Crowley. long time no see, and a gathering of Zoners too.
Coffee, company and a calm most unheard of in Delta. Just some friendly people having a good ol’ chat with each other. Reminds me of the days where things were simpler. No matter. That life is gone now. Talked a but about the war between Corsairs, Outcasts and the Zoners of Freeport Nine. And about previous activity around here. Glossed over the other conversation happening, a name was mentioned. Crowley. One of them probed about Cat going missing. I explained me and Daros were both concerned for her disappearance… but Daros was now also missing.. A passing joke was made about nomads having their hold on the pair of them.
And you wouldn’t believe it. One extremely large alien. Just like that. Its presence… the feeling of being small and insignificant crossed my mind faster than one could blink. We had the numbers… but we most definitely did NOT have the firepower to fight it, if this thing chose to attack. I don’t know WHAT its intentions were… but it stopped right on top of the Freeport. It loitered, to observe us all? I don’t know… Nothing seemed to happen, time seemed to slow to a halt. One breath, then another. In the next moment, it must have worked out that we weren’t a threat, because it departed.
It always strikes me as odd, when mere minutes after such a nerve racking event takes place, that the other conversations topic also made an appearance. Crowley. Such impeccable timing, that he missed the Alien encounter completely. A usually witty response, wondering if i had fallen off the map. Not exactly far from the truth, to be fair. He described himself as having been dealing with “matters”. My mind couldn’t hold a fluid conversation. Too much floating around in my thoughts…. I made my excuse and departed the night.
Cant help but feel like I’m living in a state of torment. Going over the same ground. Missing people, friends, families. Yeah. Today was just serving up to be painful. Quit while you’re ahead, as they say. I need time to process. That Nomad… why then?
