He shoved his palms against the sides a little harder, catching a view of the bands wrapped around his skin.
"Serv, guys, I bid you recall how much I loathe the need for revenge tactics before breakfast..."
He trailed off as his stomach growled and frowned. Was it breakfast? The concept of time when one had been either drugged or otherwise rendered incapacitate--
Is that a tentacle?
Roan's eyes widened as he stared up at the fully-in-focus appendage patting the covering of the unit. Pleased tones came from overhead and he was very not reassured. Particularly when the alien's tone changed to what might have been mild displeasure. It could have been rage for all he knew, a deceptively sweet drone before a horrifying end. Still, the twitching tentacle wasn't aggressive; body language a generally more accurate sign that universal tonality was in play.
Didn't stop him from wishing he'd agreed to a translator implant right about now.
The tentacle lifted to frame a lithe face; he could barely make out smooth features and had no concept of what type of alien he might have been staring up at. Xe nibbled on the end like one might chew on fingernails and Roan felt an uneasy smile twitch across his lips. Okay, this is...this is okay. I can sort this out. More immediate problem one: Why am I in a containment unit with someone possessed of at least one tentacle hovering over me like ey've gotten a present...and THEN backtrack to problem two: how did I get here?
The taxi hover flitted again through his mind but he genuinely couldn't remember. And then it didn't matter that much, as the lid hissed and slid up and away. Maybe this was a rescue. Someone had stuck him in this thing, forgotten about him, and a friendly neighborhood xeno had stopped by to let him out. He sat up slowly, trying to keep his head attached in more ways than one. The room swam before him, but he could at least clearly make out the one who'd brought him out of his bizarre container situation.
Definitely more than one tentacle.
And that wasn't the only working theory that dissolved into something far less promising than a prank meeting a sideways end. He was in some sort of structure and the environment had a sterile feel. Which could be many things. Not necessarily something ominous. At all.
"Is this a hospital?" Roan hoped aloud with a smile that barely showed teeth. No reason yet to believe if he couldn't make out xyr language, it was unlikely xe would understand his. He shook out his arms as if to remind his muscles they were still prepped for action. Then he moved faster, throwing a leg over the side and prepping to hop free.
"Serv, guys, I bid you recall how much I loathe the need for revenge tactics before breakfast..."
He trailed off as his stomach growled and frowned. Was it breakfast? The concept of time when one had been either drugged or otherwise rendered incapacitate--
Is that a tentacle?
Roan's eyes widened as he stared up at the fully-in-focus appendage patting the covering of the unit. Pleased tones came from overhead and he was very not reassured. Particularly when the alien's tone changed to what might have been mild displeasure. It could have been rage for all he knew, a deceptively sweet drone before a horrifying end. Still, the twitching tentacle wasn't aggressive; body language a generally more accurate sign that universal tonality was in play.
Didn't stop him from wishing he'd agreed to a translator implant right about now.
The tentacle lifted to frame a lithe face; he could barely make out smooth features and had no concept of what type of alien he might have been staring up at. Xe nibbled on the end like one might chew on fingernails and Roan felt an uneasy smile twitch across his lips. Okay, this is...this is okay. I can sort this out. More immediate problem one: Why am I in a containment unit with someone possessed of at least one tentacle hovering over me like ey've gotten a present...and THEN backtrack to problem two: how did I get here?
The taxi hover flitted again through his mind but he genuinely couldn't remember. And then it didn't matter that much, as the lid hissed and slid up and away. Maybe this was a rescue. Someone had stuck him in this thing, forgotten about him, and a friendly neighborhood xeno had stopped by to let him out. He sat up slowly, trying to keep his head attached in more ways than one. The room swam before him, but he could at least clearly make out the one who'd brought him out of his bizarre container situation.
Definitely more than one tentacle.
And that wasn't the only working theory that dissolved into something far less promising than a prank meeting a sideways end. He was in some sort of structure and the environment had a sterile feel. Which could be many things. Not necessarily something ominous. At all.
"Is this a hospital?" Roan hoped aloud with a smile that barely showed teeth. No reason yet to believe if he couldn't make out xyr language, it was unlikely xe would understand his. He shook out his arms as if to remind his muscles they were still prepped for action. Then he moved faster, throwing a leg over the side and prepping to hop free.
Dreams come in a size too big so we can grow into them.
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