If the talking was helping in keeping it calm, xe certainly couldn't tell. Xe hadn't seen any signs of whatever behavior had lead to that dangerous flag. They did very funny things with their face, though, for someone whose head was made of bones.
Uala recoiled as a very strange sound came from somewhere in the middle of… stuff. Xe hadn't figured out all of the anatomy, yet. Xe was working on it. That sounded like they were going to try and eat xem, though. The vigor with which they drank the offered water helped clarify matters, tossing away the pouch when it was empty. «Was that a hungry sound?» xe wondered, because this would not be the first specimen whose stomach made those kinds of noises. «They didn't water you, they didn't feed you... interns.» The way xe said this last sounded a lot like lohn, if it was said by a piano being sat on by a cat at its far left.
Xe set down the light, chirping a giggle at the extra-grumpy way they sounded as they flinched away from the light. «No no no,» xe said gently, «let me see.» A covered tentacle cupped their face to turn it back towards xem, another tugging an eyelid open briefly before letting it be. «I'm sorry,» xe said, «that must not have seemed very nice.» Xe rubbed curiously then at the not-very-fluffy hair on their face. «Why is your face so rough?» xe wondered. «What possible purpose could that serve?» Xe patted the hair atop their head again. «I like this much better. The fluffy fluff.»
Uala reached back into the cart to retrieve... a stick. A science stick. «Here, see?» xe said, holding it up so they could see and prodding it against one of xyr tentacles. «It isn't sharp. You don't need to worry. I think you might bite me if I stick one of these in your mouth.» Xe wiggled a tentacle in a gesture they almost certainly would not understand. The four tentacles beneath xem and the membranes between all pulled close to make xem thinner and taller, almost the illusion of legs beneath silk as xe bent forward for a closer look. Tentacles held their jaw again as they used it like a tongue depressor, looking at those teeth. Xe'd expected... well, more fangs, honestly. Omnivorous actually complicated matters. «This doesn't tell me anything about what I'm supposed to feed you!» xe buzzed, disconsolate.
«I'll just ask for some of Laulau's samples,» xe decided, withdrawing from them and setting down everything but the bracer control. Xyr tentacles relaxed down to xyr shorter height, and xe went to the comm on the other side of the room to ping the other lab.
«Laulau,» xe said into the mic, the scale of xyr voice closer to the Phrygian mode. «I need some of your samples from the latest mission.» Xe waited with an impatient buzz for the response, swaying a little in a fidget.
«What samples?» was not the response xe'd been hoping for.
«The ones that came in this morning?» xe said, the blue of xyr skin tinting toward purple in confusion and displeasure.
«I didn't get anything new this morning. Did you get something new this morning?»
Oh. Oh, no. «I must have been mistaken,» xe said quickly, erring on the side of caution.
«Ah.» Xe could hear the mingling curiosity and understanding coming through the speaker. «The Ship Knows,» the other recited.
«The Ship Provides,» xe parroted back, much faster than xe was supposed to as xe smacked the button to turn off the comm. Xe'd gone a very bright purple, cephalic tentacles uncoiling enough to look alarmed.
This specimen was special. And dangerous. And the only one. Nothing else from the planet where it had been retrieved, not even food.
«This is fine,» xe said in a high g. «Everything is fine. The only notes were from interns. Right?» Xe went back to the datapad, silk fluttering with speed. Xe scrolled through everything again, looking at xyr specimen and then back at the pad. «Right. So. This is fine.» Xe set the datapad down so delicately it was as if xe thought it would explode.
«Keph like fruit, right?» xe suggested, trying to get back to c-sharp major and fix xyr color. «I'll get some fruit.» There was a sort of food storage under one of the counters, though it didn't contain anything xe could eat. There was irony in that, xe thought. Xe had to bend down to get into it, which actually consisted more of looking like xe was melting, suddenly very short and wide. Xe grabbed a variety of things, because xe might as well; feed grown on the ship and leftover samples. Xe looked suspiciously at something lumpy and brown and soft. «Is this still good?» A cephalic tentacle tentatively uncurled to prod it with a sucker. Immediately xyr tentacles flared as xe recoiled, turning orange at the tips as xe made a face. «Ew ew ew, no, very bad.» Xe rubbed at the tentacle that had touched it as they curled back up, tossing it out and shuddering like kicked gelatin. Xe stood back up and returned to the side of xyr hungry charge with a platter, hesitating.
«Okay,» xe decided, «I'll try this. I'm trusting you, okay? If you throw this at me I will be very upset, and disappointed in you. So don't.» Xe briefly went very tall again in a way that xe hoped was intimidating, before returning to equilibrium to set the platter on their lap. Xe took a step back just to be safe, and slowly deactivated the wrist restraints. Xe turned a little purple again as xe did it, limbs all coiled tight against one another with anxious tension.
