Episode Eight-"An Awakening", Chap. 1"-Paisley, open!!

[Paisley Gregorvich]

Note: Feel free to jump in. I can't think of anyone specific. If no one wants to play, Pais will be solo. 

This is the end/hold your breath and count to ten

So overdue, I owe them/Swept away, I'm stolen/let the Sky fall.

0900
Meropis Free Space area
Triangulum Galaxy 

She'd been restless for a little while, and it had dawned on the princess earlier that week that the reason why was because she was homesick. She was the PRINCESS, and also, she was the LEADER of her planet. They needed her. On the other hand, she had made new friends. But they didn't NEED her-she had few skills that were valuable to the Meropis crew. She knew this. Other than keeping the other aliens in check, she really had no duties or purpose. So she'd asked Fiona Maccafferty, and Tom Chambers to help her to recreate her cruiser. Now, with the General gone, she had to go home. Tensions would be higher. She had already sent word to her father. 

Now, she sat at the console of her newly fashioned cruiser. It was actually piece-mailed together from scrapes that she'd gotten permission to use. It wasn't pretty. It was barely functional. But it was sufficient. She entered her coordinates, the 12 digit "code" of her home planet. She had a clear launch; the pilots had assured that they'd have a spot for her, and they had made good on that. Maggie had done some sims with her to get her skils back up to par-that had been fun. There was no one like the blonde French woman back on Heliv, and for that, Paisley was grateful. BUT she'd miss her humanoid friends. She'd learned much during her time here...mostly, she'd learned that the history and culture that they kept of Earth on Heliv was outdated. They'd have to figure out how to communicate with the Stargate to triangulate a more modern history and culture. 

She was ready. She'd pass the two other nearby planets, desolate planets of nothing much interesting to the Princess, and after a few hours cruising deep space, she'd have enough throttle to enter hyperspace and be home fast. Hopefully this time, she'd not be shot out of the air by rogue space pirates. But if she were, she was READY. She opened the hatch to her cockpit.

I am ready to launch. She smiled a shaky smile. She would miss her friends, but she hoped they knew she was grateful for their help...for getting her back on her feet, teaching her about modern Earthlings, and for securing a cruiser. It was also FUN...at home, she had to proper, and "on" all the time-she WAS the princess, but here...she could be Paisley. No one cared she was a princess. She was allowed to shoot things, and use her military training alongside others. She was a follower, not reluctant leader.

She was given the GO sign. She had no idea she was about to fly unwittingly into something that Meropis hadn't prepared her for.

OUTFIT: HERE[/ur], TAGGED:open!!, NOTES: PM me. I has an IDEA!!, Lyrics by Adele, who is awesome and my fashion idol.

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[Dominic Evans]

0902
Pier 3 Landing Bay
Meropis
Triangulum Galaxy

"What!? What do you mean sh- Oh never mind." Captain Dominic Evans said to technician that had just informed him of Paisley's immediate departure. He set off at a run toward the transport and asked it to take him to pier 3 where he knew her ship had been slowly repaired. The precious few seconds lost waiting for the transporter to work were agonising, once the doors opened he set off at a run.

The first thing those conducting Paisley's pre-flight checks heard was a distant shouting which slowly grew louder and louder.
"WAIT! WAIT!!" Captain Evans came running fell speed down the length of the pier toward Paisley's strange looking space craft. He skidded to a stop just before he crashed head on into the thing and proceeded to catch his breath. He may be of the "best of the best" but a full tilt run from one side of the city to the other was enough to take it out of anyone for a few moments.

The Captain looked up at Paisley as others began to curiously gather around him.
"It worked," he panted, "it worked. General Conway's alive. I'm back from the past. Whatever you did to the ancient device, it damn well worked." He broke off into a huge grin, resting a hand on her ship. She needed to know that her plan had worked, whatever she'd augmented the experimental ancient device with it had worked sending him, Clark and Ahrima back in time to stop the General's death. Somehow, they'd existed in both timelines at once, but the end result was that the General was never actually killed, all thanks to Paisley. In Dom's eyes, Meropis owed her a great debt of gratitude.

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[Jaya Bakshi]

0900-0906 (ish)
Hangar bay
Meropis

Jaya was under a plane, completing her inspection. She was supposed to be an ATC, but there was a SERIOUS lack of air-traffic to control lately, so she kind of helped out wherever she was needed until something came along that actually fell in the young woman's purview. She checked off the last two tick-marks on her list, and pushed herself out from the cruiser's undercarriage. She handed the clipboard to one of the Techs, and then stood up, just in time to see Captain Evans fly in, with Eastlyn and Lt. Lefebvre behind him. Just after THEM was the new lady, Whitney Soto-Auki.

