19th Command // Audio :: Common

[nottheaveragekg]

[After a night of confusion, anger, and just plain being lost, Ashelin's managed to make it back to her room in one piece, safe and sound, intact, except for pieces in her mind. Damn hallucinations.

Comm clicks on, there's momentary silence save shuffling. Seems Ashelin's fidgeting, or something like it.There are some days when I remember that I

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[sandpaperbreath]

Sweetheart, yer not your father.

...mardammit

Forget the 'sweetheart' part. You know--it's--yeah

[FUCK YOU REDD.]

[nottheaveragekg]

...Yeah. I don't know about that.

[Ouch. That actually sort of hurts a little.]

I'm more like him than I thought. Than I think.

[She pauses.]

You can call me that.

[sandpaperbreath]

No use blabbin' your worries over the comms. Get over here. Tell me about it.

I'll call ya whatever you like.

[...sorry, he doesn't mean to sound so familiar fffffffRedd.]

[nottheaveragekg]

[This is so awkward. Torn, why you make her so awkward?]

I'm not sure it's a good idea for me to be wandering about right now. There's this whole lack of direction thing going on and it's sort of pissing me off. Not like I don't know how to get to you.

[Really, he's just across the way.]

[sandpaperbreath]

[He's about to tell her to count her steps again, but considering the hallucinations.

Fuckit. His sense of direction is fine. He hasn't experienced any tactile hallucinations yet. He knows her room is right around the corner from his. Without announcing it to her, he gets up and heads out of his room. Without his sight, he has to take things slow, but two rights later, he's reached the other hallway. Her door isn't the first one...it's the second one. He knocks, then picks up the comm again.]

The knocking is me. Think you can find the door?

[nottheaveragekg]

[He's the blind one. She's just bad with directions. She wasn't one hundred percent serious about not being able to get to him either. She hopes. She wants to say she knows where his room is, would no matter what the circumstance.]

Torn. You're such a smart ass.

[She has to say she appreciates him being a bit of a jerk. She goes to answer her door, turns off her comm, and tips her head to the side, even though he can't see her expression.]

Should you be walking around when you're blind?

[sandpaperbreath]

No.

[Smart ass through and through. He's smirking, looking in the direction of her voice, but just a ways past her with vacant eyes. He reaches for her and lightly takes her arm. The expression becomes closer to serious.]

Gonna need your help.

[He doesn't know her room well enough to navigate it on his own.]

[nottheaveragekg]

[She's almost touched. Almost, but not quite there yet. Her other hand closes the door and she pauses when she realizes he's taking her by the arm. That's real strange for her. She doesn't know why, but it's the first time she has to be really careful with him.

Or maybe she doesn't have to be. Why is she thinking about stupid shit like this now?]

Yeah. Yeah. I know.

[So she escorts him to... her... bed. Yeah. That's safe. Ashelin helps him sit down, sits beside him. Why's he here? Is he worried about her? Or maybe he just wanted an excuse to see her, except not see her at all.]

[sandpaperbreath]

[He doesn't like needing to be led, but it helps that it's Ashelin. He already knows how to lean on her--how much weight she can support, so to speak. If he doesn't like being vulnerable around her, it's for different reasons.

Once on the bed, he lets go of her arm.]

Alright, tell me what's what. Why're you so worried?

[nottheaveragekg]

[She looks over at him. The only nice thing about this is that he can't see the changes in her expression. This would help more if she didn't feel compelled to talk about everything, especially the stuff that she wants to keep to herself.]

Uh.

[Does she really have to talk about this? She inches a little away from him. Not much. Just a little to give him his space.]

I tried talking to Phoenix last night too. Something's really wrong with him. Hard not to worry. I was worried about you too. Blind people can't get around well without help. You never ask for help.

Get it?

[sandpaperbreath]

[He thought this was about her father, but it sounds like he got the wrong impression.]

You said you're worried about being something you don't want to be. Something you don't 'wear' well. What am I not getting?

[Because he's not getting it.]

[nottheaveragekg]

[To be fair, she doesn't want to talk about Daddy either. That's a whole other set of issues, Torn.]

I meant with this whole worrying thing. That's not me. None of this stupid stuff is. Me talking me being worried. Ugh.

I can't stop.

[She shakes her head.]

It's like you with what you've been saying too. There are just things that shouldn't be said and for whatever reason, we're saying them. Right? Doesn't it seem like that to you?

[sandpaperbreath]

Huh, I was making it too complicated.

[FFF IN YOUR HEAD.

He palms his face.]

The captain's loosened our lips alright. Lookin' to make chaos.

[nottheaveragekg]

You're fine.

[This comfort thing needs to go away. She leans over and rubs his shoulder gently. Is it the right thing to do?]

Loosened our lips. One hell of a way to say it. With that being the case, I'll lock myself up until it goes away. Assuming it does.

[sandpaperbreath]

[He puts his hand over her's.]

I didn't mean it like that. I can't even see how--how'm I 'sposed to kiss you like this--agh.

Yeah, locking in rooms. Sounding...a lot better than this right here.

[nottheaveragekg]

[Her hand twists beneath to take his, tightens minutely.]

Torn. You don't need eyes to see me. You never have.

[Having his company isn't bad, though.]

I like keeping an eye on you. I prefer it like this. Saves me some concern.

[Ffff. Shut up, Ashelin.]