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Back to New York

Jul 12, 2008 12:53

There were a pair of New Yorkers flying over what remained of their beloved city ( Read more... )

jessica boyette, katherine bishop, tiwa, nathan petrelli, clark kent (tnaos)

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notvitiligo July 15 2008, 13:58:01 UTC

[tagging Kate]

"Well, holy shit." The sentiment is understated, but there's a slight emphasis to convey that this is, to the speaker, an unusual circumstance.

Some sort of flying guy (who's not dead) and a girl walking around looking like some crazy version of Robin Hood. In New York of the Walking Murderplants.

notvitiligo July 15 2008, 23:41:08 UTC

Shrug. "I don't care about handling more weirdness and danger than I need to. Not without backup, anyway."

A whisp of wry smile creases one side of her mouth. "Aren't superheroes supposed to have secret identities or whatever?"

nothawkingbird July 16 2008, 00:19:43 UTC

"I never said my codename, and I'm not in costume. Not that it matters here anyway. And yeah, I miss my team, though one of them's finally here." She's a big believer in backup.

notvitiligo July 16 2008, 13:56:22 UTC

"So, Kansas. Other people there, or just you two?"

Kansas. Is there anything in Kansas when the world is not destroyed? Other than, like, cows.

(Jessica does not necessarily have a very educated view of the world.)

nothawkingbird July 16 2008, 21:54:35 UTC

"Lots of people. The Cooper Farm's more like a village these days, and Metropolis further west in the state's an active city mostly. A lot have settled in either place."

notvitiligo July 17 2008, 13:46:47 UTC

"An active city?" There may be a very small interrobang at the end of that sentence.

"As in, not completely destroyed, people live there without getting eaten by monsters, sort of thing?"

nothawkingbird July 17 2008, 14:24:44 UTC

"Yeah, maybe not how it used to be before whatever happened here, but better than other places. Kansas is the safest area around for whatever the reason."

notvitiligo July 17 2008, 14:28:56 UTC

"Wow... Can you get us there?" Safe area vs murderplants.

nothawkingbird July 17 2008, 15:12:40 UTC

"I can't, but Nathan can. We can ask him to take you back."

Kate's thinking of sticking around longer instead.

notvitiligo July 17 2008, 15:13:48 UTC

"Like, flying?" Nervous frown. "Just holding me?"

nothawkingbird July 17 2008, 15:33:33 UTC

"Well yeah, it's not that bad."

notvitiligo July 17 2008, 15:51:07 UTC

"I... can't do that. Really." She swallows.

"Maybe I could walk or something."

nothawkingbird July 17 2008, 16:59:37 UTC

Kate stared at her, "It's a couple of hours flying from here to Kansas, it'll take weeks to walk that. And by yourself?"

notvitiligo July 17 2008, 17:02:37 UTC

"I really can't do that," she says firmly.

"I don't know... I can't be the only one that wants to be somewhere safe..." Her fingertips knead her forehead. "It's not really that bad here, I guess... we've got power."

No, she can't actually convince herself. Jessica is a city girl at heart.

nothawkingbird July 17 2008, 17:18:32 UTC

Kate considered it. It was hard, it meant leaving behind the farm, and Will... unless he could come up here. And she wasn't sure about wanting to force that choice on him since he needs forests. But she felt like there was little she could do down there, and New York was her home.

It could be again.

"What if there was a way to make it safe?"

notvitiligo July 17 2008, 17:22:08 UTC

She thinks that over.

"There's a LOT of plants," she replies, dubiously. "And we don't know what else. But... there's power and stuff..." She tugs an improvised notebook from sewn-together looseleaf out of her back pocket and produces a pencil. "Let's see... I think we've got some barricades set up, but more might work..." Scribble scribble.

"A wall would be good, but... plants."

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