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Tweak says, "I've got Go-Go Gadget arms!"

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

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:mingle, aidan reilly, aigis, artemis crock, charlotte charles, doctor facilier, euphemia li britannia, harry kim, haruka tenoh, iknik varrick, inara serra, james howlett/logan, kanji tatsumi, kitty pryde (aoa), kitty pryde (evolution), leia organa, lyle dylandy, nathan harris, nico di angelo, pavel chekov (au), piper halliwell, rebecca crane, rose, sam winchester, shallan davar, sougo okita, spencer reid, spike, tieria erde, ton phanan, verity willis, wally west

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 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)

	kitty_has_claws 2015-06-11 12:13 am UTC (link)
	[Kitty stops in their journey just about the time she sees a bright ball of light up ahead. She heard a deep voice in the distance, but can't make it out, so she checks the network. What the actual hell?] Let's hang back. [Until she's relatively sure that kid isn't going to fry everyone.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	wraith_7 2015-06-11 12:26 am UTC (link)
	[Fine. Whatever. He's still not really focusing on anything but Chuck. The light in the sky doesn't even get a second look. He's going to let her handle this situation for now.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

kitty_has_claws
2015-06-11 01:31 am UTC (link)

[She tenses, watching the display before her, considering trying to stop him, but it seemed like the activity was contained away from others. And then there was a large boat with enclosed areas. Some place that would really be dry. Well, no more than damp. It wasn't sinking...yet?] Let's check it out. [She knows Ton wouldn't be in the exploring mood. She's not really either, but if she can get them inside then she won't have to worry about him slipping into the water. She hopes. Some days you just have to put your faith in the mysterious, magically appearing ship.]

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wraith_7
2015-06-11 01:38 am UTC (link)

[Alright, it's weird, and so is the fact that they start levitating up to the boat. That's definitely weird. Normal everyday Phanan would be having a field day with this. Instead he just hangs on until suddenly they're laying one the deck, or whatever it is considering it seems to be made out of buildings. Even the table is still here but he doesn't move to let go of it. Maybe it's shock or the fact that he's too far gone past anything to care, to think about letting go or getting somewhere dry and out of the rain. He's shivering frantically after so long in the water and still clinging to Chuck and the kriffing table that got her stuck in the first place.]

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kitty_has_claws
2015-06-11 01:55 am UTC (link)

[She did not expect the levitation. She tenses as he manages to ensnare her even in her phased form. Magic is the worst sometimes. Still, it's taking her exactly where she intended the three of them to go and it's a lot easier than trying to climb aboard. She tries to take in the surroundings. Rain is still coming down on them out on the makeshift deck, but she gets to her feet and phases her head into the structure on top. It's dark inside, but it's also dry. Well, damp, but there's no rain. Maybe she could even find blankets? That might be too much to hope for as she rubs her arms and heads back to Ton.]

Can you pick her up? It's dry inside there.

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wraith_7
2015-06-11 12:02 pm UTC (link)

[He moves on autopilot, knuckles craving and popping stiffly as he lets go of the table. He's not like Kell or Donos who blame themselves for every death in their proximity. Trying to get that table put had been the right call based on the situation at the time. He doesn't feel like it's his fault she died, just empty without her there. It's still hard to let that stupid table go though. It's the thing he's going to blame if he has to pick.

And yeah, he can carry her. Metal legs don't get tired so even if he is wobbly he can still stand and pick her up in his arms. Normally this is the point where she'd laugh but obviously that's not happening right now. He only stumbles a little bit as he follows Kitty inside.]

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kitty_has_claws
2015-06-11 12:45 pm UTC (link)

[Everything that was in the building Yuuri raised is still more or less inside, but it was jostled to the point of things being overturned and scattered. There's also not a lot of light inside without the power to the building. And while Yuuri removed the bulk of the water it's not like all the moisture is gone so any hope she had of dry blankets is quickly evaporating (unlike the rain). She feels a curtain, wondering if it would be helpful as she pulls it back to let more light inside.] There's a couch. [It's even upright.] It'll be damp. [But it might be as good as they're getting.]

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wraith_7
2015-06-11 02:03 pm UTC (link)

[He'll take it. Everything is damp right now after all. He collapses on the couch, pulling Chuck against his side. She could almost be asleep except that everything about her is different now. He's always noticed that, how death can make someone look like a stranger. In holofilms tragic novels they'd say it looked like she could be sleeping but in his experience it never does.]

Thanks. You okay? [He's talking because he's supposed to, because it's expected. Not because he wants to. There is room for her to sit on the end of the couch though.]

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kitty_has_claws
2015-06-11 02:11 pm UTC (link)

[Kitty opts to half lean, half sit on the arm of the couch instead and nods.] I'm fine. [Just exhausted, cold, wet, hungry, and worried about her friend and everyone else out there.

She thinks about the life jacket Ton's wearing and how she needs to get it to someone more in need or start air walking people onto the ark, but she's worried about leaving him even if he should be physically safe as long as this giant art project of the kid's doesn't start sinking. She could also use the rest so she doesn't become one of the people in need of a rescue.]

I don't think I'm going to be able to find anything dry for warmth. I could pull the curtains down for you if you want.

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wraith_7
2015-06-11 02:39 pm UTC (link)

[Luckily they think along the same lines and when he catches her glancing at his life jacket he figures it out, tugs it off and tosses it to her. He knows she's got rescuing to do. But she also looks as tired as he feels, even though he knows there's no way he's falling asleep.] Get one for yourself, too. [He doesn't care if she finds anything to use as a blanket or not but just telling her to rest for a bit isn't going to work. He's not up to being sneaky but it looks like he'll have to be.]

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kitty_has_claws
2015-06-11 02:51 pm UTC (link)

[She sees what he's doing there. She's touched that he'd have any energy to worry about her right now and maybe the weight of that is what convinces her to comply even if it's just for a little bit. She gets up to pull a couple of curtains down, covering him up with one, before sitting down on the couch properly and covering herself with the other. She reaches out to rest on his arm. It's not a lot of comfort, but there's not a lot he'd take right now. At least she wouldn't if she was in his situation.]

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wraith_7
2015-06-11 03:03 pm UTC (link)

[He shifts his legs a bit to let her get more comfortable. The blanket is cold and clammy but rather better than nothing. He's beyond exhausted but he knows he won't be able to sleep. He's going to be here if - when, it has to be when - Chuck comes back. And for all he didn't want to deal with Kitty at first he has to admit this makes things just a tiny bit better. He doesn't really want to talk about it but he does anyway.] Do you really think she'll wake up?