Coalhada
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"Come on, I know what the symptoms are. I mean Pris is too young to show them. We all are. Are your stories set on Earth?" First we're carriers, then we can be tested for the plague, then we can die from it. That's how it was until now. So maybe th…
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"The 'and I' guy in Withnail & I was called Marwood. That was totally in the study notes. Okay. Let me think." I'd have been in recovery a lot of that time. I wonder if she came to see me. I mean to look at me. What I remember from then is not…
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"Well look at the big brain on Aiden. OK, smartypants. Are you a... uh..." Think, Mark. Think! Wipe the smirk off the front of that tousle-haired head. Uh... Wait. Aha. Old movies. "Have you ever accidentally gone on vacation? And, ah, while …
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Hm, okay. I'm still kind of surprised Aiden got Modest Mussorgsky. When did he start listening to... anything? My mind goes blank and for a little while I can't think of a single fictional character beginning with M. Time passes. Mickey Mouse. …
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I went to my room, where else? OK, so before I got there I slowed right down outside Nadja's door, but Ashlee was there so I scratched that idea. Not so much an idea. More like an urge. Whatever. And before that, I had a quick look around the me…
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Who has the most strings on me? Mark, apparently? Please highlight Volatile. Tabitha, please highlight Volatile.
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I gesture with my free hand, palm down: not so fast. Rys is in too much of a hurry and the abrupt movement is hurting Jace, jerking him around. "Yeah, it was about Pris. Me and Ourania got into a thing and Jace stepped in." Stepped in to protect …
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I'm helping Rys, of course. I have to shove a few desks out of the way to make a clear path to the exit. Pax is near the doorway, underneath Malcolm's monitor. "Looks like you just made the starting five," I tell her.
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I start to help Jace up from the floor, careful not to put any weight on the broken arm. "Someone help me get him to medbay." Rys can handle Ourania. And her newfound curiosity about love and other human emotions.
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Bones sticking out are for sure a legit, no-demerits reason to press the medical emergency button under my desk, so I press it. And then the anti-tamper prompt pops up on my Navi and I key in the release code. And then I press the are-you-sure pop-u…
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I'm just going to see how this plays out. Laying a hand on Ourania won't play well for the cameras, so I'm not going to put myself in between her and Jace. That weird babbling was... yeah, weird. Maybe she had a seizure or something. I think about…
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I laugh and back up a little. I wipe across my cheek with the back of my thumb and look at the blood for a second. "Looks like that hit a nerve. You sure ran out of things to say for yourself fast." I look up at one of the classroom cameras and s…
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Manipulate an NPC (Rolled: 2d6+2. Rolls: 2, 2. Total: 6) (+xp for sating a Hunger)
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I snort. "Lucas squaring up to Rys. I'd like to see that." Seriously, I would. Even though I don't really know why. The prospect seems like something I'd enjoy. If I can just goad him into it. "But are you willing to not eat for a week afterwar…
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I take a deep breath and get ready to sit down again. and then I look at Ourania. Look at her. Surveying the room with that self-satisfied little martinet expression on her face. I came into class this morning intending to apologize to her. In f…
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Hold Steady: The worst thing right now would be for me to turn against Ourania in front of everybody (Rolled: 2d6+1. Rolls: 2, 2. Total: 5) (+1 xp)
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Slowly, I stand up. I stab open the tab on my Navi, which takes me two tries because my hand is shaking. "Let's... let's get this done," I say, carefully. "Post votes now, or ask them questions first, if you have any." I'm not really looking at a…
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The edge in Tabitha's voice makes me smile, despite myself. What would happen if we all refused to go along? Panic, out of sight behind the monitors, perhaps. Sanctions. They control everything. Lights, food. Oxygen. But how many of them are there…
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I guess Aiden was jealous of us. Everybody else was. We were the perfect couple. Everything was perfect. Normal, happy childhood back on course There's an old song going round and round in my head now. Batteries not included It was playing the …
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At the words 'medical coma' my mouth and throat go dry. I look down at my desk. Eyes unfocused. My heart kicks at my rib cage. I can't look up. All I can think about is the door to Pris's room, ajar. A patch of dim light against the wall. She wa…
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While everyone's shuffling around the issue of who talks first, I start to fill in the reg form for Pax, so she'll be down as part of the speedball squad by the time the end of class rolls around. Name: Cressida Redmond Display name: PAX Squad n…
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I look around the classroom once before I reply. We're all back in our seats. No one suggested that, it just happened. Force of habit, probably. "We'd like to hear the candidates lay out their policies first. Then we'll have some individual questi…
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Thank you, Aiden. I nod appreciatively. "Yeah, that's kind of what I figured. Should we make them do like a Q&A too?" I really have no appetite for this. I just want class to be over so that I can catch up with Ourania. But the cameras are on…
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Whiskey. Tango. Delta. I stare at Ashlee for a moment. I think my mouth even drops open a little. "Uh... what? I mean. OK, thanks, Ashlee." I stand up again. Clearly I'm going to have to do all of this. "Let's just assume those three things on t…
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I let out a little sigh and put up three phrases on the main display: Room assignments. 3D printer parts. Maintenance in the med bay. At least with the roommates issue we've found something people may actually care slightly about. Enough to speak …
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Great, this is already going off course. "Guys," I say, "this is a class exercise with a prize for the winners. It's pretend. Do you seriously think they'd choose a position of authority based on what we think? I've got two issues on my screen now…
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Ashlee is not giving off the general vibe of someone who wants to lead a discussion, so I stand up, unclip my Navi and go stand over near Olivar's desk so everyone can see me. I'll try to bring Ashlee into the discussion in a minute. "OK," I say, …
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I don't volunteer. He'll probably pick me out anyway. No sense in putting my hand up, it would hardly win any friends.
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To: Pax hey did Rys talk to you about being on the speedball squad? Now is a great time to join. Mark
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I'm starting to think Nadja might be, you know, a bit of a mean girl. Sometimes. I don't reply. We'll talk later. I glance over my shoulder at Ourania. Didn't get a chance to talk to her on the way in.