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blue beetle in: adventures in sleep deprivation (guest-starring a pair of lovely blondes)

Nov 17, 2011 21:04

WHO: Jaime, Kara, Nill
WHERE: Kord Industries, City streets
WHEN: Today, during daylight
WARNINGS: Naw
SUMMARY: Read the title again!
FORMAT: No

( he's turning into the perfect prospective posterchild for 5-hour energy shots )

nill | n/a, jaime reyes | blue beetle, † kara zor-el | supergirl

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@KORD INDUSTRIES, STARRING KARA owwmyspine November 18 2011, 02:05:50 UTC

He didn't last long at all.

Barely an hour into his shift, Jaime's head was on the desk, arms curled around it and his elbow bumping the keyboard. Had he not twitched in his sleep, his document on the screen would've had three times as many spaces and wild sets of z's and x's.

Scarab was being no help at all. Why should it? There was no danger to getting a bit of sleep, as far as it was concerned.

At least his snoring was muffled.

ffffff i am so sorry this took so long supertorso November 20 2011, 19:28:55 UTC

It's become habit for Kara to pick up some blueberry muffins and a portable box of coffee before she comes into work. Or, if it's a day where she was working at the café before hand, she'll sometimes bring bagels. After all, as much as she loves muffins, they aren't exactly the best post-lunch food.

Today is a muffin day. And today is a day where she laughs quietly once she spots Jaime.

She gives him a few minutes to sleep while she puts her stuff where it needs to go and, as quietly as she can, pours two cups of coffee. She tip-toes over to him, then, placing the coffee on his desk and carefully reaching out to put her hand on his shoulder, just a little wary of any possible reflex reactions that could happen from her waking him up.

"Pssst. Jaime."

not long at all! owwmyspine November 20 2011, 20:05:41 UTC

Fairly dead to the world, Jaime didn't stir right away. It took a little extra, more internal goading compounded with the external to get him to fidget, grunting muffled against his arm. He turned his head, looking a little offended by the room's florescent lighting by keeping his eyes clamped shut.

"Mnuh..." He scowled while blinking, bleary-eyed and not utterly sure of where he was. "Uh...huh?"

supertorso November 21 2011, 22:38:34 UTC

Kara smothers a giggle with her hand when he blinks and nudges the coffee cup in his direction. Tired people waking up would probably never lose it's amusement factor, and even though she felt a little bad for finding it amusing, Kara couldn't help but smile.

"Good morning, Jaime. Have some caffeine, you look like you could use it."

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@THE CITY STREETS, STARRING NILL owwmyspine November 18 2011, 02:06:12 UTC

Two hours to kill, and his caffeine buzz needed replenishing. Jaime mulled along with the pedestrian traffic, more or less going with the flow with as sluggish a pace as the flow would even allow. He yawned loudly at least three times before he got to the crosswalk, rubbing at the corner of his eye.

Thank goodness for insane levels of franchising - he had two coffee establishments of the same brand to pick from once he crossed, practically next door. Why not?

brevipennate November 18 2011, 03:04:59 UTC

Things like this seemed to be happening to Nill more and more often. Minding her own business just didn't seem possible anymore, at least in the City. She had felt unsafe ever since Damian had had to rescue her the other day--so of course, the one day she let her guard down, she felt as if someone was following her. Whether or not it was true, she didn't know; but the hairs on the back of her neck were standing up and she couldn't stop her wings from shaking. So she'd increased her pace, walking as fast as she could without running.

Probably not the best thing to do right before an intersection.

owwmyspine November 18 2011, 03:28:38 UTC

He would've missed it entirely had it not been for that ever-vigilant AI in his head. It had only just begun to chirp out a note about the familiar energy signature making headway through the thickening crowd for the crossing when it became apparent by her speed and the timing of the traffic lights trouble was on the way. Jaime just needed that extra nudge...

"Ow!" He flinched at the sparking at his ear, swatting blindly. "What the hell was th--whoa!"

The flutter of feathers came into view, and be it Scarab or his own instinct, sucked in a sharp hiss of a breath and wedged between two people, reaching out and grabbing her by the forearm and pulling her back quickly as the taxi closest began to rev and bullet past the light.

"Holy-!"

brevipennate November 19 2011, 00:00:52 UTC

Nill turns to face forward just as she's about to step into the intonersec. Her eyes go wide. She's pretty sure her heart stops. This isn't the first time she's been faced head-on with a moving vehicle, and she reacts the same way. Fright, inability to move.

But then something--someone is yanking her arm (and by extension, her body) back towards the sidewalk. She nearly falls, and people shift minutely, disgruntled by this strange winged girl and her apparent savior for disrupting their quiet wait. Nill takes one deep breath, too. She's shaking, but looks up to see who saved her anyway, not sure how she'll thank them.

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