Uala recoiled as a very strange sound came from somewhere in the middle of… stuff. Xe hadn't figured out all of the anatomy, yet. Xe was working on it. That sounded like they were going to try and eat xem, though. The vigor with which they drank the offered water helped clarify matters, tossing away the pouch when it was empty. «Was that a hungry sound?» xe wondered, because this would not be the first specimen whose stomach made those kinds of noises. «They didn't water you, they didn't feed you... interns.» The way xe said this last sounded a lot like lohn, if it was said by a piano being sat on by a cat at its far left.
Xe set down the light, chirping a giggle at the extra-grumpy way they sounded as they flinched away from the light. «No no no,» xe said gently, «let me see.» A covered tentacle cupped their face to turn it back towards xem, another tugging an eyelid open briefly before letting it be. «I'm sorry,» xe said, «that must not have seemed very nice.» Xe rubbed curiously then at the not-very-fluffy hair on their face. «Why is your face so rough?» xe wondered. «What possible purpose could that serve?» Xe patted the hair atop their head again. «I like this much better. The fluffy fluff.»
Uala reached back into the cart to retrieve... a stick. A science stick. «Here, see?» xe said, holding it up so they could see and prodding it against one of xyr tentacles. «It isn't sharp. You don't need to worry. I think you might bite me if I stick one of these in your mouth.» Xe wiggled a tentacle in a gesture they almost certainly would not understand. The four tentacles beneath xem and the membranes between all pulled close to make xem thinner and taller, almost the illusion of legs beneath silk as xe bent forward for a closer look. Tentacles held their jaw again as they used it like a tongue depressor, looking at those teeth. Xe'd expected... well, more fangs, honestly. Omnivorous actually complicated matters. «This doesn't tell me anything about what I'm supposed to feed you!» xe buzzed, disconsolate.
«I'll just ask for some of Laulau's samples,» xe decided, withdrawing from them and setting down everything but the bracer control. Xyr tentacles relaxed down to xyr shorter height, and xe went to the comm on the other side of the room to ping the other lab.
«Laulau,» xe said into the mic, the scale of xyr voice closer to the Phrygian mode. «I need some of your samples from the latest mission.» Xe waited with an impatient buzz for the response, swaying a little in a fidget.
«What samples?» was not the response xe'd been hoping for.
«The ones that came in this morning?» xe said, the blue of xyr skin tinting toward purple in confusion and displeasure.
«I didn't get anything new this morning. Did you get something new this morning?»
Oh. Oh, no. «I must have been mistaken,» xe said quickly, erring on the side of caution.
«Ah.» Xe could hear the mingling curiosity and understanding coming through the speaker. «The Ship Knows,» the other recited.
«The Ship Provides,» xe parroted back, much faster than xe was supposed to as xe smacked the button to turn off the comm. Xe'd gone a very bright purple, cephalic tentacles uncoiling enough to look alarmed.
This specimen was special. And dangerous. And the only one. Nothing else from the planet where it had been retrieved, not even food.
«This is fine,» xe said in a high g. «Everything is fine. The only notes were from interns. Right?» Xe went back to the datapad, silk fluttering with speed. Xe scrolled through everything again, looking at xyr specimen and then back at the pad. «Right. So. This is fine.» Xe set the datapad down so delicately it was as if xe thought it would explode.
«Keph like fruit, right?» xe suggested, trying to get back to c-sharp major and fix xyr color. «I'll get some fruit.» There was a sort of food storage under one of the counters, though it didn't contain anything xe could eat. There was irony in that, xe thought. Xe had to bend down to get into it, which actually consisted more of looking like xe was melting, suddenly very short and wide. Xe grabbed a variety of things, because xe might as well; feed grown on the ship and leftover samples. Xe looked suspiciously at something lumpy and brown and soft. «Is this still good?» A cephalic tentacle tentatively uncurled to prod it with a sucker. Immediately xyr tentacles flared as xe recoiled, turning orange at the tips as xe made a face. «Ew ew ew, no, very bad.» Xe rubbed at the tentacle that had touched it as they curled back up, tossing it out and shuddering like kicked gelatin. Xe stood back up and returned to the side of xyr hungry charge with a platter, hesitating.
«Okay,» xe decided, «I'll try this. I'm trusting you, okay? If you throw this at me I will be very upset, and disappointed in you. So don't.» Xe briefly went very tall again in a way that xe hoped was intimidating, before returning to equilibrium to set the platter on their lap. Xe took a step back just to be safe, and slowly deactivated the wrist restraints. Xe turned a little purple again as xe did it, limbs all coiled tight against one another with anxious tension.
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