Then There Was Two

The lights in the cabin flashed red as the Admiral became frantic.

"Stop! Stop! I'll do anything you want! Please don't kill them!!

"But… I'm a Tyrant and not a Benevolent nice person?" Razi responded rudely.

Admiral Chugalot bowed his head and lowered his voice pleadingly, "I apologize for my rudeness! I will take whatever punishment you give me! But please~ Restore life support!"

Razimaru kept a poker face as she looked over at the attendant who was out of screen view and who was also pushing a button that corresponded with the rapid flickering of the lights.

Turning back to the pleading Admiral, "Why? What does a Tyrant like me get out of it?" She asked as she crossed her arms.

It was evident that he was rapidly thinking of what to give to save his people's lives.

"!.!"

"I'll let you have all the technology, weapons, and resources on the planet below!" He said with a snap of his finger like it was a good deal.

"Soo… Everything on the planet below?" Razimaru nonchalantly replied.

Dread filled his being at her tone that he became sorrowful, sinking back into his Captain's chair with total loss on his face.

The doors in the far back opened loudly in the now dreaded silence which brought the Admiral back to reality as he heard the contents of such a cheerful voice.

"Empress~! Thank you for naming me!" A female in an outfit similar and that looked like the Tyrant in front of him came bouncing in with a cloak flowing behind her.

Rul Didactic stepped between the two look-alikes. "Halt! She's not in the mood right now, come again later!"

"Awwwww~ Why Not~?" Maru whined loudly.

"He called her a Tyrant!" Rul replied with a jab of his thumb in the direction of the screen.

*Gasp*

Multiple mechanical voices could be heard as Maru put her hands over her mouth in disbelief.

"NO~ How Wude~!"

The Admiral, then realized his mistake and recomposed himself quickly, "My apologies!"

Bringing Razimaru's attention back to the screen.

"In my fright for the sudden loss of my men, I may… have acted unreasonable! Please… I beseech thee to restore life support!"

With his head down in shame and a hand over his heart his fear and hope that this was the correct answer.

With a heavy exaggerated sigh, Razimaru looked over off screen at the Attendant who was happily pressing a suspicious looking button on the wall very quickly.

The lights flashed with every other press of the button, did Razimaru stifle a laughter fit at the action of this NCNPC.

(Now Currently New Person Character)

Razimaru coughed lightly to get the Attendants attention. She could swear there were fox ears on top of her head as she whipped her head into Razimaru's direction.

"Thank you for the apology!" Razimaru said as she waved her hand dismissively, "I'll restore life support as long as you don't forget that I get all the resources on the planet!"

Admiral Chugalot was overjoyed as he lost his composure for a minute, "Yes! Yes!"

A prompt appeared before him startling him to fall on his caboose.

[Allow Travel To and From The Gate Ship Serenity?"]

"Um… uh… the hell is this?" Chugalot stuttered.

"?.?"

"!°!" Clapping her hands loudly together did Maru chime in, "Is this your first time seeing such a thing from a God?" She asked with her head tilted to a side and the most innocent look ever as she made him feel inferior.

"If God exists then the previous event wouldn't have happened!" Admiral Chugalot replied.

Maru countered back, "Unless someone did something against the God that had occurred such a Judgment though?" She said sweetly with her eyes closed.

With a wave of her head Razi chimed in, "Just accept it if you want to restock or not!"

Startling the two in midst of their verbal fight as she nonchalantly had a bored look which could be mistaken for annoyance, "I still have things to check over as the Empress! So please kindly accept the prompt and get off my screen!"

With a small sharp bow Admiral Chugalot accepted the prompt and said a quick, "Thank you for your time!" As the connection cut off as a portal appeared on his end as he debated on who he could trust his life to in CQC to take that wouldn't be counted as a weapon.

Razimaru massaged her head as she now didn't have to keep her composure as the assistant, Solomon, and Rul Didactic all burst out in loud uncontrollable laughter which startled Maru and the few metal slime looking beings that shimmered across her body protectively.

Catching Razimaru's attention did she see the metal slimes calm down and rearrange themselves back into a similar swimsuit that she wore and the rest made up a cape.

After her giggle fit she apologized in a cheerful tone, "Sorry, you must be Maru!"

Maru nodded her head with a confused look.

