betterthanaplan: (the Cape Rouge)
[personal profile] betterthanaplan
The last time Octavia had been to Haven, she'd gotten arrested and Gloria had had to go yell at the Chief of police.

The last time Duke had been to Haven, he'd gotten arrested and Gloria had had to go yell at the Chief of police.

They could both be forgiven for being a little nervous pulling into the harbor now, even without the "let's go meet our mutual therapist in person" part of the deal.

[for one! NFB due to distance]

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 03:18 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] sit quietly)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia had thought about Haven a few times, over the years. Mostly when she hadn't been able to stop herself from wondering about where he was, what he was doing. If he'd gone back to Haven.

Sometimes even if he'd gone back to Nathan.

It was odd to see the town come into view, now. There was a sense of recognition, but it was so faint if felt almost as if it was something she'd seen in a dream, like a deja-vu, like her brain misfiring.

It had been too long for her to realize that she was doing the same thing she'd done the first time they'd been sailing into this harbor together. Hovering by his shoulder, by his side, with her arm winding around his back, because no matter what awaited them... This was still their space.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 03:37 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] at least it's quiet)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"No," Octavia replied as she leaned more against him. "Doesn't mean I won't do it like I am, though."

Because she was Like That.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 03:52 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] come with me if you want)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia followed his gaze.

Her voice dropped into a deep, unimpressed drawl. "Chit yu vout in disha nomonjoka gaf, hmh?"

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 04:05 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neg] on your knees)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"And who's she?"

Octavia. Octavia, sounding like you were ready to deck her too if it came to that was unnecessary.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 04:41 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] head on straight on)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia followed him down, but couldn't really help much, since most of her boat skills regarding the Rouge were pretty rusty. So she ended up standing on the deck, a silent but steely presence.

5'4" of queenly judgment.

(It was in everyone's best interest that Duke had already called out to the people on the dock. Otherwise she might have opened with "Go float yourself, Nathan.")

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 04:48 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Audrey - smirk)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Nathan here finds your presence 'nefarious'," Audrey said, looking extremely amused. She nodded to Octavia, not looking even remotely intimidated by her queenliness. "Who's your friend?"

"Nefarious." Duke shook his head. "Nefarious, Nathan?"

Nathan just lifted his chin and stared back.

Duke had a thing for a good silent poker face, yes.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 05:00 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] dumdums)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Unless being nefarious," Octavia drawled, "assessed by someone with a grudge --"

No, she didn't even bother glancing at Nathan. She knew without looking that he was most likely staring at Duke.

"-- is grounds for not letting someone in town, you can go."

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 05:13 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] warrior garb)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia didn't really move anywhere to block any anticipated attempt at boarding the ship.

She did shift calmly and quietly in that direction, though. Just a bit.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 05:23 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Audrey - smirk)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Duke shot her a small glance and a smile.

Audrey noted the shift and raised an eyebrow. Her amusement didn't falter.

"I don't know, Duke. I'm still new at this whole small town cop thing."

"You handled the cats just fine," Nathan said blandly.

"I did, didn't I."

"That sounds like a story," Duke said. "You two should go talk about it. Somewhere else."

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 05:27 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu blodreina] regal)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia didn't say anything. Just stayed where she was, observing.

Waiting.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 05:50 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] second dawn sinner)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia kept watching.

Specifically, she was watching Audrey, now. Not in an intense way, just... taking note of several things about how she carried herself, how she was reacting to this.

Getting to know this stranger, in her own way.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 06:04 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - annoyed)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Audrey was watching her and taking note right back. As well as taking all sorts of notes about Nathan and Duke.

Before Nathan could respond to her question, his radio crackled to life.

"Nathan, are you there, hon?"

Nathan growled, then pulled the radio off his belt. "Go ahead, Laverne."

"Got a call about a disturbance up at the Freddy."

"We're on our way." Nathan set the radio back on his belt. "We're not done, Duke."

"Looking forward to it." Duke wiggled his fingers at him. "Byyyye."

Nathan gestured Audrey back towards his car with a jerk of his head and headed off. Audrey shot Octavia a smile. "It was nice to meet you, Ms. . . ?"

