“Why is most of your hallway mostly black and white?” as I look around at the bland walls of the ship, that has some neon lighting.
“Well why not? The colors look good in my opinion, and plus it’s just the design for this floor, simple and easy,”
“So care to explain the rooms we just walk pass by or you just gonna explain the important ones,” as I try to look what’s inside the rooms
“Well most of the rooms are either the living quarters of my crew, storage and miscellaneous stuff, research rooms, or just security areas,” as we walk pass more rooms and areas
“There are 3 floors in my ship, the bottom floor which is where most of the electrical, the power core of my ship, and other dangerous stuff in it. The middle floor, which we are currently in and where you crash landed into which is the boring working area stuff, the research and science stuff, and where most of the crew live on. Then there is the Top floor or the first floor, which is where most of the important and interesting stuff that happens in my ship, and also where my crew train and eat, and the most important jobs and workers live and work on, like me.” as we keep walking in the long hallway seeing a couple of Be-nu’s inside the rooms either working or talking.
“So where did your workers, soldiers and others go when I crashed here, since it seems that this floor feels pretty quiet and empty,” as I try to spot some of them in the rooms only to be empty
“Almost everyone right now is on the top floor either eating, taking a break, or just fixing up the damages of the ship that your pod caused, which is about 90% are on top, and we are currently heading there, to go to my office and then meet some of my very trustworthy crew that are most likely be working with, and help the engineers and worker fix the damages your pod made,” as she starts speeding up her walking
“I also want to test your physical and fighting compatibility as you are a strange creature,” as she speeds up even more
“Alright then, but why are you going even faster, while we are talking and having a tour of your ship,” as we go even faster
“Oh I just want to see if you can catch up to me, go to the upper floor quicker, and that the ERT are waiting on me,” as we reach the end of the hallway and a sign stating, you are now entering Top floor,
“What’s with the boring name? You could have your team to come up a more creative name of the most important floor, from what you described to me,” as she slows down back to when we were just calmly walking
“A simple name is enough, plus we don’t care what it’s called as long as it’s easy to remember,” as I look around to see how different the atmosphere becomes
“Woah, this floor looks way different from the middle floor,” as I see a lot of Be-nu’s grouped up, talking to each other wearing some kind of suit similar to mine when in defense mode, and having vibrant colors and designs on their fur
“Everyone is currently as you can see taking a break, us you know the situation, as some are either mildly injured and still can’t do normal tasks they usually do, or are currently in the Recovery Center or just having fun,” as we walk pass groups of them, and noticing me right near her but doesn’t seem to care, and just gone back to what they were doing
“Huh, why are most of them not questioning the fact, a mysterious creature that came out of nowhere wearing a suit not common or even normal in this ship, and the fact that it has a mask covering most of its face, and a creature around my neck?” I am very surprised and how they act very normal.
“Well usually we get visitors from other species into our ship, and they wear some very weird clothing or not even wearing anything at all, so it gets to the point it becomes normal when seeing a very weird looking creature following me, as they don’t really question it as I am the Captain, so they think it’s somebody important,” as we walk past a very big open area, with lots of interesting equipment in it
“What was that we just walked past?” as I stop and go back to re see it
“Oh that’s the training and testing area of our ship, half of the room is used for training and exercise for the entire crew, while the other half is used to test out new weapons, armor, and other stuff, made by engineers and researchers. No one is allowed in there unless authorization by me, but because of that offer you made you are allowed to go in there.” as I follow up beside her
As we kept walking and saw a couple of her crew along the way, look at me for a couple of seconds and then act like it was normal, as I start to hear a lot of talking and eating.
“Let me guess that’s the cafeteria, where you guys eat?” As we stop near the entrance of the room
“You are correct, and I will introduce you to everyone for a brief second, so they don’t get alarmed when a creature wearing fancy clothing is doing something dangerous,” as we start going inside the big area
“It’s a tuxedo,” as I tell her what it actually is
“Alright then it’s a tuxedo” as she clears her throat
“Attention everyone!” as everyone that was inside the cafeteria, eating, talking, or was waiting in line getting food, turned their ears and headed towards the direction they heard it from.
“Yes, Captain!” as they all say it at the same time in a series and focused tone, while in a form similar to a salute similar to the Humans military, but with their tails.
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“The reason I needed all your attention is that we are gonna have a temporary visitor staying with us on this ship for a while.” as she points at me, “This is Jed, I currently don’t know what species he is or what planet he is from as that it kept a secret, but he will be helping with repairing the damages of the ship from that object that hit us, which is actually a stasis pod, which is where he came from. He will be watched personally by me, and will be allowed to explore the ship, so don’t be alarmed when you see him walking around alone,” as she finishes talking a hand goes up
“What is your question?” as she gives a sign of being allowed to speak up
“Well Captain, since you don’t know what species he is, don’t you need to send him to the Medical Center, to identify what he is, and also for safety precautions?,” as a Be-ru that seems to be colored green with a mix of red speak up
“That is true, but I gave a quick check when I met him, but will be given a proper check,” as Eulalia gives her answer
“Also I have to point something out, his physical body and shape looks very similar to a Terran,” as everyone starts to notice what she meant
“It’s probably a coincidence that he is shaped similar to a Terran, but he is probably not one,” as she defends me stating that I am a Terran.
“Anymore questions, before I have to continue the tour?” as another hand goes up
“What is it?” as she does the same sign
“What’s that on his neck?” as a male Be-ru close to me, that is colored blue with purple and red stripes around him
“I think Jed, will be better to answer this question,” as she looks at me and gives a nod,
“Well it’s actually my pet or companion, named Sally she’s an axolotl or well a salamander,” as I show it to them, waking up Sally.
