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Jan 21, 2009 8:46:23 GMT -5
Post by Zarkan on Jan 21, 2009 8:46:23 GMT -5
"No quartermaster on the ship or something jade?" Sunomi asked when he mentioned what made the majority of his paper work. Sunomi slid a had out from under the blanket and paged though the book on Dantooine animals before jade asked to be excused something she thought was a little strange thing to do in his own room. She gave a slight nod as he passed her heading into his restroom she read a little bit on the blurb in the book about kath hounds while she waited for jade to return. "Are your eyes bothering you again?" she asked when he return immediately recognizing her mistake as the words left her mouth. She stiffened, but still hoped he might think nothing of it and quickly hid herself in looking in her gift.
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Jan 21, 2009 8:57:20 GMT -5
Post by Talau the Ever-Lurking on Jan 21, 2009 8:57:20 GMT -5
Oh there is, but I still have to double check the lists she makes and approve them.
He replied to her first statement. Sunomi's second statement, however, caught him off guard. Nodding, he continued to read the list over.
It happens toward the end of the day.
Jade informed her, being careful to leave the bitter feelings he held out of his words, his face a seemingly natural indifference. It was true that he didn't like the fact that his eyes were, well...rather problematic...at times, but he wouldn't hold her statement against her since she didn't mean any harm by it. Touching a section of the screen, he reviewed a separate part of the list before returning to the main list and submitting it as approved. Picking up the next datapad, he sighed and shook his head. The blasted pirates had done more damage than he'd thought it seemed.
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Jan 21, 2009 22:36:58 GMT -5
Post by Zarkan on Jan 21, 2009 22:36:58 GMT -5
Sunomi slowly closed the book and looked at jade. "Have you ever considered replacements?" she asked as he spoke about his she could tell something bothered him about it just not what that was. She waited a moment looking at the side of jade's face as he sighed and read another datapad. "It must be nice to have your own room when free time finds you." she said absentmindedly simply grasping for something to talk about. "I've never had my own room."
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Jan 21, 2009 22:52:59 GMT -5
Post by Talau the Ever-Lurking on Jan 21, 2009 22:52:59 GMT -5
No, of course I've not. I happen to be rather attached to this pair, and since I can see perfectly out of them, I see no need to think about it.
He replied, sounding rather miffed. Adjusting his collar, he sat back and crossed one leg over the other casually as he listened half-heartedly to her search for conversation.
I suppose. I find it rather dull to be honest.
After a while it starts to feel more like a cell than a room to be completely honest...he mused silently, tapping the screen of the datapad lightly.
Personally I see very few perks of having a room to myself.
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Jan 21, 2009 23:09:00 GMT -5
Post by Zarkan on Jan 21, 2009 23:09:00 GMT -5
"I didn't mean to upset you I was just curious." sunomi said perhaps a little hurt. She set resting her head on her knees as she fretted out just exactly what she wanted to say to his reply. "In a barracks it's never quite your never alone. I suppose I'm just think it'd be nice to have a room only because I've never had one." she said shifting to rest her head against the wall of the quarters. "Though if this place is getting old you might consider putting new things in it."
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Jan 21, 2009 23:28:20 GMT -5
Post by Talau the Ever-Lurking on Jan 21, 2009 23:28:20 GMT -5
He made a soft 'hm' sound and seemed not to particularly care about what she had said for a moment until he turned crimson eyes to her. Jade sat like that for a moment, datapad in one hand, sheaf of paper in the other, garnet gaze fixed on her studiously, the intensity of his gaze hardly one to be rivaled by anything other than perhaps a beast studying it's prey. The Necromancer was indeed studying her, debating on how to reply and trying to pick apart what she had said to get at the feelings behind it if there were any, his entire mind focused on solving the puzzle that was this woman.
It isn't that it gets old Sunomi. If that were the case I could find ways around it.
He said, his voice even as he blinked slowly at her.
I too lived in the barracks once...it did have it's drawbacks but over all, the bunking was never a bad experience for me.
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Jan 21, 2009 23:38:58 GMT -5
Post by Zarkan on Jan 21, 2009 23:38:58 GMT -5
Sunomi looked into his eyes trying to use her rather limited experience to access what he was thinking even as he began to speak. "Then what is it jade?" she asked furrowing her brows.