"Let's just say my staff pulled a prank on that guy and he genuinely believed it! Sorry if we startled you?"

"No! No, I'm ok!" With a wave of her hands in front of her, "They are protective and weren't sure of how to cover me since you were covered so they did this!" She did a small spin before invisible puppy ears appeared on top of her head, "Is this wrong?"

Rul Didactic chimed in approvingly, "Nope! They did it correctly!" With a nod of his head the liquid metal outfit seemed to have a collective sigh of relief, "Now if you had come nakedly with nothing on… then there would be a problem!" He warned.

Razimaru could feel that all the beings who made up the outfit made a note of how to keep their new princess out of trouble.

Unbeknownst to her that the cloak of the outfit collective had made contact with multiple solid metal humanoid figures who were roaming the ship of what they need to keep an eye out for for their safety.

Clothes Design!!

Solid humanoids scattered mixed in with the variety of species that came with the ships for restock.

Everyone was given a card that had a Lantern in one corner, with a specific amount of points that they used to get personal and hard to find items. The Market was larger than what would be believed would be possible for a ship.

City wide and with a variety of levels with multiple and all types of services with the floor color to distinguish between what's on the floor before you go somewhere you didn't want to.

The Staff of the stands and guards at the important doors couldn't understand why all these people used a Blank Card with half of the Empires logo in the corner.

Not saying anything to the customers about the fact that they weren't paying nor paying attention enough and unanimously decided to say nothing, since they didn't lose anything with the multiple transactions.

As the people had headed back towards their ship transporter they returned the cards and thanked the crew before leaving.

The crew had brought the cards that the ones who left had left for inspection.

Scanning a card through a large Appraisal device they found that it was indeed a blank card with a sentence that popped up when appraised.

"Thank You For Pretending! Empress Razimaru."

Gasps could be heard from the employee room between the Transport and the Market.

Some in the room became tearful as their Empress went through such lengths. The guards understood that she was hiding the fact that they didn't run out of stuff.

Nodding to each other the guards left the room, notified the other guards on a secure telepathic line and made rounds to the many stalls to pretend they were almost out of stuff and couldn't sell any more.

And slowly but surely the stalls soon sold out one by one until the Market was closed, which took at most two hours to do.

During those hours back up in the control room Razimaru had just dismissed everyone but the Assistant and Maru.

"Do you have a name?" Razimaru asked the assistant.

With one hand on her opposite shoulder and the other behind her back with a small bow forward the Assistant replied, "Breezay is my name, Your Grace! I am in charge of anything and everything that you may need assistance with!"

Maru walked around Breezay curiously as she didn't flinch or was uncomfortable, which made Maru more curious about the female before her.

"Nice to meet you! You must be Princess Maru!" Breezay said politely and with a warm smile in Maru's direction which startled her.

Tilting her head into Razimaru's direction she asked with full confusion, "I'm a Princess? What's a Princess?"

Breezay chimed in politely, "Empress is a super high Royal which none others can openly go against. Then there is Queen then Princess. A Queen is a Married Adult Princess. And an Empress is an Experienced Queen who rules over a lot more than a Queen does while a Princess is in training.

Since you just became the first new species amongst your kind then you are considered a Royal. But since you have no knowledge of such stuff, you would be considered a Princess under the Empress."

Maru had to think about it seriously to understand the difference between ranks.

Razimaru saw how hard she was trying, so she decided to send her on a mission.

With a calm gentle tone, "Maru? Why don't you go and inspect the ship?" Maru's head perked up, "I'm so~ busy that I can't cover all of the ship! Plus I'm super tired from summoning this large vessel to do it properly!" Placing a hand on her head, Razimaru leaned against the console, "Please~? You'll be doing me a favor!"

With tired puppy dog eyes pleading at Maru, she was helpless in the request. Breezay understood the request and stepped between Maru and Razimaru.

Pointing off to the side, "You will find the path to your personal quarters in that direction! It is fully stocked so please rest well." With a small bow in Razimaru's direction she turned to Maru with a hand in the direction of the exit, "Shall we Lady Maru? I will be your guide so you don't get lost an did you have questions!" With a smile on her face she softly led Maru out of the room and began a tour of the vast ship.

Once the doors closed Razimaru made her way to where her quarters were indicated, with a lot of things on her mind as she was organizing the prompts she had before her eyes.

