Saturday night

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It's been a rough day.

Not wanting to beat things up for once, and not wanting to run into anyone she knows in town (especially since she knows John is there), Aeryn decides to go for a walk on the school grounds.

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[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

Archie notices Aeryn walking by and starts to call out to her, but as he notices the tension in her body language he hesitates, unsure of the reception he might get.

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Feeling like someone might be watching her, Aeryn turns around and sees Archie standing there. "Lee? Did you do something to your hair?"

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

Archie's used to this reaction by now, so he just chuckles a little bit. "Sorry to disappoint, but I'm not Lee. Merely his double -- which is not at all uncommon here. Midshipman Kennedy, or Archie if you will."

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"Right. Aeryn," she says, and pauses. "Midshipman. Is that... military?"

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

((You up for an interruption of a badly beaten Beka sort? Janet and she are probably on the way to the clinic, unles Beka protests))

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(OOC: I'm going to be in and out for the rest of the night, so I can't do anything like, involved, but sure.)

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

(OOC: Was thinking more of a wander by and some interaction between Beka and Aeryn then out. Seems fitting.)

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

He nods. "British Royal Navy. I don't know how much you know about Earth history, but I hail from the period known as the Napoleonic Wars, at the very beginning of the nineteenth century." A brief, assessing glance at Aeryn, long enough to get an impression without seeming insolent. "You seem to have a military air about you as well."

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Aeryn nods. "Peacekeepers. Commando unit. I guarantee you've never heard of them," she says, and asks, "Nineteenth century? What century are we in now?"

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

Archie tilts his head slightly, trying to remember this particular detail. "I'm not entirely certain. To be frank, I never thought to ask, but I believe it is the early twenty-first?"

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

Beka's trying not to lean on Janet as they slowly make their way...somewhere. Janet's directing her, and she hopes it's to her room. Her roommates may kill her, but at least she can sleep.

When she looks up, blinking into focus, she sees maybe the last person she wanted to see besides Cam. Aeryn.

She tries to turn away, but Janet's still walking. When she catches Aeryn's eye, finally, she looks bruised. And that hurts. "Sun."

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Aeryn takes one look at her and lets out a startled, "What happened to you?"

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

"Nothing I didn't want." The words are bitter, but she's not mad at Aeryn. She wishes she knew how to tell her she was sorry.

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Aeryn's not about to tell anyone that she's actually been worried about them all day, so she settles for, "It really is much easier to just shoot something that can't fight back."

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

If she could, Beka would blink. There's something peculiar in Aeryn's tone. "I'll keep that in mind."

She notices Archie standing there gaping at them. "Hey. Archie, right?"

[actingltcrumpet.livejournal.com]

Archie nods cautiously. "And you're Beka, correct?"

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

This, at last, makes her laugh. Oh, gods, her ribs hurt. She coughs. "Yeah. Beka Valentine. We met the other night. I looked... healthier."

[janet_fraiser]

This is going to hurt both of them, and not physically. Janet pauses, and tries not to notice the hurt in each woman's eyes.

"Aeryn," says Janet calmly. "Hey."

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"Hey back," she says, and repeats quickly, "what happened?"

[janet_fraiser]

"Camulus," Janet says, spitting his name out like it's filthy. "The bastard."

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

She swivels her head, and regrets it instantly. Her head swims. "It's not his fault. No matter what it looked like. I called him."

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"Are you all right?" Aeryn asks, though she realizes it's probably a stupid question.

[janet_fraiser]

"We're going to the clinic," says Janet. "I think her ribs are bruised, but we need to make sure they're not broken."

[janet_fraiser]

"You called him?" Janet's voice is disbelieving. "Honey, I know you like to play with fire, but he's a raging inferno." She shakes her head. "You know what you're getting into most of the time, but with him, no matter what you think you're in for--" She pauses and bites back whatever she was going to say. "Whatever you think you're in for, it can always get worse."

[valentine-tart.livejournal.com]

"No lectures. I'm a big girl. It wouldn't have been the first time I..." She stops herself. This, this she's shared with no one but Cameron. "I could've handled it."