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Well, SHIT. [Open]

Aug 18, 2008 00:40

Characters: Isako and anyone on the 4423
Content: The 4423 is flooding. Oh, and falling. The crew desperately tries to get her back in order.
Setting: The 4423
Time: oh shit o'clock
Warnings: Swearing because OH SHIT GAIZ THE SHIP IS FLOODING.
Notes: Feel free to make smaller threads here as characters take on different tasks. For example: trying ( Read more... )

≠ tira, anko mitarashi, ≠ fai delwyn flowright, reno harkin, ≠ knuckles guardian, ≠ vaan asterben, ≠ maxim, ≠ heihachi hayashida, daisukenojo "beat" bito, ≠ hijikata toshizou, ≠ lavi, ≠ minami "ikki" itsuki, ≠ ling yao / greed, ≠ gorobei katayama, ≠ shimada kambei, okita souji, ≠ yuuko "isako" amasawa, ≠ axel harkin, ≠ winry rockbell, ≠ brook, ≠ akima tanaka, ≠ hachibei maeda

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Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms thesnakecharm August 18 2008, 08:05:51 UTC

Her books, pictures, and booze were safely stashed in her room, the journal with her in a pocket she'd lined with oil-cloth against a situation something like this, so that she could keep atop of the situation even while down here.

Let's see, food, booze...no wait...some gunpowder, the rest can dry out, maps Anko ran through the impromptu list she'd put together in her head of things to save--unless someone directed her otherwise.

And people of course, if she came across anyone in need of rescuing.

There would be time to worry about possibly crashing and dying later...if there was a later.

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms flames_bond August 21 2008, 03:20:17 UTC

Axel looked at his communicator idly, reaching out to drag Reno along, to distract him from the water.

"Oh... shit."

He sounded just like his brother at that moment, shoving his communicator back into his pocket. "Anko, where's Kambei?"

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms electro_phoenix August 21 2008, 03:34:32 UTC

When Axel got serious, Reno knew they were in trouble.

"We're gonna drown, aren't we?" he muttered. "Oh shit. Oh shit oh shit oh shit."

He wasn't panicked, just freaked out.

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms thesnakecharm August 21 2008, 03:53:55 UTC

"Sounds like I'm comin' with you after all," Anko told them, hurrying back to the brothers. "Kambei's going to the cargo bay, and we need to get the hell out of here. Now."

And then Reno started panicking. Reaching up, she smacked him in the back of the head, not hard enough to do any real damage, but hard enough to hurt. "Snap out of it! We are not going to drown."

"At least," she muttered, "Not if I have anything to say about it."

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms flames_bond August 21 2008, 03:58:27 UTC

Axel's eyes flashed, sensing Reno was not going to snap out of this one. As calmly as he could, he lashed out, wrapping his arm around his brother's neck and squeezing. If he could hold on long enough, he could make Reno pass out. And while carrying about Reno's scrawny body was not what he really wanted to do, having Reno panic would be even worse. Somehow.

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms electro_phoenix August 21 2008, 04:02:56 UTC

"What the-!" Reno's cry was cut off as Axel began choking him. He scratched at his brother's arm before his vision went black and he passed out, dropping his head on Axel's arm.

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms thesnakecharm August 21 2008, 04:22:01 UTC

Anko blinked. "Well, uh, that's one way to deal with it," she said, slightly bemused. At least he wasn't panicking anymore. And, hey, if they did all die, at least he'd die in his sleep...sort of.

"Want help carrying?" She offered Axel.

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms flames_bond August 21 2008, 05:07:33 UTC

"Nah." Axel threw him across a shoulder, standing tall under the weight. "He ain't heavy, he's my brother." He scowled now, heading to the storeroom proper. "We'd better hurry. I have an idea, and I'm going to need your help. Reno would have been even less useless than he is now in this case..."

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms thesnakecharm August 21 2008, 20:13:20 UTC

"'Kay," Anko acceded, happy to get out of carrying that, literal, burden so easily.

"Shouldn't the idea be," she frowned, "you know, getting out?" She was dubious, but followed him anyways. At least it sounded interesting.

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms flames_bond August 25 2008, 00:47:44 UTC

"It's too risky. If the ship shifts, our path could be blocked, and we'd be fucked." He sighed, shifting Reno on his shoulder cautiously. "Besides, this way, we might be able to protect more of our supplies this way. No sense letting them fly out all over the ground, right?"

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms thesnakecharm August 25 2008, 01:41:35 UTC

Anko thought about it. "True, what isn't flooded already--but how do you know we won't get flooded in before they've got a chance to open the doors?" It was a risky plan, but it had a chance of working, she supposed, shoving open the storeroom door, sending a knee-high wave of dirty, lukewarm water into the already wet room.

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms flames_bond August 25 2008, 01:50:41 UTC

"Well..." Axel winced a bit at the question. "We've got time. It'd take quite a bit more water to seep in. It would probably take hours before we'd be in real trouble."
Once inside, he draped Reno carefully across the shelf to get his hands free while he tried to push the door back shut while he still could.

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms thesnakecharm August 25 2008, 02:13:02 UTC

Bracing her shoulder up against the door, Anko helped push until they'd gotten it shut together. She glaced at Reno's mostly still form. "You sure he's gonna be alright?"

Surveying the boxes around her, Anko tried to start sorting out what was so water-logged it was ruined and what still might be saved by stacking up higher.

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms flames_bond August 25 2008, 02:16:17 UTC

"The big baby? He'll be fine." Axel waved off any concern for his twin as he helped her out with the boxes, moving some of the ones that couldn't be saved against the door. "We can keep the door from busting open this way." He reasoned. "No matter how hard the water pulls on us, we'll be able to ride it out."

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms thesnakecharm August 25 2008, 02:31:26 UTC

Anko couldn't help but crack a smile at Axel's dismissal of concern. Siblings could be so odd sometimes. She shoved a few heavier boxes of non-perishable items towards the door, adding a mental 'we hope' to the end of his sentence.

She wedged a few food boxes as securely as possible above the water line so they would come flying out at them upon their assuredly bumpy landing. But really it was just shuffling boxes about, waiting for the crash that was to come. Finally, she sat herself down on a box one higher than the tide line to wait. "Funny thought, drowning in mid-air," she mused aloud.

Re: Location: Lower decks, near the storerooms flames_bond August 25 2008, 02:37:21 UTC

"If you say so."
Once the boxes were situated, he hoisted Reno back onto his back, carrying him piggyback to keep the best hold on him. "To be honest, I'm not that big a fan of the water, either."

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