[Thirds]
All the cookies were gone.
Nod absently, not really sure. "Welcome?" Would someone not help Clarity?
"Um." I look around, not paranoid but nervous. "There's trouble. You know anyone named Grome?"
I'll take a tortilla. It's warm & ta…
[Thirds]
Okay, so two beers. They're all right. Didn't realize people think I'm an asshole. Fuck.
Walking a straight line. One foot in front of the other. Arms out for balance. Looking for Clarity. Maybe he knows this Grome, or whatever Harrow's u…
[Taban Mei]
"Maybe Church? The words are kind of like something he would say."
She suggests Boots Sanchez. I half-laugh. "I wondered about him, too. But we barely spoke." I shrug, enjoying the feel of her next to me.
She calls me Mei. Now, in this…
[Taban Mei]
She sure avoids the suggestion of 'the talk.'
"I have a secret admirer sending me notes." Why do I feel so nervous? "I think it's either Church, Dai, or Lourdes." I look away for a moment, remembering Gaumata.
"I couldn't not tell my…
[Taban Mei]
"I'm scared too." I'm happy for just a loving kiss. "I should have asked first." A wink of future promise. Some things don't need permission, you naughty Ksenia. I sober, some things do need permission.
My back tenses, sensation moving…
[Taban Mei]
"She talked to us before." I'm calm, still holding onto my Ksenia. "She talked to me on Tara's Firma, and again when I was in a coma."
My fingers are splayed wide against her ribs, dragging lightly. "I'm here, Ksenia. You're always so …
[Taban Mei]
My hand reaches for hers. I want to hold her hand. Closest one is her cyber, and I don't even blink as my fingers interlock with hers.
I nod. "Yes, it felt like Cora. I... I usually have more control. But she's been very inquisitive l…
[Taban Mei]
I pick up on her worry in a second, and I bolt upright on emotion. "A little." I put my hands or her tummy and breast, gently, with a little kiss on her nose. "Was... that okay?" I've got concern writ large on my face, a real bit of fea…
[Taban Mei]
I'm out of breath, starting, pupils wide, one leg over hers, about to fall off the bunk. I don't even know what part of her I'm holding onto. "Oh, I hope not." I'm dazed. Too tired to smile. "But maybe a breather. We need." I blink, my …
[Taban Mei]
I feel a force like 3 Gs hit except it's as though the air is denser motions are more deliberate and intense pressure not uncomfortable.
I feel little electric dances along my skin radiating out like chakram or ley lines or magnetic fo…
[Taban Mei]
Mmm, you're trying new things, K. I want to, too.
Love - d8 - It only gets better with age. And practice.
Science - d8 - Boldly going where no woman has gone before. At least, with natural psi.
Alien-Enhanced Psionic - d8 - This is par…
[Taban Mei]
So I show off a little. My reward is Ksenia's attention and her attentions, both are desperately needed. I find myself on the bunk, kicking the sheets aside so they don't get tangled, gloriously nude underneath a gloriously nude and hor…
[Taban Mei]
Oh, the hell with it. I need a good fucking from my love. She's so cute with her slang, 'Frak.' It's so Cribbage. I roll off the bed and up onto my feet. I'll set my boots aside and start shrugging out my clothes, hanging my uniform so …
[Taban Mei]
Oh yes, touch me, my love. I've got a wicked grin of anticipation, and I raise up if she wants to undress me more. "I missed you too, Ksenia... every day and every night." I wink at her, trying not to blush, but to be brave like her. "V…
[Taban Mei]
I love how she wants me. I don't want her to not want me. My feet are kicking off my boots. I don't want to break the mood, because I want her, I love her, I missed her so much.
"Ksenia, my love..." I feel silly even saying this, as I …
[Taban Mei]
"Dividends... and interest, my love." Shes got me making bad puns, that's so unlike me. But... Oh yes, that spot on my neck. I bury my fingers in her hair, smelling her shampoo, eyes closed in happiness. Just me and she.
I'm biting my …
[Taban Mei]
I let out a little squeal when she picks me up. "Mmm..." I wiggle a little under her hands. It feels good. I feel some heat as she starts in on me. I break off the kiss and say seriously, "Thanks for grabbing my ass, Cribbage."
She lo…
[Taban Mei]
At her voice, it all melts away, all the rest of the universe. The tension, the mission. I turn to her, eyes full of love. "I've missed you too, Ksenia. So much." I definitely check her out in her cute new uniform, you know it. I close …
[Taban Mei]
I meet Csorba's flat eyes. I can't believe that. I don't like the way he looks at me. Politely, I say, "Thank you, Mr. Csorba. Enjoy your nap." The last has a real hint of understanding. Some people resort to drugs like goofballs for lo…
[Taban Mei]
"Not fully blind, I hope, Mr. Csorba. What about Lucidus or their R&D? What about Giana Prime itself? I know they are... independent these days, but what does that mean, practically?"
I raise an eyebrow. "Irrelevant?" I keep my fa…
[Taban Mei]
When Csorba mentions M-T, I raise an eyebrow at Church, a question for later.
I tap my stylus, considering. I start flipping through the precis. Out loud, I'm saying, "What intel do we have already on Yu? Where are we blind?"
[Taban Mei]
When I stopped at the galley to munch on some fresh grapes before the briefing, I couldn't help but notice the new kit in the medbay. I don't know much about cybernetic systems, but I know what a diagnostics setup looks like. Moreover t…
[Taban Mei]
"Thank you, Dai." I wonder if she's happy to have her own quarters back. So Church displaced... Lourdes? Hm. I also wonder if the berth could be retrofitted with a double mattress. Not the time to ask, Mei. Propriety.
"Sounds fine, Mr…
[Taban Mei]
I give Church a nod and a polite smile. And what the hey, a handshake of greeting. He's the dotted-line boss. "Mister Church. Good to see you again. I hope you've been enjoying a severance package?" I would like to not have to look over…
[Taban Mei]
I've had a good rapport with Sung this mission. Sanchez, not so much. We just never clicked and I'm not sure why. A couple days after the call with his family, I got the idea. The more I thought about it, the more it seemed like the kin…