Even after all these centuries, the channels he had once shown Sk’jin were still the same and unchanged. It further fortifies Sk’jin’s plan in his mind.

‘You want to do what?’

‘This will work,’ Sk’jin repeats, ‘Trust me, this is the only way we can get Yoongi out of the Keep.’

‘That happens?’ Jungkook asks sounding confused.

‘A lot.’ Hoseok answers, ‘But it’s a complicated process. I’ve also gone to collect agents out before, so I know the protocol, but it’s always been surprisingly legal. And I don’t know how long it will take to create a permit credible enough to use for this situation.’

Jimin seems to be thinking the plan over carefully, a furrow between his brows. Taeh’yung is sitting upside-down on the seat next to Sk’jin, looking bored knowing he wasn’t allowed to participate in anything.

It’s quiet over the line but Sk’jin knows Hoseok is going over his plan in his head. It has to work.

It should work.

Because this once happened to Ahadi.

Before Ahadi had his unwanted title of “intern” somewhat lifted from him after proving his loyalty, he had been unwittingly arrested by the Venture Unit for being a known member of Sk’jin’s pirating network.

It had been a joke for months after he was released a short 7 hours later. Sk’jin remembers hysterically giggling, ears burning red from the force of his laughter. Even Ti looked red around the face, as though trying not to laugh. Ahadi would just sigh and stare out of the window or at some point on the floor, as though hoping he could be in prison instead of where he was right then. They even once baked him a celebratory platter with “CONGRATULATIONS ON NOT BEING THROWN INTO PRISON FOR 3 MONTHS” in bright violet. The jokes eventually died out, though Ahadi formally had “Prison Expert” written on his footnotes for his ship ID right under “INTERN”.

And while Ahadi was definitely an agent sent in from the Venture Unit to infiltrate his network, and therefore all of his documents and permits had been definitely legal, Yoongi was not. And that was where they would have to be very tricky and careful with how they arranged their transaction of the whole situation.

And while Hoseok was definitely a member of the Venture Unit, an infiltrating agent with a resounding reputation, he was a startlingly straight-forward and honest Being. And so his way of planning, was sometimes too straight-forward and honest when it came to a situation like this that involved not just himself as an Agent, but as a Being carrying with him the guilt of his past so interlaced with the present and its outcome.

Sk’jin lived most of his life living an extremely topsy-turvy lifestyle maintained by taking topsy-turvy actions and methods. And if this wasn’t an extremely topsy-turvy situation, then Sk’jin is no pirate Captain. Well, ex-pirate Captain.

‘Okay- we’ll need to create the warrant and evidence of his agency with the Venture Unit-‘

‘I’m on it,’ Sk’jin replies at once.

‘I was going to do it-‘ Hoseok says at once.

‘Trust me. I got this. All I need to do is issue a memo from a very high-ranking office to overpower the warrant that already exists.’

‘How do you know any of this? It doesn’t make sense.’ Hoseok sounds disgruntled. And cute. It makes Taeh’yung grin, watching the Iris footage with a gleeful grin.

‘I have my sources.’

‘I’m literally your source though? Right?’

‘Venture Unit agents are never truly removed from their status in the Unit Archives regardless of what’s happened, you know this,’ Sk’jin says lightly.

Jimin looks at him at his words, his eyes showing an understanding for something Sk’jin can’t seem to really pinpoint.

‘Okay.’ Hoseok says after a moment. ‘Make sure you don’t forget the order overturn for the agents that are already here.’

‘Of course,’ Sk’jin smiles.

‘Kookie and I are going to station ourselves above the Keep’s main Dock.’ Hoseok adds. ‘We’re gonna scout the Docks and access some of the Keep’s systems just in case.’

‘Thanks ma’am,’ Sk’jin grins, eyeing the live-footage through the Iris they stuck on Jungkook before he left. Hoseok grimaces in the general direction of the camera, rolling his eyes.

‘What can I do?’ Jimin asks at once.

‘Nothing much just yet,’ Sk’jin replies honestly as he waits to connect to the Venture Unit via the channels Ems built especially for them and ones Namjoon reinforced and saved for potentially using later. ‘Sorry Cap but gotta take over your stuff for’while.’

‘You’re stealing pa’s stuff?’

‘Borrowing,’ Sk’jin corrects before adding, ‘Please sit up straight, you don’t need all that blood rushing to your head.’

Taeh’yung pouts, mumbling under his breath.

Up into this point, and even during their stay inside Amme’s ship, it always made Sk’jin uncomfortable every time they dug through database or any archiving channel through the ones Hoseok or Namjoon either built or borrowed. Each Being had a signature or style that if picked up once, could easily be traced and or spotted if you knew what you were looking for.

And ever since speaking with Amme and understanding what the Jury were doing all along (and Sk’jin is more than sure that what Amme had told them was definitely not the whole picture and possibly even lies) Sk’jin’s paranoia has spiked through the metaphorical ceiling.

And while some (mainly Namjoon) would think it was too extreme (which was a funny thing for an Information Analyst like Namjoon to think) to assume that the Jury, and also the ing Court, would do their best to track them via their interpersonal characteristics and or work-tactics, Sk’jin thinks it’s best to be precautious anyways.

And it was useful being presumed dead for so many centuries and having lived one of the most infamous yet completely hidden lives in the Underverse for many many centuries.

‘Stop worrying so loud, it’s disrupting me,’ Sk’jin says conversationally to Jimin who hasn’t budged an inch from where he was sitting, eyes a little wide as he stares at the floor.

‘I’m sorry,’ Jimin replies quietly.

‘Here, why don’t you do this for me,’ Sk’jin hands Jimin another screen, ‘Can you find out who in the Keep is responsible for handling and approving orders sent to and from the Deputy? If things go to , we’re gon’need ‘nother way to send in our permits and .’

Jimin takes the screen and follows Sk’jin’s request.

‘Me?’ Taeh’yung asks, shoving his head and twisting his body in a weird angle so that he could pillow Sk’jin’s lap.

‘Here, follow Jungkook and Hoseok through the Iris, be an extra eye in case we miss anything or they get spotted.’

‘That sounds boring,’ Taeh’yung complains but does it anyways, tilting the projection so that he could still watch it from where he was awkwardly situated.

‘Is the Laikin all right?’ Hoseok asks, ‘I know you can’t be scanned or spotted, but is everything holding up?’

‘Yeah we’re good,’ Sk’jin replies absentmindedly. ‘Hobi which Division is higher than Interstellar Patrols Sub-Division? Or which would be a better choice?’

‘Go straight for the Infiltration Division. Most Docks and Keeps authorities recognize that as being pretty serious.’ Hoseok replies after a short minute. ‘The Chief should be someone from Tayi.’

‘It somehow always is,’ Sk’jin sighs.

‘We’re at the Docks.’ Hoseok reports, the muted sounds of some gateway opening audible through their Comm-Devices.

‘Okay,’ Sk’jin replies absentmindedly, quickly opening a tab for the surveillance footage from the Dock but minimizing it to the side tabs.

‘Wow-‘ Jungkook says quietly, ‘It’s so big.’

Sk’jin spares a glance at the Iris feed and notes that yes, that was indeed a very large transfer-ship.

‘It just docked 30 minutes ago,’ Jimin informs them. ‘It has 4300 inmates. Waiting for the Keep inmates numbered at 64, not including Yoongi.’

‘Thanks.’ Hoseok replies, ‘We’re gonna station ourselves behind the control towers, near the station panel-rooms.’

It’s 30 minutes later, and Sk’jin is almost done with this permit that would allow them to take Yoongi out of the Keep and simply vanish him (they’ll think of what to do after that point) from the clutches of this disastrous attempt at restocking their defenses when Hoseok groans in annoyance.

‘What- what is it?’ Sk’jin asks at once.

Taeh’yung, who was doing a bad job of pretending not to be asleep, sits up and says, ‘Oh no!’ as though on reflex.

‘- just intercepted a call- the two idiot agents from the Sub-Division called in extra guards to guard Yoongi’s trip to Cuab.’ Hoseok hisses, ‘It’s a standard -ship with 12 guards. They’re 10 minutes away.’

‘- fuck-‘ Sk’jin curses, nearly throwing his screen away. ‘What the do we do? Even if we send in the permit, this lot will still arrive-unless we can issue an order to them to make them turn back around-‘

‘I’m running now-‘ Hoseok hisses as he adds, ‘Kookie stay here for now-‘

‘What are you doing?’ Jimin demands.

‘Find me those two agents- are they at the Keep or are they staying near the Immigration Centers?’

There’s a panic flurry of 3 pairs of hands rapidly going through scanners, surveillance feeds they stole and snuck into, and running the IDs of the agents through every possible source possible.

‘They’re 5 levels above the Keep!’ Taeh’yung yells. ‘I’m following them!’

‘Hoseok don’t tell me you’re gonna take down these 2 agents in broad daylight-‘ Sk’jin warns.

‘Gonna try and get to the agents and take them down and hopefully I can reissue the order, Sk’jin send out the permit to the Keep right now-‘ Hoseok confirms as he darts away from the view of the Iris as Jungkook helplessly stands awkwardly in the narrow panel-rooms just next to the controls tower in the Keep Docks.

Muttering under his breath but seeing the validity of Hoseok’s actions, Sk’jin immediately sends in the permit, waiting with increasing anxiety for the approval from the Infiltration Division. It’s momentarily funny to Sk’jin that they would be infiltrating the system developed by the Infiltration Division. It just went to show how much nothing was truly safe or secure.

It had been scarily easy enough, what with the channels Ems had provided them, further extracted and expanded by Namjoon and Hoseok, and with the access Sk’jin created, to find a list of agents from the Division who were undercover. Sk’jin selected an agent who was currently in the red-status as MIA as Yoongi’s cover-up.

