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WHAT HAPPENS IN SPACE VEGAS STAYS IN SPACE VEGAS

The ship has made a stop at a city-planet to acquire some supplies-- and just everyone's luck, it's one of those wonderful mostly-lawless places where you can do or get pretty much anything. About the only thing the local government seems to frown on is outright murder, though it's quickly apparent that most of the planet's places of business include some rather heavily-armed security to deter thieves and other ne'er-do-wells. Still, it's a chance to get away from the zombies and breathe some non-recycled atmosphere for a while...

Scenarios:

#1: Screw that, I'm staying on board.

Just what it says on the tin. Your character has some plans now that the ship's mostly cleared of both unwilling passengers and zombies.. the Master might even be away! Time for a little reconnaissance behind locked doors?

#2: All work and no play makes Jack something something.

Unhappily for you, you were given a mission on-planet that you should probably try to complete before you go have fun... well, unless you want to get your air supply cut off or any of another thousand yucky things. Thankfully, you just have to pick up that really big palette of mysterious crates watched over by those really big unsmiling dudes.. or was it that other big stack of crates?

#3: Well it's not technically illegal.

There's something on-planet-- money, technology, shinies, whatever your character's heart desires. Only problem is, you can't seem to acquire it by normal economic activities. Ocean's Eleven in Space, anyone?

#4: The chips are down.

It's Space Vegas. Your character is gonna go have a look at the space casinos, or take in a space MMA battle, or whatever other ridiculous thing you can think of on a planet where you can do pretty much anything you can afford... and you've got just enough in credits or barter to cash in...

#5: Wild card! Choose your own adventure!

DO

~Post a top-level comment for a character who will be NEW to the game. So, like.. everybody. If you want to.

~Make sure to label your post with your character's name and originating canon.

~Tag as if you're already stuck on this wonderful ship! Make sure to read through the game info before tagging.

~If you are really shy, try tagging one of the threads already there!

DON'T

~Walk out of the airlocks without a space suit. Jeeze.

~Taunt happy fun ball.

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Axl ended up porting back early-- not hard when you could stow away and just EVA your way over once you were in orbit. No need to bother the shuttle pilots.

He yawned, on his way back to his room for the time being, but paused when he spotted Clu messing with a terminal. He had seen the glowy guy around, of course, but hadn't really had much chance to talk.

"Hiyo~!" Axl called, grinning a bit and waving.

Clu had gotten rather absorbed in his task, confident that he wouldn't be disturbed with the ship so empty. Thus the cheerful greeting and he presence of someone else nearby startled him badly enough that he jumped, then spun around to face the newcomer...

Only to find that it was one of his fellow... passengers, a humanoid robot with primarily red armor. He couldn't recall ever hearing the mechanoid's name, though. "Man you scared the code out of me," he said with a sigh of relief. "I didn't know there was anyone else here."

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"Just got back. Whatcha doin?"

Axl tried to peer over Clu's shoulder at what he was messing with-- was that some kind of interface? Shiny.

"Planet's kinda boring once security decides to kick you out of everywhere interesting."

"Yeah, security tends to do that," Clu said. "At least til you learn to avoid them."

"As for what I'm doing," he continued, "I'm just doing some data-diving. Trying to reconstruct some of these damaged files in hopes that they might shed some light on what we're all doing here. And how we can get back."

"Would be easier with proper system contact," he said, frowning slightly at the console, "but I can work with what I have."

"Heh. Guess they were pissed I stayed out of their nets so long," Axl said, snickering. It wasn't hard to do if you'd been security forces after all.

Axl peered at the screen, humming, though he stopped at the whole "system contact" thing.

"What.. like plugging in? I bet we could get a cord or something for that, though I wouldn't trust a direct link. Ship's probably cursed."

"No," Clu said, "I mean if I were in the system, like I usually am, I could probably find what I'm looking for easily. I'm not used to doing things from this side of the screen." Truth be told, he was somewhat uncomfortable taking on the position of a User, but if it helped the unfortunate programs of this ship's system, he would do his best.

"And it's not cursed," Clu explained. "Just neglected. The whole system really needs a proper defrag and probably the BIOS looked at too. It hasn't been properly maintained or updated in awhile."

Axl tilted his head a little, eyeing the glowing lines on Clu's body speculatively now. He'd definitely taken Clu for some sort of nonhuman, inorganic type, but the way he was talking...

"What, like you're a program? Weird."

He shook his head a little. Cyberspace was one thing, but this.. well, he'd have some fun stories later.

"I wouldn't really know. I'm not a navigator."

Clu nodded. "Clu-FA071081, hacking program," he replied by way of an introduction. "Just call me Clu."

He tilted his head slightly to one side in mild confusion at the term 'navigator', though. He knew the definition of the word, of course, but wasn't certain how it applied here. "What do you mean by a 'navigator'?", Clu asked. "And what is your function, if not that?"

"I'm Axl," Axl said, favoring Clu with a toothy grin.

"A navigator... you know, runs the scanners for you, hacks into enemy communications, lots of sarcastic advice?"

What navigators seemed like the kind of thing that would be everywhere.

"Me? I'm a field Hunter. I go find the bad guys and go pew pew."

"Ah," Clu said, straightening slightly at the clarification. "I see."

"You're system security," Clu said. "And your 'navigators' are security adjuncts of a sort, it sounds like. Where I'm from a navigator is just someone who navigates a vehicle, like a tank of a solar sailer. They don't really share any duties with security adjuncts, usually."

"Yeah... you wouldn't want Alia or Palette trying to fly something. It would be messy.

"But hey, I won't tell if you won't about the computery thing. I'm not on the clock or anything," Axl said with a wink.

Clu smirked slightly at that. "Good, because neither am I," he said. "This is more... personal exploration. I've been meaning to do a little data-diving, I just haven't had the time. Or the opportunity. Not with that so called 'Master' potentially watching us everywhere we go..."

Clu's smirk turned into a frown at the mention of the Master. It was clear that he wasn't too fond of their mysterious 'host'...

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OK, so Clu's reaction isn't this extreme, but I just love this icon. XD

aw man if Axl only knew...

Knew Clu screams like a girl, you mean? X3

Yup. They'd have to DO IT FOR THE VINE.

What vine?

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