((First off, I'm very sorry about the wait on this. "A few days" turned into a few months. Between computer problems and a crazy fluctuating work schedule... excuses, apologies
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((The delay's quite all right, and I hope all is well now. Regarding time-skips, a day seems good to me. Telrim and Issek will want to keep their old hosts with them for now (out of mistrust and concern they'll eat something important, respectively), but otherwise we can assume the adjustment's going reasonably smoothly. Bar Issek falling over quite a bit because he has much less applicable experience than Telrim
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Aurora is rather glad the Yeerks are in their more familiar hosts at the moment; having to catch Issek while he toddles around in an adult body isn't her idea of fun. The lack of easy communication didn't help her mood over the last day much either. (Growing up never more than a thought away from daddy and with access to all the best translation matrices has made her own personal Hell an inability to communicate.) But she knew it wouldn't be an easy job going in, so even if her smile grew a little frayed at the edges she made an effort to remain encouraging.
"For the moment, but I have to give them back when we're done," she teases. "The tall one is Kale, and the one getting covered in grease is Ixt'ichl. Ix, Kale, allow me to introduce your clients: Telrim in Natasha, and Issek."
*Kale (inspired by this piece) turns, smiling pleasantly to Aurora and the clients she introduces. When he catches sight of the group's fourth, unintroduced member, he gives a start, the leaves at the back of his head loosening for a moment, giving a glimpse of amber petals beneath. When he speaks, there's a faint tremor in his voice.*
[I'm, ah, very pleased to meet you, of course. This has been an... interesting challenge, replicating the signature.]
*With a clack of plastic, the other engineer clambers out from beneath the machine. She seems to be clad in a full-body suit of hard plates, the faceplate of her helmet showing glistening, slime-slicked transparent skin over pink musculature, large compound eyes, and a complicated array of mouthparts folded into what might be a good-natured smile. She takes in the group with a nod, wiping sealant off of an armored, three-fingered hand with a rag before extending it in greeting.*
Issek sways forward momentarily in acknowledgment, curiously observing Kale’s rather unusual body language. Telrim’s wishing that she knew more about Kandrona generation. Not for the first time, either. She doesn’t know if it would help her to read this machine, to judge on first inspection whether it’s going to work or not. It just might be some comfort to have a clue.
Her gaze is pulled aside by Ixt’ichl’s emergence, which is fortunate because Issek barely notices the hand she offers. Telrim steps in to shake it, giving a polite nod and a brief smile in turn.
“The same to you.” She takes in the armoured tech’s appearance before her gaze flicks to the other. “We expected it to be a challenge, but I hope you aren’t having too many difficulties.”
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"For the moment, but I have to give them back when we're done," she teases. "The tall one is Kale, and the one getting covered in grease is Ixt'ichl. Ix, Kale, allow me to introduce your clients: Telrim in Natasha, and Issek."
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[I'm, ah, very pleased to meet you, of course. This has been an... interesting challenge, replicating the signature.]
*With a clack of plastic, the other engineer clambers out from beneath the machine. She seems to be clad in a full-body suit of hard plates, the faceplate of her helmet showing glistening, slime-slicked transparent skin over pink musculature, large compound eyes, and a complicated array of mouthparts folded into what might be a good-natured smile. She takes in the group with a nod, wiping sealant off of an armored, three-fingered hand with a rag before extending it in greeting.*
[Hey. Nice to meet you.]
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Her gaze is pulled aside by Ixt’ichl’s emergence, which is fortunate because Issek barely notices the hand she offers. Telrim steps in to shake it, giving a polite nod and a brief smile in turn.
“The same to you.” She takes in the armoured tech’s appearance before her gaze flicks to the other. “We expected it to be a challenge, but I hope you aren’t having too many difficulties.”
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