forum 𝘞𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 (0x0) CLOSED

Started Feb 07 by @korixkj

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Allyanna nodded. "I know a lot of people who have, but we are not really friends… I could ask them if they want to talk to you?" She said, leaning against a wall. She looked exhausted.

She paused and looked the girl over a moment. "I'd appreciate it, but you don't have to do that right now. You look like you could also use some rest" She answered, offering a soft smile

Allyanna nodded. "I could, but you have to promise not to touch anything first. Some of these things are fragile, and as far as I can tell, you do not have many of these things on your planet." She said, seriously. She had started putting things down on surfaces or hooks as they stopped floating when she grabbed them. "If you need anything, you can call. I am a light sleeper. When I awake, I will try to contact someone who has casted."

She nodded. "Won't touch nothin" she replied. "I'll call if i need somethin, but I'll probably also be sleeping" She said, lying back down and shifting a bit

Allyanna nodded, finished putting things away, and left the room. In her own bedroom, she collapsed on her bed and quicky fell asleep.

Al looked around as she lay there. She'd promised not to touch anything, but what about looking? Surely it wouldn't be a problem if she perused the items in the room, provided she make good on her promise, right?

Around the room several screens were attached to the wall, set carefully on tables, and set up on stands. With Allyanna asleep, the things she had been floating around herself could no longer float, so she had secured them back into their places. Most had been turned off, though several monetering machines were still on, they were quieter that machines on earth. The faintest sound of beeping seemed to come from one of the machines, but Al would have to strain to hear it. It didn't seem like looking around would mess with anything, but it might raise vitals again, which would probably alert the sleeping alien.

She sat, noting the monitors and some other items in the room. She simply looked around, focusing on a poster with a constellation across the room

The constellation was the first that had ever been casted, many years ago. It was of Taurus, the bull. There were words on it as well, but it was in an alien language that Al wouldn't be able to read. Allyanna had hung another paper up nearby, blank except for some sketches she had done, an unfamiliar constellation that she had been planning out. She wanted to, eventually, cast one herself, it seemed.

Al took note of what looked like Allyanna's blueprints, before turning her attention back to the poster. She touched the tattoo on her face once more. Taurus..

Allyanna shifted in the next room over, the sounds of blankets shifting evident. She slept quietly, her breath light and even. The door had been left open, and if Al moved, she would be able to see inside. It was much quieter than anywhere on earth. No animal sounds, no cars rushing by outside, no voices.

As she thought about her tattoo, that fact dawned on her. It was almost silent, any sounds to be heard were so quiet one would have to strain. It was also very clean-looking.

Allyanna slept for what felt like several hours, though it was closer to just one. She still probably needed more, but she felt uneasy leaving anyone in a strange environment, including Al. When she woke up, she changed clothes quickly and smoothed out her hair before walking back into Al's room.

Al was sitting in the exact spot Allyana had left her, staring aimlessly at the poster of Taurus. She seemed deep in thought, and didn't notice the other being entering the room

"Are you alright?" Allyanna asked, worried about the other creature. "Are you still thinking about the patterns?"

She turned her head to Allyanna and nodded. "Yeah, but I'm alright. I'm mostly noticing how quiet your planet is"

Allyanna nodded. "Yes, we have very sensitive hearing. Everything is engineered to be quiet. Transport, technology, all of it. Nature's sounds are the loudest, and most of them are quiet as well. I am speaking louder than I normally would, as the volume we normally speak at seems to be out of your species range of hearing."

She nodded. "That explains a lot." She mused. "Can I go outside? I might be marooned but i still got a job to do.."

Allyanna looked worried at that. "I- well- that might not be the best idea-" She said, grabbing some of the screens and leaving them to float in front of her. "You are still healing, you should stay in place! And I am still not sure if the atmosphere is suitable for you, I have special air filters in here that scanned your biometrics and created an air that is suitable for both of us, and I need to compare it to the planets atmosphere."
She explained, then mumbled something the translator didn't fully pick up.
"And… Might not…. You here" the translator caught.

She cocked an eyebrow. "What was that last part?" She asked calmly

Allyanna turned away. "Legally, I should have left you to the authorities, who would not have been there for several more units of time" the translator didn't translate that well.
"If you had managed to still be alive at that point, they would have assigned you to a lab to be studied and poked and prodded, no madder the sentience you showed. Maybe after a year, if they understood your biology well enough, you may have been released to be a companion. But we have no way of finding your place of origin, and nobody in their right mind would let a foreign species roam without a keeper… I would be considered crazy and arrested! But I could tell from your tech that you do not deserve to be treated like a pet, even if you seem to worship out patterns!"

She now raised both eyebrows. "Wow, crazy. I'm out" She replied with a shrug, getting up. She had no idea what she planned to do, but she wasn't getting paid if she came back emptyhanded, and she desperately needed to be paid

Allyanna froze. "You are still healing. I have risked everything to help you heal and get out of here. If you leave, you will be captured, I will loose my job, you could die-"
At each point, the things floating around her sunk lower.
"They… Might execute me for keeping a foreign species out of containment."
At that, she sunk to the floor, the gravity of her choices catching up to her.
Her mouth moved, but Al couldn't hear the sound that came out, and the translator didn't pick it up. Yet, based on how Allyanna was acting, it was probably something along the lines of "what have I done"

She sat down by a window and looked out. "Where would I even go?" she asked, framing her point simply

Allyanna's breathing seemed erratic as she sat on the floor, curled into herself. The things she dad been floating around her had landed on the floor next to her. Her eyes were squeezed shut, her halo thing above her head seeming duller. She looked up slightly, murmuring under her breath. The translator picked up some of the words. "I… So… Am… Sorry.."