Raena held tight to the manipulator, not wanting to lend it to a novakid. She gave Ethyl a hostile look, as Ethyl had his hand out. The ship stopped the hyperspeed, and has arrived its destination... Or did it?
"Oh, we're here?" Milli walked over to the flight deck.
"Hello? You alive?" Ethyl tilted his head, looking at Raena.
"Why... Do you need Ms. Portia's manipulator...?" Raena suspiciously looked at Ethyl.
"I just need to borrow it so I could scan it and–"
"No! I'm not lending it to you! I've heard of your kind, you all have an attitude, short attention spans, and some of you even have bad intentions! Heck, one of you even bombed a city!"
"Are you just lumping me in the same group with that–!?" Ethyl growled, putting his hand down and looking away. "Jeez, those are all just stereotypical assumptions..." He mumbled.
"What?" Raena didn't hear Ethyl's mumble clearly, but was insulted.
"Ethyl...!" Milli called out to Ethyl.
"Yeah?" Ethyl looked over the flight deck, where Milli was checking the fuel.
"We... Ran out fuel..." Milli scratched her head, grinning with a sweat drop on her head.
Ethyl sighed. "Then we really need to get fuel." He looked at Raena, who is looking down at Portia's manipulator, and whispered to Milli. "We kinda need that manipulator already too..."
"Hmm..." Milli widened her eyes, having an idea. She walked out the flight deck and called out to someone. "Lulu!"
A bunny hops out the door from the back of the room. "A bunny...?" Raena widened her eyes with a smile.
"Care to entertain our guest for a bit while capt'n and I fix the fuel hatch?" Milli pointed at Raena with her thumb. The bunny nodded in reply, then jumps on Raena's lap.
"She's fluffy!" Raena giggled as she pets the bunny.
Milli smiled mischievously, as Ethyl covered his lips with a closed hand, trying to hold in his laugh. The bunny jumped off from Raena and kept hopping, wanting to play with her.
"You wanna play?" Raena tilted her head, as the bunny nodded. Ethyl walked over next to Milli and raised his right hand, that had a gaunlet, a bit up to his chest. The gauntlet was gold and brown colored, and had small lines with a circular glass piece on the palm. (Must be a blaster like Iron Man?)
Raena put the manipulators on her belt, hers on the right and Leda's on the left. Raena's left was facing Milli and Ethyl. Just as Raena stood up, the lines and the glass piece of Ethyl's gauntlet lit a blue light. He moved his hand up and the hook that was hanging Leda's manipulator on Raena's belt broke. "Jump!" Ethyl commanded the bunny.
The bunny jumped and headbutted the manipulator with enough strength that it would reach Ethyl. He kneeled and catched it with the gauntlet. "Thanks Lu." He turned and walked back to the ship deck.
"Hey!" Raena ran over to Ethyl, but Milli raised her hands towards her and blocked her way.
"Just let him do what he has to do okay?!" Milli tried to calm Raena down, but was desperate to take the manipulator back from him. Although, Raena didn't try to push her away.
"Out of my way, Milli!" Raena raised her voice at Milli, as Ethyl takes out a chip from the manipulator and scans it in the pilot's seat. A voice message was sent to Ethyl's earpiece from the chip.
"How did he break my belt?! What tech was he using!?" Raena tried to push Milli away, but she struggled to not let Raena pass.
Ethyl heard the voice message in his earpiece. "Amazing how Portia's manipulator has a unique voice messaging system..." He mumbled.
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Septinium - A Starbound Story
ActionSeptinium is a story about Raena and her journey with a mysterious Novakid named Ethyl, alongside his crew after the destruction of Earth by the Ruin. The story is similar to the original game, but with a little but with some differences. The artifa...
