[text, two hours before the Jump]

[jurisimpudent]

All non-essential personnel are ordered away from the doors outside the bridge. Security will be using force to subdue and remove anyone who does not comply with this order. Please use this time to gather your things and proceed to the stasis pods for the Jump.

Comments

[catatonics]

we already escaped death once, i don't think the universe is nice enough to be handing out freebies again.

[makedo]

[ the universe doesn't hand out freebies to anyone ever. you just have to make shit happen yourself. ]

willing to take that chance?

[catatonics]

you were in the army or whatever, right? you've seen shit. only you were trained for it.

we weren't. we lost all of our friends in the course of one night, almost died more times than i can count... he saved my life.

[ and she almost killed him in return. ]

isn't there someone you can't really imagine trying to navigate the world without? someone who's seen what you've seen and knows how much it's fucked you up, who cares about you anyway? that's marty. and i don't want to live in a world that would take him away from me.

[makedo]

marines.
and no.

[ he's always been more of the lone warrior type. and really — his fiancée left him for his best friend, so that only exacerbated things. ]

[catatonics]

well, that sucks for you. but i'm not leaving, brad. he's the only thing that can make this stupid place make sense and if he dies and i live i'll just end up killing everyone anyway.

[makedo]

you won't kill everyone.

[ but — ]

werewolf?

[catatonics]

werewolf. so yes, i will.

[makedo]

There's plenty of creepy critters around, and we're all still here.

[catatonics]

i didn't mean the werewolf would kill them. i meant i would have a psychotic break and would.

[makedo]

Or you could not

[catatonics]

how? how do you propose i move on from losing the one person that that stupid fucking cabin didn't ruin? i can't, i don't even know how to try.

[makedo]

I propose you start by not killing everyone.

[catatonics]

very helpful, i'll make a note of it.

[makedo]

Please fucking do.

[catatonics]

worried you'd have to put me down, colbert?

[makedo]

Yeah.

[ he'd rather not. but look, he's being honest instead of deliberately obtuse because she's pretty freaked out and he's not that much of an asshole. ]

[catatonics]

[ oh god are they about to feelings at each other abort abort abort ]

guess i should stay out here then.

[makedo]

[ no. no feelings. he's making allowances for hers, that's all. ]

Guess you should just not go fucking mad.

[catatonics]

[ you keep telling yourself that brad. if you didn't have feelings about her you wouldn't care about having to kill her if she goes crazy. ]

i make no guarantees.

[makedo]

[ maybe he just doesn't like killing anyone? it's — almost accurate, that. ]

Try.

[catatonics]

[ admit it, you caught feelings. ]

be careful, sergeant, i might start to think you care.

[makedo]

Wouldn't want to waste ammo.

[catatonics]

uh huh. suuuuure.

[makedo]

Think what you want.

[catatonics]

admit it, you're going to miss me.