“Master, I have opened the door and closed the gate”
Eyes flutter momentarily before opening, the first thing he sees is that the sky has darkened. Looking around he sees B8 standing above him “What?”
“Master, I have opened the door and closed the gate like you asked. I was either going to try and graph the arm and eye to my body or search through the ship computer but I wanted to see what you wanted to do fist.”
Looking down at his waist wrapped in a blood covered shirt he tries to move, causing pain to shoot through his entire body biting his teeth he checks his condition, status.
Name: Leviathan Race: Al’muthar
Age: 22 Class: Psion
Health: 6/60 Psi: 27/27
Str: 3 Con: 6 Agi: 10
Dex: 6 Int: 27
Skills: [Basic Firearm] 2/100
Psionics: [Basic Telepathy] 19/100
Mind Reading
Items: Standard Personal Computer
Name: B8 Race: AI
Age: N/A Class: N/A
Health: 9/60 Psi: N/A
Str: 5 Con: 6 Agi: 3
Dex: 7 Int: 14
Skills: [Basic Computing] 32/100 [Basic Hacking] 21/100 [Basic Communications] 3/100 [Basic Firearm] 10/100
Items: Simple Ballistic Rifle
“Help me up B8” stretching out his hand he waits for B8 yo help jim to his feet. As his hand comes into contact with his cold metallic one pf B8 he feels a tug before being lifted to his feet. Standing on his own causes pain from his right ankle, legs, and hips to hit him like a tide, almost blacking out again from the pain he stares at the ships door with bloodshot eyes. With great difficulty he takes his first step forward causing his entire body to wobble, but he continues to move forward slowly.
B8 looking at its master’s struggle walks next to him “Master, do you need help?”
“NO!” turning his head while biting his teeth to help endure the pain “I refuse to be shackled to another crutch, I feel as though if I were to give up here than the future would be bleak for us”
After a few minutes of great difficulty he finally manages to arrive next to the uniform man “Bring the body with us.”
Seeing that he has made it around half way he takes a deep breath before moving forward. Finally arriving at the door he looks inside and sees a small, brightly lit white corridor leading to a wide open space. Standing there for a moment B8 arrives next to Leviathan “Master, this appears to be the storage area” walking through the short hallway they arrive in an area empty room encases in some form of metal, the ground has straps used to secure cargo and the walls are blank the only thing of interest is the room is a box like structure. Walking towards the box B8 turns towards Leviathan “This is a lift that leads to the second floor, the second floor appears to be a small living area. On the third and final floor is the control room, all I did earlier was close the gate and have not properly looked at the specs of the ship”
Nodding his head Leviathan and B8 move through the empty cargo hold towards the lift. As Leviathan us unable to move fast he looks around as he walks “Why does this ship...look so shabby?”
“Master, I believe we will only know after we look through the computers and find out more about where we are”
“Right” after surveying the room Leviathan closes his eyes briefly due to a server spike of pain, now would be a good time to try using my powers while under distress opening his eyes he tries to focus while the pain surges through his body, after struggling for a while he is barely able to archive it.
Feeling the invisible force wash over him he notices that the area has increased out to 52ft, he focuses as long as he can till he eventually runs dry.
Psi 0/27
Int +5
Psi 5/32
Doubt washes over him as he sees the growth of his intelligence why does my Int grow so fast? this can’t be normal Turning his head towards B8 “B8 do you know anything about psionic abilities?”
Looking straight ahead for a moment B8 then shakes its head “Master, I know just as much as you do”
*Tsk* Clicking his tongue they arrive at the lift. stepping inside he sees there are indeed three buttons, pressing the one for the third floor he waits for the lift to ascend. “B8 what do you want out of life”
“Master, my whole purpose is to serve you”
Knitting his brows together “Nothing else besides that?”
Thinking for a moment the elevator dings as they pass the 2nd floor “Master, if I may be so rude as to say, I would like upgrades to my system. Today I was not able to adequately assist you, be it getting shot multiple times damaging my frame or when you were being assaulted by that monster, my performance was subpar. Even when you ask me questions I don't know the answer, as my only purpose is to serve you it make me wonder when I’m unable to do so”
“Wonder what?”
“If my existence is needed” *Ding* as B8 finishes its sentence they arrive at the third floor. The entire room is a giant metal sphere with a glass windows spanning the circumference of the room. At the opposite end of the lift is a control panel spanning about half the room running along the wall. In front of the control panel at different points are seats that seem to be suggesting different operating stations, and behind them all towards the center of the room is a larger chair.
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Leviathan hobbes towards the center chair, after arriving closer he can tell that the cushions are made out of some sort of leather and the frame from some metal. Seeing that there are no buttons or controls the chair must be for decoration only. Sitting in the chair Leviathan looks at B8 standing next to him with the uniform man slumped over his shoulder “First thing first, try and see if you can incorporate that man's bionics into your body” tapping his fingers on the armrest of the chair “After that find out everything you can about the ship”
“Master, right away” Putting the man down B8 puts it’s left hand on the man’s robotic arm, as it does wires extend from B8 attaching to different parts of the arm.
