Chapter 3-A: Calm before the Storm

I sigh

Please don't with your hands.

=i put my hand down and continue to kiss her. i lead the kisses lower= =in between them= This is all about you, right now. Whatever you want, is yours.

=i continue, careful to avoid the previous wounds=

Sorry. =i breathe heavily=

Not your fault. I'm just a little sore after last night.

=i snort= I remember you not wanting to do that.

Still want to continue?

Hm. Not today.

Ok. Am I still stuck to this bed?

I gesture absent-mindedly

Just go when you want.

I begin to stare into space, my mind elsewhere

=i stand up and give her a quick hug= Whatever it is, no matter what, you can tell me. I'm here for you. =jokingly= Except for the next for minutes. I'm going to go look for food.

=i kiss her on the ear and go to the cafeteria, grabbing some food and eating=

=as I eat i remember something. i quickly run to my room and grab the guitar and put on my armor. i load up a few programs and run back to the cafeteria. after i eat, i decide to play a few songs to the empty room=

I've been roaming around, always lookin' down at all I see. Painted faces fill the places I can't reach. You know that I could use somebody. You know that I could use somebody. Someone like you....

=i continue, losing myself in the song=

Someone like you and all you know and how you speak. Countless lovers under cover of the street. You know that I could use somebody. You know that I could use somebody. Someone like you...

=i continue playing, oblivious to anything going on around me=

Off in the night while you live it up I'm off to sleep. Waging wars to shake the poet and the beat. I hope it's gonna make you notice...I hope it's gonna make you notice...Someone like me, someone like me. Someone like me, somebody.

I walk into the room, seeing Dormii playing

You're wearing your armour again?

=i hear nothing=

I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now

Someone like you, somebody
Someone like you, somebody
Someone like you, somebody

I've been roaming around, I was looking down at all I see


=i look up, and see Jay standing there= How long?

I gesture with my arms like i can't hear anything.

What?

=i take the helmet off= Funny. How much did you hear?

I gesture again

I can't hear you

=i set the guitar down and walk over= Cmon, I wanna know. It was meant for you.

I laugh and shrug again

What?

The song. =i embrace her, careful not to hit her with anything= It's about a person who needs help, and someone else who is willing to give it.

=i sing= Someone like you. All you know, and how you speak.

Oh, cmon, that's not fair.

Then shush and stop singing

=i snort= Then would you like me to dance instead? I'm not sure if I can get the words just right, but I can try.

Oh god, please don't subject me to that torture.

I make a sign of mock horror

=i laugh and kiss her= Really that bad?

Yes, yes it is

Well, at least I heard it from you. Was it the song or the way I played it?

I'm joking with you dear

=surprise flashes over my face= Oh, would you like to hear it again?

Not yet. Save it for a better time. We're coming up to our destination.

In that case. I better stay ready for =i kiss her= anything, shouldn't I?

I point at his broken arm

Remember what i said.

And remember what I said. In fact. =i put my helmet on and lock my arm. i take it off= that better? Now it really won't move.

Oh, I have a question:
Would you be able to use my armor?

=on the ship to ship comm= can u guys hear me i keep adjusting this thing

I don;t have an intention too but i'd imagine so

I only ask because I have an autobiography on this, and I don't want it to just waste away. =I hand her my helmet, standard data collection programs loaded= Here, see if you can handle the screen. I have it set to the normal settings.

I push it away as i hear an alarm

Can it wait?

I run off to the control room and hit the ship comm.

We are arriving in the Epsilon Eridanus system people, ETA to planet groundside is 20 minutes.

=i run with her= Of course it can. Anything I can do to help?

Is that Zeru? =comm to Zeru= Hey, Z. I can imagine. It is Snow, after all.

I turn to Dormii

Nothing i guess.

I comm Zeru

Zeru follow me to the planet and once we are in orbit we are going to land in your hanger and all take a pelican down to the surface okay?