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'Zeal' in her hardlight holographic image is laying down on the only bed in the cramped room, flicking though on a tablet. A drink lays on a bedside table, with blue colour liquid with a good amount of ice cubes.
'Zeal': "Huh- That looks cool. Wonder if we can get one if they exist."
A door opens and Enfield walks though and stands at the foot of the bed.
Geoff: "Busy? I need to tell you something-"
'Zeal': "No, go ahead, sit down too."
'Zeal' crosses her legs and allows a space for Enfield to sit down on.
Geoff: "Well, I've paid a modification deposit for our Liner hopefully Renzu will contact us soon."
'Zeal': "We're another step closer,"
Geoff: "Mhmm... Hey, what are you reading?."
'Zeal' chucks the magazine to Enfield. His cybernetic arm catches it by the spine without even causing a crease on the paper.
'Zeal': "Its a tech magazine, something about some High powered scanners, someone managed to claim one after some fight-"
Geoff: "Hey, do you think if we can see if we can get one?."
'Zeal': "Possibly, i remember one guy who we might be able to contact, if we gained the trust."
Geoff: "Who's that?"
'Zeal': "Leiden Traverser, that Hacker we met in the Omicrons."
Geoff: "I'll see what can be done. In the meantime keep designing the Bridge computers, we basically want it prepared for any calculation, simulation, creation-"
'Zeal': "Anything basically?"
Geoff: "Pretty much, i'll leave you be for now-"
'Zeal': "Laters..."
Enfield leaves the room, allowing 'Zeal' to read her magazine in peace.

Working on the schematics of the Liners supercomputer, they both seem relaxed in each other’s company. ‘Zeal’ moving her hands around joining and creating new parts of the supercomputer while Geoff walks around only admiring the construct that she builds.
'Zeal': "Mphmmm, designs are almost done, feels like I’m burning myself out."
Geoff: "I know, I’m glad you dragged me out the office. I can’t stand the paperwork."
'Zeal': "You’re welcome, I can’t exactly thank you enough for skipping out on paperwork just for some company. Its just been so quiet that I might do something drastic."
Geoff: "Well, I can’t exactly leave you alone for too long can I, because for your sake you’d just- (BEEP BEEP)"
Geoff pulls out his phone, reading a screen full of text, muttering broken words but then freezing for a moment, his face starts to stream a single tear.
'Zeal': "So yeah I thought that the supercomputer needed direct piping for the cryo-coolent so tha-… Are you alright?!"
Geoff: “Oho, no-nothing its just…?"
Enfield slowly walks upto ‘Zeal’, enveloping her in his arms, her touch glowing on contact with him.
'Zeal': "Something’s up, you don’t do this, what’s going-"
He turns his phone towards ‘Zeal’ letting her see the phones screen, she reads the text on the screen silently. But proceeds to hug Geoff tighter in return
'Zeal': "Is it-?"
Geoff: "It’s done, its bloody done."
Holding each other for a moment in the ambience of the humming electronics inside the holodeck.
'Zeal': "Home is that what you call it?"
Geoff: "Yeah~ Home."
'Zeal': "I like that word, Home."
Geoff: "I’ll ask Koch for a team, see if we can pick the liner up without kusarian suspicion, lets it goes smoothly."

Overlooking the shipyard. They admire the now completed superstructure of ship, taking up the entire shipyard it pure artistic beauty gives a deceiving look to its original plans of usage, light and beautiful on the outside, a mysterious and questionable on the insides filled with streams of enigma.
'Zeal': "Look at it, its fantastic, I’ve never felt a sensation like this before, all this effort accumulated into- what the word?."
Geoff: "Complete satisfaction."
'Zeal': "Yeah~ it’s a nice feeling, don’t you think?"
Geoff: "We’re going to feel more than that in this thing."

They watch a Renzu crew on the port side of the ship, painting on the side. Suddenly they start to pack everything up to hint they have finished. As they move away, shown printed in a bright blue, the name of the bestowed ship comes into view.


'Zeal': "Geoff- I... I...?"
Geoff: "Thank you, for just being there, we've always gone together and I want to gift this to you, I never had the chance to show you something on valantines day, I felt bad. But~."

They both take a brief amount of silence, seeing the crews boarding the Liner on different decks.

'Zeal': "If we were to live like a regular couple, If I really turned human, flesh and bone, what would you think of me?"
Geoff: "Then you wouldn't be the woman I intended to love."
'Zeal': "Really?"
Geoff: "The thing about you is that I can give to you what I truly love, a chance to experience humanity, but to also be yourself, forget the part where you were a lab incident, people like Koch and Lady Red can uphold a regular conversation with you, ignoring the fact that you're 'Synthetic'."
'Zeal': "But why would you need me in the way I am?"
Geoff: "Because i've known you like this for so long, I can't imagine you changing any more from this point onwa-"
Renzu Employee: “Ah! Konichiwa Enfield-San, final boarding is now complete, your crew are now waiting for your orders. We hope that our product is up to excellent condition.”
Geoff: "Thank you and I can see from the outside it is more than excellent, its a personal treasure."
'Zeal': "Come on, lets get this ship moving, I can't wait for it to really feel like something we can live on though the stars."

Geoff is laying on the couch covered in scorch marks and plasma burns while still having smoke trails rise up from his skin. His clothing is ripped and holes are visible everywhere on his shirt and trousers; although he clearly isn't bothered by it. He meanwhile drinks heavily out of a bottle of scotch whiskey, swirling it around like mouthwash in his gob. 'Zeal' is sitting on the couch, head over the back in complete exhaustion.

'Zeal': "Hey whats that...?"
Geoff: "Single malt scotch, want some?"

Before saying another word she quickly snatches the bottle from his hand.

Geoff: "H-Hey! That is the only bottle i saved before you jumped me out!"
'Zeal': "Pfft~"

She quickly chugs it down her holographic gob, without even taking a break. Taking the whole bottle before throwing it on the ground.

'Zeal': "Oh yeah, Ehehh~ Thats good...."
Geoff: "Whoa~ HEY! THERES NONE LEFT!"
'Zeal': "Too slow James Reeds!"

They both sat in silence on the couch, both completely exhausted. Giving the odd huff or two and a groan. Giving the glance and a smirk every now and then, they think back to the confrontation they just had.

'Zeal': "THE HELL KIND OF NAME IS JAMES REEDS ANYWAY!?!"
Geoff: "Hey, first name i came up with while i had 3 ships pointing their weapons at me, you know trying to pass though their territory isn't easy as before."
'Zeal': "Hey, come on, you had your fun. Time to get serious now."
Geoff: "What happens next time then? When we see the Order primary fleet?"
'Zeal': "Pshh, just tell 'em its us, i'm sure they won't take us for some kind of infected host, especially with that augmentation."
Geoff: "Ehehe~ Can't say the same for Golly."
'Zeal': "Oh shut your face Plushy-Butt."
Geoff: "Listen, send them some food and Med's, lets hope they turn the cheek..."
'Zeal': "We really need to stop messing with people..."