Chapter One

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Original post date: 2nd November 2008, 17:02

A bit late, but this is two days' worth! Rock on, people.

( Well! What can I possibly say to quantify the significance of this date? I should confess this is one of the stranger diary entries I have felt compelled to write, but only because I had become convinced this day would never come! But at long last, here we are, back in Coalition Space. More importantly, at long last, Mirii and I are to be guests of honour at my brother’s Day of Union with Eri... )

Would have been sooner, but my neighbours had fireworks. Woo!

Two

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(This originally was titled "Day Three" but that messed up my knowledge of where my chapters had got up to. I was quite confused at how I could possibly have two "chapter 15"s.)

( Sei had never been the sort to just sit and grieve. Once the shock had worn off, he had thrown himself into answer-finding – if only to distract himself from the darkness that threatened to consume him. He had to know what had gone wrong, it couldn’t just be an accident, not when he was so utterly sure it must have been sabotage – so there had to be clues among the wreckage. There had to be something, SOME tiny clue however small to chase down that would at least give him a lead, a head start! A chemical trace, an inorganic signature that might lead him to the manufacturer of the explosives, a piece of hardware not obliterated. Because right now? He was totally, utterly stumped... )

Three, belated

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(Originally posted on Nov. 4th, 2008. Also originally posted as chapter 4, because I apparently can't count.)

This is a smidgen late, because I forgot to post it last night (woo, go me.)

( Mirii DID enjoy shopping! She and Iios had opted to go to Waystation Six orbiting the second moon, rather than go completely planetside; Tas-umskel was a nice enough little world, certainly, but the population was very tactilely oriented, and had the tendency to ‘speak’ through touch as well as speak verbally. Iios had decided that as Mirii was inexperienced in just meeting alien life, let alone having the population mauling her, keeping her in a more Coalition Normal environment, where folk politely ignored each other for most of the time, was safer... )

Four

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(Original post date: November 05, 2008, 22:00. This is the ACTUAL chapter 4...)

NB: ...it's really hard to just write "deception" and not "Decepticon" some days. *froths*

( Mirii HAD hoped that the longer she sat on her own, the calmer she’d feel, but it didn’t seem to be working as she’d hoped. To start with, not knowing what was going on just made her MORE edgy. Anyone could be sneaking up on her! They could be preparing to do all manner of unpleasant things to her, and she’d have no inkling of it until they did it…! She had to find somewhere safer to hide, or at least somewhere safer to guard her back… )

Five

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(Original post date: November 06, 2008.)

This is actually day 6's. It am grossly belated, because I are crap. But here we go anyway! Still playing catchup. Shouldn't keep going out, ah me.

( As Kolek had said, the second – quite unexpected! – windfall had been tucked safely away in the empty servants’ quarters. The Boss had ambled his leisurely way down there to inspect it – well, it wasn’t exactly going to be going anywhere – and considered what significance it might have in the grand scheme of things )

Chapter Six

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(Original post date: November 07, 2008, 22:00.)

( When distressed, the obs lounge had always been Sei’s favourite hideaway, during his first protracted visit to Coalition territory – it was usually dark, and quiet, because unless there was something particularly unusual outside worth looking at, no-one really visited. Ergo… the lounge was a good, peaceful, private place to lose oneself in one’s emotions, Sei had always considered. The shadows let him blend into the background with very little fuss, and his black skin and dark clothing made him very easy to miss, in the gloom. )

Seven

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(Original post date: November 08, 2008.)

A/N: Arrgh dammit Skywarp get out of my brain for JUUUUST another 19 days so I can finish this...
Late late late, omg! :(

( Sei headed down to Ardea’s little docking bay the instant permission had been given for Brennan and Victora to come aboard. ...Tora was exactly the same as he remembered – no matter that her hair had been artificially straightened and her clothing was more modern, she behaved just the same. It was almost as if she’d not seen him for years! She gave a squeal of delight at seeing him, launched herself bodily of the ship’s loading ramp and attached herself around his chest. )

Eight

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(Original post date: November 09, 2008)

( The Boss had a broad smirk on his face. ''Things are going beautifully to plan, friend,'' he observed, swigging on the bottle of fruit juice he had pulled from the fridge. ''The female is primed, and ready. Now we need to work on our other guest, such that he is, ah… properly trained… when we finally arrive back at base.'' )

Nine

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(Original post date: Nov. 16th, 2008 at 10:32 PM)

( Yannis sighed, tiredly, and allowed her to take her hand back again. ''I was outspoken against him. I said their testing, their experimenting on such a gentle undeserving soul was unfair. They believed me to be meddling in the outcome of the experiment, and forbade me further contact with the project. Why do you think your guardian was so vehement in his description of me?'' )

Ten

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(Original post date: Nov. 17th, 2008 at 1:48 AM)

...okay, so my effort at writing a spy thriller has kinda gone *pfut* and turned into the usual load of weirdness. :P O WELL. At least I'm catching up on my word count.

( The island that the particle trail led them to was one of a chain of several similar islands, set in a smooth, perfectly blue ocean. It was relatively small, but extremely verdant, and apparently once volcanic, if the cinder cone that rose above the exotic trees was anything to go by. Brennan carefully set his small craft down on the narrow strip of beach at the side of a lagoon, where Sei had seen what looked like the remains of buildings. )