- I joined the marines as soon as I could and never planned on retiring
- Bishop and I were always close, he was a good friend - the whole squad would get pissed when someone referred to him as a machine, he was just as much a part of the squad as any of us
- Hudson and I were close too, at first he was kind of a kid brother to me but it evolved past that? I would’ve died for him, and sometimes thought about leaving the marines when he did just so he wouldn’t be stuck alone
- I looked out for Hudson a lot and always made time to check on him after drops, because I knew how hard things got to him - I hated seeing how tense and upset he could get when he really didn’t have time to breathe
- Whenever Hudson and I were together during a drop, if he started to panic I’d step in and help him calm down- I’d usually grab the collar of his armor and tell him to cool it, and if we weren’t surrounded by others I’d try to brush my thumb against his jaw or something, to show him I wasn’t pissed.
- Frost and I were good friends, and I remember the “yours was a guy” “that doesn’t matter” thing was a regular joke (I’m pretty sure he was bi) - we went through basic training together, and I think he was higher ranking than private? Not sure, though
- Hudson gave Newt piggy back rides a lot when we were moving supplies/barricading shit - Ripley was Newt’s ‘mom,’ I was her ‘dad,’ and Hudson was her ‘big brother’
- Colonial Marines is canon for me - I was captured and tortured by Michael Bishop, and later rescued by marines from the Sephora
- my scarring was a lot heavier than how it was shown, I lost sight in my eye and had scarring down to my jaw/up into my hairline, though it never touched my mouth/ear - I also had scarring on my chest and shoulder, partially disconnected from the scarring on my face
- after my rescue, I worked as more of a consultant for the marines that decided to take on Wey-Yu, and I struggled with re-adapting to life - I isolated myself for the most part, so I wouldn’t have to be constantly reminded of Hudson and Bishop
- I had seizures/spasms as a result of Michael Weyland’s torture. After the one doctor helped me, he made sure no one else was in the room while he tortured me- which also meant there was no one monitoring my condition, and I wound up with lasting damage from the injections. I do have some vague memories of the actual torture, but those aren’t something I want to talk about
- I felt like throwing up when I saw Ripley sacrifice herself. Part of me wanted to give up and just let Weyland kill me, but I knew that wasn’t really an option
- while living on my own, after being rescued, it was easy for me to fall into depressive/paranoid periods- especially over the thought of falling back into Wey-Yu’s hands. This got worse whenever I thought about visiting Hudson’s grave/finding out which memorial cemetery it was in, because I knew I’d never be able to visit him without panicking.
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