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New Clan New Beginnings

Posted Jan. 26, 2023, 7:58 a.m. by Civilian Michael 'Big Mike' McKenzie (Clan McKenzie Chief) (James Sinclair)

Posted by Civilian Revna Freya McKenzie (Resident) in New Clan New Beginnings

Posted by Civilian Michael ‘Big Mike’ McKenzie (Clan McKenzie Chief) in New Clan New Beginnings

Posted by Civilian Revna Freya McKenzie (Resident) in New Clan New Beginnings
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He looked at confusedly for a second and then grinned. “I was talking to Lilly, goofball. You are stuck with me for the foreseeable future, sorry.” and henlaughed and moved out if the bedroom and into his studio. He looked around and took a breath. “Nope… movers can deal with this.”

Mike

Her laughter followed him out of the room. Revna put the last of what she wanted in the chest and closed both. She went into the spare bedroom looking for a particular crate. Weaving through the crates she flipped the lid. It was a special crate, built by Oddvar for storing a d transporting their weapons. Revna’s bow and arrows were already in there. She went into the living area where mounted on the wall were a b@stard sword, a claymore, and her shield. She carried the smaller sword and shield into the room and secured them in the crate. “Mike, you wanna pack your claymore yourself?”

“AYE!” he bellowed from the front of the apartment.

“I’m done, packers can do the rest. Now I am taking a shower and a really long hot bath. If you don’t join me I will be very disappointed.”

Revna

“In a minute!” he yelled. “I’m trying to make sure we have all the diplomatic gifts and such cataloged and ready to be packed up! Shower and I’ll see you in the bathtub!”

Mike

Revna paused and turned around, blinking almost owlishly back down the hallway. Did Mike just say he was cataloging diplomatic gifts? She wanted to ask who he was, where he punk rocker husband went and what would spiked mohawk wearing Bubba say about that? But no comment came to mind.

She was tired. How long had it been since she collapsed in the bed and Mike told her to get naked or help pack? She glanced at the clock and decided it wasn’t worth the effort of the mental math. Her clothes left a short but direct trail into the bathroom. The shower was refreshing but the bath…oh this bath she was going to miss. She sank into the deep hot water that teased the nose with a hint of Jasmine oil. She put her head back and closed her eyes.

Revna

The splash was epic. The amount of water that left the bathtub made the automatic refill shoot on,and rivulets of water cascaded down the mirror to join the numerous puddles on the floor. Mike surfaced from under the water of the giant soaking tub and laughed loudly. “Holy crap but you were asleep.” he said with another laugh. “I told ya to wake up or I was gonna do a cannonball… so this is actually your fault.”… and more laughter.

Mike

Revna was literally floating in intoxicating warmth and soft silence. Completely unaware of of anything but sleep. Then she was not. Jostled wildly by the sudden significant displacement of water over her, away, and splashing back down. A mouthful of water and the sudden disappearance of all that decadent warm water woke her. For half a second, less really, she was cold and couldn’t breathe again. She couldn’t breathe. Mike? Where was Mike?....he was laughing… Then she realized she was coughing and sputtering. There was nothing wrong with her lungs. Coughing would work better if she wasn’t floating on her back. She dropped her feet and sat on the edge of the tub, until the fit passed. “My…cough…fault?” Her breath heaved a few times as she shook her head. “I didn’t think there was any way for you to wake me up I would not like. I now have a list of 1.” She cleared her throat one last time and mock glared at him, even as the corners of her mouth twitched. She kicked a spray of water at him (pathetic really, as the water hadn’t refilled), but it more made a tiny ripple in the water.

Revna

Mike laughed and said “Well, at least it was effective.” and he laughed again. It took only a couple of minutes for it to refill with hot water, and the entire time Mike chuckled and teased Revna about her ability to swim. “I suppose I should really shut up, though. I know from experience that your breath control is amazing.” and he gave her a wicked look.

Mike

Revna lowered herself back into the water and moved toward him until she had her arms around him, pressed in close, her gaze just as wicked. “You should have known me before I got hurt.” She started to kiss her way up his neck, pausing to whisper in his ear. “Maybe you should help me with some of my breathing exercises.” She had finished respiratory therapy but it never hurt to keep practicing. And practicing with Mike was always fun.

Revna

Mike grinned and said “Anything yo keep you healthy, my love.” and he kissed her and then whispered “Let’s see how much water we can splash outta here together…”

A few hours later

Mike handed Revna a glass of water and said “Gods above… I’m glad we have a private ship for the trip. We’d annoy the hell outta people if we didn’t.” and he laughed. He looked at the chronometer and said “Four days to go, by the way.” and he looked at her and said “You ready to be a retired diplomat and full-time clan babysitter?”

Mike

Taking the glass Revna grinned, “They would just be jealous. But I am looking forward to having 3 months to ourselves.” She drank before continuing, “I am so far beyond ready, Mike. It was an amazing experience, but I am ready to just be Revna McKenzie, your wife and help you babysit our clan.” She grinned, it was huge what they were doing, but she felt without a doubt this was what they should be doing. “What about you? You ready to be stuck with family and clan 25/7 from now on?”

Revna

He grinned. “Im ready to be stuck with you like that, for sure.” and he took a drink. “And it’ll be good to be around family, I think.” He laid back and thought for a moment. “I am curious as to how this’ll turn out, though. And we still don’t know how many of the clan are coming. Wjat if only a handful come? We have a shit ton of work ahead of us. We need the people. And I’m wondering how the colony will recieve us. We’re all human… they could see us as racists right off the bat.” and he sighed. “Well, Coryn did marry that Vulcan… whatshisname… V’led. But they’re on Vulcan.” He stared at the ceiling for a minute. “We’ll just haf’ta make sure the clan sponsors some programs to ensure we are ingrained in the community from jump. Lotta immigration into Oed right now. I bet we can get some housing and social programs going. Wonder how the government would feel about that?”

Mike


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