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Zack
Raphael's Room:
Raphael layed in his bed, resting after the events of the storm. After he had a Mt. dropped down ontop of him, several of his ribs were fractured. One of his legs was twisted in the wrong direction, and he lost a lot of blood. But, he was still alive. His senses slowly returned to him one by one. First he could hear the machines monitoring. One of them chimmed as he slowly gained conscienceness. Second to come was his sense of touch, and damn it if he didn't hurt. When the Mt. fell ontop of them, he had been closest to the explosin. It was a mircale he had surived such a blow like that. His armor was in pieces, completly unrecoverable. He groaned as he tried to move around. He was greeted with fresh waves of pain. "Damn it all." He said over cracked, dry lips.
"You know, you're never going to have kids if you get yourself blow up." Ivory said, gently placing a hand on his arm, applying a soft, steady, pressure, "You're still alive. We didn't even have to restore your mind from backups. Most of the damage is repaired, but you're going to need some time for your body to get used to all the new tissue... and for us to treat the heavy metal poisoning from the nanomachine medications."
Raphael's eyes slowly opened to look at Ivory. Once he recgonized her he smiled. "Well, it was either that or let a Mt drop ontop of the city. I'd make that trade again if I had to." He said smileing slightly as he left her push him back down. He shakily brought a hand up and placed it over her's. "Did everyone else make it?" He asked, closing his eyes again.
"We have plenty of everyone else's." Uso said, her voice coming from the corner, where she was seated, reviewing something from a datapad, "But you did do a good job. We would have lost a lot of the Ragnarock someone else's."
"She's glad you're ok," Ivory added.
Raphael gave a slight chuckle. "It's good to see you too your highness." He said opening his eyes to look over at her. He smiled over at her, before returning his head to the pillow. "Though Cyrus won't be happy I destroyed his project." He said looking at Uso.
"His people lived... they'll just be unhappy until we can dig them all out." Uso said dismissively, still focused on her pad, taking her eyes off it for a moment to look over at him, then returning down to the pad.
Ivory would reach behind Raphael, fiddling with something behind him for a moment, his body feeling a warm, numbing sensation, "How's that?" Ivory asked.
Raphael shrugged, knowing he wasn't going to get anymore out of her. Then he felt the a nice heat course from his IV site across his body. "That's good... Codine or Morphine?" He asked as the pain began to subside.
"Nanomachine treatment, we're dulling the pain signals right as they reach the neck rather than messing with your blood chemistry. We're already having to filter out heavy metals." Ivory said, placing a hand on his shoulder,
"You should be up and about in a few hours. We need you operational sooner rather than later," Uso said, "Lewis is still out there, and we have more than one crew member chomping at the bit for their own little kingdom."
Raphael frowned at Uso's new revalation. "So we need to reign them in? Or do we need to just keep an eye on them?" He asked slowly sitting up to look at her. "Who wants to do this?" He asked, his brain now swimming with questions.
"You could let him rest a bit," Ivory said, turning her attention to Uso for a moment.
"He can rest when he's dead," Uso replied,
"He will be if you keep this up..."
"Don't you have other patients?"
"Not right now"
Raphael growled. "Enough." He said tiredly. He looked over at Uso. "Just send me a detailed afteraction report." He said laying his head back. He sighed a threw a quick glance at Ivory. "I'll be okay. I probably need to start putting out fires as soon as posible anyway." He said looking over to his nightstand, where he kept his datajockey. He contemplated if he really wanted to work right now. He decided against the idea and just rested his head. "I'll look in a minute." He muttered.
Uso would get up and head for the door, leaving the two of them alone.
"Just get some sleep for now. You can take a day off after having a mountain fall on you." Ivory said.
Raphael just sighed as Uso walked out. "Was I being rude?" He asked as held out his hand for Ivory to take.
"Uso was," Ivory replied, holding his hand. "You're still recovering."
"Is..." Raphael looked thoughtful for a moment. "Is she upset, about us?" He asked.
"Maybe a little... maybe not. Uso doesn't really.... emote." Ivory said, adding a small laugh, "Besides, if she was that upset about it I'm sure she'd make a move"
"I really am just tired of trying to figure it out, especially when she is going around trying to do it with Arcoss and Errowyn." He looked up to her. "Besides, I am happy being with you." He said with a smile.
