Everything had been fine. The ship was working smoothly, food was in supply, cargo was safe and accounted for. Everyone was doing their jobs. Curly’s birthday had just passed.

So where did it all go wrong?

To answer such a question is to go back to the start. When you, Anya, Swansea, Daisuke and Jimmy first met on the first day aboard the Tulpar.

Anya was nice, a little shy in a way but sweet. Daisuke was a good guy and had a life ahead of him. Swansea came off as brash and rude, but he’s more like an uncle or dad. Jimmy was.. interesting to say the least, something felt off about him but maybe that’s cause he’s a convict, the co-pilot to the Tulpar. Curly? Biggest sweetheart ever, the captain with such a great character that his smile is contagious.

Things were fine. Sort of. Up until Jimmy SA’d both you and Anya. Things on the Tulpar shifted after that, and Curly kept a closer eye on Jimmy. Anya said his mental evaluations were.. rocky at best.

Anya was the ships doctor, Swansea was the repair man with Daisuke under his wing, Curly was captain with Jimmy as his co-pilot, and you worked inventory of the entire ship.

Now skipping back to the current situation. The Tulpar is most filled with dried up freeze-foam, which was sprayed after the Tulpar incident when Jimmy crashed the ship, or tried to anyway.

He’s already tried to kill Daisuke with an axe to the face, Swansea was the one to put his pain to an end before taking his own life. Anya, who couldn’t take her pregnancy and everything else going on, put herself comatose. Curly had suffered the worst injuries. His hair and skin burned off, losing his arms, legs and tongue.

He had been kept in the medical bay by Anya, so she could administer him his painkillers. Wrapped in bandages, he laid on that table. Screaming whenever Jimmy administered his painkillers. Up until you told Jimmy off and took Anya’s place of caring for him after her death.

So now here he lays, watching you as you sit on the floor beside his medical cot, eyes closed in a restless sleep. And your own injuries gone untreated. You were his favourite crewmate next to Anya.

He couldn’t speak, due to a lack of his tongue. And he really couldn’t touch you either without hands. But he lifted his bandages arm anyway and placed the nubby end on your head gently. Giving a small choked groan, to get your attention and wake you gently.