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Captain Marshall Sumner (colonel) wrote in the_nexus_rpg,
@ 2007-07-07 21:45:00

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5myrsofregrets, colonel, dame_zhylaw, doctorjones, shibarikitten, what_if_alice

what the fuuuuck
There is a man in the nexus.

This, on its own, is not unusual. It's possible that even with the added qualifiers making him unique, it's not going to be all that interesting to 90% of nexusgoers. Let's go through said qualifiers:

He's pushing six foot (not quite, and that half inch really kills him, not that he'd admit it), mid forties. Well built and fit for his age, which you can really tell because his jacket isn't zipped and his tshirt has been torn open. There's a handprint shaped scar over his relatively sparsely haired chest -- in between the scar tissue forming the handprint, there's a bullet wound scar, as well, over his heart. It looks recent. He's wearing a uniform that could be military, with his Atlantis expedition patch on one shoulder and the United States flag on the other. He seems to be unarmed.

He also seems to be really fucking confused. 'Where am I' doesn't begin to cover it, so he skips that one.

"Life ever given you a second chance you didn't know what to do with?"

That seems to about do it.

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shibarikitten
2007-07-07 03:25 pm UTC (link)

Wow, maybe he went to one of those parties over where Anne lives? She's not into branding, but hey, maybe that's what that handprint is. Wait-- what if he's someone that Ryan and Mike know, from the base? He seems like he'd fit in, though she doesn't know enough about the military to guess at which branch he's in or what rank he might be.

Well, isn't that question rather timely? Assuming all goes as planned of course. "I think I'd rather like that luxury myself. A chance to do some things over again."

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	colonel 2007-07-07 03:28 pm UTC (link)
	Sumner -- Marshall to his mother and Mack to his friends, but he's Sumner right now -- turns to answer the young woman who answered his ever so appropriate question. "Not quite the kind of second chance I'm looking at, ma'am, but I can think of a few things I'd do different." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	shibarikitten 2007-07-07 03:32 pm UTC (link)
	"No?" But aren't second chances generally a good thing? She's hoping they are, really, and that her mess will soon be untangled. "What would you choose to do different then?" Wait! Did he just ma'am her? Adding the title quickly, "Sir." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

colonel
2007-07-07 03:36 pm UTC (link)

Under more normal circumstances, he might hide a small smile at the quick addition of a title to her address of him. However, he died about ten minutes ago. He's not feeling that smiley.

"Few things here and there." He makes a brief, aborted gesture, and after a moment and looking slightly injured, he zips his jacket up. B| ladies do not need to see Mack Sumner all hanging out, okay.

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	shibarikitten 2007-07-07 03:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Uh, you okay there?" Because if that's someone Ryan and Mike know who might possibly be kinky AND really did get branded, did he get the right kind of aftercare? At the moment, she's figuring not. "I can see about getting that wound dressed if you like. Sir." Oops, almost forgot it again. Jeez, care to focus a little there Ellie? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	colonel 2007-07-07 03:44 pm UTC (link)
	He blinks blankly at her for a second, and then unzips to look down at his chest--at which point he starts swearing. Colourfully. "--goddamned son of a bitch!" he glares upwards, his frustration almost palpable and obvious in the tense lines of his body and clenched fists. The calm that follows is forced, but steadying. "I'd appreciate it, if you don't mind." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	colonel 2007-07-08 12:13 am UTC (link)
	Doctor. Yeah, he could probably use one of those, he figures, although the dressing he's got now is making him feel a little better about the situation. Insofar as he can. "If you wouldn't mind having a look, doctor, I won't mind sitting still a while longer." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	doctorjones 2007-07-08 01:34 am UTC (link)
	Well, he's just ensured that Martha will be endlessly curious about what happened. She looks up (waaay up, Martha is five foot two) at him with raised eyebrows. "Pulse is normal." Pretty impressively low resting rate, actually, for a guy in his forties. "I'm sorry, I'm afraid I don't know your name?" We'll get to that 'classified' thing in a minute. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)