I work better when I have feed-back (hint-hint)
Echoes of future past, part 20
"We ready to go?" Dylan asked, looking round his quarters. Rommie nodded, lifting her bag up onto the table, "We still have two hours until the Maru is supposed to depart." Dylan looked around the room, his eyes unfocused. Rommie smiled, "Penny for your thoughts." Dylan blinked, "Sorry, it's just that, I've always know that this was coming, that someday we'd have to go up against the World Ship again, but I'd always hopped that we'd be in a better position to do it." Rommie looked at him, "We are in a better position now then we would have been if Ryan hadn't come back and warned us. This is a good plan, and I'm not just saying that because I came up with it. As Rev Bem would say, 'Trust in the Divine.' Oh, and take your shirt off." Dylan blinked as Rommie started to undo her tunic, "What are you doing?" Rommie smiled, "Like I said: we have two hours until the Maru is set to depart. This is going to be our last chance to be alone till we get back." With that, she pushed him back onto the bed.
Tyr was, as ever, working out in the gym when Beka found him. He wiped the sweet from his face as he sat up to look at her, "Have you come here to give me another lecture about what being a good parent is? Because if you have, I'm not going to stay and listen to it." Beka shook her head, "No, I'm not here to lecture you, I'm here to apologise: I spoke to Ryan yesterday, and he helped me to understand why he wanted to do what he tried to do, and your reaction to it. After all I've ever learnt about Nietzscheans I find it a bit hard to understand how you could let him do that, but I think I understand why." Tyr nodded, "It was not easy for me to let Ryan go: I have also grown somewhat fond of him, but if I was in his position, I would do the same thing." He sighed, "I can't even begin to understand what his life has been like, what he's gone through to bring him to this point, but he is someone I'd be proud to call my son." Beka smiled, "Good, because I intend for him to have little brothers and sisters."
Harper was making a few last minuet adjustments to the Maru, and was surprised when Trance walked in, bag in hand, "Hay, what's that? Supplies?" Trance shook her head, "No, it's the things I'm taking on the mission with me." Harper looked at her, "Since when are you on the mission?" Trance put the bag down on her bunk, "Since I've spent more years then I care to remember getting to this point." She walked up to Harper and put her hands on his shoulders, "Seamus, I'm about to tell you something, and you can't tell anyone, ok?" Harper nodded, "Ok." Trance smiled, "Ryan didn't come back from the same future I did, he came back from one of the future's I've been to." Harper looked confused, "Just how many times have you been through this?" Trance smiled, "Well, this is the first time anyone has tried something like this, but I've be to 2,386 possible futures, and although we defeat the World Ship in a lot of them, there are always complications. I need to go on this mission: I have a feeling that this maybe the one that works out." Harper looked utterly confused, "Wow, ok, that's like, big!" Trance put her arms around him, "There is a lot more I wish I could tell you, but there are, well, lets just say it would be bad for your personal safety if you new too much."
TBC
My Muse is still AWOL: this chapter took like five days to write.
Echoes of future past, part 20
"We ready to go?" Dylan asked, looking round his quarters. Rommie nodded, lifting her bag up onto the table, "We still have two hours until the Maru is supposed to depart." Dylan looked around the room, his eyes unfocused. Rommie smiled, "Penny for your thoughts." Dylan blinked, "Sorry, it's just that, I've always know that this was coming, that someday we'd have to go up against the World Ship again, but I'd always hopped that we'd be in a better position to do it." Rommie looked at him, "We are in a better position now then we would have been if Ryan hadn't come back and warned us. This is a good plan, and I'm not just saying that because I came up with it. As Rev Bem would say, 'Trust in the Divine.' Oh, and take your shirt off." Dylan blinked as Rommie started to undo her tunic, "What are you doing?" Rommie smiled, "Like I said: we have two hours until the Maru is set to depart. This is going to be our last chance to be alone till we get back." With that, she pushed him back onto the bed.
Tyr was, as ever, working out in the gym when Beka found him. He wiped the sweet from his face as he sat up to look at her, "Have you come here to give me another lecture about what being a good parent is? Because if you have, I'm not going to stay and listen to it." Beka shook her head, "No, I'm not here to lecture you, I'm here to apologise: I spoke to Ryan yesterday, and he helped me to understand why he wanted to do what he tried to do, and your reaction to it. After all I've ever learnt about Nietzscheans I find it a bit hard to understand how you could let him do that, but I think I understand why." Tyr nodded, "It was not easy for me to let Ryan go: I have also grown somewhat fond of him, but if I was in his position, I would do the same thing." He sighed, "I can't even begin to understand what his life has been like, what he's gone through to bring him to this point, but he is someone I'd be proud to call my son." Beka smiled, "Good, because I intend for him to have little brothers and sisters."
Harper was making a few last minuet adjustments to the Maru, and was surprised when Trance walked in, bag in hand, "Hay, what's that? Supplies?" Trance shook her head, "No, it's the things I'm taking on the mission with me." Harper looked at her, "Since when are you on the mission?" Trance put the bag down on her bunk, "Since I've spent more years then I care to remember getting to this point." She walked up to Harper and put her hands on his shoulders, "Seamus, I'm about to tell you something, and you can't tell anyone, ok?" Harper nodded, "Ok." Trance smiled, "Ryan didn't come back from the same future I did, he came back from one of the future's I've been to." Harper looked confused, "Just how many times have you been through this?" Trance smiled, "Well, this is the first time anyone has tried something like this, but I've be to 2,386 possible futures, and although we defeat the World Ship in a lot of them, there are always complications. I need to go on this mission: I have a feeling that this maybe the one that works out." Harper looked utterly confused, "Wow, ok, that's like, big!" Trance put her arms around him, "There is a lot more I wish I could tell you, but there are, well, lets just say it would be bad for your personal safety if you new too much."
TBC
My Muse is still AWOL: this chapter took like five days to write.
