[Location - a bar in Osten] - A moment of madness

[valaunbound]

When the Extras had frozen in their spots and refused to respond to any external stimuli, Vala's concern had only been fleeting. There was clearly nothing that could be done, and she's been in Taxon long enough to know that these things tend to just rectify themselves. Anyway the point is that Vala decided, somewhat spontaneously, that it was the

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[location: osten bar]

[gating_across]

[[ooc: if you don't mind sheppard here~]]

Sheppard had been running through Taxon over the last hour or so. Every Extra in the city seemed frozen. In that creepy cult kind of way. It put him on edge, made him feel as if he needed his field gear. His main concern was the SGC right now. Atlantis wasn't here, and the next big Stargate was in the SGC. If the Extras flipped out there? He didn't even want to think about how crazy it would have gotten.

He stopped at a bar as he heard gun fire. Gun fire. Did one of the Extras snap and decided to go on a murdering spree? Well, that'd at least be something, so he disregarded it immediately. It had to be a regular person.

Sheppard raised his P90 as he rounded the other side of the building. Vala was standing there looking like a mess. Vala never looked like a mess. He lowered his P90 and raised his eyebrows over his sunglasses.

"What the hell was that?"

[valaunbound]

[[not at all :)]]

It took her a moment to even register that he was there, not expecting to be seen by anyone that mattered. She'd thought she'd have been clear of the area before anyone came running. Of course, it had to be Sheppard, didn't it?

"Nothing," Vala snapped, turning her head sharply towards him, cheeks stained with tears.

"Just trying to get a reaction. Needless to say it didn't work." She snorted out a cynical laugh.

[gating_across]

[[he loves bugging you sg-1 types.]]

Sheppard's face stayed set, glancing over her then glancing at the bar. Now he was sort of kicking himself in the pants for not knowing SG-1 better. There was something wrong, but he couldn't really get at what it was. Besides maybe just the city in general. Cabin fever, maybe.

"Nothing is getting these guys to react." He explained, holding a hand up. "They're like this all over the city. Just, take a few deep breaths, and calm down. Okay?"

[valaunbound]

"I'm perfectly calm." She glared at him. It was one of those denial statements where the delivery completely contradicted the words. Vala was not calm.

"No-one was hurt, save for a few surface scratches. You don't need to concern yourself, Sheppard."