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Acqua watched Meiou walk off. Voulrath didn't appreciate the encounter. Shrugging it off herself, Acqua followed White who was leading to her room.

Amaya lingered, continuing her examination of the ship's systems. When she looked up, White and the others had departed. She shut down the terminal and strode down the nearest corridor, poking her head into doorways as she went.

Before she had gone far, an image of White appeared. "May I direct you?" he asked with a bland smile.

She shook her head. "Just show me on a map and I'll find my way there soon," she replied.

White did so, and she continued her exploration of the ship, heading in that general direction. Her left index finger trailed against the wall as she walked, sliding along its smooth, pristine surface and leaving a long thin smudge.

Once White pointed Acqua to her room, she gave a light nod. As she walked by, she went through him. Something wet was left near White. It glimmered for a moment, but dulled until it was clear.

The room Acqua was led to was drab. It looked like a room in a factory, but with a bed. She fell forward face first onto the bed, exhaling from exhaustion and pressure. She was too tired even to itch herself.

Acqua is your name... how fitting. A voice played inside her head. She didn't know where it came from; she didn't really care.

Eta glanced at Amaya before she left the room, feeling something instinctively about her. She flicked her head back and continued through the building, annoyed that she even had to show her face here again.

She found the set of rooms assigned to them, and pressed her hand experimentally against the pressure pad beside the room. The door slid open and a projection of White said blankly,

"Welcome to you room Miss Eta. If you need anything, do not hesitate to ask."

Eta growled dismissivily at the holograph before walking into her room.

((I'm making this up, sorry DB. Didn't know what else to do.))

Amaya shortly found her way to her room in the living quarters section and entered, looking briefly around at the uninspired furnishings. Oh well, it was the ship's hardware that was important. She pulled off her beat-up green jacket and tossed it onto the bed, walking over to where a flat-screened computer terminal sat on a small desk. She connected to the net and dialed.

A male of about 17 appeared on the screen. His silver-blue hair matched Amaya's exactly, but his was short and stuck out in all directions. “Hey 'Maya!” he said with a broad grin, “Look what I've found for us!” He held up a small, neon-green canister.

“Sorry Trell, but I can't,” she replied with a regretful smile, “I'm taking a trip.” Then she added in a hushed, conspiratorial tone, “To save humanity.”

“And that's more important than a co-ordinated colour change with your best friend?” he asked, pouting dramatically.

“I'm afraid so,” she said, nodding gravely, “So there's some stuff I need you to do: unenroll me for starters, oh, and see if you can get me a refund on some of that tuition. Though, I've gotta tell ya, thanks to the folks at M.A.G.I., money is no longer much of a problem. And maybe pack me up some clothes and stuff, and send it over to headquarters.”

“Okay, will do,” he said cheerfully, “Now you take care of yourself, and don't go getting injured on this mission-whatsis.”

“You take care too,” she replied, “Don't do anything I wouldn't do!”

“Oh I can handle that,” he said with a smirk, before the screen went blank.

As soon as Kaila was in her room, White left, and Kaila closed her door slowly. Then she sat down on her bed, pulling her cell phone out of her back pocket.

Dialing her mom's number, she glanced around her room. It was quite plain, nothing more than to be expected.

"Hello, Smith residence." the phone said.

"Hi, mom? It's me, Kaila. I've decided to accept the M.A.G.I.'s offer, and they are sending the money over to you." Kaila said.

"Oh... what's about, honey?" her mom asked.

Taking a deep breath, Kaila said, "It's classified, mom. I can't tell you."

"As I expected. Well, Kaila sweetie, be careful, okay?..." there was a pause, and then her mom said, "Well, call me when you can. Bye."

"Bye." Kaila said, and then the slight buzzing told her her mother had hung up. Sighing, she put the phone back into her pocket.