Alex was utterly lost in musings over the ship's configuration and which areas might possess the parts she'd require to shore up the most critical points: namely, the parts of the ship that seemed likely to evaporate like smoke should they get within sneezing distance of...anything.
And over here could probably use some TLC. Is there a medbay? Hmmm...I can jury rig the boosters if the captain would let me dismantle smaller tech...but is it worth it? I mean, if the ship's in such piss-poor shape that it's literally clunking around space and threatening to fall apart underneath our feet, we might actually need the medical equipment intact...
It was a good thing the hallway was a straight shot from this point, or she'd have smacked right into a wall. She didn't register anything amiss until a weapon discharged in a wreath down the hall over her shoulder, and even then it was a severely delayed, startled leap against the same wall where the bullets had embedded themselves. Realizing that her instinctual reaction had been the exact wrong direction, Alex rebounded with a kick of her toes to the near wall and landed in an unfortunate heap--Oh, son of a fraggin' supernova! How many times is this, now?--against the opposite one. Had a second shot followed the first, she'd have been blasted in the head.
As it was, she was shuddering with pain--though less than before so that was a bit of a stars-blessed boon. Alex found herself cursing mentally over the damage to the wall, having already internally claimed his ship as hers to keep afloat in the vacuum beyond while she remained aboard to rely on it and had life left to do so. Finally, she fumed at her companion and rescuer aloud.
"Oi!" she shouted. "You coulda said you only wanted me around for target practice!"
If she'd stopped to think about it, past the panicked relief of not actually taking a spray of pellets to her front, she'd have realized Zasz would never have missed. The assumption dissolved when she peeked her head out around a sliver of molding and spotted a glowing heap of limbs and ember in the living area.
Bits of the floor were glowing with residual footprint marks, edges of the furniture were smoldering, and THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE ON THE SHIP. Who'd shot at her. Rude. Alex immediately flailed around for the two-way Captain Fenris had gifted her, patting through yards of white toga, scooting the datapad aside, tunneling through the sheet until the smaller device was trapped in her palm.
"Hey question," she began, her voice a little breathless with intermingled pain, concern, and surprise. "When you search transports for salvage, how thoroughly do you look for signs of life? Cuz you missed me...and I think maybe you missed others. An other, specifically, just now."
Unless, well. He'd said he was the only CREW...and that they were the only SOULS...so maybe this one was a soulless lady passenger with that fiery aura; maybe she was supposed to be there. "Unless I should have been expecting a...uhm. A bright red naked fire-lady with a...shotgun. Is that even a thing? I didn't know that was a thing."
And she'd been around. The numerous systems and ships she'd served or spied in she'd met and lived among some of the strangest creatures the universes over. But those had usually been commercial routes, she considered, and the stars were vast. Perhaps this one had snuck aboard from a people who came from more enclosed communities, or considered themselves too advanced to deal with humanity or the federations, or insulated themselves on their homeworlds and blocked themselves off from trade.
Whatever the case, fire-lady'd had terrible aim and didn't seem in much better shape than Alex herself at the moment. After a long moment, Alex lifted her head from where she'd bent it to the comm, then gray eyes met wide orbs of black so deep they were almost purple.
"I don't know where you come from...but I'm not sure I want to visit if your traditional greeting is a shotgun to the face."
And over here could probably use some TLC. Is there a medbay? Hmmm...I can jury rig the boosters if the captain would let me dismantle smaller tech...but is it worth it? I mean, if the ship's in such piss-poor shape that it's literally clunking around space and threatening to fall apart underneath our feet, we might actually need the medical equipment intact...
It was a good thing the hallway was a straight shot from this point, or she'd have smacked right into a wall. She didn't register anything amiss until a weapon discharged in a wreath down the hall over her shoulder, and even then it was a severely delayed, startled leap against the same wall where the bullets had embedded themselves. Realizing that her instinctual reaction had been the exact wrong direction, Alex rebounded with a kick of her toes to the near wall and landed in an unfortunate heap--Oh, son of a fraggin' supernova! How many times is this, now?--against the opposite one. Had a second shot followed the first, she'd have been blasted in the head.
As it was, she was shuddering with pain--though less than before so that was a bit of a stars-blessed boon. Alex found herself cursing mentally over the damage to the wall, having already internally claimed his ship as hers to keep afloat in the vacuum beyond while she remained aboard to rely on it and had life left to do so. Finally, she fumed at her companion and rescuer aloud.
"Oi!" she shouted. "You coulda said you only wanted me around for target practice!"
If she'd stopped to think about it, past the panicked relief of not actually taking a spray of pellets to her front, she'd have realized Zasz would never have missed. The assumption dissolved when she peeked her head out around a sliver of molding and spotted a glowing heap of limbs and ember in the living area.
Bits of the floor were glowing with residual footprint marks, edges of the furniture were smoldering, and THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE ON THE SHIP. Who'd shot at her. Rude. Alex immediately flailed around for the two-way Captain Fenris had gifted her, patting through yards of white toga, scooting the datapad aside, tunneling through the sheet until the smaller device was trapped in her palm.
"Hey question," she began, her voice a little breathless with intermingled pain, concern, and surprise. "When you search transports for salvage, how thoroughly do you look for signs of life? Cuz you missed me...and I think maybe you missed others. An other, specifically, just now."
Unless, well. He'd said he was the only CREW...and that they were the only SOULS...so maybe this one was a soulless lady passenger with that fiery aura; maybe she was supposed to be there. "Unless I should have been expecting a...uhm. A bright red naked fire-lady with a...shotgun. Is that even a thing? I didn't know that was a thing."
And she'd been around. The numerous systems and ships she'd served or spied in she'd met and lived among some of the strangest creatures the universes over. But those had usually been commercial routes, she considered, and the stars were vast. Perhaps this one had snuck aboard from a people who came from more enclosed communities, or considered themselves too advanced to deal with humanity or the federations, or insulated themselves on their homeworlds and blocked themselves off from trade.
Whatever the case, fire-lady'd had terrible aim and didn't seem in much better shape than Alex herself at the moment. After a long moment, Alex lifted her head from where she'd bent it to the comm, then gray eyes met wide orbs of black so deep they were almost purple.
"I don't know where you come from...but I'm not sure I want to visit if your traditional greeting is a shotgun to the face."
Dreams come in a size too big so we can grow into them.
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