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He was walking from Rythian, Zoeya and Teep's base, the sun blazing and not a drop of water in sight. He looked down at the pills he now held in his grasp. His mind wondered to what exactly happened at the mage's... He couldn't quite remember. Walking for the past half hour had tired him out.
He remembered silence after he had said something... But what had he said to make it so quiet?
Then Teep had come in with a glass of water... Hit top was wet, had the mage thrown it at him? Yes that was it, Zoeya was freaking out. It was all coming back to him now.
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"W...what?" Zoeya asked shakily, gripping Xephos' arm tighter. Her own arms were trembling and her eyes were wide. She pulled on his arm as he didn't answer. "Xephos! What do you mean?!"
At this point Rythian stepped forward in an attempt to calm his apprentice, but it didn't help. She was panicking and he had a glass of water in his grip. Simple solution? Throw it at the spaceman.
Well, he didn't like it. He shook his head, drops of water flying from his now wet hair. He wanted to strangle the mage, but stopped himself.
"Sorry...I..."
"Would this have anything to do with these?" the mage asked, holding up exactly what the spaceman was hoping they wouldn't find. He opened his mouth to speak, but then closed it again. He thought of what to do, could he run for it? Where would he go? Not back to the others... Ni they could cope without him, and even if they couldn't, who cared? Why should he be the only one doing the work while they pissed about?
"Xeph...Xeph!" the mage shouted.
Before anyone could react the spaceman grabbed the bottle of pills and ran out the door, picking up his sword from on a table outside as he ran out.
He didn't have any clue where he was going, but after running around the mage's complex for a bit, managed to find his way to the exit and back out into the blazon heat.
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Lalna groaned as he looked through the results of the life scan he had sent off to find the spaceman.
"What?" Honeydew asked. The scientist turned to him.
"This isn't even possible! Apparently Xeph isn't anywhere! Are you sure that was his hair?"
The dwarf squinted slightly at the scientist. "Yeah, unless your hairs turning brunette, but mine certainly isn't!"
Lalna sighed "Sorry. I just can't think what's happened... Maybe he's too far underground or something..."
"Well... can't we make like... a ground digger censor thing or something?"
"Well... we don't really have the materials, I used them all making this thing!" he dropped the scanner on the ground and folded his arms grumpily.
There was an awkward silence then.
For none of them knew what to do.
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Finally, a pool of water! No... wait, a sea of water! And it couldn't be salty either, because of the submarine he had made which cleaned the water as it was placed in it... It must have spread pretty far then.
He knelt down and scooped water into his palms, splashing it on his face and taking a drink.
As the water settled and he saw his reflection, he fount himself missing his friends, why had he left? He became angry with himself, and that anger turned into rage, which was directed towards Ridge and Lalna for even making them stupid pills!
An unbearable migraine took over once more and he fell face forward into the water.
As he sank, he felt the slight memory of a different world, of white marble walls and sinking into a bottomless pit while Honeydew tried to save him...
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Sips was playing around with the claw again. He made it swing one way then the other, he was probably bored still, but Sjin was too bored to care as well. They were talking about an upgrade to the digger when the architect saw him, sinking down in front of their water window where he was standing.
"Ah! Sipsy get the... Get the claw ready!"
A small porthole opened in the window and the spaceman was placed on the floor by the hand shaped claw.
Sjin made his way over and felt the spaceman's chest for a heartbeat. He stood and took a few steps back, looking from Sips and back down to the brunette.
He spluttered, water pouring from the sides of his mouth as he opened his stinging eyes.
"Oh shit." he said.
"How did you find us?!" the dirt trader asked.
"I..." the spaceman sat up and looked down at the pills that sat in his grip... Maybe he could trick them into letting him stay, at least until he could take some without them seeing, he didn't want to, but he was desperate. He could have died in that water.
"I..." he put on a shaky voice and felt tears dribbling down his cheeks "I don't know... Lalna and Honeydew..." He wanted to cringe at himself, or at least slap himself, but refrained and continued the ac. The other two looked worried, and he could see they were going to ask him to stay.

