Coming to Terms
Chapter Six - 'Normality'
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Rommie made her way to where she knew that Harper would be, sitting alone in the med bay after having taken his meds. Taking a sip from his bottle of Sparky cola, she thought that he would be trying to pluck himself up after taking the meds, which tended to make him more downcast. He heard her familiar footfalls and turned to her, "Hey Rom Doll," He took a sip from his drink. "You want something."
"No,"
Rommie followed his gaze to the viewer, pondering on what he was finding so interesting out there, the sun was just appearing on the horizon bathing her outer hull in a golden light. He was not looking at anything in particular, lost more in his thoughts then in the view. 'The Darkness will end.' "Take a load off," He hastily shoved an empty cola bottle out of her way, she sat beside him. "I'd offer you a Sparky but there wouldn't be much point."
She nodded, glad of his slightly better attitude, "Dylan has more repair work for you to do," She told him, more out of something to say then for any other reason.
He nodded; he raised his knees so that his feet were rested on the bed, his arms folded up on his narrow chest and his chin rested down onto his lower arms. "I know, I told Rev what to do I could take my meds." The shapely avatar nodded, she was sitting in a very strait and proud way mimicking her personality. He looked sideways at her, "I'm curious Rommie, what you doing here?"
"I thought that you would like some company,"
He locked eyes with her, the blue eyes looked so tired and listless and yet delight filled his eyes at the idea of her consideration. "You're checking up on me," He did not make his point as a question but as a statement, he clearly knew of her intentions, "Thanks."
The silence that fell was the most comfortable of the day and was more like it had been before his infestation, "I realised something today, there is always tomorrow, at least for now. I'm sorry that I wouldn't fix you, it was . stupid of me. There's no need to make other peoples life a misery because I can't see the way, there is no need for you all to face what I feel."
He let his legs dangle down again, opening out slightly. "Perhaps, we want to face it." She told him very softly, he looked at her and a funny sense of understanding passed between them; whilst he could be replaced Rommie saw Harper more as a friend then just an engineer, in return he had formed a connection with her too. "We have been thinking about your nightmares." He closed his eyes for a brief moment, trying to fight the images off mentally. "I can feed images and sounds to you, which should distract your brain."
The two looked eyes; Trance, Rev Bem and herself had spoken in depth whilst Harper was on the 'Moru', it had been the joint decision that the engineer needed sleep more then anything at that moment, seeing as he himself realised that he should be doing it. "What if it doesn't work?"
"Than we try something else,"
He nodded slightly, he was glad that he had such good friends when they were needed so badly. The promise of sleep made him feel a lot better, he was becoming more exhausted per minute and he knew it was making him snappier then usual. "Thanks Rommie, I mean that. Not right now though," He motioned the Sparky Cola in his hand and she nodded.
He stood and offered her a hand up and she took it and stood. "I'd better go and make sure that Rev hasn't messed things up, not that he isn't bad at it but he isn't me. Frankly, how the hell does he do anything with those fingers?" He winked at Rommie with a grin; suddenly she saw the old Seamus Harper and was glad of it.
"So Rom, you miss having a big crew? I always wondered what it must be like for you going from having a huge crew to having six of us. I can't imagine going from being really busy to being really quiet like that, I mean I'm looking forward to when you get a bigger crew, less work for me."
She almost laughed at his sudden change in personality, noting that Sparky Cola had some beneficial side effects. "It's different, things do not get fixed as quickly any more, which has nothing to do with your skills. It is not as messy either, present company's quarters excluded."
The two entered engineering, Rev Bem stood as he entered looking a little annoyed. "'Hold the wire between your third and forth fingers' very funny Harper." Harper graced him with a slight grin; clearly, he was up to making jokes again. "I managed to fix it,"
He moved to the panel as he started speaking, "Rom, work out how long I should leave before trying to sleep." He threw back the remains of his cola leaving the bottle sitting on the top of the panel. "I'm going to guess it will take a while, I've had two in an hour, on no food intake."
"A situation which need be rectified,"
"I'm with you there Rev," He lay on his back to look at the Magog's work, "Not bad, not quite as good as I would have done but frankly it's a high standard to hit." He flicked at it, testing that it would hold and a metal sound rang around the room, he removed the clip from the conduit and stood.
'The Darkness ends now.'
"So about that food ."
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End
AN: Hmm . I'm thinking about sticking Harper's thoughts on the end, what do people think to that? Please leave a review if you see fit.
