Riola looked around. Any sort of thing to try and keep the girl from focusing on the pain of her leg being reset. The Edensian fumbled through his pockets, before pulling out a small package of cigarettes; the man opening it up and sighing. Only one left. Taking a breath and cursing this newly founded friendship for a moment - Riola chuckled to himself and pulled the little cancer-stick from its package, offering it out to Ashi. "Peace offering, chica. It's not painkillers, but it's something to do other than lay here and worrying about your arm. Speaking of, I'll have to make sure Rosa is gunning it towards the medical facilities. Need you both up as soon as possible. Don't wanna bury more people over Edensian politics." He said with a sudden grim demeanor and a bit of salt in his voice. "Sick of running from them too. I wanna get them back...For everything that's happened so far."
Shaldag was looking worse and worse with each passing moment. The monstrous man was still awake, which was a good sign, but what skin could be seen from him was growing colder and paler with each drip of lost blood. The Ogrunu however seemed focused on staying awake and watching the Felis and Mendez work on him; Any looks towards him met with a burning, ravenous look in his one good eye. There was an anger that was more than present in the mammoth of a man, and gripping onto Toka's cloth remains, slowly inched his arm towards the bandana, holding it out towards Magali, and then sticking is finger into his own wound, pulling out the stained digit and writing on the bit of cot that he wasn't occupying:
'Tie this to arm'
Shaldag's attention drifted over towards Mendez and the Ogrunu let out a deep wheeze, before lifting the same hand to imitate drinking water, then waving his hand around his torn apart mouth. Speaking was out of the question, but the warm air was beginning to dry out his gums and only made him ever more uncomfortable. Still utilizing his gore-soaked finger, Shaldag took a deep, purposeful breath and wrote again, this time on the other side of the cot for Mendez to see.
'Gotta live. Make Edensians Pay. My Toka.'
Hyun was back on her feet and kept herself silent, keeping her eyes fixed on Shaldag. Adjusting her coat, the Chuzizian buttoned it shut and sniffled for a moment, pulling on her tendrils and letting out an agitated noise. "Whatever the fuckin' reason, we're gonna find out, Ashi, don't you worry." She finally spoke up; her tone to-the-point and stern. "We're gonna slaughter the cunt that ruined that club. We're gonna make sure the thing that nearly killed Shaldag is frying in some sort of hell he can't get out of. Fuck. I've never been jumped like that. I've always bounced back. This isn't fuckin' fair..."
"Be glad you're all out alive at least. Not many people can say they've escaped a military." Riola offered outloud, only to be returned with a snort from Hyun-chu. "Started when we met you, red-headed shit bag." Riola took a breath and chose to ignore Hyun, instead kicking at the ground and then wrinkling his face. "Then fuck off the next chance you get, Hyun. I ain't telling you to stay, dios mio, fucking puta pendeja..."
"Well, you have the prettiest room available. Not sure I've even been in a place with a window and stars to glance at, even in the most lavish of owner's quarters." Nokra murmured; his eyes reflecting both the LED glow of the panels and systems of the ship, but also the glittery specks that blossomed out from the oblivion of black that covered the outside. Everything about this felt, nearly perfect. The low hum of the engines was enough for Nokra to sprawl out in his own chair; the Felis becoming more like a pancake of hair and ears slapped into the seat - Nokra's ears wilting while he let out a slow, soft exhale. His eyes slowly moved from the stars towards the fiery plume of hair, that seemed to erupt with horns he just noticed. "Whoa. Sorry, uh. Didn't notice you were a Pyra. Sorry again. Not exactly. Well. Never seen one of you up close before." Nokra stuttered, swishing his leg and letting it dangle like a dead limb. "Would it be weird If I wanted to touch one of your horns? Are they super hard or soft?"
"Well uh...It's complicated! I mean, I like her like a more-than friend and such. But at the same time we're really close and it's kinda like family. I don't know." Nokra said with a huff, crossing his arms before throwing them up in the air. "What am I trying to kid...Yeah. I dig her a lot. I mean, I kinda don't know how she feels about me myself in that regard, but if it's the same...I would never say no. I'd probably go back into the fighting pits to make sure she was okay and set for life if I had to...Aw shit, I'm rambling again." Exhaling loud enough to reverberate around the cockpit, Nokra itched his forehead and then puffed out his cheeks, the air escaping his lips in a raspberry. "All in all? It's up to her. Explain the situation to Magali when she's alone, and let her decide. I don't wanna coerce her but...If you need someone else to join. I'd do it. I don't...Really have a purpose now. At least being a slave meant I know what was gonna happen, day-today..."
"I say the same thing about humans, but that still puts people off from trying them." Atrix said plainly, hugging herself with her lower arms while she yawned and stretched out with her upper limbs. Chitin creaked and the Terskix's mandibles writhed and clicked while she bellowed out her yawn, sounding something more predatory than normal, before she slumped back down into her normal gait. "I'd just have to try my hardest not to get caught then. If I was going to do it. Maybe. Possibly. Things are not easy to deal with when you're not in the Empire." Atrix grunted, before brushing a lock of hair from her face. "She is rude. And doesn't seem to understand the concept of 'I will eat her if she keeps talking like she does.' I know her kind regenerate. She'd feed me for a long time if we chained her up." Atrix took a deep breath however and shook her head. "It's also a...Species thing. I don't know what it is. Some people just...Trigger the caste's urges. To rip. Maim. Tear. Kill the enemie of our people. Some people do not trigger that response. It's rare that they don't. Mendez does not trigger that response. The rest of you do."
"I just want to come home," said the Astronaut.
"So come home," said Ground Control.
"ï¼³ï½ ï½ƒï½ï½ï½… hï½ï½ï½…," said the Voice from the Stars.
“And he goes around killing people?†said Mort.
He shook his head. “There’s no justice.â€
Death sighed.
NO, he said,...
THERE'S JUST ME.