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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-05-27 15:11:00

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:mingle, aidan reilly, aradia megido, artemis crock, bak chang, bro strider, buffy summers, calliope-caliborn, damon salvatore, daniel osbourne, data, dawn summers, dick grayson (all-star), dirk strider, duo maxwell, elena gilbert, eric northman, hei, helen magnus, helix wamtani, hikaru hitachiin, ianto jones, jack harkness, jean-luc picard, kitty pryde (aoa), kitty pryde (evolution), korra, lacus clyne, laura kinney, malcolm reynolds, martha jones, miranda lotto, nikola tesla, peggy carter, penelope garcia, peter parker (tas), piper halliwell, piter de vries, raven darkholme, rebekah mikealson, richie foley, rogue, rose tyler, sam merlotte, sam winchester, sawyer ford, seven of nine, shining armor, sookie stackhouse, sougo okita, spencer reid, spike, stefan salvatore, tear grants, tieria erde, tyki mikk, wally west, xander harris, yuuki kuran, yuuri shibuya, zatanna zatara, zero kiryuu

Day 221 — Morning mingle : Main shelter
[Wake up and smell the lack of coffee. You're on a bunk bed. Maybe you're a top and maybe you're a bottom. There are five other people in your room. Maybe they're friends or enemies or faces you barely recognize if at all. It doesn't matter much. You can leave this room and you don't need to come back to it.

You should get your rations though. You're probably hungry. You're definitely a little sluggish of body. What happened to that bruise you got sparing yesterday? What happened to your newly dyed hair? Mystery, mystery... Move along. Find the public bathrooms and do your business with a hundred of your closest friends.

Find the kiosk and get your rations. Careful not to let anyone steal them. You won't get more until tomorrow and the bots won't care. They aren't here to hold your hand. If you get sick or hurt and they deem it necessary they will take you to the hospital whether you wish it or not. But why dwell on such things? You're here now and you might as well enjoy it. You even get a free day today.]

(OOC: OOC info. This mingle takes place in the Main shelter over the morning hours.

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	chipswiththat 2013-06-05 01:54 am UTC (link)
	Probably. [ Such a shit-eating smirk. ] But since you're asking so nicely... cheerleaders rate pretty high, but anything young and warm is good enough for me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	unmitigated 2013-06-05 01:56 am UTC (link)
	I guess I should thank my lucky stars I'm a computer geek, then. I bet we're stringy. [Eating-people humor, she's new at it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-05 11:16 am UTC (link)
	[ Shrug. ] Blood is blood. Age has more to do with it and you don't look like you've hit your expiration date just yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	unmitigated 2013-06-08 12:52 am UTC (link)
	Well... thanks, I think! I've still got a few good years in me. Not sure how that translates into blood tastiness, though. That was neatly left out of all the vampire lore I ever read. [She's not sure where this conversation is going, but it's interesting, in a creepy way.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-08 02:34 pm UTC (link)
	It's about preference, mostly. My sire had a soft spot for babies, but even an old geezer is preferable to animal blood. Don't even get me started on the synthetic wank... they never get it right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	unmitigated 2013-06-08 02:44 pm UTC (link)
	Wow. So, like, the stuff they have here, on a scale of fine wine to sewage how terrible is it? [All her sympathy, bropire, if the stuff they're peddling is lousy as he makes it sound.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-08 02:46 pm UTC (link)
	[ He tilts his head as if he's trying to settle on a verdict. ] Rat piss. At least it'll keep me alive... I hope. If all else fails I might have to rally up some donors. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

unmitigated
2013-06-08 02:50 pm UTC (link)

[She pulls a face that clearly says "ewww."] Man, and I thought being stuck with beets and oatmeal was rotten. And if I guess right, you won't even be able to heal without blood, right?

[Geez. And here she is with plenty of the stuff that might help. Reid's going to kill her, but] Look, I know we don't know each other that well, and I am really really keen on not dying, but if I can help at all...?

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	chipswiththat 2013-06-08 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	[ Back in Marina he would've jumped on an offer like this (ignoring the bloody chip in his skull, of course) but here, now? Trapped like a powerless rat and still at great risk of getting dusted? He's a little hesitant, to say the least. ] You really know what you're offering here, poppet? I can't just bite you, y'know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	unmitigated 2013-06-08 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	Uh... no, I didn't really know. Why not? Does this not work in the way Bram Stoker would have me believe? [You know, fangs applied liberally to the neck, squealing and/or orgasmic sounds as applicable.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-08 06:35 pm UTC (link)
	[ E y e r o l l. ] Please don't talk about that wanker... [ Mock sigh and then he tugs up the pant of his jumpsuit to show off the ankle monitor. ] The bastards de-fanged the lot of us. Can't vamp out, can't heal... still get burnt by the bloody sun. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

unmitigated
2013-06-08 06:39 pm UTC (link)

Sorry, sorry. I should've guessed vampy fiction was taboo. [She's still learning all the rules of supernatural socializing!]

So... you're basically even stucker than the rest of us. That's plain discrimination if you ask me!

But, uh. [Back to the point, Penelope.] So I'd have to, say, cut myself and bleed into a glass? [She likes that option way less than just getting bit, for some reason. Probably the intrigue of it. But it's all the same goal, and this way she can control it.]

[She doesn't do great with the sight of blood, but she'll manage.]

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	chipswiththat 2013-06-08 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	Unless you got a better idea..? [ Wow. Wow. Really can't believe his luck here! ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

unmitigated
2013-06-08 07:07 pm UTC (link)

Sadly not. I'm a blood-giving virgin. At least when it comes to this kind. I've done the Red Cross thing... well, it doesn't matter.