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 06:09 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] at least it's quiet)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Ask him," Octavia rasped, nodding after Nathan. "It's in the arrest records, somewhere."

She was pretty sure she remembered the records did not actually have her down as Octavia Blake.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 06:37 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] i had a dream once)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
The shift in Octavia's demeanor was more subtle, but it was still like shedding some traces of Blodreina and becoming... well, whoever it was she was these days, again.

"Maybe this trip will go better," she said with a little sigh.

She didn't believe it.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 07:03 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] dumdums)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia gave him a tiny nod.

"A friendly face could be nice."

Even though it kind of terrified her. Hostile was easier than nice, sometimes.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 07:38 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] shoulder)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia nodded again.

And then shook her head, but that was clearly for a different thought. She'd been looking around while he'd been on the phone, and... "It's so weird to be back here."

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 07:49 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] yeah that'll suck)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia finally made her way over the gangplank.

All so that she could reach for his hand. "Well, at least your last visit was only a little while ago."

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 08:24 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] hope)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia gave his hand a squeeze back - and then let go. It was an involuntary reflex, to try and hide the soft, regardless of her feelings about Gloria.

She was looking toward the car, though, and then already taking her first tentative steps towards it.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 10:00 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Gloria - pleased)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Gloria gave her a small smile. "Nice to see you, wildcat. Here you've been having a time of it."

Duke stayed where he was, hands slipped into his pockets, and smiled at Gloria. "Hey, old bird."

"Boy, I oughta smack you."

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 10:13 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu spec] small wave)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
If Haven itself had felt like something out of a dream, seeing Gloria felt at least doubly so. All Octavia could do was weakly raise her hand in the semblance of a wave, and breathe, "Hi."

... God, she was staring, wasn't she?

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 10:52 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Gloria - pleased)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"C'mere and give me a hug, kiddo," Gloria said. "You look like you could use one."

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 10:58 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([spec bel] hug)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia dropped her hand, slowly, and for a moment it looked like she wasn't going to go for it.

But then she did, stepping up to Gloria and practically throwing her arms around her. Not tight enough to hurt but - surprisingly tight, all the same.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 11:00 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Gloria - pleased)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
And Gloria hugged back just as tight, rubbing little circles on Octavia's back.

Duke ducked his head, turning slightly away and rubbing his head as he tried to hide his relief. Gloria eyed him.

"You're next, kitten. Don't think you're not."

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 11:07 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([spec bel] hug)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia choked out a sound that was a little like a startled laugh. Just, a lot rough.

And a little wet, though she'd pretend it wasn't.

It'd take her a moment to pull herself together.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 11:09 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Gloria - pleased)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
That was fine. Gloria was retired, she had no other plans for today.

"You missed Nathan," Duke said.

"And neither of you got arrested by him this time? Good job."

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 11:14 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] yeah that'll suck)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"They didn't try to come aboard," Octavia mumbled, trying to mask the strained note in her voice with a drawl. (Just breathe, Tavi.) "So I didn't have to defend our home."

Yeah, she was not interested in even pretending that risking arrest hadn't been on the table.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 11:23 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Gloria - looking up)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Well, you know how cops are," Gloria said.

"They called away before they could try," Duke said. "Something going on up at the Freddy."

Gloria sighed. "That'll be a trouble, then. Maybe it'll be nice and stay contained up there."

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 11:26 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu blodreina] mmmmhmmmmmm)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia gave Gloria one final squeeze, then finally pulled back.

And stubbornly refused to wipe at her eyes, even as she felt like she should have.

"What's the Freddy?"

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-25 11:38 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] not again)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Okay, so Octavia did wipe her eyes with the heel of her hand once it seemed they were both too preoccupied to notice.

"Agreed."

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-26 08:43 am (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu warpaint] brighter tomorrow)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"I don't know what that is," Octavia pointed out, as if the name didn't speak to her and as if 'pretty much guaranteed to be just us' wasn't a major selling point. (It did and it was.) "Sure?"

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-26 02:49 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] hope)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"I like places by the water," Octavia offered, with a look up at Duke.

