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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2015-06-08 16:19:00

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327 - Flood Event Mingle
[ Perhaps you're a really strong swimmer. Perhaps you've found a canoe to paddle around in, unhooked a door to recreate the ending of Titanic. Perhaps breathing isn't a necessity for you. Perhaps you're already doomed to drown. Whichever your situation, there's one thing for certain.

The rain isn't stopping. ]

((ooc: EVENT POST! Remember that death is, if not permanent, still cause for a punishment! ))

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wraith_7
2015-06-10 03:31 pm UTC (link)

[He doesn't hear her, or if he does he doesn't really process it. The glowing red eye is standing out pretty sharply in the gloom though so it shouldn't be hard to figure out who it is. He has no idea how long he's been floating here. He's soaked and freezing and exhausted. His fingers are cramping around the edge of the table but he's not about to let go of Chuck and switch hands and frankly none of that is a huge, noticeable priority right now. What's important is hanging onto her and waiting for tomorrow. Either she'll come back or she won't and that's all that matters at the moment. He hasn't cried or broken down yet because he has to wait and see until then. And anyway he's past tears at this point. Every single inch of him aches in a way he doesn't think can really be expressed or released. It's like he skipped right over that part of losing her and dove straight into agony, or something like it, the kind that's just a deep dark hole where nothing exists but them. He's functioning in the sense of being alive and breathing but he's a long way from feeling like he's actually there.]

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kitty_has_claws
2015-06-10 03:37 pm UTC (link)

[When she shifts or he does or maybe just the table does, she catches the beam of red.] Ton! [Air running takes a lot more concentration than air walking and it's concentration she doesn't really have anymore, but she does move faster toward them as other pieces of debris pass harmlessly through her on the way. She's worried about the lack of response, but she'll be there shortly, probably just a little out of breath. She calls out again.]

Are you two okay?

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wraith_7
2015-06-10 03:55 pm UTC (link)

[He shifts slightly, stiffly, hearing her this time but just as incapable of responding as before. No, no they're not okay and he really leant care enough about anything else to react just now. What's he supposed to say? Oh goody, someone to talk to, that will improve things. Normally for her he'd make an effort but today doesn't count as normally. He doesn't want to have to talk about this right now.]

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	kitty_has_claws 2015-06-10 04:14 pm UTC (link)
	[Her steps slow as she reaches them and it's not hard to see just how lifeless Chuck's body is. No shivering. No rise and fall of the chest. Nothing.] Ton. [Her voice is soft now, practically washed away by the falling rain. She crouches down beside them, still untouchable and above the rising tide.] I'm so sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wraith_7 2015-06-10 04:19 pm UTC (link)
	[He twists his head up just long enough to glance at her, then his gaze is back on Chuck.] Thanks. [Its automatic, meaningless, but who cares? He's not going to give her crap for trying even when it's so obvious how little those words do. Mostly he just wants her to go away and leave him alone.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2015-06-10 04:32 pm UTC (link)

[Her heart hurts for him. He's been such a good friend to her and she knows how devastating it is to lose someone. Him lying here with her body...it's too much, but she also can't do anything about it. She's not about to suggest moving her away.]

Can I get you anything? [She guesses the answer before she asks. She can't imagine he'd eat even if she brought him food. At this point there are no dry blankets and even if she brought it, it wouldn't be dry long. She can't do what he needs. She can't bring Chuck back or give him time to deal.

She eyes the table instead, trying to determine for herself if she thinks he's safe on it.]

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wraith_7
2015-06-10 04:46 pm UTC (link)

Kitty, I can't... [He chokes off, not even sure what he was going to say to begin with. Can't talk to her right now? Can't accept that this is happening? Can't keep it together much longer if she stays? It's easier to lock everything away when he's on his own but having someone here just opens it all back up again, makes it suddenly dangerously close and real like sharks circling. He's going to lose it if she stays. Or maybe if she goes. He doesn't know anymore.]

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	kitty_has_claws 2015-06-10 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	[She can't hug him. She can't risk unbalancing the table and she's not even tangible like this. So, she'll have to fix some of that. She let's herself go solid and drop into the water, the life jacket helping to keep her afloat as she reaches out to hold his hand.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

wraith_7
2015-06-10 05:10 pm UTC (link)

[The hand is too busy hanging on to the table for him to squeeze back but he appreciates it. He has to shut his eye, take a deep breath, choke down the emotions threatening to strangle it because he's not falling apart until tomorrow. Not until he knows. Really healthy, sure. It reminds him of the way Donos stayed functional and piloting after losing his squadron until his astromech droid was destroyed. The last member of Talon squadron. The only one he could save. Once that last little bit of hope and responsibility was gone he just turned off, stuck motionless in a hospital bed with Phanan lying about his medical condition, there and gone all at once. Sounds like kind of a nice option, frankly.]