Ivory didn't say anything for the moment, content to just hold Raph's hand while he laid there. "It... can be a bit demanding at times. She expects people she works closely with to have a sorta... understanding with her. No... that isn't a great explanation... " Ivory had to think about it for a moment. "It is more like being in a band, she expects everyone to know the song and be able to improvise as they go along. Not many people can keep up."
Raphael just went quiet. He really didn't know what he should say. He sighed and closed his eyes. After a few seconds he finally broke his silence. "Okay, I think I understand." He said eyes still closed.
"Your local friend also seems to have survived... the two of you should both be up and moving by the time we reach Nepleslia." Ivory patted him on the shoulder, and then pulled up a chair so she could sit down near him.
"Why exactly are we headed out there?" He asked looking over to her.
"I think you may be able to figure that out better than I can." Ivory said, "... She doesn't tell me where we're going most of the time, just that she needs me somewhere."
Raphael shrugged. "Considering I was burried and just woke up, not much to go on." He answered. "But, if I had to guess, we are picking up new people and supplies." He said as he reached over for his datajockey. "I need a damn vacation." He muttered as he tried to figure out all that was going on.
"The best I can do for you is a few hours on Nepleslia, but I hear not all of it is terrible.... Plus Uso paid out the first of everyone's payment while you were out." Ivory said.
"Yay. At least I got paid for dropping a mountian on myself." He said only half joking. "What would be nice is a week of not getting shot at, nearly killed by damn locals, or having everyone pissed off at me. After awhile it gets to be annoying."
"Not getting shot at, and not getting killed by the locals... Maybe Nepleslia isn't the best place for us to be going to," Ivory couldn't help but smile at her own little joke, "Now how about you go to sleep for a bit? I promise I'll wake you up when you're ready to move around."
Raphael sighed, slumping down in his bed. "Not much else to do, plus I really don't feel like working." He said as he placed his head on the pillow and gently tossed his datajockey onto the nightstand.
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~ 10 hours later, Nepleslia,
Ivory and Raph found themselves in a nice hotel with a large bed... a large shower... and a large window overlooking the large pool and the atmospheric dome that made the entire place really feel like a bit of paradise transplanted into the heart of Funky City. Of course, the posh decoration had almost immediately been ruined by Ivory, as she took a bunch of the blankets and pillows from the bed to make a little nest by the view screen so they could watch movies... the woman currently cuddled up next to Raphael as the last bit of their current flik came to an end.
Raphael, having recovered from his wounds, sat there holding Ivory as the movie ended. He smiled down at her as it ended, giving hher a small peck on the cheek. There mini vacation was doing Raph some good. He was relaxed and very content at the moment. "What to watch next?" He asked, a small smile spread across his face.
"Horror? Adventure? Drama?" She asked, happy to nuzzle into the warmth Raphael was providing, "Or maybe we should just order some room service... We've got enough money to make them send up anything you want... we could get creative..."
Raphael smiled. "Sure, lets have them bring us up something good." He said reaching for the comm device so he could call downstairs. "Well? Buy out all their food or?" He asked jokingly
"Even with all the medical nanomachines in the world I think THAT would make me fat... How about lets start with strawberries and cream?" Ivory asked.
"Sure, what ever you want." He said as he ordered up strawberries and cream, and a bottle of wine. Once all the ordering was done, he rested his head on hers and smiled. "Hope they dont take to long. I want that bottle of wine." He said as his hand rubbed her hand.
"You're going to stop trying to get yourself killed right?" Ivory asked, her voice sounding more than a bit concerned.
He looked down at her. He smiled and kissed her cheek. "I am going to stop trying to get myself killed." He said holding her just a bit tighter. "What's wrong Ivy? Somethings been bugging you." He said. This time it was his turn to look concerned.
"You've been really depressed lately, and I'm worried you're going to return to that state when you get back to work." She replied.
He placed his hand on her chin and raised her face to meet his. "I will be fine. I am much better now than I was. Things will get harder, but all I can do is keep placing one foot in front of the other." He kissed her. "And make sure that I have someone their to catch me when I fall." He whispered.
