.  "Not that I can think of.  I've got to get going to
take care of some things... and I -will- be seeing you tonight, dear
Captain." She blushes, but winks.  "After the day you've had, you'll
likely be feeling the way I was feeling this morning, Amber-time."  She
looks rueful.

Beowulf nods. "They shouldn't be too hard to figure out..." He goes over
them quickly. "But call me if you have any questions, yes."

Ruka smiles.  "I will be happy to see you again, Kanna."

Beowulf says, "Good luck, Ruka. May your ship always skim across the
waves."

He says, "May the wind be ever at your back."

Beowulf bows in return. "I thank you."

Beowulf turns to Lily. "We'd better be heading back down to Chaos and
see about apprehending our spellcasting assassin..." He turns back to
the others. "See you later."

Lian waves. "Be careful, you two."

Kanna waves.  "Take care, and see you soon, hopefully."

Beowulf chuckles. "We'll try not to get ourselves killed."

Beowulf trumps out.

Kanna watches Bey and Lily vanish, and then looks over at Lian.

Lian hms. "There was something else .... oh yes, the Peebos!"

Ruka says, "Peebos?"

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The_Prof pages, "Ack... don't forget the wind generators, either." to
you and Chris.

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Kanna blinks, and then looks wry.  "You'll see, Ruka."  She grins.

Lian grins. "You've got ships, and air support ... " She opens her
second shadow pocket. A much smaller hole in the fabric of reality opens
up, and a long line of small, blue, big-eyed turtle-like mechanoids
crawl out, high-pitched voices making comments like 'Where's the
badguys?' 'Can we go boom now?' 'Not yet.' 'Now?' 'NO!', and others.

Ruka eyes them warily.  "Mobile intelligent bombs?"

Kanna nods.  "Eyyyup.  And they're cute, too.  If nothing else, we can
get the Bloc to stand down with cuteness."

Lian gestures at the Peebos proudly. "The First Peebo Underwater Strike
Force, yes. Don't worry, their AI has been significantly improved over
the prototypes."

Ruka says, "I can only wish."

Kanna looks at Lian.  "-Goooood-."

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You page-pose, "Aerianne waits for one of the Peebos to start doing
military drills, looking to Ruka as the Commander. :)" to Chris.

Chris pages, "That would be too cute. :)" to you.

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Lian says, "Okay, listen now." She points at Ruka. "This is your
commander now. He'll tell you who to blow up, so be nice to him!"

Ruka says, "I take it the prototypes tended to get confused about when
to explode?"

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Beowulf OOCly fears for Shalomar. o.O

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Kanna says, "They were a little overzealous in finding 'Bad Guys'.  But
Lian got all the bugs out."

Lian . o O ( I hope. )

Ruka nods.  "Alright.  I'll have to see about finding them a home until
we

Ruka nods.  "Alright.  I'll have to see about finding them a home until
we're ready to deploy."

Kanna nods.  "Oh, they can stand being cooped up just fine."

Lian unravels the shadow pocket once all of the peebos are out.

Ruka nods.  "Any other surprises for me?"

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You page, "["Oh, Lian and I fell in love with each other, Ruka."] --
while it counts as a surprise, I DON'T think that's what he means. ^_-;"
to Chris.

Chris pages, "(But it would sure be interesting to see his reaction ...)
:)" to you.

You page, "(Yes, but in -public-?  That'd just be totally unfair.  And
Kanna'd be fast enough to muzzle Lian before she could say anything.)"
to Chris.

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Kanna scratches her cheek.  "Hm... anything else on the technical end,
Lian?  You and Bey were keeping track of that angle...."

Lian hms. "There -was- something else, I think ... "

Lian says, "Right, Bey mentioned he built wind generators ..."

Ruka says, "Ahh, that would be useful."

Lian says, "I'll be right back."

Lian takes her trumps and gets the one for their home in Jade,
concentrating and vanishing.

Kanna aaaahs.  "Ahh, right." She looks wry, and crouches down to pat one
of the peeboes on the dome while they wait on the dock for Lian to
return.

Lian trumps Kanna after a while.

Ruka spends the wait playing with the flying rocks.  Lots of sailors
stand and stare at them.

Kanna accepts the trump, and pulls Lian through.

Kanna smiles at Ruka.  "Having fun, Ruka?"

Lian takes a deep breath. "Took me a few moments to find them, but find
them I did. Where do you want them, and do you have a few people to do
the unloading?"

Ruka calls in several people to help unload them, and directs you to one
of the storage warehouses they can go into.

Lian sets the opening into the warehouse door to make unloading easy for
them.

You soon get them all loaded into the warehouse without any trouble.

Kanna watches the gear get unloaded.  "I think that's it."  She smiles
slightly.

Lian nods and closes the pocket. "Alright ... that's it. I should be
going too, now." She smiles and hugs Kanna again. "Take care, and call
when you need me. If I can come, I'll be there."

Ruka says, "Well, I will have quite a report to give to King Tylor and
Kozue."

Kanna chuckles, and hugs Lian back.  "Right.  You do the same, y'hear
me, Lian?  I don't want you getting arm-ripped or ground-zeroed by
accident, either...."

Kanna squeezes Lian a little bit before letting go.  She looks back at
Ruka.  "Well, all in all I figure they'll be pleased.  And tonight dear,
you are due a decent unwinding."  She smiles, and winks.

Ruka smiles back at you.  "I will be looking forward to it, my dear."

Lian grins. "I'll be careful ... and you know I'm tough. I'll survive,
somehow." She steps back and chuckles. "Enjoy, Ruka, and see you
around." She takes Mechanus' trump and vanishes.

Kanna watches Lian vanish in a trump effect, chuckles softly, and leans
over to give Ruka a quick kiss on the cheek.  "And I'd better be heading
off, too, Ruka."

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You page, "I figure we can wrap this up soon, and take care of Kanna's
other things before meeting with Ruka tonite tomorrow/etc." to Akemi.

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Ruka nods.  "Good bye, my love.  I'll see you later."

Kanna waves, and heads out.  And forks/fades on this scene, as the
player is tired.

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