Jimin is holding his breath, staring at the screen in front of Sk’jin as though willing their permit to obtain approval.

‘Jimin- who is responsible for the transfer of orders to and from the Deputy?’ Hoseok demands, sounding out of breath.

Jimin jumps a little before quickly replying, ‘It says Junior Constable Evdos.’

‘Find their location-‘

‘Junior Constable?’ Taeh’yung looks thoughtful before adding and reminding everyone that he could see through Hoseok’s shifted form, ‘Oh I see Hobi- oh…’

‘-the two agents are already inside -‘ Hoseok pants out, cursing under his breath. ‘-find that Being- I’ll take them down.’

‘He’s not going to kill anyone,’ Sk’jin adds, mainly for Jungkook’s and Jimin’s benefit before glancing down at the screen in Jimin’s hand and snorting, ‘Or maybe Jungkook can just convince him to do it for him.’

Jimin looks scandalized while Taeh’yung laughs boisterously as he scans the Keep’s surveillance for the nervous but surprisingly ranked Evdos.

‘I can help!’ Jungkook says earnestly.

‘No- it’s fine. This is fine. Actually if I can-‘

‘Oh! I see him!’ Jungkook exclaims. ‘He’s headed for the- he’s headed here.’

‘Oh-?‘ Sk’jin manages, what was the Junior Constable doing in the Docks?

‘Kookie go seduce him!’ Taeh’yung squeals at once, tossing aside his scanner and making the projection from Jungkook’s Iris larger, ‘Show off your strength the kid clearly has muscle kink-‘

‘Wait-‘ Hoseok tries but Jungkook is moving already, the Iris shaking before its sensors work and provides an almost clear feed of Jungkook’s view. And making his way out of a gateway and through the narrow hangar to enter the main Dock past the control-towers is the Constable Evdos. He’s on his screen, mouth moving as he speaks to someone.

‘Excuse me!’ Jungkook calls out.

The Constable Evdos looks up, and Sk’jin doesn’t know why but something feels off.

‘Oh- o-oh,’ he blinks rapidly, suddenly shrinking in his height. ‘Y-yes? How can I help you?’

‘I’m lost,’ Jungkook lies and it’s not the best nor is it the worst thing he could say, ‘I forgot to sync my Comm-Device and I’ve lost contact with my supervisor. Can you please show me the way back to the Keep?’

Sk’jin realizes that Jimin and Taeh’yung have both leaned in so close their hair brushes against Sk’jin’s ears as they watch anxiously.

Constable Evdos looks around, just a strangest hint of both annoyance and fluster evident in his features before he nods. Then he nods again, shrinking into himself again and holding the screen tight to his chest says, ‘Of course uh- Officer-?’

‘Officer Heenuen,’ Jungkook replies, doing a bow again. And it’s a tad bit overkill but the Constable seems to flush a little more at that.

‘What lift is Kookie headed for?’ Hoseok asks.

‘One sec-‘ Sk’jin answers, ‘We’re still not clear-‘

‘This is the hallway that will lead you up Officer Heenuen,’ Evdos says, gesturing to the end of the hall Jungkook and Hoseok had previously come in from.

‘We need to keep him there-‘ Sk’jin warns but Taeh’yung excitedly says, ‘Kookie, do exactly what I say!’ and smashes his hand over Sk’jin’s.

Sk’jin is very quick to bite back and Taeh’yung simply snaps his fingers, a small green triangle holding down on his tongue.

Sk’jin very violently reacts while Jimin tries to placate him. Taeh’yung struggles against them both, using his annoyingly long surprisingly flexible limbs to push them both down.

It’s surprisingly effective judging my Jimin’s expression of comic betrayal and shock.

‘Lean in and lower your voice like you’ve just woken up and say ‘I like to take the lead most times, but I think I wanna see where you take me’!’

‘Jungkook-‘ Jimin’s eyes are wide with alarm at Taeh’yung’s over-the-top advise but Taeh’yung is quick to shut Jimin up as well.

‘I like to take the lead most times,’ Jungkook says in a lower voice, leaning in maybe more than what Taeh’yung was going for. And by Spaces does it work because Constable Evdos’s eyes widen like plates, his face bright red. ‘But I think I wanna see where you take me.’

‘I- I uh-‘ that was definitely a very genuine stammer.

‘Walk him into the elevator, keep a half smile on and say ‘I haven’t seen much around the Dock, I think you could change that right?’,’ Taeh’yung makes his voice all low and sleezy and Sk’jin gags not because of the thing on his tongue but because he’s physically recoiling at Taeh’yung’s words. Jimin has just closed his eyes, as though hoping to exit from this situation.

‘I haven’t seen much around the Dock,’ Jungkook repeats obediently, rounding up around the Constable more like a predator would its prey rather than someone trying to be seductive but apparently Taeh’yung calling out this Constable’s muscle-kink and possible something else was pretty on spot.

‘What the is going on?’ Hoseok whispers.

‘Get him into the elevator!’ Taeh’yung cheers, ‘And just sort of reach out and touch on his sleeves, very lightly-!’

There’s a small spark of light and Jimin lunges to grab Taeh’yung’s Comm-Device out of his ear.

Sk’jin feels the block on his tongue lit and they’re both on Taeh’yung at once.

‘Ow! Ow! Ow!’ Taeh’yung cries out as they pile on top of him.

‘Hoseok they’re in- they’re in EV3- RT311 headed for the same level as the Keep!’ Jimin gasps out as he lunges for Sk’jin’s screen.

‘Got it! Thank you!’

‘Jimin- the elevator surveillance!’ Sk’jin bites out.

Sk’jin has a point to prove so he’s a bit more aggressive as he wrestles Taeh’yung to the floor, twisting him so that the Zhak’gri is on his front, arms twisted back.

‘Kookie- just keep him there until the elevator opens and Hoseok will come- turn his back away from the elevator door!’ Jimin orders while Taeh’yung whines in pain though he seemed to be enjoying himself as Sk’jin jabs him on his back with his elbow.

‘Got the surveillance-!’ Jimin cries out in relief.

Obviously Sk’jin is not doing this to really cause Taeh’yung any harm but he has a lot of feelings and energy to expel at the moment.

‘So, tell me, how long have you been here?’ Jungkook asks conversationally and Sk’jin is sort of impressed how Jungkook is taking this situation so easily. And it also makes him wonder about how much of nature and nurture really effects who you are as a species. Because , the Pravasi M’hanun were aggressive and dangerous yes, but could they be seductive too.

‘I uh-‘ the Constable stammers, glancing all around the elevator before clearing his throat and seemingly having an internal battle in his mind before he drops the screen.

This makes Taeh’yung look up and around from his place on the floor.

‘If we’re going to do this-‘ he does something to the controls behind him and the elevator stops. ‘I’ve always wanted to do something outside-‘

‘Oh Spaces an exhibitionist-‘ Taeh’yung remarks as though he hadn’t thought of that while Jimin screeches, ‘HOSEOK THE ELEVATOR HAS STOPPED-!’

‘Kookie listen to me,’ Sk’jin says very clearly as the Constable starts to strip. ‘Get really close and then knock him out-‘

For a moment Sk’jin worries Jungkook has most definitely gone into shock and is frozen over.

But something clicks and Jungkook takes a big step forward and lifts the Constable up, making him squeal in delight again before Jungkook, without much finesse or execution, hit Evdos’s head against the elevator wall.

‘I-…’ Taeh’yung raises both eyebrows as though in respect. ‘That was very entertaining.’

‘You don’t get to say that you little rascal-!’ Sk’jin hisses, pushing Taeh’yung down again but Taeh’yung just cackles and rolls them out of the cockpit and to the walkway to the side.

‘Uh- Jungkookie, are you okay?’ Jimin asks gently.

‘Uh- I think so. Why was he like that?’ Jungkook asks, genuinely confused.

‘It’s called kINKS OUCH!’

‘Stop blaspheming the baby like this-‘ Sk’jin hisses slapping Taeh’yung’s back aggressively. ‘Jungkook restart the elevator please-‘

Taeh’yung stands up quite suddenly, lifting Sk’jin along with him.

‘HEY PUT ME DOWN YOU PIECE OF -!’ Sk’jin does not like to be carried around so easily, let it be noted.

‘Hoseok is there now,’ Jimin sounds both exasperated and amused.

‘You want me to put you down?’ Taeh’yung grins brightly.

‘GENTLY GENTLY YOU UNCULTURED BEAST I’M-‘

‘Shut up!’ Jimin literally yells at them, his voice very loud, ‘It’s a ing ship!’

Sk’jin and Taeh’yung look away, staring through the window, both prompted by Jimin’s sudden cursing and also-

‘-oh yeah- that-‘

‘Guys what’s going on-‘ Hoseok sounds very done.

‘Ah- uh it’s the -ship with the extra guards-‘ Sk’jin says at once as he’s very gently dropped down by Taeh’yung. The light of the sizeable Transporter blinks at them from a close distance just after Māho’s warp borders.

‘We can’t have them come in just yet I’m going through this Constable’s screen and I still haven’t gotten the permit yet!’ Hoseok hisses, voice altering as he adds, ‘Kookie, take his clothes off and give them to me-‘

‘What-?!’

‘Okay I know you won’t agree but I think we could take them out-‘ Taeh’yung begins.

Jimin is already disagreeing but Sk’jin slams his hand down on the dashboard before him, ignoring the sharp pain. He was trying to be dramatic and pain that is self-inflicted but not for comedic purposes often ruined dramatic moments.

‘No- I agree.’

‘Yeah so- wait what?’ Taeh’yung looks at him with wide eyes.

