themightybosstone | [StarRail PSL]

[StarRail PSL]

[The world was one of a constant, strange, cyclical war.

When the night fell on the highest moon of the furthest month, a Howling Storm took the planet, cut its cities off from each other and the visitors from their homes, When the Storm's first whining, hot wind struck, the imposing gates of the iridescent metal of this world would close, folding up and over, in a wall only Qlipoth could love.

The thud of bodies, the scrape of claws, mandibles and fangs added to the cacophony that the setting of the red sun provoked. It ebbed in the morning, but never enough to be safe. Never enough for the walls to come down.

In defiance, however, in these little hubs of survival, the nightlife was something quite impressive. Loud music played, lights blared, the night market was a roar of throats - the call of sellers and the flirtation of buyers.

All to carry on like a shield wasn't holding back the certain death of nearly everyone in the spaceport.

But you're here, waiting for the tired relief of morning. For the spaceport to open back up in a week.

It should have already ended. It SHOULD have been open yesterday.

But the Storm is longer than it's ever been here...]

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OF COURSE I CAN! But I aint gonna let you just do what you want!!

[ He's not listening to the rest. Who cares about that. Why should he care about that??????

He follows her. ]

Val! VAL! Hang on, we gotta talk about shit.

[ -- She whips around abruptly, slinging her gun off her back and into her hand to point it directly at them both, a tiny glimmer of light sparking under her shirt. ]

Enough. You're going to leave me alone, let me make myself a drink, and let me be alone in my room until I see fit to come out or so help me, by the Great One's Mercy, I will warp this ship directly into the blue sun of the Austere Storm's planetary system.

[ -- And then she turns, stopping at the minibar to pour herself a drink; the light and ozone smell both fade quickly enough, as she knocks back a shot of whiskey, then pours herself a second to take back with her as she throws her gun back over her shoulder. ]

[Dan Feng watches this entire tirade with the wide-eyed concern of a man watching a hydrogen bomb bounce off three flights of stairs.

He nudges Sett. Actually sort of puts his hand on the small of his back.

And then steps halfway behind him, hiding.]

You talk to her.

[ WHO GIVES A SHIT ABOUT THE GUN HIS EYES ARE FIXED ON THAT GLOW. He doesn't breathe until it dims.

He turns around. ]

WHY ARE YOU HIDING BEHIND ME????? You're industructable!! I TRIED.

[ Anyways. He breaths out and then- ]

Lets give her space.

[ She seems. Relieved, overhearing that.

But she does pause in the archway of her door, before turning back to look at them. ]

... Sett. You can stay in here, for now.

[ Her room. ]

[There's a pathetic little muffled sound into one of Sett's arms, and Dan Feng just sort of oozes against him, like a five-year old melting face down into the floor after an impressive tantrum.]

What about me? I've been good. Gave you instructions to outrun the Swarm and everything.

[ How are you so dangerous and so moe. He ends up patting him on the head. ]

Be good a lil longer, kay? I'll figure out a reward.

[ It may or may not be a mistake in that he lets him go to join Val. ]

You think I've never outrun the swarm before? You can stay in the crew room below deck.

[ and she heads in.

Sett will find that there isn't... much room for him. Val gathers her pillow and one blanket from the bed though, to put them on the floor. ]

You take the bed, there's not enough room on the floor for you.

I know you're both apparently planning on killing me soon, but for the time being I need you keep that man from entering my room.

I aint planning on doing any killing.

[He's just going to sit down in the doorframe, back against the bed.]

And put that back on the bed. How the fuck am I supposed to guard anything from the bed.

There's no room for you on the floor. Sleep in the bed.

[ She does not put it back, making a nice little corner for herself. ]

... are you colluding with him?

I don't even know what a collude is.

[ He's just. Going to pick her up.

And drop her on the bed. Nest of blankets and all. ]

[ STIFFENS, bristling, her wings poofed up. ]

-- what are you DOING.

I ain't sleeping on the bed while you sleep on the floor. So either I'm staying up or we share.

[Which clearly means he's going to stay up and guard properly]

... There's not enough room to share.

[ that's a lie maybe. If they cuddled. She's not going to think about it.

She stares at him for a long moment. ]

... I'm surprised you're agreeing to this.

[ He looks at her, and then settles back to mind the door. ]

You didn't have to come back an' help me.

[ ...? ]

Of course I did. Our debt wouldn't be settled of I left you in jail. And--

[ a pause. ]

... Muzzling you was a bit overkill for the situation.

UGH. YEAH.

It was apparently some PROTOCOL shit. Or whatever. They're lucky we were both tired.

[ And that getting arrested was in the script, he supposes. ]

You were with him...?

[ huffs. ]

... Why not tell me what's going on. Reading your minds doesn't give me enough context.

Um, I was having a good ol fight for some cash cuz I was gonna get proper groceries and he INTERRUPTED. And it got outta hand.

Maybe.

A lil.

And like, a LOT of people came to arrest us? And I kinda noticed who he was at that point.

Mm. Well... it's necessary, for him.

And the stellaron he brought with him?

...

Val, he didn't bring no stellaron with him.

That was an empty case latched on him. Saw it during intake.

But the fragmentum didn't appear until he broke out of jail. I--

[ a pause. Then rubs her face. ]

I need to call my parents.

Yeah uh, when everything went to hell and.

Did he uh, meet you before or something? Maybe put it in you somehow?

[ she was already picking up her phone to start dialing but stops, staring at him. ]

In me? No. He never put anything near me. I would have noticed.

We met briefly, but I left the area quickly.

Right. Then I don't know more than you do.

You got one in you though. Fuck if I know how.

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