The preserve, Friday morning
May. 15th, 2020 08:59 amDuke hadn't found Octavia yesterday. Or much of any sign that she'd been out in the woods this week at all. Not that he was some kind of expert tracker or anything, but there were no fresh campfires or abandoned tents or anything. He'd shouted himself nearly hoarse calling for her to no avail.
And so he was back today to look again. The preserve was big. It'd take ages to properly search the whole thing. (It'd take ages for Duke to search enough of it to give up. There was little chance of him actually managing to search the whole thing.) This time, he brought reinforcements.
"So," he said, readjusting Octavia's sword on his back for the umpteenth time. "This you reliving your glory days of pretending to be a cop, or what?"
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And so he was back today to look again. The preserve was big. It'd take ages to properly search the whole thing. (It'd take ages for Duke to search enough of it to give up. There was little chance of him actually managing to search the whole thing.) This time, he brought reinforcements.
"So," he said, readjusting Octavia's sword on his back for the umpteenth time. "This you reliving your glory days of pretending to be a cop, or what?"
[for one!]
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Date: 2020-05-15 01:40 pm (UTC)He had brushed leaves off of his suit approximately fifteen times now, and yet no sign of Octavia. Today was already officially ruined. "And I can't stand you moping."
Beat.
"And I'm worried."
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Date: 2020-05-15 03:32 pm (UTC)Duke pushed through the ground cover and stepped onto the banks of a creek. The furry fish Octavia had shown him on their first trip out glided happily through the water, but there was no other sign of anyone around.
"Dammit, where the hell is she?"
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Date: 2020-05-15 05:22 pm (UTC)He was really wishing he'd paid more attention during Nathan's lectures about nature craft growing up.
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Date: 2020-05-15 06:04 pm (UTC)Perfect signal.
He typed in a message for Amenadiel and sent it off.
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Date: 2020-05-15 06:35 pm (UTC)"Yeah." He stepped over the creek and glanced back at Lucifer. "Hey. Thanks for helping."
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Date: 2020-05-15 06:39 pm (UTC)Octavia got that lack-of-the-usual-grin-serious-face a lot more often than Duke did, but he was getting it now. "If she's missing, I'm hardly going to sit it out."
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Date: 2020-05-15 06:48 pm (UTC)Duke nodded and offered Lucifer a weak smile. "Still. Worth saying thanks." He looked around and picked a direction not entirely at random. "You two have gotten pretty close, huh?"
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Date: 2020-05-15 06:55 pm (UTC)He'd already learned that lesson, but it was hitting a lot harder just now.
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Date: 2020-05-15 08:11 pm (UTC)Did he sound a smidgen darker? Probably just a trick of the light.
And then his phone rang.
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