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SORRY! I have just started a new job and it has been eating my time and energy. I should be around more Wednesday so MCH and I can do our collab post, but otherwise, I'm kinda busy. Sorry y'all.

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"If if did, I vote to rename it piece of shit..." Jinxy muttered under her breath, between bites of the mystery food. It wasn't the best, but it wasn't the worst.

"Also, thanks captain. I'll give you the grand tour once we're done with mystery meat," she added. She sighed a bit as they continued to eat. "So, have we figured out if there is anything useful on this ship yet? Because if we've found any mechanical parts, I'd like to call dibs... mostly to see if there is something I can use to fix this ship up a bit more," she said as an afterthought, also looking to keep the conversation going a bit.

Northwood Academy

Breakfast Tuesday Morning 6:30 AM

Stella Herbalem and Tobias Rivenridge

@Saltwater Thief

Stella almost dragged herself to a table that morning. It had not been a productive nights sleep. Her powers were fluxing a bit, and so at random points in the night, all she would feel was the urge to just leave the school. The fact that the plants were almost screaming now was getting to her. Now that she was more awake, she was focusing all her energy into tuning them out, but it was costing her a bit.

She set down a tray of food, and a rather large cup of coffee, which seemed odd for a fourteen year old. She starting sipping her coffee and eating, but seemed to be miles away while doing so. So much so, that she didn't notice someone sit down next to her.

"That is quite a lot of caffeine," came a familiar voice as that someone eased into the seat to her right. A look toward the sound revealed it was Tobias, looking a little sleep deprived himself, but cheerfully smiling nonetheless. "Having trouble waking up?"

Stella blushed as she looked at Tobias and then back at her coffee. It was more out of embarrassment than anything at that moment. "I didn't sleep very well last night. Still getting use to being in a new place," she said, lying a bit. However, what could she tell him? The truth? That would be the quickest way to lose him as a friend.

"You look like you didn't sleep very much either. Is everything alright?" She asked, looking a little bit concerned.

Tobias took a long pull on his own drink, tea from the smell of it, before he answered. "Oh, uhh... yes, I'm quite alright. Just wound up staying awake most of the night dealing with some, er... malfunctioning devices," he said, his voice a little nervous as he seemed to struggle finding the right words. "Though I think I might also still be warding off the jet lag, home's a solid 6 hours ahead of here."

"Still," he continued while he ate, "This place seems alright, on the whole. A little eerie, but the people are nice."

"I will agree with that. A little eerie, but the people are nice," Stella said between bites, smiling a bit. She did notice he seemed a little nervous talking about his devices. "Because I am curious, what of your devices were malfunctioning so much that you had to deal with them last night? You don't have to answer if you don't want to... just... as I said, I am curious," she said, looking at Tobias.

Tobi seemed to spend an oddly long time chewing a piece of bacon while he pondered her question. "It's mainly the power supply," he finally answered after he finished it, "Most of the bloody things need some electricity to work, but just the right amount. Too little, and they don't turn on. Too much, and they might light something on fire. And when I left some of them alone the last couple of days, they sort of... built up too much of a charge, so I had to figure out how to get rid of the excess and then see if I could get them to not do that. Couldn't really figure it out before I collapsed into bed, but a least there shouldn't be any problems for right now."

"And what about you? What in particular kept Stella Herbalem awake? If you're willing to share it, of course. If not, I'll just keep my nose in my tea cup."

Stella shrugged. "As I said, I'm still getting use to a new place, and my bed at home was way more cushiony than these things they attempt to call mattresses..." She paused and then frowned a bit. "Have you heard about the missing students? If I'm really honest, that's what is keeping me up at night. The fact that there are people missing from this school, but we're just continuing on like nothing is wrong. It doesn't seem quite right to me," she said, admitting to what was really on her mind at the moment.

Tobias stopped eating at the mention of the missing students. He set the fork he had been using down and crossed his arms on the table in front of him, his face screwed up in thought. "I know what you mean. Anywhere else I've gone to school, people vanishing like that would have the place on lock-down with the authorities all over the place. But everything here is proceeding like the poor sods never even attended. Makes you think about some things. It'd keep anybody up at night."

