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Jul. 2nd, 2010 02:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kat8chaMinami had to fight not to chew his fingernails. He was staring at the read outs in the cockpit, surrounded by the smell of Akutsu's cigarettes. Minami wasn't a psychic, he didn't need to worry about the imprint of Akutsu's constant rage on the equipment, but he could smell the reek of the carcinogen killing sticks that Akutsu insisted on smoking. It was almost enough to make him gag.
Muromachi had done a bang up job on the ship as usual, all the readouts read clear, but Minami wasn't checking up because he was worried about Muromachi's work. The technopath had never done a bad job for them, Minami wished that Muromachi had chosen to stay onboard but… his accident had been impossible to foresee. They'd known when they were ferrying for Fudomine that they were skating the edge of the law, that Hyotei would probably take steps to deal with them eventually. But they hadn't expected some of Hyotei's security personnel to act without orders and sabotage the Yamabuki's equipment. They were lucky to end up with minor injuries, burns primarily… except for Muromachi who had landed himself with a serious injury. Something wrong with his eyes…
Hyotei had of course been very apologetic, offered to help Muromachi deal with the pain… and other things. But Minami had never trusted Hyotei and neither had anyone else on board.
Muromachi chose where he wanted to go. Minami can remember it like yesterday. 'Rikkai's moon base. They're developing new medical treatments every day… they'll link my technopathy to the damaged nerves. ' And more or less, that was what Rikkai did. That was why Muromachi stayed on Rikkai. Not because he had to, he could have done any repairs to the technology on his own, but because it was the place that had given him his sight back… and it had been Yamabuki who had taken it away.
Minami still felt guilty about that.
"Running through the checklist?" Higashikata's hand landed on Minami's shoulder. Minami knew Higashikata had been standing in the doorway to the room watching him for a while now but he hadn't wanted to say anything. Neither of them had.
"If we need to take off in a hurry…" Minami took a deep breath. "I want to be ready."
A strong hand squeezed and kneaded Minami's shoulder. "Don't worry. Things always work out for them. Sengoku and Akutsu both."
Minami leaned into Higashikata's touch. "But for Kite? His cousin? Us?"
Another squeeze. "Let me help you get ready to fly."
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Muromachi had done a bang up job on the ship as usual, all the readouts read clear, but Minami wasn't checking up because he was worried about Muromachi's work. The technopath had never done a bad job for them, Minami wished that Muromachi had chosen to stay onboard but… his accident had been impossible to foresee. They'd known when they were ferrying for Fudomine that they were skating the edge of the law, that Hyotei would probably take steps to deal with them eventually. But they hadn't expected some of Hyotei's security personnel to act without orders and sabotage the Yamabuki's equipment. They were lucky to end up with minor injuries, burns primarily… except for Muromachi who had landed himself with a serious injury. Something wrong with his eyes…
Hyotei had of course been very apologetic, offered to help Muromachi deal with the pain… and other things. But Minami had never trusted Hyotei and neither had anyone else on board.
Muromachi chose where he wanted to go. Minami can remember it like yesterday. 'Rikkai's moon base. They're developing new medical treatments every day… they'll link my technopathy to the damaged nerves. ' And more or less, that was what Rikkai did. That was why Muromachi stayed on Rikkai. Not because he had to, he could have done any repairs to the technology on his own, but because it was the place that had given him his sight back… and it had been Yamabuki who had taken it away.
Minami still felt guilty about that.
"Running through the checklist?" Higashikata's hand landed on Minami's shoulder. Minami knew Higashikata had been standing in the doorway to the room watching him for a while now but he hadn't wanted to say anything. Neither of them had.
"If we need to take off in a hurry…" Minami took a deep breath. "I want to be ready."
A strong hand squeezed and kneaded Minami's shoulder. "Don't worry. Things always work out for them. Sengoku and Akutsu both."
Minami leaned into Higashikata's touch. "But for Kite? His cousin? Us?"
Another squeeze. "Let me help you get ready to fly."
Prepare for possible spam flist, IDK.
