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 Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:25 am
Star hung limp from Tethys' grip, taking ragged breaths. When the beating abruptly stopped he opened his eyes. Apparently he was still conscious. He made a meager attempt at struggling, then gave up and looked up at her. He looked terrified. He'd never been so convinced she was going to kill him.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:37 am
Tethys looked back at him - really looked at him, not the air past the back of his head - and took in his stricken features. Her face had the same solemn set it had while she was hitting him, but her eyes, no longer so blank, acknowledged his existence.
She said nothing, which is different than not saying anything.
Slowly, she released her fistful of coat and reached for her belt; the communicator clicked. "Sir?" Never something that throbbed with passionate emotion, her voice sounded like it came from somewhere distant as she walked away.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 3:53 am
Star landed in a messy heap when Tethys released him. He didn't move. Instead he just breathed heavily and watched her as she walked away. When he finally realized he was out of danger he closed his eyes and passed out. Some unfortunate grunt would find him later and drag him off to the infirmary.
Deimos perked up at Tethys' response. "I can't find Andre's favorite pillow. Do you know where it is?" Tethys was the only person in the world who would recognize this as double meaning for, "Are you coming back tonight? I don't know what to do without you here any more."
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:35 am
Not long after the incident, a rather relaxed and casual looking Orion appeared in the elevator as its door opened. Stepping out, the man was whistling some sort of tune. However, he paused at the sight of a body lying crumpled against a wall. Ah ha. This looked like Tethys' handy work.
He skittered over to Star and peered at him with a smirk, nudging the unconscious body with the toe of his boot.
Orion then caught the sight of Tethys moving down the hallway and turned towards her. "Hey Sweetheart! Looks like I missed all the action!"
Leaving Star where he lay, someone else could clean that up, Orion was now headed in Tethys' direction.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:51 am
Tethys' stride slowed while she gazed at the device in her hand for a long time before finally answering, "..I'll find it, sir." Another pause. "This evening." She clipped the little communicator back on her belt and resumed heading for.. somewhere else. Evening was a number of hours off. She could find a quiet place, take some time to-
-mentally curse as she heard a familiar voice down the hall. Not again.
Tethys ignored the call and kept walking.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 6:57 am
This did not deter Orion. After all, not much really fazed him anymore when it came to Tethys. The green haired man quickly caught up with her then was soon walking at her side, a huge grin plastered on his face, hands folded behind his head as he peered at her with one eye.
"Aw, is that any way to treat your knight in shining armor? C'mon admit it, I did good."
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:11 am
Tethys muttered and turned sharply around a corner, but she knew it wouldn't throw him off. Orion was persistent as a cockroach, half as intelligent, and possessed of unfortunately good tracking skills. Which he was probably using. On her. This did not improve matters.
Maybe if she headed to a flight deck she could push him off- no, she thought as she caught sight of her bloodied hand again. No. She stopped dead in the hall and turned an unimpressed look on her unwanted pursuitor.
"I am not in the mood for this," she told him flatly. "At all. So I will say this once: Yes. Thank you. Now go away."
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:25 am
Orion was on her like a Heracross to tree sap... or he'd like to be anyway. When Tethys turned the corner suddenly, he was right on her heels. But when she stopped dead in her tracks, he stopped as well. His smirk turning to an expression of genuine shock when she actually acknowledged and thanked his efforts.
After a split second though the shock faded and his smirk returned. "C'mon babe, lighten up, you can do better than that." He said and then leaned forward. "How 'bout a kiss?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:31 am
Tethys narrowed her eyes at his puckered lips.
A second later a ringing slap left a bloody handprint smeared across Orion's face and the commander was striding down the hall again at a brisk clip.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:34 am
Orion was stunned only for an instant as Tethys' hand connected with his face. He was all too use to this. Instead he cackled as she stormed off. "Yeah! Now that's more like it!" he crowed, although it hadn't been quite what he had in mind.
This man clearly had problems.
"Oh wait, you forgot something!" he called after her, not entirely expecting her to stop or slow down.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:45 am
"Yes, I did," Tethys muttered, resolving to head into the first restroom she saw and wash her hands. "Your disgusting preferences."
As predicted, she endeavored to put as much distance between herself and the other Galactic as possible.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 7:51 am
"Psh, you know you like it," Orion countered with a grin, watching her stalk off and to the bathroom. He may be a disgusting pervert sometimes, but he wasn't -that- bad. Thus he didn't follow her in there.
Instead he just leaned against a wall and waited for her to come out.
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:39 am
"No," Tethys retorted a few minutes later as she came out, not bothering to see if Orion was there before she started talking. He would be. "If I actually enjoyed your attemps to get my attention I would have responded favorably at some point. I will be perfectly straight with you."
She fixed him with a look and spoke slowly, the way she did when trying to get a difficult concept across to Deimos. "I am not in-ter-est-ed in you. I have never been. I never will be. Unless it pertains to Team Galactic I have no wish to hear anything that comes out of your mouth."
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 8:46 am
If her words wounded Orion, he made no indication of it. The green haired man just smiled. "Aw c'mon. If I told you, you had a great body, would it hold it against me?" His grin renewed as he tossed her the ultra ball from before to her again.
"At least learn how to accept gifts! It wasn't easy to get. I promise I won't bother ya for the rest of the day. No strings attached."
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:56 pm
Meanwhile, as Nyx rested in the infirmary, a commotion started up. Two of the doctors on duty headed to the entrance as a grunt arrived, dragging something behind him.
"For the love of Arceus.. is that Sager?" One of the doctors muttered.
"Found him in the hall upstairs." The grunt answered.
"He should've known better than to cross her today.."
"Pff.. if we start listing the things he should know we'll be here all night." The second doctor spoke up, "Just get him on the bed."
The grunt helped haul the spindly bundle onto one of the beds near Nyx where she'd be able to see that it was Star, slicked with blood and unconscious.
"...well this is a spectacular mess. We just finished piecing him back together from last time." The doctors didn't sound terribly compassionate about Star's condition. Their tone was more like what you'd expect from someone who just found out their dog had made another mess that'd have to be cleaned up.
The grunt left and the doctors went to work looking Star over, muttering between each other about breaks, fractures and contusions. Once they were done assessing the damage, one of the doctors took hold of his arm and wrenched it, setting a broken bone.
There was an unpleasant pop and Star woke up abruptly. He shrieked, sounding a bit more like a girl than he probably would have liked, "AAAHH Get off me!!" He struggled for a moment then blinked, eyes darting around the room, "....how did I get in here?"
"Luck. Someone who cared enough to drag you here found you. Sit still."
Star's brow furrowed, "You can't speak to me that w-AH!"
"I told you to sit still. Stop jerking around, you're making this harder than it has to be."
Star grunted and pressed his head against the pillow as they worked on his arm. His eyes drifted to the side and he spotted Nyx for the first time. He didn't look thrilled to see her.
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