As Porrim sets to work in her sickbay, she finds that two of the people she and Mindfang had rescued are up and around and one of them seems just a touch too interested in her matesprit for her comfort.  The other is decidedly interested in her, but in a much paler way.  Emotions run a touch higher than Porrim or Aranea would like in the aftermath...

Hey, what's a story without a little conflict?  For those of you a touch concerned by this, just keep in mind what Felida has to say at the end of this chapter.  Now, for those who haven't read my previous works, the crewmates of Rufioh's were introduced there and one of them in particular was rather popular: one Squish Imdead.  Ol' Squish started life as my idea of what I'd do if I had $10,000 to donate to the Homestuck Game Kickstarter:  I wanted to create a troll that was so pathetic, so asking to be killed that there would have been NO WAY Hussie could have brought himself to kill him.  His symbol is a bullseye and his horns are like arrows pointing directly to his head.  Here's a sprite my moirail did of him: mercale.tumblr.com/post/609499… and you can see him (as well as the other two carrying on in this story, Kandun Klarck (aka Drawback) and Daalla Emburi (aka Catalyst)) in a lovely piece done by the talented (miss you Trina!  Sorry life has been so insane on my end lately) which you can see here: drhicks76.deviantart.com/art/N… Anyway, I've been writing plenty lately so more to come for certain! 

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