The Reunion Game

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<sub>Nerys kept her eyes fixated to the floor. Well now she'd gone and done it. Her breathing was rattled and fast and she was trying to recover, her head very light and dizzy. He told her to calm down but how would he know? He was the one who slapped her!

"...." She'd stand up slowly and look over as Cepheid left, keeping silent when he spoke up about... whatever. She'd give Lapis time to settle down, of course.

Except she wouldn't go take Cepheid's advice to go to the wash basin. That required going outside. Nerys would just flop down on her bed, bury her face in the pillow and just cry. Let it all out. All those emotions.</sub>

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"Bless you." That sneeze was probably the most adorable thing Reuben had ever seen. He chuckled a bit at that. Lapis seemed happy enough with the sugared milk, but he didn't get up from where he was.

"No kidding, that was incredibly awkward for me. And that was her not knowing who I was." Heh, the Callidum blood and people fearing him for his temper? "Few people like that... not too many, though. Still, enough that I got my hands on an airship and am in control of it. You on the other hand, didn't fear me."

...Whoa, Ben. Even Reuben had never asked about the scar on his face. But seriously, that story. Good lord! He'd been Caden's age when that happened! The teenager just stared at him.

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<sub>Benedict looked over to Reuben and Andy as they spoke up. Wow. Well, either way, maybe the Callidum blood could come in handy in case Benedict had to defend the people he loved the most and the church. It meant he could have the same speed, same elusiveness, and same fury when fighting. Granted he was reasonable with the gun.

"Perhaps." So that scar had been a war wound from when he was... gosh, Caden's age. He can remember being ten, but... he couldn't imagine Andy being in that situation. Perhaps... Benedict really was lucky that he wasn't even born and managed to escape with Sine.

"Wow. You were ten? .... What a life you had." Benedict was utterly amazed, yo. No wonder he went crazy and became a pirate!</sub>

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Luckily for Andy, Lapis was completely ignoring the conversation in favor of draining her milk. She sipped at it, knowing that drinking warm milk too fast gave her belly aches.

Towards the end of their conversation, she had finished the milk and, being unable to resist the urge, put the glass over her mouth and sucked in, causing it to adhere to her mouth. ADMIT IT. WE'VE ALL DONE IT.

With the cowboy hat on her head, trying to flop down over her face, and now an empty milk glass being fastened onto her face with the powers of suction, she looked up at Andy. Hiii!

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Cepheid stole a quick glance at Nerys before stepping into the kitchen, and leaned against the door as he watched the others talk. Oh, so that was how Andy got the scar. He never asked before, figured if Andy wanted him to know, he'd tell him.

He leaned against the door, suddenly aware that the room was refusing to stop spinning, and he couldn't stop thinking about Nerys. Now that the issue was done with, and he thought back to that woman's distress, he felt a pang of regret. She brought it on herself, sure, but was he really any better? He got his point across, but did he have to be so rough? Did he have to make her cry? Just the mental image of Nerys in tears was enough to steal his breath from the guilt.

Or was that guilt? He was suddenly unsure. His head was feeling even more light headed than before, as if he had stood up too fast, except, he had been standing this whole time.

"I...Don't feel so hot." He said, pushing off the door to stand under his own power, which he found to be a difficult task. "I'm...going to lay down a moment, okay?" He reached for the door knob and opened the door, stepping through on his way to a place where he could lay down for a moment. After he walked past the threshold of the door, he suddenly lost his balance and, his hand still on the knob, pitched forward and hit the ground, slamming the door behind him as he hit the wooden surface, blacked out. I blame the muse and his sickliness.

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Lapis pulled the glass from her mouth if it hadn't been pried off already and looked curiously as crazy-twin said he wasn't feeling well and then went to leave, slamming the door. Why did he do that?

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<sub>Andy looked over to his sons who all looked amazed that he got that scar at that age. Yeup. That was his life. He'd show off the other scars but he wasn't going to tell the stories about them. There were too many stories. He adjusted his position in his seat, letting Lapis enjoy her drink.

"That was my life, though." He sighed. The girls seemed to look at each other, but then shrugged it off. Godwine continued to make lunch, though Andy's focus went to Cepheid when he said he wasn't feeling so hot.

"Cepheid? I-" Then the door slammed and the man stood up, putting Lapis in the first person's lap he could find, which was Benedict's. He ran over to open the door, and find Cepheid passed out there.

"Daniela! I need help!" Andy started to panic, kneeling next to his brother and putting him in a more comfortable position. Dani rushed next to them, first hovering her ear to his mouth and nose to check if he was breathing. She then pressed her two fingers up against Cepheid's neck to check his pulse. After a brief moment she sighed.

"His pulse isn't normal. It's tachycardia." She spoke up.

"Huh?"

"His heartbeat is really fast. Prop him up and wait for him to calm down a bit. That's all we can do when someone passes out. Did he hit his head?" Dani put her hand on Cepheid's head to check for bruises or bumps. Seems it was just on his cheek though.

"His head looks fine. ... I don't understand." Andy looked worried as all hell.

"I don't know anything about diseases, but I know about twins. You should take care of Ceph and yourself for now..." Dani put her two fingers to check Andy's pulse. She nodded. "Your pulse is fine, don't worry."</sub>

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<sub>Nerys didn't even have time to cry for hours on end, before the sound of doors slamming jerked her out of her stupor. After hearing the panicked voices of Dani and Andy, she finally got up to peek her head out and walk down the hallway. As she peered around the corner to see what was going on, she saw that Dani was treating Cepheid, on the floor, Andy looked worried as all hell.

