chaineddog: (which would completely explain ✗ (nill))
Heine Rammsteiner ([personal profile] chaineddog) wrote in [community profile] ataraxion2012-08-10 02:54 pm

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[The feed is a bit shaky at first and it’s difficult to tell what is actually being shown. There’s some one sided muttering on one end, as if the owner of the device is speaking to himself and it continues for several moments. Finally though, there’s a heaving sigh followed by some grumbling before the video swings around to show an albino with startlingly red eyes.

He’s holding out the device with one hand, the other obscured from view. If he had use of his other hand, he probably would have been facepalming or rubbing his face because clearly the last thing he wants in life right now is to do this.]


...So, uh.

[A pause and then he speaks to someone off screen.]

Do I really have to do this? Who gives a shit if I do this anyway?

[From behind him, a small hand reaches forward to touch his cheek. There might be a bit of blonde hair visible further back, but the hand is forefront, as if to say yes, he really has to do this, according to the girl he’s piggybacking around the ship.]

[He sighs and gives her another look before turning to address the camera again.]

So...I guess this has to be said to everyone that I, uh may have had a run in with the other day. [The look on his face is one of extreme discomfort and he pauses again. He knows what he has to say, it’s all a matter of him not wanting to say it so he casts a glance back at the person on his back.]

[Nill pulls her hand back so she can rest her head on his shoulder. She lets the side of her head fall against his; it’s meant to be a comforting gesture. The blonde smiles almost apologetically at the camera, wings fluttering behind her before settling. She just felt bad that he’d been looking for her so hard and that others might have been hurt or upset by it. So this is sort of an apology from the both of them. And to anyone who has met her (any male, specifically), they’ll probably notice that she doesn’t seem scared of him at all.]

[The gesture seems to make him soften slightly and he stops fidgeting if only for a moment. Nill was honestly the only person who could even make him consider doing this and for anyone who had run into him before would be able to see the difference having her around made.]

Look. Whatever happened the other day. I guess, I’m trying to say - [He pauses again, wincing before,] sorry?

[Nill leans back and gives a little nod. Yes, he was sorry, and so was she. Besides the fact that she hadn’t seen any of her other friends since the jump, she hadn’t meant to inadvertently cause any trouble. She takes one hand from his shoulder so she can gently smooth his hair forward. She was happy that he’d agreed to an apology.]

[He sighs and rolls his eyes but there’s a slight quirk of his lips. After a minute the video feed is turned away from his face and there’s a bit more shaky footage before it finally ends.]

[Heine and Nill will both be replying to posts! c:]
redhotsummers: ([mutant] not a blond)

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[personal profile] redhotsummers 2012-08-10 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
...somehow, I'm not fucking surprised.

[Alex smirks, nodding his head slightly.]

Hey Nill.

Glad to see a friend showed up.
culver: sodanielle @ lj (that summer)

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[personal profile] culver 2012-08-10 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[She had figured that three days without really talking to anyone she had made friends with was probably worrying. And even if they hadn't been worried at all, it was still comforting to be able to look at the network again. Three days spent catching up and fussing over one another (Heine didn't really fuss, just gruffly told her to stay in bed until she felt better) had made her start to worry, too. There was just far too much worrying going on now that Heine was with her. And now that he was, she had to start planning on how to introduce him to people she liked. Not the women, of course--Annie and Betty and Alayne would have to be last. But Bran and Dave and Alex, they could meet him.

She settles against his back once more, one hand still gently stroking his hair as she uses the other to point to the left towards the oxygen gardens.]
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culver: 100x100joybox @ lj (fireflies)

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[personal profile] culver 2012-08-10 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[again, her smile is apologetic. but she nods; yes, he was her friend, her best friend (savior, protector, all sorts of words she couldn't communicate). she was infinitely glad.]
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[personal profile] realslimstrider 2012-08-10 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[He hasn't seen Nill since before the jump so it's a relief to see her again. He quirks an eyebrow at her new friend, noting his eye color is the same as his own.] Yo.

I take it you're Nill's friend. [He flexes his orange wings, and makes a small wave to the girl directly.] Things are cool now by the way, he woke up.

[Dave is slightly OFF but he's letting her know the important bit. He's aware and awake.]
redhotsummers: ([a/c] you dont get it)

[personal profile] redhotsummers 2012-08-10 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
This doesn't mean our lessons are over, does it?