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Jan 22, 2009 0:01:21 GMT -5
Post by Talau the Ever-Lurking on Jan 22, 2009 0:01:21 GMT -5
He sighed and put down his work on the small table set before him before studying her once more. Jade's gaze, if possible, grew more intense as he weighed his options. If he told her just how he felt, it might take an explanation he wasn't yet ready to give and raise suspicions that didn't need to be raised right now. On the other hand, if he didn't answer, it might raise more suspicions. Running a hand through his hair slightly, he looked away for a moment.
It's...difficult to explain at best, but I find rooms like these to be closer to cells than rooms. At least with a bunk mate it has some semblance of a natural existence...proof that one is still human, still connected...
He stopped there, shaking his head slightly, red eyes burning a hole in the floor several feet from where he sat.
I doubt that made sense, and if it did, I doubt it conveyed the message I wished it to.
Leaning with his elbows propped against his knees, the rear admiral appeared to be a figure lost in thought...but more than that. Even with the various pictures hung on the wall beside him, he truly did appear to be a man confined in a jail cell and lost in contemplation of his lot in life.
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Jan 22, 2009 0:22:27 GMT -5
Post by Zarkan on Jan 22, 2009 0:22:27 GMT -5
Sunomi drew back a small amount under his scrutiny. She listened intently to jade attempt to explain, came out more like a confusing mess than anything that she could really sort out."Your right it really didn't make much sense" she said with out thinking biting her lower lip as she blushed a little at making such a stupid statement. "It almost sounds like your lonely, do the crew avoid your or something?" she joined jade looking at the floor not really sure where to go at that point.
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Jan 22, 2009 0:47:52 GMT -5
Post by Talau the Ever-Lurking on Jan 22, 2009 0:47:52 GMT -5
Lonely...yes, that was part of it he supposed, but not all. He chuckled humorlessly at her question and comment.
Lonely isn't exactly the correct word for my feelings, though yes, most do avoid me. I expect that however...and even prefer it to a degree. It keeps the crew in line, knowing I'm prowling around....and I'm sure it doesn't help that I pop out of the most unexpected places at the most unexpected times.
He stated with a wry smile. It could be rather amusing to see their reactions when he did things such as pop out of a maintenance tube on his way to the bridge. Jade prided himself on knowing his ships inside and out.
No...lonely is most certainly not the correct word...though it holds the truth in part. I find my hands tied now, in ways that I didn't have them tied in the Republic....one of them being the separation from my family, especially Aunna. I worry for her safety and I worry for my parents well being as well....but it's more than that I suppose.
He mused, rubbing the bridge of his nose where his glasses rested. Removing his gloves, he held them in one hand absentmindedly. Sighing, he let out a short sound that sounded almost like a laugh, except it was far to dismal to be even a chuckle.
I suppose that this room...heh. Never mind that.
Jade sat up and seemed to sluff off his despairing mood to replace it with a slightly happier one. She had gotten to close....to close to his true feelings, the true him...the Jade that only he knew and dared to wrestle with. That man was trapped and felt damn near broken...that man held an intense anger at being chose for this job. Jade hated lying, and this existence...it was a constant lie...so he'd had to strengthen his facade to be hard as tacks and somehow...somehow she'd gotten to close and he needed to retreat into himself. To regroup. To pull himself back together from the brink of shattering again.
And so the charade started anew.
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Jan 22, 2009 1:41:43 GMT -5
Post by Zarkan on Jan 22, 2009 1:41:43 GMT -5
Sunomi forced a smile as he spoke about popping out of nowhere sure it would be funny to see, but she had more important thoughts in her head. "Why did you join us if you knew you'd be away from your sister it's clear you love her a great deal. Heck, I wish I had anyone that cared even the smallest percentage of that about me." sunomi shook her head and reached to take a sip of her mug of tea. "If you really want to return, no one will force you to stay." she finished lifting the mug to her lips and taking a long sip.
She raised her eyebrow when he broke off and told here never mind. "What is it, jade?" she asked looking into his red eyes with her soft violet ones. "I swear anything you tell me here won't leave my lips anywhere else." she had to admit it sounded almost like pleading, but she would deal with the results of that at a latter time.
