[color=6ecff6]"W-wah!"[/color] Malia found himself accosted once again. Jess threw her arms around him.[color=6ecff6] "Come oooon, stoooop iiiit."[/color] He whined, struggling lightly against Jess' pulling. [color=6ecff6]"I am quite uncurious about seeing human imagination! I can walk thank you! Faster than you!"[/color] Ah, sometimes he wished he was strong as a Belethus. Then he could easily thwart these manhandling attempts by these annoying humans! He was helpless as he was dragged off, however, and could only grumble along quietly as he was pulled back to Engineering.

[color=6ecff6]"Urf..."[/color] When he was finally let go, he gave an uncomfortable buzz, straightening his hair after Jess had patted him. "Look, seriously! Can you please stop with the moth-handling!" he pouted, following after Jess, not caring if they didn't spare a moment to answer him through their system checks. He vaguely understood what they were speaking about, but for the most part was focused on making sure his personal space wasn't repeatedly violated without his permission as he followed Jess around, complaining loudly.

[color=6ecff6]"Only if you stop with the touching-without-permission thing!"[/color] He complained finally in return to Jess' question. [color=6ecff6]"Otherwise I'm gonna get Captain to...too....I dunno but she'll eat you or something!"[/color]

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Erka quickly followed Kiri out, giving her a friendly salute as he made his way quickly to the cockpit. He sat quickly, easily adjusting to the seat and flipping on the holographic screens that displayed a variety of the ships data. Everything looked normal from what he saw on the screens.

[color=a0410d]"Hows it look on your end, Cherche?"[/color] He asked. [color=a0410d]"Main systems look nominal. Everything is functioning optimally."[/color] He used one of his smaller hands to reach for a few buttons on the side panels of the seat without having to even glance at them. [color=a0410d]"Thrusters...check, engines...seem fine."[/color] As he listed off a list of a few more flight related jargon with Cherche, Kiri watched from her slightly elevated perch, leaning over the railing and watching quietly, smirking lightly when she was given the all systems green from Jess.

[color=0076a3]"Alright Tearch! In the air yesterday I said people!"[/color]

That was the only signal the bug needed. Finagling the controls and taking a hold of them in a firm grip, Erkia turned to Cherche.

[color=a0410d]"I got it from here, monkey."[/color] He grinned beneath his helmet. [color=a0410d]"but you might want to hold on to something."[/color]

Before Cherche could exactly ask what that meant, the Stellaria lurched off the ground, hovering a few feet off of the ship bay floor. A split second of calibrating the engines and thrusters, the Antathlon grabbed the controls again, [i]Slamming[/i] them forward as far as they could possibly go - and making the ship practically leap forward as fast as it could possibly go. The captain merely stood stalwart, whereas the others in the ship would likely find themselves being yanked off their feet from the sudden action.

The ship swiftly climbed, breaking the atmosphere in a matter of moments before Kiri's gave her second command.

[color=0076a3]"Wormhole Drive, Tearch!"[/color]

Finding the controls again, Erka used one of his spare arms to find the holo screen for the setting, starting up the wormhole drive, and in the next instant the ship was tunneling through to their first destination.