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Tweak says, "It's just a jump to the left!"

April Kepner (april_kepner) wrote in omega_reality,
@ 2012-08-12 17:06:00

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*complete, 2012 08, character: april kepner, character: eliot spencer, dead: nathan ford

RP: April, Eliot and Nate
Who:April, Eliot and Nate
Where: April and Eliot's room and outside
When: Sunday, August 12
Summary: April and Eliot try her powers a bit more

A few weeks had passed since Eliot first brought up flying with April, and while she was still not sure that she could ever learn how to fly, she was willing to give Eliot's ideas a try. Or at least the part of his ideas that gave them another escape route should the door out be blocked by soldiers in an attack.

In spite of that she was hesitating at the moment. Since they left the base she'd only done this a couple of times, and now that she was pregnant there was more at stake. Eliot had spoken about rigs and harnesses when they talked about it, but fact was that here the closest they got to anything that safe were the ropes and hooks that Sam had taught them to tie like a harness and given them access to when they asked. Of course the idea wasn't to rely on them, but to float, but so far April had floated from the ground up, not from the air down. She reminded herself that she'd done this before, and really shouldn't be nervous about it.

"I can't believe I'm about to jump out of our window," she said looking outside. "You're sure this thing is secure?" she asked. "I don't know if I can react fast enough to float when doing this." If she could though, she knew the benefits. They had another escape route, and would have a larger chance of keeping their child safe.

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	_eliot_spencer 2012-08-12 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	Eliot shrugged. "I keep myself occupied. I ironed things out with Savannah and the meals are changing since I'm around to keep an eye on things in the kitchen four days a week. Otherwise, I'm happy to steer clear of most everyone whenever I can. Less irritating that way." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

nate_ford
2012-08-12 07:31 pm UTC (link)

Back home, he was the loner, the one who stayed clear of human contact while Eliot still had friends from his time in the army. Here he was the one trying to make contact while Eliot stayed on his own with the exception of a few people.

It was strange how things turned around. "You won't get any lectures from me," he said. "Your wife might drag you along to meet others, however. She seems to like people."

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_eliot_spencer
2012-08-12 07:48 pm UTC (link)

"She does. It's the only reason why I'm in the common room in the evenings. I'd just as soon not bother. We're together for survival purposes, not to make friends."

Eliot's opinion was colored by the fact that, when not working, he was surrounded by those who acted like children and those who'd made it pretty clear they didn't like him. He was friendly enough to those who felt like speaking with him. Making overtures himself certainly didn't lead anywhere.

"Things have changed since the base," he added. "Since Hardison and especially Parker died."

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april_kepner
2012-08-12 08:00 pm UTC (link)

"You wouldn't bother with what?" April asked as she came into the room. "And really floating up would have been quicker."

When he mentioned Hardison and Parker though, her expression changed and she walked up to him and simply squeezed his hand.

Nate watched them, then simply said. "Forever is a long time to only survive. But I'm thinking you have at least two reasons to do more than that."

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_eliot_spencer
2012-08-12 08:14 pm UTC (link)

"And use up your energy faster," Eliot said, skipping the first question. He squeezed her hand in return, addressing Nate. "You guys don't count. Or rather, you guys are the reason for staying."

Well, there were the babies, too, and anyone else who needed his help. Then again, these folks were so trained now as units he was superfluous. Vance did right by tossing him into the office pool. Doing his own thing was probably the best for everyone - it kept him out from underfoot during the week and it was one less person they had to think about helping escape.

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