Special Branch: Motherhood for Heroes
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UPDATED: Friday, May 4, 2007 17:36
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Wisp awoke in a white room feeling surprisingly perky. Well room wasnt quite the proper word; More eternal etherial expanse. There was just white- Everywhere. No walls, no floor, no end.
He stood up (although he was pretty sure there was no actual motion involved) and let out a quisical sigh.
"Fine little mess this is. Your dead."
"Not yet" Said a voice behind him. He spun round to find the woman hed seen in his dream back on Boros, the one who'd told him to follow Needy.
"Not you again! See I followed him im here in space"
"There is another being here who threatens his mission. You must help the one you call 'Soul' stop it."
"Then ask Needy! He's the one who signed on for this and got the free invincibility pen. Im just a Handsome Genius who got caught in the middle"
"He cant be asked. The ones from his past cant know of His mission yet. Their roles will become clear later"
Wisp dipped his head into his hand and turned round. Unfortunately due to the rules of this sub universe the woman was still infront of him after he'd turned. 'Damn this dream world'
"Ok this being. Is it like you?? Or Needy?"
"It is something else. It must be stopped. It threatens His mission."
"Now im gonna guess I cant know what this mission is??"
"The wheels of it are already in motion. No mortal can stop it"
"If no mortal can stop it then why the hell does it matter if I do what you say??"
"Because there are those who arent mortal who want this mission to fail"
Wisp felt dizzy again. All the white blurred and span in a rainbow of all colours. He soon awoke though on the floor of the bridge was a pounding head.
"Soul.....Help soul..." He muttered before passing out again.
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Seryn wandered the halls of the strange ship, trying to recal what exactly she was meant to be doing. She'd had a notion to go find the children, introduce them to Ghost, see if they let anything slip, but the light headedness had grown stronger the more time she spent aboard the Dwarf. She'd been out of sorts lately, what with everything it probably wasn't surprising... but she felt dazed, and convinced she was being watched, that someone was moving around her. Paranioa wasn't her thing, she shrugged it off and tried to shake some sense back into her skull
It didn't help that precious little seemed to be right about the ship. It seemed too clean, maybe she was woozier than she thought, but she could have been sure some of the grime on the walls and ceilings were paint effects, the fixtures were messed up on top, but inside the lockers it was clean and sound - almost like new. Wollen blankets had no pulls or holes or unravelled edges, bunk walls no scuff marks, it was wierd.
She almost drunkenly slipped through corridors and on impulse let herself into what she expected to be a crew bunk, but it was strange, cold - no personal clutter. There were clothes and toiletries, but nothing seemed real about them either. Just a handheld terminal and several pages torn from a book of some kind, others covered in notes in sharp spiky script. Turning them over absently she almost didn't see the small image etched into the side of the terminal casing.
Almost.
Her blood ran cold. She'd seen it before, an insignia, a small scratch on a metal ring. She remembered it very well, it was the first time anyone had dared strike her. She'd been furious at that, and remembered how she'd noticed the ring, close to the angry bite mark she'd left on the guys hand.
Two hours later her uncle had packed up and left forever, she'd hear from him two or three times, enough to know that he was 'safe' somewhere, but they'd scared him bad, bad enough to leave his wife and children, his mistresses and his business, even his highly lucrative scams and run and hide.
Deciding that whatever was going on, better working minds than hers needed to see it, she turned back to leave the room. Only to find her way blocked.
hey, sorry it overly dramatic and may not fit with what people wanted to do, but i couldn't think of another way to explain why she's been out of the action for weeks and weeks. I'm having a hard time keeping up with the story, not sure why but bear with me!
I also don't want to take anything away from the current storyline with Wisp and Soul - the person just entered could be friend or enemy - if no one wants to do anything else she plans to faint her way out of it.
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Quote:
Originally posted by seryn:
she turned back to leave the room. Only to find her way blocked.
SR was standing in the door.
"Hey tag a long, Safe wants me to round everybody up and bring them to the bridge. It wil be nice to have some I can, (sort of) trust to watch my back and and make me look less threatening when I say things like: 'Everybody keep their hands where I can see them and form a single file line towards the bridge.' Where's the humonculus of power?"
Scorpion Regent
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OOC: Some great posts as per usual, although personally I've struggled to find time for writing of late (and when I have time, I'm usually uninspired). I'll try to add something now though
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The children played quietly - Linda, the Epsilon's newest young passenger, smiled and laughed at the other children's attempts to "get along".
Julie watched them all with a warm smile. It had been a while since Linda had had anyone of her own age to play with. Even though she hadn't made "best friends" as of yet, it was a start.
Strangely enough though, for some reason Julie couldn't quite explain, her smile faded. The children were carrying on enjoying themselves as normal, but the older teenager looking on suspected something was amiss.
Almost as if she could sense a presence watching them.
And all of a sudden, Julie began to feel very uncomfortable.
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Needy and Milton arrive at the Bridge of The Dwarf, immediately spotting Safe, an "out-of-commission" Wisp, along with others holed up together in the small space.
"Hey. You see any of them as you were heading here?" Safe asked straight away
Needy and Milton looked at each other, the apprentice unsure how to answer... so his mentor took the lead.
"Why?"
