Aftereffects

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((May 27, On the Star Crash. Anyone on board the Starcrash at this time welcome.))

It had been a hasty production number to get both the Super Arrow and the Star Crash in the air and tethered to each other before daybreak, and the whole thing was a blur to him since he was still dazed.

Finally, things had settled down and he had been able to get some sleep. Waking up, he bee-lined for the kitchen, drained a glass of some random fruit juice he really didn't taste, and began to replay what had happened.

Due to the fact that he was often Shanghaied into staying the Star Crash, he had some spare clothes, but walking around in blood covered clothes wasn't his worry. His real issue came from the fact that the pants to his The Star Man costume was damaged and blood covered. He'd need to make a new pair.

So that was what he was currently up to. His shoulder bandaged and in a sling, he was snooping around, looking for a sewing kit. Without thinking, he had begun opening doors and peering in for a moment for a glimpse of one, or at least a room that looked like it might have one.

Because of this, he had grabbed hold of the doorknob to a certain female's room and opened it casually, thinking it was another storage room.

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<sub>Nerys had been up, oddly enough for a time like that, but her room had curtains over the window only letting some light in, but it was still bright enough to be able to easily see around. The young girl decided that this would be a very good time to change out of her own clothing, since it was now ruined thanks to helping Cepheid. She shedded her own clothing, revealing... well, really nothing underneath her top but she did wear lightfrilly shorts for the obvious reason that they were washable and could help curb periods so her dress didn't get ruined if her skirt was hitched by someone they'd just see white pants with frills on the hem.

Nerys figured nobody, especially the guys, would be up and bothering her at this point (plus all of them except two were female), since she knew they would want to not bother her, so she took some fabric from her closet and then went to her sewing kit, repairing the outside fabric of her dress.

Granted, she was completely cut off when she heard the door open and Nerys whipped around, crossing her arms over her rather voluptuous chest area only to see that in her horror it was Cepheid who opened it, and not one of the girls. She was silent for one long second before she let out a very loud squeak, unable to form coherent words or even scream. However the shade of red on her pale face was darker than what anybody could even imagine.

She grabbed her needle box and threw it at him, her reflexes doing that without even aware that it was Cepheid and he was injured. She paused for a moment, before crying and finally forming coherent words.

"GET OUT! I'M SORRY! D-DON'T LOOK AT ME! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"</sub>

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'Noise? What was noise? Why there noise at this hour? Why there noise? Noise, why? Why you there noise?' Loki mused to herself unhappily, as she stared up at the ceiling, hearing Nerys yelling frantically down the hall, and then hearing something heavy being thrown.

The dark haired girl sat up, rubbing the side of her eye.

It didn't process to her that Neryses cries sounded very frantic, until then, when she suddenly jumped from her bed, grabbing the nearest object which was a wooden hairbrush and racing out the room to see what was going on.

Loki looked between Cepheid, and then Nerys, pursing her lips. Should she say something? Was that Andromeda or Cepheid? She still couldn't tell the twins apart, so instead, stood there awkwardly staring at the scene, weilding the tiny hairbrush like a sword.

"...Er..." Loki stammered out, taking a couple steps back.

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.......Oops.

Staring like a deer in headlights, it wasn't until Nerys let out that squeak that Cepheid was able to think again. "OHDEARGODI'MSORRY!" He yelled, slamming the door shut just before the needle box hit the wooden door with a thud and a clatter.

Left arm in a sling, he leaned his back against the closed door, blushing madly as he was now unable to get the mental image of Nery's.....

His pg-17+ thoughts were distracted by the approach of...Loki was it? She had always been keeping her distance from him, so he wasn't sure. He looked at the hairbrush she was wielding for a moment, then back to her.

Sorry for the ruckus, I'm going to go hide now." Saying that, Cepheid pushed himself from the door and moved as quickly as he could without jostling his arm to a nice hiding spot.

Andromeda was going to effing kill if if Nerys didn't do it first.

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<sub>Upon the girl's horror, she noticed Loki as well, she wasn't as bad though. Save me, black haired buddy! She open her cupboard to throw on her typical nightgown and then look at the mess of needles and thread on her floor. She took a deep breath, hugging herself, and then picked up the items of interest.

"Wh-what the hell was he doing?!" Nerys couldn't get rid of that blush either! No, he clearly did that on accident, unlike last time. Well... now she knew how he felt on that first night. She rubbed her face and looked at the mannequin that held her half finished dress. She'll focus on that later.

She peeked out of the door, still looking pretty red but a little unhappy at this situation. All that noise is probably going to wake up Andy.

"Wh-where did he run off to?"

Unfortunately for Cepheid, he would probably bump right into a confused and casual Daniela, who just looked at him a little unhappily. Except not for the reason that he might have walked in on a topless Nerys.

"Hey, you should be resting! That wound won't heal itself and... why do you look so flu-Oh..." She put two and two together and sighed. "I see how it is. What or whom were you looking for?"</sub>

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Loki still held her hairbrush defensively. Yup. That was Cepheid. The one thing that defined the twins from each other were their very different personalities.

She stood gawking still, not entirely sure as of what to do. Should she throw the damn thing and run?

During her moment of mental deadness, Cepheid ran off past her, rambling on about being sorry for the noise. She turned her head and watched him leave, as quick as a bunny.

"Er..." she croaked as Neryse walked out the door and asked where he went. She made herself look sharp in an instant and cleared her throat before answering. "He ran down the hall miss Nerys, he can't have gone far!" she said, slowly hiding the hairbrush behind her back, and slipping it in to her pocket out of the way as she turned. "Do you want me to go after him?"

