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RE: Memories! [Astra] (Closed)
TheTraveler — 06/07/2021
12.24.0960
The night was as it always is on Serreno, cool, but not too cool. The open windows allowed for the fresh air to come in. It made sleeping so much more enjoyable. But the added perk was the gentle sounds of the spring that cut through the dorm blocks. The spring was placed intentionally to allow for a sense of calm and comfort. Unfortunately, calm and comfort wasn't what one student was enjoying. Roza turned in her bed, kicking off the light sheet that covered her. She flipped then reached out with both hands screaming, "NOOOOO" Her pain and horror filled voice ripped Astra from her slumber. Roza coiled up in a ball on her bed sobbing, "no no no no no"
Astra Korraay — 06/07/2021
Astra lept from her bed looking around for an intruder or danger befor realizing it was Roza. How may times had this been? She had lost count. One would think she would be use to it and quicker to help Roza.
" Roza ... Roza it's ok, uts just a dream" Astra said gently shaking the other girl trying to wake her up. Consurn written on her face. She wished there was some way to end the Nightmares and Roza's suffering. " Roza why don't we take a walk clear your mind" Astra asked when the other girl finly woke.
TheTraveler — 06/07/2021
Roza shook like she was freezing as she accepted Astra's hand, "I...I don't want to..." she looked up with sadness in her eyes, "can you...please...just hold me..."
Astra Korraay — 06/07/2021
Astra smiled pulling Roza into a hug. " I'm sorry you have to go through this. I wish I know how to help" she said.
After a few moments Astra started to sing a lullaby she had known for a long time but could never place where she heard it.
TheTraveler — 06/07/2021
Roza moved to get comfortable, "the doctors tell me that it was all in my head. They try to help me forget. And just when I think I have forgotten, I have the nightmare again."
She looked up in to Astra's eyes, "it all the same thing....each time...."
Astra Korraay — 06/07/2021
Astra turned her head sideways. "What is in the dream" Astra asked.
TheTraveler — 06/07/2021
She blinked a moment then drew in a deep breath, "we were working our way to the galley," she started to explain. "Stev said that there had been some kind of explosion. There were so many dead kids. It was like they had tried to hide or make a last stand or something" She teared up, "I remember finding Trase, there. The Cadet from our shared History Class." She started to shake a bit. "I took a knee next to her. Her throat had been crushed and her face....It was like her head had been crushed."
Roza started to cry, "I...I...She was my age....why would anyone kill her...She was so nice. She helped me with my homework."
She blinked and drew in a new breath, "I heard Stev say he found someone alive. So I got up and rushed to the kitchen. Nic was a head of me, but we reached it at the same time. That was when I saw it get up. IT! I know that there were parts of it that were human, but it was an IT! Stev started to shoot it, but it didn't stop. Stev told us to get back...we did. Stev kept shooting it. It just kept coming. Finally it grabbed Stev and throw him against the corner. Nic turned and was going to run away. He was going to leave me there. I wanted to run...I wanted to do something. But I couldn't move. I couldn't speak...I couldn't do anything."
tears fell freely, "Nic didn't get a few paces away before that thing caught him. Held Nic's head in one hand. Then slammed it against the wall. Once, twice, three times, till Nic's face was nothing more than a smear on the wall. That was when I screamed," She leaned in to Astra's chest. "I was going to die...Just like Trase had..."
Astra Korraay — 06/07/2021
Astra blinked there was no way that was a holotination. But she could not tell her friend that. The poor girl was surfing enuff. She did not need the thought that it had actually happened.
" I...I'm sorry, I know you were having a hard time with this I never realized how bad it was" she said.
TheTraveler — 06/07/2021
She frowned, "there are whispers," she said softly as she wiped her tears. "I hear them sometimes. They wonder if I left Nic to die on that ship." she shook her head, "He was dead already. I know that..."
Astra Korraay — 06/07/2021
" Wispers" Astra said as if confused. She remembered the insidint. " I don't remember even seeing Nic I remember running in to find you and Sol leaping at his master with his lightsaber. His lightsaber shut of and then the master threw him at me. The only one from your team I remember seeing was you" Astra said quietly.
TheTraveler — 06/08/2021
She looked down, "I know," she said softly. "I spoke to the doctors, and they said no one saw what I saw."
"I remember things," she said softly, "but these things are just tricks of my mind. But that is what the doctors tell me."
Astra Korraay — 06/08/2021
" but I saw the monster to it throw Sol at me. I'm not convinced we did not see what happened" Astra finly said unable to lie to her fried anymore.
TheTraveler — 06/08/2021
Roza frowned as her eyes dripped with tears, "I want so badly to believe what the Doctors say. That none of that was real. The Nic and Trase weren't murdered in such a horrible way."
She started to sob, "does that make me a bad person to want to believe them."
Astra Korraay — 06/08/2021
" no roza you the kindest person I know. You could never be a horrible person" Astra said. Her own evey filling with tears. To see Roza hurt so badly bothered her.
" I don't know why the adults are trying to hide this but there wrong" Astra said quietly.
TheTraveler — 06/08/2021
Roza didn't say anything else, she just coiled herself in to Astra's arms. Her soft sobs filling the air around them. She tried to get as comfortable as possible.
It was clear that the scar of that trip was still holding its effect over poor Roza.
Astra Korraay — 06/08/2021
It made Astr so angry that Roza was in so much pain. But there was nothing she could to fix it. And feeling powerless to help Roza did not help ether. She wondered there was a way to get the adults to confess to living about the entire mess but that was pointless to it would not make the Nightmares stop. So she would do what ever it took for Roza to feal better.
Next question: who is the hooded man and why dose he always show up when there is trouble?
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