Raphael layed in his bed, resting after the events of the storm. After he had a Mt. dropped down ontop of him, several of his ribs were fractured. One of his legs was twisted in the wrong direction, and he lost a lot of blood. But, he was still alive. His senses slowly returned to him one by one. First he could hear the machines monitoring. One of them chimmed as he slowly gained conscienceness. Second to come was his sense of touch, and damn it if he didn't hurt. When the Mt. fell ontop of them, he had been closest to the explosin. It was a mircale he had surived such a blow like that. His armor was in pieces, completly unrecoverable. He groaned as he tried to move around. He was greeted with fresh waves of pain. "Damn it all." He said over cracked, dry lips.
"You know, you're never going to have kids if you get yourself blow up." Ivory said, gently placing a hand on his arm, applying a soft, steady, pressure, "You're still alive. We didn't even have to restore your mind from backups. Most of the damage is repaired, but you're going to need some time for your body to get used to all the new tissue... and for us to treat the heavy metal poisoning from the nanomachine medications."
Raphael's eyes slowly opened to look at Ivory. Once he recgonized her he smiled. "Well, it was either that or let a Mt drop ontop of the city. I'd make that trade again if I had to." He said smileing slightly as he left her push him back down. He shakily brought a hand up and placed it over her's. "Did everyone else make it?" He asked, closing his eyes again.
"We have plenty of everyone else's." Uso said, her voice coming from the corner, where she was seated, reviewing something from a datapad, "But you did do a good job. We would have lost a lot of the Ragnarock someone else's."
"She's glad you're ok," Ivory added.
Raphael gave a slight chuckle. "It's good to see you too your highness." He said opening his eyes to look over at her. He smiled over at her, before returning his head to the pillow. "Though Cyrus won't be happy I destroyed his project." He said looking at Uso.
"His people lived... they'll just be unhappy until we can dig them all out." Uso said dismissively, still focused on her pad, taking her eyes off it for a moment to look over at him, then returning down to the pad.
Ivory would reach behind Raphael, fiddling with something behind him for a moment, his body feeling a warm, numbing sensation, "How's that?" Ivory asked.
Raphael shrugged, knowing he wasn't going to get anymore out of her. Then he felt the a nice heat course from his IV site across his body. "That's good... Codine or Morphine?" He asked as the pain began to subside.
"Nanomachine treatment, we're dulling the pain signals right as they reach the neck rather than messing with your blood chemistry. We're already having to filter out heavy metals." Ivory said, placing a hand on his shoulder,
"You should be up and about in a few hours. We need you operational sooner rather than later," Uso said, "Lewis is still out there, and we have more than one crew member chomping at the bit for their own little kingdom."
Raphael frowned at Uso's new revalation. "So we need to reign them in? Or do we need to just keep an eye on them?" He asked slowly sitting up to look at her. "Who wants to do this?" He asked, his brain now swimming with questions.
"You could let him rest a bit," Ivory said, turning her attention to Uso for a moment.
"He can rest when he's dead," Uso replied,
"He will be if you keep this up..."
"Don't you have other patients?"
"Not right now"
Raphael growled. "Enough." He said tiredly. He looked over at Uso. "Just send me a detailed afteraction report." He said laying his head back. He sighed a threw a quick glance at Ivory. "I'll be okay. I probably need to start putting out fires as soon as posible anyway." He said looking over to his nightstand, where he kept his datajockey. He contemplated if he really wanted to work right now. He decided against the idea and just rested his head. "I'll look in a minute." He muttered.
Uso would get up and head for the door, leaving the two of them alone.
"Just get some sleep for now. You can take a day off after having a mountain fall on you." Ivory said.
Raphael just sighed as Uso walked out. "Was I being rude?" He asked as held out his hand for Ivory to take.
"Uso was," Ivory replied, holding his hand. "You're still recovering."
"Is..." Raphael looked thoughtful for a moment. "Is she upset, about us?" He asked.
"Maybe a little... maybe not. Uso doesn't really.... emote." Ivory said, adding a small laugh, "Besides, if she was that upset about it I'm sure she'd make a move"
"I really am just tired of trying to figure it out, especially when she is going around trying to do it with Arcoss and Errowyn." He looked up to her. "Besides, I am happy being with you." He said with a smile.