Because she didn't mind the babbling.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-26 02:55 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Gloria - pleased)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Well, what are we waiting for, then? Get your asses in the car." Gloria patted Duke on the back and gave him a shove.

Re: Arrival

Date: 2020-07-26 03:04 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] new dawn fades)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia didn't need to be told twice to get moving.

A private space and Duke's actual friends sounded perfect for right now.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 02:57 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Claire had a heads up they were coming, and made sure her office was nice and welcoming.

And that none of her other troubled clients were anywhere around to see her welcoming Duke Crocker.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 03:27 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] locked lips)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
There was no amount of 'welcoming' that would actually make Octavia comfortable.

But she wasn't glued to Duke's side the way she probably would have been if they'd done this seven years ago. Her coping methods were slightly different now, and they involved projecting a sense of unflappable confidence with every step she took.

How well that would work on a woman who'd heard her lock down more and more over the course of an hour (well, probably less) on the phone earlier this week, though...

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 03:40 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Duke hung back. This meeting was so much more for Octavia than it was for him.

Claire didn't smile. From what she knew of Octavia so far, a smile wouldn't be calming or reassuring. Instead she nodded to her, giving her a firm, assessing look.

"You must be Octavia."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 04:01 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] at least it's quiet)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia was giving her one back. It was odd, putting the voice to a face. She'd never actually had to do that before.

"Yeah, and you're Claire," she rasped. Since they were pointing out the obvious. "Hi."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 04:11 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Hi." Claire gestured to one of the chairs. "Do you want to take a seat?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 04:35 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] second dawn sinner)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia glanced at the chair, then back to Claire, looking like she had no intention of sitting down.

But then she paused.

And took a second to remind herself why she was here in the first place. Because she wanted to get better, because she needed to get better, and for once it didn't matter that she couldn't tell the difference between those two things. And for any of that to happen, she would have to strip at least one protective layer off herself.

Still couldn't help the vaguely dismissive shrug as she went to take a seat.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 04:59 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Claire knew how to recognize small milestones when they happened. And that dismissive shrug couldn't hide the milestone of Octavia actually accepting a step in the process.

"Thank you," she said, and glanced up at Duke. "Do you two want to chat together, or. . . ?"

Duke shrugged, looking at Octavia. "Up to her. I can wait out here, no problem."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 05:16 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] new dawn fades)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia looked back at him, her gaze instantly a lot softer. She gave him a little nod towards the hallway.

"Ai na dula dison op soulou, jaka."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 05:30 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Sha, gona," Duke said. "I'll be right out here."

Claire waited for him to close the door, then turned to Octavia again. "You two have a secret language?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 05:47 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] sit quietly)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia's voice was mild. "Only secret if you're not from the 22nd century."

Which technically made that a 'yes'. (And also, it really wasn't that simple.)

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 06:03 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Are there a lot of people from the 22nd century where you live?" Claire asked. Her tone was a little too pointed to be entirely conversational.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 06:05 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] second dawn sinner)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"No."

It'd take a while before Octavia would start elaborating on anything without prompting, probably.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 06:26 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"How many people other than you and Duke speak this 22nd century language?" Claire asked, unphased.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 06:30 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu warpaint] brighter tomorrow)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"One," Octavia said. A beat went by, and then she added, "But he's cheating, so it doesn't really count."

Because apparently the Devil spoke all human languages.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 06:34 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Cheating?" Claire asked, looking amused. And "How is that not a secret language?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 06:42 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu blodreina] mmmmhmmmmmm)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Because it's not by choice."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 06:51 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Claire nodded. "Fair enough. Duke's not from the 22nd century, how does he know it?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 07:01 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] yeah that'll suck)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Because I taught him," Octavia drawled. "That doesn't make it a 'secret language'. That sounds like something kids would do."

She really wouldn't know, she hadn't had use for one.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 07:04 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"It's something people who care about each other do," Claire said. "Having a shared language, just between the two of you."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 07:07 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] locked lips)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia shrugged.

"Shared, yes. Not a secret."

Welcome to Octavia's occasional habit of getting hung up on terminology, Claire.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 07:20 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Shared," Claire agreed. "That's an important distinction to you."

