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Started February 07, 2025 by @korixkj

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The aliens smile only widened with this revelation. "We're going to need and engineer-" Al began, before being cut off by an excited Marygrahm "May I fulfil the role?"

Allyanna nodded. "It would be wonderful to have you! We need you to help us with the ship right now… It is in pretty bad condition."

Al smiled at her response and Marygrahm nodded now determined. "Show me"

Allyanna nodded. "Al, you stay here for a minute, okay?" Then, to Marygrahm, she motioned. "It it in the garage."

Al nodded, sitting down on the couch. Marygrahm walked with Allyanna over to the garage with her tools, marvelling at the wreck before turning to her. "Gimme maybe [unit of time]"

Allyanna smiled and nodded. "There are sketches of what the ship is supposed to look like over there, and video feed from the crash by it. I will be inside, if you need me. Al.. has difficulties with the crash, so if you need her, cover the ship first."

Marygrahm nodded. "Of course. I'll cover it up if she's needed, thank you"

Allyanna nodded, before heading back inside. "Al! Marygrahm is working on the ship. Do you want to meet the Learian? Kin got here quick, and I take kim home at night. Maybe you want to name kin?"

"I would love to!" Al replied cheerily. She loved animals, and she was pretty sure the Learian counted as one

Allyanna nodded, walking back into a room (the entry?) and grabbing a small crate, covered by a blanket. "Zer might be sleeping, zer was earlier." She said, lifting the blanket. Inside the clear crate, a small creature with six legs, two pointed ears, a short snout, eight eyes, and a long, swishing tail, covered in fur, was laying. It looked mostly feline, other than it's extra legs and eyes, and when it yawned, the inside of its mouth had pincers, not unlike a spiders, but they seemed to me made out of a light material, barely there, almost transparent. It blinked slowly up at Al. It was pretty cute.
(I had a lot of fun figuring out what this creature should look like. Cat-like for the cute, extra legs for climbing stability, extra eyes to see in more directions and to see pain, and the ethereal pincers to eat the pain)

Al smiled wider than Allyanna had seen her do, though it was still somewhat crooked. Al dropped to her knees in front of the crate "Hi little guy.. Imma call you Smirnoff"

Smirnoff blinked up, yawning again, before ferociously headbutting the side of the crate, asking for pets. Allyanna smiled, opening the crate, allowing Smirnoff to jump onto Al's knee, purring slightly.

Al giggled and sat back, allowing the creature to crawl onto her lap, petting it

Allyanna smiled, watching Smirnoff snuggle up to Al. "Zer sees past pain on you, that's why the bottom eyes are green when zer looks at you. When you start hurting, zer will see that, and zer's second lowest eyes will change color to blue. And zer can see approaching death, signified by zer's top eyes changing color to red. The second highest set of eyes sees things without any of the rest."
Sure enough, Smirnoff's bottom eyes were green when looking at Al, but changed to the same yellow as the other eyes when it looked away.

Al continued smiling, nodding at the new information as sh pet Smirnoff

Smirnoff laid down on Al's lap, seeming to quickly fall asleep. "Aww! Zer likes you!" Allyanna said softly.

Al smiled up at Allyanna now "I love zer"

Allyanna smiled wide. "I am glad. If I may, where did 'Smirnoff' come from?"

Al smirked at the alien, a sly kind of smirk. "On Earth, that's vodka, which I'm not sure if you have here. Alcohol"

Allyanna frowned. "Scans showed that alcohol is poison to humans."

Al nodded, smirk still present. "Absolutely. But it also has effects of inebriation, which we enjoy"

Allyanna scowled. "That is not good for you!"

Al chuckled "It's a military thing. When you're on a boat in the middle of the ocean not knowing if you'll come back, vodka is your best friend"

Allyanna's scowl deepened. "You consume poison because you don't know if you will make it back home?!?"

She shrugged. "Yeah. Might as well enjoy however many days ya got left"

Allyanna glared. "That is unhealthy thinking. No more poisoning yourself."

Al sighed dramatically "My drinks blew up in the crash anyway" she replied smirking

Allyanna looked away. "Uhm… Actually… Those survived. We were confused about why you had poison in your ship."

Al chuckled "Fuckin score"

Allyanna glared. "You will not be getting them back! You are still healing!"