7 [voice]: Complications Arise For Czeslaw Meyer When Fairy Tales Are True In The Worst Way

[tiny_schemer]

[A small, frightened voice, echoing off of the hard walls of an enclosed space: Czeslaw is trapped after sirens, and currently taking refuge at a bus stop.]

I - I saw something out there in the darkness. Something bad. A creature with hollow eyes and big teeth and a big, round head. I b-barely escaped with my life

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PRIVATE

[makes_asteroids]

Where are you? [The anger in his voice is a warning. But not to Czeslaw.]

PRIVATE

[tiny_schemer]

If I don't tell you, will you promise not to look for me? It's dangerous tonight, Erik.

Re: PRIVATE

[makes_asteroids]

That thing already killed my grandson. I'm coming to get you. How much I have to search is up to you.

PRIVATE

[tiny_schemer]

[And Czeslaw doesn't know whether he's angry or touched, so he's a little bit of both, gritting his teeth.]

It's one of the bus stops between the library and the dormitory. I couldn't tell you more than that. It's dark and I was running.

Re: PRIVATE

[makes_asteroids]

I'll be there in a few minutes. [The feed cuts as Erik mutters something - 'Like damned HELL I've giving another of mine to something here.']

PRIVATE

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[Very sarcastic:] Yes sir.

[And Czeslaw settles into wait, fussing with the other messages on the NV, swinging his legs on the bus stop bench, since, even though he's taller, his feet don't touch the ground.]

*action

[makes_asteroids]

[It takes Erik longer than he likes to locate Czes. And he's irritated when he gets there, answering Yumeno before he even is inside the bus stop, before shouldering his way in. There's something almost wild to his eyes, something fierce, and almost primal - for all Erik snarks that humans haven't evolved passed 'my tribe is better than your tribe' he is devoted to those he calls his family. And he's not someone to cross when they are threatened.]

*action forever

[tiny_schemer]

[Czeslaw rubs at his eye with his shirt-sleeve and sniffles - no, not because he was crying. It's just a bit smelly and dusty in the bus stop. It's a pretty gross little space. His lips twist up in a tired, wry smile.]

Your face right now is hilarious.

Let's get out of here.

Re: *action forever

[makes_asteroids]

Be glib all you want. [Magneto has HAD it with this place, and his response is to bodily pick up Czeslaw and hold him tightly - most Mutants have faster metabolisms and are somewhat harder to break, something that it is all to easy to forget sometimes. And Magneto is strong, muscles hard as iron. Keeping Czeslaw firmly close he pushes them out of the shelter and up, away from the ground, higher than most of the buildings but not high enough be overly bothered by the Pull and headed for the roof hatch.]

[tiny_schemer]

Ow! Erik, you're crushing me! [As much as Czeslaw would normally be quite happy about any manner of physical attention from his friend, this is very uncomfortable, especially in the wake of having just been violently killed. He'd rather not turn blue and pass out on top of it.]

[makes_asteroids]

Sorry. [Erik only loosens his hold a little, enough to not be so tight, while magnetically stick Czeslaw to him so he can have a looser grip. He doesn't bother checking over him for injuries, he knows those are gone. Even still the shield sputters and cracks when he hits solid creatures in the Darkness, the roof of the HoA coming into view.]

[tiny_schemer]

[Czeslaw just snorts, and closes his eyes for most of the flight, flinching at the noises when they burst through monsters. How badly he wants to be home in bed right now. But it seems that Erik is taking him back to his place. Czeslaw isn't in much of a position to argue with that, nor does he really want to.]

[makes_asteroids]

[Erik feet on the roof hit hard, more a quick landing than a skilled one. The roof hatch opened and Erik took two bounding steps and dropped through the hatch. That landing was softer, and the hatch closed as they slipped through. Erik gave one last transmission to Yumeno and then cut his NV feed. Only then did he put Czeslaw down, but he keeps his hand on his shoulder, and kept him close.]

Knew that thing would come in handy.

[tiny_schemer]

What, Dr. Yumeno? [Czeslaw is being glib on purpose. He's shaken, but won't admit he's afraid. He tugs a little at his light jacket and the shirt and vest beneath it. There are holes from when the creature stabbed him many times with it's great, strange tongue. This was one of the outfits Erik helped him buy just last week. He sighs.]

[makes_asteroids]

The big hole in the roof. Mutant tradition - hanging out on the roof.

[Erik was being causal. For much the same reason. He guides Czeslaw out of the storage area and down the elevator, and to his condo. It's pretty clear from the blankets folded over the couch that Erik has been sleeping there.]

Want a clean shirt?

[tiny_schemer]

My friend Elmer loves high spaces too. When we were on the ship together, he was always hanging out in the crow's nest. He liked hanging out on the roof of his castle, too.

[It seems like a very long time since he left that strange village in the woods, even if it's only been five months. Time seems to pass slowly here.]

...A new shirt would be good, if you have anything that fits me. My pants are torn as well.