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Ridge shook him awake, watching him slowly gain consciousness again.
Xephos looked up, his eyes low and his breathing jolting. He looked around, there was a tiny slither of light coming in from the door, Sips and Sjin stood there. As he regained his vision he noticed the torches that lined the room, covering every surface. He looked up at the reaper.

"R...Ri..." He said.

"Xephos, what did you do...?" The reaper asked. "How did all these torches get in here?"

The spaceman looked around again and then tried to pull his arms down, clinging the chains around weakly. He groaned and attempted to stand up again, coughing as he did so. His shoes slipped again and he fell back down, his head drooping to the side as his eyes closed again. The reaper moved his head back up and threw some water in his face. The spaceman spluttered as the reaper put a hand round his face and moved his head to one side, pulling out a syringe and putting it to the spaceman's neck, piercing his skin and injecting him.

"R...ridge..." He said.

"Shhh... Don't worry..." The spaceman slowly fell back to sleep. "Everything's OK..."

He looked down at the spaceman and then around at the room as he ran his hand through his own chestnut brown hair as he looked down to the floor and sighed.

"How do you do this Xeph?"

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"So you're saying he put those torches there?" Sjin asked. They were stood in the main office, the two leaning against the desk and the reaper stood near the door resting against the wall.

"Looks like it." Ridge answered.

"How?"

"That's the thing. I don't know how he could have done this without bringing up the chat and typing it in. I know he can spawn things based on their codes but... I didn't know he could just do it like that. And so much as well, all the torches. There's at least 4 stacks in there."

The reaper looked to Sips, who was simply staring at the floor, spacing out. He gave a cough and the dirt trader looked up.

"What?" He asked.

"You alright?" Sjin asked.

"Yeah fine just a little tired." Sips shrugged. The reaper gave an inquisitive look before getting back to the point at hand.

"The injection I gave him is a mix between a sedative to help him sleep, the anger serum me and Lalna made and a soilent based product of my own invention."

"And what will that do?" Sjin asked.

"Well the sedative like I said will get him to sleep, because he hasn't been sleeping properly as you said. The anger stuff will make him calmer, and eventually he may calm down just enough for us to let him out of there without him killing both of you, and the soilent is to keep his stomach full." The reaper said.

"So the anger stuff... I mean, at the moment he looks pretty weak... Can't we just let him out?"

"Xephos is an alien, his body has an overdriven flight or fight response. He sees you two as a threat at the moment, his fight response will kill in. After all, he has nowhere to run. So he'll beat the crap out of both of you, perhaps even kill you if we let him go. To say he has anger issues is an amazingly large understatement."

Sjin gulped. "That's sounds bad." He said, turning to Sips, who didn't seem to be paying any attention. "Sips? SIPS!"

The dirt trader looked up. "Yeah?"

"What's wrong with you?"

"I dunno... I think I need to lie down a little..."

"You look... Whiter than usual. Like... Not grey." Sjin said. The dirt trader rubbed his eyes. "You feeling OK man?"

"No... I'm not."

The other two gave a worried glance, knowing that the dirt trader would never admit that he wasn't alright without reason.

"Go lie down." Ridge said. "Sjin will run you through what we said later."

"Alright..." Sips said and stumbled from the room.

The other two watched him go then got back to talking.

"Now, I won't keep you too much longer." The reaper said. "So, I can either come by every day and do the injections myself, or I can leave you with some and you or Sips could do it." He help out some needles and pills and looked up at the architect.

"I guess you should come round." Sjin answered.

"Alright." The reaper pulled the needles back and put them into his pocket before looking back up. "Well." He put his hands in his pockets and gave a small smile. "I guess I should let you get back to Sips. Help him get back to his usual narcissistic and very strangely jolly self." He nodded to the architect and walked to the door.

"Ridge!"

He turned.

"You... Will come back... Right?"

"... Of course. I just need to figure some things out. And I need to do it quickly, the guys over at hole diggers still think that he's staying at Sipsco to finish work."

"Alright. I won't keep you then..."

"You gonna be alright?"

"Yeah."
The reaper smiled and then walked out.