Welcome to someone calmly and coolly asking you to explain that habit, Octavia.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 07:27 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu blodreina] mmmmhmmmmmm)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Because that's what it is," Octavia rasped.

She may have still seemed a little reluctant to talk, but... This was already much more than she'd managed to say on the phone.

Turned out actually seeing the person she was talking to was important for her.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 07:40 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Which Claire was definitely making a note of. Video calls weren't quite as nice in 2010 as they'd be by 2020, but she was making a note to look into the technology anyway.

"How did you and Duke meet?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 07:52 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] locked lips)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"At a bar, in Fandom," Octavia rasped, after a beat to take in the slight change of subject. "I'd been there for a couple of years, he'd been there for a little while. He came over to talk to me."

She'd seen enough movies in this time to know that wasn't a particularly remarkable start to a relationship.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 07:55 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Claire smiled anyway. "And you two hit it off, clearly. If you don't mind my asking . . . how'd you end up in Fandom in the first place? I don't quite understand how all that works yet."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 07:58 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] dumdums)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"If that's something you want to understand, you're asking the wrong person," Octavia replied in a dry, faintly unimpressed drawl, though the tone wasn't really directed at Claire, as such. "One minute, I was in the woods, and the next, I was in a different forest, a hundred years earlier."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 08:01 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Claire's brows shot up.

". . . So something of a culture shock, then."

To say the least.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 08:05 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] battles won battles lost)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"You get used to those," Octavia drawled, "after the first few."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 08:11 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Were you used to it, when you showed up in Fandom?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 08:22 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] yeah that'll suck)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"A little."

She could guess the next question. But she would let it come to her, instead of rushing to it.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 08:39 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Claire nodded. "What about the first time it happened to you? When was that?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 09:06 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] standing tall)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"I was sixteen."

Octavia looked off to the side, although aside from that, nothing about her demeanor changed. It was mild, like it had been.

"Don't know if Duke told you, but I was born on a space station. The Ark, where having more than one kid was illegal. And I had a big brother." Have. Had. Both worked in this context. And otherwise, too. "At sixteen, I was discovered. My mom was floated into space, my brother was demoted from a guard to a janitor, and I was thrown in prison."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 09:18 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"First, it doesn't matter what Duke did or didn't tell me. It matters what -- and how -- you tell me. Second. . . ." Claire bounced her pen in the air for a moment. "Second, that's absolutely batshit nuts and I can't even imagine having to deal with all that at just sixteen."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 09:22 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] head on straight on)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia shrugged one shoulder. She had more distance between herself and that particular trauma, by now. Mostly thanks to all the more recent things, but still. "Multiverse doesn't care what you can or can't handle."

General 'you', obviously.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 09:25 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Maybe not," Claire said with a shrug of her own. "But that doesn't mean people can't sympathize. So . . . you lost your family and got arrested. But you came to Fandom from a forest. How'd you get there from space-prison?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 09:36 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] sit quietly)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"About a year later, the Ark was failing, and they needed to check if the Earth was survivable yet."

Octavia's tone was so mild and flat that someone might've mistaken it for bored.

"And since the Ark executed all its adult criminals, all they had as far as expendable people went were the juvenile delinquents. So they packed a hundred of us in a dropship, and sent us down to the Ground."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 09:55 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"What the fuck?" Claire said.

Sorry, were psychiatrists supposed to be detached and neutral? Claire had never been good at that.

"That is deeply screwed up, I'm sorry. You need so much therapy."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 09:59 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] yeah that'll suck)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia's eyes flicked back to her, finally. "If that's enough for you to make that call..." she rasped, trailing off.

The implication was that there would be much worse stuff coming up later. Yes.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 10:37 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Oh, I'm sure you have plenty more trauma," Claire said. "But yes, that much alone would be plenty for me to make that call."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 10:44 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] still go my own way)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Well, you're the expert."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 10:55 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"I am, yes." The corners of her mouth flicked up in a small smile. "So . . . this is going a bit better this time, isn't it."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 10:57 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] dumdums)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"A little bit," Octavia drawled.

It was going a lot better. She hadn't fallen into a lengthy, stony silence even once!

