#noscenter

[jrdogg26]

The Afterlife ain't looking so bad!! Thanks for the tux @hot1039 @paranormalcirqueshow 2 @noscenter And thanks for rolling through @rays_of_zayas_ (at Nos Event Center, San Bernardino, Ca) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7BIFprtTR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[cipheramnesia]

Laika dumped the cases full of cast and stardust into a pile, along with her modified envirosuit, in her room on the walk to Genghis Khan's bridge. Doc followed shortly after peeling out of her own outerwear.

"Any idea who's decided to, eh, birdwatch us?"

"The unidentified ship has made no detectable transmissions-"

"Which you're gonna tell me means no transmissions because earth equipment sucks?"

"Very astute. There have not been sufficiently open channels to interrogate their mechanical information systems. The design of the interloper also does not conform to any of the information I have obtained from other local networks."

Stepping up to the control hangars, Laika was immediately surrounded by images and information which she glazed over while staring at the ship model.

"Egg," Doc said.

It did look like an egg a little bit. "How did you... okay, you probably shouldn't stay on the bridge, it's gonna be kinda busy." Laika waved her hands expressing the uneven ride ahead.

"This is right on the money!" Doc plopped herself down cross-legged and pulled a spaceport-shop safety rite from her bag.

"We should not attempt substantial evasive maneuvers with additonal humans present."

Doc opened the paper box, unrolled the inch wide ReelPic (tm) scroll and quickly read the phonetics off before breaking the NoScent (tm) incense capsule over it. She rolled them both up, folded the box around them, and used the included string to put it around her neck. "I'll stick and lock," she concluded. "Bronco ready and northways."

"I ... don't guess that means she's going to a room. GK, I don't know what this stuff you're showing me is... being."

"It is rapidly becoming necessary to address the vast deficiencies in earth civilization education and knowledge in general. The highlighted information addresses ambient radiation. Most of these are common to your civilation's ship construction, however the top item is unusual."

"Uh-huhnn..." It made her eyes ache, but she found it was easier to follow along while GK explained.

"The structure engines of the interloper are very powerful for the ship size, and additionally the radiant energy is less concentrated. Note the fourth layer in the ship image, they appear to utilize structure integration offensively."

"Figured all that out from ambient energy, huh?"

"There was an altercation involving the current interloper, and I observed its weaponry, but it is certain I would have derived the function regardless. Pilot have utilized similar designs, but they were abandoned."

She loosened her fingers in the hangar and unclenched her teeth. "Because what you use now is better?"

"No. The structure engine implementation souls had access to significantly more offensive power than I can produce under ideal circumstances. However, they were unstable, and were unable to reliably utilize their capabilities. We will be able to extract the interloper prior to departure, but..."

"But... wh- ah, you mean, you wanna kill them." Her stomach sank as she tried to remind herself of the weight of ghosts, the real and living people behind the smooth anonymity of the other ship.

"It is the most efficient and lowest risk means to meet Sy for our rendezvous. However, I am also aware that you consider this an undesired option. Because of this concern, I will also inform you that structure engine implementation is not difficult to disrupt, particularly now that we know what to expect. It will take longer, and we will incur risk of damage, but the interloper has inferior piloting and targeting systems. The risk is low. Additionally: the altercation was with another ship of the same design. The second ship is currently disabled and will not be able to engage with us. Valuable data may be gleaned from a suboptimal engagement."

"GK are you getting all warm and squishy on me? A compliment and you actually came up with a reason we shouldn't just go murder a bunch of people?" She grinned and could practically feel the dour expression in return.

"My temperature and density are unchanged," GK said.

"You know what I mean, c'mon."

"I know what you mean. You have developed an adequate level of familiarity with the Pilot tools I have made available to you, despite your limited senses and insufficient limbs. My assessment is that this places you at a more advanced level than other earth civilization so-called pilots. And it is tactically sound to obtain information about newly developed technology of an oppositional civilization. These are neither compliments nor excuses, merely objective facts."

GK was definitely getting huffy, she was sure of it. The voice may have sounded monotone back when she first heard it, but she'd come to be able to notice the little pitches and tones it seemed to go to great effort to suppress. "Alright, alright, I'm kidding anyway. Lighten up."

"I can also assure you that my gravity is consistent."

"GK, I swear to Luna-"

"This was my attempt at what Sy describes as comedy. Was it executed correctly?"

Laika closed her eyes, let out a breath. "Maybe Sy isn't the right, uh, mentor for comedy."

"That has always been apparent. I have mapped out a series of structure integrations, which you will find on screen F20, lower corner S. Our offensive capabilities have been mapped for your convenience to wire control six, nerves one through four, and floor panels one and one oh one. I will adjust the target lock for velocity. I also have included several alternative solutions if needed for emergency evasion."

"Just what I always hoped I'd get for my birthday," Laika said dramatically. "Well, let's show these wannabes what we're made of."