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Ridge shook him awake, watching him slowly gain consciousness again.
Xephos looked up, his eyes low and his breathing jolting. He looked around, there was a tiny slither of light coming in from the door, Sips and Sjin stood there. As he regained his vision he noticed the torches that lined the room, covering every surface. He looked up at the reaper.

"R...Ri..." He said.

"Xephos, what did you do...?" The reaper asked. "How did all these torches get in here?"

The spaceman looked around again and then tried to pull his arms down, clinging the chains around weakly. He groaned and attempted to stand up again, coughing as he did so. His shoes slipped again and he fell back down, his head drooping to the side as his eyes closed again. The reaper moved his head back up and threw some water in his face. The spaceman spluttered as the reaper put a hand round his face and moved his head to one side, pulling out a syringe and putting it to the spaceman's neck, piercing his skin and injecting him.

"R...ridge..." He said.

"Shhh... Don't worry..." The spaceman slowly fell back to sleep. "Everything's OK..."

He looked down at the spaceman and then around at the room as he ran his hand through his own chestnut brown hair as he looked down to the floor and sighed.

"How do you do this Xeph?"

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"So you're saying he put those torches there?" Sjin asked. They were stood in the main office, the two leaning against the desk and the reaper stood near the door resting against the wall.

"Looks like it." Ridge answered.

"How?"

"That's the thing. I don't know how he could have done this without bringing up the chat and typing it in. I know he can spawn things based on their codes but... I didn't know he could just do it like that. And so much as well, all the torches. There's at least 4 stacks in there."

The reaper looked to Sips, who was simply staring at the floor, spacing out. He gave a cough and the dirt trader looked up.

"What?" He asked.

"You alright?" Sjin asked.

"Yeah fine just a little tired." Sips shrugged. The reaper gave an inquisitive look before getting back to the point at hand.

"The injection I gave him is a mix between a sedative to help him sleep, the anger serum me and Lalna made and a soilent based product of my own invention."

"And what will that do?" Sjin asked.

"Well the sedative like I said will get him to sleep, because he hasn't been sleeping properly as you said. The anger stuff will make him calmer, and eventually he may calm down just enough for us to let him out of there without him killing both of you, and the soilent is to keep his stomach full." The reaper said.

"So the anger stuff... I mean, at the moment he looks pretty weak... Can't we just let him out?"

"Xephos is an alien, his body has an overdriven flight or fight response. He sees you two as a threat at the moment, his fight response will kill in. After all, he has nowhere to run. So he'll beat the crap out of both of you, perhaps even kill you if we let him go. To say he has anger issues is an amazingly large understatement."

Sjin gulped. "That's sounds bad." He said, turning to Sips, who didn't seem to be paying any attention. "Sips? SIPS!"

The dirt trader looked up. "Yeah?"

"What's wrong with you?"

"I dunno... I think I need to lie down a little..."

"You look... Whiter than usual. Like... Not grey." Sjin said. The dirt trader rubbed his eyes. "You feeling OK man?"

"No... I'm not."

The other two gave a worried glance, knowing that the dirt trader would never admit that he wasn't alright without reason.

"Go lie down." Ridge said. "Sjin will run you through what we said later."

"Alright..." Sips said and stumbled from the room.

The other two watched him go then got back to talking.

"Now, I won't keep you too much longer." The reaper said. "So, I can either come by every day and do the injections myself, or I can leave you with some and you or Sips could do it." He help out some needles and pills and looked up at the architect.

"I guess you should come round." Sjin answered.

"Alright." The reaper pulled the needles back and put them into his pocket before looking back up. "Well." He put his hands in his pockets and gave a small smile. "I guess I should let you get back to Sips. Help him get back to his usual narcissistic and very strangely jolly self." He nodded to the architect and walked to the door.

"Ridge!"

He turned.

"You... Will come back... Right?"

"... Of course. I just need to figure some things out. And I need to do it quickly, the guys over at hole diggers still think that he's staying at Sipsco to finish work."

"Alright. I won't keep you then..."

"You gonna be alright?"

"Yeah."
The reaper smiled and then walked out.