Chapter 3-A: Calm before the Storm

I lie down next to him on the bed, kissing him occasionally.

We have a long time yet.

=between kisses= We do, and I am ready whenever you are.

Sudo iuvo et protego tu.

After that, i think you have me whenever you want.

Me: Hellllloooooooooooooooo.. you better not be dead.. medics can't raise the dead you know...

=i laugh softly and smile= Only when you want to, meo amo. Only when you want to.

=i run my hand along her face and down her body=

I pull his hand up.

I'd prefer it if you picked the times.

I smile at him and reach over to dim the lights down

Shall we get some sleep?

Me: Not on me.. maybe one of those dead things in the hangar...

=I begin to spin in the chair=

=I throw up and fall asleep=

=smiling= Not sure it works that way.

=I take her hand and kiss it, I then kiss her= Sure, if you think you can sleep, that is.

=I fall asleep like that, lying next to the woman I love, with the scent of what happened in the air=

I wake up, noting that i'm lay next to Dormii who is still asleep.

Okay so that did happen then.

I get up, careful not to disturb him and switch on my monitors.

Lets see whats going on on the ship.

I see Anog asleep in the control room with a barrel of ale next to him and Marcus is nowhere to be found. I sigh and get up, leaving a note for Dormii when he wakes. I then proceed to the canteen and wander around the ship with a bowl of cereal.

This place is huge, seems so lonely without a huge crew these days.

=I awaken and scare myself, falling back and hitting the floor=

Me: AARRGH!

=I grab my head=

Me: I guess I will just lay here for a while.

=I wake up, see that Jay is gone, but that she left a note. I get up to read it, and tweak my bad arm. I manage to cut off a scream, but only by blacking out from the pain=

=in my mind=
Ok that could have been a much better morning. Now, why am I not re-awakening? -I look at my arm in my mind- and why is my arm glowing blue?

(real world)
=my arm is twisted past what a normal could do, with bits of bone poking through the skin; forcing me asleep from the pain generated=

I finish my cereal and put the bowl down onto a side as i pass it.

Hmm i wonder whats in the rest of this ship. I'll have to finish looking around tomorrow

I make my way back to my room

Ok, what the hell? All the times that I've broken my arm and such I've never been here.

Yes you have, you just don't remember.

Says you.

Says yourself.

Ok, ignoring that mind f**k, how do I get out?

=my arm slowly untwists itself, but the bone pieces pierce the skin. the pain from all this make a quiet moan=

I walk into my room and see Dormii in a mess on the floor. I sigh to myself

Idiot. My note said stay still.

I pick him up and carry him to the med-bay carefully, there i place his arm in a splint.

=i feel movement=

I'm guessing that is Jay.

Yes, it is.

So, how am I going to get out of here?

Give it a minute.

=my arm is re-aligned and put in a splint. I bolt upright, awake. All at once the pain registers, but it's mitigated, softened. My experience in my head forgotten=

Sonofa...well good morning.

I tut at him again

You don't help yourself. I told you last night.

=i smile= but since when do I ever do things that make sense? Besides, you enjoyed it.

You should start to. And did i really? Maybe i was just acting to make you feel better. Maybe your just completely awful at that.

=i mock sadness= Oh, what wounds you inflict on this body of flesh!

=i stand up= Cmon, I wanna see what else this ship has.

I push him back

Ahem, you sir aren't going exploring anywhere until your healed.

Aww. I didn't really get to see anything, other than a few hallways, of the clean and blood covered variety. It's only my arm, I promise not to poke at it or scratch it or anything.

=i hold up my hand= Scout's honor.

No, that's final.

So I get to sit here and talk? Not like I have much company. =i gesture to the empty Medbay= Except for you, of course. You're all the company I could ever need.

I raise my eyebrows at him

Hmm really. Maybe sitting and talking would be best.

So, =i sit up a little= what do you wanna talk about?

I never said i was going to talk. And i did specify only maybe.

Well, then I can talk for us. But you know what happens when I do that. I go to places I shouldn't.

Then don't? You don't always have to be talking you know.

=i pull her closer= True, I could be doing other things.

Oh yeah? Like what?

=i kiss her= Like this. =i kiss her again and again= and this.

I turn away

Your arm Dormii. You'll only slow down the recovery time.

=i keep my arm around her= If that means I spend more time with you, then so be it.

=i sit up and but my other arm around her, as best i can= Amo tu. I love you.

We have as long as we need once we get to the Epsilon Eridanus system. You need to get recovered if you want things to happen again.

I thought so. =i run my hand down her back= I still don't see how my arm prevents me from wandering the ship with you, but I'll stay here, just like you ask.

Because you might see more of your imaginary monsters.

I laugh and kiss him

=i laugh with her, my hand still running along her back= I maintain whole-heartedly that they were real. But, that's not the point. I just want to spend time with you, even if my arm is in the way.

It doesn't get in the way. I just don't want you making it worse.

=my hand continues, going lower and lower= Then it'll get worse. I've had worse. I had a shard of a needler round lodged in my eyebrow, or at least near my eyebrow. I'll be fine, I promise.

Maybe so, but its not the point. It's bad enough as it is and i was the one who caused it. I don't want you to have to recover for longer than needed.

=my hand find interesting things to do as I talk= You caused it because I lost myself. and I'm fine with however much time it takes.

I pull his hand away

I'm not however.

There is no need to worry. =i kiss her= That's all I'm saying. You don't need to worry that I love you any less for doing something to me. =i kiss her again, longer= I will always love you. Always.

I just don't want you suffering longer than you have to.

I suffered for 7 months, looking for you. I was perfectly fine with that. I suffered for several more months after the Blizzard's Fury. When I'm in combat, and when I'm with you, I am perfectly happy. =i hug her, tightly= and I will always be that way.

I kiss him a few times


Stop trying to convince me otherwise.

=i smile= It's hard to lie when all one knows is the truth.

=i pull her onto the bed with me=

I tut

What've i said already?

Something that I heard, then completely forgot. =my hand starts up again. i kiss her, several times=