‘You want to go intercept them right? Let’s do that. There scanners will be down, and as we saw last time, Maho doesn’t keep organic scanners. Let’s get you suited up and you can go-‘

‘-no!’ Jimin interrupts. Sk’jin is about to very exasperatedly explain this again but Jimin pushes forward, ‘Taeh’yung and I will go. We can’t knock them in-‘

‘-out-‘

‘-we need a cover. So I will go with Taeh’yung.’ Jimin concludes.

‘Oh- oh okay well then,’ Sk’jin mutters. ‘We’ll get you both suited-‘

‘No need!’ Taeh’yung grins before jumping up and over Sk’jin grabbing Jimin’s hands and pulling him to stand up.

‘We’ll be back soon!’

Jimin quickly grabs his screen before Taeh’yung pretty much scoops him up, the air around him glowing ominously green and the floor below him shining in a neon green triangle before he cleanly sinks down through a shockingly clean cut triangular whole that seals up at once too.

‘Can you tell me what to expect.’ Hoseok asks in Evdos’s voice.

‘Uh- Taeh’yung and Jimin went to take care of it,’ Sk’jin says as he stands up to walk up to the window. He watches as a green streak of light getting smaller and dimmer vanishes in the general direction of the -ship.

‘I think Kookie should stay downstairs at the Dock to receive them, it would make sense like he’s reporting the latest developments, and Hoseok you go change Yoongi’s warrant and release terms.’

‘Got it,’ Hoseok replies as Jungkook adds, ‘Okay.’

‘We’re almost there-‘

The -ship lights turn green for a fraction of a second, seemingly pausing mid-flight before continuing forward.

There’s no screaming, no shouting.

Nothing.

‘Okay it’s all clear.’ Jimin tells them with a small exhale.

Sk’jin doesn’t want to know or need to know the details.

‘Okay- for most of the part you can autopilot it to land-‘

‘It’s okay. They will dock.’

‘Chim is controlling them!’ is Taeh’yung useful input.

‘I’m not controlling them-‘

Sk’jin tunes them out in favor of Hoseok saying, ‘Okay- the permit has been transferred I’m going to the Deputy right now.’

‘Okay great,’ Sk’jin sighs, feeling like he’s aged a million years in just the past hour. ‘, can’t wait to not tell Namjoon any of this.’

*

Hoseok curls his shoulders in, hunching his back a little, and clutches his screen to his chest. The two agents Hoseok wants to very much indeed kick out of Māho-5 are apparently waiting 

He knocks twice before the door slides open.

‘Evdos, are you here to tell me about the permit regarding our Alliance prisoner?’ the Deputy asks, two of her eyes glancing at Hoseok.

‘Y-yes, I was-‘

‘No need for that, no one’s listening or here to hear it.’ Fanger says bluntly.

Hoseok has to take a moment to do some incredibly fast thinking.

‘Evdos was pretty evidently into some and had no problem stopping an elevator out of nowhere to very boldly do something incredibly risky- his personality of being nervous was clearly a ruse-‘

‘It seems that the Alliance prisoner isn’t a member of the Alliance,’ Hoseok says, dropping the stutter, standing up straighter and making a motion of sweeping back his now honey-coloured hair. ‘There was apparently a mix-up at the Venture Unit- this is Agent Aydinliþ Şig. His mission was to infiltrate the Alliance.’

Deputy Fanger sighs, rolling all five eyes as Hoseok transfers the documents and warrants to her.

‘These ers mess up everything and don’t even realize the going on in Axudar,’ the Deputy drawls as she scrolls through without reading anything, ‘And the GLA has the gall to send us complaint reports about expending too many resources while I clean up the from Axudar for them. s.’

Well, this was very interesting.

‘s or not, they’re expecting us to release him,’ Hoseok throws in some irritation and impatience in his tone. ‘They’ve already changed the guard-ship to an -ship.’

‘Well that’s on them then- policy dictates we cannot release him unless it’s through Cuab-D2 but you know this.’

Hoseok just nods, pretending to scroll about on his (Evdos’s) screen. He spots a message waiting for him in one of the notification tabs but ignores it for now.

‘They want the Agent to be met with immediate compliance and release, as well as a redaction on his arrest from the Keep’s database,’ Hoseok rolls his eyes as well as he adds, ‘Idiot should have never just walked around without a care.’

‘Fine- we can take him out of the digitized-cell.’ Deputy Fanger exhales as though bored, ‘But no release. He’s already been registered for Cuab-D2, no chance in his release from us.’

‘- she’s right, .’ Sk’jin curses. ‘I’ll find a way to rewrite that.’

‘You’ll take care of it of course?’

‘Of course,’ Hoseok sighs out.

‘If it’s going to impose a problem with the transfer-ship, of course we can always make some changes with some cost,’ the Deputy adds.

‘Well…this is interesting.’

‘That won’t be necessary,’ Hoseok states as dismissively as possible.

‘You might find something interesting with him, if he truly is an Agent for the Venture Unit,’ the Deputy continues, ‘Is that what this is?’

‘This is very interesting?’

‘You know I can’t say anything about it,’ Hoseok tries out, uselessly scrolling through his screen.

‘Fine,’ the Deputy rolls her eyes again, ‘I can practically sense those buffoons from the Venture Unit coming back to explain their mistakes. Go see to the Agent and explain the situation. If this is true then we can’t afford any cuts in our resources as a retaliation from the GLA or the Venture Unit.’

‘Got it,’ Hoseok nods, ‘I’ll bring him here? Might be better to hear it directly from the Deputy herself.’

‘I’m already on it, don’t have to tell me.’

Fanger gives him a snort, ‘A face to be angry at you mean- go on then Evdos, I know you have things to oversee.’

His screen rings up with an urgent message from the front desk, alerting him of the return of the agents from the Venture Unit.

Hoseok just shrugs with a lazy smile, ‘Should I send in the agents? They’re here.’

‘Oh yes, please do,’ Evdos grins widely, ‘Gotta get that Venture Unit units.’

Hoseok gives an appreciatively grin that he hopes is in character.

‘And bring the Agent while I grill those two idiots- he needs to witness the incompetence of his agency.’

Hoseok knows more than most about the incompetence of the Venture Unit. He was going to have to somehow warn Yoongi before hand on what was happening. After nodding at the Deputy’s request, Hoseok steps out.

‘Something’s up- I don’t know what, but something feels odd.’ Sk’jin says quietly. ‘I’m going through Deputy Fanger’s basic records right now- and for Evdos as well. So far everything is normal.’

‘Isn’t our fake identities normal too?’ Jimin asks.

‘Stop asking me uncomfortable questions Jimin.’

‘How’s Taeh’yung and Jimin?’ Hoseok asks instead as he walks up to the two agents, sweating and panting, panic clear in their features, clearly waiting for reprimand for their hasty actions for declaring an arrest of this scale.

It clearly was going to back-fire of them.

‘They’ve taken over the -ship,’ Sk’jin replies, ‘Don’t ask me for details.’

‘Hoseok, are you going to meet Yoongi now?’ Jimin asks.

‘Agents?’ Hoseok calls out nervously, ‘Uh- the Deputy would like to see you.’

They both gulp audibly, looking at each other nervously.

Not to judge, but Hoseok doesn’t think he’s ever been this nervous about anything before even as a rookie. Hoseok makes his way down to the station outside the holding cells of the Keep.

‘He’s going in a bit. I’ll tell you.’ Sk’jin says quietly before saying, ‘- it’s the Keep’s transfer laws- because Yoongi was already transferred over to Cuab-D2, unless we get them to make a statement we won’t be able to release Yoongi here.’

‘What do we do?’ Jungkook asks.

‘Does that mean we’re going to have to all go to jail? It’s kinda cool!’

The station is armed and manned completely. And technically, if Hoseok brings Yoongi out to this point, no restraints, Yoongi could 101% break out with no problem.

‘How long will it take to issue the release from Cuab-D2?’ Hoseok asks.

‘Finding out- one second- actually give me a billion seconds I’m exhausted-‘

Hoseok approaches the opening in the station and picks out an officer to address.

‘Um- I’m here for inmate 3589901- the uh, D-Deputy wants to see him.’ Hoseok stammers out, ignoring the second message pending for him on Evdos’s screen. It was clearly a personal line, and Hoseok wonders why you would mix personal and professional lines in this way.

‘We will bring him to the main interrogation room-‘ the officer begins, giving Evdos an unimpressed look.

‘Uh- it’s uh, his arrest has been revoked,’ Hoseok explains, showing him the screen with the doctored statement supposedly sent over by the Venture Unit.

The officer looks at the statement and then nods once.

‘He’s uh- he’s an Agent,’ Hoseok whispers, ‘He’s um- VIB, please be careful.’

The officer sighs quietly before saying, ‘I will bring him to the Deputy.’

Great, Hoseok wouldn’t be able to speak to Yoongi until they bring him into Fanger’s office.

‘Hobi I have both good news and bad news.’ Sk’jin sighs. ‘The permit of release from Cuab-D2 will take 1 standard week. But if we submit our permits and release forms via the -ship crew, we don’t have to step into Cuab’s borders.’

‘What does that mean?’ Jungkook asks.

‘It means we take Yoongi out with the transfer-ship, go into the transfer-ship with the -ship, and before we enter Cuab’s borders, we can leave without even setting foot inside Cuab.’

‘…I uh, don’t understand can you explain again Jinnie?’ Taeh’yung asks sheepishly.

‘Spaces- okay so we have to get this -ship into the transfer-ship inside the Keep so that we have a way of getting Yoongi out.’ Sk’jin explains, ‘You and Jimin just leave them as they are, if that’s possible, and come back. We can follow them-‘

‘-we can stay inside the -ship,’ Taeh’yung says excitedly, ‘It’s big enough!’