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 11:46 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"That's good. Why do you think that is?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 11:49 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] at least it's quiet)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Because I can see you," Octavia replied, easily. If still mild. "And that no one else is here." Tiny shrug. "Sure, the whole place could still be bugged, but I'm not that paranoid."

She would generally claim she wasn't at all paranoid, actually, but a recent conversation with Lucifer had left her kind of questioning that.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 11:51 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Claire nodded. "We'll get into your paranoia later," she said. "For now . . . what do you think we can do to help with that issue when you're back in Fandom? I can't imagine you want to travel all the way up here once a week just to talk to me. And I'm definitely not traveling down to meet you all the time."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-26 11:55 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] sit quietly)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia shrugged again, this time a little more obviously. "Is this still too far back in the timeline for video calls to be a thing?"

Her relationship with tech was wonky, even without getting into her knowing when anything became widespread.

"Seems like an obvious solution."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 12:05 am (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"That's what I was thinking," Claire agreed. "You won't be too worried about someone out of view of the camera?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 12:09 am (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] still go my own way)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia gave her a dry look. "Like I said," she rasped, "I'm not that paranoid."

Actually having met her now probably helped, too.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 12:39 am (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"I barely know you," Claire pointed out. "I'm still trying to gauge that for myself. Video calls it is. At least then I can read your microexpressions when you go silent on me."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 12:51 am (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] I am always right)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Microexpressions?" Octavia repeated, with the slightest raise of her eyebrows. "Don't think I have those."

She definitely did, though.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 01:09 am (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
". . . Is that a joke? Because it's hard to tell."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 09:14 am (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] still go my own way)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
There was a tiny uptick of one corner of Octavia's lips.

"Better get used to it."

Didn't really reach her eyes, though.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 03:12 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Claire pointed at her with her pen. "Microexpression."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 03:36 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] no srsly queen)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia shrugged.

"I'd call it just an expression."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 03:45 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Claire shrugged. "Alright. It's still something I'll be able to read easier on a video call than over the phone."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 09:17 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] at least it's quiet)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Careful," Octavia rasped dryly, after a brief moment of quiet and a small, slow tilt of her head, "or I'll feel you're putting me under a microscope."

Letting anyone poke around her thoughts was bad enough.

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 09:24 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Well, we can't have that." Claire tilted her head. "You don't find it easier to maintain communication when you can see the other person's . . . expressions?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 09:26 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] I am always right)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Obviously."

Hence the need for this meeting and the possibility of video calls in the future.

"But I don't tell them I'm watching them for that."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 09:27 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
". . . But you are watching them for it," Claire said. "Most people do, especially the paranoid ones. Only difference is, I'm upfront about it."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 09:28 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] dumdums)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"And it's weird."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 09:30 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Would you rather I pretend? That's not really my style, but I suppose I could try."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 09:39 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] locked lips)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia rolled her eyes, the 'whatever' left unsaid but implied.

"So. Video calls."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 10:11 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Video calls," Claire confirmed. "And -- this is a marathon, Octavia. You're not going to be able to just dump it all out there and immediately feel better. An appointment or two sitting silently isn't a bad way to start."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 10:26 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] locked lips)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia let that sit there for a short moment.

Then she said, "Okay." It was mild, utterly neutral - and still a good thing. She followed it up with a nod that was oddly stern. (Calling up shades of Blodreina.) "This was useful."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-27 10:43 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Claire)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"I'm glad." Claire smiled. "Anything else you want to cover? Anything you want to ask?"

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-28 08:06 am (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] warrior garb)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Nope."

That was both a very casual and a very definite way of saying Octavia was about to hit her limit on this kind of interaction.

Then she rose from her seat.

"I'll tell Duke to come in."

Re: Meeting Claire

Date: 2020-07-28 05:37 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] still go my own way)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia stopped in the doorway. Glanced back at Claire, then shrugged.

"Dison nou bilaik branwoda."

Glowing praise.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 04:30 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - pissed)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Nathan had come right over after leaving Audrey and Ray at the Shiny Scupper. He was pissed, full of adrenaline and jittery rage, and all he could think about was how he couldn't feel it. He couldn't feel a damn thing, hadn't been able to in long enough that he couldn't remember what the world was supposed to feel like.

