Special Branch: The Living Dead
POSTED BY: NEEDY
UPDATED: Thursday, January 18, 2007 15:39
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Moments before Wisp actually reaches a state of relaxation, Rosie barges into the cockpit carrying a tray. "Would you like some tea, too?" she asks.
Rosie Walker, tea-making plant woman
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Originally posted by ScorpionRegent:
"Girls," says Seryn, "gather up your's and your brother's things we need to get him on the ship in a hurry."
Shadow looked to where Spider stood. Waiting for permission from the older girl.
"Brats, do as your told ok. Get your gear, then come on to the ship. They'll take good care of the Idiot." Spider said still not quite knowing why she was taking charge of the bratlings. He was going to owe her big time for getting himself hurt and leaving her to take care of the brats.
Shadow looked at her for a moment longer then frowned "You'll take care of Truth till we get back." The words more a statement then a question and holding just enough hesitation and sadness in them that Spider had to nod. "Yes Bratling I'll watch him for you. Now GO!"
She watched as the girls scurried off before boarding the ship.
Spider really hoped she hadn't lied to the girls. Josh had to get better. He just had too.
She stood in the corner watching the adults work on getting Truth's temperature up and waiting for the girls to come with the trio's belongings. It wouldn't take them long, they, like her, never had much, and all four of them kept everything they owned close by just in case. That was one thing they had in common. Her belongings were in her backpack, still securely held on her back.
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The kids started marching in with canvas bags looking forlorn and scared. The rest of the crew seemed busy warming up the other kid so Wisp decided to make himself useful and sort em out.
"Hey kids, Theres some seats up here why dont you come and sit yourselves down and tell me your names. Im Wisp"
He smiled a broad honest smile and they came closer. He just had to distract them a little for their sakes.
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Originally posted by WashsYoungerSexierBrother:
The kids started marching in with canvas bags looking forlorn and scared. The rest of the crew seemed busy warming up the other kid so Wisp decided to make himself useful and sort em out.
"Hey kids, Theres some seats up here why dont you come and sit yourselves down and tell me your names. Im Wisp"
He smiled a broad honest smile and they came closer. He just had to distract them a little for their sakes.
Shadow stood back for a minute glancing over to where Spider stood and where Truth lay surrounded by other adults. She saw Spider turn towards her and nod.
Ghost had no problem going over to the man but Shadow wasn't so sure. Spider wouldn't let anything happen to them though. Making her way over she sat beside her sister.
"I...I'm Shadow, and dis is Ghost"
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ooc - Well, certain parties have decided that it's time Seryn was having the baby.
Nevermind that by my reckoning, in narrative time she's only about 7 or eight months gone at most...
So because i wasn't able to engineer the situation i wanted, i'm just going to steal memorable bits from everything i've seen. That ok with you guys?
Okies.
Truth lay still, pale except for where he was blue, only very shallow breaths and the occaisional eyelid tremor letting them know he was still going. Sykes had rushed in and taken over - his old emergency training taking over, and in less than five minutes even the biggest ugliest crew member was following his isntructions without question.
"Well, we have his temperature up, his breathing is getting stronger. Its a wait and see job." Sykes ignored the relieved sighs and started checking the boys feet, rustling about at the silver sheeting they had wrapped around him.
Safe turned to Seryn, motioning her to check the boys skin for cold damage on her side, and froze suddenly, mouth open in shock. "...eeeeww..."
"What? whats wrong" she followed the line of his vision down and began to swear.
Almost immedietly a hundred hands were on her, cries of you have to sit down, rest easy and do you need a towel? ringing through the air. She had to almost scream to get them to calm down and stop pushing her.
"I'M FINE! .. i just need a mop or towels or something..."
"No you should sit, or lie down"
"She needs to keep walking!"
"Gas and air!"
"I'm ok, I am not going to go lie down, i'll be fine, it takes hours and it doesn't even hurt..." A look of confusion came over her face, and suddenly breathing seem to be relegated to 'maybe afterwards' "ow! ok, ow ow ow ow, pain... pain! ow, ok, going to go find... going to... ow..."
The contraction passed and she looked towards where Sykes was still tending Truth, "Sykes? When you've got a minute..."
Isn't sanity really a one trick pony, anyway? I mean all you get is one trick, rational thinking! But when you're good and crazy...ooh hoo hoo hoo... the skys the limit!
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Rosie arrives at Seryn's side with both a towel and a mop, but seems at a loss for what to do. "This seems to be a terribly complicated and painful way of having offspring. Have you ever considered just dropping seeds?"
Rosie Walker, still-confused plant woman
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Soul stands beside Seryn, and for a moment he has a flash of another life, where there is a child waiting at home for him. He offers Seryn a sad smile.
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Mantichorus: "So is there a reason they call you 'Soul'?"
Soul (after a long pause): "Yeah. Because I have one."
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SR takes all this in and knows it will be unlikely that there will be anything he can do, yet he must ask. He calmly takes hold of Seryn's hand and looks her in he eye.
"Cap...Seryn, if there is anything you want me to do or get just say it. I will help if I can. If you wish me gone, I'll make myself scarce."
Scorpion Regent
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Wisp was telling the kids a few jokes distracting their attention from Seryns evacuation of child, and Truths Hypothermia, Stick with what you do, When a harsh bleeping went off behind him.
"Two seconds kids" He said with a spin of his chair. Pulling Up His HUD the screen filled with numbers and figures but most importantly a map in the centre showing their location and a red triangle appearing at the edge.
"Err Ser..Sco..Anyone in charge!!" He Shouted back " Theres a gunship Inbound and seeing as though were parked of shipping routes without a flight visa theyre gonna come say hello. I need to be moving sharpish!! So do we need a hospital or Is it back to the Dagger or am I breaking atmo??"
No response. Babies on the brain. Wisp pulled The engines into a steady lift and layed in an evasion course away from the gunship.
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Seryn found herself flapping her arms somewhat like a chicken, trying to get all the hands off her.
"Ok!This is going to take hours! Every single one of you will go and find something to do elsewhare NOW!"
she paused for another contraction, then when she looked back the area was epmty but for Sykes looking after the boy and ScorpianRegent staring at her. She'd just done her best Captains voice, so of course now came his traditional belligerence. Slowly she started doing a slow circuit of the room, then she decided that finding somewhere to sit was a better idea, and to change out of the dirty clothes, and to locate the drugs cabinet...
Sykes looked up from the boy, unconcren carefully etched on his face, then stood.
Ok, go to the infirmary, stay there, just wait for me, you're doing ok, it'll take some time.
She felt reassured, and mostly happy that they'd managed to pick up a stray doctor... until she realised that Sykes was a surgeon by training.
Making for the door, SR hot on her heels, she stopped suddenly - a beeping was coming from the cockpit, and she distantly heard Wisp raised voice, then the ship lurched suddenly and started to climb.
She closed her eyes and dropped her head, then looked up at SR "Can you go see?..."
He hesitated, then ran away down the corridor.
Sykes hesitated by the boy, then motioned to Rosie, who had waited, unseen by the others.
She looked from him to the boy, who was now breathing strongly, and back up to the look of worry on Sykes face and made the leap "you are concerned for the baby?"
He grimaced "Its far to early - and she's had too many complications... its going to be a miracle if there are no problems... and this place is hardly equiped... Don't anyone know, especially her - if something happens she can worry then. Would you look after Truth?"
"Yes, i will, i believe you would want to be given luck now? Or... wished luck? Well, i wish it."
"Thanks, everything helps"
ooc - ok - i'm not going to write some big long post on what happens now - suffice to say its a typical birth, everyone continue with the story until they hear cries.
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