‘I-…okay I see the advantages in that.’

‘Also Jiminie can’t do anything if the -ship with our buddies go into warp!’

‘Well okay then-‘

Hoseok goes back to Evdos’s designated cubicle. It’s a neat space, without a lot of embellishments or items. It’s surprisingly bare. 

‘Just a heads up- Yoongi is out of the holding cells. He’s coming down to the main area,’ Sk’jin informs him, sounding distracted.

‘Okay, thanks,’ Hoseok sighs out quietly.

‘Couldn’t Yoongi just bust out now- I mean, let’s face it- it’ll be easier.’

‘Sure,’ Hoseok agrees, ‘But it’s too loud. It’s too…- there’s a lot that can go wrong by doing something like that. It’ll be too public.’

‘More public than all of our faces being up on a criminal list?’

‘I think this goes more than that to be honest,’ Hoseok says quietly before he spots Yoongi.

‘Let’s hope Yoongi knows what to do.’

‘He will,’ Hoseok says firmly.

Upon entering the main office, Hoseok notices how the whole collective of staff seem to be visibly uncomfortable and scared.

‘He looks tired,’ is Jimin’s quiet comment.

Hoseok makes his way towards the officer guiding Yoongi in.

Tacking on a nervous smile and shuffling forward, Hoseok awkwardly gestures to Yoongi to follow him in.

Yoongi scans him head to foot, his eyes incredibly impassive. Hoseok’s not sure why but he’s never noticed the way Yoongi’s cheeks seemed to be sunken in, the grey under his eyes prominent. Or maybe the stark bruises all over his throat and wrists were just highlighting how worn out Yoongi looked.

‘U-uh, in-inmate 3589901 p-please enter,’ Hoseok stammers as awkwardly and nervously as he can while glancing inside the office.

Yoongi just looks at him, no expression or feeling in his actions or movement.

The Deputy glances at Yoongi quickly, assessing him. The two agents are incredibly anxious and Hoseok can only guess how the Deputy grilled them.

‘Inmate 3589901,’ the Deputy greets bluntly despite knowing Yoongi’s supposed real name, all eyes focused down on the screen before her. ‘It seems like there have been some problems.’

Yoongi’s entire demeanor shifts just a little. He raises a single eyebrow as though in question.

‘Please address him by his official given title Deputy,’ one of the agents requests, a sort of pleading expression on his face as he nods at Yoongi.

‘Inmate 3589901 Agent Aydinliþ Şig,’ the Deputy could definitely be annoying when she wanted, ‘It appears that we have been most unfortunate in disrupting your mission issued by the Venture Unit.’

Yoongi blinks a few times.

‘I do not have the authority to discuss my mission,’ Yoongi states gruffly.

‘Yes well, how convenient,’ the Deputy drawls.

The two agents are practically vibrating with anxiety.

‘We have tried out best, Agent Şig,’ one of them blurts out, definitely breaking protocol here and there with the blatant way they were addressing Yoongi as a definite undercover agent. They were both definitely going to fail and probably imprisoned for this breach. If it was real. They would be imprisoned however, because in the end they did set free a wanted Being but that would probably be for later and Hoseok feels tired.

‘But we’re afraid that due to the uh, warrant that was released, we cannot set aside the arrest unless it’s on Cuab-D2. We are very sorry-‘

‘-please take this apology nonsense somewhere else,’ the Deputy interrupts, ‘We will be doing our part that was expected of us when the arrest was first warranted and will be delivering Inmate 3589901 Agent Aydinliþ Şig to Cuab-D2 and all authority that was granted unto me will be forfeit thereof.’

Yoongi eyes the agents who have stood up, analyzing their appearances carefully. Good. Yoongi was definitely catching on that they were up to this.

‘As expected of the Deputy,’ Yoongi sounds different, ‘I am relieved to find that the mission is not entirely compromised but my going to Cuab-D2 will delay my work. I don’t think I need to mention how that paperwork will go.’

‘You don’t need to,’ the Deputy yawns before nodding at Hoseok, ‘Evdos will take care of it.’

The look Yoongi gives him is of pure pity and Hoseok is somewhat incredibly proud of himself for being able to so wholeheartedly throw someone like Yoongi off.

‘And who the had my ID warranted?’ Yoongi rounds up against the two agents, irritation evident in his features.

‘We-! We’re sorry Agent Şig,’ one of the agents stammers, ‘But we- we received an updated list after the Pompen Area was exposed- we- uh-we were not made aware of uh- the level of your mission.’

The Venture Unit was doomed.

‘How long until we’re leaving?’ Yoongi grumbles.

‘The transfer-ship will leave in-?’ the Deputy redirects the question at Hoseok.

‘-, 94 minutes-‘

‘-at! In uh, 94 minutes ma’am!’

‘In 94 minutes,’ the Deputy parrots. ‘Then you all can do whatever you want. Evdos take the Inmate 3589901 Agent Aydinliþ Şig to the waiting facilities-‘

‘-he’s not a prisoner you must-‘

‘-no agents, you must make sure that I receive the standard payment for hosting this clumsy fool who thought he could just waltz into my Dock and not know about the -up of his own agency,’ the Deputy looks delighted, ‘-so sit back down. We’re here to discuss payment.’

The agents give Yoongi a pleading look, clearly aware of their most unfortunate fate awaiting them. Hoseok would feel bad but honestly at this point he’s somewhat numbed.

Yoongi does an excellent job at feigning (?) irritation and scoffs under his breath, turning away from the two agents that have honestly caused them all so many problems.

Hoseok guides Yoongi out, keeping himself hunched and stammering out, ‘Uh- uh, his uh, cuffs-‘

The officer clearly suspects Yoongi, not moving for a while but undoing his cuffs anyways.

Hoseok could roll his eyes at the stare-down they suddenly have.

Yoongi’s almost black-brown eyes are dull and seemed to hold a darkness that definitely sends a chill down Hoseok’s spine. And understandably, the officer flinches, looking away and his hand twitching as though to grab the stun-set TeorSer at his hip.

Right, time to change topics and get things moving.

‘We-we are very sorry- uh, the Deputy is a busy person and uh, needs to consider a lot-‘ Hoseok tells Yoongi as they start walking. ‘-we are so sorry- we were not aware- I mean how could we be- of your mission with-‘ Hoseok really pours the acting into his actions and words, ‘-the Alliance-! We are so sorry to have disturbed you and caused this issue by arresting you mid-mission – you must be so-‘

Yoongi’s eyes are slightly glazed over, like he was bored, or was thinking of something else. And Hoseok can’t have that.

‘-and we’re so sorry we couldn’t let you go at once!’ He pushes, a little louder, ‘We tried our best! But our only option is to simply send you to Cuab-D2 but you will immediately released! Your agency will be sending in agents to guide you through the process.’

Yoongi glances back at him a little.

‘When will they be here?’ the Human asks.

‘Please tell Yoongi to get some sleep,’ Jimin says quietly, ‘He will understand.’

‘What?’

‘I can explain to him- just tell him please-‘

‘U-uh, they should be at the transfer-ship when you get there!’ Hoseok purposefully fumble-drops his screen in his hands, keeping Yoongi’s attention focused. ‘Again we are very sorry!’

They reach the station outside the holding cells and the officer steps in first, saying something to the officers inside. Yoongi is about to go in as well, and Hoseok calls him quickly.

‘Uh- agent Şig!’

Yoongi looks back, eyebrow raised.

‘I hope you can catch some sleep at least,’ Hoseok intones carefully, allowing the smallest shift.

The look of realization in Yoongi’s eyes is a delight to see, and as quick as it came, disappears behind a mask of uncanny indifference.

Hoseok scrambles back towards his office, ignoring the now call on Evdos’s screen.

‘Is that a call?’

‘Yeah?’

‘Okay.’

‘…okay?’

‘Yeap. Can you patch me through to that screen’s server?’

‘Didn’t I already?’ Hoseok asks in reply as he sets the screen down, while pulling out the smaller NaviLet Jungkook had brought over with him. ‘Connecting again.’

‘Thanks Evdos.’

‘This is exhausting,’ Hoseok sighs, straightening his back.

‘Yes, and technically you don’t have to be there anymore so be on brand and go philander with Jungkook.’ Sk’jin orders.

The line crackles with Taeh’yung’s high-pitched snort.

*

Jungkook is just Being-watching from inside one of the empty storage-units above the main Dock when Hoseok reappears.

It’s more than a little odd seeing Hoseok in this disguise. The whole thing is fascinating and also terrifying. And while Hoseok could definitely not change his height, it was as though he knew how to carry himself and change his posture to basically fit into different heights and sizes.

Jungkook wonders if Hoseok would be able to change his appearance to completely match Sk’jin’s if he tried.

‘Hey Kook- everything okay? No one stopped by?’ Hoseok asks, voice shifting between his own and Evdos’s.

‘It was okay,’ Jungkook affirms. Sk’jin had scanned the place but Jungkook found this tucked away storage space, following his nose. The room in here smelled more like cleaning agents, chemicals, the cold of space seeping in through the Atmoshield and into the foundations of this Dock.

‘Okay great,’ Hoseok sighs, peering out of the narrow window for a second before ing his closely fitted uniform and exhaling as though relieved.

Jungkook has watched Hoseok change today more than he has in the duration of knowing him but this time it’s slightly unsettling because of what happened last time.

Jungkook does not ever want a repeat of what happened before and now that he’s had time to think about it, will probably have to talk to Taeh’yung about it.

Or at least ask Sk’jin to talk to Taeh’yung about it.

‘Okay- Jimin and Taeh’yung are stalling the ship so that Sk’jin can take the Laikin into the -ship,’ Hoseok repeats out loud. Maybe it helped him focus on the many things he needed to sort out and see through.