And it was all Duke's fault.

Everything was Duke's fault. Every terrible thing that had happened in Nathan's life. The last body Nathan had felt against his own had been Duke's and then he'd taken it all away, for some stupid smuggling scheme.

And here Duke was, on his stupid rust-bucket of a boat, flaunting his stupid perfect body and his ability to feel things like he'd never done anything wrong.

Nathan couldn't stand it.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 04:33 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - thinking)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"What's it feel like?" Nathan asked, staring intently at Duke. "The sun?"

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 04:38 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - pissed)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Nathan looked in one of the crates lining the deck, pulling out a plaster statue. It looked heavy, but he could lift it easily.

The statue was a liar. Just like Duke. He hated it, just like Duke.

He smashed it into the deck and listened to it shatter.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 04:41 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - pissed)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"What's it like to feel this?" Nathan asked, and threw a punch, landing it square on Duke's cheekbone. Duke toppled backwards with a grunt, but that wasn't enough. Nathan couldn't feel it.

He picked up the empty crate the statue had been in and threw it at Duke's head.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 04:49 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - pissed)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"You want to talk about harassment?!" Nathan bellowed. "What about how you harass me? Showing up here, with that psycho on your arm!"

He threw another punch, but this time Duke dodged, and Nathan's fist went through the side of another crate. This was what Duke did: he ruined everything, but he dodged. He ducked and weaved and everything just slid off him. And then he left.

He never had to stay and live with the consequences of what he did.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 04:54 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - pissed)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Why did you leave?!" Nathan demanded. He got a hand on Duke's arm and flung him bodily into the wall. "Why did you come back?!"

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 05:12 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neg] but the puppy)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia had been considering sending Lucifer another message when she'd heard a crashing sound coming from above, followed by faint yelling. She'd been on her feet in an instant, and now she came barreling out onto the deck.

She wasn't surprised it was Nathan. Of course it was Nathan, but it didn't really matter because the only thing that did were the hands around Duke's neck.

As she rushed them, she went to grab the nearest convenient object - a board that had come loose from one of the crates - fully intending to whack Nathan in the back of the head with it.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 05:26 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - pissed)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Nathan didn't notice. He was full of crazy rage and trouble-fueled strength, and a board to the head wasn't enough to even wobble him.

Duke's eyes and mouth went wide as he struggled to breathe in Nathan's grip.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 06:02 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neg] eat the young)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
There were many, many reasons Octavia had not missed Nathan, and not being able to get through to someone who didn't respond to pain because he didn't feel anything was definitely one of them.

The board fell apart like it was nothing.

But maybe kicking him in the back of the knee while screaming "Get your hands off him!" would do something? Even if that something was only drawing his focus to her instead.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 06:25 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Audrey - serious)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"You," Nathan growled. "Why are you here? Duke finally found someone as useless as he is?!"

Duke swung blindly at that, fingers poised to rake across Nathan's cheeks. Luckily for all of them, before he could accidentally make Nathan bleed, there was the pop of a taser and Nathan jerked stiffly before collapsing into Duke.

Audrey lowered her taser and hurried forward.

"Sorry I had to do that, Nathan. Are you okay?"

Duke dropped Nathan and sagged against the wall. "Yeah, I'm fine." He wasn't, but he wasn't about to tell an FBI agent that his head was spinning and there were spots slowly clearing from his vision.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 06:41 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neg blodreina] wtf)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Yeah, Octavia was definitely looking him over pretty closely, at that. It also kept her from indulging the urge to kick Nathan in the ribs. Which was probably a good thing.

After she'd determined he didn't have any serious visible injuries, at least, she turned towards Audrey and snapped, "What the fuck was that?"

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 06:54 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neg] do as i say or else)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"He tried to kill Duke," Octavia agreed in a snarl.

And don't think she didn't notice the lack of an actual answer, either, Audrey!

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 06:59 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Audrey - serious)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"It's not his fault." Audrey watched as Nathan passed out on the deck, then stood. "He's sick."

"He's been sick," Duke said. "Right now he's homicidal."

"It's not his fault," Audrey said again. "Something -- something just happened to him."

