Overworked Security Guard | OTA

[3wingedangel]

WHO: Sephiroth and potentially everyone
WHERE: Ships and Temba
WHAT: Patrolling, fighting monsters
WHEN: Throughout the month of decision
WARNINGS: Probably none

Sephiroth is so tired.

All the commotion during New Tick and the rest of January, and now the debate over what to do next.... He’s voiced his opinions and has been going between his ship (Peanut Party) and Temba. Since some of the He Rows have opted to stay in space, he feels the need to check on them as well as those who have gone down to Temba. Sometimes he also checks on things on the Agrii ship to make sure there aren't more conflicts. That all, of course, makes much more work for him.

He likes to steal naps whenever possible, which doesn't seem to be that often. Sometimes he’s found in his room on the ship. Other times, other places on the ship, usually an out of the way corner. Sometimes his wings are hanging down. Other times, they’re wrapped around him for warmth or just to protect them from being tripped on. Despite being asleep, however, he’s good at snapping awake when approached. Usually. If he’s in a deeper sleep, he may not initially react. Or he may subconsciously fling a wing out to bat someone away if they’re getting too close.

On Temba, he’s often patrolling as he likes to do, studying the information he's trying to gather, or sometimes flying through the air. Flying is freedom to him and it isn’t unusual for a large blue feather to drift to the surface as he goes past. He’s also around to fight off unfriendly fauna coming into the city. And while he can’t be hypnotized by the Capra, he’ll try to help if any unlucky He Rows get into that predicament.

He does what he can to help with rebuilding and anything else that may need his attention. And he’s willing to help if anyone asks him. There's always so much to get done.

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[thepurpleone]

Donnie had no immediate desire to return to Temba, but he needs materials, and unfortunately the only replicator to produce en masse was the one planet-side. Promising his brother it was just a supply run, the purple-clad turtle had made a beeline for the Whale Comb Sent Her the moment the shuttle had landed.

If he hadn't been seen entering, he might very well be seen trying to exit, trying his best to shove a cartload of titanium ingots along the road.

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth is flying on patrol when he sees that curious sight. He lands, off to the side instead of right in front of Donnie, and walks over. "Well. That's not something you see every day," he remarks.

[thepurpleone]

He's a bit preoccupied so he misses the shadow that passes overhead. When Sephiroth lands, Donnie's maybe gotten the cart nudged along a couple of feet, a scowl on his face.

"What? A turtle trying to haul some metal back to the shuttles? Certainly it has to be a common sight!" he snorts. His foot slips on some loose gravel and makes him fall against the cart and practically into it with a wheeze.

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth winces at the fall but mostly at the wheeze. "It's a long walk," he says. "I'll help you." He says it like that because he imagines asking would get him nowhere and he can see help is needed.

[thepurpleone]

At least he's feeling a little better ever since the fire incident, but having the air suddenly pushed out of you doesn't much help for breathing either way. Donnie levels himself up from hanging over the cart's edge, coughing as he tries to catch his breath again.

"Mmrf. I suppose I slightly underestimated my ability versus the weight of a half-laden cart of metal over uneven paving stones," he concedes.

[3wingedangel]

A bit of a smirk. "I suppose so."

He starts to push it. "How have you been recovering?" He's still investigating, trying to figure out what can be done to trip the killers up and get them caught at last, and also trying to figure out what can be done with them afterwards. Neither is an easy problem.

[thepurpleone]

Donnie adjusts the purple jacket he wears over his hoodie, glad that the worst of the winter chill's departed that he doesn't need a thicker coat, especially since that one had gotten a bit toasted.

Since Sephiroth's already pushing, the turtle walks along beside him, putting a hand on the side to at the very least help navigate around anything that might look like it'd give the wheels some trouble.

"Doing much better now," he answers after a moment's consideration. Tae's treatment for the smoke inhalation had helped immensely- once he'd managed to force himself to something of a schedule. Now and then he still had to struggle with a patch of dryness.

"I'm all about locking up those jerks but I don't think that's good enough for them." Bitter? Never!

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth appreciates the navigation help.

"Good."

A nod and a dark smirk. "I quite agree. What concerns me about that idea is it would take up valuable resources making sure there's always someone to watch them. There are even less of us here than there used to be. If we catch them, there should be some way to either send them back to their own world or lock them up where there are better resources to watch over them. An intergalactic prison, perhaps."

Is he joking? Maybe. Or maybe he wishes that were actually an option.

"I'd suggest the Agrii ship, but I wouldn't trust them being locked up there."

[thepurpleone]

"Hah! I wouldn't put them where they could influence the Oranges any more than they were. One of then was already pal'ing around with a group of them," Donnie snorts.

"And if sending anyone back was so simple, none of us would still be here, I think."

