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Andy Gallagher is not the droid you're looking for (brain_ninja) wrote in vas_captio_rpg,
@ 2009-06-17 15:14:00

Entry tags:

!dropped, !incomplete, andy gallagher, day 11, location: gym, sarah vida

Day Eleven - Afternoon
Who: Andy Gallagher and Sarah Vida
What: Taking a break from the chaos
Where: Outside the gym
When: Day 11 afternoon
Rating: TBD
Status: Incomplete, dropped

Now that the dizziness had long subsided and the pain in his leg was dull but tolerable, Andy felt the need to get out of the gym. Satisfied that Elliot and Kim were all right and Lexie was as okay as she probably could be, all things considered, he felt pretty okay with going out of the gym. They'd be all right.

It took a little effort to get around the rubble to greet the-- Oh. All right, greet the rain. But, he leaned against the side of the gym, closed his eyes, and let the rain wash over him. It felt like washing away the lasting effects of the previous day, at least a little. Andy had seen too many people in the gym in horrible shape. Even Elliot hadn't looked so hot, after the fact, but she'd been making rounds and doing her thing, looking completely unaffected. Andy needed a break; looking around at all those people injured worse than he was made him feel sick and guilty.

"Fuck," he said quietly to himself, closing his eyes and leaning his head back, letting the rain come down on his face and drip down his cheeks like tears. Someone else's tears, maybe. It was sickeningly ironic, maybe. He wasn't really sure. All he knew was that it was nice to be out of the stuffy gym surrounded by people worse off and being completely unable to do anything for any of them for his lack of knowledge.

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brain_ninja
2009-06-24 01:25 am UTC (link)

Shaking his head, Andy gave her a small smile. "No, I think everything that can be done has been...unless you've got some super secret power up your sleeve that'll heal me faster or something," he replied. "It's just annoying because the fucking thing was finally healing. I just got my stitches out two damn days ago. The dude that runs this place is a BITCH!" he replied, shouting the last word as he raised his head to look up at the sky again; as if he was addressing that person or people. After a short pause, he looked back at Sarah, pushing his wet bangs off his face. "But thanks, seriously." With that, he offered her a small smile as if to drive the gratitude home.

"To say the least," he agreed. "You should hang around more often, peaches. Last time you came 'round, we fuckin' had something decent to eat," he joked in an effort to lighten the situation a little. It was a defense mechanism. Anything Andy could do to try and lighten things up, he would. Easier to smile than to cry, after all...especially when you were a guy.

Andy's eyebrows raised slightly as she spoke and he nodded. He was glad to hear that she wasn't gonna go all crazy tree-runner-upper-wolf-throat-ripper-outer on him or anything. "You heal fast. Lucky," he teased, giving her a gentle shove with one hand on her shoulder. The latter part of her statement made him wonder if, like, he was supposed to hug her now or something. Awkward... "Yeah, I've been better myself, but I'm alive, so I can't complain too much," he replied. Then he paused. "Yeah, some--wait, what?" he asked, confused as fuck as her words actually processed in his head. "Are you saying some people died?"

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