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Savannah Monroe (savannah_monroe) wrote in omega_reality,
@ 2013-02-24 15:00:00

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*complete, 2013 02, character: brian o'conner, character: savannah monroe

RP: Savannah and Brian
Who: Savannah and Brian
Where: Safe house
When: Sunday, February 24, 2013
Summary: Savannah talks to the new guy

Sunday dinners were not exactly Sunday dinner when there was no kitchen, no heat, no real dinner, and no family since most of the family was flying across country at the moment The fact didn't depress Savannah. It only meant that she had to redirect her attentions.

She spent the time playing with the kids, talking to just about everyone. There were a few exception, because she didn't consider talking to either of the Hammond twins as real talking. They just said polite things that usually meant that they thought she was an idiot. She wasn't, and she knew very well what they thought. It didn't stop her from trying, though, or from speaking to Travis who was very nice.

There was one person she hadn't really spoken to. The man had barely just arrived, and things were not as organized as they used to be. It was the problem when you had thirty people living in a room. Not being the subtle type, she followed him when he went outside.

"I wouldn't walk you too far. There are plenty of booby traps," she said with a smile. "I'm Savannah, not that they haven't told you, but I know it can be a bit overwhelming trying to remember everyone's names. If you're gotten over the whole 'I'm in a different dimension' thing. Are you? I wouldn't blame you if you weren't. It took me forever. Well not forever, because we're here, but a good month, a suicide attempt and turning into water. It was all really eventful so I wouldn't blame you if you were still stuck on that part. And I'll stop now and you can answer any part of that you like. They tell me I talk a lot, but with the people around here, if I don't talk, every discussion would feel like a police interrogation, not that I've ever done one, but I can imagine. It'd be like every discussion between these guys."

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blueeyedbuster
2013-02-28 01:20 am UTC (link)

"I see how it is. When you said 'thank goodness for a normal person', you were just joshing," he teased in return. "The only Greek words I know are gyro, feta, and souvlaki." Brian laughed. "What I said, however, is the language of the greasemonkey, a language that is only as irrelevant as your need to keep a car in working condition or better. The block and piston rings are parts of the engine. Torque is how much force is needed to make something turn on it's axis."

Brian's look was rather wolfish, even if he was only teasing, as he followed her gaze to her belly. "I know how friendly could happen anyway," he suggested, thinking about the few occasions Mia had been willing during the later weeks. But Savannah didn't seem to be as big as Mia had been, so he wasn't sure if she was as far along as her words suggested. For a moment, he hesitated about naming her. But, even his counterpart -- and wasn't that a weird pill to swallow -- had known the Torettos. At home it was well known the three of them were traveling together. "Mia. Her name is Mia. And she'd kick my ass for getting that friendly," he added with a laugh.

"Well, if you don't need me, I guess I can be getting on my way." Snorting Brian shook his head. "Oh wait. You don't need me, but you do need my cooperation. If you didn't, I wouldn't be here. Like I said, I've played this game before. And, while that--" he waved a hand at her, even though she wasn't fire any longer "--may be cool and all, other than convince people the sci-fi shit could be real, it doesn't do much else. You just told me you fought it for a month and tried to kill yourself. You know from experience being drugged and taken at gunpoint makes people suspicious. It's never going to change as long as your people do business this way."

Brian knew what the reverse was, knew what having nothing, being 'hungry', was like. From the sound of it, he knew better than she did. She hadn't experienced it until she got here, if he was reading the implications right. But, Brian had lived it for longer than she had probably been alive. He'd been the guy on the outside looking in.

Right up until Dominic Toretto had shown him what he was missing...then invited him to have a part in it.

"You're a mother. Maybe you'll understand it better this way. Team, friends, I'm all about that. But, I have a family. I have a child I promised myself I would never abandon. It's not that I don't appreciate what you're offering. And for someone else, maybe it is what they need. But, family means something very specific to me. It's Mia and our child, her brother, our crew. It doesn't matter how many dimensions are between us. That's my family." Whatever alliances or, even friendships, he might make here, his true family, getting back to them, was his number one priority. Period.

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savannah_monroe
2013-02-28 01:46 am UTC (link)

"I totally was not," she said with a grin. "And I know those words, too, so great, and I had a brand new Prius, so keeping the car in good working condition meant bringing it to Toyota and ask what time the car would be ready. It was very expedient," she said, giggling. "Travis is more than mechanic here. You should talk to him for someone who speaks your language."

Savannah snorted. "Sorry, but that friendly isn't going to happen now or before. I did mention that I was a virgin, yes?" Her expression softened as he mentioned her name. "Mia, that's a very nice name, and good for her. My idea is that you can look all you want, but that's where it stops."

She chuckled. "I don't need you to become part of my family, but yes, I know what you means." Savannah sighed. "It wasn't like this for a while, you know? People would swap with their counterpart, so there was no issue about being there two of you here, and when we found them, we gave them the option of coming with us or going elsewhere and we'd give them money and ID. Some people have left in fact. We just can't risk it anymore. I mean, it seems like you could run from what Travis said, but not everyone would be able to stay off the grid, and if we found you, the government might as well."

She nodded. "I get it, Brian, and I'm not blaming you. Family is important, and I'll do what I can to help you to get back to them. I... my parents stopped talking to me because I moved to a non Christian school. I had to make my own family after that. I'm not saying that this is the same, and I'm not saying for a single moment that you should replace them, but maybe with time, you can add to that family." She squeezed his arm. "But I do get it that no one can take their place, and I'll be here when you need a shoulder to lean on. We'll get you back to them."

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