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[pain_train]

Who: Wrath (and maybe you?)
Broadcast: Entire fleet
Action: Windrose medlab, she ain't goin anywhere
When: June 11 (four days after this mess)

[Text]

extra large protein lovers pizza
++ spicy soypperoni
+ red chilies
++ mazer beer ipa or equivalent 1 6pack

5 strippers
pref male
++ purple body glitter
++ portable sound system
+ boa constrictor

deliver to: lt wrath, windrose



[Audio]

[She doesn’t quite know how bad she looks, but she knows how bad she feels. There is no way the people in the fleet need to see this. So it’s audio only. Wrath’s words slur faintly, like someone who is profoundly tired rather than drunk. Chems do that to her.]

Hey everyone. Um. I had an accident and I’m gonna be… down for a little while. I know I wanted to do a coffee thing for all my brother soldiers but… that’s gonna have to wait. Til I’m on my feet again. Really sorry, guys. But it’ll happen. Just a little later.

Anyway like last time I was in traction I just ordered pizza and strippers, but I tried to do that here and it doesn’t work? And there’s no pudding or nurses. So I’m kind of super bored since I can’t move around right now. So anyone want to like… watch vids or play games or something? I could maybe figure out how to do chess on the network. Or ask someone for help. Or tell stories. Or like. Visitors would be nice? Yeah.

Officer Snuggles says hi, everyone. [The fox yips.] And. Um. Bye~


[Action]

[Wrath, almost completely immobilized in traction to keep her spine from crumbling completely, occupies the Windrose’s medlab for the timebeing, Officer Snuggles normally curled up on the corner of the bed when he’s not out patrolling. Wrath herself looks like hell, nasty bruises and stitched up head and facial lacerations, her left eye’s sclera still crimson. But she’s doing her best to maintain a positive attitude. There’s not really anything else for her to do.

Visitors are what she really, really wants. Being stuck in bed and unable to move around and really touch anything is starting to eat at her badly. It’s a vague sort of unease, blurred out by the drugs, but it’s definitely not doing her anxiety levels any good. Before the ports are removed, nothing feels right anyway, which is another sort of alarming. She's got the painting frame for entertainment beyond staring at the ceiling, but her fine motor control is terrifyingly lacking, and she doesn't think she can blame it all on the drugs.

And Winter… she’s not thinking about what actually happened if she can help it. That wasn’t Winter. He wasn’t at home when that all went down. It was a fight, she survived, everything is okay now. She’s tough as hell. She’s not going to think about how it feels like falling. She’s not going to think about how last time, Compliance showed up and tried to take her right out of her hospital bed. She’s not going to drive herself crazy with worry about how Winter is doing and if everyone is treating him okay and if everyone gets it wasn’t his fault. And she’s sure as hell not going to think about how next time, it might be her turn.]

Comments

action;

[winn]

What year are you from?

[ this must be how hank felt, when winn was describing the internet to him. except...the internet is cooler. ]

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[pain_train]

3163. I think I accidentally told someone 3162 a while ago, but it's been a weird six months.

action;

[winn]

A year here, a year there - I must look like a caveman to you.

[ he laughs because wow. ok, he gets it, dark ages is fair. ]

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[pain_train]

Yeah, I also... have a hard time with numbers sometimes? Like they don't make sense in my brain. So maybe that's why too.

And you don't look like a caveman. You're not stinky or anything.

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[winn]

I do try to shower regularly!

[ he nods. ]

Well, when they get that big, it can be confusing! [ not to him, but you know, that's a pretty large number for a date is what he's going for here. ]

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[pain_train]

And you do a very good job. [So serious. Totally.]

Yeah, maybe that it. Like I don't understand money either. It's weird. Captain Vision has to keep track of my money for me, which is nice of him. That way I can just ask him if I can buy shoes.

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[winn]

Money is tricky, I've known people who are number geniuses and couldn't work that out.

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[pain_train]

That makes me feel a little better. Back home, my friend Delta helped me with all that stuff. Like told me if I had money to buy things. He was a computer person, so he was really good with stuff like that.

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[winn]

I think Vision's a good choice for here.

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[pain_train]

He really is. He's super patient. And smart. And he's a good captain.

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[winn]

He seems really great. [ he smiles ] I like our Captain too.

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[pain_train]

Who's your captain?

action;

[winn]

Jim Kirk.

[ and the fondness in his voice and expression is unmistakable. jim is family. ]

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[pain_train]

Oh, I've met him! He's really nice. He taught me how to play a new kind of chess. And said nice things about my dress at the ball.

action;

[winn]

He's pretty great. He's a little bossy, even before he was Captain, but he's one of my best friends.

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[pain_train]

He hasn't been too bossy at me, but maybe that's because I'm not on my crew.

[Hm.]

And I don't put up with that kind of shit.

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[winn]

Well you know, he's bossy out of love so he only does it when you do something stupid. You're too smart for that.

[ he on the other hand -- is too smart for his own good, and jim seems to have made it his mission to keep him in check. which is good, because he needs someone to do that, as much as he resents it while it's happening. ]

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[pain_train]

[Pfffff are you even serious Winn? She snorts.]

I kind of doubt it. If I get away with stuff it's just 'cause I'm doing a job I've done forever so I don't have to think about it any more.

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[winn]

[ he's always serious! except when he's being silly which he half was here but not about this, ok. ]

I kind of don't. And by kind of I mean I totally do. You know what you're doing.

action;

[pain_train]

Well yeah, I'm a soldier. I'm good at my job. [Grin. It's like Winn just paid her the best compliment ever.]

action;

[winn]

[ he can see she didn't really get his meaning but she's happy which is what he's here for and rome wasn't built in a day. he'll smile back ]

We're lucky to have you.

wrap?

[pain_train]

Thanks, Winn. I'm lucky to have you as a friend too.