Sk’jin was mostly quiet after asking Hoseok to reconnect.

‘We’ll wait for them to come in, and we go as agents again,’ Hoseok concludes.

‘Yoongi was okay?’ Jungkook asks.

‘He didn’t seem too bad,’ Hoseok says after a moments pause, rolling up his sleeves. ‘Tired I think.’

Jungkook nods.

Yoongi has always appeared tired to Jungkook.

‘Okay we will need to get the transfer-ship to take in the -ship,’ Hoseok mutters, maybe more to himself than anything else. ‘This shouldn’t be too difficult- I’ll just allow the request as Evdos- the Deputy doesn’t seem to really bother too much.’

‘A lot of power,’ Jungkook remarks.

‘Yeah I guess,’ Hoseok says absentmindedly before propping up Evdos’s screen on the low table. His face was an unsettling combination of Evdos’s and his own and Jungkook doesn’t really know where to look. ‘Okay I’ve cleared the -ship, Jimin could you check and confirm the approval?’

‘I’m on it!’ Taeh’yung replies instead, ‘Jiminie is asleep.’

‘Ah- well, okay,’ Hoseok kinda shrugs, accepting the answer.

‘He’ll be up soon I think.’ Taeh’yung adds, ‘Okay- I’ve accepted the permit Hobi!’

‘Thanks buggy,’ Hoseok quickly scrolls down the screen, tapping along the surface before a tiny projection of a typer spreads out across the surface of the table.

Hoseok starts to quickly tap, fingers fast, pausing momentarily here and there to squint at the screen. This goes on for a while until Hoseok quietly exclaims under his breath.

‘Okay- I’ve secured the permission for the transfer-ship to accept the escorts,’ Hoseok reports, ‘Sk’jin, are you almost in?’

‘Uh huh,’ is Sk’jin’s somewhat distracted reply.

‘What do we do now?’ Jungkook asks quietly.

‘We’re going to have to wait for Jimin and Taeh’yung to bring the -ship in, then we go in to talk,’ Hoseok explains before he sinks down on the ground with a slight groan. His face is almost entirely his own now.

‘Is it tiring?’ Jungkook asks curiously.

‘What is?’ Hoseok blinks as though a little confused.

‘Changing, shifting,’ Jungkook clarifies.

‘It is in a strange sense,’ Hoseok answers easily, ‘When you’re you, right now, do you think about how you appear?’

‘Uh- no?’ Jungkook replies hesitantly.

‘Generally speaking- most Beings are not aware of themselves, the space they occupy, the lights and shadows that create them, that shape them and form them,’ Hoseok tells him slowly, ‘They have an idea of who they are- and there’s the idea of who they appear to be, depending on where they are.’

Jungkook nods hesitantly, seeing a slight similarity in what Hoseok was saying with what Yoongi had once told him.

‘But with us, with other Ngfy’widans, we don’t have that- we have no permanent shape or form- light and shadow is different for us- not for illumination purposes I guess,’ Hoseok makes himself more comfortable, leaning back against the wall. Jungkook crouches down as well, arms crossing over his mid-riff. ‘A lot of Beings say we shift, but I’d say we imitate. The louder you are, the brighter you are, the starker you are, the better we can impersonate you.’ Hoseok chuckles a little, ‘It’s why imitating Evdos was easy.’

‘Who would be difficult to imitate?’ Jungkook asks eagerly.

‘Yoongi,’ Hoseok says at once, ‘There’s nothing of him I can take.’

‘Who would be easiest?’

Hoseok laughs before he thoughtfully says, ‘I can’t choose- you’re all difficult to imitate I would say. Maybe Sk’jin though.’

‘I resent that you fiend.’

Jungkook suppresses his giggle while Hoseok rolls his eyes.

‘Jiminie is awake!’ Taeh’yung announces.

‘Hey,’ Hoseok greets before adding tentatively, ‘Is everything okay?’

‘I’ve told Yoongi everything,’ Jimin informs them, ‘He knows everything now.’

‘All right that’s great,’ Sk’jin doesn’t exactly sound convincing. ‘Can you guys open the hangar gates for me quickly. Please make sure you’ve remembered to cut the live feed of any cameras inside the ship.’

‘Jinnie!’ Taeh’yung gasps as though affronted, ‘It’s like you don’t know me!’

‘Can you see?’ Hoseok asks out of nowhere.

‘See what?’

‘Taeh’yung,’ Hoseok clarifies, ‘Can you see all of him?’

‘Not always,’ Jungkook replies truthfully. ‘Sometimes I can see more, sometimes I can’t see any.’

Hoseok nods to that in understanding, looking thoughtful before he grins.

‘Actually,’ Hoseok chuckles a bit, ‘Namjoon would be easy.’

Jungkook grins at that.

‘Quite easy,’ Hoseok adds with a laugh.

‘Do you sometimes forget?’ Jungkook asks, ‘Uh- right now you’re just a mix – is that because you’re not concentrating?’

Hoseok nods, ‘It’s not physically tiring but it is draining in a strange way- you get used to it.’ He rearranges his legs, stretching his arms in front of him. He looks comically disproportioned with some of his features settling back to his own form. Hoseok wasn’t a very large person- he didn’t quite occupy space the way Namjoon or Sk’jin did. He wasn’t slender and lithe like Jimin.

‘Sometimes you forget, if you stay changed too long,’ Hoseok tells him, ‘It’s difficult to know who you really are, and when you need to change all of who you are all the time- sometimes you lose your face, you can’t remember.’

Jungkook remembers when he and his siblings would line up in front of any smooth reflective surface, looking at their faces and giggling at certain features. Sometimes his own reflection would blur, just outlines and forms smudged and erased- Jungkook doesn’t really remember what he looked like as a child.

‘Has that happened to you?’

Hoseok nods.

‘Did you remember?’

‘Sometimes it’s better to forget,’ Hoseok tells him with a shrug, slowly rubbing his hands together, ‘Sometimes it’s easier.’

‘Okay,’ Jungkook says quietly, understanding that there was something more Hoseok was saying in this moment.

‘Can you try to really do me?’ Jungkook asks, leaning in eagerly.

Hoseok grins before he gestures to Jungkook to sit closer.

‘It’s always harder, when you know the Being,’ Hoseok tells him, studying him closer. ‘It’s like what almost every culture, every planet, every Being says- first impression matters.’

‘What do you mean?’

‘When you saw Jimin for the first time,’ Hoseok says as he reaches up to feel at Jungkook’s cheeks and jaw, ‘What did you think?’

Jungkook thinks hard, trying to put to words everything that was going on in that dark wet cave he was imprisoned in for so many years.

‘Like sunlight,’ Jungkook replies honestly, ‘After the rain.’

Hoseok smiles at that, a strange blurring movement rippling over his skin.

It’s incredibly unsettling, watching Hoseok’s face deform- watching him grow into an incredibly unnerving and passable imitation of himself.

Jungkook exhales out, wondrous.

Seeing himself like this- it’s strange.

‘Hey,’ Hoseok says, sounding like what Jungkook guesses is his voice. But the smile he has is without a doubt, Hoseok’s own.

‘It’s strange,’ Jungkook whispers, ‘Strange.’

Hoseok, with Jungkook’s face grins and shrugs.

‘Wow,’ Jungkook breathes out again, reaching forward to touch at the red skin under Hoseok’s eyes.

‘It’s like you’re finding yourself handsome,’ Hoseok laughs, sounding like himself, his skin rippling again.

‘Is that what I look like?’ Jungkook asks.

Hoseok massages his face, as though quickening the process.

‘Yes?’ Hoseok replies, ‘Why?’

Jungkook just shakes his head.

‘Okay we’re in and settled,’ Sk’jin reports. ‘Hoseok?’

‘Yeah- we’re moving,’ Hoseok replies, standing up and peeking out of the narrow window. ‘You should be all clear to come in.’

‘Have you spoken to the Beings inside the transfer-ship?’

‘Not directly- the transactions based on what I’ve seen have all been through permits, reports, and other transactions between the Keep and the transfer-ship.’ Hoseok replies before adding, ‘I think this time it would be good if I go with Jungkook as Evdos again-‘

‘-uh, no, go as the your first disguise.’ Sk’jin cuts through.

‘Wouldn’t it be better to go as Evdos?’ Hoseok frowns, pausing as he unrolls his sleeves, face shifting. ‘He was clearly headed for the transfer-ship before he well-‘

‘-wanted to jump Jungkook?’

Hoseok gives him an apologetic look.

‘Yeah, well, I’m giving you my executive advise and saying go as your first disguise. It also makes sense that you two would come down to check on the -ship.’ Sk’jin explains lightly.

Hoseok looks like he’s doing some fast thinking before he says, ‘All right. Jungkook- can you give me the other clothes?’

‘Thank Spaces you’re not Namjoon,’ Sk’jin sighs out. ‘Okay, Jimin and Taeh’yung are coming back in. We’ll be staying put in here if you need us.’

‘Got it- and just to be safe, can you send those two rookie agents like some sort of assignment- they might try to overcompensate and try to come check up on the transfer-ship or some .’

‘Got it. Oh and Yoongi is being moved now.’

‘Okay great,’ Hoseok is careful not to tear or rumple Evdos’s clothes as he changes. ‘We’ll need to go back and set him back up again. Gonna be hard to explain.’

‘Uh- will he be all right?’ Jungkook asks, not sure how much strength he had really used to knock out the poor Being.

‘He’ll have a headache,’ Hoseok tells him, ‘Might be pissed. But we’ll be long gone and you won’t look exactly like that anymore.’

Jungkook touches his face, remembering the light disguise he wore.

