rekindledtitan: (Hughes - Got a target)
Blaze-37 ([personal profile] rekindledtitan) wrote2016-01-28 04:26 pm

Excerpt 003: Ship’s Cradle

TYPE: Personal log

LOCATION: Orbit, Earth

PARTIES: Three [3]. One [1] Ghost-type, [1] Guardian-type, designate Blaze-37, Class Titan [[personal profile] rekindledtitan], One [1] Unconfirmed, designate Hughes, Maes [[personal profile] bestdadinamestris]


ASSOCIATIONS: Multiversal Nexus; Maes Hughes; Earth; Multiversal Phenomena; Blaze-37; Amestris; Dr. Hill; Deep Stone Crypt; [REDACTED]




Blaze should have figured the warning signs for what they were. When the senses slow and the body insists on sinking into the nearest furniture, it ought to be a clue. But she has no memory of fatigue, no sense of whether her body is just complaining or injured or seriously needs to rest. So it’s not until their meeting at the Harp sees her stuffed with food and forced to actually sit down for a while that the torpor kicks in.

She’d like to shake it off, but the more level (and more inorganic) heads around her are able to point out that that’s not how human biology works.

She’s yawning uncontrollably when they materialize aboard her one-room jumpship. It wakes up for them with a soft hum, lights revealing a cabin just big enough for both she and Hughes to move around. Every inch of the clean metal plating looks like it’s part of some compartment or pull-out section, and that includes the floor. To sharp Exo senses it might look a bit patchwork, too: different panels have subtly different finishes; signs of repair are everywhere. There’s little sign of home comforts: just one cushy pilot’s chair, Blaze’s helmet clipped alongside it.

I’m… going to power up the life-support systems,” the Ghost says, swooping over to the controls.

Blaze tries to talk through her next yawn. “Oh… yyyeah. Good thinking. Uh.” She looks up at Hughes and waves a hand toward the star-speckled view up front. “Welcome to Earth orbit.”
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-15 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
If Ghost doesn't get excited like before, Hughes won't wake Blaze this time around. Even if she feels like hell in the morning, getting some amount of sleep is good for her. It would be better if she weren't so mentally stressed, but there's nothing that can be done about that.

Watching the sun rise over the earth when the time comes will be a great distraction from the sleeping Blaze. It's a sight he's only going to be able to enjoy once and he's taking full advantage of that.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-16 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Hell of a sunrise, but nothing else." No need to bring up the ruffled sleep cycles, considering she didn't do nearly as bad this time around. "Feeling better after a little more sleep?"
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-19 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
"The cold thing is normal. Your body heats up when you sleep so the air feels extra cold right after you wake up. It's probably worse because of the cool temperature of the ship, too." Hughes can't really be certain, given his current body, but that seems like a good guess.

"Being stiff comes from the cold and the hard sleeping surface. It'll get better as you get up and start moving around." There's no way getting around that one in a place like this. And given how much Hughes has beat the shit out of his body over the years. For a man so young, you'd think he'd be able to recover better after a a single night on a rough bed. Sorry, Blaze.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-21 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
He shrugs at the concern. "I've got some ideas that should help." A few stretches, a hot bath, a glass or two of whiskey... All useful in different ways, and each with their own set of pros and cons.

"It's... different, but I guess I'm okay? I don't really know how to know if something's wrong." He awkwardly rubs the back of his neck, a bit embarrassed. "Reading didn't help much with that either. Anything I should be watching out for?"
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-21 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"Memory?" That seems like an odd question. "Can you elaborate?"

He's now trying to index everything that's happened in the last day or so since the start of this whole body swapping thing began. The swap itself, the subsequent freak out, the flyers in the Forum, the meet up at the Harp... Everything seems to be there, so what is Blaze worried about?
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-22 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Hughes blinks. "Are you serious? Of course I have a family. The pictures are in your pocket for fuck's sake! Or, at least, they were." Beat. "...you didn't lose my wallet, did you?"

It's not like he can't replace everything in said wallet, but damn. This was quite the shit to drop on him without warning.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-22 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes, that." He takes it from Blaze and pulls it open, heaving a sigh of relief when all of his pictures are still there. "I'm so glad these are here. I just had a few of these printed last week. My daughter gets more adorable with each passing day." Cue the flipping around of the photo in his hand to show to Blaze. A little four-year-old girl with pigtails playing with a doll out in the snow, where the two of them appear to be making a snowman. "Isn't she adorable?!"

Thank goodness he's not in his body or he would be making all kinds of faces right now. Blaze doesn't really need to see that so soon after waking up.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-22 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Hughes is frowning so hard right now, somewhere in that exo body he's currently residing in. But not the angry or hurt kind of frown he usually pulls with Roy when the Flame Alchemist pushes off his pictures. No, this is the kind he reserves when something's terribly wrong and no one will tell him what it is.

"She's four," he says with a nod. "But... are you okay? It's okay if you don't like kids, but that kind of reaction... it gets a guy worrying." Dad Mode is back in full swing, it seems.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-23 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
"But... she's adorable either way." Okay, he told himself he wouldn't come down on Blaze about the subject like that, but come on. She's the most adorable thing in the multiverse!

That gets him to blink. That is terrifying. "What do you mean 'new body'? Are you suggesting you get more than one?" Because that's not something he's ever heard of before. Yes, even in the Nexus.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-24 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
"...I see." Definitely terrifying. "I think I'll avoid anything that might, uh, kill me right now. Just to be safe."

He crosses his arms in front of his chest and thinks about that for a minute. How best to describe the light of his life? "She's a tiny ball of spunk and energy - takes after me in that matter, much to her mother's dismay. Despite her age, she's got quite a mind of her own and is quite stubborn, but the way she emulates her kind, soft mother never ceases to amaze me. She's... well... perfect." Not a word he uses lightly, but he really does mean it.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-24 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Hughes nods along with Blaze's assurances. He certainly doesn't feel any better about the idea, but he won't say anything further about it.

The picture is tucked back into his wallet carefully before he hands said wallet back to Blaze for safekeeping. A lack of pockets means he's not about to hang onto it right now, despite a desire to do so. "Maybe we should try and figure this whole charade out, then? No time like the present and all that. Well, uh, maybe after some breakfast for you, of course." He nods to Blaze. Damn this is weird.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-25 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
"It's just a little sweat and oil. A quick rinse should be enough." Watching Blaze wash up makes Hughes think a bit more critically about his usual routine. His body looks like hell right now - the least it could use is a quick shower and a hot breakfast. Coffee would be nice, but unnecessary. And, of course, a bathroom break somewhere in there, despite all the awkwardness that presents.

"Something savory would probably be best," he says as he turns to Ghost. "Eggs, toast, some bacon or sausage... things like that. There's a few diners in the Nexus we can visit for that." He'll try to steer Blaze away from anything too sweet - too much sugar in the morning isn't good for anyone.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-02-26 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Hughes hovers a bit more than is necessary when Blaze seems to lose her grip on reality. He's not pushing - yet - but the desire should be obvious, despite his lack of facial expressions.

"Yeah, we'll hit the Nexus for breakfast. We can figure everything else out after that." Hopefully after they get their bodies back. Sorry, Blaze, but there won't be any trying things out while Hughes has your body. He's ready to be back in his own already.

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