We are the champions

[skinners_box]

Who: Everyone
When: Thursday night
Where: Station Alpha Omega
Summary: Val has given the all clear
Rating: PG?
Warnings: Eh, no idea, sarcasm and disbelief?

Just in case people want to have in person reactions to the news that they can now breathe without fear of imminent destruction.

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[harry_b_dresden]

[Harry slumps against the wall, letting out a long breath and letting himself slide down to the floor.

He lets out the kind of laugh that people always tend to have when tension, adrenaline and flight-or-fight is ripped out from under their feet. His voice sounds tired and worn]

[sufferheir]

[Harry isn't the only one feeling that way, though Karkat definitely isn't laughing. He's just completely exhausted and more than a little shell shocked. At least the danger is over, for the moment. As far as he can tell.]

[He just spots Harry down by the wall and wanders over, not saying anything at first. He crosses his arms and leans back again it, beside him. He's got blood on his clothes, but at least most of it doesn't seem to be his.]

Hey.

[harry_b_dresden]

[Harry takes a second to calm down]

H-hey. Sorry about that...adrenaline does that sometimes. [He shakes his head]

Still hanging in there, Karkat?

[sufferheir]

[IT'S OK he's understand, for the most part. Anyone could get a bit weird after a two day adrenaline high.]

Yeah well I didn't die so that's cool I guess. [He glances down at him, and then away again.] How did it go? I mean...I'm assuming well because none of us have been blasted into vapor by the millions of explosives in this place, but...

[harry_b_dresden]

[Harry chuckles, a his voice hoarse from two days of shouting and confusion]

Someday I'll get a smile, and the world will end. We did these past couple days what we've been trying for two years to manage, and it's "cool" that you managed not to die.

[He sobers up a little bit]

Went alright for me. I had to kill two. [He doesn't seem too happy about that fact.]

[sufferheir]

[Karkat nods vaguely.]

I didn't really...fight a lot. People weren't really looking at me.

[Then he sighs.]

I just doesn't feel real at all yet I guess I mean I haven't even looked at this place while not preoccupied as fuck with the fucking pandemonium that's been going on.

[harry_b_dresden]

No shame in that. There were plenty of people really eager to get to the fighting.

Well, no better time than-well, now for you. After I get some rest for me. I'm not exactly in tip top shape.

[sufferheir]

[Karkat looked at him with a bit more scrutiny.]

...Did you get fucked up, or is it just because you're tired from all the running around and screaming that everyone has been doing the last two days? Because yeah, I can associate.

[harry_b_dresden]

Magic. Wears you out like nothing else...

Last few days I've done more than most wizards do in a month. [He lets out a long breath]

At this point I'm conscious by averages.

[sufferheir]

Well, I wouldn't know, but. Good job or whatever. I saw you blow out the roof of the cafeteria that was pretty crazy.

[And to think he every argued with him about magic not being a thing he could do.]

[harry_b_dresden]

Hm. [harry slumps a bit, but rights himself, blinking] Yeah 's great.

We win. You should really be happier about that, probably.

[sufferheir]

Yeah I know. Too bad I feel like shit.

Maybe I'll feel happier about it when there aren't body parts strewn everywhere like some kind of Highblood fucking funhouse.

[He's trying to sound scathing, but it's coming off more as shaken. The kid has truly never witnessed something like this before, even as a troll.]

[harry_b_dresden]

Not that I know what a Highblood is, but I agree with you. These people just drew a bad lot...could have just as easily been one of us out here. I'm not cheering because we killed them, I'm cheering because we made it. We're alive.

And sometimes, that's something to celebrate.

[sufferheir]

[He's quiet for a long few moments, and then he loosens up slightly, relaxing at the shoulders and expression softening a little.]

I guess I didn't really think we would. So now it's just like...fuck, everything's different now. I can't believe we actually pulled this shit off.

[harry_b_dresden]

I knew we'd make it. I mean, come on, if ther'es a chance to be stupidly optimistic you know I'm going to take it. [he chuckles]

And hey. It usually works out. Funny how far a positive attitude will get you.

[sufferheir]

[He makes a quiet scoffing sound but he doesn't sound as determined about it as usual.]

Yeah, well, I'm working on it, okay. You're not the only one hassling me about that.