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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2014-11-03 17:28:00

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:mingle, bonnie bennett, charlotte charles, doctor facilier, duo maxwell, euphemia li britannia, gwen cooper, kanji tatsumi, nathan harris, nico di angelo, rose, spike, veronica mars, yuuri shibuya

Day 296 — VR MarinaNova — After the doors close
[Maybe you saw a glowing door open and avoided it or maybe you have no idea anything just happened, but you know something is up now because everything just went dark. Seriously dark. No ambient light of any kind. The kind of dark that makes you wonder if something's wrong with your eyes. Oh, and there's a siren going off from the speakers on the floating island. Don't worry, that will end in about thirty minutes, but you're not so lucky when it comes to the dark.

The kiosk was open earlier, but it's gone dead now and the maintenance bots are in the same condition. As a bonus some people are missing too! Welcome to Day 296.]

(OOC: This mingle is for those who did NOT go through the doors. EVENT INFORMATION)

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nico_di_angelo
2014-11-06 01:54 am UTC (link)

[The siren has already given him a headache. He'd like to hide up under his covers to block the sound, but he doesn't want to be anywhere indoors in this dark. Too risky. He's already disoriented and gotten himself lost a few times now. He's not sure what wall he's got his hand on now.

He perks at the sound of a voice - some other sound that isn't the wail of the siren. Someone not too far ahead, by the sound of it.]

Hello?

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	sobloodywelsh 2014-11-07 05:37 pm UTC (link)
	[Cutting through the Darkness is a voice she know she has heard before,but no face comes to mind. Stretching out her arm in the darkness she tries to find something to hold on to away from the wall. She finds nothing. Turning back into the farstretched inky vastness she calls back.] I'm here! Are you alright? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-08 12:44 am UTC (link)
	[He slowly moves toward the sound of her voice, his feet shuffling on the ground, and his hand dragging on the wall, as if he's afraid to lose full contact with either one. He's never been lost in the darkness; he doesn't want this to be that time.] I'm okay! Are you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sobloodywelsh
2014-11-08 01:06 am UTC (link)

I'm fine!

[There was too little sound. In the night, when you wake up, drowsy and with your body heavy with sleep, there is always sound. Perhaps traffic. Perhaps the pipes in your home, perhaps just the wind in the trees. Here there is nothing and Gwen is so frightened she can taste cold copper in her mouth. Stretching out into the darkness she fears and hopes for some sort of contact.]

I'm going to stand still so you can reach me alright? Just.. Keep going toward me! I'm Gwen Cooper, who are you?

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	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-08 06:31 am UTC (link)
	Okay... [He keeps moving, inching along the wall.] Nico. di Angelo. You made a broadcast when you first arrived, didn't you? I think I remember you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sobloodywelsh 2014-11-08 10:22 am UTC (link)
	I did... Yes I did! [Hand stretched out into the darkness she longs for someone to meet it and fears it so bad she's in a cold sweat.There is something about this darkness that takes her back to waking up in her bed as a child, when stories are wide awake in thr back of your head but you are almost sleeping] Aren't you that boy? The young one? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-08 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	I'm fourteen! [Not that young. Come on! He's close now. A few more steps, and she's got to be right in front of him. He tentatively reaches out to find her, and feels something that isn't wall.] Is that you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sobloodywelsh 2014-11-08 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	[Youngest grown up she's ever heard of. Gwen feels something brushing her fingertips and even though she has been readying herself she still flinches and gasps before stretching out and grasping the hand in the dark.] It's me. [laughter, relief] Hello. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-10 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	[He has an aversion to touch, but he bites his lip and doesn't jerk his hand away. He needs to not be alone more than he needs not to touch someone. He lets her have his hand.] Hi. Don't suppose you know what's going on? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sobloodywelsh 2014-11-17 01:52 pm UTC (link)
	[Gwen holds on for dear life. In the dark she can not tell whether or not this is alright by him, and frankly, she just needs to know that the dark isn't eternal.] No. The lights just went out and I haven't been able to find anyone. I want to get up high, maybe there's a light that can be spotted if I get higher up. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-17 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	[Go up high in the pitch black. That sound perfectly reasonable and safe.] How do you plan on getting up high? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sobloodywelsh 2014-11-18 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	I don't know. I've been sort of wondering around looking for a drainpipe or something. Or another person. I've found a person, now I need something to climb on. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-19 01:12 am UTC (link)
	Without getting killed? [He sighs. He could probably shadowtravel them onto a roof. It would be tricky. He has no idea where they are, or how high the nearest building is. But maybe safer than trying to scale one?] I might have a better solution, if you don't mind freakish transportation powers? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sobloodywelsh 2014-11-22 06:32 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry, did you say transportation? [A look of shook an awe is awarded no one but the darkness] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-22 08:11 pm UTC (link)
	Um, yeah. [There's a hitch of hesitation. People have been pretty accepting of what he can do - some even enthusiastically so - but he's still never quite sure when there will be that one person who won't be.] I can move through shadows. I can't gauge exact distances in the dark like this, but it has to be safer than trying to climb up drainpipe. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sobloodywelsh 2014-11-22 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	[It sounds odd to her. Usually there's a device. Usually there is some form of ... Something. Alien technology she gets. Aliens she gets. This... Maybe he is an alien. Although now she does not want to ask.] Well you've got nothing but shadows now. Sounds good. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nico_di_angelo
2014-11-22 09:41 pm UTC (link)

