

Hair that was somehow not wet despite having been submerged only minutes before. Now that there was time to look at her closely, the confused girl noted that Barb had long blonde hair tied back in ponytail. We've never even been to the Sol system," the confused girl dismissed. Nobody calls their data network the internet except Earth, and every link I can find says that we're on Earth." Didn't you read any of the history texts on Waypoint?" Alpha asked. Got it! Full internet access via satellite," Alpha gloated. There's a massive, unsecured data network on this planet and with a little tweak of your com system. We have no idea what we're dealing with, here," she hissed. "What do you mean nothing?!" the sphere demanded. "It's nothing," the confused girl growled. "Holy crap! What is that?" Barb asked as she pointed at the sphere, inadvertently showing off the torpedo tube gauntlets attached to her wrists. Try again," a translucent blue sphere said as it popped into existance over the confused girl's shoulder. "Whoa, hey, chill out! I'm friendly, not an Abyssal." "State your rank and service number!" the confused girl demanded as she whipped up the oversized gun mounted on her right arm to point at Barb. "Hi!" the new girl said as she popped to the surface directly in front of the confused girl. "Who's there? Show yourself!" the confused girl demanded. The only things visible in any direction were grey seas and blue skies. By all signs the voice belonged to someone human, female, and friendly, but such a person was not in evidence. "Hey! You need any help?" A voice called out. "Or hands? Or a body for that matter? I'm a ship, not a human! What the hell is going on around here!?" Since when do I have a face?" She asked herself, feeling her face with her hands. I feel like a tried to take on a planet with my face," She complained. Then the sputtered frantically, flopped around until she was upright, and coughed up a lungfull of water. "Ugh," the shipgirl said as she floated face-down on the ocean.