[Congratulations…]

[Victory Over Ancient Species…]

[New Weapons Available…]

[Gate Limited Access Unlocked…]

[Quarantine Location Added…]

[Automatic Ship System Update…]

[Five Cephalons Added…]

[Multiple Capacity Increases, Please Check…]

[Reunion Detected! Congratulations…]

[Arch Wings Set Available For…]

[Loyalty Increased By 500% From…]

[Intruder Detected In…]

[Intruding Hack Near…]

[Security Imprisoned…]

[Please Give Orders…]

[Marked Targets On Watch List…]

[Limiting Supplies Distributed…]

[Safety Of Princess Maru Monitored…]

[DFL Bound Accessories…]

Finally getting all he prompts to stack up she could finally see where she was going.

Getting to the smooth wall, there was no indication of a door anywhere!

Exhausted, she yelled, "I JUST WANNA SLEEP IN MY BED!"

A deep calm voice reverberated throughout the soundproof room spoke with honor of a butler, "Bedroom Transport Activation Acknowledged!"

Startled, Razimaru looked around for another living being, but found none.

She knew this voice! … But who was it again{?_?}

Before she could open her mouth to speak, the room before her changed into a luscious welcoming master bedroom of a Massive Castle.

With extra rooms for each specific need! Even an Indicator that the massive fluffy bounceable looking bed could be moved for a secret room!

Stunned by the sheer volume of just her personal quarters a thought crossed her mind.

'If this is just One Room… Then how big are the others? … It's a Good thing I sent Maru to check!'

With that she did what all girls do!

Jump high and belly-flop the middle of the bed!

Only to get bounced back up with the covers and pillows as her eyes became wide like a cats as she checked her surroundings before losing herself to the comfort and bouncing bed!

Unbeknownst to her someone was watching her play on the bed on a screen, with a smile on his face he looked at the 365 degree encamp of multiple floating screens of various parts of the ship Serenity Gate.

A red envelope appeared beside him.

With a flick of the wrist it opened itself.

(Why are you here? I'm already here for her and we don't need you!)

The smile in the dark grew into a grin and he replied and frisbees the envelope into oblivion.

(Is that why I needed to be called forward? Her life was in danger by the time I arrived! So Isn't it better for Two of "Us" since I came by Normal Means!?)

The man in shadows who was surrounded by multiple screens turned and watched the recipient get upset with a smile on his face.

'Let's see who she needs more, Ruley Rude!'

In the location that was being watched Solomon and company made themselves at home in the new barracks designed and ment for them brought them to total ease.

As the events that had fastly occurred ran through all of their minds as they all fell into much needed sleep in their own beds.

Solomon looked over and was surprised to see that Rul Didactic was fully in heavy tank-like armor that he moved as if it weighed nothing with the numbers 447 on his chest.

Thinking about how cool he looked but not surprised since the Empress had more than one form as well.

As Solomon fell asleep and dreamed of what occurred and searched for clues as to why she had lost consciousness during their chat, fell fast asleep with a soft glow like fire on his hood.

Rul Didactic, who had activated his armor to keep his rage and bloodlust from sleeping out, was reading a red message on his HUD's display.

Looking directly at the odd, out of place but not noticable, symbol on the ceiling he stood at his full height and flipped it the bird.

As the being on the other end was laughing his ass off, an officer of the ship walked in and up to Rul Didactic and was not even half his full height and was too stunned to speak.

Rul Didactic looked down at the Officer and spoke harshly, "What Is It?"

"Umm… um… The Chief of Staff wished to meet with you shortly but got caught up in the people from the other ships not wanting to leave…"

He said as he got out of the giant's way and followed him as Rul Didactic just wanted to fully rest since there was "Another Proxy" present, he just wanted to get this over with.

Making his way to the Market striding taller than all who was there and in full armor he hollard in his most pissed off primordial voice,

"GET YOUR BOGANS OFF THIS SHIP! YOUR ADMIRAL HAS OVERSTAYED YOUR WELCOME! ARE YOU TRYING TO ROB US BLIND? GET OUT! OR I WILL THROW YOU ALL OUT OF THE AIRLOCK!"

With that he grabs the nearest person and throws them across the entire Market Place and up a few levels. Before the body hits the ground, the entire place all headed for the same direction as they rushed to not be next.