"Is he contagious?" Duke asked, eyeing Nathan's red and swollen face. Audrey glared at him. "I'm just asking!"

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 07:03 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neg] no you didn't)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"What happened to him?"

Octavia really missed Wonkru, all of a sudden. At least they'd been obligated to give her straight answers, most of the time.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 07:18 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] head on straight on)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia didn't even have anything to say to that.

She was just making an extremely unimpressed face. At least by her own standards.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 07:29 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] orders)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Doesn't he have an entire precinct of friends aside from you, anyway?" Octavia asked, pointedly. "Why aren't they coming to get him? How is this supposed to be our problem?"

She had no need to prove anyone anything. Not here.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 07:42 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Audrey - serious)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"He's already here," Audrey said, giving Octavia a sharp look. "And you two apparently know enough about the troubles to know that this isn't his fault."

"Call Dwight!" Duke suggested. "He's built like a brick wall, let him wrangle the superstrength with a side of crazy!"

". . . Who's Dwight?"

Duke threw his hands in the air. "Why can't anyone tell anyone anything around here?!"

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 07:55 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] postapocalyptic supermodel)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia wasn't particularly concerned with whose fault it was. She just didn't like Nathan.

Not that she was saying that out loud.

"Makes you miss Fandom, doesn't it."

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 08:04 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neg] first of all f u)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"I'll watch him," Octavia rasped.

She did not sound like she approved of how this had gone, nope.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 08:10 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - pissed)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Nathan didn't stir until Duke was just finishing chaining him to one of the posts on the dock. He immediately flung himself into jerking against the chains, vocally straining all the while.

"This is bizarre," Duke said. "He's going to hurt himself."

"Will not," Nathan muttered. "Can't feel it."

"Well aren't you just special, Nate."

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 08:21 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] at least it's quiet)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia had backed off, gone to sit on one of the crates. She didn't feel like being very involved, but that didn't mean she wouldn't keep watch.

In case anything happened.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 09:01 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu blodreina] regal)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Over her years in the bunker, Octavia had learned to pack away her feelings when she needed to. It had allowed her to stay impassive when she'd watched her people slaughter each other down in the fighting pits, and it allowed her to stay that way now as she watched Nathan struggle in his chains. She focused on observing, waiting to see whether she'd need to do anything.

Otherwise, her heart would have been aching for Duke.

Nathan's little jab at her, however, would probably not have gotten to her even if she hadn't been keeping a tight rein on her emotions. She'd been called much worse, by people who mattered much more.

But that didn't mean seeing the punch happen wasn't satisfying.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 09:16 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] atlas)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
The thing about the trick of Octavia boxing up her feelings and pushing them aside was that it only worked until something came along that was too strong and busted right on through anyway.

And seeing Duke react like that, well, it was something she recognized.

She was on her feet instantly, but didn't move. Just -- watched, but now with a heavy weight inside her, a squirming thing of worry.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 09:32 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] something genuine)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia crossed over onto the dock as Duke moved away, watching him but keeping Nathan in her peripheral vision. Had to watch them, both but for different reasons.

More or less, anyway.

"Shut up," she told Nathan, cold and assertive - and one hundred percent sure it wouldn't do anything.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 09:52 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] second dawn sinner)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia wanted to ask if he was okay.

But she knew he wasn't, even without asking. So instead, she cast a glance around. "Maybe," she said. "Though I feel like if we were about to get swarmed, it would've started happening already."

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 10:02 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neg] cold cold heart)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia squeezed her eyes shut for just a second. But very tightly.

"I shouldn't hit him until he shuts up."

Not a question. She was just telling herself that.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 10:14 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] at least it's quiet)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia glanced down at Nathan. "You're wasting your breath." And then back up at Duke, with a little shrug. "It's worth a shot."

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 10:24 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] battles won battles lost)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia already knew she was going to be having another round of nightmares, and none of this had even happened to her.

(This time.)

She watched Duke walk away, and then locked everything down again, crossing her arms.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 10:36 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - pissed)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"You're just like he is, aren't you," Nathan hissed with a giggle. "You feed on people."

[I'M NOT SORRY]

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 10:44 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([spec blodreina] blood must have)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia turned to look at him, her gaze ice cold. Her voice was no warmer, and all edge.

