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Rose Getting Back to Business

Rose sighed, and nodded. "Of course. You can take my ship back to my house, if you'd like? Either that, or you're welcome to stay in my apartments here. Either way, I can make sure you aren't bothered. I will explain to the kitsunes their... misunderstanding." There were many things about the world that her people seemed oblivious to. Most of the time, it reminded her of how innocent they were. At other times, it seemed a liability.

She called Sahm back in to the room, and instructed him to set up the two women to go to her apartments or back to her Gaian house via her ship the Dragonfly.

He didn't need much convincing as to the possibility that these women were other than they seemed. Rose was thankful that, at least, Sahm had the ability to think out of the box. One down, six hundred and twenty-two thousand to go.

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Taran, personal mission

Taran waved again as Nealiminity was transported down to the planet's surface. She said she had some need to explore the planet on her own. He just hoped the other dragons didn't eat her. He'd grown quite fond of her in the last few months. But he had his own research to do. He had to get back to Tuli and Jaa.

Now that he had a fully functional scientific vessel, he could continue with his original personal mission. He just wondered who would stop him next- and whether it would be on purpose or accidental. He considered that he should probably put up a pool for the crew to vote on about the issue- now that he had a whole crew of forty-six people, that might actually be a possibility.

As the elevator dropped him back off on the bridge, his first mate- DOS- nodded his greeting. Not for the first time, Taran really wished there was more than one live person on the bridge with him. DOS managed all the weapons and sensors and long-range equipment and security feeds and communications, while the only other person on the bridge was the damn pilot.

Taran hoped that the kid would, possibly, actually speak out of turn this time. But, as the minutes wore, on, the kid just looked up at him a few times, and that was it. He so wanted to get promoted. Taran didn't have the heart to tell him he wasn't really planning on outfitting the entire ship with a full crew of over 900 people. But he couldn't help but smile as the boy turned blue again.

"All right, all right, Landon. Heading 352.7.8. Warp 3, as we're in no great hurry. We're going to visit a few friends on Gaia."

Landon grinned, and turned yellow. Taran just shook his head. What a funny kid.

"Engage." Taran announced, and the kid had them on their way in seconds. What a find that kid was. And who'd ever heard of a 12 year old whiz kid of a pilot that was also a chameleon? He just might have to pick up more of a crew, and keep that kid around permanently.