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Tweak says, "Yes. Yes. I'll marry you."

MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-01-20 08:16:00

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Day 255 — Mistletoe Mingle
[You won't hear them coming. You won't see their snare. The mistletoe bots are out and they're hunting you, two by two. You can run and you can hide, but eventually you will be caught, and then there's nothing left to do but kiss your way out!]

(OOC: Mingle until your lips are chapped! Information on mistletoe bots event.)

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	pushedback 2014-01-24 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	I think you're going to break your neck if you try. [ Note that she's not telling him to stop. Instead she folds her arms over her chest, watching him sneak around like he's a cat and the bot is a laser pointer. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wraith_7 2014-01-25 04:06 pm UTC (link)
	Might not be too bad; I don't have a metal neck yet. Might be nice to add that to the list. [He seems to feel the moment is right and leaps at the robot. It goes about as successfully as could be expected, with the mistletoe bot easily avoiding his flailing attempts to trap it and responding with a barrier of its own around them.] Oops. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-26 11:00 pm UTC (link)
	[ Being the newbie that she is, Chuck isn't fast enough to evade the bot-induced barrier — she knows what they are by now, what kind of demands they make... just not enough so to be careful around them. She turns, hands pressed against the un-budging barrier. ] Oh no! No, no no... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wraith_7 2014-01-27 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	[Phanan pokes the barrier, artificial finger bouncing right off it. He looks utterly unapologetic about all this.] In my defense, who could have predicted trying to capture one would go wrong like that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-27 04:17 pm UTC (link)
	I think everyone could've predicted that. [ A raised brow. Then again, she didn't exactly keep her distance either. Hngh. ] Okay... I guess there's only one thing we can do to get out of here, huh? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wraith_7 2014-01-27 05:01 pm UTC (link)
	I maintain my innocence, and am deeply shocked and offended that you would say such a thing. Explosives and a plan that's just too crazy to fail? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-27 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	Only if you prefer to be splattered against the pavement to- [ And from above, a happy chirp of "Kiss!" ] ...to that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wraith_7 2014-01-27 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	I think it would probably be rude of me to go with the explosions. [He has a distinctly nervous air under the sarcasm, and stuffs his hands semi-casually in his pockets when he notices they're shaking.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-27 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	[ You know what? She's actually picking up on that nervousness, in part because she's not exactly cool as a cucumber herself. Kissing in itself is a nice enough concept and she sure has a lot to catch up with, but she was kind of hoping it would be with Ned. Not with 40 of her fellow inmates. ] ...Are you okay? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

wraith_7
2014-01-27 08:54 pm UTC (link)

[First time he's done this in the five yet since he woke up in a hospital with half his body missing along with any shot at a future and he's absolutely not poorly adjusted or emotionally wrecked from all that at all totally fine thanks for asking lets just keep lying about everything no need to panic just because this is the first this even approaching romantic contact he's had since then.

Admittedly he has a few issues.]

More excited than an Ewok faced with a group of stormtroopers to attack with primitive weapons, thanks for asking. Please excuse me while a briefly violate your personal space at the request of this shouting droid. [A kiss that is just long enough not to be rude but also short enough to prevent any more of said nervousness.]

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leaving it open for a mega bot if you want to torment him. If not, carry on!

pushedback
2014-01-28 01:19 am UTC (link)

[ She's about to say something about how she didn't understand any of that but then he's kissing her and that kind of derails every thought in her head. Not a lot of that in her life. Not until today, not since she was eight between her dad dying and the contraceptive braces and then not being able to touch the man she loves. Plastic wrap is great, but it's not the same as a real person and she can't keep herself from lifting a hand, lightly placing it against his cheek.

It's just a forced kiss induced by sadistic robots, but it still gives her a tingle. ]

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I love how you think. Also these threads are beautiful

wraith_7
2014-01-28 02:07 am UTC (link)

[He probably would have felt better knowing he's not the only one freaking out about this, but right now Ton is just as interested in the hand on the remnants of his face as he is on the kissing. People don't do that to him, not anymore, and he is just so kriffing lonely and the last thing he wants to do is let something like this get into his head. Its nice though, when he does manage to ignore all the other factors. Its nice to be kissing someone, even if its just like this.

He's feeling slightly dazed and then, just when he thinks he might be able to escape all this with some dignity, the bot starts up again. "Kiss longer!"]

Um.

[Articulate. Well done. He gives her a questioning look, a this is okay, right? sort of expression.]

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ngl I ship it a bit

pushedback
2014-01-28 09:43 am UTC (link)

I didn't even know they did that... [ She sighs and then shrugs, giving him a little smile. Not much they can do, right? So she follows up that sighing and shrugging with leaning in again, eyes closed and arms sliding to rest around his shoulders. This time she pushes into it, adds heat and want partially to give those damn pervy bots the show they're asking for and partially because with her eyes closed like this, she can pretend he's someone else.

Not because of him. Because of Ned. Ned, the one person in the entire world she can't touch, Ned who brought hugs by proxy and plastic wrap and carefully constructed rules and contraptions into her life. Ned who she loves so much but who also pushed her into holding another mans hand just so she could pretend it was his. Prosthetics that time too, not that she minds or even really notices.