"I will remind you again to proceed with caution."

Laika rotated through the series of nerve and and lock sequences that had them smoothly lift off the Lunar surface.

"I will but... admit it. You're a little eager for a fight."

"The optimal solution is immediate extraction, but this route offers acceptable risk reward benefits."

"It's okay. I feel it too. Here goes everything." The interloper came out of a hop right in front of them. "Oh. It's on," she said, and grinned.

END OF PART FOUR

Part 4: A Midnight Summer Dream

a story by @rox-and-prose and @cipheramnesia

Luna was a pale sliver of paint in the stars, a slip of the brush in the forever of the sky.

"That's it," Michele Loren said. "This is where we head our separate ways for the moment."

Laika took her hand of the control vines for Genghis Khan as she stared wordlessly. The earth civ moon, original version, a system unto itself. She had devoured all she could find about Luna, the multifacet god, in hopes to understand the call she felt in the days after leaving home. She'd put the hope of seeing Luna with her own eyes at the bottom of a box and buried the idea. Her muzzle hung slightly agape as she searched for something momentous to say, to share with GK how much it meant to be in the here and now.

She noticed Sy was watching her, and the dryad smiled and glanced away when he saw her seeing him. She blushed and her face felt hot, and she forgot her train of thought.

"I never imagined I'd rob the moon," she said.

"You're only robbing a very, very small part of it," Cat Nguyen corrected.

The crew of the Paperclip were sharing the bridge of Genghis Kahn, with varying expressions of perplexity on their faces watching the werewolf executing the peculiar movements and footwork involved in manipulating the various switches and nerves and pedals essential to a Pilot. Even Doc seemed entranced, silent through all the system jumps, or structure solutions, or whatever GK liked to call them. All except Dandridge who returned to the Paperclip immediately in a sullen huff, vowing never to set foot on GK ever again. Laika was going to need to find out what exactly GK had done to piss him off so bad.

Now they were gathering up helmets and and gloves for their envirosuits, looking around for just the right way to excuse themselves from the room which Laika had seen enough of before she was eight to recognize. "Okay," Loren said. "Well, you know. This should go fine, just stick with the plan, keep it simple, you know."

"I can do better than that," Doc (Laika still hadn't figured out if the woman was Blake Sloane, or Sloane Blake, or something else), pushing her bracelets along with the sleeve of her purple, double breasted, knitted suit jacket. "I can stick the plan to me." There was a mess of writing which Laika deeply hoped was meant to look smeared and half erased on Doc's forearm.

"That's, that's a great- Good job Sloane."

"Doctor Blake, why can't you ever get my name right?!"

"I'm sorry. Doctor Blake. Fantastic work as always." Loren turned to Laika. "Look, I don't know how to uh. You know how much work this has been for me. Well, just be careful. Make sure next time I see you, you have the godseye or Doc, or both. Or don't let me see you again?"

"Is that a threat," Sy asked.

"Think of it as friendly advice," Loren said.

"And also as a threat," Nguyen added, despite Loren's sharp look. "What?" she shot back at his frown.

"Do I have do go with these guys?" Sy looked at Laika who said "no" at the same time as Loren and Nguyen said "yes."

"We'll keep our end," Nguyen said, "along with your friend. You keep yourself along with Doc."

"Who you wouldn't be sorry to see killed, I gather."

"We'd prefer she come out of this mostly intact," Loren sounded almost apologetic.

"Okay, okay, fine. Let's not draw this out, I get it."

Loren breathed a small sigh of relief and Nguyen just smiled. "We'll get going then," he said.

"Take care of yourself," Laika gave Sy a shoulder pat as he walked by, then impulsively pulled him into a hug.

"I'll be good," he said into fur. "You have the hard job."

"Pulling off the heist?"

"Being alone with, uh, the Doc."

Loren and Nguyen waited at the entryway to the bridge. Laika set down Sy from the hug and stood her full height. "Oh," she said. "Before you go? GK, please threaten them."

Its voice coming from nowhere as usual, GK said, "Thank you Laika, for this commendable request. Captain Michele Loren of the Paperclip, please prepare for receiving a threatening missive."

"What?"

"Captain Michele Loren, Pilot Cat Nguyen, and the remaining crew of the ship Paperclip not present aboard myself, I am placing you under the advisement that should even the smallest fraction of an injury occur to Pilot Laika Blackwood, or Sy Drangea, electrical engineer, I will track you to the end of earth civilization space, and to parts unknown. You will never know safety or peace for as long as you remain alive. I will find your dreams, and take them from you. There will be no power up to and including the total heat death of this universe which will stop me from extracting your lives in payment. If you die, I will find yours souls. I will tear apart the essence of your beings. I will disperse the electrons of your bodies into every star of this universe. I will burn your souls to ash. Nothing will remain. Please ensure Sy returns safely to me upon our next meeting."

Loren stared, open mouthed.

