Michael Ripley

That, and you have a mean right hook, Min. @RoaringMouse_

Min can lay them flat faster than I can, but don't think I won't kick'em while they're down! #SoWill

*ProudBrotherIsProud*

// #InTheDark ~ Pause

-- Yeah... I think I'm good back here... Did he say those things can /swim/? @RoaringMouse_ @BugHunter_USCM @SubmersedIre

-- he clutched the chair back,-- watching from a distance* I think... -- @RoaringMouse_ @BugHunter_USCM @SubmersedIre

--concentrate, he practiced slow, easy breaths* Uh guys? *backing away from the table,-- @RoaringMouse_ @BugHunter_USCM @SubmersedIre

--to look away with a jerk of his head, the sound of #Min's voice causing him to -- @RoaringMouse_ @BugHunter_USCM @SubmersedIre

--gesturing to #Lyme's pant leg* There's blood. Blood's never good... *forcing himself-- @RoaringMouse_ @BugHunter_USCM @SubmersedIre

-- out of whack, and the room started spinning* Oh... oh... uh... *gasping* *his hand out, -- @RoaringMouse_ @BugHunter_USCM @SubmersedIre

--settling over him as the ratio of air in to air out veered dangerously close to-- @RoaringMouse_ @BugHunter_USCM @SubmersedIre

*eyes wide, he bounced on the balls of his feet, lips pursed, breathing in and out, panic -- @RoaringMouse_ @BugHunter_USCM @SubmersedIre

--*whispered* We can help... @PixieInferno_ @BugHunter_USCM @Xeno_Paranoia

--*pausing a beat* It's okay to tell us... *glancing back to @BugHunter_USCM and @Xeno_Paranoia for permission to offer-- @PixieInferno_

--across the table, his voice barely a whisper* Lyme... What happened? -- @PixieInferno_ @BugHunter_USCM

--memory* "My mom makes the best pomegranate pie in the universe." *dropping to a seat, he leaned -- @PixieInferno_ @BugHunter_USCM

-- to his home planet, next time he got leave. He said... *turning back, he repeated Lyme's words from -- @PixieInferno_ @BugHunter_USCM

--us the password to the records room. Where they keep all the transmissions. He offered to take us-- @PixieInferno_ @BugHunter_USCM

--and... *heart thudding as he watched the formerly vibrant man stare blankly, unmoving* He... he gave us-- @PixieInferno_ @BugHunter_USCM