Ellen knew how this dream went. She didn't have it often, but it was always bad. She mumbled and turned over.
The marauders passed by the closet. Grace sighed with relief. She got up on a crate and pried a ceiling panel loose. "Up you go." She whispered, lifting Ellen into the ceiling before following. They made their way through the pipes and tech toward the escape pods. Grace listened. No pirates. She dropped down into the room and caught Ellen as she jumped down too. Suddenly black mist appeared. No this wasn't how it went. The demon reared it's ugly head, leering at them.
"we've got 2 spider rolls, 12 sake Nigiri, and 12 Ebi Nigiri, one plate of pot stickers for Gaia, and one bowl of home made chicken noodle soup for… Ellen… aaaaaaaand she's asleep…" conner looked over at ellis "don't worry wounds like that leave cool looking scars."
"Thanks. That's really important to me."
"sorry boss… just trying to make light of this situation."
"Oh, that looks delicious!" Gaia drooled at the plate of pot stickers.
"I know I was just teasing you." Ellis started to get up.
Ellen couldn't move. The demon enveloped her and Grace in black mist. The air stunk of salt. The demon hissed. I'll kill her. Just wait and see. Grace screamed. "NO!" Ellen cried. "Your dead! She's dead! Don't be so sure… The demon snarled, lunging for her throat.
Ellen screamed, thrashing in her sleep.
(I'm being so nice to her right now.)
conner sprinted to ellen's room "HOLY GOD ARE YOU OK?!?!?!?"
(I think she's in Ellis's room.)
Ellen's eyes snapped open. She looked up, bewildered. Still in a haze from the dream she saw Connor and shrieked. A marauder. Here?! She crawled backwards. "GET AWAY FROM ME!"
"hey hey hey, it's me papy, you had a nightmare."
Ellen paused, running a hand over her eyes. "Papy. Right." She took a deep breath, trying to calm down. "Sorry."
"good god you scared me…" conner sat on the farthest corner of the bed "you ok?"
Mari curled up under the wires heart beating rapidly. She felt. . . weird. As if the control room wasn’t enough for her anymore. She wanted something else. Mari squeaked and shook her head. No. She was fine being alone, fine being a mechanic. But Ellis. Her heart taunted her, waving the image of happiness in front of her face as her brain screamed no. She was broken. Never to be fixed. That’s why Mari had taken up mechanics; it felt good to be able to fix something for once. I can’t set myself up for disappointment.
Ellis waited for awhile in the kitchen, then stood. He didn't really have an appetite anyway. He headed out into the hall and past the toppled shelves that had been disturbed during the fight. He wandered down to the engine room. "Mari?"
“Yeah?” She hated the longing in her voice. “You should be in bed, Ellis.” Mari looked up from her cocoon of wires.
(Ellen: Is it kissy kissy time?
Me Clapping hand over her mouth : Hush up child.)
He shrugged. "I did doze off for awhile, but sleep's not really my thing." He tilted his head. "What about you? I'm all patched up and Ellen is at least safe. You said you'd rest after that."
(lol Ellen)
“Yeah, I’ll do that. . . soon.” Mari wanted him to leave, but she wanted him to stay.
"good god you scared me…" conner sat on the farthest corner of the bed "you ok?"
Ellen shook her head. "Not really."
(Ah
Internal Conflict TM)
Ellis nodded. "Where are you? I hear your voice but I don't see your face…"
(me: HeY yOu TwO ShoUlD KiSs)
(Ellen: YeAH! KiSs!
Me, facepalming: For gosh sake Ellen!
Ellen: Sticks tongue out)
She emerged from the wires, standing up and brushing herself off. “Here. You should be sleeping. Knives hurt.” Mari took a step closer, trying not to blush.
"Not as much as demonic possession." Ellis raised his eyebrows. "I should know. I've been through both."
(Gaia- "Kiss!!! I ship you two so hard!")