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He was walking from Rythian, Zoeya and Teep's base, the sun blazing and not a drop of water in sight. He looked down at the pills he now held in his grasp. His mind wondered to what exactly happened at the mage's... He couldn't quite remember. Walking for the past half hour had tired him out.
He remembered silence after he had said something... But what had he said to make it so quiet?
Then Teep had come in with a glass of water... Hit top was wet, had the mage thrown it at him? Yes that was it, Zoeya was freaking out. It was all coming back to him now.
------*------
"W...what?" Zoeya asked shakily, gripping Xephos' arm tighter. Her own arms were trembling and her eyes were wide. She pulled on his arm as he didn't answer. "Xephos! What do you mean?!"
At this point Rythian stepped forward in an attempt to calm his apprentice, but it didn't help. She was panicking and he had a glass of water in his grip. Simple solution? Throw it at the spaceman.
Well, he didn't like it. He shook his head, drops of water flying from his now wet hair. He wanted to strangle the mage, but stopped himself.
"Sorry...I..."
"Would this have anything to do with these?" the mage asked, holding up exactly what the spaceman was hoping they wouldn't find. He opened his mouth to speak, but then closed it again. He thought of what to do, could he run for it? Where would he go? Not back to the others... Ni they could cope without him, and even if they couldn't, who cared? Why should he be the only one doing the work while they pissed about?
"Xeph...Xeph!" the mage shouted.
Before anyone could react the spaceman grabbed the bottle of pills and ran out the door, picking up his sword from on a table outside as he ran out.
He didn't have any clue where he was going, but after running around the mage's complex for a bit, managed to find his way to the exit and back out into the blazon heat.
------*------
Lalna groaned as he looked through the results of the life scan he had sent off to find the spaceman.
"What?" Honeydew asked. The scientist turned to him.
"This isn't even possible! Apparently Xeph isn't anywhere! Are you sure that was his hair?"
The dwarf squinted slightly at the scientist. "Yeah, unless your hairs turning brunette, but mine certainly isn't!"
Lalna sighed "Sorry. I just can't think what's happened... Maybe he's too far underground or something..."
"Well... can't we make like... a ground digger censor thing or something?"
"Well... we don't really have the materials, I used them all making this thing!" he dropped the scanner on the ground and folded his arms grumpily.
There was an awkward silence then.
For none of them knew what to do.
------------
Finally, a pool of water! No... wait, a sea of water! And it couldn't be salty either, because of the submarine he had made which cleaned the water as it was placed in it... It must have spread pretty far then.
He knelt down and scooped water into his palms, splashing it on his face and taking a drink.
As the water settled and he saw his reflection, he fount himself missing his friends, why had he left? He became angry with himself, and that anger turned into rage, which was directed towards Ridge and Lalna for even making them stupid pills!
An unbearable migraine took over once more and he fell face forward into the water.
As he sank, he felt the slight memory of a different world, of white marble walls and sinking into a bottomless pit while Honeydew tried to save him...
------------
Sips was playing around with the claw again. He made it swing one way then the other, he was probably bored still, but Sjin was too bored to care as well. They were talking about an upgrade to the digger when the architect saw him, sinking down in front of their water window where he was standing.
"Ah! Sipsy get the... Get the claw ready!"
A small porthole opened in the window and the spaceman was placed on the floor by the hand shaped claw.
Sjin made his way over and felt the spaceman's chest for a heartbeat. He stood and took a few steps back, looking from Sips and back down to the brunette.
He spluttered, water pouring from the sides of his mouth as he opened his stinging eyes.
"Oh shit." he said.
"How did you find us?!" the dirt trader asked.
"I..." the spaceman sat up and looked down at the pills that sat in his grip... Maybe he could trick them into letting him stay, at least until he could take some without them seeing, he didn't want to, but he was desperate. He could have died in that water.
"I..." he put on a shaky voice and felt tears dribbling down his cheeks "I don't know... Lalna and Honeydew..." He wanted to cringe at himself, or at least slap himself, but refrained and continued the ac. The other two looked worried, and he could see they were going to ask him to stay.