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Tweak says, "...and don't call me Shirley"

Illyana Nicolievna Rasputina (ex_darkchyld899) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-09-17 22:10:00

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!active, andy gallagher, day 23, illyana rasputin, location: gym, open

Day 23, Early Afternoon
Who: Illyana Rasputin and Andy Gallagher
What: Trying to feel clean
When: Day 23, early afternoon
Where: The Gym
Rating: um...PG-13, just in case.
Status: Complete

Illyana had waited until Gambit had collected Jay's burned and bloated corpse before she decided to head toward the gym. The idea of a shower, no matter how cold the water might be, was keeping her going at the moment. She had an overwhelming need to feel clean. At least, as clean as she could in a place like this. When was the last time she'd done more than splash water on her face? The fact that she couldn't remember disturbed her.

She summoned a Stepping Disc to get to the gym. After her run-in with the zombified Wolverine the day before, she didn't want to be anywhere out in the open. And she had run around the gym enough the day she'd been six that she had a good idea of where she could end up and not be in anyone's line of sight. She skirted around the areas people were hanging out, not wanting to get in anyone's way, and headed for the showers.

Ice cold water was never fun to shower in, but it wasn't as bad as it could have been today, thanks to the heat. Still, it stung a little on her exposed skin. Illyana kept her bikini on while she showered. She didn't want to accidentally give anyone a show, and given the number of people who'd found bodies when they'd woken up, she assumed there'd be a lot of people wanting showers today. Once she'd scrubbed herself down as best she could with just her hands, she turned the water off, then stepped out of the shower-area. It was hot enough that she'd dry pretty quickly without a towel. She found a spare bench to sit on, and, plopping her jeans and shirt in a pile beside her, made herself comfortable while she waited for the water to evaporate.

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ex_darkchyld899
2009-10-16 10:41 pm UTC (link)

That really did sound like Limbo, the more Andy described it. Whoever his demon was, they were very, very like Belasco, from what she could tell. "I'm sorry," she said. She sighed. She knew it wouldn't help, saying sorry. But she felt the need to do it anyway.

"Not all men are pigs," she said, continuing with his joke to try and lighten up a bit. "My brother isn't...wasn't...a pig." Well, there went that. "Piotr was one of the best men in the world."

She gave Andy a look when he commented on why she'd met Dean, but let it slide, seeing that he hadn't quite intended it to come out that way. "I heard on the journals," she said. "I'm sorry." Too many bad things to talk about today.

"If this place had decent towels, I wouldn't have to drip dry," Illyana said, making a face at him. "Room service here sucks." She rose, patting herself down to check on how dry her suit was. It would do, she guessed. "I'll be fine as I am. She offered Andy a hand up. "Let's go see if you've got a gas can, and we can work from there."

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brain_ninja
2009-10-17 03:19 am UTC (link)

At Illyana's apology, Andy shrugged. Wasn't her fault and there wasn't anything that could be done about it. It was what it was. Though, when she went back to the pig thing and tried to defend her brother only to falter slightly, Andy smirked. "You have to say that. And besides, it'd be fucked up if he was a pig to you; he's your brother." And then...it hit him what she'd said after. Why the falter the first time. She'd been changing tense. "Oh shit, Yana, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry." He paused then. "At least you can say that about your brother, though. I wish I could do the same," he sighed.

Shaking his head, Andy looked away and furrowed his brow slightly when Illyana said she'd heard about Dean and apologized again. "We weren't close or anything," he replied with a shrug. "You don't have to apologize all the time, you know," he added and then looked back up at her. "It's just me, pretty."

As Illyana stood, Andy stretched his legs out on the floor and arms up over his head before also getting to his feet, feeling a little like a pussy for taking her hand to help pull himself up. "Yeah, towels would be nice period, actually," he pointed out with a slight frown. "You should change, though...shouldn't walk around in a wet suit. Isn't that how you get, like, female problems?" He paused and then shrugged. "If you want, I know that Luna found packages of panties or whatever in the thrift shop...you might be able to find a pack if we head over."

She suggested they get going to see if he had a gas can and Andy shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other. He was torn even as he nodded and started toward the door. If they found a gas can and there happened to be gasoline left in the pumps, then she'd want to go to the Impala and pump the juice out of the battery. He was still really uncomfortable with that idea. "All right, onward, and fingers crossed, huh?" he joked feebly.

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ex_darkchyld899
2009-10-17 03:32 am UTC (link)

"Neither do you," she said, offering a smile. "Have to apologize all the time, I mean." It was funny, him telling her not to apologize right after he did it himself. It was something her Sam would do, or Dani, or Rahne. Definitely Rahne. Or...Doug. Definitely Doug.

She helped haul Andy to his feet, glad that this place hadn't sapped all her strength yet. She had to start doing something to keep herself fit, or else she'd lose her fighting skills, and that would definitely be a bad thing in a place like this. She was going soft. She scowled as he mentioned the wet bikini. "Probably not a good idea, no," she admitted. "As long as the pack's unopened, that's not too weird. I guess we can go and see." She walked back around to the side where she'd left her jeans and tank top. "Commando in the meantime, oh what fun. Just give me a sec, okay?"

She slipped behind the lockers and pulled her tank top on over her slightly damp bikini top. That, she could deal with. It was the bottoms that were the problem. Off the came, and got tucked into her pocket for the time-being. She pulled on her jeans as quickly as she could, grimacing at the scraping of fabric against sensitive skin. Sliding into her sandals, she walked back around to meet up with Andy. "Fingers crossed," she said, grinning.

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brain_ninja
2009-10-18 02:49 am UTC (link)

Andy looked back at Illyana and pulled a face. "Yeah, yeah, fair enough," he replied. She did have a point after all. He'd told her not to apologize right after apologizing to her for her loss. Sometimes apologies were too reflexive to stop from giving.

"Dude, I wouldn't suggest it if the packages were opened; that's just nasty," he laughed in response. Illyana went on to mention that she'd go commando in the mean time and Andy cleared his throat, shifting slightly in place from one foot to the other. She probably should've kept that little tidbit of information to herself, Andy thought, because it brought all kinds of mental pictures to him that he had no right to be secretly enjoying. "Yeah, no problem, take your time," he replied as Illyana slipped away.

Andy tapped out a random Jimi Hendrix tune on his thigh as he stood and waited for Illyana to change out of her bathing suit. It was, at best, fairly awkward standing there knowing that there was a hot, barely legal chick a few feet away getting naked. Cut it out. Gay porn, gay porn, gay porn, he thought at himself. No way. No way was he going to let himself go there thinking like that about Illyana. She was fucking hot and she was cool as hell, but Andy had enough on his plate already and, never mind that; she made him feel pretty emasculated most of the time, even if he knew it wasn't her fault.

After what seemed like forever and a day even though Andy knew it hadn't been more than a few minutes, Illyana came back out. He smirked and nodded, holding up his hands, all his fingers crossed. "I'm sure there'll be a pack left for ya," he teased. Then, he canted his head toward the door leading back out to the main area in the gym. "Shall we?"

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