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"You people are so weird." Jian muttered hypocritically. Aelkai, meanwhile, was bouncing around all over the place as if on springs.

Guinan's grin remained on her face for Laura and Calem. To Jian, she simply said, "Oh well."

(OOC: Yes, that was cute, Midnightstar16. Isn't it interesting how it just takes an unusual situation, and one person, before a whole group tries something weird sometimes?)

(Hehe, yeah. oh, and, can we please get on with the story? I don't wanna sound mean or anything.....)

Calem cleared his throat. "Hey, um, now that Kiki's 'floogly doogly' nonsense is over and done with, are we gonna get going anytime soon? Or are we?" He asked gently, halfway smiling.

~Space Mike~

"We could go any time." replies Mike. "One thing that should be noted, once the wormhole is open DO NOT under any circumstances touch it's edge. If you do then half of whatever touches it will be transported to Nexus Station and the other half will stay here, it's basically like an infinitely sharp blade that can cut through anything with no resistance at all. There are shield devices that fold out to cover the edges so you will probably be fine, but just so you know they are dangerous. Also there is gravity in the station, don't let that take you by surprise because if it does then you might smack your face into the ground."

He instructs Mason to depressurize the wormhole chamber in preparation for their arrival, only to be reminded that Mason's oxygen supply still has a hole in it. Crap. We need someone in there with a working space suit to enter the command to open the wormhole. We can't open the wormhole enough to send a person through while it's in the ship, if only we had a robot that could- Wait, we do! "Sam, I need you to do something for me."
Sam: "Name it."
Mike: "I will need you to enter the wormhole to nexus station and enter some console commands."
Sam: "I could do ya' one better, I can hook up directly to the wormhole management system computer."
Mike: "Oh yeah... Do that then."
Sam: "Will do."

Mike unhooks Sam from the ship's systems and brings him back up to the crew compartment. After telling everyone to stand back he takes out the wormhole containment capsule and opens it up. "OK Mason hit it!" he says as he stands back. A small sphere appears in the ship and through it can be seen the wormhole chamber in Nexus Station and releases a small gust of wind as the pressure equalizes on either side, it grows until it's big enough for the wormhole nodes to come through on robotic arms, stretching the wormhole into a triangle big enough for Sam to go through. Mike pushes Sam through the wormhole and he falls to the ground on the other side seconds before the wormhole shrinks again. Mike captures the wormhole in the containment device again and says "Is everyone ready to go to Nexus Station?"

~Earth Mike~

Sam informs Mike "There seem to be some rather unusual gravitational waves here, I could be wrong but it seems like wormholes are opening near us." Mike replies "I have to see this. Did you say wormholes, as in more then one?"
Sam: "Yep, and it seems to be coming from that city."
Mike: "I must see what's causing this."

Mike quickens his pace and stays alert in hope of finding the source of the strange readings.

Kiki held their hat in their hands, fiddling with it nervously.

"Well, er... I was hoping to be able to talk to you all, but... if you're in a hurry that's fine," they said.

They looked down with a downtrodden expression. "I mean, it'd only be a few minutes..." they said shyly.

Guinan looked at Kiki, her expression serious. "I know you came to tell us something... We'll have to go as soon as we can though, to help prevent an aggressive force from stealing technology and possibly using it against other worlds," she tried to explain, with a nod to Mike.

(Is that a yes or a no to the whole explanation thing? I apologize if I am being dense here.

Kiki nodded solemly. "I understand."
They held up their phone screen, displaying a brief description of information. Toward the bottom of the screen was an image of Gristle, followed by several smaller lines of text which were nearly illegible.
"The Council has informed me." they chirped with a smile.

"Really? Who are they?" Guinan asked curiously.

(OOC: Sorry Lillikoi. I wrote that mnoncommittal answer for Guinan because she's not the one in charge of when they get going. She's showing interest without knowing if she can stick around for the full explanation.)

Laura watched in amazement as the wormhole opened, Sam went in, and the wormhole closed. When Mike asked if they were ready, Laura and Calem nodded, with a serious yet determined look on both of their faces, like they were getting ready for a Pokemon battle. Even though she was doing a good job of hiding it, Laura was kind of exited. She turned to Jian, trying her to keep her uncharacteristicly serious look on her face, asking, "Jian, you can still do the 'turn things into bananas spell', right?"

