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Dirk Strider (smuppeteer) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-03-18 21:44:00

Entry tags:

aidan reilly, bro strider, dirk strider, helix wamtani, jake english, peter parker (tas), rebecca crane, roxy lalonde, tony stark, xander harris

Day 211 [action/voice]
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[ From long before the morning message -- since around midnight, actually -- until around noon, Dirk can be found working in the gardens in Sector Four. When it begins to rain, he scowls, but keeps his work up. He has a date to go on tonight; and he's fairly sure that if he skips out, that troll that is his pre-scratch self will further attempt to fuck things up with Jake. He can't allow that.

Do feel free to bother him. ]

[ voice/open/around 11AM ]

What a great day for rain.

Got a few things I wanted to mention before I'm too preoccupied. First: That wiki Crane was working on? Last night I added a page to answer a bunch of recurring newbie questions. Hopefully, it'll cut down on some of the repetitiveness of New Inmates Day.

Second: My friend Roxy and I have a project we're working on. You know, bettering ourselves for rehab and shit? Anyone who's good with computers is welcome to come help us out. Tony Stark, Penelope Garcia? You two might be interested. We're thinking of meeting in the computer lab tomorrow, around one PM. Who all's game?

Third: Just so everyone knows, I'm taking Jake English to the Sadie Hawkins dance tonight. This is not up for debate. [ He's just a smidgen defensive. Things have been getting under his skin lately. ]

[ action/closed to flatmates ]

[ Around noon, Dirk drags himself home, takes a surprisingly quick shower to clean the mud from himself, and collapses face-first into bed.

You really don't want to bother him. Or do you? ]

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retrogame
2013-03-20 12:53 am UTC (link)

[ Roxy falls silent. She sits there for a good while, just watching him flopped over and also his sleeping face. She feels a little weird for it, but to her he is obviously way tired and so he wouldn't know.

So... she smiles small, a little sadly, and brushes his hair out of his face. It takes her a second to build up the courage, but she does eventually lean down to plant a kiss on his forehead. ]

Sleep good, okay? Dream up somethin' good.

[ And then she gets up. ]

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smuppeteer
2013-03-20 12:57 am UTC (link)

[ His tension evaporates as she gets up. He goes limp, unable to see her sad smile but feeling just a little sad himself. God, she's his best friend and she gets kidnapped to serve a life sentence in another universe and the first thing she learns is that he's dating Jake.

But it's not like there would have been any point in leaving his options open. He can't feel the same way about her. He's tried.

The thing with her and Jane before must have been some hells of improbable fluke of... he doesn't know, timing or circumstance. He just wishes it could happen again. He wants her to be happy, and he can't give that to her. ]

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