Parting Icy Skies

Posted on Sun Mar 15th, 2020 @ 8:44am by Commander Ennis Cullen & Lieutenant JG Rachael "Ripcord" Yamaguchi-Cullen & Jillian "Phoenix" Sullivan

Mission: Mission 98: Building Our New Home
Location: Various Locations - Starbase 12
Timeline: 1800Hrs - April 14th, 2393

Warrant Officer Rachael Yamaguchi-Cullen sighed softly as she regarded Sandstorm while the now large housecat that was almost the size of a small dog, curled up next to her on the sofa. He wanted attention from Rachael and the tired human female had no issues with giving the cat some love and attention.

Yamaguchi-Cullen sighed softly as she regarded the massive cat who seemed to be enjoying the attention of Rachael's fingers as she gently rubbed and scratched behind the cat's ears.

Olivia and Anthony were being watched by the Holonanny which Yamaguchi-Cullen had help programming from Savannah, her sister in law and wife to her elder brother. The holonanny looked like a version of Torilla Yamaguchi, her mother except with a full head of grey hair, it was done quite deliberately so Rachael could tell her mother apart from the holonanny.

Just then the door beeped at her.

The cat jumped off the sofa as Yamaguchi-Cullen heaved her tired body off of the sofa before she made her way slowly to the door. She answered it with a growl.

The doors whooshed open, with a loud hissing sound. "Whoever the fuck you are, this had better be-Phoenix!" Yamaguchi-Cullen growled before she sighed. "Fuck, get in here woman," she added. "So I can at least sit down before the twins start demanding me again."

"Sorry for not writing as often. Spacefighter Command had me training in a new bird," Phoenix spoke apologetically as she entered the room. "They don't always give you a lot of downtime in flight training."

"Let me sit down before I fall down. How the fuck mom endured this five times is beyond me." Yamaguchi-Cullen lamented the effects of the twins on her mind and her life.

"You mom had a lot of help," Phoenix pointed out with a smile.

"I know. She had dad plus all his siblings when they were present." Yamaguchi-Cullen sighed. "I feel like I've been in an orgy, I mean with six guys." she sighed softly as the younger woman flopped onto the sofa. "Fuck, this sucks."

"Aryssa finished her A School. CO offered her a billet here, but she turned it down to serve on McKinley - she went fleet." Phoenix nearly gagged on that. "She's three solid monthly reports away from making Petty Officer."

"Wait, she did What?" Yamaguchi-Cullen paused. "I thought she hated the fleet.. swore up and down on a stack of bibles that she'd never go fleet." Yamaguchi-Cullen sighed softly. "Why did she change her mind?" she asked, almost hesitantly.

Phoenix shrugged. "She never really said... Maybe something she felt compelled to do as some sort of penance. Her CO says she is a good pastry chef though."

Yamaguchi-Cullen reached over her left shoulder as she gently rubbed the skin just over her shoulder blade. "Ummm.. back issues, you know what that's like... right?" she inquired. "My breasts went up two cup sizes. Now why does Aryssa feel she owes a penance?" she asked.

"I know she still feels terrible about her drug addiction," Phoenix admitted. "And it pains her greatly to look upon my folks because of it... I just hope she doesn't get herself killed. I never wanted her to join the military. I wanted her happy, carefree."

"The military can open doors for her," Yamaguchi-Cullen answered evenly. "Anthony and Oliva are both demanding of me, I think my boobs are still growing." Yamaguchi-Cullen mused. "I dunno though.."

"They'll shrink a little after you stop feeding," Phoenix assured. "I never fed Aryssa, so I was lucky not to have that issue."

Yamaguchi-Cullen sighed. "My back is killing me. These girls weigh a ton." she suddenly sighed as she ran her hands over her breasts. "I never had this issue with Saki.."

"How long did Saki feed off you?" Phoenix asked, for her memory was a bit foggy after that time.

"About eight months," Yamaguchi-Cullen answered evenly. "These two are twice as often, twice as needy and twice as demanding." the young woman sighed. "Still, what I deal with is twice as aggravating and as a result, all of this is eight times as annoying as Saki." Cullen sighed a second time. "She's ten and she is still as Saki as ever."

"Any more school fights?" Phoenix asked with concern.

"Well, none recently but then many of the kids are afraid of her and others respect her, even if they don't quite like her. Saki has long since stopped caring about the opinions of..." Yamaguchi-Cullen paused. "of pampered and soft cowardly children. Unquote." Yamaguchi-Cullen then gave Phoenix a look that could have meant several things. "Like I said. Saki is always going to be herself."

Yamaguchi-Cullen suddenly grinned. "Oh yes, did I mention that Saki is now a green belt, she loves the martial arts training she's getting. She was white, then she went through yellow and is now a green belt, while she's rapidly progressing towards her orange belt," Yamaguchi-Cullen explained before she sighed.

Suddenly the soft cry of a young infant rent the air. Demanding the attention of its mother. Yamaguchi-Cullen rose to her feet. "That would be Olivia, wanting me." she then made her way into the next room where the twins both were now crying for their mother's attention.

"You, like your mother, do well with motherhood," Phoenix smiled at the younger woman while she followed her into the room.

Yamaguchi-Cullen picked up her daughter as she quickly detected the cause of their issues. "Yep. soiled diapers." the younger woman sighed. "Help me with this, would ya?" she then gently picked up her son before she carried them both out the door and into the main room. "Under that counter is a large container, inside is the gear I need. Cleaning supplies, diapers. That sort of thing."

Phoenix deftly pulled out the wippies and a fresh diaper. Then the bottle of baby powder.

Yamaguchi-Cullen quickly changed both sets of diapers, starting with Olivia, she quickly cleaned off the infant's skin and then she disposed of the diaper into the second replicator. Yamaguchi-Cullen then went to deal with her son, repeating the process with him. Moments later, she was finished and now her infants were clean.

Yamaguchi-Cullen was tired, it showed too. "Fuck.." she sighed as she gently placed her son on his bed, next to his sister. "I'd kill for a decent night sleep right now.." the young woman said quietly.

"Want me ta look after 'em for a few hours?" Phoenix offered with a warm smile.

"Ennis should be home shortly," Yamaguchi-Cullen answered. "How much babysitting experience do you have?"

"Siaxx an' I used ta watch Saki a lot. Don' you remember?" Phoenix asked, a bit taken aback.

Rachael blinked. "Oh... right." she sighed. "I forgot. What... A lot has happened recently, these two little terrors are demanding of their mother."

"At least Ennis has been there. Seems a good egg, you finally got," Phoenix spoke with praise. "Though... I think he like bein' a dad."

Yamaguchi-Cullen nodded. "He spends more time with the kids then I do," she answered. "When I'm not working or sleeping or otherwise busy with my own needs. He handles things, Sarah and Saki sometimes help too but I don't like asking them to help. They got their own stuff to handle. Sarah has her own interests and Saki is fixing to become the next Luke Skywalker." she paused. "Well, Bruce Lee anyway... She's getting good. You should see her with a bow and arrows... Saki doesn't believe in suction-cupped arrows... No, she goes for hard cold steel." Yamaguchi-Cullen sighed. "I think I'm getting grey hairs, which would not be a major shock."