beauti-flu

weird but cute haha xx

John Karna

ISS Symphony

     “Fuck… Who the hell are you anyways?” He looked familiar, and he swears he’d remember anyone who talked even half this much.

“I’m Athos! Porthos’ fighter! You know, the big guy who is always with Phobos? I bet you know Phobos, at least... he isn’t the best example of friendly person... but I can’t ask Porthos to not be his friend, seeing that maybe he’s his only friend? But I don’t like the way he influences my navigator. Not that I am his father or anything, he can do whatever he wants and meet whoever he wants, he’s a really good man and I am very lucky to have him as my partner. I am not as famous as you, of course, but I am hanging in there. We met a few times on the Mess hall? But it’s ok if you don’t remember, we didn’t get to talk too much at all. Where did you say your bunker was? For a second there I almost headed towards mine. Easy there, baby steps, like they say...”

“Athos– Athos— ATHOS!” he tried to interrupt before he started gaining momentum, “Have you seen Erebus?  I could have sworn he was looking for you.”

“He is? Do you think it’s maybe because I went into his room again last night? He didn’t seem to be too mad about it, though, he never does... have you ever seen him mad? How is he when he’s mad? Or bored? Or just... just annoyed? Do you think he’s annoyed at me? When I get really tired I don’t really know how I end up in his room, and waking up next to him isn’t that bad for me, but maybe it is for him? Do you think he doesn’t want to sleep together anymore? I mean, no homo, broski, amirite? But sometimes I just get really cold and having someone else in the bed with me it’s like... like just right, you know? What do you say?”

「 “..Pollux.”

“Wow, that’s a really cool taskname! What does it mean? Which character of history or old tales is it? Porthos, my navigator, told me that Athos and Porthos were two of three... three or four musketeers? It took me a while to actually learn that word, it’s such a funny and hard one, isn’t it? But they were like soldiers? So that’s sorta really cool, right? Yours sounds like a disease, but many times I learn that the disease has the name of the one that discovered it? So maybe Pollux was the one discovering the... uhm... the chickenpox? When I was a child I had it and when mom told me the name I thought it was a sort of food? Because it sounds like food, right? Don’t you think? Did you have it when you were a child? A really bad case of it? That’s why your skin is like that?”

     “Whoa, easy there, breathe. You…don’t get to talk much do you? Just kinda store that all away for a wandering ear? Might wanna warn someone next time, y’know? Just…get me to my room and I’ll owe you one. Without all the chatter.”

“I am breathing, otherwise I’d have died a long time ago... some people say I developed a new pair of lungs so I can go without doing it for a while but that’s not true? Porthos sometimes listen to me when he has the time, and Erebus too? And some other people that can only stick around for short periods of time, since everyone is so busy? Being busy is good, keeps you from thinking unnecessary things, amirite? Mostly when you are in deep space and you are fighting these extra large bug looking aliens and knowing you could die at any given moment away from your home and family... well, that sounded really depressing, and I think it is, but there is no reason why we can’t keep ourselves positives, right? Here, let me help you, I won’t talk much I promise. But hey, did you know that long ago people wouldn’t believe in aliens? And would call crazy to those who did? Amazing how there were so many things we didn’t know back then and we still don’t know right now? Are you ok there? Can you walk? Don’t be shy, get a hard grip ok? I can take you.”