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Calliope // Caliborn (ophiuchus) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-05-23 12:55:00

Entry tags:

aidan reilly, calliope-caliborn, damara megido, dirk strider, euphemia li britannia, helix wamtani, klara guildsen, piter de vries, raven darkholme, yuuki kuran

Day 220; ⛎ | Video
[Caliborn is somewhere behind the recording apparatus of his communicator. All that is visible is a blank Sector 2 apartment wall.]

Have you buried yourself in some closet. Wrapped in a blanket. Hoping for the big scary monster to go away. Or maybe you've just distracted yourself? With some bullshit I probably don't care about. So don't share.

Then, hey.

Let. Me. Help.

[Now it's pointing out the window, soaking in a full view of the occasional bit of tentacle. The sounds are not too strong yet, but that's why Caliborn is a helper. His androgynous, sharply dramatic voice intones in time with the pounding.]

Clang.

Clang.

Clang.

[And then he turns the camera around on himself, but only so that the lower half of his face is visible. The part with the lopsided and mean toothy grin, and the incoherently adorable red bowtie.]

How long. Until it breaks through. And we all die?

Do you think it will eat us. Or does it just. Want to taste. Your fear?

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	bluemoondog 2013-05-24 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	[It hurt when he was pushed away but he stayed his ground and let Aidan get some space to breathe.] No you're not. What's going on? Talk to me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-05-26 12:02 am UTC (link)
	[ Deep breaths. C'mon. You can do this. No need to panic, it's just... ] ...that damn noise. 's drivin' me crazy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluemoondog
2013-05-27 01:28 pm UTC (link)

The... noise? [Pausing to listen to it. It's obnoxious and ominous but... well, he's not sure he understands why it would freak the guy out so much.

One particularly loud boom and watching Aidan shudder kind of helps put two and two together though. The war. His camp had been bombed. So it was bringing up memories. But what could he do? He'd tried to hold him and Aidan pushed him away. He sat there, helplessly, unsure of what to do or say.]

Aidan. We're okay. I'm here and we're safe in the dome.

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redclayheroics
2013-05-27 04:04 pm UTC (link)

[ He continues to draw shallow, shuddering breaths. Manages a nod — yeah, he knows they're safe here. As safe as can be with a huge monster knocking on their door, but he remembers not long ago when his mind made this into a war zone and then he ended up in the real deal and now he can't quite...

Can't quite make out what's real. ]

...I gotta get outta here...

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	bluemoondog 2013-05-27 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	[Helix will approach him slowly like a spooked animal and just lay a hand on his arm, slipping it to his wrist, just to get some gentle contact.] Aidan. It's worse out there, you're better off inside. [A pause for thought about the layout.] We can try to get somewhere further from the wall of the dome? It might be better there? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2013-05-28 01:50 pm UTC (link)
	[ The touch isn't bad. It actually helps a little and he soon shifts his hand to lace their fingers together. The hug made him feel like he was suffocating but this... it keeps him anchored. ] Yeah. [ Another nod. ] I just... I can't stay here. I feel like th' walls are comin' in. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bluemoondog
2013-05-29 11:47 pm UTC (link)

Okay. [A soft squeeze of his hand.]

We should... probably bring things just in case we need to sleep in the library or something. Think you can help me get stuff together?

[Little does he know that's where everyone will eventually evacuate to. Right now he's just thinking ahead, if Aidan can't concentrate in their own apartment then he definitely won't get any sleep here. So they may need to set up base camp elsewhere till this is over.]

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	redclayheroics 2013-05-30 03:35 pm UTC (link)
	[ He nods, slowly at first and then with more conviction. ] Yeah... yeah, I can do that. [ Keeping busy. Good plan. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bluemoondog 2013-05-30 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	Good. I'll go find us a backpack to put our stuff in. [He'll wander off to do just that, return with it and start grabbing out some clothes and such.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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