‘Is this much really enough?’

‘You’ll be surprised how effective the smallest change can be,’ Hoseok says as he starts pulling on the skirt again, nearly losing balance in the process, ‘ I hate skirts.’

‘You look great in them.’

‘ off Khol’isa.’

Evdos is still very much indeed unconscious and would remain unconscious for a lot, according to Hoseok who had take the opportunity to very quickly swipe at some questionable medical supplies he mixed around and shot into Evdos’s arm. They quickly dress him and try to keep make him as comfortable in this random storage unit. Jungkook apologetically pats what is undoubtedly going to be a very sore head before leaving the space.

‘Okay- same tactic,’ Hoseok tells Jungkook as they walk out into the Hangar where the massive transfer-ship loomed seemingly all around them. ‘Follow my lead, we’ll be okay.’

‘We’re coming in as well,’ Sk’jin reports as they head downwards to the main docking bay.

Right at the entrance, the blue of the Atmoshield gleaming at them, a sizeable ship enters.

‘We see you,’ Hoseok replies as they take an easy pace downwards, ‘All smooth?’

‘As smooth as my face.’

They step down onto the main docking zone towards the massive ship. Hoseok’s shoes echo through the massive Hangar.

‘It’s kinda empty isn’t it?’ Taeh’yung comments.

It was empty, Jungkook notes to himself as he glances around. Hoseok doesn’t comment though, just walking straight to the transfer-ship. When they’re close enough, one of the smaller gateway entrances open next to the halfway lowered ramp leading into a very big space from what Jungkook can tell.

Standing at the gateway is what appeared to be some sort of officer within the transfer-ship. He’s quite tall, with dark green hair that’s incredibly long and intricately braided past his waist. His uniform is well pressed and neat, fitting him in a way that makes Jungkook highly aware of his own not quite excellent fitting uniform.

‘Good day,’ Hoseok calls curtly, standing to his full height and managing to look down at the much taller officer waiting for them. ‘I am Officer Jeong and this is Officer Heenuen from the Venture Unit Networking Division. We are here to oversee the transfer procedure regarding Agent Aydinliþ Şig and his false arrest.’

‘I am Officer Camil. We were expecting you,’ the officer nods as he holds up his screen with his almost fragile looking 4 hands. At this proximity Jungkook notes how his wide eyes are a complex and ever-moving combination of green, yellow, and brown, ‘We assumed you would be taking him yourselves without the need to go to Cuab-D2.’

‘If we could we would,’ Hoseok explains as he holds up their identification tabs to be scanned into the system. ‘Apparently Māho-5 wants to make this more complicated than it needs to be.’

The officer laughs, displaying a neat double row of sharp teeth, quickly studying the IDs that were scanned. Clearly it passes through whatever check and the officer steps aside. ‘The -ship has been docked in the inner Transport Dock. I will be taking you there.’

‘Much appreciated,’ Hoseok replies, following in the officer.

The gateway opens to a simple antechamber with seats lining up the walls. Camil, their guide, leads them past it and into another longer chamber also lined up with seats. This seemed completely normal as Hoseok doesn’t seem to be too bothered.

‘Will you wish to lodge in our living quarters for the trip?’ Camil asks as they walk down the antechamber. Jungkook notices how it’s quite well organized and neat. There were other doorways leading in and out, making Jungkook suspect this was a frequented hallway that connected them to different areas of access across the massive transfer-ship.

It’s very empty.

‘I believe we have some issues to go over with the team,’ Hoseok replies as though irritated in advance. ‘Not to mention documenting this mess.’

‘I’m sure Māho-5 would be more than happy to arrange whatever you need from their side.’

‘I’m sure,’ Hoseok replies disdainfully.

They arrive to a large lobby, several floors high and several down, all connected via trams and a few escalators crossing over open space.

‘This is one of our main hubs,’ Camil tells them. ‘As the ship is quite large, we will need to take a tram to the inner Transport Dock.’

Hoseok only nods to that, glancing around uninterestedly.

Jungkook doesn’t know why but he finds it unsettling that such a massive space would have so little Beings around.

So far, Jungkook has not come across a single Being.

While living conditions in Ynqaba were not ideal, and after he was captured he was forced into isolation, Jungkook was still very much indeed exposed to a few Beings here and there. Prisons or places of capture always had some form of patrol, watch-guards, that sort of thing.

So far Jungkook hasn’t even heard or sensed other Beings here.

And with a ship this large, surely, there should be a whole plethora of Beings. Even Grisial was jam packed at the docks or terminals they used to fly by.

Jungkook wishes he could ask questions but that would give them away. Was this normal? It didn’t feel normal.

‘Okay we’re getting the 72-0 tram,’ Camil tells them as they stop near a wide platform before saying, ‘Oh yes, I can transfer you the details of the tram network so that you can access all of our routes. For communication purposes, the public channel is open for you to use as you please.’

‘Thank you. Isn’t the tram network a part of the public channel?’ Hoseok asks.

‘It is, but the passes are not I’m afraid,’ Camil smiles ruefully.

Something about this makes Jungkook incredibly wary.

Hoseok simply nods, holding out his screen.

Camil nods graciously, his hair falling gracefully. Jungkook is strangely reminded of Sk’jin when he put on his charming hospitable persona.

Jungkook glances around as Hoseok and Camil discuss the public channel. He looks up at the massive space overhead, trying to gouge out why he felt uncomfortable.

The quiet humming of a tram approaching alerts Jungkook and he goes to stand back next to Hoseok.

‘Even though you’re only staying for a short period of time,’ Camil continues to say, this time nodding in a friendly manner at Jungkook, ‘I hope your stay here will be comfortable.’

‘That’s very kind of you,’ Hoseok states in monotone.

The tram doors open and it’s already occupied with 7 other Beings, similarly dressed as Camil.

Hoseok and Jungkook politely wait for them to exit but they don’t. Instead Camil gestures them inside.

‘Hoseok,’ Sk’jin sounds terse. ‘Something is wrong.’

Hoseok doesn’t seem fazed but simply walks inside.

‘Jungkook- be careful.’ Both Sk’jin and Jimin warn him before Sk’jin adds on. ‘They’re attempting to conduct a search inside the ship. But Jimin is handling that.’

Jungkook walks in last. The tram is quite spacy, with seating arrangements lining up the walls and slim narrow windows extending a little over the sloped roof down to the floor. There are hand-rails and aisle-poles down the tram walkway. Hoseok is shown to one of the seats, between two other seated officers.

Everyone seemed normal enough, giving them both simple nods in greeting. Someone waves casually at Camil who gives them a small smile and nod.

Everything seemed incredibly normal.

‘This tram system reminds me of the trams inside the GUI mothership,’ Hoseok states randomly, making Camil do a brief double-take as though in surprise. ‘I quite prefer trams over lifts.’

‘Oh yes,’ Camil nods as the tram makes a clear beeping sound to alert the sounds of the doors closing.

‘I get to sit,’ Hoseok lets out a small laugh, ‘These are not the most comfortable.’ He taps his feet, forehead pinched slightly as though pained before leaning forward just as the tram moves forward.

Hoseok jolts in his seat, misbalanced and unceremoniously falling onto the officer to his right with a sound of surprise.

‘Ah, are you okay-‘

Camil’s eyes narrow, and in that moment Jungkook knows that they know.

‘Jungkook get ready-‘

Hoseok moves faster than Jungkook could have anticipated.

The Ngfy’widan lets his elbow fly, hitting the officer he had fallen against straight under their chin before rolling forward over their knees and landing on the floor.

Jungkook feels an attempt of restraints being pushed around him and for a brief moment, a wave of intense anger rushes him, flashes of collars being forced around his throat.

The spot on his head flares in heat and his vision spikes, turning sharp and hazy all at the same time.

With a loud snarl, Jungkook twists out of the restraints, snapping the magnetic bands before they lock into him. Someone attempts to jump on him but Jungkook throws them off, meeting the full swing of a baton to his thigh with full force.

It hurts but Jungkook doesn’t fall, instead grabbing the hand that held it and yanking the bearer forward, head-butting them with a resounding thud and throwing in a repeated and fast flurry of punches for good. Practically carrying their immediately unconscious form, Jungkook tosses them at Camil who is kicked back by a head-locked Hoseok. Camil falls back immediately and before Jungkook can get to Hoseok he’s waylaid by 2 others.

He blocks an incoming baton with his arm, using the momentum to redirect it before pushing his attacker down to the floor and rolling away to a crouch.

He leaps, following what felt right as he shifts weight, his feet kicking out to make contact with his oncoming attackers chest.

They crash down and Jungkook twists away, turning his fall to cushion his fall before he leaps up again, grabbing the aisle-poles and swinging himself around to vault through the long tram, aiming straight for Camil who was just standing.

Hoseok flings his restraining attacker over his back, grappling her back down heavily and knocking her out instantly as Jungkook crashes into Camil, rolling with him until he’s sitting on his chest. Jungkook hears Hoseok taking on the last remaining officer with ease.

Camil is very dazed and closing in on unconsciousness. Jungkook decides to help him achieve that unconsciousness.

‘Jungkook get his Comm-Device-!’ Sk’jin orders at once, ‘Both of you hide at once get out of the tram.’

‘-‘ Hoseok hisses, his face shifting as he makes quick work of the unconscious Beings around them and grabbing their screens as well as smashing Comm-Devices under his heel.

‘How did they know?’ Jungkook asks, as he takes out the Comm-Device from Camil’s ear and hands it to Hoseok who quickly twists off the outgoing signal.

‘I think there’s something else going on,’ Sk’jin tells them quickly, ‘Something’s up- I can’t rightly figure it out every single document and procedure is correct and legal and there’s nothing wrong that I can tell-‘

‘Can you scan this place? Blueprint?’ Hoseok asks, glancing out of the flashing windows.

