JACK
Jack has barely straightened up from placing the last of his items when Rae appears, the Captain dragging up his mental shields on autopilot, little that it does to keep from being swept away in the branches of evolution and possibility that swarm his senses. But they speak and move without delay; practiced, logical, without emotion, and it's something he can appreciate as both an Abandoned and as a man. "Nothin' worth doin' is easy," he rumbles, mostly to himself and mostly without realising it, because as the components come together, he sees her, brief though it might be.
The vision Safrin had first injected into his mind, there again like the afterburn from staring directly at the sun.
Feeling his breath freeze in his throat, his eyes flick down at the shimmer of gold that replaces her, an eyebrow arching as it's not a woman, but a coin that lands in the soft grass. "I--" he begins, but the twins have already departed. No time for what's this or what's next or even thank you. It's just the Captain, the coin, and the soft hush of the Crimson Cataract nearby.
"A'right then," he mutters, kneeling to collect the coin and feeling the power thrum in it as it sits in his palm. Then, his fingers brushing across the tattoo on his wrist, Jack is gone as well.
~FIN
The vision Safrin had first injected into his mind, there again like the afterburn from staring directly at the sun.
Feeling his breath freeze in his throat, his eyes flick down at the shimmer of gold that replaces her, an eyebrow arching as it's not a woman, but a coin that lands in the soft grass. "I--" he begins, but the twins have already departed. No time for what's this or what's next or even thank you. It's just the Captain, the coin, and the soft hush of the Crimson Cataract nearby.
"A'right then," he mutters, kneeling to collect the coin and feeling the power thrum in it as it sits in his palm. Then, his fingers brushing across the tattoo on his wrist, Jack is gone as well.
~FIN
no more than I was or than I want to be
when you fall on me like night, I wanna kill the lights
when you fall on me like night, I wanna kill the lights
- Secret Telepath
- Functionally Immortal (Forever 35)
- Two small star tattoos beneath his left eye
- Click for The Ark!