Stella nodded. "That is why I was up most of the night. I do hope something is being done, but... part of me just wants to leave. However... I don't want to just go. Not just yet," she said a bit softly. There was something that was drawing her to the school. She wasn't sure what it was, or who, but there was something here. Her own curiosity wouldn't be satisfied till it was figured out. "What about you? Knowing that... are you going to stay?" She asked, turning to look at Tobias, waiting for his answer.

Tobias took a deep breath in and let it out slowly as he seemed to consider the question heavily. When it had been completely been let out, he gave a single, small chuckle. "Well, it's quite a puzzle in and of itself, and I've never really been one to walk away from a puzzle. Besides," he said as his chuckle became a modest smile that he turned toward Stella, "I think I've found a few things here that are worth sticking around for." With that, he grabbed the mug of tea and held it out toward her in a toast gesture. "Here's to some better mornings to come, eh?"

Stella blushed softly, and smiled, and held up her mug of coffee and clinked it with Tobias' mug of tea. "To better mornings then. And maybe a puzzle we can figure out, possibly together," she said, muttering a bit at the end.

Northwood Academy

Yeah... sorry... still up for that collab @Saltwater Thief? I have all weekend free!

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Jinxy sighed as she heard the announcement for dinner. She wanted to give Amir the full show of what was wrong. However, she'd let him know at dinner. Hopefully she could grab some time with him after food had been eaten. She put down her tools and got up. She looked herself over and sighed. She had gotten her coveralls really dirty. She shrugged and took them off, leaving her in a white tank top and grey shorts. She didn't really want to dredge engine sludge into dinner.

She headed up to the galley, making a detour at the restroom. She washed her face off with what looked like soap, and would have to pass for the moment. She didn't want to take a shower and miss the chance at awful hot food.

She walked into the dining area and plopped herself down in a chair. She looked at the food and raised an eyebrow, but shrugged, serving herself some. "By the way captain, I need to show you what is going on in the engine room, so if I could grab you for a bit after dinner, I'd appreciate it," she said, before going to start in on the food.

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@McHaggis I am feeling much better thanks!

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@McHaggis I am guessing you would like to do a dinner collab, yes?

Sorry I wasn't around today, feeling a little under the weather. Will try to be around earlier tomorrow.

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Once the rest of the crew had gotten on the ship and 'disposed' of their 'guest', Jinxy slinked back to the engine room silently. She was not in the mood to chit-chat with the rest of the crew while they were flying this piece of shit. The ship was in bad way, but it would get them to Oberon. But once there... she'd have to either overhaul the engine, or they would need a whole new ship. However, she pushed that out of her mind. She'd talk to the captain later and figure it out with him, probably once they reached Oberon.

She sat down next to the engine and went back to work fixing it. Whomever the ship had belonged to before had neglected regular care of this ship. Probably didn't even know half of what went into it. She frowned in disgust as she noticed one key part being held together with tape and... was that gum? She hoped not. However, the part could be left alone in the meanwhile. She'd didn't want to break the ship as they were making their get-away. She heard the part about the ship leaning towards Starboard, and went to check both Starboard and Port engines out.

It was a mess. Port was damaged beyond repair, and there were no spare parts. She growled a bit and went over to the starboard engine, and promptly broke it. They could still fly, but... She walked over to the intercom and buzzed. "I should have fixed the pull, Pilot, but we may go a little slow for a bit. Sorry, the port engine's a bust, and to make it even I had to bust the starboard. However she'll fly fine for now," she said over the intercom. "And captain, when I might get a moment, I need to talk to you about this junk-heap we're flying in. If you could come to the engine room, and I'll give you the full tour of what the hell is wrong with it," she added, and clicked off, not waiting for a reply. She sighed and went back to trying to patch up what she could for the moment.

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...Do I need to post pics of my cat now?

Northwood Academy

...Yeah... sorry guys... Got a new job and life stuff... wooo...