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And the dead tree gives no shelter

Feb 25, 2011 20:00

Who: Paddy, Laura, Capa and Hayley
When: Days of journey through the wasteland
Warnings: Violence. Language. The usual.
Notes: Just add threads at will, friends. I'm sure there will be times when there are just two...and I'm sure there are times when it takes all four. As far as I know, they'll be together until Something Happens and they get split up ( Read more... )

robert capa, patrick maguire, laura palmer, hayley stark

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Day 1: Nighttime [Capa/Hayley] victimofnoone February 26 2011, 03:40:25 UTC

The group had settled down for the night. Hayley was okay with the lack of fire at the moment so long as she could stay warm; at least the weather was decent and it wasn't freezing. She was still a tiny and fatigued girl and her body's ability to regulate temperature was declining though, so the lone, disgusting blanket they had found earlier in the day was wrapped around her shoulders ( ... )

Re: Day 1: Nighttime [Capa/Hayley] ourlastbesthope February 26 2011, 05:02:02 UTC

Capa trusted Paddy. He had a good reputation and seemed stable enough. But it's not as if he had much choice. He was placing his life in the hands of a stranger. He was putting his inmate's life in the hands of a stranger. The man who ran the kitchens.

Capa was anxious and paced around the place they had decided to rest. He kept seeing things everywhere and hearing noises that were only fueled by his fear. That was not exactly the way that he had envisioned this port going. And yet, they were here. And he had to make the best out of it.

He sat down beside his inmate after a while, though, and when she spoke to him, he considered it.

"It's a possibility." But he knew that's not what she wanted to hear. He felt like there was something he should have added. "It's a likely possibility."

Day 1: Nighttime [Capa/Hayley] victimofnoone February 26 2011, 05:22:18 UTC

Capa's pacing only made Hayley more nervous than she already was and the girl wasn't great at dealing with unexpected stressors, so she was glad when he finally took a seat. At his reply, she gave him a sideways smile. Although it was hardly reassuring, it was a classic Capa thing to say and she appreciated his efforts at making it more positive.

"If something happens and I'm probably going to die, I don't want you to die trying to save me, okay? I mean, obviously I'd prefer not to die? But if it happens, try to save yourself. You can bring me back when you get back to the Barge."

Day 1: Nighttime [Capa/Hayley] ourlastbesthope February 26 2011, 06:14:42 UTC

He nodded once. It was sound reasoning and he had no inclination to argue with her. He hadn't stayed to try and save Cassie. He hadn't tried to save anyone else on that journey, aside from Mace. "It doesn't benefit anyone to be a hero." Especially when he was certainly not the hero type.

"But if something happens to me, you stay with Paddy. Do you understand me?"

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to finish a theme. nighttime - paddy and laura? christ_onabike February 26 2011, 13:38:15 UTC

Paddy wasn't exactly confident in any of the company he had right now. Well, he had no objection to any of them, but he did feel like he was the most experienced out of any of them. Not that he'd trekked around wastelands as a matter of course, but he'd grown up in a warzone and knew what he was doing with the weapons in his hand.

He was pacing around, trying to keep a look out in the dark for creatures or... other people. That's where he'd got the shotgun he currently had broken over his arm, but it had limited ammo, and he wasn't going to shoot blindly.

"Laura, you alright?" He could imagine this was more terrifying for her than the rest of them. She was straight out the Cold War, after all. He had a sip of his water and walked a little closer to where she was.