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Jan 22, 2009 2:01:30 GMT -5
Post by Talau the Ever-Lurking on Jan 22, 2009 2:01:30 GMT -5
Jade couldn't help himself. He laughed so hard at that statement his thin frame shook with the force of it. Return!...oh yes...that was good....a traitor return to welcoming arms....that was a good joke indeed. It didn't take him long to regain control of himself after that, however. No, his defenses were returning. Wiping some of the tears from his laughter away, he shook his head slightly.
No Sunomi, I couldn't return if I wanted to.
As she asked to know what it was he had been about to say, he gazed at her, his piercing eyes locked with hers.
Are you really so desperate to know Sunomi? Even if it could put you in a manner of danger that you might not be prepared for? I couldn't do that to you. I'll tell you one day, I promise.
Jade said, his voice quiet and hardly like the man he showed to the world. Again she was getting to close...why? Why did he keep allowing her in? It would only end up hurting them both in the end.
This room is a symbol of the situation I am in...the trapped state I find myself mired in.
He let out a sinister chuckle, devoid of any type of mirth or humor.
No...perhaps this room is a fitting place for me.
Jade added, standing and walking to one of the windows and gazing out at the stars, tossing his gloves onto the table as he went.
Why are you so concerned? It's not as if I should matter over much to you.
The genuine curiosity behind the question was perhaps lost in the flat tone he used. It sounded harsh, even to him, and he winced inwardly at his manners. Had he really fallen so far? Had he really become so broken by those damned orders?
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Jan 22, 2009 15:22:03 GMT -5
Post by Zarkan on Jan 22, 2009 15:22:03 GMT -5
Sunomi looked down embarrassed as jade laughed red coloring her cheeks as she slowly brought he gaze back up to jade. "I.." she closed her mouth as he began again. Waiting for jade to speak thinking about what he was saying as he spoke she took a small swallow. "You don't deserve to be alone or to be trapped, no one deserves that." she said slowly her eyes were starting to water as the conversation started delve up old feelings of pain and sadness in her own spirit. As he asked her why she cared she stood up walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him. "Everyone needs someone to care about them jade."
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Jan 22, 2009 16:24:27 GMT -5
Post by Talau the Ever-Lurking on Jan 22, 2009 16:24:27 GMT -5
Jade huffed slightly at her words.
I never did say I deserved any such thing Sunomi....I merely told you the truth of the matter.
He replied simply scratching his jaw lightly for a moment as he kept looking out at the void of space. Feeling her arms wrap around him, Jade sighed. He didn't need the comfort, but perhaps she did. The conversation seemed especially painful to her at the moment, so he put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it slightly.
Don't worry about me Sunomi. I hardly need such concerns.
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Jan 22, 2009 16:41:01 GMT -5
Post by Zarkan on Jan 22, 2009 16:41:01 GMT -5
Sunomi rested her head against his head. "Well, maybe I want to give you my concern anyway." she said smiling slightly though he couldn't see it. "If you want you could bunk with my men I'm sure they wouldn't mind." she said before deciding to brighten his mood as she leaned over and pinched his nose. "Or....I guess I could bunk with you." she said laughing and giggling as she waited for his reaction.
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Jan 22, 2009 17:31:43 GMT -5
Post by Talau the Ever-Lurking on Jan 22, 2009 17:31:43 GMT -5
Huffing a slight laugh, Jade had been about to reply when she pinched his nose again. Pulling away, he gave her a look that said he didn't like that action in the least before replying.
I don't think that would be the best idea tonight Sunomi. I have to get up early, and I doubt you'd afford me much sleep.
He said with a light smile.
And as much as I'm sure you don't want to leave, you most likely should before your men come looking for you.
Jade added a small smiled on his face.
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Jan 22, 2009 18:11:22 GMT -5
Post by Zarkan on Jan 22, 2009 18:11:22 GMT -5
"Oh, you never know jade, I've been known to wear people out thoroughly." she said teasing more before she sighed. "Fine, jade I'll go, but you know where to find me call me anytime you like day or night and I'll come." Leaning in she kissed him on his lips before gathering her things and leaving quitely.
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Jan 22, 2009 18:14:31 GMT -5
Post by Talau the Ever-Lurking on Jan 22, 2009 18:14:31 GMT -5
Jade rolled his eyes slightly at her first comment and sighed at her second. What he didn't expect, however, was when she kissed him lightly on the lips. He forced himself not to recoil at the motion, instead allowing her to kiss him and leave. Sighing again, he shook his head and sat down to his work.
It was going to be a long night.
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