As they look at it, and admire it, but before any more questions come up Eulalia clapped giving everyone’s attention
“Alright, we need to move on for our tour, please enjoy your remaining break, carry on what you guys were doing,” as she turned around and started to leave, and everyone else went back to eating and talking.
“So what do you think of my crew, from their first impression towards you?” as we started to walk through the hallway again
“Eh they didn’t seem not that interested, but at the same time they are happy to work with them?”
“They are sometimes like that when meeting another species that aren’t like us, well except when you were the reason that the ship is like this”
“Alright then, where are we going now? As we walk past a bunch of rooms that had a lot of high technology and security in them
“Just gonna explain a brief explanation of each room we pass by and show you the medical center, and then to my office,” as she starts pointing at each room and area of what they do and why they are important.
This went on for a few minutes until we reached the medical center, where there were a lot of mildly and major injured Be-ru’s that seemed to have a broken leg, arm, or even both. Had a quick scan since the medical team were very busy, strangely enough they couldn’t get the machines to tell information about me, like what species I am and where I am. They tried to take some blood samples through my hand since they couldn’t get my suit to get off, even though I could’ve, but they still couldn’t pierce my skin. They tried to find ways to check me but all of them failed, so they just stopped and said to come back later, as they were busy. Now I am inside Eulalia’s office getting a keycard for my room.
“Alright, here's a mini map, and your keycard for your room, it’s just at the right side of the first floor. You can figure it out as there aren’t a lot of rooms on the top floor.” as she gives them to me
“Alright thank you, so can I go explore on my own now?” as I put them away
“Yes you can, of course don’t forget to help fix the ship that you promised to do,”
“Alright I won’t,” as I turned around and open the door, ”See ya later, Captain” as I leave and close the door
“But, I still don’t trust you and don’t know what you are” as she gets her comms out
“S.I.T, I want one of you to keep an eye on a person named Jed, around the ship. He is wearing a black and navy clothing, wearing a mask, and has a creature on his neck,” as she gives orders to them.
“Yes captain,” as one of them answered back
“Don’t try to stop him if he is doing something suspicious, I want you to report back to me first, and get everyone in your team to investigate any information about him in the database. I need to know what he is and what he is capable of.” as she put it away and sits down on her chair,” Time to do some paperwork, and report this to the higher ups,” as she starts writing
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“Alright Evo, what have you been doing while I was having a tour,” as I look around for my room
“Well sir, just been watching and observing you and the things around me, also upgraded and improved parts of the suit, scanning the entire ship to map out, researching more about the Be-nu’s and just protecting you,”
“Thank you Evo, so can you absorb this mini map she gave me?” as I take it out
“I can do that,” as it immediately disappears, as a small digital map appears in my face
“Ok, thank you for that, also what’s with the mini map?” as I look at the distance and see my room number
“Oh, since the mask is technically a part of me, I can modify it to be better and suitable for you, of course you can make it disappear when you ask me,” as it disappears
“Thank you, now lets see what our room looks like,” as I take out the keycard and scan it over the scanner
“Oh wow not bad, this looks like an expensive apartment room, but doesn’t seem to be suited for my body, though they would have the tech to get it to change shape, guess not. I’ll work with it for now. Eh don’t need to rest or eat since I am always nourished and my body doesn’t need to sleep, and since I have a lot of time, let’s go to that testing area, to test out the weapons and gadgets you fused into this suit,” as I turn back and opened the door and exited it out
“Evo, could you guide me to that area?” as a mini map shows up on the bottom right
“Thank you, also did you find anymore information about this place or like the humans, Terrans, since I want to know the history abit, while I walk there,” as I start walking and following the map
“I did find more information while you casually had a tour on the ship. This ship we are currently in is a Military-Research ship, for the Galactic Information Guild, or GID, they are tasked to obtain information and scout out and explore places, and trade them in as currency. Captain Eulalie, is in charge of this ship for her good coordination and leadership, finding information quickly and very persuasive and master of deception towards any individual to get information out of them, even if she has to risk her life or do some… questionable and illegal ways to get it out ” as I interrupt Evo to say something
“Wait a second, when she met me there was a high chance that she could have been lying, and even try to find as much information from me as possible about me? Even go as far to give me privileges that I want?” as I stop walking for a second
“It is possible, my suggestion is to be more cautious around her and try not reveal too much of yourself, and not believe everything she says.”
“Alright I will take your advice,” as I started walking again, ”Anything else?”
“You are currently being watched at by someone, just act calm and normal since it seems they aren’t aggressive at you, just hiding and probably taking notes for information about you,” Evo alerting me
“Oh, well this is gonna be harder to not keep information about me, could you try to sabotage them, but not to notice just enough of a minor and annoying convenience,” as I pass the Cafeteria now being almost completely empty just see some Be-ru’s talking and cleaning up.
“Alright I will do your request,” as he keeps watches on the spy
“Alright nearly there, so what are some weapons you suggest to me?”
“ If I were to take a look at your body, I suggest close ranger weapons, like a melee weapon or a short range weapon, like a shotgun, or even combine different types of weapons, I can do that too,” as Evo starts to give examples but stopping him immediately.
“Alright then, could you show me some weapons that you put into the suit?” as Evo shows all of them on screen.
“Alright thank you, could you put them in a single file or like a container to look at?”
“Sure can do sir, as he organizes them and puts them at the bottom left, named Weapon files.”
“Now we are here,” as I stand over the entrance of the testing area, full of Be-ru’s training “Let’s go in and have fun experimenting.” as I go into a big room filled with Be-ru’s.