"Well, morale is important too. J will probably be much more focused from this point on, at least."
V rolls her eyes. Slightly annoyed that she missed the chance to beat J to the punch, but... She couldn't be too upset about it either. Ray was clearly going through some things right now, and the time when he WAS ready for something that intimate... That would be nice.
Before long, everyone started winding down to rest for the night...
Karasu ended up having a dream as well... He kept descending further and further down from the surface of Copper-9. Passing through a facility, then an elevator down to ancient mine shafts. It went down further still.
In his dream, he kept fighting. Destroying everything in his path, almost as if taking great care not to miss a single thing on his journey. When he reached a mysterious cathedral, one would think that might be the end of it. But as he pushes onward, it becomes clear that there is one more step lower that he has to go.
A foreboding pit of flesh and bone. Without hesitation he descends into the maw of the abyss.
Only one thing was on his mind:
Make sure it can't get out. Even if you have to fight forever.
Gunfire. Explosions. He might have been alone, but he wasn't done fighting.
Each pull of the trigger calls up a different memory.
Another reason to hunt this thing inside it's own home.
The dream comes to an end, and the Captain slowly sits up in his bed...
He rubs his eyes briefly, and takes in his surroundings. He figures that the dream he had must have been because of all the stress yesterday, and soon writes it off. Karasu gets out of the bed and takes the time to make sure he's properly clothed and presentable.
Hmm... Maybe a shower would be a good idea, too. That thought in mind, he steps out of the room intent on making his way to the bathroom. About at that point, he sees that Ray and V are up now, and then there's a knock on the door.
Conversely, someone who had a much better time of sleeping was V. Normally resting never really stuck out to her, or it proved difficult. There wasn't a whole lot of deviation. But this time around? Snuggling up to Ray really proved comforting to her, and she slept undisturbed and peacefully.
At least up until heart rate began to increase, along with his blood pressure. Heightened breathing, too... She began to stir from her rest cycle. When Ray's eyes shot open and he began to look around the room in a bit of a panic, that proved to be just enough for V to begin booting back up fully.
The text on her screen shifted from "Sleep Mode" to "Good Morning!"
After that, her eyes were displayed, and she stares at him out of concern.
"What's wrong?"
She murmurs softly, and adjusts herself a bit, moving her arms around him comfortingly. Though she wasn't trying to restrict him, and if he wanted to get up, she'd cooperate with that. She was very keen on listening to him, though...
Then they hear a knock at the door, and V glances over at it, also spotting the Captain at this point.
"Looks like everyone is getting up now... But who is coming by this early anyway?"
By this point, it was clear that Ray wanted to get up and answer the door, so V would let him go. She remains seated on the couch, but begins to stretch. Raising her arms over head, and also straightening her legs out.
Once she's finished with that subroutine, she relaxes into a more natural seating posture.
The other one to rest well was J! Granted, she never really had any troubles getting sleep, especially after a successful day at work. But that proved especially true this time around. She certainly went straight for it with Chaos and they really did it...
Much to the chagrin of Cloris, of course. But things actually settled down nicely once it came to sleep. She insisted on being in the same room as Chaos, of course. And yes, she did sleep in the same bed as him, too.
Although much like V did with Ray -- she would notice as well if Chaos ended up disturbed from any unwanted dreams. Time would tell if that was the case or not.
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