Comments | etherium: *finds a dead horse AND RPSTURBATES THE CRAP OUT OF IT*

pj_patches in etherium

finds a dead horse AND RPSTURBATES THE CRAP OUT OF IT

Jul 22, 2003 10:32

Patches appeared to be delighted by their vessel. She strode around it, fingering things as if she had never seen them before, laughing uproariously at things that weren't funny, and most of all, skillfully laughing off questions about where she had come from and how she had ended up on the planet. The last were so numerous that she had little ( Read more... )

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imperialkitten July 22 2003, 12:25:20 UTC

Shin-sin-fa, once brutal slayer of those who got in his way, a thief and a brigand, was quite frankly afraid that PJ would hurt one of the crew, and it would be his fault for running into her and getting caught and bringing her back. Even if he didn't care about the crew, which he did, no doubt Tag would be disappointed and upset if some harm were to come to them from this new stranger.

The lad actually had his hands full with suspicion of other crewmembers anyway. Iden downright creeped him out, he was still afraid of Ignatious no matter how polite they both could be to one another, and this Grendel fellow was friends with Ignatious, which in itself made Shin-sin-fa nervous. Adding this buxom maroon made things more difficult, but particularly because Shin-sin-fa knew she was a pirate.

She'd said she'd known his ilk, and what she'd meant was, I know my kind. He did too, and he didn't like her bouncing, almost crazy exuberance one bit. Women always confused him, and women pirates were particularly clever, vicious, and ( ... )

pj_patches July 22 2003, 12:31:02 UTC

As predicted, she had taken very few steps before she heard his ridiculous boots thudding along after her. She had no doubt a Felinese, even in THOSE boots, could be silent if he wished--he was warning her that he was her shadow.

She turned and lifted an eyebrow at the kitty.

"You don't need to be sore," she said playfully. "I'm sure you're a right terror when a two hundred plus pound woman isn't leaping onto your head out of trees."

He scowled and turned his face away, though his eyes didn't leave her.

"Did you want your knives back?" she asked, gesturing at the bag she'd slung onto the bunk.

imperialkitten July 22 2003, 12:40:03 UTC

Shin-sin-fa's mouth opened and then snapped shut before any words escaped, and he nodded slightly, scowling even deeper than before. Shu sa fen woman, he thought.

"You keep doing that, your face is gonna stay that way," she teased, carefully plucking each blade out and laying them all in a row on his berth. He waited until she had finished and moved away before beginning the laborious process of secreting them all within his garments again.

Shin-sin-fa moved as quickly as he could, and soon scuttled into the galley just in time to see her gaining the deck. He pattered up the steps after her, his hat pulled down low and his ears flattened.

She turned around, her face lighting up with surprise. "Oh, hello again. I say, you wanted something more than your knives? ...Oh I get it, you're following me 'cause you wanted to pay me." A broad grin split her rounded features ( ... )

pj_patches July 22 2003, 12:46:36 UTC

Smiling smugly, she stretched luxuriously and watched the sun set on the other side of the planet. The planet was so small and so close, the sun took up nearly a fifth of the horizon. I just might miss that, she thought, chewing her lip. She'd been on worlds with cold little suns the size of your pinky nail, and some places even on the surface or in forests hadn't seen the light of day for thousands of years.

"Where did you serve before the Etherium, Shin-sin-fa?" she asked conversationally without taking her eyes off of the phenomenon ( ... )

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artemis_xiah July 22 2003, 20:20:50 UTC

Artemis stood quietly off to the side, pretending to be thoroughly absorbed in tying knots in a piece of rope but actually watching this new she-creature make Shin-sin-fa blush furiously. He noticed that she glanced over at him a time or two while surveying the ship, and he offered her shy, furtive smiles when she did so, though he was unable to judge her reaction to this.

He followed PJ and Shin a few minutes later down to the crew's quarters, in hopes of introducing himself away from the eyes of the whole crew. He walked in just in time to run smack into Shin as he was leaving. Shin looked up at him with wide saucer eyes for a minute, and just as Artemis was offering an apology, Shin darted away.

Artemis looked up to see PJ handing Tag a knife, and he slunk over to his bunk to wait until the first mate left to make his introductions. Tag did make him horribly uncomfortable, after all.

imperialkitten July 22 2003, 22:49:06 UTC

Fortunately for Artemis', Shin-sin-fa had only darted away to find a toothbrush. The one he came back with looked suspiciously like Iden's.

He gave a glance toward the galley, as if his mind was still on PJ and Tag up on the deck, and then finally turned to the window by his bunk and started scrubbing it.

The brat won't even notice I used it if I put it back, he thought with satisfaction. The windows were still clean enough that there wouldn't be much residue, if any, on his cleaning instrument.

He looked over at Artemis and blushed, scowling. "This's Tag's fav'rite punishment," he muttered in explanation, so the other Felinese wouldn't think he was insane. He certainly didn't want Artemis thinking this was his shu sa fen idea of fun.