[Cause he really hadn't gotten on well with Heine.]
culver: supahsekret @ lj (lost in you)

[personal profile] culver 2012-08-10 10:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[she might have cringed a little bit if he'd said that out loud. not... many people got on well with heine. it took a special sort of personality--there were two people besides her that she knew could completely stand him, and neither were on the ship.

but she shakes her head. no, of course their lessons weren't over. she couldn't promise heine wouldn't want to tag along, of course, but she'd still come to learn.]
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[personal profile] realslimstrider 2012-08-10 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool. Bout time she got someone from home around. I mean this place sucks but it isn't all bad and having people you know makes it easier. [There's a pause.] Name's Davesprite.
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[personal profile] redhotsummers 2012-08-10 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
No, dipshit, I'm just talking to her like I do.

[Okay, Alex, back down on the vitrol. So the guy you were replacing is here. No big fucking deal. You're used to it. He sighs, running a hand through his hair.]

Yeah. Been helping her out.
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[personal profile] culver 2012-08-10 10:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[she waves back at him, and her face lights up. good, dave was awake! she had been so worried that he wouldn't, especially with the stress of the jump. if she hadn't been able to get up for a while afterwards, she couldn't imagine what it might have done to someone who'd been comatose.]
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[personal profile] realslimstrider 2012-08-10 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[He smiles back at her. Yeah things aren't ok but when was it ever for Striders.] Seen the Oxygen garden yet? We're not the only ones to frequent it now. Critters are hanging out there.

[It was pretty damn cool to him. The place looked kinda lonely before.]
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[personal profile] culver 2012-08-10 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[She'd known he wouldn't like it, of course. But they were in a relatively confined place now, with people they had to count on. If the trip to the Strela had been any indication, they would need to depend on others to help them as much as they both hated it (except for one another, they always had that). A first impression of shoving people around wasn't going to help them.

Once she sees the entrance to the gardens, she lets go of his shoulder and tries to wiggle a bit so he'd put her down. She could walk now, it wasn't such a big place that she couldn't. Besides, the days of staying inside had made her antsy, and as much as she enjoyed having Heine carry her, she wanted to stretch her limbs and move around.]
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[personal profile] culver 2012-08-10 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[she tilts her head a little. "critters?" like... animals? nill had only ever seen small ones, like mice and spiders. she couldn't even imagine what other kinds of animals could live in the gardens. but she immediately wants to see.]
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[personal profile] northerner 2012-08-10 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ robb has A Lot On His Plate at this moment, but this is a relief. he'd been worried at the strange man who'd scooped nill up. ]

You've a friend from home, Nill?
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[personal profile] redhotsummers 2012-08-11 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Good.

[He watches her for a moment.]

If you trust him--that's enough for me.
redhotsummers: ([civilian] out the window)

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[personal profile] redhotsummers 2012-08-11 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
I am an asshole a lot of the time.

[He shrugs. Hey, at least he's honest about it.]

Teaching her to read. Watching out for her when I can.

[He did his best on the space station.

Nill reminds him of his lost little sister, an innocent girl who didn't deserve her fate.]
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[personal profile] culver 2012-08-11 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[her smile makes it clear that yes, she does trust him. but she trusts alex, too. she gestures to the camera and then to herself and, subsequently, heine. they should all get together.]
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[personal profile] culver 2012-08-11 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Once her feet are on the floor she takes a deep breath and smiles to herself. Nill rolls her shoulders, wiggles her toes in her shoes, and lets her wings flare and stretch. She smooths down the front of her Lolita dress (she needed to wash her pants and shirt, dammit). Immediately she feels better and, still grinning, basically runs towards the gardens, knowing he'd follow at his own pace.

She had never seen many plants in the below. But here... there were too many to count. She liked the ferns best, the way the leaves felt in her hands. She pauses to touch them, fingers feather-light, and such is the case for most of the other plants, too. She wished she knew what they were all called, but hadn't had the nerve to ask anyone. Maybe once she could read better she would, because they all needed to have names, right?]
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[personal profile] culver 2012-08-11 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
[robb she is less frightened of you than before, thank your sister. she smiles and gives a nod. yes, her best friend.]

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