An Alternate Future

[zash]

"Alright, either your head hurts or your stomach, I'm gonna guess head. Here, I'd imagine your tired and need some sleep." Zuri said to her. "I know I do." He thought to himself. "Here, this guy will escort you to your room. I myself am going back to bed. If you need me just ask someone. Right now I think we all just need to relax for a moment and everything will be told later. Right now I think Caster knows about all of it but is lost in a few points. So if you need me or you guys are ready for the briefing, just call me. I'm gonna back to bed." At that Zuri just walked away. He was tired and was ready to go back to bed. He was in the middle of sleeping when the alarm went off. It may be morning but he had been busy alot lately and needed some rest.

[petdr89]

Yes, Geist had said head; her head was killing her. She followed a man to a small bedroom, that had a bed in it but that was about it. She ended up laying beside the bed, curling her four horse legs under her, and propped her top half up against the bed. She was asleep within minutes. She was so out of it she didn't even notice that her petpet had found her again and curled up beside her, nuzzled into her warm fur.

Caster watched Zuri leaving, and tried to get up to follow him. As he stood, what sounded like ice breaking came from his joints. He froze, as if to make sure he was okay, before trotting after the shoyru, Dreadnought followed behind him. "Sir!," he called. "Might this unit have a moment of your time?" Being a robot, he often didn't think about how organics required sleep, though he would have left if Zuri told him to.

[zash]

Zuri didn't mind. He only figured that Caster wasn't gonna be able to move so he was gonna sleep till he could really. "Uh, yeah sure. What might it be that you want?" Zuri wasn't sure of much else to say. He turned and faced Caster and waited for the unit to respond with it's question.

[petdr89]

"This unit has no current desires," Caster corrected. "It has information you might find relevant to your operation here. Since this epidemic began, this unit has recorded a detailed description of the events of this time." Caster paused momentarily. "Opening file. Six months ago, the Darkest faerie made her first appearance. Within seven days she had concurred almost every area of Neopia, with the exception of the islands and areas consumed in snow. Darigan was first, but only because they went willingly. Next was everything on the East side of the world, and she worked her way west. My companion hypothesized that the reason she was able to take over so quickly was because she's using some form of mind-control. This causes most people to submit to her willingly, those who have a weak mind, while it causes others to go mad, which could explain the massive amount of crime. Still, a large portion of the population appears to be unaffected, but the reasons why have yet to be discovered." Caster was speaking as if everything he had just said was a recording, and he hadn't been the one to record the file in the first place.

[zash]

Zuri just stared blankly and blinked. Most of this he already knew. He team had been updating all of their info and figured most of everything out. "Well hmmm." Luckily the tech guy was still out. "How about you go to that guy and he will show you to our main computer in the briefing room and there you can hook up, find out new data and tell them all of your info. This way we will be updated and so will you." Zuri said while pointing to the tech guy. The guy would bring Caster to the main computer and there he could hook up and figure everything out and tell the chief there. As much as Zuri acted like it and as much as it looked liked like it, he wasn't. Everyone just listened to him all the time. He was like second in ranking to everyone. "So if you'll excuse me then."

[petdr89]

Caster took a step back, swishing his tail from side to side. He wasn't exactly thrilled with the fact he was being dismissed, like the information he had was useless to Zuri. If he had known before hand that Zuri wasn't interested, he would have kept his voice processing system shut. "Very well, " he replied, turning to leave. He did go over to the tech guy, and from there was led to the briefing room. Dreadnought, however, didn't follow Caster.

[zash]

"Ohh man. I do care, I'm just tired. I'm having a problem proccessing data myself." Zuri just turned back around and started for his room. "Thanks Caster for the information." He yelled back to Caster. He didn't want it to seem like it was useless. It was interesting, but Zuri was having problems caring. He was at the point where he felt like he was just gonna drop there. It was probably like 6 or so in the morning. In which he probably went to bed at like 2 in the morning. Zuri didn't even notice that the little petpet was behind him still. "I wonder what Zash is up to." Zuri actually had a petpet. It usually sat in his room at this base, but sometimes it got out and would cause some trouble.

[petdr89]

The lights in Dreadnought's eyes flickered, the equivalent to blinking for an organic. Why was Zuri talking to himself, and why was he saying that he cared? It's not like Caster had accused Zuri of not caring. The little spyder became curious, and followed Zuri to his room, where he hid and continued observing him.

Generally Caster was weary of sharing data with unknown computers, but he figured under the circumstances he didn't have a choice. He allowed himself to be connected with the base's main computer; he downloaded all the information he had on the Darkest Faerie into their database, and downloaded everything they had into his.

[zash]

Zuri walked back into his room and laid down in his bed. He pulled the sheets back up and turned off the light. He closed his eyes and tried to go back to sleep. He rolled over and opened his eyes. His eyes glowed in the dark. Even though it was pretty much pitch black in the room he could see everything. He looked around. He looked at the ceiling and over at the closet. He then looked at the floor and saw something staring back up at him with little beety red eyes. "Hey there bud. What are you up to?"

[petdr89]

Dreadnought began walking around in little counter-clockwise circles again, as soon as he realized Zuri had spotted him. Maybe he was excited Zuri was acknowledging him? He crawled up the bedpost with ease, scurried across the blankets, and stopped at the head of the bed, then just stared up at Zuri.

[zash]

Zuri just stared at the little guy. His big red eyes lookin at his little beedy eyes. Hi raised an eyebrow and said, "Whats up?" He cracked his jaw and continued to keep his eyebrow up. He wasn't entirely sure what to say. This guy didn't really seem to be able to talk or anything so it wasn't like it was gonna talk. "You need something or do you want something?" Zuri continued to stare. He was kinda tired and laying in his bed certainly didn't help any.

[petdr89]

Dreadnought continued to stare, eyes flickering from time to time. He didn't understand why Zuri kept asking him that question; he wasn't about to answer Zuri, he didn't have a voice processing system. He probably could have tried to show Zuri what he wanted, but he really didn't want anything. He noted the fact that Zuri looked tired, but didn't know how to tell him to go ahead and go to sleep. So, he positioned himself on the upper corner of Zuri's pillow, and folded his legs under him. His eyes dimmed and he made a humming noise, then the lights in his eyes eventually shut off as he fully powered down. He was asleep now, for a robot.

[zash]

Zuri watched with curiosity. "Hmmm alright." Zuri laid his head back and closed his eyes. "Bed time eh. Alright." Zuri laid there and was very comfortable. He fell asleep in about 10 or so minutes. He was very tired and ready to sleep for about another 6 or so hours, if he was lucky to.

[petdr89]

Okay, back to Strips now. He was still flying over the Lost Desert, and had been all night. The joints connecting his wings to his shoulders were screaming for mercy, but he kept flying. He only had about an hour left of darkness when it would still be safe to fly. He still didn't know where he was going. In the back of his mind he was thinking how it would have been nice to have someone to talk to on the way...

[zash]

Zuri had fallen asleep. He was rather comfortable. He didn't feel like doing anything right now. He just wanted to sleep and relax while he could. Because once everything is ready he was going to be awoken by someone or something. Sleep was short around here. You had to get it while you could. Zuri didn't move much, lucky for dreadnaught. He just laid there, on his back, facing the ceiling.