She took a second clipboard, and pretended to be VERY interested in the cruiser next to Paisley's. Jaya found Major Eastlyn rather...fascinating, and tried to make herself look as good as possible at her job. As she worked, she listened. She chuckled a bit at Maggie and Whitney's banter. (Note: Pink speech is Maggie, Purple is Whitney).

Evans!!...heya, Major. To Maggie, she raised an eyebrow. What, no insults today?[/b] Maggie was quick to reply.
You're a Don Hoe. The rest shook their heads. THEN, Evans announced that it had worked...the plan to align the space-time continuum, that is. At that, Jaya's ears perked up. When the Captain was done, she piped up.

Sir, if I may?! Paisley hasn't launched yet; we can ask her to come out...I've got comms here. She offered her headset to the man, and then smiled lightly at Eastlyn while scooting out of the way.

Tag:SM-1, Paisley.

[Maggie Lefebvre]

0900
Officer's Barracks-->Hangar bay
Meropis

Mags herself had just returned to Meropis. Immediately after she'd flashed a dinosaur on a strange planet AND had returned in time to catch the blowback from the bomb that had gone off in the General's office, Dr.'s Kells and Harrison had ordered her to Cheyenne for a week's bedrest. Maggie had known this was best-she didn't want to harm her unborn...child..while she still decided what to do. Now, she smoothed the drab black jumper she wore-no one could procure a French Navy's maternity uniform for her yet, so she was using an American Navy one, and it was gross. Due to her already-too-thin frame, she wasn't "showing", she just looked kind of fat. Regardless, her old uniforms didn't fit, and no one would let her wear her civvies on duty. Whitney, dressed for work as well, blew past her. Maggie hadn't spent too much time in officer's quarters lately, preferring to bounce from Captain Jones' to Glavish's quarters, until the three had some confirmation. But today, she needed to THINK and also, she needed a shower. Behind the Hawaiin woman, Maggie spotted her boss. She felt like she and Eastlyn had understood each other finally, and so when Eastlyn motioned for her to come, Maggie did, grabbing her cover and hauling ass. It was Dom!! She smiled. For Dominic meant Ahrima, and Ahrima meant a nice, welcome respite from the feelings that everyone hated her. Ahrima didn't. Ahrima, Maggie was pretty sure, didn't hate ANYONE except for her people's enemies. At any rate, the trio appeared in the Hangar bay just in time to see Dominic arrive, and thank Paisley for her help.

After the young woman interrupted Dom, Maggie did, too.

Where's Ahrima?! Is she OK?! Maggie didn't think to ask about Dr. Clark, though of course she hoped the young blonde woman was OK. Why were all the scientist nerds?! She'd DEFINITELY need to talk to Mik about THAT. When Dom mentioned she was in the infirmary, Maggie took off without a second thought. She checked in on her friend, and then headed over to Kelly's office, at peace that at least Ahrima was alive, and so was the General, so at least her JOB was secure.

Tag:Dominic Evans, @roo, Ahrima.

[Dominic Evans]

0906
Landing Bay
Meropis
Triangulum Galaxy

Dominic accepted the headset from Jaya and placed it over his ears, adjusting the mic he looked up at the eccentric looking spacecraft and began his plea.
"Paisley, Paisley can you hear me?" at first there was nothing, but the ship didn't make any movement so Dom figured he at least had a shot.
"Paisley it's Dom. Captain Evans. Your plan, it worked. It sent us back in time and we were able to save General Conway's life... Please, don't go home just yet, we need to thank you." Dom turned to look at Chicago and Maggie, still no reply from the alien, he decided to open the floodgates.
"Paisley, I know our race is young. I know our people make stupid decisions and god don't I know it that I can't guarantee your safety here. But we've so much to learn. You come from another galaxy, this is only the third galaxy we've explored including our own, where you come from is completely new to us. You've got ships, you've got colonies and us? We're just taking our first few babysteps into the universe. We need a little guidance and a helping hand. We're not here to harm you or your people, we're scared, and sometimes that's okay. So please, Paisley, please stay. Stay and teach us. Just for a little while, and then we'll help you get home, I promise..."

The Captain trailed off that last part and lifted the mic up and away from his mouth, in the tense few moments that followed he looked to the rest of his team and then back up at Paisley's ship. It was going to be sad to see her leave without learning more about her people and without properly thanking her, but if she did they wouldn't stop her. The way Dominic understood it, the experimental ancient device that she'd found was built by Lilith and wasn't even complete let alone working. Sure, it was completely destroyed now, but Paisley had made it work and adapted it to work with the Meropis Stargate, all just to save the life of a strange man who'd let her sleep in his city. That had to count for something.

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[Fiona Maccafferty]

Note to self: wrap this up.