She presses herself close to him, a needy little noise slipping past her lips. Twenty years is a long time to wait. ]

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I know right?

wraith_7
2014-01-28 01:16 pm UTC (link)

[He sighs, a quiet, happy little sound as her arms wrap around his shoulders. People don't touch him, not anymore. It runs the spectrum from being revolted to being worried he won't want anything else invasive on top of all the cybernetics but either way the end result is the same. And right now they're basically strangers getting yelled at by a really weird robot and she doesn't even seem to care and if he weren't kissing her he would probably say thank you.

His own hands - one real and one that just looks real - find her waist, keeping her close and loving every warm inch of physical contact. As for the kissing it's needy and a little desperate and every bit as good as he remembers it being once upon a time. He's not going to interrupt it to ask, but its pretty obvious he's not the only one going through something here and he's abruptly grateful for that because it makes it easier to do this without caring about it being awkward or worrying that he's getting too into it. He can just enjoy it.]

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pushedback
2014-01-28 04:14 pm UTC (link)

[ She doesn't know how long they've kept it up. Long enough for confetti to pop and for robots to zoom off looking for new victims, that's for sure. It's so easy to get wrapped up in the sensation of actual physical contact that she nearly forgets herself, nearly lets thoughts to the surface that has no place there — about how she wishes that this was Ned, which isn't fair to the man she's actually with right now, but also how she wishes she'd ended up in this place before Ned brought her back. Maybe then it would've been easier. Maybe then she could stay like this, have an adventure, kiss boys without feeling like she's betraying the love of her life.

It's a scary and surprising thought, one that finally makes her pull back but not away, hands still resting on his shoulders. She bows her head, hair falling forward to conceal her burning cheeks. She's out of breath, blood thudding thickly in her veins. ]

Sorry... sorry. I didn't mean to... well. Get carried away.

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wraith_7
2014-01-28 10:12 pm UTC (link)

[Phanan's not too stupid or caught up in his own mess to notice how upset she seems but he never knows how to talk about these things. He tends to just hide his own depression, loneliness and more than occasional thoughts of death behind all that insanity and sarcasm so he doesn't have to figure out how to express them to other people and he's not about to start now. He does let some of it crack through the mask he usually forces himself to wear and show on his face though, all anxiety and hurt around the metal. This was nice, in a weird way, and he doesn't want to make it bad. Also, was the confetti really necessary?]

We don't have to talk about it or anything, you know. It can just be a thing that happened. [Its so rare that he's serious it sounds like a stranger speaking.]

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pushedback
2014-01-28 10:35 pm UTC (link)

[ She stays close for a moment longer, leaning forward until her forehead rests against him. Sniffles some. She's not crying, but she kind of wants to. It's been a long... forever and although she's always been a big advocate for hugs, she didn't realise just how powerful a catharsis physical contact can be. ]

Hmn... [ With that she lifts her head to look at him, forcing a smile. ] Thank you.

[ She reaches up to pluck some confetti out of his hair before pushing herself up on her toes, planting a soft kiss on his cheek. Perfectly platonic. ]

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wraith_7
2014-01-28 11:57 pm UTC (link)

[For a moment he just holds her, silently enjoying how good it feels. He wants to ask about the sniff, to find out just why this meant so much to her but he's scared to ask and even more scared he might have to answer similar questions about himself. The kiss on his cheek is unexpected and sweet and he smiles, slowly slipping those defenses back up into place because that's the only way he can get by.]

The confetti sort of seems like overkill, huh?

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pushedback
2014-01-29 01:28 pm UTC (link)

[ If he did ask, she'd tell him the whole depressing story because it was never a secret. Hell, she's spilled her guts to enough people by now that she's almost surprised there's anyone left who doesn't know, but now doesn't seem like the right time to spontaneously start talking about her situation. There's something quiet and unspoken. She didn't miss that this affected him as much as it did her. ]

Tell me about it! [ She exclaims in a half-laugh, maybe to outweigh the gravity of the situation. ] It's just a kiss, no need to put on a parade!

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	wraith_7 2014-01-30 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Well frankly I think most occasions call for a parade so I'm probably not a very good judge of that. [He's just a little too cheerful and snarky too, overcompensating a bit for the situation. Another quieter, more real smile, the kind that you don't see too often on his face.] For example, I think we're probably friends now. That's parade worthy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-30 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I suppose we are. [ And she could certainly use more of that around here. Especially with how they keep disappearing on her. ] Either I've been missing out on a lot of parades lately, or you don't make all that many friends. [ Softly. Inquisitively, maybe. She's not out to make him feel bad. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wraith_7 2014-02-02 01:03 am UTC (link)
	Well to be fair I haven't been here long. [He makes impressions on people, certainly, but perhaps not friends. He's a got a few at home, including the bestest best friend ever but its all starting over here.] How about you? Social life much? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-02-02 01:14 am UTC (link)
	Here? I try, but people keep disappearing on me. [ Huff. ] Back home... well. I guess I don't have that many friends back home either. Olive, Emerson... Ned. Pretty sure Digby doesn't count. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wraith_7 2014-02-03 02:21 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I've heard they do that. I've got friends on my squadron but we don't get out much. [12 good friends, actually, which is sort of pleasantly surprising when he stops to think about it. Also he noticed that weird pause in front of Ned's name and you shall receive one skeptically cocked eyebrow for it.] Why doesn't Digby count? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-02-03 09:43 pm UTC (link)
	[ Ned the boyfriend she can't touch who also killed her father, apparently. It's too long and depressing a story right now. ] Digby's a dog. I'm pretty sure dogs are friends with everybody. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)