"Cos one of them did this to Wisp." Safe replies coldly "And I don't want any strangers on our ship that have no right to be. Not till we find out what's going on here."
Safe had already observed who was in the room prior to Needy's entrance, and he knew for a fact that at least two were absent.
"Where are the two girls?" he asked
"Sorry?" Needy asked, feigning ignorance.
"The girls. There was a younger one, maybe about three, and an older one, a teenager."
"You can't think..." Needy started but was interrupted
"We can't afford to trust anyone right now, no matter what appearances are"
Safe seemed to be acting out of character, but Needy couldn't be too sure. Maybe he was just establishing his command of the ship, taking it upon himself to lead the others - God knows they need it. Or maybe it wasn't that at all, maybe it was just Needy. It was just his perception of Safe at that given moment.
The others didn't seem surprised at his behaviour... but then again, who were they to judge? Had they ever seen him in this situation? Who knows?
It certainly didn't help matters though, that all throughout the conversation, another conversation was taking place.
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"He's unstable." The being told Needy.
"What are you talking about?"
"You can see it, in his eyes. He's losing it."
Needy stared at Safe intently. Was the being right? It hadn't lied to him thusfar
"He is not fit to lead. None of them are. They will reign destruction down on everyone. So is the destiny of mankind. Only you can stop it."
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Needy's conversations are cut short by the sound of a voice crackling on the communicator.
It was Kyra.
"What is it?" he asked apprehensively
"I got them."
Safe took the comm from Needy and asked "Who?"
"Julie and Linda. They're with me. Just to be safe."
"Bring them to the bridge on the Dwarf" Safe ordered.
"I'm on my way" she answered
Needy merely stared at Safe, a combination of anxiety and mistrust rising in his soul.
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Needy. Male Companion: Chosen One?
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Wisp dragged himself from the blackness again and managed to see of the urge to fall back again. His head pounded in waves like a storm was surging in his temples.
"Hey there little man" Came a voice from above, still a little muffled from the concusion but ringing clearer "you gave us a little scare"
It was Safe, Caring yet slightly sarcastic. Wisp tried to stand up but found his synapse a little sluggish and only managed to sit against a console.
"How you feeling?" Needy asked
"like Gosa dumbass" Harsh but obvious "Now get me some Actin Cortasine from a med kit you owe me that much"
Needy had a bemused look on his face and was about to speak up but for some reason he just accepted it and went to find the med kit.
"Now wheres Soul?"
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OOC: Sorry guys I'm getting nothing right now.
Scorpion Regent
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OOC: Ok, give me a bit. I have some ideas floating around. Just let me figure out how to make them coherant.
Plus I want to re-read the post so as to try and string things together.
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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Quote:
Originally posted by NEEDY:
Needy's conversations are cut short by the sound of a voice crackling on the communicator.
It was Kyra.
"What is it?" he asked apprehensively
"I got them."
Safe took the comm from Needy and asked "Who?"
"Julie and Linda. They're with me. Just to be safe."
"Bring them to the bridge on the Dwarf" Safe ordered.
"I'm on my way" she answered
Needy merely stared at Safe, a combination of anxiety and mistrust rising in his soul.
Safe tried to read the look in Needy’s eyes. He was acting out of sorts lately. Matter of fact, he’d been acting out of sorts ever since he’d been shot. Now it looked as if he had drawn his former companion down the same road he was traveling.
As if to emphasize Safe’s suspicions, Milton kept glancing nervously back and forth between Safe and Needy.
Safe keyed up his comm. again, “Flechette, do a sweep of the Epsilon. Start at the cockpit and work towards the back. Secure the hatch when you get there. Is Amy with you?”
“Ya, she’s watchin’ the wee ones. We’ve already done the sweep and locked up tight, Scorpion and I.” Came Flechettes response.
“Do it again.” Safe said flatly. “Wait… Why’s Amy watching the children? Where’s Seryn?”
“I got her.” SR replied. “She just went into a cabin. She’s acting kinda… I’ll get back to you.” Safe wasn’t sure, but he thought he detected a note of concern.
“Safe, Jack here. Soul’s with me. We’re trying to round up Ciran. We should be up there shortly.”
“What do you want with my wife?” Liam almost shouted. “Surely you can’t think she did this?” Liam took a step forward.
“Right now, I don’t know what to think.” Safe turned to face Liam. “None of you have been overly ‘chatty’. Something else is going on here and I intend to find out what.”
“If you ... pirates lay so much as a hand on my wife, so help me I’ll…”
“Think very carefully about what you choose to say next.” Safe growled, his hand resting meaningfully on his gun.
Liam’s crewmember, Colm, grabs the back of a chair, intent on using it as a weapon, when the click of a gun hammer being cocked stopped him abruptly. “You best be planning on sitting in that chair.” Wisp smiled at Colm over the sights of his gun, wincing through the lingering pain.
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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From a Spectators seat
This story is fantastic! It's neat how you guys are so familiar with each other's characters!
....umm. any chance I can join in on this?
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OOC: I have no problems with it Jazaf. And you've hit on the main reason I like this story/thread so much, everybody does their homework and it shows. It really makes the story richer... so to speak.
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"Got a headful of lightning
And a heart full of rain
And I know that I said
I'd never do it again
Oh and I love you sweet baby but I always take the long way home."
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