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kitty_has_claws
2015-06-10 05:57 pm UTC (link)

[When her parents died she was on the run, homeless and scared and had to keep moving to survive. When her students died they still had a world to save...by destroying it. She shook off Rogue's comfort by phasing when the other woman tried to show her sympathy. When Reid left, she restructured the Defense Force. Anything to be doing and active and productive and not thinking about it. Not feeling everything that was ready to drag her down. She was waiting and she waited until the first day newbies returned and she listened and watched for him but he didn't show himself and she crumbled. That was Day 262. She's only starting to put herself back together 65 days later. She went through days when she wished she could just go back home even if it meant dying moments later. It just felt like where she belonged. Maybe the only place she belonged. So many times the thought of giving up felt better than the struggle. She's on the other side of that now, but she doesn't want any of that for Ton.]

She's alive. She's in that pod and she's safe. And if they don't bring her back I swear to you we'll find a way to do it ourselves.

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	wraith_7 2015-06-10 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	[He doesn't voice any of his fears, his worries that this could very well be real, that the Wardens have always lived by their own set of rules. He doesn't want her to have to lie and tell him it's going to be alright, because he really doesn't want to hear it.] I'll think about that tomorrow. [One way or another he'll know by then.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2015-06-10 06:22 pm UTC (link)

[She gives his hand a squeeze as much as she can without dislodging it from the table. She wouldn't be able to save them both if they went under now, and she doesn't want him seeing Chuck slip away like that.

She wants to ask what happened, but she doesn't. The end of the story is more important than the beginning and middle right now.]

I know. I'm here for you whatever happens. You're not alone, Ton.

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wraith_7
2015-06-10 06:30 pm UTC (link)

Yes I am. [Very quiet. Until she gets back. If she gets back. Kriff he can't think about either of those possibilities right now. Just like he can't stop looking at her, noticing very little difference between life and death on her face. She's the most vibrant, alive person he's ever met, and no matter how casually she can talk about being dead this time she really is.]

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kitty_has_claws
2015-06-10 06:43 pm UTC (link)

[She can understand that too, but it doesn't stop her heart from hurting for him. For all the great friendship and support thrown her way with Reid, there were times—more times than there weren't—where she felt alone too. And she didn't have to do this. She didn't have to hold his lifeless body knowing she couldn't save him.]

I know it doesn't feel like it, but you're going to get through this. I'll do anything I can.

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	wraith_7 2015-06-10 06:49 pm UTC (link)
	[He hates gestures of reassurance like that, and comes very close to telling her as much. They do nothing for a situation and usually only get uttered because there's nothing else to say. A Phanan with more energy or less pain might tell her that. Today it doesn't seem worth his time. Nothing really does.] Is there anywhere dry left? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2015-06-10 06:56 pm UTC (link)

[She means it. Believes it. But she knows it's not that helpful and he wouldn't be wrong to say she was running out of things to say and do, but walking away is harder. Leaving him alone feels wrong.]

The island is probably already under water. We took some of the shelters and put them over rafts. It's...drier. [Softly.] I could get you to one. [What she doesn't say—what she expects to be a non-negotiable—is that she doesn't have the strength left to move two people when one of them is dead weight. That would be a struggle under good conditions. These conditions are very far from good.]

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	wraith_7 2015-06-10 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	I'll meet you halfway. [Not like the mechanical leg can get tired after all. He can kick enough to get them closer if she can find them a raft while he does. And she's right, it is non-negotiable. He's not letting go of Chuck and if they can't make that work he'll stay here.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2015-06-10 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	What do you have in mind? [Damn her inability to read brackets even in a crisis!] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wraith_7 2015-06-10 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	[Dammit Kitty activate your friendship powers of bracket reading this is important!] If you can find us a raft I'll get us over there. Don't steal it from orphans or something, obviously. [The joke is automatic, like a recording set to play at a certain time. There's no real meaning to it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2015-06-10 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	There was still some space. You might need to share. [Probably need to share though before people were still working on getting others constructed when she left to look for other survivors. She releases his hand to start unhooking her life jacket. ~~We've reached the stripping portion of the story.~~] Wear this just in case. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wraith_7 2015-06-10 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	I'm fine. [Put your life vest shirt back on, Kitty. Save it for someone who is more concerned about what happens to them than he is.] You're tired. Keep it just in case. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2015-06-10 07:37 pm UTC (link)

You're part metal and you have to keep you and her balanced on a table while you move through a debris field. Wear it. [Pulling it off and handing it over.] I'll do what I can about clearing the path. [It's exactly because she doesn't think he's concerned that she wants him wearing it. If she goes under she's going to fight like hell to get back up. She doubts that's true of him and she doesn't want to lose him.]

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	wraith_7 2015-06-10 08:04 pm UTC (link)
	[The fact that he doesn't struggle or put up a fight over this says a lot about how he's doing just now.] I'll head towards the island. Meet you there. [Just go, let him take a real from talking or acting like it matters for a few minutes.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kitty_has_claws 2015-06-10 08:27 pm UTC (link)
	[She appreciates that even if it worries her. Closing her eyes, she focuses herself and begins to walk up out of the water.] I won't be far. [In case she needs to do anything stupid to save him from anything that might happen.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wraith_7 2015-06-10 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	[He starts kicking after her halfheartedly. It's slow going but what does he care? Anyway they're not too far from the island at this point. They can make it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)