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 2016-03-05 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Gracia. Our daughter's name is Elicia." More beaming. He's just so damn happy about having them in his life.

"Bullshit." Hughes knows his own tells well enough to see Blaze use them. The use of the food in front of her to have an extra moment to think. Not meeting Hughes' gaze unless absolutely necessary. Slight changes in breathing pattern. Sorry, Blaze, but there's no way around this now that you've brought it up. "If it bothers you, it's worth worrying about. Now come on. Tell me."
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-06 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Hughes nods along quietly as Blaze explains. Memory wipes, fragmented memories... it's the kind of burden you don't know how to sympathize with unless you've been through it personally. It also sounds like the kind of thing that could break a person if they don't find a way to come to terms with it fast.

"I can see new senses dealing with the changes poorly, but you're telling me this happens no matter what body you're in?" Talk about not being ideal. He frowns internally. "Anything I can do to help?"
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-06 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"These... memories - they're what you dream about?" It's a logical assumption to make, given the way Blaze is trying to avoid the subject. He pauses for a moment, thinking through everything they've talked about. "Is there a way to try to piece them together?"
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-06 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"So you're saying we should find a way to get back to our own bodies now that you've mostly finished breakfast, right?" The light teasing is his attempt at relieving some of the tension in the air and getting them focused on the real reason for coming back to the Nexus. He's eager to get back to his own body, to give Dr. Hill a piece of his mind, and then go home. He hopes he can swing a sick day to spend some extra time with his family after all of this is over...
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-07 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
"So... empathy, huh?" Hughes sits back in his chair and sighs. "The hell is that supposed to mean anyway? I'm pretty sure you and I have understood each other pretty well from the start."

Unless it's about more than simple understanding. In which case he has no clue what to do. They've certainly walked more than a few miles in each other's literal shoes... what more does the doctor want from them?
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-16 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sounds like you could use a drink." It has been a stressful time for both of them. And if Hughes can drink in her body, Blaze can certainly have one in his. He orders a whiskey on the rocks for her from a passing waiter for her and another powerpack for him.

"Hope it's not too much for you," he adds in the most snarky voice he can manage.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-16 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's a little stronger than you might think." But he'll let her decide that for herself.

When the drinks arrive, Hughes raises his in a toast. "To getting back to normal." And then back it goes all in one shot to keep that nice buzz going.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-17 02:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a good thing Hughes can't choke on his drink or he would have. He should be more worried about the fact that she could've choked on the ice, but he can't stop laughing. That reaction was simply amazing.

"Care for another?" he asks when he's regained his composure. "I've still got half of my drink left." Only because he had to stop drinking when he started laughing.
bestdadinamestris: (Blaze)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-17 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It does look silly. Whiskey is a sipping drink! ...well, good whiskey is, anyway. He can't vouch for what the Harp has.

"All right then..." Hughes orders another whiskey - neat, this time, since Blaze intends to slam it - before turning to Ghost. "With some water and the intention of not doing anything, it'll be fine. Hell, on top of that breakfast? I don't think it'll be an issue at all." Oh how much he'll regret saying that in a few hours when he has his body back...

After the ordered drink arrives, Hughes raises his in challenge. And then he'll throw the last of it back without a second thought. Yup, today will be a fun, buzz-fueled day.
bestdadinamestris: (O.o)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-17 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
The first thing Hughes notices when he comes to is how much everything hurts. His back, his arms, his head... He doesn't remember it hurting this badly a minute ago.

But... hang on a second. Why does everything hurt? In Blaze's body, he lacked a whole set of sensations that he was used to, but now they're all back. Which could mean only one thing.

His eyes shoot open and he sits upright in his chair, causing it to rock underneath him. After taking a moment to steady himself, he rests his hands on the table and tries to focus on, well, anything. Seems those drinks are catching up to him more than he expected. When he's able to focus on his hands, though, he laughs excitedly. They're his hands!

"Blaze." Ow, his throat is raw, too. Lack of sleep and drinking will do that, though. He tries again, pushing a little harder on his vocal cords. "Blaze. Wake up." She needs to enjoy this moment as much as he does, though he might suggest skipping the victory drinks.
bestdadinamestris: (O.o)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-18 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Oh that victory dance is a bad idea. Hughes puts his heels down and digs in to keep Blaze from spinning him around.

"Whoa, easy there. You may only be buzzed, but I'm most certainly not." Wait. That doesn't make sense. Hughes frowns before trying again. "I mean, I'm more than buzzed. I'm... drunk?"

Ugh, he should not have let her order more drinks his head is swimming and oh god what is Gracia going to think when he gets home like this? He pulls himself away from the Exo and flops back into his seat, almost falling over in the process.

"I... haven't been this drunk in a long time. Damn."
bestdadinamestris: (Determined face)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-18 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, m'fine. Need water." Hughes rests his head in his hands for a moment before sitting up straight, taking a deep breath as he does so. Slow and steady is the way to do it.

"Need to sober up before I go home, though. My wife would kill me if I went home like this after disappearing for a couple of days."
bestdadinamestris: (Determined face)

[personal profile] bestdadinamestris 2016-03-18 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
"It gets worse as it settles in," Hughes adds. He thanks the waiter when his water arrives and begins sipping it slowly. In the end, he'll be fine, but while the worst of the drunkenness is still coming? Well, best to get the water in while he's thinking about it.

"Quiet is good, but I can't exactly go home right now." But damn does he want to. If he could send Elicia off for the night he could spend all evening with Gracia and then--

The fantastic thought is cut off when he remembers he's in public. He coughs rather conspicuously and takes a long drink of the water in his hands. "Think I'll need a place to crash, too," he says after a minute. "Not your place, though. No offense, but I hurt like hell right now." Or, at least, he knows he should. The whiskey is making that less and less noticeable by the minute.

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