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Tweak says, "Ralph, can I ask you something"

Karolina Dean (ex_karolinad994) wrote in expresslogs,
@ 2012-05-08 09:45:00

Entry tags:

!dice, {karolina dean, {nathan petrelli

Characters: Karolina Dean & Nathan Petrelli - dice!
When: Tuesday around midday.
Location: Observation car.
Warnings/Rating: Likely none; will update if this changes.
Summary: Karolina's catching some rays to keep herself charged up!

Karolina didn't technically need to sunbathe. She'd barely taken her MedicAlert bracelet off all the time she'd been on the train. And when she had, she'd only taken advantage of flying, not creating gigantic concussive blasts or laser beams that could cut through metal. After all, it didn't seem there was much of anybody to attack around here - not that she was complaining.

But it never hurt to be prepared. From what Karolina had heard, you never knew when the train was going to throw you a curveball and decide to do something that would hurt you. And if that happened, she fully intended to be ready. The observation car, with its floor-to-ceiling windows and comfortable chairs, seemed to her to be the perfect place to sit and sunbathe while she read one of the books she'd found loaded on her tablet device. The only problem, she discovered, was that the glare on the tablet made it impossible for her to both catch the most light and read the book. "God, this is lame," she said to nobody in particular, setting the tablet aside.

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theflyingman
2012-05-13 09:46 pm UTC (link)

Nathan fidgeted in his seat some, wondering if she was one of the people Peter had mentioned. He knew there were other people with abilities on the train, but he hadn't met any yet. He supposed that came from his own unwillingness to be too open about his. "I guess it depends on the skills," he replied. "But I tell my boys all the time if they don't go to school, they'll be pushing brooms at McDonald's. It seems to work, but then again, they're still in grade school."

He was definitely worried about what was going on with Simon and Monty now that he was suddenly missing, but then again, Heidi only let him see them once in a blue moon as it was. Obviously, there wasn't much he could do about it.

And the last thing he wanted to think about was what happened to people if the train decided to leave them behind. Tortuga wasn't exactly a place he'd want to be stuck in. "She is," he said of Claire. "She's in her senior year of high school _ I think she was picking out colleges last time I saw her, but here she's from a year behind me, so I don't really know. I didn't exactly know about her until a little while ago, but she's a good kid. I should've ignored my mother and acknowledged her sooner."

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ex_karolinad994
2012-05-15 02:41 am UTC (link)

At the news that Nathan hadn't known his daughter until recently, Karolina perked up noticeably, sitting up straight in her chair. Her face no longer caught the rays of the sun, but what he was saying was much more important to her. Though her parents had clearly always known she existed, Karolina wasn't sure if she had family left on her home planet (wherever that might be) - and the thought that she might be able to reconnect with them someday...

...Well. It gave her some hope. It half gave her hope, and half worried her, because what if all people from her planet were just as evil as they'd been?

"How was it?" she asked, leaning forward with her forearms on her knees. "Getting to know her, that is? I mean - did you know about her, or was it just - you hadn't seen her in a long time or weren't super close or something?"

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theflyingman
2012-05-15 05:22 pm UTC (link)

Getting a teenager's attention was definitely something he wasn't used to. He tried with Claire in the few conversations they'd had over the past year, but he figured he'd disappointed her just as much. He'd disappointed her more, if he were honest with himself. "It was awkward at first," he said truthfully. "I knew about her - I just...I was young and so was her mom. And since it was an election year, I had to tell her I couldn't acknowledge her until after."

Looking back, he decided he didn't want to see that look on Claire's face ever again. He had wanted to acknowledge her - it was his mother who'd discouraged him against it and stupidly, he'd listened to her.

"But after that, it's been pretty good. We talk, mostly through email and phone calls. She's smart - maybe too smart for her own good, but she reminds me so much of her uncle, I can't help but be proud of her. They're both impulsive, but in a lot of ways, they always try to do the right thing. I'm just trying to make up for past mistakes."

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