Did he pass out?! Nerys' heart sank. Oh god, and this is all her fault. Cepheid probably wouldn't have passed out. Nerys hugged herself, feeling horrible then. What should she do?</sub>

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Reuben watched as Lapis seemed perfectly content with her milk, and then over at the other men and women in the room. He chuckled a bit at Lapis as the glass got stuck to her face, and pulled it off so that she could breathe.

And then Cepheid mentioned that he wasn't feeling well, before he passed out on the floor. Reuben nearly flailed as Andy leapt into action by plopping Lapis on Benedict and then rushing over to check on him. Well, he couldn't really run over there, and knowing the girls, they would just push him out of the way, so he remained sitting there with Benedict.[/color]

"Is he okay?" He called out. Though if it was something hereditary, then he and Ben could have it too.

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<sub>It's like everything that happens on this ship turns out to be drama or something. Benedict was happily watching Lapis one moment, and then next she's shoved on his lap while Andromeda goes to take care of his passed out twin. Ben flailed a moment, trying to gain his senses again, that is until he heard voices and just looked at Reuben in concern.

This was his uncle, after all. He wrapped his arms around Lapis, trying to comfort her even if she may not understand the situation, and he looked over to the door. Yes, Reuben was right. If Cepheid okay?</sub>

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Lapis squeaked as suddenly she was hoisted and dumped in Ben's lap. She looked at the others as they jumped into action, piling into the doorway, clamoring about...something.

She looked up at Ben as he wrapped his arms around her, and she watched the doorway as she laid her head on his chest.

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It took a few minutes, but after a while, Ceph's senses began to return some. First it was his hearing, and while it sounded more like a blurred mish-mosh of garble, he could tell by the tone that something happened.

He shifted slightly from where he laid, trying to remember what happened. He and Nerys had an argument, she was crying, he then went into the kitchen... Did Daniela deck him?

No, he stepped into the kitchen as Andy was explaining his scar, he then stopped feeling well and turned to go lay down and then... nothing. What happened?

Blearily, he opened his eyes, blinking at the light and awkwardly lifting an arm to obscure the brightness as he let out a groan. Why did his head hurt?

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<sub>Andyromeda would let Dani check his pulse, worried for a moment he might have fainting spells as well. He would relax a bit as she said he was fine and he looked down at Cepheid. He didn't reply to Reuben at that moment. That is, until Cepheid started to wake up.

"He's okay, guys." Andy looked especially relieved. Dani smiled as well, helping Cepheid up and leaning against the wall. She'd give him a moment to readjust to the light.

"You had a fainting spell, Cepheid." She explained. Not much else to say about that, really. She'd run her fingers through his hair, waiting for him to recover.</sub>

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<sub>Nerys finally made her entrance, walking in and just looking down at Cepheid, feeling really ill. She never should have yelled at the kid, or else this wouldn't have happened. She took a deep breath and kneeled, not caring if Andy or Dani snapped at her.

"... I-I'm sorry, this is all my fault." She stammered. "This wouldn't have happened if I didn't start yelling at everyone..." At least, compared to Sine, she was capable of apologizing and taking the blame for anything that might happen.</sub>

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Reuben didn't say anything else as Benedict, himself, and Lapis watched the group around Cepheid to see if he was okay. That had been... really weird. Why had he just collapsed like that? That normally didn't happen... But at least he was alright.

"Thank god." He wouldn't admit he hated to see Cepheid like that, plus he didn't want to tell Caden that something had happened to "The Star Man" either.

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<sub>Nerys had come as well, so clearly this had attracted a lot of attention and hadn't happened before. Benedict looked down at Lapis as she seemed pretty comfy in his lap. As soon as he heard the voice from Andy, he was relieved at it and took a deep breath.

Aside from Nerys blaming herself, which seemed pretty different from how Sine acted, he felt everything was nice and calm now. Maybe they could eat some bloody food now and go on their merry way.</sub>

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It took Cepheid a moment to regain his wits, and he looked dizzily at what looked like a very distorted Dani. Fainting spell? He let out another soft groan as he was moved and propped against the wall.

"Wh-? That's never happened before." He muttered, blinking to get his vision to focus as he felt someone running their hand through his hair. He leaned somewhat limply against the wall, feeling tired and dizzy. He blinked again and looked over to Nerys, who was now blaming herself over his fainting spell.

"Nerys, settle down." He said quietly, shifting his position. "I just took a hard knock on the floor, I'm fine. Don't go beating yourself up. You didn't cause it." At least, as far as he knew she didn't.

"How long was I out?" He asked, his vision finally deciding to cooperate as he looked up at his brother, who looked a little worse for wear. He was just making a habit of scaring that man, wasn't he?

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Lapis sat quietly in Ben's lap, his hat still over her head, as she watched curiously. Crazy-Twin seemed okay though!

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<sub>Oh so there she was. There was Nerys. He wanted to smack her and tell her that yes, it was her fault but it seemed that Cepheid piped in at that moment and the man just sighed. His sons were relieved though, that Cepheid was fine and he just kneeled next to his twin.

"Neither have I. Stress, I guess?" As soon as Nerys started blaming herself he just snapped at her. "Yeah, you'd better be sorry."

He looked back over to Dani and Cepheid, who put her hand on his head and then looked at him as he asked.

"You were out for a few minutes." She explained. Well, lunch really did sound like a nice prospect now...</sub>