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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2015-04-27 10:05:00

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:mingle, aidan reilly, aigis, alex karev, artemis crock, carol peletier, charlotte charles, doctor facilier, haruka tenoh, ianto jones, inara serra, jack harkness, james howlett/logan, johanna mason, kanji tatsumi, kitty pryde (aoa), kitty pryde (evolution), loki laufeyson, malcolm reynolds, martha jones, nico di angelo, sarah williams, shallan davar, spencer reid, spike, tieria erde, ton phanan, wally west

Day 321 : Secret Swap Mingle
["Secret secrets are no fun, secret secrets hurt someone."

Today, secrets will be a little less secretive than usual.]

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	redclayheroics 2015-05-10 10:51 am UTC (link)
	[ And here he thought telling the story was the rough part. Not getting a response is so much worse. He shifts, uncomfortable. Swallows. ] Sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-10 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	Are you? Are you sorry you did that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2015-05-10 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Of course I am. [ He is. He really, really is. The way his voice breaks should be proof of that. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-10 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	[Nico nods. Okay. That's good.] I guess things were really bad for you back then. [He reaches to take Aidan's hand. Come here?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2015-05-10 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	They weren't great. [ He sighs, partially in relief at Nico taking his hand. ] Anyway... 's been like a year or somethin' now. I've kept to m'self since then. Figure it was better that way. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-10 09:56 pm UTC (link)
	Did anyone else know what you'd done? Would something happen to you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2015-05-11 08:35 am UTC (link)
	People knew, but... no, I don't think I'd get in trouble for that. It was a war zone. Not th' only kid that died. [ But the only one he killed and that's punishment enough really. ] Besides, I was kind of on the run already. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-11 04:32 pm UTC (link)
	Because of the rebellion thing? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2015-05-11 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	Because of a lot of things. Not so much that... stuff that happened before. With Helix. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-11 10:17 pm UTC (link)
	What kind of stuff? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2015-05-12 06:27 am UTC (link)
	That's a really long story... you sure you want to hear it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-12 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	[He gives Aidan's hand a squeeze.] If you want to tell it. I'll listen. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2015-05-13 07:03 am UTC (link)
	It's been like... four years. I tried to help Helix get out of a bad situation and now I'm pretty sure there's a kill on sight waitin' for me if I go home. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-14 12:25 am UTC (link)
	Because you helped him? How bad was bad? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2015-05-14 11:20 am UTC (link)
	Real bad. You sure you want to hear this? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-16 12:39 am UTC (link)
	[Nico nods and moves a little closer, moral support.] Only as much as you want to tell me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

redclayheroics
2015-05-16 08:36 am UTC (link)

Okay, okay... but it's pretty messy. Stop me if you're not followin' alright. [ Deep breaths. ]

Helix is an omwati. They're a... a supersmart species of alien. Good with mechanics. His home was destroyed and his people enslaved because of that an' he got... adopted I guess by this asshole. Jethro. He's th' chief of police in th' capital on th' planet I grew up on. Real piece of shit, he'd hit Helix within an inch of his life an' then have his doctors fix him right up again.

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	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-20 12:00 am UTC (link)
	[Still listening. He frowns and sucks in a breath, but doesn't say anything. Wouldn't know what to say.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

redclayheroics
2015-05-20 08:53 am UTC (link)

So... [ He sighs, rubbing his forehead. ] ...I'm gonna skip past a couple of things here 'cause it's a real long story and honestly, I don't remember half of it. 's been a long time. [ And it's full of painful memories of people being executed because of him. ]

Long story short, I helped bust Helix out. Nearly shot Jethro dead too. Safe to say, I ever show my face back there I'm a dead man.

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	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-21 03:29 am UTC (link)
	But you saved him. Even if the cost was high. [And he knows there is a lot more to the story.] You did a good thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2015-05-22 05:45 am UTC (link)
	I hope so... 'cept last I heard from Helix, he'd gone back to finish th' job without me and got caught. Thrown into jail. I dunno if I made it better or just got him in more trouble. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-22 06:36 pm UTC (link)
	[There's really no happy ending to this whole deal, is there? So he does the only thing he can think of and leans in to give Aidan a hug.] I'm sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2015-05-23 10:24 am UTC (link)
	[ Hugs usually help, doubly so when they come from Nico who isn't a notorious hugger. He squeezes back, full of gratitude. ] Thanks. It... it sucks, but that's just life I guess. Messy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	nico_di_angelo 2015-05-23 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	[Hugs are easy with Aidan. Practically natural.] Yeah. It really does. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	redclayheroics 2015-05-24 08:01 am UTC (link)
	[ And to think this whole thing started with something so simple as deducting who wants to kiss who. Huh. ] You're a good friend, Nico. I'm real glad I got to meet you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)