Calem grinded his teeth in annoyance at Kiki, but tried not to let it show.

"My superiors." they said proudly. "The governing body of a lovely and fantastical Agency which promotes peace throughout the universe." They put a hand on their hip and posed like a superhero, thrusting an arm determinedly toward the sky. "S.N.A.P.!" they shouted, punching the air with their fist.

"Wooo hooo!"

They did several playful flips in the air and then landed on their back with a bored expression.
"I dunno what it stands for, though." they said bluntly. "But basically it's when all the head hoodoos and big humfuzzles of the universe got together an' decided to get s**t done."

Guinan watched Kiki with interest. "Does that mean they sent you here? Why?" Guinan asked.

Mike looks at Kiki curiously. "I suppose we could wait a bit and listen if it's important." he says.

~Meanwhile, on Nexus Station~

Sam hits the ground rather hard and gets a small dent.

>damage detected
>running system_diagnostic.exe - 100%
>result: all systems functional
>scanning surroundings
>location found: nexus portal chamber
>entity detected; type = human
>running face_recognize.exe
>result: subject identified as user.mason_williams
>hostile = false

Mason sees Sam on the ground and says "Hello Sam, are you ready to do this?"

>voice detected; analyzing
>result: "hell-{o} [sam], are [you] read-y to do {this}?"
>deconstructing sentence structure and tone
>statement addressed to sam == system.self
>"this" = current_objective
>current_objective.ready = true
>expected_response = answer
>expression = cheerful
>tone = cheerful
>calculating response
>result: "yes {[sir]}."
>activating text_to_speech.exe

"Yes sir." says Sam cheerfully. As Mason begins walking toward the exit he says "Great, I'll leave now and you can do your thing once I depressurize this place. The interface is over th- What the?!" As Mason opens the door there are two soldiers waiting for him who grab him. The door had previously been locked from the inside to keep everybody out, but the guards had quietly waited there knowing that he had to come out eventually.

>voice processing complete
>expected_response = null
>2 entities detected; analyzing
>result: entity2 = heiwa_federation.soldier; type = human
>result: entity3 = heiwa_federation.soldier; type = human
>hostile = true
>entering sleep mode

Sam's screens turn off and he appears to be shut off to the soldier looking around to make sure nobody else is in the room while the other soldier is putting handcuffs on Mason. The soldier says "There isn't anyone else here, let's go." and they leave.

>exiting sleep mode
>error: current_objective cannot be completed; calculating alternate solutions
>insufficient data; asking for help
>message user.michael_watt
>message_content = "Mason has been taken by some Heiwa Federation soldiers, shall I proceed with the plan without him?"

[ooc]
I decided to do something from Sam's perspective, and since he's a robot I decided to create an event log instead of making him think normally.

I also feel that we as autistic people can relate on some level with the logical manner in which Sam handles socializing, LOL.
[/ooc]

Meanwhile, Ia the ghost girl approached the wormhole curiously, marveling at all the prismatic and iridescent colours. She floated closer, unaware of how close she actually was, and was swallowed up by the wormhole.

Meanwhile, on Mike's ship, Aelkai suddenly jumped as if she had received an electric shock.
"Where is Ia?" She asked Jian plaintively.
"Who is Ia?" Jian asked, completely bewildered.
"Ia is me, but not me, because there is no me." Even Jian seemed to have difficulty following Aelkai's train of thought, and Enye, glowing faintly as always, looked just as confused.

(OOC: Mikeman, only Mike got that message, right?

AI is fascinating, so that was very cool. Sci-fi authors don't usually show that processing unless they want to show the AI gaining self-awareness. I would like them to show us a glimpse of it sometimes, as you did. Although I don't have an ASD diagnosis, I definitely do some conscious analysis of what people say, how, and why.

Kuraudo, interesting. So, thinking Ia's gone somewhere else then, or on to the other side, wherever that is.)

[ooc]
Yep, only Mike can see the message. I will change that in a moment though.
[/ooc]

Mike's robotic arm vibrates as it recieved the message and Mike reads it in alarm. "Oh no... Sam just informed me that the Heiwa Federation took Mason. Sam can still open the wormhole, but now we have to do a rescue mission."

He sends a message back to Sam: "Yes, proceed with the plan."

Guinan frowned at the news. "Do we need maps of the station then, in case we're not together at any point?" she asked.