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[greentech]

[ Pidge is a bit distracted. She's been working her job and trying to figure out how to find things and the combination has been a bit exhausting. Especially since she's tiny and some of the aliens she's had to try and deal with have been much, much larger. Still, she's found time to get away and despite the note of exhaustion, there's something triumphant in her mental tone. ]

( Hey, I found out where they're keeping the prizes! They've got it on some sort of ship, way out in the system, behind one of the moons- )

[ And here everyone is treated to a mental image of a sprawling, edge-master looking ship that's been finished rose gold chrome. Sort of a contradiction. ]

( It's called "The Fair Heart" and apparently it used to be some kind of prison ship. "Sorrowful Death Hole" or something. Uh, either way, it's where they're keeping the prizes until later in the competition.

I think we should go out there and grab them. )

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[somnifacient]

[Noctis won't argue that having options is a bad thing. Winning the competition was sketchy at best, despite the fact that he's willing to participate -- too many variables, too many unknowns. It would be foolish to rely on that alone.

But then again, infiltrating a space ship with a Really Questionable Name doesn't sound much better.]

(It'd probably be easier to do that if we actually knew what the competition was going to be like. We're all going in blind.)

[A beat.]

(You know what security would look like on that ship? Doesn't exactly radiate "friendly".)

[greentech]

( Still trying to figure that out. It depends on if they've done anything to the interior or not, but probably lots of security doors, maybe deployable turrets, probably traps. Maybe robots. It's the same problem - we're basically blind. )

[ Ah, the joys of winging it. ]

[somnifacient]

[Seems to be a theme with this mission.]

(Traps and robots. Even better. So you're going to need a way to get over there without being detected and manage to slip past security that may or may not be trying to kill you.)

[But if he were to be honest, it's not the most hopeless thing he's heard, or even experienced in his own lifetime.]

(Doable with the right people. I'll be in the competition, though, so I won't be able to lend a hand with all of this.)

[greentech]

[ Don't worry, even if things go horribly wrong, they'll manage it. Somehow. Maybe. ]

( Sounds typical. )

[ It's not exactly "normal", but by this point she's used to things being completely imperfect. It's her lot in life. ]

( Well, try and win. I'll see what I can do on my end and who who wants to go along or if we're even going to TRY. If you need any sort of technical support, I can chip in, too.

You're new, right? )

[somnifacient]

(Technical support, huh? Sounds good to me, and if you need anything from the competitors, let us know. I don't know what, but we can try to figure something out if it's necessary.

Winning is the idea, at least.)

[He's not sure if he wants it to be combat or otherwise. It'd at least be familiar, if not utterly dangerous.]

(Yeah, I'm new.) [A beat. He guesses an introduction is in order?] (I'm Noctis.)

[greentech]

( I'm Pidge. Or Katie. )

[ Welcome aboard. ]

( They have trackers or something on you guys, right? It might be a good idea to get a look at one of those. )

[somnifacient]

(Which one do you prefer?)

[An awkward response, but he only asks to avoid more awkwardness. But he supposes she wouldn't have offered both names unless if she had a preference -- ah, he's over-thinking it.]

(You plan on tinkering them? I think someone said earlier that it tracks our vitals, too.)

[greentech]

( Katie is fine. And yeah, I figure if I can get them to send false signals,
you guys will be able to move around without being tracked. )

[somnifacient]

(Seems like a moot point during the competition itself, though. It'll be pretty obvious where we are to just about anyone watching.)

[greentech]

( Yeah, but when you're not competing you might want to be able to sneak around. )

[somnifacient]

(...Fair enough. If we don't win the competition, at least then we'll be free to help with whatever plan you settle on.

I'd be willing to lend my sword, if that happens.)

[greentech]

( Hey, swords are great. I'll take whatever we can get. )

[somnifacient]

(Then if it comes down to that, count me in.)

[greentech]

( Great! I'll let you know when we're gonna start planning. )

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( That would be me. Sam Wilson, nice to - well. Kind of meet you. I've been chipping and scanning the competitors as they register. )

[somnifacient]

(Yeah. Nice to meet you. I'm Noctis, if you didn't catch that before.)

[He ignores the fact that all of these "mental introductions" feel so foreign to him still.]

(So you think we can use this to our advantage somehow?)

[sizeofyourbaggage]

( Can't hurt to know what they know about your competitors, and to know what they've got on you. But if you're really looking for an advantage, man, you should hear some of the stuff they talk about. A couple of them have mentioned what they might be doing and I'm gonna dig around for more, if you want some inside intel. )

[greentech]

( That'd be great! Anything that could tell us what we're going to be dealing with would be really useful! )

[somnifacient]

(That would be helpful, actually. So far I'm just going in blind, so I'm not going to say no to any kind of advantage you can throw my way.)