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Private The Quiet of Space






The Sagnuine Tempest dropped from hyperspace into the real as the rendezvous coordinates flashed across her screen. The Mistryl's were checking a derelict civilian ship that had drawn near enough to cause concern. Especially with an sos beacon barely reaching the orbiting stations systems. A group had already been dispatched ahead of her, and her task was to shadow them and gain knowledge of how they worked scene's such as this.

Easing the throttle forward, she counted the seconds it took for the vessel to reach the high end of its cruising speed as she checked the communications for any signals. She had already been informed of the typical standards the Mistryl's used when on an assignment and was waiting for the return signal as she finally spotted the derelict in question.

It wasn't anything fancy. A standard civilian model that had the necessities along with a decent cargo hold for long distance. She frowned approaching rapidly and still not receiving the signal she had been drilled on. Her mind flitted to a possible hazing by other sisters. Make her worry and throw her for a loop on her first assignment as a morbid sort of welcome to the family ordeal.

It wouldn't have surprised her in the least. The Mistryl ship was connected to it via a docking tube, a similar one extending outward as a silent invitation to her. Shaking her head, she tamped down the annoyance she felt at never receiving the signal to open communication.

"Ha ha, let's freak the newbie out on her first job. Thanks sisters." She mocked in the privacy of her cockpit as she eased into the ring that awaited her. She slowly adjusted her vessel, allowing the sealing ring to grab hold and magnetically seal around the back portion of her cockpit. Slipping the Mask over her face, she ensured the seal before disembarking and making sure that the magnetic flex seal tube held before moving to the other ship.

Silence greeted her, no one waiting for her inside the Dingo as she opened the exterior door and paused to look around. Weapons were in the rack, systems functioning as she gazed back and forth along the interior of the ship in silence. Her eyes narrowed a little, frown growing at the slight unease she felt in the silence. Every sound of the sensor board could be heard, the soft whisper of air passing through the ducting almost a harsh buzz as she focused and felt no one nearby.

"Feth they are really selling this bit." She huffed, eyes wandering across the interior before shrugging and opening the door leading to the civilian transport. It took forever, the few seconds that passed as signal switch and action processed between the wiring. The door hissed open, a peculiar smell wafting from down the gunmetal corridor. A light flickered briefly, a sharp static behind the blinking. A deep sigh had her examining the scene before her.

Creepy looking hallway. Flickering lights on what seemed to be the low power mode. Derelict space ship in the middle of no-where. Yeah, she was definitely in for some jump scare hazing.

Opting to try and spoil the senior sisters fun, she moved slowly down the walkways. Doors were closed along this section, a collection of personal rooms for passengers if she remembered the schematics correctly as soft footsteps lightly echoed off of the walls. There was a slow cadence to her walk, allowing her senses to extend before her in an effort to find the sisters before one of them found her. They'd had years of practice already at the whole secret operations shtick, and the only real advantage she had was the force.

Which was something they likely had dealt with already. Or had a good idea of how to circumvent.

She kept her senses on high alert, coming to a junction of intersecting halls after a time. Peering down the lanes, she didn't see anything spectacular initially. A bit of debris that surprised her, though the ship had been marked derelict. It was entirely possible someone had been squatting at some point looking for loot. Either that or those that abandoned it had simply not cared in the moment. So she ignored it mostly until she looked at the floor directly below her. Her head tilted slightly, bending as her robe gathered and bunched with a soft whisper of loose material rubbing.

Her hand extended, finding a familiar style boot stuck between the crevice of the gangway and the wall. It had been toe down, seemingly lodged there as she yanked and retrieved it. Giving it a once over, she was surprised to find it was fairly new if the tread was anything to go by. It hadn't even been worn enough for the laces to leave imprints as she let it fall to the floor while she stood. A soft sound down one hallway caught her attention, the mask suddenly alerting to possible life signs as her senses only detected one. She twisted towards the sound, seeing a hand half curled protruding from a doorway.

"Knew they'd slip up." Her voice was low, the soft twitches of her facial features focusing the mask's zoom feature on the hand in question. Her footsteps carried her closer, the soft echo resounding down the hallway as boots met suspended gangway. There was a soft twitch to her head as she realized something seemed off about it. The Mistryl's were a slowly growing mix of females from across the galaxy, but she couldn't recall in that moment which group had such a soft blue tint to their skin. Another eye twitch had her switching to thermal vision and slowing sharply.

Everything down the hallway was cool.

Gotta be a mannequin hand. Why I only sense one- The thought didn't have time to finish as the hand twitched slightly, fingers curling just so in that strange way. A deep bass tone reverberated through the hall from the doorway she had drawn near, and the helmet pinged again as a life-sign drew closer. "That's...unsettling." She whispered to herself, suddenly unsure of their intention with the hazing as another sound had her turning sharply behind her.

A woman, half crouched in the hallway holding her arm tight was waving her down. Beckoning her as something heavy from where she had been looking made itself known. The hairs on the back of her neck sprang up, cold lightning singing along the steristeel plates of her spine as an ill feeling crawled inside her gut and dug in its claws. The idea of this being a trick or some party joke was flagging in light of the alarm she had seen on the woman's face.
 