‘It’s too secure- I can’t do it without accessing a main port manually. If you can bring their Comm-Device here I think we can-‘

‘All right- we’ll come over,’ Hoseok says as he looks around the tram, ‘I think it’s fair enough to say that we will have a waiting party for us-‘

‘Yoongi’s being brought in,’ Sk’jin says hastily, ‘- something’s really up. There should always be more officers and security when transporting prisoners like this.’

‘Kookie, grab their uniforms,’ Hoseok orders as he eyes the unconscious officers, ‘Find someone your size.’

Jungkook quickly strips Camil of his uniform, internally apologizing.

‘These are not-‘ Sk’jin genuinely sounds panicked. ‘Hoseok I don’t understand what’s happening. These are clearly not just prisoners. I can’t see what’s going on inside the ship, but I- these are not…I don’t think we’re inside a transfer-ship. I think we just- I think we’ve made a mistake.’

Hoseok doesn’t say anything, quickly removing his clothes.

‘Kook, we’re going to have to jump out of the tram before we get to the other platform,’ Hoseok says, eyeing Camil’s screen with the tram-network. They were closing in on a platform. ‘Will you be okay to jump?’

Jungkook nods, kicking off his trousers quickly.

‘Sk’jin, you guys stay put. The escorts should just behave normally- have they tried to inspect the ship again?’

‘We said they don’t have the permission to do so,’ Sk’jin replies quickly, ‘They might try to take us on by force but we could continue to hide.’

‘Can you do something about this Jimin?’ Hoseok asks.

‘It’s too many,’ Jimin replies helplessly, ‘Too many and- it won’t last long. Long enough. I’m sorry.’ He adds in quietly wretched tone.

‘It’s okay, it’s okay,’ Hoseok says quickly, ‘You’re right it’s too many Beings.’

‘What about Yoongi?’ Jungkook asks as he buttons his shirt up.

It’s very well fitting.

‘,’ Hoseok breathes under his breath, closing his eyes shut for a second before he says, ‘Right now we need to get out of this tram.’

Jungkook follows Hoseok to the end of the tram and he crouches down, slamming down the baton over a seemingly flat latch on the ground and making it pop up. Pulling it up, Hoseok reveals a small step and beyond it a blurred stretch of wires and tracks.

‘Okay this is good,’ Hoseok tells him, fully opening the latch. Someone groans. ‘There’s handles down on the side, make yourself as straight as possible and then let go, cushion your head.’

Jungkook nods, trying not to think too much about it.’

‘It will probably hurt,’ Hoseok tells him, ‘But I’ll be there, a bit further okay?’

Jungkook nods.

‘Please be careful,’ Jimin tells them.

The air gets knocked out of Jungkook’s lungs the moment he lands heavily over lengths of wires and tracks. His senses are a little delayed and it takes him a moment to observe around him. The air is thinner here and it’s much colder as well.

His body hurts but it’s nothing too bad. Keeping an ear out for any approaching trams, Jungkook sits up quickly and begins sprinting across the track.

He finds Hoseok a minute later, still disoriented and wheezing. Jungkook picks him up and brings them to the side of the dark tunnels. A tram rushes past in a flurry of lights, wind, and sound.

‘- that hurt,’ Hoseok wheezes, eying him widely as he adds, ‘the M’hanun really are something else aren’t they.’

‘The ship is getting ready to leave. I don’t know what will happen in the tunnels you two but you need to find a place that will secure you when we hit warp.’ Sk’jin warns sharply.

‘There has to be a maintenance shed or unit somewhere,’ Hoseok says, shaking his head, blinking furiously, ‘Let’s go.’

They move quickly.

Hoseok’s sight is weaker than Jungkook so he takes the lead through the pitch darkness. The tunnels ring ominously time to time and they pause a few times, pressing close to the walls as another tram blasts past them.

In the dim Jungkook makes out a narrow doorway.

‘Ready?’ Hoseok asks breathlessly.

Jungkook nods.

It’s a manual door and Jungkook and Hoseok shoulder their way through in one go. Hoseok nearly loses balance as they step in to an unlit maintenance station.

‘You’ll have to move quickly- you can’t stay inside, they’ll trace the available entrances from that tram route.’ Sk’jin warns them as they quickly rush to the seats lined up on the side. It takes a few tries before they’re able to pull down the unused and old seats.

They manage to secure themselves in just in time.

The next 20 seconds or so are incredibly loud with how quiet it is, only Jungkook’s pulse interjecting the swelling silence with a steady pulse.

‘We’re out of warp.’

Hoseok lets out a deep breath as though finally allowing himself a short reprieve.

‘What do we do?’ Jungkook asks Hoseok, feeling a dreaded sense of hopelessness at the sudden strangeness of their situation.

‘We make our way to Sk’jin and the others,’ Hoseok tells him quietly as they unstrap themselves from the chairs. ‘We stay low. Keep your hair down.’

Jungkook nods, shaking his hair to fall more around his face. Hoseok goes through Camil’s screen, pulling up a map.

‘Can’t they track screens and other devices though?’ Jimin asks tentatively.

‘I’ve disconnected from the servers,’ Hoseok replies as he traces a path with his finger, ‘If you’re off-grid, it’s a whole lot more difficult to find a screen like this quickly. But don’t worry, we’re leaving this behind. I’m trying to find a route we can take without passing through too many open spaces.’

‘Is there a way the tunnels would connect you faster?’ Taeh’yung inquires. ‘You could hide better too? I remember sneaking into the GIU mothership and just living in their transit-tunnels for a few weeks.’

There’s a very loud pause.

‘You what now?’

‘I stayed in one of the GIU mothership transit-tunnels for a few weeks?’

‘Why?!’

‘I got a bit lost! And there were some interesting Beings meeting up in there all the time. Got to listen in on a lot of stuff.’

‘When was this?’

‘Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-‘ Taeh’yung drawls out for an obnoxiously long stretch of time, ‘I think like 15 centuries ago? Or-…wait, that wasn’t me.’

‘…okay?’

‘We could actually do that,’ Hoseok says under his breath, using two fingers to spin the layout into a 3D plan. The access tunnels are very small- and I don’t think they’re necessarily aired either. It would be difficult fitting Jungkook through them.’

‘What if we take this route and come out to this lobby?’ Jungkook asks, reaching over to poke the map as well.  

‘This would work but we would have to cross over here,’ Hoseok points at a part of the map, ‘And I think this is where a check-point should normally be- see this?’ Jungkook leans in. ‘A crossway like this normally means an armed check-point with barriers especially in prisons, very easily triggered if you don’t have the correct passes.’

‘Then what about through this?’ Jungkook asks, eyes following a corridor.

‘Can you two please just move,’ Sk’jin groans, ‘You’re both sitting varaks at this point!’

‘What’s a varak-‘

‘It’s a metaphor-‘

‘This is Suga,’ Yoongi suddenly says through the Camil’s Comm-Device making Jungkook and Hoseok nearly jump out of their skins, ‘I have spoken to the authorities of this operation and have come to a deal regarding our safety and travel.’

‘Yoongi has just contacted us,’ Hoseok reports at once, pulling out the Comm-Device from his pocket and twisting it on to send out signals before holding it up close to his own.

‘What-?!’

‘No offence, how do we know this is actually Suga,’ Hoseok asks, his voice disguised.

‘I like tea,’ is the reply they get.

‘For ’s sake-‘ Sk’jin complains but there’s a palpable relief in his voice.

‘Understood. Where and when do we meet?’ Hoseok asks smoothly.

‘Lobby 3 of the 5^th Hull.’ An unknown voice replies.

‘Understood.’ Hoseok quickly changes the map, skimming through the tabs to find the mentioned level.

‘Please don’t carry any weapons on you,’ another voice adds.

Hoseok rolls his eyes.

‘We’re here,’ Hoseok indicates to the map, ‘This is Lobby 3 in the 5^th Hull.’

‘That’s far from us,’ Sk’jin remarks before adding, ‘- they know everything about us then. But this doesn’t make sense- it would be easier to just kill Yoongi or not even allow him to talk to us.’

‘Well it seems we have no choice,’ Hoseok sighs out as he stands up properly, his form shifting to a Being Jungkook doesn’t recognize. ‘I would still rather not go as me if I can help it.’

‘We don’t know who we’re up against,’ Sk’jin says tersely, ‘Honesty can sometimes get you quite far.’

‘Sometimes it can get you extremely compromised, or do you need a reminder,’ Hoseok sighs out, wiping at his face. ‘.’

‘Should we come too?’ Jimin asks quietly.

‘No,’ Hoseok says at once. ‘Especially you Jimin, we can’t risk it.’

‘What happens if really goes down?’ Sk’jin asks almost conversationally.

‘You mean if we’re called in and immediately killed?’ Hoseok asks.

‘I was trying to be discreet but sure yeah. What do we do?’ Sk’jin asks.

‘Then get out. The Laikin is not as strong as the Užkulisai but you can use the -ship- it probably has some form of defense mechanism. Just warp out.’ Hoseok says bluntly before looking around at Jungkook, ‘I’ll make sure you’re okay.’

Jungkook shakes his head adamantly, a wild protest trying to burst out of his chest.

‘No,’ Jimin says firmly. ‘It won’t happen. I won’t let it happen.’

‘You literally said-‘

‘I’ll make it work,’ Jimin sounds angry, ‘I’ll make it work. I’ll cover you- I’ll do it.’

‘Jimin.’ Sk’jin sounds tired.

‘If things look like they’re going to go bad, leave,’ Hoseok says firmly. ‘Taeh’yung? Make sure that getting out is done as safely as possible.’

