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alex benedetto ([personal profile] withdrawals) wrote in [community profile] irismessaging2013-06-02 08:51 am
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[ if you were expecting much to come from this current broadcast, camp half-blood, you've got another thing coming. after that "debriefing" alex just had, and her overall unfamiliarity with such "technology" as communicative necklaces... yeah, alex is a little too overwhelmed to say anything (not that she says much at all, usually) so all she's doing right now is peering curiously at the pendant.

so enjoy a few minutes of this woman frowning at you, turning this way and that as she turns the pendant in her hands.

then, finally, a sigh. ]


I must have overworked myself at Constance's...

[ because this is definitely some weird dream, right? right. ]


ACTION:
[ dream though it may be, it's definitely one... very vivid dream. and crowded, too! though that just might be because she's still in hermes' cabin, so if you happen to be around there, you can find alex sitting along the edge of a bed, keeping to herself, and frowning around at the rest of the space... nothing personal, of course. she just has no real idea, yet, what to make of all this.

in truth, she's probably still just waiting to wake up.

...

just to be sure though.

she'll give her arm a little pinch. ]
pauciloquent: (it's easier; it's kinder)

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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-01 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Out of all the people he knows who could've come here. It had to be her. Nic sees the broadcast, but answering it is too much effort. He doesn't feel like doing all that talking.

But once he's done with his routine and beating some brats around the arena (it's really not his fault they keep picking fights with him), and once he's showered after that, there's no reason not to stick his head into Hermes cabin. See if she's there. That's barely a detour at all.

So, yeah, have one familiar face, now in a garish orange t-shirt, but his tags clinking as usual.]
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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-01 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[He watches her stand up and start, tentatively. And then stop in the middle of everyone's way, staring at him like he's some kind of apparition. So he gestures at her.]

What?

[Is she coming out or is she gonna stay in there? Not that he's got any reason to talk to her if she does come out.]
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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-01 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
. . .

[Either she's gone crazy or- actually, he's not sure what else it could be. He's barely even seen her smile at him. So this leaves him a little bit dumbfounded. (Bear with him, he's been wearing camp shirts for over two weeks now. It doesn't really occur to him.)]
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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-02 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh. ...that.

He scoffs back, which is as close to him laughing along as she's gonna get. When he signs back he keeps it simple. For convenience, of course.]


I can't wear mine anymore.
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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-02 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
[He waits for her to take the place in. It's not like he's rushing anywhere. But then she reaches for him and touches him and that's a number of lines crossed and he gets even angrier over it because he noticed too late.

Nicolas bats her hand away none too gently, with a slight baring of teeth, and doesn't have an answer. It's just a realization, after all. Just a statement. No, she's not dreaming.]
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action. ...so I may have lied about just one more.

[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-02 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[It's just that brief reaction on his part. No further anger, as no further lines get crossed, and something akin to relief as it seems to drive the point home. He knows her like this. At least, a little more.

But he still doesn't do more than look on, not sure how to actually comfort her, or if he wants to. If he should. It pulled the rug out from under him, too, but all the same, what is he supposed to do? He can't make it make sense any more than she can.

Either way, he stays where he is. Surreal orange shirt, dogtags, and all, watching as she gathers up the pieces.]
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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-02 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
[He meets her eyes when she finally looks up, catching the shift from the corner of his eye. Instead of raising his hands to sign back, he gives a small shake of his head.

After a month, he's not so sure he expected anyone to come at all. Maybe Paul Klee or Galahad or some of the other twilights, if anyone.]
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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-02 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[On the one hand, he's not sure why that of all things shocks her so much. On the other hand, he knows it's... it feels odd to live alone after all these years. But he merely huffs and rolls his eyes.]

I'm fine.

[There's a few scratches on him, but that's all. Dirt on the knees of his pants that he can't quite seem to get rid of anymore. But no bandages, no stitches in sight.]
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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-02 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[There's a pause there, before he answers, in which he looks past her, then down. His hands falter for a moment, because knowing it in his head and telling someone about it are very different things.

He still answers before he's recovered enough to look at her.]


I don't need it here.
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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-02 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't seem so thrilled. To him, her reaction is almost jarring, and the frown isn't leaving his face. He shrugs, turning slightly away from her, towards the camp, and feels minutely the weight of his tags - of course he still wears them, even now. Even here, in a place where they hold no kind of meaning.]
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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-02 11:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's like suddenly having a completely different skincolor. Or maybe an even bigger change, if only for the life expectancy. Perhaps he should appreciate not being despised or looked down on on principle, but it's just one more unfamiliar thing to yank the rug out from under him.

So he thinks of something else instead, and for a wonder actually starts talking.]


I'm in cabin 5. The red one.

[He gestures over to where that's at. So she can find him. Not that they won't see each other at mealtimes, anyway.]
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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-03 10:51 am (UTC)(link)
[He shrugs. The ideas man is usually Worick, and there's only so much to be done when they're stuck in here.]

Don't walk out. The monsters they talk about are real.

[He had to go see that for himself, but now he can tell her not to try the same. She, after all, would definitely die.]
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[personal profile] pauciloquent 2013-06-04 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah.

[He kind of got mauled by one. But since people tend to make such a big deal out of it, he's kind of hesitant on showing the scars there.]

Didn't get far when I tried.

[So you might want to just not do that. He doesn't look like he's joking at all here. In fact, he looks more like it's not something he likes to admit. He's sure he could've done better than defeating only one rhino-sized hellhound.]

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