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waywardnoblet in beyondtherift

the noise and confusion

Jul 25, 2009 18:25

Chuck had never been in an explosion before. He had a dream, once, in which his wife exploded, but dismissed that as nothing more than a silly nightmare brought on by some late night Thai. He would never want his wife to explode! Why would he want that? He loves her. That's why he married her. Anyway, it was a thoroughly unpleasant dream, filled ( Read more... )

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crashiscoming July 26 2009, 03:32:58 UTC

Scout's been skipping through Grant Park. She has been working out her worried issues, mostly by killing people. She's sated, for now, but she's incredibly gleeful.

She bops right up to Noblet and pulls vigorously on his sleeve. "BANG BANG!" she shouts in his face (or, as close as she can yet. She's kind of tiny). "BANG BANG BANG!"

waywardnoblet July 26 2009, 03:39:50 UTC

Chuck jumps.

"JESUS, Jerri! What the hell - yoooooou're not Jerri."

Uh. Ooookay.

"What do you want?"

crashiscoming July 26 2009, 03:51:26 UTC

Scout looks confused. "Jerri?" she demands. "Not Jerri, who?"

And then he asks a question. "Have what want, yeah, yeah? Haaaave." Wait until Noblet discovers her spelling, much less the way she talks.

waywardnoblet July 26 2009, 03:58:17 UTC

Obviously, Chuck thinks, this woman must be from another country. Her English is terrible.

"I'm sorry, I only speak English. Because this is America."

crashiscoming July 26 2009, 04:27:26 UTC

Scout's not offended by anything Chuck has said, mostly because she doesn't really understand anything. So instead she just grins broadly at Noblet. If he looks closely, he will notice there's some pink stuck between her teeth. Whoops. Someone didn't brush after eating a bit of a victim.

"Not America," she giggles. "Chicago, yeah?"

Geography is another point she's not so strong on. Oh Scout.

waywardnoblet July 26 2009, 04:47:12 UTC

He notices the pink, but dismisses it as some stray lipstick. If this woman is anything like Jerri - which Chuck thinks she is - it's probably just lipstick. Or candy.

"Chicago is in America. Where are you from?"

Waaaaaaait a minute.

"Did - this is Chicago? This city. Right here. The one I'm standing in. Chicago?"

crashiscoming July 26 2009, 04:59:14 UTC

Scout blinks at Noblet. Oh no. Another dumb one? Why is Chicago filled with the dumb ones?

"From Chicago," she says. "Duh. Dumb?"

And then she rolls her eyes. "Dumb," she confirms. "Yes, Chicago. Here. Chicago. Here. Duh."

waywardnoblet July 26 2009, 05:11:54 UTC

This is a very dumb one, we're afraid. Noblet's possibly as dumb as they come.

"Dumb? Me? Oh, I'm sorry, I thought maybe you were the dumb one, what with the not talking in complete sentences and all. How the hell did I get to Chicago?"

That last part is rhetorical. He shakes his head. "No. You're probably lying to me. You look way strung out."

crashiscoming July 26 2009, 05:42:17 UTC

Scout just glares at him. "Not dumb," she growls. "DUMB!" she prods him, pretty hard, in the chest.

"Rift," she says. "Hole, yeah? Go through, WHOOSH. Here. Chicago. No more family, yeah? No more Mattie." She pauses, thinking. "No Geoffrey," she points out helpfully. Just to use an example that will make sense to him.

"NOT LYING!" she glares. "Lying bad." And while Scout knows technically she is a fundamentally bad person, she doesn't give a flying fuck. He doesn't need to know she killed a guy (despite the fact that she's kind of covered in blood).

waywardnoblet July 26 2009, 13:33:24 UTC

Blood, ketchup... we all have different names for things.

Chuck stares at her, brows furrowed behind his glasses. Years of dealing with Jerri have at least proven a little useful - he sort of understands what Scout just said.

And he does not like the sound of it.

"I fell through a rift, and now I'm here in Chicago, and Geoffrey's not."

Confirmation, Scout?

crashiscoming July 26 2009, 20:14:32 UTC

Scout smiles broadly. "Yup-yup!" she responds. "In Chicago, no Geoffrey. No one." The smile never wavers. Maybe he's not as dumb as he looks!

waywardnoblet July 27 2009, 00:28:04 UTC

Well.

This is certainly bad. Chuck's kind of at a loss, now. He's been to Chicago before, but never like this. He doesn't even have any money! How is he supposed to get home?

He frowns and looks at Scout in a "I partially blame this on you, because you exist and are currently in my presence" way.

"So what am I supposed to do now?"

crashiscoming July 27 2009, 01:03:03 UTC

Scout just keeps smiling. "HOME!" she cries enthusiastically. "Coldblood place for you, yeah? Yeah? Keep you safe from baddies." She pokes herself in the chest, adding a non-verbal 'like me' to that sentence. She grabs his hand (even though hers is still sticky with blood) and yanks on it a few times. "Come!"

waywardnoblet July 27 2009, 01:11:23 UTC

"Ugh." Chuck tries to tug his hand away, making a disgusted little face. "Don't you know how to wash your hands? Or your face? Or anyth- what is all that, anyway?"

Because, you know, now that he's squinting, it kind of doesn't look like ketchup. Or catsup. Or any variant of that.

crashiscoming July 27 2009, 01:30:09 UTC

Scout looks at her hand, then remembers suddenly that killing is bad. She wipes her hand vigorously on her shirt.

"Food," she says nodding insistently. "Messy." She grins innocently at him. "Go?" she tries.

waywardnoblet July 27 2009, 01:36:53 UTC

Messy is kind of an understatement. Chuck arches a skeptical eyebrow at her. "Go where?"

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