The Zhak’gri doesn’t respond.

‘Okay- I don’t think we should leave whoever this is waiting,’ Hoseok sighs making his way to the door. ‘I don’t think there’s any point trying to hide or be sneaky.’

Jungkook nods, his skin crawling at the prospect though.

‘Please be careful,’ Jimin says quietly, ‘I’ll watch over you both.’

Jungkook follows Hoseok out into a dimly lit back corridor. It’s cold and quiet here, like it was rarely used. It takes a while but they exit the narrow walkways, stepping out into what reminded Jungkook of the Hangar from the Užkulisai. It’s also empty but it doesn’t feel as deserted and unused as the corridors they just came out of.

Hoseok looks back at him, clearly thinking hard.

‘I’m coming with you,’ Jungkook says at once.

Hoseok sighs and nods.

It’s almost as though they knew exactly where they were.

A small group of Beings, not dressed in any uniform, well-armed and expecting, greet them at the larger antechamber they exit into.

‘We are expected at the 5^th Hull, Lobby 3,’ Hoseok says clearly, arms raised over his head.

Jungkook does the same.

‘Do you have any weapons on you?’ one of them asks though they’re clearly being scanned.

Jungkook shakes his head while Hoseok says, ‘We were asked not to bring any.’

‘Is there anymore of you?’

‘No,’ Hoseok replies as a few approach them, taking their screens and Comm-Devices. Jungkook tries not to react physically.

‘Please change to your true forms.’

Hoseok doesn’t say anything for a moment. There’s no air of hostility. None that Jungkook can sense anyways.

‘He’s not Ngfy’widan,’ Hoseok says at last, gesturing to Jungkook. ‘But he has paint and dye.’

Hoseok shifts, his hair settling back to its original colour, his face reappearing.

There’s no reaction to Hoseok’s shift.

‘Follow us.’

They’re not bound or restrained.

They miss the Iris still attached onto Jungkook’s inner shirt.

It’s silent all the way to the 5^th Hull. Jungkook tries his best to remember the route they take, keeps count of doorways and rooms they walk past. They reach another tram-station.

To Jungkook’s surprise, a bruised and amused looking Camil is waiting for them.

‘You won’t try to throw someone at me again will you?’ he asks.

It’s not taunting or angry.

Jungkook doesn’t know what to say, unable to help himself as he tries to hide behind Hoseok.

The tram ride is also silent.

‘The uniform looks good on you,’ Camil comments from across the tram. Hoseok’s face is impassive but Jungkook can’t help but be confused.

‘…are you trying to jump me?’ Jungkook asks.

There’s a brief moment where everyone’s eyes widen before the whole tram is filled with laughter.

Jungkook can’t help but flinch back. Hoseok reaches out to keep his hand over Jungkook’s knee.

‘Just a compliment,’ Camil laughs, shiny sharp teeth gleaming.

Someone is still cackling when the tram stops.

Hoseok and Jungkook follow Camil out and at this point Jungkook can’t keep track of where they are. Every place looked exactly the same and was strikingly empty.

Camil takes them over to a lift and it’s a short ride upwards, Jungkook thinks, before the doors open and they immediately spot Yoongi.

Jungkook once had a rather complicated view of Yoongi. And until now, it drew reactions from him whenever he saw Yoongi too close to Jimin. Or when Jungkook could smell Yoongi on Jimin.

Some strange urge inside him wanted to keep Jimin away from Yoongi. When he explained it once to Sk’jin the Khol’isa had just grinned, looking amused.

‘Ah, to be young,’ he had said.

Jungkook still doesn’t get it.

But right now, he wants nothing more than to check and see if Yoongi was all right.

He looked like he could barely stand where he did. A strange fragility to him that makes Jungkook’s stomach clench.

Or maybe he was just hungry.

Yoongi doesn’t react outwardly upon seeing them so Jungkook does his best to remain impassive.

There’s already a small group of Beings waiting for them with Yoongi.

The Lobby is a decently wide space, with comfortable but clean looking seating arrangements. Yoongi looks like he was waiting for them to arrive so that he could sit down at the circular table where the others were sitting.

Hoseok walks over, Jungkook following shortly.

There’s all together now 21 Beings in the Lobby that Jungkook can see and count. Like Namjoon once told him, it was always best to assume you were being constantly watched and surveyed.

‘Ah! You must be Suga’s friends.’

The owner of the voice stands and turns to look at them. He’s tall, skin a dark blue with a great beard and horns like Jungkook has never seen.

‘You’re not GI I think?’

Jungkook does his best to stay impassive.

He gestures to them to sit down.

‘I simply wish to talk,’ the Being tells them. ‘I won’t hurt any of you. I just want answers.’

‘Uh- you guys want water?’ Camil asks, thumbing behind him at a small refreshment station.

Neither Hoseok nor Jungkook respond.

In all honesty Jungkook is thirsty but he’s not going to say anything. Camil shrugs and goes to the refreshment station anyways.

‘So-‘ the blue-skinned Being doesn’t even begin to speak when there’s a loud blaring alarm.

Everyone jumps at the sound.

‘What the-‘

Jungkook feels himself being pulled back by Hoseok. And there’s a bright green light that Jungkook is incredibly familiar with and bursting through the table as though covered in green flames is Sk’jin.

‘What the -‘ Hoseok gapes but Sk’jin isn’t looking at them, looking instead straight at the blue-skinned Being.

Jungkook feels himself being pushed back as the Beings inside the room raise their TeorSers, ready to fire.

‘Ilya?’

It’s a whisper, almost inaudible.

Jungkook feels something against his temple. Looking to the side, Camil has a TeorSer set to the side of his head while 2 others stand behind Hoseok, TeorSers aimed at him too. Looking around Yoongi has been pushed down on the floor, several TeorSers aimed at him too.

‘Ilya is that you?’

The green light around Sk’jin fades.

He’s not holding any weapon.

‘Ilya- it’s-…it’s me-‘ Sk’jin’s eyes are desperate, wild, and he’s on top of the table, just staring at the-

‘Jin?’

The blue-haired Being looks stunned- scared almost, as though he was seeing a ghost.

‘No- no?’ he breathes out, eyes wide.

‘You remember me,’ Sk’jin’s voice shakes, ‘You remember me-‘

He collapses on the table, one arm reaching out and to Jungkook’s shock the blue-haired Being actually reaches out with both hands.

‘What the ?’ Camil asks out loud, mouth wide open as everyone seems to be thinking more or less the same.

‘H-how are you alive?’ he sounds breathless, looking up at Sk’jin with wide eyes.

‘I-‘ Sk’jin looks like he’s about to cry, ‘You’re grown. You’re grown-‘

‘What happened?’

Strong and coarse hands carefully touch Sk’jin’s head, fearful almost.

‘I-‘ Sk’jin manages a strangled smile, ‘I lost them-‘

‘Um- cap?’ Camil calls out hesitantly.

‘- I uh-‘ Sk’jin stammers, looking at them. ‘Ilya this is-‘

‘Do you know them?’ he asks, looking away for the first time to look over at them.

‘I uh-‘ Sk’jin clumsily gets off of the table and Ilya helps him at once, looking at him in complete awe. ‘They’re with me- it’s-‘

Ilya gestures briefly and the pressure against Jungkook’s temple vanishes.

Hoseok rubs at his shoulder, sitting up on his knees before taking Jungkook’s hand and standing up. Yoongi sits up, but doesn’t move to stand. He watches with a confused expression.

‘It’s a complicated story,’ Sk’jin says quietly, also unable to really look away, just staring at this Ilya. The red in his eyes sparkle almost, little flecks of light gleaming off of his eyelashes.

He was glowing.

‘Will you tell me?’ Ilya asks desperately, ‘I don’t understand what- how you’re here I just-‘

Sk’jin looks conflicted, his emotions so clear and apparent across his face.

This felt incredibly raw and unrestraint- somehow so different to how Sk’jin portrayed himself at all times.

‘Sk’jin,’ Yoongi calls quietly from where he’s sitting.

Sk’jin looks away from Ilya, looking at Yoongi almost as though he forgot the Human was there at all.

‘You can tell him,’ the Human says quietly, sitting back with a small grimace, ‘He knows a lot.’

Hoseok’s head snaps back around, eyes narrowed a little, clearly thinking hard.

‘Jin? What is it?’ Ilya looks serious.

‘I-…’ Sk’jin says almost breathlessly before he smiles- he truly smiles, hands reaching up to cup Ilya’s face. Then he lowers his voice in a rather mischievous and carrying whisper as though he was talking a child, ‘Should we have a secret meeting?’

*

(Author’s Notes)

If anyone follows me on twitter you will be very aware of my very loud and vocal appreciation and love for Hideo Kojima and his stories/games and just his story as a human being in general (disclaimer I have not played any of his games I am an admirer of who he is as a person and his creativity) and his new game Death Stranding

Please go watch the launch trailer

And listen to the soundtrack because that is eXACTLY WHAT I’VE NEEDED AND WANTED

And if  youw ant to cry while listening to a song

Listen to BB’s Theme from Death Stranding and please join me and weep

That being said I recently received an unusual msg on AFF from I guess now an ex-reader telling me they were basically disappointed in me for what I liked/retweeted on twitter and liking bts too much and im??????????? Clearly stated in my bio I am multifandom??????????????? I like and retweet a lot of diverse group content????? Like if you don’t want to see it, unfollow me or just mute me??????????????? Why message me about it?????????? It seems so weird?????

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY  EVERYONE PLEASE CONGRATULATE ME

I AM AN EMPLOYED™ HUMAN BEING

I am now officially Junior 3D Modeler

I can breathe in peace

Also because I’m not original Camil looks somewhat like Mingyu from Seventeen