Thread: An Eclipse of Corruption (Vuxayl x Cricket)

Karilel was on the main floor with most of the other crew at the moment, trying to gauge what her next course of action was. She was paying close attention to Xayun as he looked over the readings. He had to sense something was wrong too right? She waited for anything from hima sense of unease on his face, surprise in his eyes He looked toward the main window and she followed his gaze. Then she too was interrupted by the buzzing feeling through her body reaching sudden intensity. If anyone had been paying attention to her, they would have noticed the glowing blue lights in her eyes and beneath her metal fizzling and crackling like static. It obscured her vision and anything that she could sense, though instead of falling to the ground, she was locked in place, straight as always. No one did notice this, however, because Xayun had cried out in pain at this exact moment. When Karilel came to Xayun was crouched on all fours in pain. She was too confused to ask if he was okay, but an operator was already there. She watched Xayun angrily push himself up, and he eventually left to the lower decks. Everyone was silent for a beat. A few eyes looked toward her for direction. Proceed ahead toward the cargo, Karilel ordered. - Karilel continued to oversee the mission, making sure they were scanning all the asteroids in a 50km radius. Everything was proceeding cautiously, which was the only way Karilel felt comfortable doing things right now. She felt a sense of dread towards straying from the cargo and their radius. Searching for the ship or signs of life within the radius had turned up nothing. She had the crew do a brief second-check through what they could afford to do, just to be thorough. At this point, it was time to move on. Space was vast and unforgiving, and they all knew that. The Kanayago was just another casualty. At least, that was what she told herself. No nearby wreckage, no trace it set her on edge. Alright, thats enough, she finally said. Lets attach the cargo. If she could just get back to the station now she could put it all behind. The docking crew started to prepare. Karilel knew that this would be their point of no returnonce they had the cargo attached it would only be worth maneuvering the ship home. That was when Xayun burst into the control room. There was something about his frenzied urgency that only furthered her unease. She believed what he was saying about the significance of the planetto a degree. The data supported that there was something of note about it at least, but it was risky, dangerous, and their mission was effectively done. It was time to be a commander and assert her authority now more than ever. As much as I want to believe the Kanayago has a chance of survival, I am not risking this crew on a hunch. I dont doubt you think theres something off about the distant planet, but 7000km is too out of the way. Not to mention we only put our planning into getting this far and home. Thats it. Anything else is too dangerous. That feeling was too dangerous, she thought to herself. Docking the cargo ship is already underway, and weve searched our 50km radius. Thats all we were tasked to do. Our mission is over.