[b]Imperial Research and Development Lab 104
Airuss, Capitol of Ibiran[/b]

Zhang Itsuka looked up from his work, it was another long day at the office for him on Ibiran. Once again, today was nothing but a line of event that made him surprised that the sun wouldn't implode soon. One of the new guys got his tail stuck in the 3D printer while creating a miniature model of the Odysseus, a Dragon-Class Dreadnought. It was suppose to be against the lab rules, but Valliere the overseer was chronically lazy if not too drunk to care. That new guy now arguably has the most interesting tail of everyone on the planet probably. 

Munani also blew up another Induction Heater after she mixed up the some samples with Zhang's lunch. What a wonderful mess that made that forced the poor man to go buy lunch from a street vendor, not that Ibirani food was bad, staying on the greenhouse farm world of the Empire certain had its benefits and the rent wasn't expensive as hell like it was on the homeworld.

Zhang tapped his pen on the holo-pad he was using, trying to find a way to use Hochi's Principle of Gravitational Psychics and put it into FTL-drive equation. "Why the [i]Estora[/i] do I have to do this damn math problem? I never even majored in this stuff!"

A huge arm (by Ryukyuan standards at least) swung around the raging man's neck and a hearty voice boomed into Zhang's ear, "Good Friend, do you want Saiko to help you with the maths? It is simple, you move this here, draw fancy line here, add [i]x[/i] there compute from there. See? Simple like hunting Gaishian Tiger!"

"S-Saiko... L-L-Let go o-of meee....." Zhang could feel the air being strangled away from his lungs, he frantically tapped the giant's arm hoping that he would be put down before loosing consciousness.

"Oh, sorry Good Friend, Saiko did not mean to hurt you." Saiko threw his arms up, sending Zhang up, then down onto the floor. Zhang looked up and rubbed his head before turning around to see a fully nude giant known as Saiko in his face.

"SAIKO! Stop stripping in the lab!" Zhang yelled at him while he threw a coat at him.

"I am sorry, but Saiko cannot contain his inner beauty! Hhnnggg!" Saiko stroke a pose as he flex his muscles, the coat Zhagn threw at him gracefully whiffed his out stretched arm, "Saiko's family gifted by Shinkas to sparkle! Fight Saiko if you do not like his sparkles!"

With that he flexed into another embarrassing pose, somehow still having a noble face despite being in a completely stupid posture. His hair and tail both fluttering in the nonexistent breeze of the indoor lab as Zhang accepted his challenge and torn off his own shirt in the most heroic way possible before charging headlong at the sparking man.

With that, they started and epic fight that sent both of them to the ground, grunting and pushing on the floor. Saiko got Zhang into a headlock, which Zhang escaped to hold Saiko in an armlock with the help of his tail, which in turn was broken when Saiko hit him with a flowering shrub.

"YOU WILL NOT BEAT SPARKLING SAIKO AND HIS FAMILY HONOR!."
"BRING IT BIG GUY!"

The two got back to their feet before charging once again at each other, tangling their limbs in one another like real men (who were also presumably into homosexual oil wrestling). Saiko freed one arm, allowing him to flex it and cause the sparkles to blind Zhang. Zhang roared like an angry kitten on steroids as used his tail to pick up another flowering shrub to throw at Saiko before wrapping it around his arm.

"If you two are going to make out, at least go outside or in a private room." Valliere walked over and dumped the contents of a random vial on the the men who were half wrestling, have trying to have some very artistic sex. Both of them untangled as loud "Blaphapha" sounds escaped their mouths.

"Do you know what you dumped on us?" Zhang yelled as he felt tingly.
"No I don't." the overseer nonchalantly took a swig from her bottle of alcohol.
"What if we get poisoned or something?!"
"Article 31a, Section C of your employment contracted will ensure that I compensate any loved ones for your death."
"I mean us!"
"Article 45b, Section F states you will be given medical treatment on site."
"Then where is it?"

The overseer walked over and dumped her bottle of liquor on both of them and got out a lighter.
"THAT'S NOT MEDICINE!" Zhang yelled as he wrestled the lighter from the grip of Valliere's hand.

At that moment, Saiko flex both his arms, causing a blinding light that blinded everyone on the floor. The lighter dropped as he attempted to reach for it, making dramatic noises with his mouth, "NNUUUUULLAARRRGGAARRR!!!!"
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"I hope you two are doing well~" Valliere was visiting them as the two were in the hopsital.

Zhang yelled muffled curse words at his suprior in rage, but much of it was blocked by the bandages comically wrapped around his head. Saiko gave a weak, "Sparkle..." that passed through his own hilariously bandaged face.

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[b]Enned System
INOIC Halberd-Class Frigate, Talvr
Bridge[/b]

"Holy Shit! Full power starboard side!" Captain Edo yelled to his crew as they jumped right infront of a small moon.

The crew went to work, frantically pressing buttons and yelling out orders to others.

"Main Engines are at 64%, redirecting energy to starboard thrusters!"
"We need more power for the Magnetic Resonance Projector!"
"Sakurite Generator is maxed out! It can't afford to handle anymore!"
"Turning starboard side turrets! Bracing for impact!"
"Gyroscopes are all over! I can't get a reading!"
"Compensating for gravitational pull, where are the charts?"

"We can work without the charts or the gyroscopes, overclock the Sakurite and pull the Reaction Driver to stage 4, prepare to fire starboard cannons!", the Captain yelled, "Remember! We are brave soldier of the Empire! His highness has sent us here to recover lost technology that will help our Empire grow even larger! This is a test sent to us by the gods for us to prove out worth! We will overcome any obstacles that dare block our glorious path! If we die here by this stupid space rock, then clearly we are not worthy! However, I would like to differ and say you brave men and women are amongst the finest Ryuans I know! Do not die here! We will get out of this situation and bring honor to our realm and emperor! Long live the Emperor!"

The bridge rang out with patriotic chants of "Long Live the Emperor!" as the crew hustled back to their work.

"Overclocking Sakurite Generator, section 4 keep a close eye on readings, shut it down if it reaches 50% threshold!"
"Spinning up emergency arc induction reactor! Directing spare power to the Magnetic Resonance Projector!"
"Tilting to port side by 3.00401 degrees!"
"Gravitational pull compensated, ready for turrets to fire!"
"All starboard turrets, load detention rounds and prepare to fire!"
"This is Sargent Ikuname, all starboard turrets ready to fire on Captain's mark."

The moon closed in on the Talvr, Captain Edo wiped his brows as his tail danced around neverously, "This is the captain speaking, starboard turrets fire... now!"

The Talvr's guns roared and part of the moon shattered, rocks and raw ore pelted the magnetic sheild but the ships suffered no damaged. The crew cheered as the moon flung past them. Captain Edo sighed and opened a voice link to the Communications Officer, "Please tell our friends to keep going without us for a bit, we'll still be making it there though."