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They seemed to have saved the man as the crowd began to calm down some and the gypsy woman with raven back hair released him from the ropes, calling Frollo out on what he did. This, of course only made matters worse for everyone. It pissed off Frollo for one thing and sent the guards out to arrest her. Aislinn wanted to help, wanted to stop them before they went too far. Turning to Stratos Aislinn cringed knowing she had little choice on what to do. While she was not a gypsy like the man seemed to think she was, she could be in danger just as an outsider and people not knowing what she was. "Stratos I am going with the man to the cathedral, do you want to perhaps follow Frollo or Pheobus. I have to go. I am sorry." She told him, trying to keep her voice low so that she didn't look completely insane, then she turned to Quasimodo "Lead the way." She told him in a tone that made her sound grateful for the help as she straightened herself up and tried to forget the rotten fruit that covered her. The crowd thankfully seemed distracted enough with the guards searching for the raven haired woman, that it was not so difficult for them to slip away with Quasimodo's help. Something still bothered Aislinn though. He made a comment about them not having to look at him. While yes he was a little disfigured, Aislinn saw no reason to look away. She saw no harm in his face. She wished to tell him that, tell him that he didn't have to hide his face, not to be ashamed, but now was not the time. They had to get through the secret passage that Quasimodo had opened up to them. It certainly looked like a lot of stairs, but once she ascended to the top, nothing could beat the view.
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Dania smiled and nodded at each person as they entered her office and took a seat in front of her desk. While still a formal meeting, Dania was getting tired of the formalities all the time and decided to let it slip for a bit. It felt like the last few days were all just meetings and missions and formalities and she hadn't had much of a chance to just be normal and talk to people the way many preferred, April being the exception to this. "Yes thank you all for coming." Dania said folding her hands in front of her for the time being. "I wanted to call this meeting so we could run over the details of the plan before the mission. After this meeting you will all have time to rest until the mission starts." Dania said as a way of greeting before getting down to the matter at hand. "I consulted with April on how we should approach this. The best course of action seems to be entering here." Dania pointed to the part of the map that April had pointed out to her earlier. "Given the nature of the area, we don't know for certain all the positions of the asteroids, the best we can do is rely on educated estimates based on previous patterns of movement, meaning Emma, I expect you to be able to adjust the course as we go along according to what we see. This mission is not one in which the directions are black and white. I will be on the bridge with you. We will have a team of eight monitoring the surrounding areas and giving reports on where the best path is, as well as staying prepared for any emergency action that may need to be taken. Garrett, I would like you to set up and manage two teams. One to run the weapons and monitor for any hostiles, as well as be prepared to shoot at and break up asteroids on order if need be. The other team will be a landing team. That team can consist of people already working around the ship but make sure there are some prepared to disembark the moment we land to do some preliminary scanning. Cadmus, as for you. You will be in charge of shields and making sure that the ship remains running at all times. Keep your communicators on and on the same channels at all times. Communication here is key to the success of the mission and safety of our crew. Any questions?" Dania finished going over the basis of the mission with all the key leading players in hopes it would be enough information to aid in a successful mission. John sat quietly while he listened to what Kathi, then Simon had to say. He still felt a little bit guilty that he had passed out on Kathi, and even more guilty that Kathi sounded like she might have been judging the way Simon had handled things. How was simon to know that his body would react that way under stress when there was no indicating signs that it would? He didn't speak up however, not wanting to add any problems. John simply let Simon do another scan, only to come up empty handed, before relaxing back in the bed, glancing over at Kathi. "Thank you." He told her before continuing. "Perhaps I we can have a proper conversation when my body decides to cooperate better." He attempted to joke even if it wasn't really a good joke. Turning back to Simon, John considered what he was offering. Sleep did not come easy to him anymore. He often worked himself to the point he dropped before actually sleeping. Whether it was because of the fear, the nightmares, or the pain, that he couldn't sleep, he didn't actually know, didn't care at this point. He didn't want to admit he needed the help to rest, but after a moment put his pride aside. It wasn't like he hadn't been humiliated worse in the past, this was really nothing compared to some of the stuff he had been through, but it was a new ship, new people, a new life. He wanted to be strong, but he supposed his body had to adjust first. "If you wouldn't mind, I could use some sort of sleep aid." He finally responded.
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