... I asked the dorm heads if time moves while we're gone and they said no, if that helps. I know we can't really trust the shit that comes out of their mouth just yet, but.
There's no choice but to trust it. If they aren't telling the truth about that, then it was probably too late to make it back... somewhere around yesterday.
[...there's no ruling out something impossible happening. they're very good at pulling off things no one would ever expect to work. but given the odds at the point she left-
she's not going to stop being worried until she gets back.]
[that gets her a sympathetic look-- honestly, it sounds like a lot of them are in similar positions.]
Well, if you wouldn't mind giving me a hand in doing the same-- I think we all want to get out of here, and I don't think any one of you should be taking that on alone.
It's lucky and unlucky. If we're in a bad situation, I have to work twice as hard to make sure they'll be okay. [she shoves her hands in her pockets. when she shifts to look away, lucretia might notice the red marks around beau's neck - kind of in the shape of a hand.]
she glances at those marks with some concern, sort of checking to see how fresh they are and whether it looks like this just happened or not, before she answers.]
Not quite. It was more of... an expedition, that became more of an adventure than we had planned for.
Oh - shit. [and she pulls her coat closer again.] Fuck, I forgot that was still there. It's nothing. Just got into a fucking fight right before I showed up here.
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[thanks she Hates it.]
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Wait, really? I was kidding. Fuck.
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[by this point- well. that could all be past tense by the time she gets back.]
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[...there's no ruling out something impossible happening. they're very good at pulling off things no one would ever expect to work. but given the odds at the point she left-
she's not going to stop being worried until she gets back.]
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... Yeah. Yeah, same. [she scrubs at her arm, suddenly cold.] I'm gonna figure it out. I'm good at this sort of shit, unraveling things? I got it.
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[that gets her a sympathetic look-- honestly, it sounds like a lot of them are in similar positions.]
Well, if you wouldn't mind giving me a hand in doing the same-- I think we all want to get out of here, and I don't think any one of you should be taking that on alone.
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[a beat.] Sure, yeah. Me and Caleb and Molly - we're all around to make sure we get to go back after being fucking kidnapped.
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You know each other, then?
[that's good, that they're at least not here alone. however things end up going-- that probably is for the best.]
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In that case, I think you're lucky to have each other here.
[a brief pause, before she adds:]
Before I... shifted my focus to my current career, I belonged to something similar.
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It's lucky and unlucky. If we're in a bad situation, I have to work twice as hard to make sure they'll be okay. [she shoves her hands in her pockets. when she shifts to look away, lucretia might notice the red marks around beau's neck - kind of in the shape of a hand.]
Yeah? Like mercenaries, I'm assuming.
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she glances at those marks with some concern, sort of checking to see how fresh they are and whether it looks like this just happened or not, before she answers.]
Not quite. It was more of... an expedition, that became more of an adventure than we had planned for.
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Oh. So... like explorers? How many of you were there?
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she doesn't derail to ask immediately, but she is absolutely keeping that in the back of her mind.]
Explorers and researchers, yes-- there were seven of us, myself included.
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she basically goes o:]
Oh, that's how many we have too. Including me. Well - I guess. Eight, sometimes.
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[hm. does the voidfish count as an eighth for them...]
I don't often hear about other groups of that size.
[adventuring squads seem to run a little smaller, in most cases.]
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You - you could say that, yeah.
[anyway]
Usually you just see groups of four but - we all kind of just collided into each other and stuck together.
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[she watches that gesture, though, and this time she does take the opportunity to comment, pausing a moment before she asks-]
Are you all right? That certainly looks like it left a mark.
[with a brief gesture to her own neck, to indicate what she means.]
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Oh - shit. [and she pulls her coat closer again.] Fuck, I forgot that was still there. It's nothing. Just got into a fucking fight right before I showed up here.
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[asking everyone to chill is a lot, she isn't chill about it either, but. please.]
It's a relief to know that's not the case.