[Pro-tip: Don't accuse him of being an alien.

He readjusts their hands, so he's got a good grip on hers, and moves in a bit closer. He's never lost anyone in the shadows, and he doesn't plan on her being the first. He imagines it would be an awful lot like this - endless dark forever.]

It's not very pleasant. You'll feel some pressure, and your ears might pop. Good news is, we're already in the dark, so no need to adjust to that. Don't let go, no matter what.

[It's best, he thinks, to jump to the top of the building they're clinging to. He just wishes he knew how many stories up to go. He doesn't have to step into a shadow - they dissolve where they stand.

And reappear roughly ten feet above the roof of the building - not that they can see it. It's ten feet of Oh shit! before his whole self hits whatever broken glass and gravel hell they make roofs from.] Ow...

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sobloodywelsh
2014-11-22 09:49 pm UTC (link)

[Darkness. There is only Darkness. And something moving in the Dark. They are moving in the dark. Gwen clings to his hand in frightened desperation as the safe facade of the house disappears from her. It had not been safe a moment ago, but as she is squeezed through nothing it seems like the safest thing there is.

They are falling and Gwen thinks, panic rising in her chest as a wild beast, that she would rather be dead than this.Then her elbow explodes into red hot pain, greeting the ground first before the rest of her body.]

Oh bloody fucking bastard!

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	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-23 03:01 am UTC (link)
	Sorry. I'm sorry. [He groans and tugs his hand free of hers, because he's sure she wants nothing to do with him now. He has no way of knowing if the curse is just a curse, or directed at him. He pushes himself up and makes sure nothing of him is broken. There are going to be bruises for sure.] Are you okay? [Was that a dumb question?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sobloodywelsh
2014-11-23 03:44 pm UTC (link)

It's... It's alright...

[The recently freed hand wraps around her elbow, estemating damage. It hurts. It really hurts. But it isn't broken. She can sort of move it, although it's painful, but movement is there. Breaking into a cold sweat, in that way pain makes you afraid of your own ability to feel hurt, she sits up.]

I hurt my arm, but I think I'm alright. That was... Quite the experience.

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nico_di_angelo
2014-11-24 01:07 am UTC (link)

I usually have more control over it. [The wailing siren and the headache it had brought didn't help, nor had getting turned around while wandering blind. Traveling through the dark wouldn't normally be so difficult. Then again, normally there is some light to aid the shadows.

He stands up, and it hurts all over, and his left foot protests. He hopes that won't be a problem later. His eyes strain to see anything in the dark around them.]

I don't see anything yet...

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	sobloodywelsh 2014-11-30 11:15 am UTC (link)
	[Using her other arm Gwen presses to her feet. No. The Darkness does seem just as compact as before. Dissapointment wells up inside her as she sighs.] No. Me neither, I figured that if there were some light then maybe we could... Find someone. You know? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2014-11-30 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	[He draws in a breath, and lets it go as a sigh. He hadn't set his hopes up for anything. That's a mistake he tries to avoid. But it would have been nice to see something. Some payoff for the pain of getting up here.] Well, keep your eyes open. There's got to be someone out there who was smart enough to get a hold of a flashlight. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sobloodywelsh
2014-12-01 12:09 am UTC (link)

I should have gotten one. I always had one at home, in case the lights go out you know, or if someone broke in. One of those heavy police ones.

[This is a grim outlook indeed. Or well. Not much of an outlook. Barely a look. It's so DARK. Everything feels eternal and yet so narrow that anything could kill her. As if there was a monster in the dark.]

It's so stupid. It's like I expected nothing else to hurt me. After I was put here. What more could happen.

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	nico_di_angelo 2014-12-01 06:01 am UTC (link)
	Police? [He gropes blindly for the lip of the building, for something solid to lean up against and take some of the weight off his foot.] What did you do back where you're from? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)