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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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 Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:37 pm
She looked a bit surprised for a moment, "That's because of the absence of drugs? I thought that was just you." That voice was kind of creepy, with its robotic tones when usually James sounded much different but she merely smiled sweetly and said, "Dear James you missed it, I am not the one who said you two were creepy. I believe those words came out of your dear Jellybean's mouth. I just think it's a little much you two are going down together...as Erik said, odd dates."
Then she leaned in a little closer to Erik and said with a straight face, "I'll date him. We'll double date, that way Erik and I can show you two how it's done." Nodding, her eyes began to sparkle and she clutched him just a little bit tighter. "Once you two aren't so...what's the word I'm looking for?" A brief pause. "No that's just too mean, anyway, you know what I mean. Once you two are back on your feet, we'll show you how it's done, won't we Erik? It'll be a night of fun so be prepared." After all Erik and Jelly used to light up the ship, right?
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Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:41 pm
Erik laughed, crooking his arm so Lillia's had hold of his in old escort style. "How sweet of you dear lady, to take pity on us lowly peons and offer us dates." A little glint of joke coming. "But won't that upset his Lord Sunshine?" Oh yes it was quit the joke on Fleet...Rennell had a female counterpart.
"But dating lessons doesn't sound horrible at all. Pretty soon, you two are going to run out of medical things to do together, then you'll run out of work things to do together. Then you can sit around and stare till someone coughs." Another laugh and a nod to Lillia.
She gave another one of those sedated laughs. "If I wasn't used to that I think it'd give me nightmares." Oh yeah, she was quite mellow indeed now wasn't she? Almost funny if there wasn't surgery following soon. A giggle. "Erik doesn't date. He's married to his commitment to me." It was a personal joke between them.
"You know...I hate red jellybeans..." Give a drugged mind some free thinking and random things like that came out. Followed by a smile of course. Though she didn't show a change in mellow mood despite her subject matter changing again. "Hopefully I can get back up on my feet quick as I may please."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:15 pm
"Should be even better, with the best in bioware in you rather than that outdated junk. and we'll just spare you from the red jellybeans."
Now his voice wasn't even close to human, and his eyes glazed over a bit, one of the minor issues with sedation for James. they had to near overdose him on the human side, and use just neough on the bioware as to make sure it maintained all the operations of his body, without fighting agasint any intrustions.
"Double dating will be fine later. Once we're both back up and moving again."
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 7:43 pm
She just giggled, "Aww Lord Sunshine hates it when I don't have any fun, it makes me gloomy and we all know that the sun is never gloomy, hidden sometimes but never gloomy."
She glanced at the two in the beds for a moment and grinned, that was a subtle way to tell her it was time to leave. "I like the pink ones the best, they taste the yummiest." Yes mindless chatter was fun for the drugged and fun to egg the drugged on but it really was time for them to go.
"Alright then, we'll leave you two to your romantic moments among machinery alone." She took Erik's hand and began leading him to the door, then stopped and walked over to Jelena. "You're going to be just fine, Jelly." she whispered. "Just fine." Squeezing her hand gently, she skipped back over to Erik and nodded towards the door. "Luck to you James."
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:13 pm
"Yes, let us go think up torture among dating torture for our wonderful boss lady and her third in line lackey, eh?" But he let Lillia pull him off, waiting for her as she walked back to Trevy to give her one last reassurance boost and then skip back.
He threw an arm around her shoulders. "Come on, don't want to get infected with thier strange dating habits." A look to the two who were the subject of talk. "You two don't be dying or anything stupid like that now. We'll see you in oh...six hours or so." And pushing on Lillia slightly to get her out the room and into the hallway, and starting down it. "Come on you, we have to preoccupy ourselves with work."
A nod to Lillia as the woman made it a point to give her an extra bit of reassurance. "I'm sure I will." And a little wave to them as Erik pushed Lillia out of the room and then followed. Jelena ran a hand through her hair and gave a sigh before leaning back in her pillows and then turning her head to look at James. "You know...I may be horribly mellow...but I'm scared out of my mind right now."
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:31 pm
James looked over at her, and grinned lightly. or a half grin, as the case may be do to drugs.
"Everything will be fine. We have the best people here..nothing will happen."
