Oct. 16th, 2013

krowface: xenomorph in full lotus position (Default)

Suddenly the CHIME of a hail notification cuts in for about two seconds. The Emergency Core, recognising the IFF tag as belonging to Consortium ships puts it through automatically. The sound of EERIE, LABORED BREATHING comes in over radio. The sound is slightly distorted, and so intense that it sounds as if the speaker has his or her headset mic pressed into their cheek.


AMY
(hushed, creeped out)
...Core? ... what is that?


EMERGENCY CORE
U.S.C. Freighter detected. Life support offline. Engines offline. Extensive damage to superstructure and vital systems. Escape pods have not launched. The vessel may have encountered hostile craft prior to your recent engagement.


Amy looks out the cockpit window. Her voice is small and awed, like that of a child after recent discipline from their parents. The dead freighter appears as a speck.


AMY
Dear God...


ZOOM IN - DEAD FREIGHTER


The freighter hangs floating in space, utterly ravaged. Its elements and components are highlighted as if from Amy's POV through her helmet HUD and marked with damage reports. Most of the main body of the ship is colored in red with a few green, undamaged sections.

GURGLING, LABORED BREATHING continues on the radio, interspersed with coughing.


AMY
(whispering)
He's dying.


EMERGENCY CORE
Affirmative. Breathing pattern is agonal. Death imminent.
krowface: xenomorph in full lotus position (Default)


From The Space In Which You Stand
Here And In Demand
Don't Touch A Fresh Wound That Bleeds
All Over Your Carpets
The Stains
The Story Book Remains
And The Page That States You've Lied
Accept And Then Reply
Acknowledge The Other Guy
Tired In The Days That Passed Away
Sporadically Arranged Across The Floor When You've Got It Made
Dear Mariah
The World's Not Big Enough
For The Both Of Us
When We Live In The Same Town
Let's Run...

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