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[Terenia]

The weight of a Hork-Bajir the size of Temrash falling on Terenia forces the air from her lungs and she hacks and gasps for a moment before answering in a hoarse voice.

"What's it...to you...?" she coughs, pushing against his leathery hide so that she can breathe, "Get off me, would you?"

[Chad32]

"It's just that I know what it feels like to kill a family member, as well as care deeply for friends and family." Temrash said as he attempted to shift weight off of her without inadvertently hacking her up. "Why Ossanlin brought your sister to you when he knew you'd kill her is beyond me."

[Myitt]

Corliss, not expecting an eight-foot-wide energy blast, doesn't have time to respond to Temrash.  The wall of energy sends him toppling into the nearest couple of tables, and Mike hits his head on the edge of the seat of a wooden chair.

Still in complete surprise, Corliss finds himself in an unresponsive, unconscious body.  The pain is dull and far away, but more concerning is the telltale swelling of a concussion that is already beginning to press in on Mike's cranial space.  

<Mike,> Corliss whispers, knowing that the human cannot respond.  He curses.  <Those damned fools.  How dare they harm you for something they have no right to be involved in?>  Although he has no one to beg to, he does so anyway.  <Please, don't let this be as bad as it feels...>

[Terenia]

"Well it really isn't any of your business," Terenia said, climbing unsteadily to her feet as soon as the weight was lifted from her, "and I would appreciate it if you would not injure my host. It makes things like staying alive a bit difficult."

Terenia purposefully ignores Temrash's comment about Ossanlin. She does not want to dwell on him or his decisions, and expecially not her own actions that resulted from them. Blocking thoughts of the tragedy out she focuses instead on her current situation. Her eyes sweep the room until they land on Corliss' unconscious body.

"****," she curses, Temrash forgotten. She rushes to his side, kneeling next to him, "Corliss, are you okay?" she shakes him gently.

[Myitt]

There's no response, and Corliss can't even hear Terenia's voice.  The feeling of being shaken is numb and far away.

Blood courses down the side of Mike's face from an open gash, which is already bruising around itself.

[warren_bearclaw]

Antonio deactivated his weapon. Carson snapped his head to see what was going on, still unsure about Corliss' position. "Uh... guys? I think he needs some help. Like, now." Barely hesitating, Charlotte runs over and checks Mike for signs of breathing and circulation. "He's just unconscious..." She announces. "Oh! And bleeding..." She doesn't move him, but notices the sure signs of a concussion. She swears quietly. "Whoever you are, you'd better not die on me." Charlotte says, as if being bossy might prevent that from happening. It didn't look too severe, but she wasn't a true expert, so she wasn't entirely sure.

"Someone get her some ice!" Carson says. The bartender set down the glass he'd been cleaning during the fight and went to the back to get some. He looked over to the doorway. "Aren't you a doctor?" he says to the four armed person sitting there. Hopefully his other 'patient' could stand to wait a couple minutes for this....

[Terenia]

Terenia curses again, turning to glare at the group of soldiers that had used the concussion weapons.

"What the hell were you guys thinking!?" she cries, "Who the hell are you anyways?" She rises to her feet, her hands balling into fists. She is unarmed, wearing nothing but her morphing outfit, but somehow she feels energized. It feels good to be angry again. She takes a couple of steps forward, glaring at the soldiers

"Get away from him!" Terenia pushes herself between Corliss and Charlotte, glaring at her aggressively.

[Chad32]

"Keep your body in control, and I won't have to mess it up." He said. Though using the word body to refer to a host was foreign to him. He stumbled over to Corliss, who had apparently sustained injuries too. "Kevlin. Go get a medkit out of my ship. Hurry. I'm in no shape to run."

He got himself sitting into a chair, and tried to shake off the stunning effect and all that had happened. His words probably didn't sink into Efaen's thick skull at all. After Corliss shot him, he wasn't even sure he should care if she killed him. It made him reconsider counting any of them as friends.

[warren_bearclaw]

Charlotte backs off quickly, her hands raised to show she won't try anything. Carson speaks for her. "We were trying to keep people from dying, that's all. Yes, we injured him, and we're sorry, but someone would have died for sure if we hadn't done something. For now, let's just keep him alive, then we can chat." The bartender brings him the bag of ice, and he points him in Terenia's direction.

[Myitt]

<No, no, don't do this,> Corliss begs of the injury, readjusting his slug-like body to reduce the pressure on Mike's brain, stretching his flesh as thin as it can go around the site of the wound.  Even with the adjustment he can feel the swollen membranes around the brain squeezing his body tightly down against the neural surface.  

[Cobra (Gymn)]

Kevlin stumbled a little when the field was taken down. He  loped to Temrash's ship and grabbed a medkitmfrom the ship. He ran back and tossed the medkit at Terenia's feet. He turned to Temrash. "I think you go looking for danger. Whenever I'm with you I get into trouble."

[Terenia]

"A head injury isn't good," Terenia says, stepping to the side so that she can lean against the bar table. Her chest is on fire from the weight of Temrash. She's certain a few ribs are broken or at least bruised, but she does not feel comfortable demorphing yet. "He needs an exit, in case..." she hesitates, not wanting to voice her worries. Instead she watches Charlotte and the other soldiers tend to Corliss with a sharp eye, ready to interfere if she needs to. While she watches she responds to Temrash, wincing slightly.

"Are you telling me to keep myself sovereign over my host, Temrash?" despite her pain a small smile plays on her lips, "Regardless of her probable resistance?"

[RAFrukh]

Prime Sovereign Kikulon merely looked at John with mild, almost indistinguishable arrogant hatred. Almost indistinguishable.

It was Supreme Admiral Vekk that spoke up, "Human! What business do you have aboard this freighter? We are in the middle of a top se––"

Vekk stumbled for words. Hesitated. Then found the phrase he was hoping for.

"In the middle of a meeting of the Reptilinod Defense Force. We are not to be disturbed."

{Is this the human you partnered up with to fell your brother's honor?} Vekk asked me privately.

He was already convinced I was to blame for wronging my sibling? That wasn't the Reptilinod way! To neglect to just, fair trial!?

{Yes sir. This is the human I gained help from to retake my stolen ship.} I said, reminding him that the verdict had not yet been reached.

[Chad32]

"I know I do. I'm not sure why I do it. Sometimes it feels like I'm waiting for something to happen, that never does, but I'm not sure what it is I'm waiting for. Thanks for the medkit." He said to Kevlin.

"Look, Terenia. I'm all for voluntary infestation. It's the best way. However I'm more concerned with the safety of my people over anything else. Corliss is supposed to be my ally now, though that may change. Plus I've had a really bad time recently, and I reacted emotionally. It happens."

[Myitt]

The bartender brings the bag of ice over to Terenia.

He looks down at Corliss, then at the others.

Without a word, he drops the bag of ice, completely unceremoniously.  

It lands with a wet, noisy slushing sound, a foot or so from Mike's side.

The bartender turns on his heel and goes back to his perch behind the bar.