There came a heaving breath from the way she had been looking. It drew her attention away from the frantic woman and back down the hall as she caught sight of the hand once more. The fingers twitched as a steady crunch came from that way. A wet slurp behind the noise quickly after as her mind blanked.

They really get into this hazing ordeal. She told herself. There wasn't any other explanation in that moment. Her whole body was still, eyes blinking behind the mask as the hand slid out of view in an unexpected jerk out of sight.

Just an elaborate and thorough joke. She continued to assure herself as she stepped toward the sounds coming from that direction. She'd find someone in that room with a speaker or something trying to get her riled up and scurrying down the hall like a scared little thing. She wasn't scared. She wasn't scared of this.

She wasn't scared of this.

The thought was pounding in her skull, the sound of her boot slowly scraping the metal grating underfoot amplified by her senses as the sounds ahead stopped briefly, making her pause as the mask pinged two life forms once more. She pondered taking another step, the cold gripping the plates of her spine sharply.

Something primal warned her against the next step. The drive to run the other way harsh against the curiosity that fought it. The desperate clinging to naivety and ignorance at it being a joke far from fleeting as she listened intently.

A wet slap made her jump, the hand from before coming into sight once more. Her whole body began to shake as the sounds grew with intensity. Her head turned back, the woman still as death while watching her before making a slow beckoning motion before making it clear through hand signs to be slow.

Her hands shook, body quivering as she took the advice and eased her way backwards. Eased away from the slightly ajar door. Eased away from whatever was making the noises. Her boots scraped on the floor, and the woman's face sharply grimaced as the sound stopped again. She tensed, freezing in the moment.

She had to get away.

Away from the detached hand that sat on the gangway behind her. Away from whatever was in there.
 





Her eyes squeezed shut, tight and willing away the danger behind her. She became conscious of how loud she was breathing, every draw of air becoming a loud and near deafening sound to her own ears as a heavy thud resounded against the walls of the hall. Her lips curled in, focus now entirely given to walking as silently as she could.

One step forward, her boot softly coming down on the grating with no sound to speak of. Her eyes opened to the woman ahead of her and froze once more. The look of fear upon her face was not a confidence boost as she managed another painfully slow step forward.

The woman's eyes darted between her movements and a point just beyond her, a fact that did not escape her attention as the sound of heavy breathing filled the air some ways behind her. Not far enough to garuantee safety, but enough to take another step and crouch low.

The boot she had assumed was part of the joke suddenly made more sense now. The woman held her silent scream, a hand making a trembling shake to stop as Phalsi picked up the thing and took another step towards safety.

There was a snorting sound behind her, and she grimaced as tears stung her eyes. Her whole body began to shake against her will, feeling like she was suddenly the center of some twisted game the universe was playing.

Dread tempered her movements, another step forward would have her clearing the four-way junction with the boot in hand, her only option to throw the thing down the hall where safety had been previously.

She doubted she could outrun whatever was behind her given the woman's face. She prepared her step forward, free hand bracing the wall as she gave the boot as best an awkward toss as she could.

A loud tang sound sprang from the walkway down the derelict hallway as the thing behind her became quiet. Her step forward measured and careful as she cleared the junction with a violent shake about her.

The woman's eyes were wide but there was a faint hope to her appearance as she glanced around her, a small wave beckoning her forward as she took another careful step.

Air whiffed behind her and her face scrunched in preparation for something. Anything. But it passed, and anxiety was awash in her. Her legs burned, hyper aware of her actions as she stepped forward again.
 





Her eyes were wide, unable to really do more than stare at the woman ahead that beckoned her forward. Fear and anxiety was awash with the both of them, her time with empaths having given her an inkling about how to skim the emotions of others through the surface layer of thoughts. It wasn't handy for anything more than the immediate moment. But it certainly didn't hurt either.

The walk to the open door felt as though it had taken eons. The silence that clung to the air like a deathly specter making Phalsi all too aware that something lingered in the hallway behind her. There was a sniffing sound as she grimaced, tightly pressing her lips together as the muscles in her legs burned from effort.

The grating beneath her feet was a test now. A life and death exam that she was in no way prepared for as she kept her pace slow and painfully careful. The woman slid out of view in a practiced motion, flowing like water out of the doorway as Phalsi pressed a hand against the doorway and didn't dare to look back.

A soft padding of something heavy came from where she had been, her muscles tensing to keep herself from shaking as she fixated on the sounds. The hallway might have been playing tricks on her, but the sound seemed to fade into the distance along with the huffing sound as she guided herself inside the room with the woman.

The pale being watched her intently, eyes darting between her booted feet and eyes before Phalsi was in far enough to be away from the door. Producing a datapad, she motioned for silence as she began to type something out. She kept it out of sight as Phalsi drew closer in slow step, easing in before the datapad was thrust at her with pleading eyes.

She squatted down, not taking the device yet as she used her hands to make sure nothing squeaked or crunched beneath her as she laid her legs criss-cross in preparation to take off her boots. Settling in, she took the datapad and read quickly, eyes squinting at the message.

Why are you here? You not hear warning?
 

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