<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/2f/Captain_Braxton_T._Early.jpg)<br/>    <strong><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">Braxton T. Early</span></strong></div><strong>Name</strong>: Braxton Early<br/><strong>Occupation:</strong>Captain<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Bridge, then Galley<br/><strong>Time:</strong>Two days out from Shadow, deep space<br/><strong>With:</strong>Mya, Elfi, Richard, All, Open<br/><br/><hr/><br/>When Sue had left the room, Braxton reached for his gun and put it away. He had been cool throughout the exchange with Sue and he was sure that, if it had come to that, he would have been able to shoot the man down where he stood. But now, his hand was shaking something fierce. It was so bad that he had trouble getting the six-shooter back in its holster.<br/><br/>When he was done with the gun, he reached for the bottle of now-stale bubbly and emptied it in one go. That hit the spot and he slumped back in his chair, exhausted but relieved. No one else had stood up against him and Sue had made a graceful exit. It was unlikely that anyone would try to murder him in his sleep tonight.<br/><br/>Along with his finer motor control, the color on his face also slowly normalized. Braxton felt like he was floating. Now that the threat of mutiny and death was past, all his other problems seemed insignificant. It was an altogether pleasant, careless feeling and a silly smile spread across his face.<br/><br/>Finally, he got up on stiff legs. Not many people had stayed in the Galley. Not many that mattered, anyhow.<br/><br/>Slowly, Braxton turned to Lance. “You sure are the smarter one of us two, partner. Always suspected, but today I<em>know</em>. I’m sure being<em>just the engineer</em>feels damn good on a day like this when everyone turns against you.”<br/><br/>Without waiting for a reply, he turned to Mya and put his hand under her chin so that she had to look up at him.<br/><br/><strong>”You are my favorite crew member, Mya, you know that?”</strong>Braxton asked her, still with the silly grin on his face.<strong>“Cuz when you get angry, all it is is <span class="bbc_u"><em>cute</em></span>”</strong>He stroked her hair and then took hold of her head to plant a big romantic kiss right on her lips.<br/>