[3wingedangel]

"That doesn't surprise me," Sephiroth frowns. It was concerning to hear, though.

"Heh. You'd think they might at least have a system that would return people who have proven to be unsuitable 'He Rows.' Of course, things are rarely that simple."

[thepurpleone]

"Also? They gave them weapons too. Stu was trying to teach the Agrii how to shoot and didn't particularly seem shy about suggesting me as a target." He nudges the cart around the raised edge of a flagstone, expression darkening.

"Not really sure that they ever considered that possibility. They automatically associate the title with whoever gets brought in, after all, and so far as I've come to understand, they don't actually choose those people themselves," Donnie points out.

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth's expression darkens at that. "I hope none of them thought that sounded like a good idea."

He isn't really surprised by this either. "They do seem too simple-minded to consider that perhaps mistakes were made or that something would need to be done about it if so."

[thepurpleone]

"I don't think they meant to shoot at me since the one he gave the gun to looked just as surprised as it went off. To their credit they were reluctant to pick it up again despite further encouragement."

Donnie frowns, shaking his head. "Not simple-minded. They've been extremely sheltered. These are their first steps into making their own decisions, being open in their disagreement with how things are."

[butterfly_kiss]

It's on the Agrii ship that it happens. Tae isn't a very large woman, but she has a presence to her, and no amount of the softer sneakers she was wearing while working the Agrii ship would make her silent to Sephiroth's ears. But that's where she approaches him, walking down the hall with a piece of paper in her hand.

Which she thrusts in his face once she's close enough to do so.

The message on it is simple.

Diagnosis: Unnecessary fatigue
Prescription: Six hours of uninterrupted sleep in a bed
Prescribing Physician: Dr. Tae Takemi

"No arguing," the small woman says as she holds the paper out.

[3wingedangel]

Sephiroth definitely hears her, and he looks from the paper down to Tae with a bit of a smirk.

"Oh, I see," he says.

Sleep sounds wonderful, he has to admit. And he is rather touched that she's concerned.

"Do I look visibly exhausted?"

He tries to hide that, but maybe a doctor can see it anyway.

[butterfly_kiss]

Tae rolls her eyes.

"Visibly enough that Ginger was concerned," she notes before pointing up in a gesture meant to encompass the ship. "I was summoned. Apparently it believes that a medical professional should be able to pull rank, and as I am the only one, I'm pulling it."

[3wingedangel]

"Hm. So it's Ginger today?" Sephiroth is amused by the computer's fickleness on names. "Well, since there doesn't seem to be anything that requires my immediate attention, I will follow through with that prescription."

He starts towards the room he's been keeping on the ship.

[butterfly_kiss]

"So it intimated to me when we last spoke a few hours ago. I'm certain one day it will find a name that it feels suits it," she says, shrugging. She doesn't really care, she's not responsible for it's health after all. "But it makes for an adequate assistant while I am on the ship."

She seems pleased that he's following the instruction but does follow after him.

"Will you require sedation? Some people have requested it so far."

[3wingedangel]

"Yes, it seems abreast of everything," Sephiroth muses.

He shakes his head. "No, I prefer not to be sedated." Perhaps it's due to what little he remembers from his early years of being in his birth father's laboratory, or it's just his personality in general, but he has never cared for sedatives.

[butterfly_kiss]

"That is quite fair. If there is anything you would need in preparation, please let me know. I'm only going to be up for another hour myself before I get some sleep in. Provided no more crises arrive."

[3wingedangel]

"Thank you. Hopefully they won't, but it's been so unpredictable." Which is some of why he's been staying awake a lot, concerned that something will happen when he's asleep.

[butterfly_kiss]

Unpredictability sounds about right. It leads to a tired sigh from Tae herself. At least things had been calming down a little.

"I've had fewer and fewer older Agrii being brought to me the longer we've gone since the Ship's announcement. Maybe there will be a point where it almost completely settles and we can get reliable sleep."

[3wingedangel]

"It's good that there have been less incidents, at least," Sephiroth agrees. "Hopefully it won't start happening more again when we leave."

[butterfly_kiss]

Of course Tae was going to laugh at that comment. Because she knows their luck.

"I imagine when their equivalent of mating season passes they will go back to arguing. Maybe just not as violently, as they'll have newly hatched babies around if what I'm hearing is true. Though I guess those children might be rather able to adjust to things quickly given the implication of length of in egg growth. More like snakes perhaps, fully able to function, but needing guidance on more social issues..."

[3wingedangel]

"Fascinating. I haven't heard anything about their young," Sephiroth says. "I doubt the adults are in much of a position to teach them positive things about social issues right now." He hopes the babies will not immediately learn how to argue and fight from watching the adults. What Knuckles told him Leo told him the Agrii had said about learning to fight from watching the He Rows' problems with the killers is more than little disturbing.