Chapter Six - 'Normality'
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Rommie made her way to where she knew that Harper would be, sitting alone in the med bay after having taken his meds. Taking a sip from his bottle of Sparky cola, she thought that he would be trying to pluck himself up after taking the meds, which tended to make him more downcast. He heard her familiar footfalls and turned to her, "Hey Rom Doll," He took a sip from his drink. "You want something."
"No,"
Rommie followed his gaze to the viewer, pondering on what he was finding so interesting out there, the sun was just appearing on the horizon bathing her outer hull in a golden light. He was not looking at anything in particular, lost more in his thoughts then in the view. 'The Darkness will end.' "Take a load off," He hastily shoved an empty cola bottle out of her way, she sat beside him. "I'd offer you a Sparky but there wouldn't be much point."
She nodded, glad of his slightly better attitude, "Dylan has more repair work for you to do," She told him, more out of something to say then for any other reason.
He nodded; he raised his knees so that his feet were rested on the bed, his arms folded up on his narrow chest and his chin rested down onto his lower arms. "I know, I told Rev what to do I could take my meds." The shapely avatar nodded, she was sitting in a very strait and proud way mimicking her personality. He looked sideways at her, "I'm curious Rommie, what you doing here?"
"I thought that you would like some company,"
He locked eyes with her, the blue eyes looked so tired and listless and yet delight filled his eyes at the idea of her consideration. "You're checking up on me," He did not make his point as a question but as a statement, he clearly knew of her intentions, "Thanks."
The silence that fell was the most comfortable of the day and was more like it had been before his infestation, "I realised something today, there is always tomorrow, at least for now. I'm sorry that I wouldn't fix you, it was . stupid of me. There's no need to make other peoples life a misery because I can't see the way, there is no need for you all to face what I feel."
He let his legs dangle down again, opening out slightly. "Perhaps, we want to face it." She told him very softly, he looked at her and a funny sense of understanding passed between them; whilst he could be replaced Rommie saw Harper more as a friend then just an engineer, in return he had formed a connection with her too. "We have been thinking about your nightmares." He closed his eyes for a brief moment, trying to fight the images off mentally. "I can feed images and sounds to you, which should distract your brain."
The two looked eyes; Trance, Rev Bem and herself had spoken in depth whilst Harper was on the 'Moru', it had been the joint decision that the engineer needed sleep more then anything at that moment, seeing as he himself realised that he should be doing it. "What if it doesn't work?"
"Than we try something else,"
He nodded slightly, he was glad that he had such good friends when they were needed so badly. The promise of sleep made him feel a lot better, he was becoming more exhausted per minute and he knew it was making him snappier then usual. "Thanks Rommie, I mean that. Not right now though," He motioned the Sparky Cola in his hand and she nodded.
He stood and offered her a hand up and she took it and stood. "I'd better go and make sure that Rev hasn't messed things up, not that he isn't bad at it but he isn't me. Frankly, how the hell does he do anything with those fingers?" He winked at Rommie with a grin; suddenly she saw the old Seamus Harper and was glad of it.
"So Rom, you miss having a big crew? I always wondered what it must be like for you going from having a huge crew to having six of us. I can't imagine going from being really busy to being really quiet like that, I mean I'm looking forward to when you get a bigger crew, less work for me."
She almost laughed at his sudden change in personality, noting that Sparky Cola had some beneficial side effects. "It's different, things do not get fixed as quickly any more, which has nothing to do with your skills. It is not as messy either, present company's quarters excluded."
The two entered engineering, Rev Bem stood as he entered looking a little annoyed. "'Hold the wire between your third and forth fingers' very funny Harper." Harper graced him with a slight grin; clearly, he was up to making jokes again. "I managed to fix it,"
He moved to the panel as he started speaking, "Rom, work out how long I should leave before trying to sleep." He threw back the remains of his cola leaving the bottle sitting on the top of the panel. "I'm going to guess it will take a while, I've had two in an hour, on no food intake."
"A situation which need be rectified,"
"I'm with you there Rev," He lay on his back to look at the Magog's work, "Not bad, not quite as good as I would have done but frankly it's a high standard to hit." He flicked at it, testing that it would hold and a metal sound rang around the room, he removed the clip from the conduit and stood.
'The Darkness ends now.'
"So about that food ."
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End
AN: Hmm . I'm thinking about sticking Harper's thoughts on the end, what do people think to that? Please leave a review if you see fit.