09-17-2014, 08:58 PM
Rune braced herself the moment before the needle touched her skin. She'd never been a fan of things like shots or bee stings or injecting anything into herself. But this was.. oddly different. She couldn't really feel the needle jabbing in and out, it was more of like taking a piece of sandpaper with the teeth of sharks and scraping it up and down her arm until the skin was raw as ground meat.
She internalized the pain. Yeah, it sucked, but it could be worse. In fact, getting a ninja knife stabbed in the gut was worse. but part of that was the fear. Now, she wasn't afraid. Hell she wasn't even nervous. She just sat back, kept her eyes shut, and focused on Serg's voice.
"My uncle says I'm about as deep as a puddle, but this tattoo has lots of meaning. My mom died before I was born. And I dont mean like in childbirth, but like I was still in her a few minutes after she was dead. Long story. But her name was Violet. She's the flowers. And she's with me eternally. Thats the snake. The tree is the tree of life, right. Cycles of life and death. Eternity."
Rune let Serg work. She tried to imagine what it would look like all colored in and done. But that was probably two or three sessions from now. Maybe even four depending on the complexity of the colors. Today she assumed she'd only be getting the outline.
After a while, Aria called over. There were phases where Serg would work on one place or another that although inches apart, hurt more or less than others. He was in a difficult area when Aria brought up Jaxen. Rune could have slapped the stupid out of that girl for bringing him up in a place like this! Didn't she know the police reports had him missing?! And pegging RUNE as an unusual person to be hanging out with him was just plain dumb.
She shot Aria a glare that said they'd talk about it later, but for now she had to respond somehow. "I don't know who you've been talking to, but the only things i've been rubbin' elbows with have exoskeletons. He someone famous or something?"
She responded between clenched teeth, but that coulda easily been the tattoo talkin.
She internalized the pain. Yeah, it sucked, but it could be worse. In fact, getting a ninja knife stabbed in the gut was worse. but part of that was the fear. Now, she wasn't afraid. Hell she wasn't even nervous. She just sat back, kept her eyes shut, and focused on Serg's voice.
"My uncle says I'm about as deep as a puddle, but this tattoo has lots of meaning. My mom died before I was born. And I dont mean like in childbirth, but like I was still in her a few minutes after she was dead. Long story. But her name was Violet. She's the flowers. And she's with me eternally. Thats the snake. The tree is the tree of life, right. Cycles of life and death. Eternity."
Rune let Serg work. She tried to imagine what it would look like all colored in and done. But that was probably two or three sessions from now. Maybe even four depending on the complexity of the colors. Today she assumed she'd only be getting the outline.
After a while, Aria called over. There were phases where Serg would work on one place or another that although inches apart, hurt more or less than others. He was in a difficult area when Aria brought up Jaxen. Rune could have slapped the stupid out of that girl for bringing him up in a place like this! Didn't she know the police reports had him missing?! And pegging RUNE as an unusual person to be hanging out with him was just plain dumb.
She shot Aria a glare that said they'd talk about it later, but for now she had to respond somehow. "I don't know who you've been talking to, but the only things i've been rubbin' elbows with have exoskeletons. He someone famous or something?"
She responded between clenched teeth, but that coulda easily been the tattoo talkin.