Sports Drink with Electrolytes 2013/07/10(Wed)12:39 No. 523427 ID: d92f71
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"TetraMytozine Reintegration serum boosts your metabolism and reinvigorates your blah blah blah... rapid regeneration of lacerations, bruises, surface and internal injuries, fractured bones... warning: do not use TetraMytozine if you are nursing, pregnant, or may become pregnant. no worries there. do not take TetraMytozine with alcohol... side effects may include bleeding from mouth nose and tear ducts. that sounds nasty. in some cases users may experience vivid audio and visual hallucinaions. this sounds a lot less like a miracle cure than I was led to believe, SiD."

"well yeah, kid." SiD said, "it's just a drug. drugs have side effects. in any case whatever that stuff does to you it's a damn sight better than waiting for your brain to drown."

the Navani hesitates. she's never injected Tetramytozine, but she's heard it called "Shrapnel" by marines before. in any case she should probably finish her plans for the day before taking a dose.

...well, if these drugs are going to put you down for a day, you're going to need some kind of shelter from the sun.

It's for the best, really. In a desert, you should really be doing your traveling at night. (Unless this is one of those planets where multiple suns, or the rotation or axial tilt results in never-ending daylight where you are).

And tell SiD to try and talk you down if you

Well you already have voices in your head. Any side effects should not be to horrible.

Concussions though are no laughing matter. Check to see if there is anything in the manual about those.

Why do our rations need to be chilled and what in this desert might be edible?

If the drug knocks us out for a few hours we should scavenge everything we can from the ship then find or set up shelter. If the AI has a mobile unit we should take him with us. If not ask for advice on that.

(oh hey I forgot to draw her injuries. whoops.)

You should do it. IT'LL BE FUN!

what else you got to do kid?

Sports Drink with Electrolytes 2013/07/10(Wed)23:08 No. 523644 ID: d92f71
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the Navani mutters a silent prayer to her ancestors and injects the drug.

>>523437
>>523433

the Navani doesn't need shelter, at least not if it stays like this. Navani are built for hot and dry. the worst case scenario would be if she passed out and layed in the sun all day, and then she'd probably only get a mild sunburn.

Shrap- TetraMytozine does indeed work on concussions, it even cures mild brain damage if taken quickly enough.

the rations need to be chilled otherwise they might escape.

>>523644
Alright, wait a minute to see if you start hallucinating, and to get over that concussion. Then we should start moving towards the mining camp.

after the effects are done eat one of the uh, rations. not sure how long they will stay cool in this heat.

All right. Notice any side effects? Any hallucinations?

wait a few minutes to see if you start to trip balls and if nothing happens make your way to the mining camp, if something does start to happen just stay by your ship as you wait to come down then head towards the camp.

Good to know that Navani are durable.
Makes things a lot easier.
We don't want you dying on us.

Sports Drink with Electrolytes 2013/07/11(Thu)20:17 No. 523859 ID: d92f71
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the Navani's stomach lurches, and she barely holds down her last meal. soon after, blood flows freely form her nose and eyes. she becomes worried. what if the drug doesn't work and she bleeds out? what if she passes out and is picked clean by some scavenger? what if the 'scrubs come back while she's doubled over groaning?

after a few moments the nausea is replaced by the entirely unique and yet instantly recognizable feeling of one's body rapidly repairing itself. her pain is sucked away and replaced by a nearly all consuming warmth. she felt as though she was a Nivling again, sitting by the fire in her grandfather's cabin, listening to one of his war stories while eating a squig her grandmother snuck by her mother and father.

she briefly remembers the word "Nazca".

once it's done eat something, doesn't matter how it's done, healing requires energy, energy is from food.

>>523859
What's the word mean? I think a quick snack is in order, then we travel.

OK so you're good then? I say get a quick snack now and then head on towards the camp since sitting out here isn't helping things at all.

And what does that word mean.

WHAT YOU NEED IS A SPORTS DRINK WITH ELECTROLYTES

>>523915
you know what else has electrolytes? urine.