Looking towards his waist a trace of helplessness flashes through his eyes I wonder how long it will take me to heal? bah I never should have gone towards the monsters at the gate, but I guess it’s not like I gained nothing from the trip. Looking at the computer consoles he scratches his chin, Trying to get information from the computers first would have been better, but I don't want B8 to feel like I don't respect its wishes...wait Standing up with difficulty Leviathan moves towards the consol.
Hobbling for a few seconds he arrives at the center most chair, sitting down he looks at all the foreign controls and buttons shaking his head he looks towards the computer on his arm. Holding up his left arm with the personal computer on it he sees the three apps, pausing for a moment he clicks the icon for the hacking program. As he does a small hole opens up near the top of his wrist revealing a wire. Grabbing the wire and pulling causes two feet of cable to be revealed, looking at the consol it doesn't appear to fit in ant particular port. Shrugging his shoulders he jams the cable into one of the ports, as he does the end of the wire seems to morp to fit inside “Fucking awesome!” Looking at his computer a progress bar appears on the screen, causing a small smile to form on his face. As the bar finishes loading a message flashes on the screen ‘Connection established’ as the message disappears a series of 1s and 0s flash across the entire screen of the personal computer.
“What am I even looking at…” reaching out towards the computer he hesitates for a while, looking at the scrolling numbers. Taking a deep breath he touches the screen, as his finger makes contact the numbers stop scrolling revealing ‘10001011001001, 10111011001, 11001001110’ looking at the numbers he raises a brow in confusion is this some kind of code? “Well, I tried” reaching out he pulls the plug from the consol, as he releases the coord it zips back into the personal computer, swirling his chair around he looks at B8.
Whispering to himself “If you think your useless B8, then what can I do?” Gazing towards the ceiling “If I’m terrible with computers, and really bad at fighting for now, the only thing I can do is be the best mind reader ever” closing his eyes, Psi
Psi 10/32
Extending his palm above his head he activates his power
Psi 0/32
Int +2
Psi 2/34
If It's going to allow me to raise my int like this Id be a fool not to do it. Opening his eyes slowly causes a smile to creep on the edge of his lips, and who knows? maybe raising my Int a lot will make me smarter, no one knows what this game can really do Closing his eyes again, he waits.
Eight minutes later he opens his eyes again and uses his power.
Psi 0/34
Int +3
Psi 3/37
Smacking his lips together he looks out the window don’t blame me system, the heavens are repaying me Glancing over at B8 again he closes his eyes.
After waiting for twelve minutes he once again opens his eyes “Muahahaha fear me mortals” sweeping his hands in front of his body he activates his powers again.
Psi 0/37
Int +3
Psi 3/40
“Why do I feel like a villain doing this? should I try conquering the world? Hahaha we will see!” a frown quickly forms on his face fuck man, I’m talking to myself already...I’ve only been playing a couple hours and i'm already going crazy-Swirling his chair back around he looks out the window. Noticing that it's gotten fairly dark he looks for the moon, or moons.
“Master, I've done the analysis and it appears that i should be able to integrate the arm and eye onto my body”
Swinging the chair back around he looks at B8 “GOOD! can you do it now?”
Shaking its head “Master, I do not have the tools required. The best course of action would be to remove the arm and eye to attach later”
Looking at B8 for a moment before shaking his head “You could be wrong, B8” spreading his arms wide “This camp did not spring up from out of the ground, there has to be tools somewhere for them to at least build the walls and the mine” throwing his thumb over the shoulder “I uh, did a preliminary check on the computer, softened it up for ya to come take a look, I want to know everything you can learn.”
“Master, right away” Walking up to the control panels B8 extends both its arms causing a web or wires to pour out an plug into all the open ports near him.
Looking at this scene Leviathan smiles softly If it could read minds, I really would be out of a job. Shaking his head Forget it, it's my AI so his abilities are my abilities, so good job me.
Only waiting for four minutes B8 wires begin to recede into his body “Master, you were right, I've learned a lot of information and should be able to answer a lot of your questions now” turning to face Leviathan “Master, on the second floor is a sort of hospital, there is a hydro tank there that will allow the recovery of your wounds, the solution onboard the ship is limited so they saved it incase of and emergency but there is enough for you.”
“GREAT! Let's walk and talk” standing up shakily he bears with the pain as he knows that he will soon be free, and begins hobbling towards the lift. “So what is this mining camp? why is it in the middle of nowhere and what's up with all those armed guys?”
B8 walks over to the unifor man and slings him over its shoulder before it follows after Leviathan “Master, I don’t know If you are lucky or unlucky. Lucky because no one is going to come looking for this place after killing all those men, or unlucky because these were men of a prince, and if they do find out this whole planet can come after us”
Leviathan pauses for a moment “This is a spaceship, let's just leave this planet” waving his hand nonchalantly he continues to walk towards the lift.
“Master, I was wrong earlier, this ship is not capable of space flight and is just a planetary ship, they acquire it with less than legal means to not be tracked back to the prince”
Arriving at the lift Leviathan looks at B8 “So, how do we leave this planet?”
“Master, the ones who control the only offworld transports are members of the royal family”
“Fuck….”