Ivory didn't say anything for the moment, content to just hold Raph's hand while he laid there. "It... can be a bit demanding at times. She expects people she works closely with to have a sorta... understanding with her. No... that isn't a great explanation... " Ivory had to think about it for a moment. "It is more like being in a band, she expects everyone to know the song and be able to improvise as they go along. Not many people can keep up."
Raphael just went quiet. He really didn't know what he should say. He sighed and closed his eyes. After a few seconds he finally broke his silence. "Okay, I think I understand." He said eyes still closed.
"Your local friend also seems to have survived... the two of you should both be up and moving by the time we reach Nepleslia." Ivory patted him on the shoulder, and then pulled up a chair so she could sit down near him.
"Why exactly are we headed out there?" He asked looking over to her.
"I think you may be able to figure that out better than I can." Ivory said, "... She doesn't tell me where we're going most of the time, just that she needs me somewhere."
Raphael shrugged. "Considering I was burried and just woke up, not much to go on." He answered. "But, if I had to guess, we are picking up new people and supplies." He said as he reached over for his datajockey. "I need a damn vacation." He muttered as he tried to figure out all that was going on.
"The best I can do for you is a few hours on Nepleslia, but I hear not all of it is terrible.... Plus Uso paid out the first of everyone's payment while you were out." Ivory said.
"Yay. At least I got paid for dropping a mountian on myself." He said only half joking. "What would be nice is a week of not getting shot at, nearly killed by damn locals, or having everyone pissed off at me. After awhile it gets to be annoying."
"Not getting shot at, and not getting killed by the locals... Maybe Nepleslia isn't the best place for us to be going to," Ivory couldn't help but smile at her own little joke, "Now how about you go to sleep for a bit? I promise I'll wake you up when you're ready to move around."
Raphael sighed, slumping down in his bed. "Not much else to do, plus I really don't feel like working." He said as he placed his head on the pillow and gently tossed his datajockey onto the nightstand.
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~ 10 hours later, Nepleslia,
Ivory and Raph found themselves in a nice hotel with a large bed... a large shower... and a large window overlooking the large pool and the atmospheric dome that made the entire place really feel like a bit of paradise transplanted into the heart of Funky City. Of course, the posh decoration had almost immediately been ruined by Ivory, as she took a bunch of the blankets and pillows from the bed to make a little nest by the view screen so they could watch movies... the woman currently cuddled up next to Raphael as the last bit of their current flik came to an end.
Raphael, having recovered from his wounds, sat there holding Ivory as the movie ended. He smiled down at her as it ended, giving hher a small peck on the cheek. There mini vacation was doing Raph some good. He was relaxed and very content at the moment. "What to watch next?" He asked, a small smile spread across his face.
"Horror? Adventure? Drama?" She asked, happy to nuzzle into the warmth Raphael was providing, "Or maybe we should just order some room service... We've got enough money to make them send up anything you want... we could get creative..."
Raphael smiled. "Sure, lets have them bring us up something good." He said reaching for the comm device so he could call downstairs. "Well? Buy out all their food or?" He asked jokingly
"Even with all the medical nanomachines in the world I think THAT would make me fat... How about lets start with strawberries and cream?" Ivory asked.
"Sure, what ever you want." He said as he ordered up strawberries and cream, and a bottle of wine. Once all the ordering was done, he rested his head on hers and smiled. "Hope they dont take to long. I want that bottle of wine." He said as his hand rubbed her hand.
"You're going to stop trying to get yourself killed right?" Ivory asked, her voice sounding more than a bit concerned.
He looked down at her. He smiled and kissed her cheek. "I am going to stop trying to get myself killed." He said holding her just a bit tighter. "What's wrong Ivy? Somethings been bugging you." He said. This time it was his turn to look concerned.
"You've been really depressed lately, and I'm worried you're going to return to that state when you get back to work." She replied.
He placed his hand on her chin and raised her face to meet his. "I will be fine. I am much better now than I was. Things will get harder, but all I can do is keep placing one foot in front of the other." He kissed her. "And make sure that I have someone their to catch me when I fall." He whispered.