"Uh," said Nguyen, "You're... really good at that."

"Thank you," said GK. "Your praise is insignificant to me. Please have a safe trip."

[kandi-family]

Kandi arms 💕💜🔥 . . • @raverjoker Much love brotha these are most definitely unique and one of a kind, we’ll get these to fantastic homes 🏠 @austinvanderbur Big One Love My G Goodvibes Always #socalravers #ravefamily #edmlifestyle #emd #wobbleland #noscenter #vibewithme #PLUR #plurlife #rave #ravebae #ravefamily #kandi #plurkandi #beyourself #academyla #hollywoodpalladium #exchangela #wobbleland2019 #billgrahamcivicauditorium #insomniac #insomniacevents #crush #hardsummer #beyondwonderland #escapepsychocircus #alchemytour #dreamstate #dreamstatesocal #escape #audiotistic2019 https://www.instagram.com/p/B_k8Lg9AeL6/?igshid=8m14an4gprdc

[ggiannamarie11]

Me and Penelope at Excision

[todoapulmon]

La edición 2022 de @losdellsfest llega al @noscenter en San Bernardino. California. Sábado 2 de abril 2022 Más información en losdells.com #conciertos #musicaenvivo #festival #losdellsfest #noscenter #sanbernardino #california (at Nos Event Center, San Bernardino, Ca) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaXyBPwvrjI/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sensualday]

Outfit from #CountdownNYE

[moneygripp13]

Checking in front if the N and the G in the Rolling Loud sign at Rolling Loud LA at the NOS Center in San Bernardino, CA #rollingloudsign #rollingloudla2021 #rollingloudla #rollingloud #noscenter #sanbernardino #radiopushers #musichhypebeast #hustleharder #dreamhustlewin #betonyourself #bigfacts #nodoubt #millionairmindset #2021 #2021goals #blackings #recordingartist #hiphoplifestyle #moneygripp #cakedupfilms #cakeduppictures #cakedupent #thegripplife (at Nos Event Center, San Bernardino, Ca) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXVuEu-Ftsu/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tranceaddiction]

:o

[thatoneraverkid]

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I wasn't planning on attending Project Z this weekend however that all changed yesterday when I got offered a ticket. So with that being said, change of plans. See you guys and gals at Project Z this weekend. Here's a little throwback to last year's Bassrush stage at the event. #edm #projectZ #bassrush #insomniac #ochocinco #dance #ravers #kandi #plur #throwbacktuesday #bass #anotheraday #anotheradventure #memories #noscenter (at The National Orange Show NOS Event Center)

[akirarin]

Yaaaay the map is live! We really did hard and make it happen! Zoom in for detail. The best part for me was drawing Anima instalation. Try to find it 😀 Very thanks to my partners Milan and @Ivan! You guys helped so much, I couldn’t do it without you! See more details about the festival here https://lasvegas.electricdaisycarnival.com/guide/festival-map/ And on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw709AwAKZ_/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=1xmq2mk32vrpy #edcfestivalmap #edc #noscenter #thmilosavljevic #mapillustration #theteam #adobeillustrator #mbnunion (at The National Orange Show NOS Event Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw9SoMrlJs0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=108j2h5kuha2b

[tricias-dishes]

12/29/18 Audiotistic to see @porterrobinson【=◈︿◈=】 #audiotistic #porterrobinson #insomniac #ravecrew #rave #noscenter #sanbernardino #weebs #edm (at The National Orange Show Event Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsKHqfwDJ5B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=672p36vesgl1

[bobbybucher]

July 22nd , #noscenter @nolabelfestival .. it's gonna be lit.

[plurkiddevin]

Not much of a throwback but with the loved ones at #CrushSoCal such a good time!!! it's been forever since I went to an event. Glad I got to go with these 2 dorks! #tbt #Insomniac #NOScenter #rave #plur #InsomniacEvents #BaytoLA #Yaaas #Dork

[thehoursinaday]

Thank you, appreciate you <3

Reblog this if you fuck with X, reblog this if you love RAVES, reblog this if you love MUSIC, reblog if you feel SAD sometimes. I would have never thought by the time I finished this remix X would be gone. Life is crazy, so enjoy every moment. Life is short, smoke a port on a port, In New York calculating like a dork. I know this upload wont make me famous or whatever, reblog so people that love X, or love EDM can have a listen. This is the only place I can upload this full song, I hope you enjoy it. Stay Golden Loves, remember this, ”What is real will ALWAYS prosper.” Rest In Peace Jahseh

[ggiannamarie11]

Excision, San Bernardino

[704outdoors]

When the hogs are coming in from all directions... don't get off the atv! Least amount of scent we can leave in the area the better! #carolinasquat #feedfromtheatv #noscent #hoghunting #wildhogs #wildpigs #wildboar #feralhogs #feralpigs #hawgfather #wildhogpopulationcontrol #704style #huntingnc (at North Carolina)