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One Mutant Space Pirate and his Merry Adventures

(One Week ago: Alex Arrived to confusion and weirdness., yesterday, he had more weirdness, and was still lost.(OOC Note: The link to the test drive is for the Lorna-Alex thread.)

Today, Alex is wandering, a PADD of stuff about this time in one hand, a giant sealed mug of coffee in the other, and humming softly to himself. He's faintly wet, fresh from the shower after working out in the gymnasium, and he mostly was just trying to see more of the ship. He wasn't necessarily trying to get into areas he was not supposed to be in, but he also wasn't necessarily trying to avoid those areas, either.

Alex wasn't so much looking for trouble as staring it in the eye and calling its mother bad names.

It was a bad habit he had.

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Lorna looked at his hand, surprised he'd touched her. It was a hopeful sign. "Not bad. A little. . . You know. Off balance. I saw that you're rooming with Emma, how's that going?"

"It's good. She's a friend from back home." Alex was enjoying living there.

"It's nice to have a place to center myself here."

"That's important," Lorna said with a nod. "Hey, if you're not busy would you like to have a drink? I just got a new batch of vodka out of the still."

"Sure. I have to head back for dinner later, but I'm free for now." He nodded to her, unsure of himself, but willing to try to be friends. Or to try to try.

"Then I won't get you too drunk," She joked, offering her arm to him. "I can send you home with a bottle to share with Emma if you like."

Alex chuckled and put a hand on her arm, as a woman might to a man's.

"I'd like that, thanks." He chuckled.

She smiled and walked with Alex to her room. It was calm inside, Irian was out and about so it was just them. Without thinking Lorna led Alex into her bedroom, which was dominated by a large still and several glass jugs full of clear liquid. "Have a seat."

Alex followed her, unsure about this whole, her room thing, but willing to trust her, for now.

He settled to one side and nodded.

"Okay. Nice set up."

"Thanks." She grabbed a jug and poured two large glasses of the liquid, handing one off to Alex. "Try not to judge the taste, inn totally certain it's safe."

Alex took it, inhaled the scent and coughed, then grinned. "Totally certain, huh?"

He took a swallow, and blanched.

His expression made her laugh. Lorna drank her glass without smelling it, downing it as fast as she could. "Totally certain. I've had a bunch already and I'm fine." Which was maybe not add reassuring as she hoped.

Alex chuckled. "I'll take your word for it."

He shook his head. "What got you into making rotgut?"

"Massive ceaseless boredom, to be honest." Lorna sat on the bed, finishing her drink as she went. "I'm not used to things not blowing up every week. I don't know how to handle it anymore."

Alex nodded, then chuckled. "I'm rather enjoying the quiet. It's kind of like back home."

He had enjoyed it a lot, without the crises.

Lorna looked down at her glass, sighing softly. "I'm jealous, you know. Of you and her. Having even a ghost of a chance at a good life. All I can hope for is to maybe accidentally have a kid that I'd have to give up for adoption before something kills me for real."

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to remind you of that." he shook his head and winced.

"UHm."

He drew in a long breath, then shook his head. "Unless you stay here."

Lorna facepalmed at herself and rubbed her temples. "Fuck, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said all that. I want to stay here so much. I can handle boring. I'm going to be a teacher again soon. I just. . .home has nothing for me."

Alex wave a hand. "You never have to apologize for being honest." He smiled a little. "I'm sorry you had t deal with that. We had crises, but never as bad as what I dreamed of."

Not that he remembered anyway.

"I hope you can stay here, then." Alex nodded. He wanted her to be happy, his Lorna or not.

Lorna filled her glass again but didn't start to drink right away. "I don't know how to be anything but honest. Why don't you tell me a little about your home? I'm really curious to hear what it was like."

Alex nodded, and started in. "It was, well, a nice place. It was like normal Orange County, but with occasional weird things happening and a whole host of people waking up and realizing they were other people." He paused. "Or at least were gaining the memories and powers of said people."

He smiled in memory. "It was sometimes chaotic, but it was a good place, even so."

"I hope you get back to it soon," She said sincerely. "In the meantime, did you see that they're opening up teaching positions?"

"Thanks." Alex nodded. "I did. I think I'll wait for the next round. I'd rather get my feet on the ground first."

"Makes sense," Lorna said with a nod. "I signed up to teach geology and take a few classes. MIght as well get to learn about the place."

Alex smiled. "You'll probably be good at those. I'll probably take a few classes too." He wanted to know what he was dealing with, more.

"Maybe we'll be classmates again." Lorna said, smiling somewhat more easily than she did before. This was definitely a good time to be drunk.

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