Lights on, she's tied to the chair.
Qiu - "That was impressive."
They all stare ...
Nocturne - "Okay. You, and actually you too ... Mishil ... the 'immortal pirate who doesn't bother mentioning things'."
Mishil - "What !?"
Nocturne - "Yah ! You too ! Where. Is. Your. Fun-switch ?!"
Qiu and Mishil look at each other ...
Nix - "Seriously ..."
Mishil - "What are you talking about."
Nocturne - "Later. Have some candy."
She's pelted with candy.
Mishil - "What. The f..."
Nocturne - "Sh. Interrogating. Now you ... Qiu ... ?" She looks at Nix, "You say I know this lady ?"
Nix - "Kinda !"
Qiu - Clears her throat, "I would like to tell you that I think the idea of having a toilet in a pilot seat, though efficient, is disgusting. But at least it had a bidet."
Hector - On comm, "Humans are disgusting. Came with the ship."
Sally - "Ship wasn't human."
Hector - "Really ? Figures ..."
Qiu - "And that said, my fun switch is none of your concern."
Nocturne - "Oh I think it is. Because you ... are too busy being indignant to realize you've got no one else. And you ..." Turns to Mishil, "... are too busy being super serious hunter lady to even eat good candy ! When's the last time you laughed."
Mishil stares angrily ...
Sally - "Umm ... checking history files ... oh ! It was just before we all docked on Uranus ! And then several hundreds of years before that. She's been painting a really long time."
Mishil - "Wow."
She looks at her crew in the corner, they're looking around while doing somethings suspicious ... then at her, one stifles laughter, they all make serious.
"Whassup."
Mishil - Furrows her brow and turns back, crosses her arms and stares, "Fucking mutiny."
Qiu giggles ...
Nocturne - "Oh now you laugh ! And that's just because you're going to kill us all as soon as we untie you !"
Qiu - "That is true."
Nix - "Oh fuck this." Gets up straight to Qiu, "You're gonna remember me." She full draw base of the palm slaps her hard across the face and into slow-mo as the chair flies over ...
('Come On' by Prince and the NPG)
Chiyome turns slowly and hits the floor hard, still alive, staring up, breathing hard, still slow. Fire erupts from two figures figures burning behind her, quietly embraced.
Chiyome turns her head and stares at her, tears streaming, still twitching from the strike, immobilized, fire beginning to grow.
Qiu stares back, then to the fire. Struggles against the chairs bonds.
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In the asteroid belt circling Nibiru, a medium sized turns over, the ships docked at the base of a high overhang, view of the system.
A small planet surrounded by a plasma like atmosphere and several forming and decaying moons. Wisps of sediment from moon debris cycles the high atmosphere, intermingling the dense plasma fields all around.
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Explosions in slow make their way down the hull, detonated from beneath the cargo in the lower hold, while Qiu and Chiyome stare at each other in tears.
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The hunter fleet, comprised as ordered, approaches the core, while another fleet moves from the sift around. And archaic fleet, thick hulls pounded with age, appearing nearly as stone, beyond ancient.
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Chiyome strengthens her eyes, smiles and nods. She looks up and whispers prayer.
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Dragging silt behind, the descend on the fleet until all faced.
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Explosions around, Qiu's chair is kicked up, she's splashed with water in the ship to wake. She breaks the rope and taps the table, sending all back into slow. Table wares flutter, Nix leaps forward, Qiu throws herself to over her fingers.
Crew and characters struggle back up when another blast throws them back when they meet in an embrace.
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Destruction, Chiyome whispers her prayer smiling in her tears. Ninja garbed arms grab and pull her away.
! The End !
~ comm static in the dark ~
~ tune focus and volume raised in the static ~
Hunter - "Speak."
Comm - "Surface scan and ship to ship, my lady ... they are all demon ... his entire army. Mercenary."
Hunter - A gasp ... "All this time ... right here."
Comm - "The reports appear true ... the gods are dead.
...
Comm - This will complete our book of names."
... breath ...
Hunter - ... "Fire."