[Bonus Recollection (INTERMISSION LOG): DEATHS AND DEBTS]
Archive Class: Surveillance Audio Log - Unencrypted Location: Falzchen - Machine Bay
//LOG COMMENCE
SCARY WOMAN: NO, FOR THE LAST TIME, SCRUB OFF!
Whispered voice (unknown speaker): The scary woman shouts as she raises her first at me. But I know she actually won’t hit me because she’s all bark and no bite. She’s loud though. SCARY (?)
WOMAN: Ell, my star, I can hear you, you know. And I do, in fact, bite.
Sister Ell-19: Ohh, is that your wolfblood talking, Ms. Sister Valkyrie ? You’re overreacting.
VAL: The answer is no. You still owe me for last time.
Ell-19: I’m telling you, Val. You just have to help Knight Oberon get back on her feet. Aren’t you excited to be my co-conspirator when I make this breakthrough? Reintegration is no longer just a theory.
VAL: Well, that piece of junk you brought in here already reintegrated into something alright — The afterlife! where she will enjoy a thousand nights.
(>>Kashiopea Secretary System: The ‘The Thousand Nights’ appears to be a reference to the Albirean belief system that a deceased individual will spend a thousand nights in the afterlife before being reincarnated)
Ell-19: Oh wow, I didn’t know Sister Val could make jokes. So we’re in a jolly mood now? you’ll help me then?
VAL: If you ask me, you’re just torturing the poor lass. Even if it’s just manufactured memories, I’m sure we’re violating some PFNE convention.
(>>Kashiopea Secretary System: *PFNE refers to the Panstellar Federation of The Eidengard)
Ell-19: We’re in the void ocean, Val. No such thing as laws here. (>>Kashiopea Secretary System: *The The Void Ocean colloquially refers to the Grand Expanse, the intergalactic space beween Sector VII and Sector VIII.)
VAL: My star, if you’re asking someone a favor, I suggest you don’t get coy with them. Besides, i’m just here for ship maintenance. I don’t want to waste more supplies for your pet project.
Ell-19: Hmm, that’s quite logical, Val. Wasting resources would make Father Zaleri mad, i’m sure. But maybe not as mad if he heard a certain someone broke into the librarium artifact vault 2 subcycles ago…
VAL: Ell…You wouldn’t dare.
Ell-19: …And how convenient that the Grave Suit ended up in the machine bay… oh dear..
VAL: My star, have you heard of the albirean saying…how does it go again — Don’t corner a wolf with nothing to lose?
Ell-19: I’m Zaleri’s favorite doll, Val.
Maybe i’ll get a little pat on the wrist. But i’d fear he wouldn’t be so gentle with a loud-mouthed machinist on his payroll, if someone tells Zaleri that the machinist conspired with dear Ell…
VAL: Ell, excuse me for a moment…I’ll just have to get something—
VAL: [REDACTED]… (*The shrill sound of a machine grinder grumbles in the distance, as the machinist’s omnitool clashes with metal)
VAL: [REDACTED]???
VAL: MANIACAL LAUGHTER Ell-19: Wait! Fine…1500 NEC downpayment.
VAL: MANIACAL LAUGHTER CONTINUES, BUT LOUDER Ell-19: O-OK 2000 NEC! And I won’t bother you ever again. At least not until the void sun collapses…
VAL: Hmm, my star, you still owe me 20k. But that second part of your deal sounds more enticing. A thousand nights of silence for Val? You have a deal.
Ell-19: Phew…and so Sister Val, filled with sisterly love, decided to forgive Sister Ell for her transgressions. And Val, out of her endless generosity, decided to repair Oberon’s grave suit, no strings attached.
VAL: Don’t push it. You’ll get your precious grave suit back in 3 subcycles. Now get out of my shop, star.
//END LOG
