Episode 1: The Newcomers

[Auir]

"Sure..." frowned Ayeka.

"What do you need me to do?"

[For Washuu]

A door appeared opposite of the portal she had entered through.
"...help me drag this thing into the next lab?  I forgot to compensate for the gravitational difference between lab planets."

[Auir]

"Hai..." she said hesitantly. Walking over, she grabbed the flat papery thing and began to drag it.

[For Washuu]

They hefted it, with some difficulty. through the opposite portal.
'Can't believe I forgot the gravity difference.  That's not like me at all.'  Washuu thought to herself.
They made it through the door and the ambient gravity dropped considerably.
"Ahh.  Much better."


(idea:  The forgetting about the gravity was originally just something I threw in as an excuse to see if I could make Ayeka ask just what the heck it is Washuu is dragging through hyper-space.  However, I now wonder... what if Vaseliev could actually have a psuedo-controllable side-affect on people that makes them forget things?)

[Auir]

(As in his ability?)

"Just.... What is this thing?" asked Aeyka, stretching out her arms.

[paladin313]

(Not sure I want that.)

[For Washuu]

"Eheheh... No clue!  It's something I found buried in an old materials archive, and so I've transferred it to this lab for analysis.  It probably hasn't been gotten any scientific attention in eight thousand years!"

[Auir]

She crashed into the ground after hearing that.

"Please keep better care of your equipment!" she said with a ^_^*.

[For Washuu]

"Equipment, nothing!  I'd bet you a load of dirty dished that it's just one of many old titanium-fiber painting canvases that Kagato would use when he was feeling artistic."
'and if I'm wrong, then I am FINALLY going to have an excuse to buy or make Tenchi an dishwasher!' she thought to herself.

[Auir]

She let out a sigh while rubbing her temples.

"So what is this 'interesting' data you spoke of?" asked Ayeka.

[For Washuu]

"Uh?" The scientist had a confused look for a second.
"Oh!  You mean on the readout!" she realized, and she began to walk out yet another portal door.
"Walk and talk, princess!" she called back to the one with the purple hair.
"Since you had been talking to our dear Romanov just before coming down, I figured I may as well make a peripheral scan of you," she quieted as she arrived at a console. "And there was any response..."

[Auir]

"'was'? What do you mean by that?" asked Ayeka, confused. She tried to look over at the console and see what was on it.

[For Washuu]

"Versus was not," Washuu noted to the princess who now looked, dumbfounded, at the seemingly meaningless shapes on the console screen as they flashed, flickered, and moved in their (almost) patterns.
"What?  Don't tell me you're interested in the man!" She teased.

[Auir]

"No, of course not! My heart is only large enough for Lord Tenchi~" Ayeka sighed dreamily towards the end, picturing Tenchi in her mind.

"Hello Ayeka, today is your turn." smiled a half-naked Tenchi. His body was ripped with muscles and even sparkling.

"Lord Tenchi~" Ayeka closed her eyes while daydreaming about the day after tomorrow. After a few seconds she shook her head and cleared her throat.

"Ahem... Please explain again what you meant by 'versus was not'."

[For Washuu]

The ancient marveled both at the youngster's windsome moment as well has her thick head.
"Versus not detecting anything!  Versus not having any reaction!"
She shook her head.  "I'm just saying that your, shall we say, aura of energies is a bit off-kilter from what it usually is.  Could be any of many reasons, but-"
She shoved the data recorder into a base station.
"-MAYBE... it's because of our new neighbor!"  she said with a grin.