Upon Defiant: Chapter One

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Matt looked out over the crowd. "Yeah, where'd they go?" He searched and had no real trouble finding them.

"ewww," Merith's tongue trick man... gross.


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[Got to entertain people somehow I suppose.] Kay replied. [Matt will be happy, there's several bars.] He smirked. [And this must be Armin's shop] He indicated the shopping district.

"I'm Skye" She replied and looked to James then to Luka and Dawn curiously

"My name's Dawn" Dawn said, introducing herself

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Shane laughed again and shook his head then motioned ahead "Lead the way" He said ten followed, looking around curiously.

"Luka" Luka introduced herself to the pair, looking a little wary particularly of the very loud cyborg cat. He was honestly a little intimidating despite being teeny and fluffy. She had no doubt he could do a lot of damage with that robotic arm.

Mourn stared at the two of them, tilting his head. "Who own robot?" He asked.

"That would be our captain, back on the ship." Luka told him.

Mourn looked slightly disappointed.

"Good to meet you, Skye." Ooh, she was pretty. Those wings! Wow, he wished he could touch them, but that would be super rude to even ask at this point.
He looked puzzled at Mourn's question, "Why do you ask?"

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"EEEEW," squeaked Ellie at the sight of Merith's tongue.

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"We'll have to stop by and say hello," Asher said with a smile. "Armin is so nice."

Mourn just grinned at James. "Curious"
He was watching the android a little too closely.

Swarm watched them all, some of them were extremely sadened to learn of the passing of old friends, others insisted there was always hope and yet more were too distracted by the new people.
--you from vestia?-- they asked bluntly.

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Kay smiled, nodding. [sure, why not? ]

After a while, Merith pointed out something. It was a bar. Not just any bar, though. A karaoke bar. The two comrades looked at each other, before both, even Vanessa had a sneaky smile spread across their face. Quickly, Merith ducked into a side alley while Vanessa pulled her hair up and had her bio-clothes shift into something more party-like, the tight dress stretching across an hourglass figure. Merith ducked back out again, this time a female Merith, the adult-star figure smiling in a cat-like fashion. The two "women," began to walk inside.

"Is that still Merith?" Matt hissed to his companions. "Woah.. "

Skye dipped her head and smiled at the attention. She looked to Swarm when they moved to form words again and bit her lip, unsure if they should say, given their status as fugitives of a sort.

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"What?" Shane asked, moving so he could see, he had missed the icecream bit, but he saw the form shifting and shook his head "I wonder how well he...she sings."

James gave Mourn a slightly wary look, then became very interested at Swarm's question. Maybe these guys knew where his brother was!

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"Wow, he looks pretty good as a girl too," Ellie said. "Let's watch him--her?--and see what they do."

"I'm so curious. Also, Karaoke!" Matt laughed. "Can you guys sing?"

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Mourn trusted swarm, so he nodded. "She beautiful ship."

Luka tensed a little.

Shane shook his head at the question "I do not want to get on stage in front of strangers"

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Dawn tilted her head a little then decided to step forward a little "Good, then you might know James' brother, Asher, wasn't it?" She asked, glancing to James then back to the pair. "James was wanting to find and talk to him a little"

James looked at Mourn, trying to decide whether to be excited or terrified. He was glad Dawn had asked, because words seemed very difficult to put together right now.

"I can sing!" said Ellie, "I just have to pretend all the people are sad flowers."

Mourn's grin widened. "Oooo you medic's brother? How robot have brother?"

--easiest equivalent term?-- Swarm suggested.

Mourn looked delighted.

Luka looked worried. "Are you sure we should trust this guy?" She whispered to James.

Inside, the bar was bustling. The bar momentarily grew quiet as two very familiar women took the stage, a few men whistling at their rather attractive forms, some chuckling as each took a mic. Merith started flipping through older Terran songs while Vanessa began to tap her feet to an unknown beat...

"Come on, let's lay low and watch this play out." Matt guided Shane and Ellie inside.

"I have to trust him, if he can help me find Asher," James told Luka once his voice started cooperating again. He smiled at Mourn, "Yes, we're brothers, and I really want to see him again and ASK HIM A LOT OF QUESTIONS."

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"Ooh," Ellie whispered, watching excitedly.

Shane went inside, if nothing else, they could certainly drink here.

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Dawn looked to James and smiled again "See, now we just have to figure out where he went and you can have your reunion"

Mourn frowned and looked back the way they'd come. "probably with grumpy medic.. always together. Robot weird. Like robot." He clapped his hands. "We find!"
He paused, how the heck were they going to find them here? Where would those two go? Hmmm.

Skye looked up then around curiously. If the ceilings were high enough, she could fly up and try to find the pair of medics that way. She saw that they were so she turned away to have room to take off and fly around the area, going to the medics when she found them. She landed and looked to the pair "Asher, Your brother is here, he wants to talk to you"

"What does he look like?" Luka asked, that would be a good start.

Mourn shrugged "Look like humanoid."

"Well that's not helpful"

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Matt found a seat near the back of the room, he wasn't certain he wanted Merith and Vanessa to know they'd been followed.

"Wait, WHAT?" Asher said. That wasn't anything he had expected to hear today, especially not from Skye flying overhead.

Skye chuckled and motioned to him "Come on, I'll show you where" She said then started to lead them back to the docks

Merith found the song she was looking for with a grin. It gave her a few seconds to get into position next to Vanessa, as the tune to Kesha's Die Young, began to play. The two women began boucing slightly on the balls of her feet to the beat as Vanessa started first, singing the late singer's part.

"I hear your he-art beat to the beat of the drum,
Oh what a shame that you came here with someone
So while you're here in my arms
Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young."

Suddenly Merith hopped in as the tune shifted slightly, and as Vanessa kept repeating, "We're gonna die young," Merith spoke Becky G's part, "Yo, Kesha,

Becky G, Remix
Yeah, yeah, yeah..."

And together, they sang, "Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young!" Before Merith took the full spotlight, Vanessa staying behind to produce lighting effects that had the crowd cheer and woo as the beat dropped.

"Whoa, whoa, like we're gonna die young
Whoa, whoa, like we're gonna die young
Whoa, whoa, like we're gonna die young
Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young
"

The girl shifted to a less tune-y voice and began, oddly, rapping, putting energy into that sparked the crowd,

"Tonight I'm a break it down, down
They stop when they hear my sound, sound
We so high off the ground, ground
I'm pumpin' speakers mad loud
Drop down when the bass go boom, boom
Faster, make a car go zoom, zoom
I'm a star right by the moon, moon
It's about me, not, not about you
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
When I'm on the mic yes, yes I'm ferocious
Yes, I'm a monster, no you can't focus
I'm a be everywhere on your kid's posters
When I'm on the mic I ain't gotta think twice
I'm a cool cat, you're a itty-bitty mice
Little bit of diva, little bit of nice
Little bit of ne-nerd, little bit of spice..."

Kay blinked, well... that was serendipitous. He indicated she lead the way, smiling to Asher in surprise. -

Shane watched the pair as he ordered his beer, listening to them sing together.

Ellie watched Merith and Vanessa, surprised. Okay, she had expected Merith to perform, but Vanessa? She always seemed so calm and controlled! This was freaky.

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Asher violently forced down the hope and excitement that was trying to consume him. This had to be a mistake of some sort, it was just too good to be true! But he followed Skye anyway.