Sports Drink with Electrolytes 2013/07/13(Sat)16:22 No. 524296 ID: d92f71
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While a delicious sports drink fortified with electrolytes would be both refreshing and reinvigorating and would allow her to stay in the game longer and play harder, the navani isn't sure where she could find any. she is indeed quite hungry though, and decides now is a great time for a squig.

the Navani's blood dries quickly in the arid heat and now sticks irritatingliy to her hair and flesh. she needs a shower.

>>523873
>>523897

Nazca is the Navani's Clan name. while it is somewhat common for a Navani to forget their personal name, few would admit to forgetting their clan name.

...what's that thing behind you? Do you have a tail we never noticed? Or is that a hallucination or some kind of desert creature thing?

shit, catch it quick! the impact must of broke the seal and the heat thawed them.

>>524296
I think we just discovered your first hallucination!

creepy ass claw hand at your six

Sports Drink with Electrolytes 2013/07/15(Mon)02:14 No. 524660 ID: d92f71
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>>524301

while Navani have tails, they are vestigial and quite short. the only purpose they serve is making shopping for skinny jeans difficult on humanoid planets. why do you-

>>524386
>>524357

the Navani turns excitedly hoping to see something edible, but sees nothing.

shit, it IS a ghost arm! dodge roll to your right and look left.

oh so it's kinda stay behind your head so you can't see it... so either try turning around real quick or just try to feel for something behind you. failing that go back up to the cockpit of your ship and see if the AI can't tell you what it is.

Sports Drink with Electrolytes 2013/07/15(Mon)03:27 No. 524665 ID: d92f71
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"HUH! heh... hmmm...."

the Navani is compelled to be silent and still. her muscles relax, her heartbeat slows, and as hard as she tries, the most she can muster is a low whine. soon she stops breathing entirely. the air in her lungs grows stale and her insides burn for fresh oxygen that her lungs refuse to take.her vision begins to fade and dim.

>>524665
by your ancestors RESIST AND BREAK FREE!

use HIDDEN POWER

Stab it with the healing gun thing! I doubt those highly dangerous drugs are safe for it, and if you're empty, most things don't like air pumped into their veins!

...or you know, pass out. Pray you get to wake up later.

>>524665
Nonononono!
Resist, by the nine, resist!
Don't you dare pass out!
Not now!
We won't let you die now, not so soon!

>>524665
This is a pretty bad trip, man.

Either it's a ghost arm, or it's a metaphor for your allergic reaction to Tetramytozine. Either way you're pretty much screwed.

uh, run?

>>524672
Yeah, do this; you can probably summon up enough strength, and if it is a hallucination, then no harm done.

Sports Drink with Electrolytes 2013/07/15(Mon)21:41 No. 524810 ID: d92f71
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>>524666
>>524667

this is no end for a Navani; being told to cease and complying wordlessy. the Navani fights to move her arms. she fights to gulp in one more breath. she fights to spite whatever malevolence has its grip around her throat.

try as she might, her body refuses to move.

this is no way... for a Navani to die... she must fight... she must... she...

Sports Drink with Electrolytes 2013/07/15(Mon)21:41 No. 524811 ID: d92f71
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she closes her eyes.

D:
[mental slap]

>>524826
...from what?

you have a very piss poor way of saving people buddy.

quick, punch yourself in the chest to get the heart going again.

To save us from being able to breath?

>>524831
I'm afraid I have to agree.
Now, if you're trying to kill us,
GET THE FUCK OUT

Sports Drink with Electrolytes 2013/07/16(Tue)03:55 No. 524867 ID: d92f71
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the Navani gasps and rises. the moon is high in the sky and the day's heat is slowly dying away. she lightly rubs her neck. was it all a mad dream brought on by the shrapnel? she can't be sure.

that man... he looked like...

Sports Drink with Electrolytes 2013/07/16(Tue)03:55 No. 524868 ID: d92f71
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no. she banishes the thought. not because it would be nonsensical, but because it is too uncomfortable to think about. what did he mean? save her? from what?

she's not sure she wants to know. she just wants to eat and start heading for the mountain and leave all of this behind her.

[Chapter 1 end]