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Not watching where he was really going, he almost plowed right into Daniela, who promptly began to chastise him about not being in bed. "I'm fine, really!" He insisted before she figured it out. He then shrank back slightly and blushed even harder. "I was just trying to find a sewing kit. It was an accident!"

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get that accidental sight out of his mind, and he was sure steam was coming from his ears as he talked to Daniela.

How was it that The Star Man was so smooth around females, yet he was a blundering doofus? Why didn't he realized that he was he was in the girl's living area? Why didn't he bother to knock?

Gaaah! Nerys was going to kill him.

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<sub>Nerys looked over at Loki when she spoke up. Okay so he went down there. She straightened and then tried to compose herself, but then mentally broke down again. He saw her! That wasn't going to let up any time soon! She took a deep breath and then spoke up.

"Y-you can join if you want." She ignored the apparent hairbrush weapon for the moment, before she stormed down the hallway. Seriously!

Daniela looked highly amused at his reaction. How very unlike the Star Man for him on this! Must be the stage identity and all. Of course she was well aware of how much Nerys liked Cepheid and she just found it cute and funny that this was happening right now. She'll tell Selena later, but avoid mentioning this to Godwine. She'd get jealous.

"Well, unfortunately for you... Nerys is the seamstress and has all of those items of your interest in her cupboard." He rubbed her nose and smiled. "I know it was an accident. You might want to tell her that though." She pointed to the Nerys who was approaching.

"What was that for?!"</sub>

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Loki scurried along side Nerys after Cepheid, keeping behind her as they finally caught up with him, along with a Daniela down in the main corridor.
"Nerys, keep it cool, we dont want to wake-" she began to say, though Loki wasn't particularly sure how Andy would react, or if he was even asleep. "-The ship..." she muttered.

Loki inched away from Nerys and stood next to the other girl, as she didn't want to be too close to Nerys' wrath if she so chose to unleash it upon poor Cepheid. Loki wasn't entirely sure what was happening per usual. She made out that Cepheid walked in on Nerys, but anything could have happened during that time before she went out to see what had been going on.

"Might we need to step in at any point?" Loki murmured to Daniela.

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"....You're kidding?" He asked. Not only did he walk in on Nerys, but he walked in on her and now had to ask for a favor. Fate was toying with him.

Looking immensely helpless, Ceph felt like a cornered mouse as Nerys caught up to him and began grilling him.

"I-I'm sorry." He tried to say, shrinking away from the womanly wrath that was Nerys. "It was an accident, I was looking for a sewing kit and I was just opening doors. I didn't pay attention to where I was."

Was Nerys about to follow the tradition on Starman and his lampoons being slapped by their love interest going to accept his apology or absolutely hate him?

By Jove he wanted to find a corner and hide right then.

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<sub>"Nope, I'm not joking." Daniela spoke up before she stepped out of the way to let Nerys and Cepheid duke it out. She then looked over to Loki when the other went to stick with her. Yeah, might be a good idea. She then looked back at them before speaking up.

"Probably not." She then folded her arms and watched Nerys as she stormed up to Cepheid and just glared at him. She was completely silent as Cepheid explained himself and-oh yeaaaa. His pants were ruined. Um. Right.

Nerys just glared at him, before she folded her arms and then raised her hand up to... poke him in the shoulder. The right shoulder.

"Next time. Knock. And if you need help with anything, just ask. Now give me your pants."</sub>

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Loki looked between everyone, the outcome wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be as Daniela said they probably wouldn't have to interveine, which made life a lot more easier, but now the whole situation was starting to feel that little bit more awkward.

Though, Loki couldn't help but to try and not laugh about what had just happened in front of Cepheid and Nerys, and beat herself up mentally for having that slight cruel sense of humour. She rubbed her face, trying to cover a smirk, before turning around, pulling out her hairbrush and whipping off to the nearest mirror to make herself look buisy as she groomed herself.

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After he finished explaining, he prepared himself for pain, and was surprised when all he got was a hard poke on his good shoulder.

"Yes ma'am." He answered nervously. Pants...? But he was wearing them...

Oh!

"Actually, I can't get the blood out, I was going to make a replacement pair..." He explained nervously.

"I really am sorry. I didn't want to bother anyone so I was going to do it myself, but with my bum arm I couldn't get to the Super Arrow to fetch my own kit." He looked rather downcast, like a scolded puppy.

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<sub>Nerys watched Cepheid as he explained about his um... pants and all. Damnit, was she going to have to make some for him? Looks like it. She looked over to Loki, who seemed to be not trying to see this entire thing as funny and went to groom herself, followed by Daniela as they went to do girly things. Well... Nerys was going to girlify Cepheid then. As revenge.

"Then I guess we'll have to fix that." She spoke haughtily. Yes she was going to do whatever she wants with you as revenge for this. Probably worse than a slap anyway. She grabbed his hand, not gently, but not violently, before she tried her best to drag him off to her bedroom to measure him and maybe see if he has any of that fabric.

"Well, Cepheid needs good luck now." Daniela spoke up. "So... breakfast?"</sub>

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Loki nodded in agreement with Daniela, yup. Cepheid was going to need all the luck he could get.

She perked up happily when the word 'breakfast' was uttered. "Yes. Breakfast sounds good!" Loki said, clapping her hands together like an excited child. "We stocked up on more eggs right? I wanna try making those pancake thingies again."

Easily distracted Loki was easily distracted at the Idea of food. She was starting to wonder if her eyes were bigger than her stomache, or if it was just the fact that she was able to eat better. Either way, the girl had enthusiasm for food, and that was that.

Loki walked with Daniela to the kitchen.