I admit I'm a little weirded out, but if I were in your position I'd want help, so. Yeah. Let's do this. If we just run by a room on the way to the kitchen I'll tear up some pillow cases for bandages or something.

[Hopefully no one will get upset about this. She's not sure it's the best idea ever, but what is the alternative, let the guy be basically tortured?]

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chipswiththat
2013-06-08 07:39 pm UTC (link)

[ Someone up... down... somewhere likes him. That's the only explanation. Not even Jack, the never-ending Happy Meal offered him a snack without wanting something in return. ]

Alright... sure, let's go for it. I'm not going to turn down a square meal. [ More like an afternoon munchie but beggars can't be choosers. ] Just keep this between the two of us, alright? There are some people here who would be all too happy to stake me if they found out I was snackin' on someone.

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unmitigated
2013-06-08 07:53 pm UTC (link)

Man, am I all kinds of for that plan. I don't want to get any of my friends all up on arms, thinking this was something coerced or anything but helping a buddy out. [Which, yes, they may have a teeny right to be upset, but the situation is what it is.]

[And she did give her word, so off to the kitchen.] It's really awkward trying to think of a place to... cut. Where it won't be obvious. Elbow, maybe, if it's good enough for the donor team it's gotta be good enough for us.

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	chipswiththat 2013-06-08 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	[ Good thing the sun isn't out much right now. He's a little... jittery, keeping the blanket over his arm just in case but so far so good. ] Might want to pick a place that won't be a bother to you, love. Not a whole lot of Hello Kitty bandaids around here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	unmitigated 2013-06-10 03:29 am UTC (link)
	Right, gotcha. [Hearing what she interprets as tiny concern makes her feel better about this.] I would totally rock one of those, by the way. [Garcia pops into a room and comes out with a pillowcase, which she starts turning into long strips.] More to the point, where won't people be seeing it and asking if I subjected myself to blood donation? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-10 06:03 pm UTC (link)
	Never really had to bother with that before, to tell you the truth. Actually, I never had to worry 'bout keeping someone alive unless we were short on food. [ Wait that is not a great thing to say to dinner. ] Not that you have to worry about that, of course. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

unmitigated
2013-06-11 05:33 pm UTC (link)

[She gives him a sidelong glance, because yeah that was a not-great thing to say, but at least he realizes it was a faux-pas before she had a chance to get utterly disturbed.] Nice save.

I guess it must be weird, having to negotiate with your food before you can eat it.

[She starts wrapping one of her long strips of cloth around her bicep, because that's what they do before drawing blood. She's winging it totally.]

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chipswiththat
2013-06-11 06:53 pm UTC (link)

Unlike some vampires around here, we usually don't say please and thank you before dinner. Kind of like you people and cows, I guess.

[ Casually watching her work and wishing he had a smoke. In part he doesn't help because he thinks she'll be more comfortable doing it on her own, but there's also the matter of the chip. Let's not risk it. ]

Don't get me wrong, I like people. You make the world a whole lot better. [ Entertainment, food... and perhaps he's retained more humanity than he cares to admit. ]

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	unmitigated 2013-06-12 12:20 am UTC (link)
	[Garcia busts out with laughter. He might not realize what's so funny, but give her a second.] Sorry, but I just realized something hilarious and trust me, you're gonna laugh. Ready? Here it is: I'm a vegetarian. No joke. [She giggles a little more as they reach the kitchen.] The irony, man. It's so thick you could spread it on toast. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	chipswiththat 2013-06-12 05:07 pm UTC (link)
	You're kidding. [ And laugh he does, perhaps for more reasons than she realizes. ] This really is something... you're the second veggie muncher I meet here and you're both a lot less judgmental about my diet than most meat eaters. Who would've thought. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

unmitigated
2013-06-12 05:31 pm UTC (link)

By that description, the other one must be Rebecca. Unsurprisingly, she and I are buds. [One of the people she trusts most here, in fact.] We should all hang sometime. I bet we'd have a blast.

[But in the meantime, she's found a knife and a glass and is rolling up a sleeve and now it's... down to business. A large swallow as she places the knife on her forearm, scoring the skin (hesitation mark her way-too-vivid job training tells her, and it's so apt) but then she just grits her teeth and -- cuts. Straight across, an inch below the elbow, and it produces way more immediate bleeding than she'd thought.]

[It's not as painful as she thought it would be, however. Probably because she's a little woozy. And it is a bit messy, since she wasn't perfectly aimed over the glass. And sure is dizzying watching yourself bleed so she'll just... watch the ceiling and keep her arm on the rim of the glass.] Tell me when it's okay. And keep the comments to yourself, I'm new at this.

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chipswiththat
2013-06-12 08:17 pm UTC (link)

That's the one, yeah. Shouldn't surprise me, you lot hanging out together. [ And although he doesn't say anything, the thought of spending some time drinking with these ladies once they're out of this sewer pit is a pretty damn pleasant one.

He watches closely as she hesitates, the demon stirring in his chest at the first few drops, the rivet, the deep red and damn if he isn't transfixed, would be in full-on vamp face if he could, lips parted and wetted by a tongue that hasn't tasted blood fresh from the source since Claire left when it used to be almost every night. There's a delay in responding. At first he doesn't even realize she said anything and when he does, the answer goes against every fiber of his being. ]

That's fine. [ — no, it isn't fine and he would love for nothing more than to sink his fangs deep into her neck and suck her dry — ] Don't want you to be unwell, do we?