You had been staring out the window for hours, the only things that got you to notice the time was a growling in your stomach, that and the fact that The Sun had somehow started setting. You wander back into the room to look for anything of note, there is a book outlining the rules of using the mail pipes.

Just when rules and regulation got interesting an urge to go explore the ship hit you again so you made your way to the door. You have trouble regaining your balance after getting up from the bed but you manage to get to the door. Right before your claw reaches the door it bursts open, the shock from the sudden impact of metal on bone knocks you unconscious.

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Gilda instantly realized what happened and rushed to your side to check your vitals. She feels your pulse, checks your breathing, and inspects your injuries. Your heartbeat and breathing check out but a deep and heavily bleeding cut from the edge of the door and sliced a good portion of your head open. Gilda rushes around the room looking for a first aid kit, she finds it in the bathroom behind the mirror. She comes back to you with the bandages and begins to go to work patching up your head, once the bandages were secure she lifts you up and continues towards the nearest elevator. Every deck has two has medical stations but those are only manned in a combat situation so Gilda had to take you to the nearest one on deck 40.

Gilda makes it to an elevator and calls one, when it arrived it had two Gryphons in it that immediately cleared out when they saw her carrying you, they left even faster when they saw her Valkyrie uniform. When the elevator makes it to its destination, unfortunately the station in on the other side of the ship.

~~~

“.... proved true... brain damage....” some unrecognizable voice says in a monotone drone.

“....worried....I’m glad....” that sounded like Gilda.

“....tougher than you think...” wait was that Rosetta.

“....you can...see... awake.” that was Gilda again.

“....quickly....bloodloss....” the drone cuts off the other two.

You attempt to open your eyes but it seems to be taking monumental effort, however you manage to force your eyes open. All you see is a blurred and slightly blue tinged light over a grey background. You feel like your body is filled with sand, your breathing is incredibly forced although you attempt to roll out of bed. With a surge of energy you force yourself out of bed, once you had yourself on your poorly balanced feet. You felt a mix of a sharp pain and lightheadedness when you got up, you bring a claw up to the source of the pain and feel a moist bandage. Your vision was still blurred but you saw a figure approach you.

You feel a feminine hand hold you balance as you take steps forward. Your vision focuses a little more and you can make out a red color in the crest in the one holding you. Rosetta tells you how impressive it is that you are awake, she walks you out of the clinic as you slowly wake yourself up. Rosetta offers to walk you home, you accept as best you can.

You take Rosetta’s shoulder to the elevator, she uncharacteristically remains silent all the way, although you swear you feel her tail swipe your a couple times. Although you regain your composure in the elevator Rosetta insists on walking as close to you as she can. Since you can’t talk while walking you couldn’t argue when Rosetta bursts into your room. You wonder why you haven’t seen Gilda since the clinic.

“Well Surtr I’m gonna be blunt with you...” Rosetta suddenly shifts into a hyperactive mood.

Rosetta is about as predictable as a grain of pollen in a glass of water.

“Well...” she meets your gaze “It looks like Gilda may have a little crush on you!” she leaps onto you in an embrace, you have to push her back to talk to her.

Rosetta calms down a little.

“Well I asked her if she would want to date you, I had to argue with her a bit but she said yes. She didn’t say anything else.” Rosetta perks up again although you really think she is hiding something.

Rosetta is unaffected by your words.

“Ever since I met Gilda she has been trying to tame her temper, its just she likes to mute other aspects of herself to try to keep her out of trouble.” Rosetta senses your doubt. “Come on man I’ve known her for years you gotta trust me and go for it.” Rosetta is being a little optimistic.

Before Rosetta could respond the door slowly opens and Gilda steps into the room, she took one look at you two. Gilda tells Rosetta to calm down before throwing herself into your bed without taking off her uniform. Rosetta tries to say something to her but she uses some choice words to silence her. As Rosetta she told you to ask Gilda about how she got you to the doctor and the story behind her title.

Once the door was the shut the room felt so much quieter, you look back to the window. The stars dance under the pitch-black sky, before the sky could lure you back to the window the other beauty in the room distracts you. She must have been really tired because it hasn’t been ten minutes but she was already fast asleep. You stop yourself from staring at her in her sleep, you already have a slightly creepy plan in the brewing and you still feel like death is something to avoid.

You decide to crawl into your bed to get some sleep. The sudden change of elevation sent some shocks of pain to your head, you lay restlessly for several lifetimes before you decide to get up again. You had left the lights on so you remedy that before doing anything else. You feel your bandage to inspect the severity of your wound, all you know it is not a small cut so you get yourself to the bathroom and turn on the light. You looked like a ghoul like normal but an alarmingly large blood-soaked bandage adorned you head. The blood had dried to its rusty brown color and clearly would not pleasant to replace. You switch off the light and return to bed.

Author's Note

When I'm done the story I'm gonna go back and iron it out a little before I move on to my other story.