His speech was mechanical sounding, and slurred, before the team did indeed come through that door, and on a big tray was the spinal upgrade for Jelena, and the memory upgrades and other bioware peices for james. his upgrade looked so tiny compared to Jelena's...but no less dangerous, considering the places being operated on.
Jessica walked over to James, turning his head up and flicking a light in his eyes.
"James is as ready as can be. How about Jelena? do we need a mask on her or do you think she's good for surgery, Dr. Camp?"
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:57 pm
"This girl goes down and out as down and out as she can get." Yup he was already injecting something into her IV line to further put her down. He had to get past her own drug tolerances, which were high and numerous. Easy enough too see that those drungs were already taking effect as her eyes were already drooping. Thus a mask placed over her nose and mouth, let's add some gas too. Make sure she was nice and out.
A snap of his fingers in front of her face to get her attention. "Just like the first time, but with more drugs Lena." And he pet through her hair, watching as she fought to keep her eyes open but eventually lost that battle. A look over to Jessica. "I believe we're all ready. We got music in here?"
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Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:03 pm
"Okay James. lights out, soldier."
And she hit a little tiny switch in the side of his head with a little tiny screwdriver, and he gave a small spasm before he was out. then a glance over to Dr. Camp.
"Music we have. cabinet's behind you, second shelf on the left. stereo system downloaded with over seven thousand different music tracks. I have your surgecial tools prepped and ready, and we got our thigns set to go. if you need assistance with anything don't hesitate to ask."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 2:51 pm
"Oh good...so difficult to concentrate." So a breif venture to the cabinet, setting up music to work by. Ancient classics really, things like Beehtoven, Mozart, Bach, Brahms...he did love his ancient musics. Well, for work anyway.
"Rigth then I'll keep that in mind. Let us begin then yes?" Thus a walk back over to Jelena, taking a moment to configure bed into or table, then intibating her before rolling her over. Of course he currently had one tech to his uses...after all, someone was going to need to breath and pump Jelena's blood for her when it came down to that point. Hard when you had to essentially kill someone to work on them.
As the music started into Bach's concerto number five, he started as well.
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 3:19 pm
Jessica and her team went to work as well, a series of small pokes with that srcewdriver to tiny openings that had tinier buttons, and with a hissing sound, James' head opened up, blood splattered series of small harddrives, with sharp clawed little tentacles with grippers. James' memory. small cords and connectors put in from those to the new upgraded ones, and a few keystrokes and the download began.
"scalpel."
They then mad an incistion through James' eyelid and up along his face, and detached the metal overhang that the red eyepiece slid out from. a thinner piece was put on the table, and another incistion made to throught he side of his head to the bioware. the matel piece swas inserted, activacte, and a bar thatwent down along his face. that let out a tiny, microscopic emiter that turned his actual eye red and did the same as the old eyepiece. might as well update that.
"drill."
the drill was handed over, and the vzzzzzt sound as screws were drilled into his head, to hold what they just put in.
"Vitals?"
"Stable. a little high on the blood pressure."
Beep, beep. Dowload finished. a few more keystrokes, chronospacing and organization of memories. Oh course machines were doing Jame's breathing and heart pumping right now. and every other bodily fuction.
"Turn down the pacemaker by point five. that should get hsi blood pressure under the bar. it's going to spike something fierce when this gets through."
the other techs nodded in agreement. they'd been through this before.
"Okay give me the powerwrench."
the little drillbit looking tool handed over, and place toward the back of his head. another Vrrrrrt sound, and a sickening sloppy noise, and a long blood soaked and a little brain matter covered blue tube put in a basin, before another one was replaced into his head. which got him to start spasming.
"Power flux...hold him down, and get that under control right now."
crisis averted, and another beep to show download done. well good. the little blood soaked ones detached, though the little tentacles tried to latch ont to warm flesh and they were placed with the blue rod. the new ones inserted, a vwoom sound as they powered up.
"Okay here we go. hold him tight, strap him if need be. frank, be ready with the medical kits if he gets loose."
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 7:07 pm
It was probably almost amazing how fast Camp worked when he was focused. Incisions made quickly and cleanly. Before he took more of the handyman's approach as to the regular surgeon's. Cutting metal and disconnecting wires and what not, fishing through vessels and nerves that were indeed still organic and had somehow escaped harm those years ago.
