That stupid printer. They seriously can't get someone in a suit in here to look? "Fine, you're right. It will probably be a year. Before any of us sees new clothes."
I speed up just enough to get slightly in front of her and turn my face towards he…
"Ourania isn't a bad roommate." I glance over at Mark and Ashlee. I looked at Jace, too, but something about Zola's lack of concern keeps me from reaching out.
I'm not sure if there's anything to worry about in Mark and Ashlee's conversation, whate…
"Hahah, okay." It's more or less a response to both statements. I suppose I could have inherited Ioanna's stock of clothes but those wouldn't be a good fit for the child's quarantine area, now, would they?
I follow Zola, wondering how well I could …
That was..nice. Kind of fun. My usual self-consciousness comes back. When I pop open my locker I have an outfit waiting for me, and I'm relieved. They're hand-me-downs from ship stock, which is fine. I'll wear anything.
I look up at Zola while I ge…
If Zola is on offer, I'm taking her. I pull her into me, make a careful study of her mouth. I put aside what I should and shouldn't know, what's myself and what's not myself in what I'm doing.
Clearly, I am. These feelings. Zola is. Right here unde…
My hair takes no time to clean. As we're stepping out, I pull Zola back to keep her in the recording free space of the showers. I move in close again; I could kiss her again.
It feels like I'm lifted into the second kiss, and when it comes down I'm flush and heady. I grin.
"Guess I'll get med bay to fix it, then."
I finish showering. It'd be suspicious if we were in here too long. Rys turns back into corp not long aft…
Even with all the water I have to breathe around, I smell her skin, what she uses in her hair. I press back, parting my lips slightly just to get a better feel for hers. Maybe she's drokking with me, and maybe I could care, but I don't. What sort of…
"I should have been alert." Sure, I let her touch me. We're teammates, neither of us is going to start a fight in the showers, least of all with each other.
Last time someone was this close to me was on the court, naturally. Body-checking me. Ouran…
It's hard not to look at Zola in the showers. She has one tattoo that always draws my eye; this blue bird impaling itself on a rose thorn, bleeding and singing desperately. It's beautiful beyond what I expect from Zola's usual taste.
I grab ahold o…
When I step into the locker rooms, one of the available mirrors shows me what a developing train wreck my nosebleed has been through practice. Huh. I hope I left something clean to wear in my locker.
I shower in a daze, thinking about what happened…
I roll back over, favoring my left wrist, and give Zola my right hand to pull me up by. Blood oozes out of my nose while test my knee, grasp at my left wrist to feel the injury that's gone. I'm frowning, confused. I barely hear what Zola's saying.
…
Hopefully I can get in position for a shot..I take the ball and try a wall run to make up for the extra court control that the 3-on-2 setup gives our opponents..
(Rolled: 2d6-2. Rolls: 1, 1. Total: 0)
"Mm." Clearly I didn't miss Mark shaking out the cobwebs. I trot across the court to join Rys, enjoying the low gravity bounce of it.
I look over to Rys, try to guess what he has in mind before people are in motion. Mark's running a tight game now,…
I activate my comm and open a call to emergency services. I give Terci's hand a squeeze and listen, not certain she can feel it.
"Shhh, relax, Terci, it'll be alright." An allergy? If Terci has a severe one and knows it, she may have what she needs…
Normally I'd try to roll it direct or get in someone's face, but today I'm trying to get past someone. Mark makes Jace react, I pick on Rys. Really, no hard feelings from earlier.
When the ball comes back to me, I run it.
"Should we not leave? Contact someone?" I duck down and have a very clear image in my mind of my bulletproof suit, left behind in my quarters. I'm wary of leaving Terci exposed to more darts.
I hurry in through the entrance door, grabbing the upper lip of the opening and hauling myself up and into the court.
I block the ball up with my knee and catch it in my hands.
"Sorry, captain. Warm as I get."
I take an offensive position on Mark…
"Rrrrr." I push a breath through my nostrils. Everyone. Expecting me to pick up the pieces of her life. "Yeah. Thank you. If you can get them to stop.." Could she make that happen? "..please."
Oh. I'm never late for practice! "Drokk! See you!" I ru…
The best thing I've ever eaten was a baked acteon swordfish whose belly was stuffed with a swarm of whole candied eels. For dessert we had an erupting mango cake with a passion fruit sauce. That was a party to stick in the memory.
"Of course, let's…
"Good? Bad?" I ask as the message queues up.
When it's done I immediately snarl in disgust. He isn't my age, he says Ioanna's name. It would be hard for Ourania to find something to say that could cut through the fog of anger I feel that this messa…
I let out a frustrated breath and change into my speedball skinsuit. "Somebody I don't know. Do you have one?" It could be some generic message. But I suspect it isn't for me. I watch Ourania for a reaction; sometimes I open up to her prying and som…
I've also got a pending auto-psych session, where a program leads me through questions about how I'm feeling and so on. I'm inclined to ignore both messages, forever.
I put it off by taking a shower, dumping my clothes into the auto-cleaner. Being …
Mark presents the work of our team. It just feels like the most natural outcome, and nobody questions it. Least of all me.
If I had to do all of that talking in front of the class I think I would hate it. But maybe it would work alright - I would…
"Terci, you are a confection today, in that dress." I peel out of my jacket and fold it over an arm to try and cool off, standing more on my own again. "Let's find a restaurant after we've caught our breath? I could definitely take in a meal. Do…
I swipe the message away without so much as a facial tic and get back to the project, as much as I can. Good of Rys to not say that out loud.
Would Ioanna have gone for Corporal? Did she? Would I? I'll have to look into it.
"What have we got now?"…
Wobble calls me Tabby like I'm someone's pet. It gets on my nerves, but then I get to call him Wobble so it balances out, more or less.
Rob's grandfather apparently called him Wobble first. They were close and the obvious happened. He refuses to…
My face breaks into a wide grin as I see that Allevard remains comfortable, and I laugh. "Well, in any case it looks like I couldn't have had this fun without you!" It does bring a lot of sense and purpose to the dancing.
I wave to Terci, call out…