"And don't you forget it."

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 11:11 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neg] bitch no)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Nice going, trouble. Octavia might've been a little nicer without that last comment.

But now she grabbed the rag, and yanked Nathan's head back, and stuffed the rag in his mouth with very little care for anything except shutting him up and not actually suffocating him in the process.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 11:17 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] postapocalyptic supermodel)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
He would not hear any disagreeing from Octavia, no.

"As soon as this is done, can we just... go?"

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 11:45 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] head on straight on)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia looked down at Nathan.

"Are you back?" she asked. She didn't want the gag to be removed only for him to start spewing more goading.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 11:49 pm (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - annoyed)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Nathan scowled at her, saying something muffled through the rag. He tugged -- gently this time -- on the chains, the frown growing ever deeper.

"You got hit by a trouble," Duke told him. "We're your babysitters."

Nathan's response to that was still muffled, but pretty easy to translate anyway.

"Yeah. Same to you, buddy."

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-26 11:53 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu warpaint] brighter tomorrow)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia looked like she wanted to roll her eyes, but didn't.

"You realize you're not getting free until you play nice, right?"

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-27 12:07 am (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] locked lips)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia's bar for niceness from Nathan was set to him not being openly hostile for about ten seconds, so that had been met, now.

So she removed the rag, yes.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-27 12:37 am (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - thinking)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
"Where's Audrey?" Nathan asked, embarrassed and annoyed, but not quite his full belligerent self. "Did she go after Lilly on her own?"

Duke rolled his eyes. "Does it look like we have that information, Nathan? She wasn't exactly long on details."

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-27 12:48 am (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] tribe leader)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Don't even know who Lilly is," Octavia agreed. "But she said she thought she knew who gave you this bout of crazy before she dumped you on us, so..."

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-27 01:08 am (UTC)
seaoftroubles: (Nathan - thinking)
From: [personal profile] seaoftroubles
Nathan paled slightly and looked down at himself. His mouth tasted like grease and blood. And it hadn't slipped his notice that Duke was bleeding.

"What did I do?"

Duke shrugged. "Threw punches, called me names. The usual."

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-27 09:35 am (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] at least it's quiet)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Nothing to feel too guilty about," Octavia rasped in agreement.

It was probably the nicest thing she was likely to say to Nathan in a long time.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-27 03:34 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] head on straight on)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Just give him the damn number," Octavia grumbled, "so we can get on with it."

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-27 04:46 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] second dawn sinner)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia stayed where she was, looking off towards the water.

Nathan wasn't getting any more of her attention than he absolutely had to get.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-27 09:19 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] got cut)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia met his look with a resigned one of her own.

It didn't sound like this was over for them just yet.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-27 09:32 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] sit quietly)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia only barely kept herself from motioning for him to wrap it up.

Instead, she moved to see about unchaining Nathan. Since that was apparently happening.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-27 09:41 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] lead the charge)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"Yes," Octavia said, as if it was obvious.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-27 10:22 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] sit quietly)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia wasn't going to touch that topic at all.

Instead, she looked up at Duke again. "So Audrey's coming to meet us?"

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-28 08:03 am (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] come with me if you want)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
That earned Nathan a sharper look.

"Do we have to reminisce right now?" she drawled.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-28 05:39 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] at least it's quiet)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
"No," Octavia agreed. "But yours are."

Did that mean she was eager to join Audrey and Nathan.anyway, though? Not exactly.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-28 06:00 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] yeah that'll suck)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia's expression turned a fraction more wry. "And that's supposed to dissuade me?" she asked.

She did have a well-established track record of running towards danger, after all.

Re: BUT THEN!

Date: 2020-07-28 07:09 pm (UTC)
okteiviakom: ([neu] second dawn sinner)
From: [personal profile] okteiviakom
Octavia had existing first-hand experience being in danger from him. She'd be careful to avoid it in the future, and was for damn sure not going to let that mean she would let him go into danger by himself.

(Sorry, Nathan and Audrey.)

She took his hand, but only to give it a quick squeeze. Then she let it go, and strode towards the car.

Time to solve a trouble.

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