Though after that, a nod given to his tech to flip on machines and monitor them, make sure they did what they were supposed to do and keep her alive while her body had no control involuntary or otherwise to do so. After five minutes of making sure things were good with that...on came the ripping out of bioware and old wiring, which when laid out on the table, still bloody, showed just how much damage the thing had. Surprising you didn't hear the rattling and grindng when she walked.
But out with the old and in with the new, taking a good while to connect wires and what not, making sure things were going to work like they should, blood was going to flow where it was supposed to and nerves were going to react and respond accordingly. Had to make sure everything was right now didn't he?
Of course time was lost to the doctor who worked to music that was now deemed acient. But soon enough he was screwing on covering plates and he stopped a moment, looking to his tech and giving a nod to slowly shut down the machines. With everything connected back in her spin, neuro signals should all be tranfering properly. After twenty minutes of knowing she was pumping her own blood and what not, he took to closing up layers of skin, working his way outward and inward. He was barely aware of the others in the room or the happenings not but ten feet away. A look to his tech again. "All right, pull the intibation tube. We keep her like this for a bit. I want to monitor her for that time, keep systems on standby." Wanted to be absolutely sure she could breath and what not on her own.
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:22 am
She was supposed to be preoccupying herself with work but she'd been staring at the same stasis report now for the last half hour. She was worried, it showed in her constant fidgeting and inability to focus. The pencil that was usually shoved in her hair or behind one ear was mercilessly tapping on the pad she used to write anything down that she needed to recheck later.
Yes Lillia Nikkco was old fashioned. She used one of the oldest computers on the face of the earth or space and paper and pencil whenever she could. Glancing at Erik for a moment who was busy getting the Cerberus situated and giving out instructions she sighed. It was going to be a long day...
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Picking Up Stars Vice Captain
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 9:37 am
Erik walked over and snatched her pencil. "Can't concentrate between this things heartrate and your pencil tapping." And he set her pencil down on the pad she had. "Really, stop thinking on it and just do some work. You'll get behind. And if Jelena has trouble getting back to her feet, she's going to get behind herself and you know how she freaks out over that. I can't have you both freaking on me for being behind in your work."
Yes James' cerberus had been put into her final stages before stasis would be shut down. A cute little thing, a foot from ears to toes, and two feet long, tail included. A few weeks fast newborn stages, just to make sure she could survive outside her little liquid enviroment. He charted down some stats for a moment, then looked back to Lilia. "Worse things could be happening."
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 6:04 pm
"Damnit! Frank, get those damn medkits in here! and next time, I tell you to INCAPACITATE him, I damn well mean it!"
James was thrashing now, strapped to his table, two of Jessica's teams injured and bleeding. one was on a respirator at present, minor cuts being tended to, the other had a nice long gash in his arm from being thrown across the medical tools.
they knew this reaction. bad, bad memories, combined with a huge amount of pain form those little tentalces reattaching themselves to his brain. it was like living your whole life again in high definition. that was also why before they reinserted his memory they moved his bed about fifteen feet away from Jelena's.
Frank got the medkits, and they were treating the sever bruising on one's throat and the other's arm, while James' thrashing died down some, Jessica petting over his hair lightly.
"shush. calm down James. everything is fine, that happened a long time ago. your safe here, everything is alright. Jelena's here...just relax.."
Of course while she was trying to verbally soothe him, which was more a distraction while they redrugged him..he calmed, breathing slowed, before drugs put him back under.
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Fractured Moonlight Captain
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Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 7:21 pm
Still he was quite oblivious to what was going on in the room, even when James started freaking out and hurting staff members, though his own tech seemed a little fidgety from the situation. However he was still too focused on what he was doing, running various remote tests from a hand held device, making sure everything was as it should be.
Though as he suspected, the signals were a bit weak. After all this was a completely different format of bioware that Jelena's brain and nervous system would have to recognize and learn to respond and give command to. She was not going to be a happy woman at all in having to condition her body to the new things at all.
A look over as apparently Jessica was getting James to calm down and putting him under a heavier dose of medication. Alright then, hopefully no more outbursts. A look to his tech. "I want her under sedation and monitoring for a half hour to an hour more, so get yourself comfortable." Back to his little hand held screen and stylus.
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